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Why Robert Beltran felt Seven of Nine 'diminished' Star Trek: Voyager
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There's one thing that can't be argued with about Star Trek: Voyager:
It's that the series took a new turnâ€"make that a very sexy new
turnâ€"with the arrival of Jeri Ryan as former Borg drone Seven of
Nine during the sci-fi show's third season. It was a shift in focus that
had co-star Robert Beltran, who played Commander Chakotay, rather
displeased.
During a lengthy interview with Star Trek.com , Beltran opened up
about his displeasure regarding how his character, Chakotay, was used on
the showâ€"especially when Brannon Braga took over from Michael
Piller and Jeri Taylor as executive producer, and changed Star Trek:
Voyager's focus to Seven of Nine, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and
Robert Picardo's Doctor, almost to the detriment of the other
established characters:
During the Michael Piller-Jeri Taylor years, they listened intently [to
what the actor had to say and his concerns over his character]. It was
after that ... I guess when Brannon Braga took over, when the Seven of
Nine character made her entrance, the focus changed. That was fine with
me. That was fine with me, but I think writers have an obligation to
fill out all the characters if they're regular characters on a series. I
think several of the characters were diminishedâ€"Chakotay and Tuvok
and Kim and Neelix. I think it was just easier for these new writers
that came on to write stories about the captain and about characters
that weren't really human, like Seven of Nine and the Doctor. Those
three characters were kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, omnipotent, and I
think a lot of the tension and drama that was available was lost because
you have to really dig hard to find tension in all-knowing, all-seeing
characters. They know everything, right? They have all the answers. Or
else you have a redundancy of the same scene written over and over and
over again, with slight variations.
It's all fine and dandy to voice one's concerns about the well-being of
the other Voyager characters, but did the actorâ€"being so vocal on
the subjectâ€"get into trouble with the cast and crew? And does he
believe it affected him and his work?
I don't know what the effect was. I'm just kind of a blunt person and,
because I have brain, I can see problems and so I'm vocal about them. I
think a lot of the actors were feeling the same way, but for me it was
like, "OK, you can fire me if you want to. Go ahead, and I'll leave."
That gave me a certain amount of freedom. I was single at the time. I
didn't have to worry about a family like everybody else on the show,
except maybe Garrett. I felt like I was telling the truth, and if people
can't take the truth, that's fine with me, but I'm not going to be
stifled by the prospect of being fired.
Adding, however:
See, I never pissed off anybody on the set. None of the actors ever got
mad at me and said, "Hey, you should shut it." It was always kind of an
inside joke. So it didn't affect my relationship with anybody, not even
Rick Berman or Brannon Braga, and they were quite aware of what I was
saying. It was one of things that I didn't understand, either. I was
being blunt. I was being honest and truthful, as far as I could see the
truth, and I think they understood that. I think the series was safe. It
was going to go seven years with or without me, and they decided to stay
with me because, in the long run, I don't think what I said made very
much difference, except to a very, very small percentage of fans who
maybe didn't like what I said. There's a small percentage of fans who
hold Star Trek and the Star Trek franchise sacrosanct, like it's their
god. It's a very small minority, but what I said didn't make any
difference to the vast majority of the audience.
What do you guys think about that?
(via TrekWeb )
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There's one thing that can't be argued with about Star Trek: Voyager:
It's that the series took a new turnâ€"make that a very sexy new
turnâ€"with the arrival of Jeri Ryan as former Borg drone Seven of
Nine during the sci-fi show's third season. It was a shift in focus that
had co-star Robert Beltran, who played Commander Chakotay, rather
displeased.
During a lengthy interview with Star Trek.com , Beltran opened up
about his displeasure regarding how his character, Chakotay, was used on
the showâ€"especially when Brannon Braga took over from Michael
Piller and Jeri Taylor as executive producer, and changed Star Trek:
Voyager's focus to Seven of Nine, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and
Robert Picardo's Doctor, almost to the detriment of the other
established characters:
During the Michael Piller-Jeri Taylor years, they listened intently [to
what the actor had to say and his concerns over his character]. It was
after that ... I guess when Brannon Braga took over, when the Seven of
Nine character made her entrance, the focus changed. That was fine with
me. That was fine with me, but I think writers have an obligation to
fill out all the characters if they're regular characters on a series. I
think several of the characters were diminishedâ€"Chakotay and Tuvok
and Kim and Neelix. I think it was just easier for these new writers
that came on to write stories about the captain and about characters
that weren't really human, like Seven of Nine and the Doctor. Those
three characters were kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, omnipotent, and I
think a lot of the tension and drama that was available was lost because
you have to really dig hard to find tension in all-knowing, all-seeing
characters. They know everything, right? They have all the answers. Or
else you have a redundancy of the same scene written over and over and
over again, with slight variations.
It's all fine and dandy to voice one's concerns about the well-being of
the other Voyager characters, but did the actorâ€"being so vocal on
the subjectâ€"get into trouble with the cast and crew? And does he
believe it affected him and his work?
I don't know what the effect was. I'm just kind of a blunt person and,
because I have brain, I can see problems and so I'm vocal about them. I
think a lot of the actors were feeling the same way, but for me it was
like, "OK, you can fire me if you want to. Go ahead, and I'll leave."
