Star Trek - Space: The Final Frontier

Headdot Reddot said:
I've always heard decent things about Meaney and that he only got the DS9 gig cause he was more-or-less easy to work with. He's been in some other stuff over the years but he doesn't strike me as taking himself too seriously.

Watch Alan Partridge (Alpha Papa in the UK but usually just called Alan Partridge in the US) Meaney plays a disgruntled radio DJ that takes the station hostage and its not at all serious. Alan Partridge is a comedy (or a series of comedies in the UK played by Steve Coogan) but they made a film back in 2009ish. Its a fun flick. Meaney doesn't distract from it, in fact he seems to have fun with it.

Maybe he was just not having fun with Trek after doing it for so many years?
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From what I’ve read about him, Meany doesn’t hate his time on Trek, but to him it was just a job and he’s an old school actor. He’s never really lacked for work either, I think that after Siddig (and Combs, but he doesn’t really count) he might have had one of the more consistent post DS9 careers.

I think it’s like if someone asked you about a job you had 20 years ago, you might have fond memories of it, it might have been a fun time, but it was 20 years ago and it was just a job, so it can get tiring when people ask you about it every day.
 
Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
Voyager's EMH could have dealt with those Borgs.
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So, listen, about nine years ago, I'm filling prescriptions and I see the vial says N. Picardo. And being the Trekkie I am, I chirped. "Ah, like the Star Trek fella." Trying to be polite, she chuckled and says "That’s my dad."

For reasons I still can’t fathom, I had an autistic fit and started quoting First Contact at her. ("I’m a doctor, not a doorstop!") I nearly collapsed from my own nerd gas. Didn't get her number either.
 
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Captain Syrup said:
So, listen, about nine years ago, I'm filling prescriptions and I see the vial says N. Picardo. And being the Trekkie I am, I chirped. "Ah, like the Star Trek fella." Trying to be polite, she chuckled and says "That’s my dad."

For reasons I still can’t fathom, I had an autistic fit and start quoting First Contact at her. ("I’m a doctor, not a doorstop!") I nearly collapsed from my own nerd gas. Didn't get her number either.
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I would have quoted Innerspace "I make love with my boots on."

I'm a huge fan of Joe Dante's films so consequently, seeing as Picardo is one of his regulars, I'm a big fan of Picardo.
 
Mussolini’s Merkin said:
From what I’ve read about him, Meany doesn’t hate his time on Trek, but to him it was just a job and he’s an old school actor. He’s never really lacked for work either, I think that after Siddig (and Combs, but he doesn’t really count) he might have had one of the more consistent post DS9 careers.

I think it’s like if someone asked you about a job you had 20 years ago, you might have fond memories of it, it might have been a fun time, but it was 20 years ago and it was just a job, so it can get tiring when people ask you about it every day.
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Also while it can be a safe job working on a 7-season show, it can be a problem for an actor, they can feel like they are forced to play one character for several years. They can't really work on a movie or a stage play.
On DS9 for example they originally wanted Ro Laren to be the liaison officer on the station but Michelle Forbes had to decline the offer because she didn't want to get stuck on a show for several years, so they created Nerys.
 
"Voyager Emergency Command Hologram (ECH)"

transcript said:
KIM: Voyager to Delta Flyer. Report.
PARIS [OC]: We're approaching the canyon. Whew! What a view!
EMH: I'm sure it is.
JANEWAY: Put us in a synchronous orbit above their landing coordinates.
PARIS [OC]: Voyager, mayday!
JANEWAY: What's wrong?
PARIS [OC]: We've been hit. I'm taking us into the canyon.
JANEWAY: Harry?
KIM: I don't know what happened to them.
TUVOK: I am picking up a vessel, Captain. It's Borg.
JANEWAY: Red alert. On screen. Battle stations.
(A Borg node pops out of Tuvok's hand.)
TUVOK: Captain. You must relieve me of duty at once.
SEVEN: An assimilation virus has penetrated our defences.
CHAKOTAY: We're becoming drones.
JANEWAY: Hard to starboard. Reinforce the shields.
KIM: Incoming fire.
(Janeway is knocked out.)
KIM: Doctor.
EMH: Computer, activate the ECH.
COMPUTER: Acknowledged.
(The EMH's uniform turns from blue to red shoulders, and four pips appear on his collar.)
COMPUTER: Transferring all systems to your command. You have the bridge.
EMH: Indeed. Shields to maximum. Photon torpedoes, full volley. Fire. Computer, report.
COMPUTER: Enemy shields are intact.
BORG [OC]: We are the Borg.
EMH: I know very well who you are. Stand down your weapons.
BORG [OC]: State your designation.
EMH: Emergency Command Hologram, at your service.
BORG [OC]: Designation unknown.
EMH: Not for long.
SEVEN: Doctor.
(Tuvok and Chakotay, now partially assimilated, advance on Seven and the EMH. He grabs a pair of hyposprays and injects Chakotay with one, before neck-pinching Tuvok. Seven gazes at him adoringly.)
COMPUTER: Warning, primary shields are failing.
EMH: This is the last time I'm going to ask you. Stand down your weapons. Turn back while you still can.
BORG [OC]: You will be assimilated.
EMH: Over my dead programme. Computer, activate the photonic cannon.
COMPUTER: The photonic cannon is online.
EMH: Fire.
(The Borg Sphere goes KaBOOM! The Overlookers gasp, then they lose the signal.)
KIM: Doctor, can you confirm? The readings, Doctor.
(The EMH returns to reality.)
EMH: Um, er, er. Readings. Er, confirm, of course. Er, the away team's physiologies are within acceptable parameters. All life signs stable.
KIM: You're okay to proceed, Tom.
PARIS [OC]: Understood. We'll contact you again when we reach the site.
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(source: The Voyager Transcripts - Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy)
 
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Curzon Dax-sama said:
They never deploy them as security holograms either.
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That is probably my one sympathy with the writers keep wanting to go back to prequels in trek. Because realistically the tech Trek is at now could solve almost any problem in 5 minutes.

Or they would have to put some of us autists into the writers room. "Why not a holographic crew? Uh... it's super power intensive?"
 
Flexo said:
Or they would have to put some of us autists into the writers room. "Why not a holographic crew? Uh... it's super power intensive?"
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DS9's "Civil Defense" was an excellent episode, because a couple autists thought about what could be done with replicators in a COIN-measure. I wish there was more of that stuff. But nope!
 
ToroidalBoat said:
What about redshirt holograms? Would make away team missions safer.

:thinking:
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Those aren't technically possible without the Doctor's mobile emitter which is actually 29th century technology. Being able to pack a holo emitter and power it into something as small as a combadge is beyond the 24th century.
They've been able to make repairs to the emitter but for all we know they can't replicate the tech yet.
 
Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
Those aren't technically possible without the Doctor's mobile emitter which is actually 29th century technology. Being able to pack a holo emitter and power it into something as small as a combadge is beyond the 24th century.
They've been able to make repairs to the emitter but for all we know they can't replicate the tech yet.
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Though in one Voyager episode they talked about setting up holo emitters around the ship so the doctor could go outside sickbay.

Which is... a smart idea and weird they never did more with it.
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Why doesn't the Fed just use non-sentient robots for that?
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The Federation basically gave citizenship to the freaking Exocomps after showing insect-level self-awareness.
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