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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

In Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross' oral history book The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, From The Next Generation to J.J. Abrams by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, Farrell explained why she left DS9. "The problems with my leaving were with Rick Berman," Farrell explained. "In my opinion, he's just very misogynistic. He'd comment on your bra size not being voluptuous.... That stuff was so intense, especially the first couple of years." The actors signed six-year contracts, so leading into the seventh and final season, Farrell asked for her role to be recurring, telling Gross and Altman she would've appeared in 13 out of the 26 episodes.

"Rick Berman said I was hardballing him," she said, but characterized her own desire to "just have a conversation." The negotiations got nasty, however. Farrell said a junior producer told her without Deep Space Nine she would "be working at K-Mart." She also said the producer would call her right before shooting scenes to ask if she'd made the decision to sign a new contract. "Basically," she said, "he was trying to bully me into saying 'yes.'" Behr, the showrunner by this point, said he was completely in the dark about Farrell's trouble with Berman. He implied that he would've stopped her firing from happening at all or, possibly, have left with her.

https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-why-terry-farrell-jadzia-dax-left-ds9/

[-] Damage@feddit.it 30 points 1 year ago

She's like one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the screen, great in the role, and somehow that still wasn't enough?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Not when you're a sexist piece of shit who doesn't see women beyond tits and ass.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

Jadzia was a wonderful character, and it sucks the conditions that made her leave. I didn't mind her next iteration, though. She was.... okay.

[-] Daxtron2@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

While I love Trek, the execs for a lot of the shows are just terrible people. It's like they completely missed the point of half the episodes they produced lol

[-] CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And also dicks.

[-] Blackout@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

A Rick is just a bizarro world Rich and they should never be trusted. Or it's the other way around, I can't remember. Avoid Brians too

[-] UndecidedYellow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

How do you feel about Bryants?

[-] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

I think this video is essential viewing for any Trek fan.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NeSz2gW8IsE

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Berman’s early comment, “I don’t believe the 24th Century is going to be like Gene Roddenberry believed it to be,” really struck me. Frankly, I don’t have a whole lot of faith in humanity, either.

If I’d had his job, though, instead of using my influence on Star Trek to try and tone down the progressiveness, I’d welcome the opportunity to be optimistic. I’d tell that nagging voice in my head to shut up, and I’d encourage the writers to come up with thoughtful, creative, insightful, socially aware stories.

Maybe the lack of “Bermanesque” influences is why I like Strange New Worlds so much!

[-] Steve@communick.news 6 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't he say "The question we were looking for"?

Been a long time since I watched Jeopardy.

[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Riddle me this; Why do Americans frame their answers like questions? Is it some weird meme or something?

[-] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

C'mon, Trekkies, don't downvote someone for asking a question. Not everyone knows what Jeopardy is.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

It's the rules of the gameshow Jeopardy. The gimmick is the game will give you an answer, you have to guess the question, so all responses must be in the form of a question to count.

So for the prompt:

"This Actor portrayed the captain of the Enterprise in all but the pilot episode of the original Star Trek series."

You would answer:

"Who is William Shatner?"

[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How bizarre.

Why not just ask questions the usual way?

edit: Evidently everyone really loves this show, as they are downvoting me like crazy for not having heard of it and finding it weird.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago

This pattern only really exists in the game show Jeopardy, and people specifically referencing the show.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because there were a whole bunch of trivia gameshows out there at the time, this one had to set itself apart somehow. So it's trivia, but in reverse, which was novel for the time. The format and content were a hit formula, enjoyed by the well educated and the uneducated alike. We forget the weird gimmick because it has been a nightly fixture in homes for several generations. It's just good, high paced trivia with little filler and, for almost the whole series, a beloved host.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's the game itself; you get told the answer and must give the question. I actually came in here to be a nerd and mention that Alex would not say "answer" but "response." Because you are not giving answers.

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