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Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:05 am
by Nutso
https://twitter.com/berman_rick/status/ ... 3174674432
Someone on reddit transcribed it the way it was presented in the twitter for those who couldn't read the image. Like me.
1. THE ENTERPRISE
25th CENTURY
NCC 1701 D
TWICE AS LONG, 16 STORIES HIGH
MORE SLEEK AERODYNAMIC (WARP SPEED)
CREW CAPACITY - 907
INCLUDES FAMILIES
NEW FACILITIES
SCHOOLS
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
HOLODECKS - DUPLICATE ANY LANDSCAPE
LOW GRAVITY GAMES
NEW BRIDGE - TWO LEVELS
LESS APPARENT HARDWARE
SEPARATION ABILITY (BATTLE BRIDGE)
2. CHARACTERS
CAPTAIN JULIAN PICARD
50's
COMMANDER WILLIAM RYKER
30's
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SECOND IN COMMAND
COMMANDER OF AWAY MISSIONS
LT. COMMANDER DATA
FABRICATED BY UNKNOWN ALIENS
ANDROID
WANTS TO BE HUMAN
SUPERIOR STRENGTH & MEMORY
LT. COMMANDER MACHA HERNANDEZ
ILLEGIBLE SECURITY CHIEF
ABOARD & AWAY MISSIONS
FROM AN EARTH COLONY OF RENEGADES
2. CHARACTERS CONT'D
LT. TROI
CHIEF PSYCHOLOGIST
1/2 BETAZED
TELEPATHIC ABILITY
ENSIGN GEORDI LA FORGE
BLACK
BLIND FROM BIRTH
PROSTHETIC EYES
WESLEY CRUSHER
15-YEAR-OLD
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
ENGINEERING WHIZ
EVENTUALLY ACTING LT./STARSHIP OPERATIONS
BEVERLY CRUSHER
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:28 am
by Teaos
I love his LeForge has a primary characteristic as "black"
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:54 pm
by Captain Seafort
Wasn't Wesley a girl called Leslie in the very early drafts?
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:09 pm
by Nutso
Captain Seafort wrote:Wasn't Wesley a girl called Leslie in the very early drafts?
Probably bounced back and forth between character ideas. Except for Geordi is "black."
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:13 am
by Mikey
"Your name is Geordi! Berman give you a name, you take it!"
Sorry.
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:13 am
by Duskofdead
Poor Dr. Crusher. She had absolutely no qualifier or personality concept even right from initial conception. No wonder it took them like 6 seasons and some female writing staff additions to actually write any personality into the female characters or give them important things to do.
Seeing this overview, it makes total sense that virtually all of the season 1 female cast complained of feeling like they weren't there for much other than "I'm a GIRL, who does x instead of a man!"
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:45 am
by Graham Kennedy
IIRC, the early character description for Dr Crusher said something like "She has the confident self assurance of a stripper".
Re: Rick Berman's First Breakdown of TNG Characters
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:57 pm
by Teaos
That she does... Engage.