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He wore Lieutenant pips and Ensign pips sporadically throughout TNG, along with a single hollow pip indicating a Junior Ensign I think. Then during his time on DS9, he wore this:
Which indicated a Senior Chief.
The other one that I thought was interesting is that Tuvok wore the rank of Lieutenant Commander for most of the first season, yet he was referred to as a Lieutenant. Then he finally just started wearing the two pips of a Lieutenant from the end of the first season until his actual promotion to Lieutenant Commander. The interesting part about that is by the time Voyager was taken to the Delta Quadrant, Tuvok had spent 22 years in Star Fleet during that commission (he had previously resigned his three year commission as an Ensign, 53 years prior to his second term.
So, he spent 25 years total, including 22 years consecutively, in Star Fleet prior to making Lieutenant Commander. What's interesting about that is La Forge made Lieutenant Commander a mere nine years after his graduation from Star Fleet Academy. Worf went from Lieutenant JG to Lieutenant Commander in 7 years.
Yeah, I've put way too much thought into this. :24:
So, he spent 25 years total, including 22 years consecutively, in Star Fleet prior to making Lieutenant Commander. What's interesting about that is La Forge made Lieutenant Commander a mere nine years after his graduation from Star Fleet Academy. Worf went from Lieutenant JG to Lieutenant Commander in 7 years.
Yeah, I've put way too much thought into this. :24:
According to the wiki article I found... the hollow pip referred to a Chief Petty Officer during TNG, and then with the next generation of uniforms, it was for an Ensign JG; while chevron style ranks were assigned to NCOs.
Another weird one is that Chokotay was a full provisional Commander on Voyager, and yet at least through the beginning of Season Three (where I am right now), he wears a provisional Lieutenant Commander insignia.
Space is a vacuum....and it sucks
The newest Trek movie was pretty cool. Saw it on FX, though Leonard Nimoy is looking ancient and I was confused. He said he was from 129 years from now... Is that the TNG era because even for then he was physically older than he should have been (You'd think with all that movie magic they could of made him look younger. Because he looked decent when he appeared on TNG in the 90s.)
In the newest Star Trek movie, Spock was 157... he traveled back in time from 9 years after Voyager returned.
ah ok that makes sense.
So... talking about the new Star Trek movie got me to thinking. What if they were to reboot the "Next Generation" era series? Who would you cast to replace the casts of The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, and Voyager with more current actors? Here's what I've got so far... though I think replacing Picard is the most difficult of any Star Trek character to re-cast.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Mark Strong
Like I said, this has to be the absolute hardest character to try and recast... but I've been impressed with Strong's work in the filmes I've seen him in. He's has an authoritative voice, and a similar look to Patrick Stewart, and is about the same age as the Picard Character and Stewart himself when TNG started.
Commander William T. Riker - Michael Weatherly
My only question about him would be whether or not he could rock a beard. :24:
Lieutenant (JG) Geordi La Forge - Dulé Hill
C'mon, after seeing him with the Geordi visor in an episode of Psych last year, I couldn't see anyone else playing the role.
Lieutenant (JG) Worf - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
While my first choice for this role would actually be Adam Baldwin, he's not black... and I don't know of any white guys to play Klingons since TOS, before their makeover into their current look. That being said, Jackson played a great B.A. Baracus, and I think he could pull off Worf really well.
Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher - Amy Adams
Crusher absolutely has to have red hair, and while Julianne Moore seemed like an obvious choice... she's much older than Gates McFadden/Beverly Crusher was when TNG started.
Yeah, I've been really bored lately.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Mark Strong
Like I said, this has to be the absolute hardest character to try and recast... but I've been impressed with Strong's work in the filmes I've seen him in. He's has an authoritative voice, and a similar look to Patrick Stewart, and is about the same age as the Picard Character and Stewart himself when TNG started.
Commander William T. Riker - Michael Weatherly
My only question about him would be whether or not he could rock a beard. :24:
Lieutenant (JG) Geordi La Forge - Dulé Hill
C'mon, after seeing him with the Geordi visor in an episode of Psych last year, I couldn't see anyone else playing the role.
Lieutenant (JG) Worf - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
While my first choice for this role would actually be Adam Baldwin, he's not black... and I don't know of any white guys to play Klingons since TOS, before their makeover into their current look. That being said, Jackson played a great B.A. Baracus, and I think he could pull off Worf really well.
Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher - Amy Adams
Crusher absolutely has to have red hair, and while Julianne Moore seemed like an obvious choice... she's much older than Gates McFadden/Beverly Crusher was when TNG started.
Yeah, I've been really bored lately.
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