Tuesday, 12 July 2011
10 PM Eastern - 7 PM Pacific
“Dream not of today.”
Hello Trekdom!
I’m finally at a frak party. What a shocker!!
Did Picard just say, “Oh My God!”?
Shocking, indeed.
The premise of “The Chase” was inspired by Carl Sagan’s novel Contact, in which clues to the nature of the universe are discovered in a long calculation of Pi.
“Inside us are many voices.”
Yeah. I know what they mean.
It would take over a year for Joe Menosky and Ronald D. Moore’s premise to be written into a workable script. Early drafts were in the manic mood of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but were shelved for being “too cartoony”. The original story would have involved a Vulcan scientist not personally involved with any of the characters. Along with the Klingons and Romulans, this version also included the Ferengi. As Moore recalled, “Riker beams over into this cramped little tiny shuttle, where everyone’s yelling and trying to find things and the guy’s dead. And then they zip away, and we’re off an running with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. It would have been a lot more comedic.” Michael Piller and Rick Berman felt this lacked sufficient character – that there was no real motivation for Picard to join in the chase. It was only with the addition of the death of Picard’s mentor that Piller and Berman were sold on the idea.
That would have been an interesting spin.
hellloooooooo, merry wanderer!
Moore stated that he’d considered, but intentionally did not specify, that the Ancient humanoids were the Preservers from TOS: “The Paradise Syndrome”. He added, “but this could be them and be internally consistent.”
I love that man.
just starting. I’ll catch up
that’s just awesome
Hello to you, too.
I wish I was the merry wanderer. I’m the slave labored. Frakkin Real life. I still haven’t written for the last two FSLs. It sux.
I’ll pause. Let me know when Galen says, “I’m not a young man.” while making his pitch to Picard.
ETA: bout 9 minutes in.
real life does occasionally blow. sorry, my friend 
no worries, I FFed dream not of today
breakfast with Beverly 
so cool
Y’all should know this.
Salome Jens went on to play the recurring role of the Female Changeling in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
It’s so odd to see Picard so content and happy.
oh yes. the voice is unmistakable
and odder still that feeling comes from contemplating what might have been
Director Jonathan Frakes was disappointed at not being able to shoot outside. “I think it does look like ‘Planet Hell’, but that’s the way it goes. The money was being spent across the street [at Deep Space Nine]. I don’t think it’s a secret.” However, set designer Richard James noted that it was impossible to shoot outside, as the crew had been unable to find a salt flat without vegetation, as the episode demanded.
Stop your bitchin’, Jonathan.