From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Re: Startrek VII - Takei's comments
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 18:13:48 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.034204.9222@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jelmore@nyx.cs.du.
du (John Elmore) writes:
>In article <Dec.15.14.14.25.1992.14324@gandalf.rutgers.edu> finifter@gan
alf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter) writes:
>>helene@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Helene Blankespoor) writes:
>>
>>>Last week, George Takei was interview on British TV and apperently sai
 
>>>about the next film, Startrek VII, that if it was going to be made it 
ould
>>>be centred around Captain Sulu and the Excelsior.
>>>I did not see the interview myself but has anyone else heard anything 
bout
>>>this ??
>>
>>>Helene.
>>
>>I didn't see that interview either (nor have I heard much of anything
>>concerning ST VIII except that there might be another TOS movie), but t
is
>>is an idea I've been voicing for a long time.  Let "The Big Three" reti
e, and
>>give some of the supporting members a chance to *really* play the heroe
 (esp.
>>Sulu, seeing as he now has his own ship with which to do so).  Besides,
>>focusing the movie on the Excelsior would give a better opportunity to 
reate
>>a true bridge between the generations by allowing (albeit young) TNG ch
racters
>>to show up early in their careers (something which Takei mentioned in h
mor
>>at a con I saw him at last February).
>
>The only problem with _that_ theory is the ST:TNG takes place over 80
>years after the classic STAR TREK series. Most of the TNG cast weren't
>even twinkles in their grandfather's eyes!  The only characters I
>can think of that could show up in the movies would be Guinan, Q, and so
e
>of the established alien races. (How about a "reverse-crossover"? Have t
e
>Excelsior find Cardassian pirates, or meet _another_ member of the
>Continuum? Okay, Okay, it was just a thought...) I wean, wasn't Colonel
>Worf in ST 6 supposed to be TNG's Lt. Worf's grandfather?
>
>Jay (=
>
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It is true that ST:TNG is set 85 years after the series; however, I
believe that the movies (the later ones, anyway) take place about 
thirty years after the series; maybe more.  So it is possible that
we might see a lad the age of Wesley Crusher with a British accent
at the helm of the Excelcior.  Of course, Picard would have to be 65
for that to happen, or the movie would have to be set a couple of 
decades later than the previous ones...    

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