Starfleet Academy Showrunners Explain Inspiration for Bringing Voyager's EMH Back to Star Trek (blog.trekcore.com)
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 04 Aug 2024 15:17
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Geek_King@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 2024 16:04 next collapse

Voyager was always hit or miss for me, but I always enjoyed the concept of an emergency medical hologram.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 04 Aug 2024 18:39 collapse

It’s just Memberberries, like Star Wars keeps doing. I find this so tedious — seeing the same people over and over makes the galaxy feel too small.

HWK_290@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 2024 20:38 next collapse

And yet Prodigy handled him wonderfully!

But yeah, not sure lightning strikes twice, especially with the live action track record

StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website on 05 Aug 2024 14:24 collapse

I found it interesting that in recent articles quoting Kate Mulgrew on her conditions for Janeway to return in live action, the thing she most stressed was that she had told Alex Kurtzman that the quality of the writing would have to be meticulous.

She’s very happy with the writing for Janeway in Prodigy but sounds like she needs to be convinced that it would be the same in live action.

Corgana@startrek.website on 05 Aug 2024 19:09 next collapse

Seeing these same tired old takes makes Lemmy feel small too.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 05 Aug 2024 19:58 collapse

Doesn’t make it any less true, and showrunners seem to disregard all the contrary opinions too.

SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org on 06 Aug 2024 00:09 collapse

It’s actually much more similar to how they kept using Majel Barrett as the voice of the computer across multiple series.

And it makes sense in-universe for The Doctor to be 800 years old and still working; it’s not like they’re contriving a way for Harry Kim or Phlox to be there, much as we may want to see them again.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 06 Aug 2024 00:22 collapse

That’s a very good point, I only thought of the good doctor as a character, not a replicable computer program (despite us seeing several in VOY). It still feel slike fan service, but seeing him is at least much more plausible than running into Riker at every turn.