« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: The TNG cast that could have been.  (Read 1042 times)

Offline Kirk

  • Posts: 1438
  • Cookies: 139
    • My Released Mods
The TNG cast that could have been.
« on: August 27, 2010, 05:33:28 PM »
The TNG cast that could have been
Logged

Offline JimmyB76

  • Posts: 6423
  • Cookies: 421
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2010, 05:39:29 PM »
hmmm this post seems more worthy for a discussion thread rather than just a random post in the Useful Facts Thread...
:)

edit - lol "Ryker"
Logged

Offline ACES_HIGH

  • BCC Roleplay Game Narrator
  • Moderator
  • Posts: 1678
  • Cookies: 54
  • while(!(succeed=try()));
    • BCC Roleplay Games
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2010, 06:38:31 PM »
I'm not entirely sure that is authentic

From casting notes I've read, the details hadn't quite settled that much by this point.  For example, that memo lists the character of Tasha Yar.  From what I read, the character was supposed to be Marsha Hernandez, it wasn't until Sirtis and Crosby's roles were switched (Sirtis was up for Hernandez, Crosby for Troi) that she became Tasha Yar to reconcile with Crosby's non-hispanic looks.
Logged

Offline majormagna

  • English Idiot
  • Posts: 513
  • Cookies: 5
  • Bail Out!
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2010, 06:40:37 PM »
I first heard about this on "HijiNKS ENSUE" a few days ago, nice to see Tim Russ was already being considered for a roll, even in the 1980's.

http://hijinksensue.com/2010/08/26/chief-engineer-57/
Logged
Did you know I'm on Twitter?

Offline Lionus

  • Posts: 1561
  • Cookies: 79
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2010, 06:40:45 PM »
Wesley Snipes for Geordi?  :eek that would had been one badass engineer  :funny
Logged
Star Trek Quad-nacelle fanboy Extraordinaire

StarFleet Research and Development Crash Test Dummie/Test pilot

"Beyond the rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me."

Offline JimmyB76

  • Posts: 6423
  • Cookies: 421
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2010, 07:04:05 PM »
Quote from: Lionus on August 27, 2010, 06:40:45 PM
Wesley Snipes for Geordi?  :eek that would had been one badass engineer  :funny
holy shizznit - i didnt even catch that!!    :rotflmfao:
oh imagine...


Quote from: ACES_HIGH on August 27, 2010, 06:38:31 PM
I'm not entirely sure that is authentic

From casting notes I've read, the details hadn't quite settled that much by this point.  For example, that memo lists the character of Tasha Yar.  From what I read, the character was supposed to be Marsha Hernandez, it wasn't until Sirtis and Crosby's roles were switched (Sirtis was up for Hernandez, Crosby for Troi) that she became Tasha Yar to reconcile with Crosby's non-hispanic looks.
ive seen behind the scenes documentary stuff of TNG where Denise Crosby did say herself that she originally auditioned for the role of Troi...
i dont recall exactly where i remember seeing this, but with some digging around im sure i can find it as proof...
Logged

Offline eclipse74569

  • Roger Smith of the U.S.S. Lollypop, a good ship
  • Webmaster
  • Posts: 2240
  • Cookies: 65535
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2010, 07:16:09 PM »
Oy Vey, and Brent Spiner wasn't even considered at that time LOL

Wesley Snipes would have made an excellent kickass pilot...but Engineer?  Hmmm..don't know!
Logged
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return, to obtain, something of equal value must be lost.  That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange.  In those days we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth~Alphonse Elric

Offline TheConstable6

  • ^LOL
  • Posts: 582
  • Cookies: 10
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2010, 08:11:35 PM »
Reggie Jackson, like baseball Reggie?  :funny
Logged
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
 We are not now that strength which in old days
 Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
 One equal temper of heroic hearts,
 Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
 To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Offline ACES_HIGH

  • BCC Roleplay Game Narrator
  • Moderator
  • Posts: 1678
  • Cookies: 54
  • while(!(succeed=try()));
    • BCC Roleplay Games
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2010, 02:59:08 AM »
also, IIRC, it was pretty late in the process that Wesley became a boy, originally the character was a girl named Leslie.

I'm still not convinced that this is an authentic memo
Logged

Offline Nebula

  • BC elder / BCC Vice Admin
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 5499
  • Cookies: 1129
  • KM - Mod Team Member & BC - Elder (2002)
    • 9th fleet HQ
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2010, 03:14:30 AM »
Quote
ive seen behind the scenes documentary stuff of TNG where Denise Crosby did say herself that she originally auditioned for the role of Troi...

I'm sure I've seen that in one of the TNG DVD box sets
Logged
Canon is what people argue exists on ships that don't exist.

Offline King Class Scout

  • Posts: 1775
  • Cookies: 893
  • the other half of SFRD
Re: The TNG cast that could have been.
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2010, 07:18:17 AM »
one of the contenders for data was "mark Lynn Baker" (sp).  this is a sitcom actor who played straight man to   Bronson Pinchot's Ruratanian transplant  Balki.
Logged
OS novel fan

Coming Soon: King's Mod Tuning Shop

best line I've ever read
Me: mine [my bridges] would probably be simple to get the characters to use.  the only person that sits is the captian.
Baz: space is vast there[sic] legs will be tired by the time they get to the next planet
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »