I have to second one thing Aesiron said:
by all means, bring in Nicole De Boer.
Something occurred to me: They could change B4’s appearance. After all, his “skin” is just a cosmetic shell, so why couldn’t they change actors and just say something about B4’s appearance having been altered?
Heck, Picard or Riker could request such a change because it could be too uncomfortable working with a guy who looks exactly like their late friend.
Well, I don’t believe that Geordi or any of Data’s other friends (either the characters or the real life actors) would want to consider B4 as Data. Indeed I doubt whether B4 himself, having assimilated Data’s memories, would wish to deny the fact that he was B4 and take on the role of Data. I think that all (the characters) would be more comfortable thinking of him as Data’s brother with most of Data’s memories. Which is why I compared it to Dax. There’s a new character who also happens to contain the memories of an old character.
I just hope that the actors have the clout to tell any writers, directors or producers who wish to make B4 into Data an emphatic “No! Write it another way.”
In my not-so-humble opinion, death has no impact in the Star Trek universe any more, because so many friggin’ dead characters have been brought back to life. Spock got brought back, Tasha Yar got brought back as her own half-Romulan daughter, etc., etc…
It’s like death in Dungeons & Dragons. “What, he’s dead again? Sigh. Okay, let’s bring his corpse back to town and have the local 10th-level cleric cast raise dead on him. That damn cleric’s charges us a miserable fortune each time he raises one of us.”
Well, you only named one there (Spock). Who else?
Star Trek: Nemesis ended with me stomping angrily out into the hallway, composing my grumbles and gripes for the drive home.
Well, I liked Nemesis. Yes, it could have been called “The Wrath of Shinzon”, not only for the memory dump and sacrifice, but also for the cat-and-mouse space battle scenes between two heavily damaged ships. But hey, it was fun, had nice effects and good rousing violence, and actually had the balls to shake things up (like Riker and Troi leaving the ship, besides Data buying the box condo).
And this is a great idea:
Nicole, as Ezri Dax, can sign on as the new ship’s counselor to replace Troi. I always thought she was hot.
Supposedly, this is going to be the last Next Generations movie.
Perhaps they can get her onto the bridge in Star Trek: Titan or whatever the next series is.
Why, we built this new androidbody for Data’s brain, the only defect is it seems to age…
If this is the last Next Gen movie, then what would the first “next Trek” movie be, if any?
Voyager vs. 1,000,000,000 borg. Voyager wins by modulating sheild frequency with biomorphic harmonics.
Not All Incarnations of Trek Meet Up in the Mirror/Mirror Universe ?
How about the big secret: The Mirror Universe is OUR universe!?!?!?!?!?! :eek:
They can always go prequel and make Star Trek Babies.
There’ve been persistant rumors for years on end about a possibl Star Trek Academy series and/or movie franchise . .
How about ** Star Trek - They All Really Freaking Die This Time and we’re going to line up all the actors who have ever been in any Star Trek film or series and behead them, along with all the writers, staff and crew to make sure no other Star Trek movies or series are ever made again.**?
Okay, so the title needs work, but I’d pay to see that one over and over again. Can ya tell I’ve never really been a fan?
FallenAngel, that would be the alternate title for ST5:TFF if the universe were run by me.
And soon it will be… Bwa ha ha ha ha ha! [oops. was that out loud?]
A darkened theater … Data’s just been exploded … everyone’s silent except for my friend and her brother next to me, who’re whispering and chuckling furiously about something.
You’ve all been in a situation where it gets really quiet and someone comes off with something that almost makes you spit up your Hawaiian Punch. The theather goes quiet, the mood gets somber … and Steve chokes out " … it’ll have to be ‘The Search for the Molecule!’"
I couldn’t stop laughing through the rest of the movie, even if the rest of the theater kept looking back at us for being disruptive (hey, I’ve been a fan for 11 years; I can make fun all I like at this point!).
But I sure missed Barclay. He should’ve showed up at the wedding.
Speaking of which, CaptMurdock, are you by chance an “A-Team” fan?
Welcome, anniescribe. 
Good catch on Mr. Broccoli–I mean, Barclay! And where was Mr. Mot, the barber?
Oooh… A new Trek Doper!
What do ya think, guys? Should we corrupt him? :dubious: