Does anyone else think that the charactor of Riker brought little or nothing to the show. He had absolutely no charisma and the actor who played him wasn't that good. Data was an android and had more charisma than Riker!
Do you think they could have used someone else with better acting abilities or did you rate him?
2006-10-13 12:29:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
FLOYD.. I didn't know that. His talents obviously lie behind the camera then!
2006-10-13 12:34:16 · update #1
Man. The stuff with the trombone. Was that naff! The trombone was playing him, I think. He must have learned his acting skills from a wardrobe and the wardrobe could still play better trombone. Not that I'm any good at playing the trombone. But you don't have to be a carpenter to recognise a dodgy table, eh?
2006-10-13 12:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by Barks-at-Parrots 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a huge fan of TNG and I think that is how the writers/producers wanted his character to act. He was a strong guy both physically and intellectually but did not show his emotions. I would agree that he is a bit stiff and wasn't somebody I would hang out with but he was a solid # 2 and could always be relied upon by the Captain in rocky situations. As far as having someone else play that character I think I would go with a someone like, well, I can't think of who was in their late thirties when the show first aired.
2006-10-13 13:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by twangler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by his own admission he had no knowledge of the classic star trek series or any of the movies when he took the role of riker. And then became the most successful director of the entire cannon. Weird huh?
Plus patrick stuart could have keep the serious floating by himself (maybe with a little help from micheal dorn) so who cares?
2006-10-13 12:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by browning_1911 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved the Next Generation..as a huge Star Trek fan I think it was the best series of the lot! Riker was great..he played the part his own way and it fitted.
2006-10-13 13:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by saffron1951 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love the question! I was alive (Yes, it's true.) when ST first came into the world. (I was very young. Truth.) I loved the show, and my folks, being the 50's kind of people they were, indulged me in watching it. (Even though it was past my bedtime.) I hate to say it and it has to be said, that Mr. "Riker", when you watch the first ST shows, has much more going for him than the original Capt. Kirk. That's MY view of ST. Enjoy!
2006-10-13 12:41:57 · answer #5 · answered by rifleman01@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, I think he was there for the so-called hunk factor. Taking over the role of ladies man ,that Kirk previously held. I am a huge Data fan as well as Worf and Capt. Picard.
2006-10-13 12:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by GodsServant4Ever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All those dangerous away missions and the smug swine just kept refusing to die.
But in his defence, he wasn't the most annoying cretin to feature in Next Generation.
That title is held firmly in the sweaty palms of Wesley Crusher, and no-one will ever prize it from his clenched digits.
2006-10-13 12:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by Swampy_Bogtrotter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) did outstanding work on the show... if you were to look, his acting career extends back to 1963... and continues to this day !!
Perhaps you mistake "charisma" for your own repressed homosexuallity ?? Guess you don't like beards, and like grey-green men ??
2006-10-13 12:44:06 · answer #8 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They needed a fling for Troy, since Beverly had Picard.
2006-10-13 18:28:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the episode is noted as "Darmok": Picard could discover a thank you to talk with the Tamarians who, he learns, talk completely in metaphors from mythology. in an attempt to deliver them closer, the Tamarian Captain beams himself and Picard onto a planet inhabited via a volatile beast.
2016-12-26 18:39:58 · answer #10 · answered by sterman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