4ec 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 : Al Smith Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 21:43:44 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise >>>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. What would have been good would have been if they'd had a bionic woman as captain from the start. I mean a character who had been in some horrible accident, and had mechanical replacement parts. A cyborg captain. . 0