That gave me a certain amount of freedom. I was single at the time. I
didn't have to worry about a family like everybody else on the show,
except maybe Garrett. I felt like I was telling the truth, and if people
can't take the truth, that's fine with me, but I'm not going to be
stifled by the prospect of being fired.
Adding, however:
See, I never pissed off anybody on the set. None of the actors ever got
mad at me and said, "Hey, you should shut it." It was always kind of an
inside joke. So it didn't affect my relationship with anybody, not even
Rick Berman or Brannon Braga, and they were quite aware of what I was
saying. It was one of things that I didn't understand, either. I was
being blunt. I was being honest and truthful, as far as I could see the
truth, and I think they understood that. I think the series was safe. It
was going to go seven years with or without me, and they decided to stay
with me because, in the long run, I don't think what I said made very
much difference, except to a very, very small percentage of fans who
maybe didn't like what I said. There's a small percentage of fans who
hold Star Trek and the Star Trek franchise sacrosanct, like it's their
god. It's a very small minority, but what I said didn't make any
difference to the vast majority of the audience.
What do you guys think about that?
(via TrekWeb )
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News Opinion Polls Posters Reviews Rumors Science
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Video Web Weird Stuff
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cain...@windstream.net
Jul 23, 2012, 10:43:27 PM7/23/12
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fixed your subject line for you.
dx...@albury.nospam.net.au
Jul 24, 2012, 8:21:48 AM7/24/12
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So why didn't you trash the useless stuff at the bottom of the article
as well?? Reduce its length by about half!!
Daniel
cain...@windstream.net wrote:
> fixed your subject line for you.
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> On Jul 23, 9:41 pm, BillV2...@webtv.net (The Saltex Brujo) wrote:
>> Why Robert Beltran felt Seven of Nine 'diminished' Star Trek: Voyager
>>
>> Tweet
>> There's one thing that can't be argued with about Star Trek: Voyager:
>> It's that the series took a new turn�"make that a very sexy new
>> turn�"with the arrival of Jeri Ryan as former Borg drone Seven of
>> the subject�"get into trouble with the cast and crew? And does he
as well?? Reduce its length by about half!!
Daniel
cain...@windstream.net wrote:
> fixed your subject line for you.
>
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>
> On Jul 23, 9:41 pm, BillV2...@webtv.net (The Saltex Brujo) wrote:
>> Why Robert Beltran felt Seven of Nine 'diminished' Star Trek: Voyager
>>
>> Tweet
>> There's one thing that can't be argued with about Star Trek: Voyager:
>> turn�"with the arrival of Jeri Ryan as former Borg drone Seven of
>> Nine during the sci-fi show's third season. It was a shift in focus that
>> had co-star Robert Beltran, who played Commander Chakotay, rather
>> displeased.
>> During a lengthy interview with Star Trek.com , Beltran opened up
>> about his displeasure regarding how his character, Chakotay, was used on
>> the show�"especially when Brannon Braga took over from Michael
>> had co-star Robert Beltran, who played Commander Chakotay, rather
>> displeased.
>> During a lengthy interview with Star Trek.com , Beltran opened up
>> about his displeasure regarding how his character, Chakotay, was used on
>> Piller and Jeri Taylor as executive producer, and changed Star Trek:
>> Voyager's focus to Seven of Nine, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and
>> Robert Picardo's Doctor, almost to the detriment of the other
>> established characters:
>> During the Michael Piller-Jeri Taylor years, they listened intently [to
>> what the actor had to say and his concerns over his character]. It was
>> after that ... I guess when Brannon Braga took over, when the Seven of
>> Nine character made her entrance, the focus changed. That was fine with
>> me. That was fine with me, but I think writers have an obligation to
>> fill out all the characters if they're regular characters on a series. I
>> think several of the characters were diminished�"Chakotay and Tuvok
>> Voyager's focus to Seven of Nine, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and
>> Robert Picardo's Doctor, almost to the detriment of the other
>> established characters:
>> During the Michael Piller-Jeri Taylor years, they listened intently [to
>> what the actor had to say and his concerns over his character]. It was
>> after that ... I guess when Brannon Braga took over, when the Seven of
>> Nine character made her entrance, the focus changed. That was fine with
>> me. That was fine with me, but I think writers have an obligation to
>> fill out all the characters if they're regular characters on a series. I
>> and Kim and Neelix. I think it was just easier for these new writers
>> that came on to write stories about the captain and about characters
>> that weren't really human, like Seven of Nine and the Doctor. Those
>> three characters were kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, omnipotent, and I
>> think a lot of the tension and drama that was available was lost because
>> you have to really dig hard to find tension in all-knowing, all-seeing
>> characters. They know everything, right? They have all the answers. Or
>> else you have a redundancy of the same scene written over and over and
>> over again, with slight variations.
>> It's all fine and dandy to voice one's concerns about the well-being of
>> the other Voyager characters, but did the actor�"being so vocal on
>> that came on to write stories about the captain and about characters
>> that weren't really human, like Seven of Nine and the Doctor. Those
>> three characters were kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, omnipotent, and I
>> think a lot of the tension and drama that was available was lost because
>> you have to really dig hard to find tension in all-knowing, all-seeing
>> characters. They know everything, right? They have all the answers. Or
>> else you have a redundancy of the same scene written over and over and
>> over again, with slight variations.
>> It's all fine and dandy to voice one's concerns about the well-being of
>> the subject�"get into trouble with the cast and crew? And does he
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