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Connor Trinneer Flattered by "These Are The Voyages..."

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By GustavoLeao / 17:32, 3 July 2005 / Enterprise

The lateest issue of DreamWatch magazine, just out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK ENTERPRTSE actor Connor Trinneer (´Trip' Tucker'), in which he once again talks about the series finale, "These Are The Voyages...", in which his character dies in a deliberate act of self-sacrifice, defending the ship from a squad of invading aliens. Here are more excerpts from the interview :

"The writers have a responsibility to get us put into the web of the historical context of the STAR TREK franchise in general, and so they are bringing 'Riker' [Jonathan Frakes] and 'Troi' [Marina Sirtis] back." he said "There's a holodeck story and 'Riker' wants to visit with our crew, kind of slip in behind the scenes, in a sense, and get to know 'Trip'. I'm flattered that the last episode is kind of about me. I'm also said it is the last episode. But I thinks ultimately, the responsibility that [executive producers] Rick [Berman] and Brannon [Braga] felt they needed to accomplish was to make a connection to the rest of TREK history and to bring [18 years of STAR TREK] full circle.

To read the full article, get the latest issue of DreamWatch magazine at your local newstand.



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By: RANDOLPHEA (Odo's file, contact) @ 10:16:10 on Jul 07, 2005

TATV was the poorest, most pathetic series finale I have ever seen.

TOS series didn't have a finale, and their last episode was better than this one.

This story was in INSULT to the fans, and a slap in the face to the cast. TNG was my favorite series, I grew up with it. However, I developed my own relationship with the Enterprise cast, and it was THEM I wanted to see in the last episode, not looking back in time at them through the eyes of Riker and Troi.
The writing was weak, the action non-existent. Very dispicable as an ending.
The episode prior to TATV would have been an improvement. It seemed like TATV was just thrown together. Pathetic.

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RE: Is he joking? by rumandchocolate @ 10:40:32 on Jul 07

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By: katefan (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:18:42 on Jul 06, 2005

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In that sense, then their decision to tie it to TNG... using the Enterprise-D... makes sense. Not just because TNG was the launching point of that 18-year run... but because Frakes and Sirtis reprising their characters is more believeable than Shatner and Nimoy reprising theirs during TOS.

And who says they have to be portraying Kirk and/or Spock during TOS? It could have easily been years later; Nimoy could have played Spock in any of a number of eras.

And It did not have to be Kirk, Spock or any of the TOS actors. It could have been T'Pol seeing the launch of the first Enterprise. The real one.

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See... conceptually I think this was a neat idea... and used the Holodeck in the way it was intended, rather than making it yet another run-amok story. I just wish it hadn't been done in the final episode of the series.

The problem is we have seen so many holodeck stories over the years. It is a tired old plot device ranking right up there with time travel, with transporter accidents coming in third. When B & B are out of ideas they go back to their old crutches.

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And why does "full circle" have to mean "an appearance by one of the cast members of TOS"? Can't Trek come "full circle" without that?

See my suggestion above. Well, it wasn't mine, originally. Someone else at this board had suggested it long before me.

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...even Manny Coto liked the concept of this episode.

And how much of that is sucking up to B & B in case he needs work on Threshold?

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"Oh, I'll wake up
To any sound of engines,
Ev'ry gull a seeking craft..."

Kate Bush, And Dream of Sheep

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RE: Is he joking? by rumandchocolate @ 18:58:42 on Jul 06
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