From: kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori)
Subject: Re: TNG set, Wesly, and other ramblings
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:59:46 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.214713.17777@nevada.edu> jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender) writes:
>
>	Hi. The telivsion station out here show the new episode(and I use 
>new REAL loosely)tuesday nights at 8:00, and a repeat at 9:00. I realy didn't
>notice it till last night, but the sets have changed a lot since the first 
>year. The new sets seemed to be a bit more detailed, and just generally nicer.
>
>	And on the subject of Wes. and Alexander. I think the big problem is
>the writing. 

I think the problem with Wes was absolutely the writing. Alexander suffers
from both writing and acting. I haven't much data on Yar yet, but I must
say I'm unimpressed with Denise's acting so far.


>I think this was also the problem with the Lt. Yar character. I've
>seen Wil Wheton(sp?) in other stuff, and he's not a bad actor. 
>A girl in my
>Economics class has seen stuff the Denise Crosbys been in(other than 
>skintight,
>and Pet Semetary), and said the same about her. 

How they perform outside of TNG is irrelevant. If they don't perform on
TNG, I want them off TNG. Period.



This business about Wes is rather moot, IMO, since there's no way Wheaton
will want to be typecast as the character on a regular basis again. But
since you bring it up...

>	Wes. Have him graduate(not now but in due time), then have his charater
>be a little more laid back. Take all the just plain CORNY line out of his
>dialoge. 

"Light years can't separate..." 


>The infamous "We're with starfleet, we don't lie" was the WORST 
>line  I have heard anybody say in any movie or TV show. 

AGREED! Not only was it badly written but it was horribly acted too. 
He could have just said it in a normal voice -- instead, he had
go into "robot" mode and exaggerate its badness about 500%.


>At That moment, his characterlost the little credibility I had given it. 
>And for gods sake, try getting him a girl friend whos
>e not too old for him. That girl in the episode with the game(I am 
>terrible with titles) 

Uh... could it be... "THE GAME"? Nahh :-)


>was just no right. It's bad enough that they're trying to pass him 
>of as a super-brain, but this is streching it just a bit. That 
>girl was a bit out of his leagu

I'd prefer it if for once, they'd drop the teenage love romance angle 
entirely. It's trite, it's boring and it's bound to tempt the writers
into sledgehammer preaching about teenage promiscuity.



>	Alexander. For now, I think he should just be ornamental. Don't try
>to write whole episodes aroud him, let him develop a personality first. A 
>few bit appearences here and there would have given him a sorf of history 
>with the show, and they could have built somthing from there. 

Three things that would improve Alexander tremendously:
  
  1. Replace Brian Bonsall with someone who can act.
  2. Stop having him be confrontational with everyone all the time.
     Not only does is it as boring as hell to watch a bunch of adults
     be "threatened" by a 3 foot tall "bratoid" (to steal a word),
     it ruins the credibility of the show to have promos like
     "Worf battles his greatest enemy. His son." They should have learned
     this lesson with the Ferengi.
  3. Drop the "smartest kid in the class" routine. They should have
     learned that lesson with Wesley.


>	Lt. Yar.  I am going to go out on a limb here, and say they should 
>bring her back. 

Thanks but no thanks. I think there are too many regulars on the show as is,
and I find Denise's acting rather poor in general.

>They could maybe bring back the genisis planet to regenerate 
>her, which could also bring about a Spock crossover that people seem to want
>to see another of. 

I don't. After the letdown that was UNIFICATION, I'd be just as happy
if they never tried another TOS crossover again.




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TNG Lifelines: From "Yesterday's Enterprise" To "The First Duty" --
  "Prior to Starfleet Academy commencement ceremonies, an in-flight
   accident destroys five ships, including the one carrying Wesley
   Crusher" -- TV Guide: Mar. 28 - Apr. 3