Well, pretty much any non-android would be in terms of computational power, speed and strength.
If tng had an 8th season.
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Well, pretty much any non-android would be in terms of computational power, speed and strength.
I meant out of universe. Replacing a character who is a strange android and all that with just a vanilla human character would be a step down for a science fiction show,especially since TNG had enough humans among its characters.
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Interestingly aswell, the book ranges have reintroduced guest/minor characters from TNG and developed them into leads
I can see Stewart or Spiner tiring of playing their lead characters for so long although Stewart could get re-excited by a new direction. It would be interesting to think of Sisko or Janeway as the new later in series first officer to either Picard or Riker.
My idea was more along the lines of moving Picard and Data to star in movies, while the rest of the crew would stay on the show. I mean the TNG movies pretty much ignored everybody except Picard and Data anyway, so why not keep them on the show?
That’s interesting. How would Data and Picard do a movie without the Enterprise? How do you envision it, or how would you?
Honestly I'd probably put them on a new ship, maybe one specifically built to deal with the Borg for a movie like First Contact and Picard is chosen for that because he's the captain most experienced with the Borg. I mean a Star Trek movie without the Enterprise had been done before. Maybe the ship could even be called the defiant, be smaller with less crew, no civilians and more designed for combat, for the more action-oriented movies.
.Maybe if the Borg are a movie-focused villain (due to the movies bigger budgets being able to make them more spectacular and menacing) a Seven-of-Nine like character could be introduced in the first or second movie, to join Picard's new crew on the Defiant.
Then TNG, if it manages to survive departure of Picard and Data, would, ideally, become a show like Emergency Room and other long-runners where characters enter and exit the narrative across the seasons
Of course this idea has many problems if it had really been attempted in real life. But we can dream in this thread, can't we?
Would you envision the crew as unused DS9/VOY characters? Or a list actors?Honestly I'd probably put them on a new ship, maybe one specifically built to deal with the Borg for a movie like First Contact and Picard is chosen for that because he's the captain most experienced with the Borg. I mean a Star Trek movie without the Enterprise had been done before. Maybe the ship could even be called the defiant, be smaller with less crew, no civilians and more designed for combat, for the more action-oriented movies.
.Maybe if the Borg are a movie-focused villain (due to the movies bigger budgets being able to make them more spectacular and menacing) a Seven-of-Nine like character could be introduced in the first or second movie, to join Picard's new crew on the Defiant.
Then TNG, if it manages to survive departure of Picard and Data, would, ideally, become a show like Emergency Room and other long-runners where characters enter and exit the narrative across the seasons
Of course this idea has many problems if it had really been attempted in real life. But we can dream in this thread, can't we?
I really see them more as just secondary characters to the movies centring on Picard, Data and the Seven-of-Nine expy. And I doubt that the TNG movies could afford A-Listers for that, even in a parallel universe.
If there's expies of the DS9, VOY or even ENT characters then they'd probably be among the new characters on the long-running version of TNG.
For example...I wouldn't mind if the new Captain of the Enterprise after Picard leaves turns out to be Benjamin Sisko.
I guess I'd have Picard and Data leave for the movies at the end of Season 8. During season 8 I'd also have William Riker recieve his own command, and Lt. Tom Riker would take over OPS. Worf would become First Officer. and Troi would work further on her career and become Second Officer (maybe she'd also move over to be more of an Intelligence Officer).
For Tactical I'd basically have Kira Nerys. And while I'd reduce Dr. Crusher to more of a recurring role, really only brought in when we need medical stuff (or when someone actually comes up with an idea how to flesh out her character), I'd create a new alien woman main character to work as the pilot, maybe played by Nicole de Boer and very much like Ezri in personality (but not a trill, a new species we haven't seen before). And maybe she and Geordie could actually start a healthy relationship.
I could see early seasons contemplative Sisko commanding the Enterprise, but Hawk dude lemme just poison these Maquis planets less so. That said, Avery Brooks is only 4 years older than Frakes, and I’d have a hard time of Riker sticking around if he isn’t next in line for the Enterprise.
I could see maybe a two-parter setting up Data and Picard having to go off for some reason that then resolved itself in the movies. Maybe (as in my idea upthread) Data discovers a sprawling galactic underground of artificial lifeforms and ultimately he and Picard, in the Dr. Galen role, go off to track them down. Then, to justify Big Screen format, what starts out with the two of them on a shuttle spirals into the two being split up and having to find each other/solve the big new AI problem before a backdrop of galactic intrigue and spectacle.
I could see maybe a two-parter setting up Data and Picard having to go off for some reason that then resolved itself in the movies. Maybe (as in my idea upthread) Data discovers a sprawling galactic underground of artificial lifeforms and ultimately he and Picard, in the Dr. Galen role, go off to track them down. Then, to justify Big Screen format, what starts out with the two of them on a shuttle spirals into the two being split up and having to find each other/solve the big new AI problem before a backdrop of galactic intrigue and spectacle.
Oh I dunno. Isn’t the reality that huge hits from today would be in danger of cancellation back then? People discovered the internet; can’t really fault them for not watching TV in the same numbers. And today there are more channels and platforms offering both more sophisticated and dazzling fare; can’t fault us for not paying $20 a pop for the latest forgettable celebrity vehicle.
It's not Cmdr Will Riker, though, it's his transporter clone Lt.Tom Riker, who still has to climb up the career ladder and all.
If TNG had an 8th season, Data probably would have met his stepsister, brother-in-law, and a cousin, 3 times removed. He would also start to pick up irritating and odious habits, such as picking his nose, in his endeavors to become more human.
Picard meets his father, whom he thought dead for decades. Turns out he ran away from his mother and she made the rest of the family believe he died.
Riker starts whining about whether he should move on or not, once again. And meets his sister, who turns out to be more successful than he (admiral, bossing him around).
Deanna meets two alien races she can't read, and has one or two more confrontations with her mum. Worf runs into trouble with his Klingon heritage once again.
The other characters have some stories too, but those are really to generic to recap.
I think that would about sum it up.
Picard meets his father, whom he thought dead for decades. Turns out he ran away from his mother and she made the rest of the family believe he died.
Riker starts whining about whether he should move on or not, once again. And meets his sister, who turns out to be more successful than he (admiral, bossing him around).
Deanna meets two alien races she can't read, and has one or two more confrontations with her mum. Worf runs into trouble with his Klingon heritage once again.
The other characters have some stories too, but those are really to generic to recap.
I think that would about sum it up.
Not sure if this was already posted, but there actually WAS a TNG season 8! Written by none other than Mike McMahan, show-runner of Lower Decks:
https://twitter.com/tng_s8?lang=en
Scroll down to Jan 2019 or so for the episode descriptions.
https://twitter.com/tng_s8?lang=en
Scroll down to Jan 2019 or so for the episode descriptions.
Some of those really made me chuckle:
"Picard obsessively investigates a Starfleet classmate's murder. Wes invents an amazing new handheld computer that can hold up to 5 books."
"A glowing orb tricks the crew into thinking it's cool, but is a dick to Data when they're alone. Riker's wife and son make a surprise visit."
"Picard wants racist aliens to stop being so damn racist. Riker accidentally sells Data to a prostitute."
Shortly after, Riker gets brigged and Data FINALLY gets to be first officer.
It's funny to read what sound like Lower Decks episodes from years before said show was real.
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