Subj : Re: I BLAME BRAGA
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.voyager,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9
From : ANIM8Rfsk
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 10:54:35

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

in article 5biVe.89149$Ph4.2832503@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca, Al Smith at
invalid@address.com wrote on 9/12/05 9:39 AM:

>>> Everytime I think of Genvieve Bujold as captain of a starship, I
>>>> quake in horror. She was completely wrong for the role. Even if
>>>> she had stayed, she would have quit after the first season,
>>>> leaving the series in the lurch. The best thing that ever happened
>>>> to "Voyager" was Mulgrew.
>> 
>> 
>> I like Bujold a lot, but I do have a hard time picturing her in the role.
>> Of course, if Janeway was INTENTIONALLY a joke, maybe casting somebody you
>> didn't take seriously as a Starship Captain was the idea.
>> 
>> That said, the other name usually mentioned as a top contender was Lindsey
>> Wagner.  I think she'd have worked.
> 
> Wagner might have been good. Lots of strength, and a sense of
> humor. Plus, those bionic parts would have given her an edge
> against the Borg.

Yeah, it might have been embarrassing had they brought in 7of9 to meet the
Bionic Woman.  Of course, if Wagner had been in it from the start, Voyager
would have been very different, and perhaps even good, and 7of9 might never
have shown up.

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