Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended in 1999 after 7 seasons but didn’t jump into feature films like The Next Generation. Here’s why.

  • @SalamendaciousOP
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    71 year ago

    Nog I think is the easiest recast. It could be explained just that the character aged. Odo would be harder. He could be a CGI character with a voice actor but that doesn’t sound good. It could be a plot point that both characters are killed prior to the beginning of the story and the story involves resolving the mystery of what happened and why.

    All and all I think it’s unlikely we’ll see any kind of continuation of DS9, which is unfortunate because it’s my favorite series.

    • @Acamon
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      121 year ago

      I would have misgivings of using the character with René, but it wouldn’t be hard. He’s changeling, god dammit. It was one of the weird conceits of DS9 that odo kept the same humanoid form, and so the changeling who interacted with him did too (along with implausible excuses about “not being able to master the humanoid face”, or the changing virus).

      Having spent time with the founders, you could easily recast “Odo” as a dozen different characters of different species and genders. Perhaps he has transcended the attachment to a single form that he developed from living among solids? I feel like watching some good actors do Odoesque performances could be quite interesting!

      • @SalamendaciousOP
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        61 year ago

        Yeah, that’s a really good solution. There would have to be something that gives the audience a clue that we’re dealing with the same character I think so the actors would have to really collaborate on their collective characters. That’s really a great idea.

    • HubertManne
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      71 year ago

      odo is easier. Find a similar looking actor who can do a similar voice and say he got better at making a realistic human look. no more makeup needed even.

      • @SalamendaciousOP
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        41 year ago

        That’s possible. Rene gave odo a real presence though. I don’t know how well another actor would mimic it. They could always do something like interstellar. That character who was left on the ship by himself for all those years was markedly different from the character before they left for the water planet.

        • HubertManne
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          51 year ago

          yeah I was even thinking why would he necessarily even keep with the look and voice once he was adept at forms.

      • @Evilcoleslaw
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        31 year ago

        He does like so much like him, however with Odo that isn’t the most important thing. The voice is much more important and René’s voice is so very distinctive.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          “After rejoining the Great Link, I carry with me now the voice of all my People. I apologize if I… if we… sound… different.”

          Problem solved.

      • @SalamendaciousOP
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        21 year ago

        That didn’t work out so well with Tony soprano in the HBO movie though.

            • @[email protected]
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              31 year ago

              René’s.

              “Rémy-Luc Julian Michel Auberjonois is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Mr. Albin in the television series Weeds and as Dr. Emerson on the television series Mad Men.” - Wikipedia page.

              • @SalamendaciousOP
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                11 year ago

                I looked up Dr Emerson and you really can see the family resemblance. Mad Men was a fantastic show.

      • @SalamendaciousOP
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        21 year ago

        I remember that. He came out of the wormhole, making a warning, and his ship exploded if I remember right.

      • @Evilcoleslaw
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        21 year ago

        Yeah that’s always a potential thing they could continue from, or scrap at will. (I watched that again just this weekend lol)