quote:We are trying to put together a younger, less-experienced-in-Star Trek team of people
There goes the continuity.
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Unless you move it further into the future. It's exactly the same thing that happened with TNG - they pretty much ignored a lot of the continuity established in TOS and instead started fresh, using the basic premise and terminology to create the next incarnation of the same thing. Anyone remember the psycho-tricorder? Didn't think so.
If they move it to the 25th century or whatever, it's the best way to start over again in the Trek universe and give it a fresh look and feel, as Berman said. I'm all for it - going into the past makes little sense, and would totally wreck 400 years of Trek history. Continuing the current era will quickly grow tiresome, as we retread races and technology whose premises have been muddled through hundreds of episodes. Moving into the future gives new writers and production talent the cleanest slate possible to give us our next incarnation of Trek, and and still *keep* it Trek.
Amen.
Mark
PS - I'm willing to bet money that if the new series is in the future from TNG, they're gonna find some way to circumvent the letter suffix on this next Enterprise, and probably even the whole NCC nomenclature altogether. Ten slips of latinum. Right now.
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There are a lot of ways they could circumvent the letter and NCC designation. If they change the type of vessel(ie. Timeship Enterprise), it would return to be the "Original Enterprise" because it would be the first Timeship Enterprise.
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Jeff's source is TrekToday/TrekWeb/Cinescape/this interview (further spoilers within)
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This was posted at Dark Horizons (http://darkhorizons.com/news.htm):
"Star Trek: Series Five (TV): Royal Shakespearean Theatre World actress Evel Shephard is apparently in negotiation for the role of 'Lt. Commander Malcolm Reed'."
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Unfortunately, "Royal Shakespearean Theatre World" doesn't exist, as per Google and a quick check of a whole pile of London theatre listings
"Evel Shephard" didn't turn up on a Google search either, and hasn't done anything on screen before, as the IMDb has no record of her.
And thirdly, and perhaps most convincingly, it strikes me as unlikely that an actress would play a male character...
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I don't think not finding a website on Goggle qualifies as establishing something does no exist. It's quite possible the company doesn't have a website.
Is "Evel" a female name? Maybe some of you know whether it is or not, 'cuz I've never heard it before ...
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Actually, I'm thinking of that English motorcycle stuntman that hurt hiomself pretty abdly in a stunt. Evel Kinevel, or something?
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Yes, because it would be so hard to change that character name to Lt. Commander Denise Reed.
I don't doubt that TPTB could be looking at a woman to play a role they primarly are looking at men for. It's happened before, just look at Homicide: Life on the Street.
*DarkHorizons could have assumed Evel was a female name and said it accordingly
*TPTB may have decided to change the sex of the character b/c of the various strengths of the actress, etc.
Just some points.
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