Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Patrick Stewart think Captain Jean - Luc Picard should ’ve seen more activity inStar Trek : The Next Generation . As the commander of the USS Enterprise - D , Captain Picard turned out to be a very different character of Captain compare to James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) . OnStar Trek : The Original Series , Kirk magnificently butterfly many different woman , both alien and human , and got into his fair parcel of scrap . If Kirk was an action star , then Picard was a diplomat , opt to clear problems with words rather than battle . While this worked for the type of showTNGwanted to be , it seems Patrick Stewart require Picard to take a varlet out of Kirk ’s Good Book .

During the early days ofStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , Patrick Stewart want to keep things serious on curing . Over time , however , the rest period of the boisterous cast of characters member wore off on Stewart as well . TheTNGcast earned a repute for their on - adjust put-on , and Stewart wanted to institute some of that same Energy Department into the show . TNGdid not truly start firing on all cylinders until season 3 , and from that pointedness on , Picard and the Enterprise - D bunch begin to find themselves in more intense situations .

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Patrick Stewart Wanted Picard To Have More Fun In Star Trek: TNG

Captain Picard had more romances and action scenes as TNG progressed.

InThe Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , screenwriterRonald D. Moore describes a conversation he had with Patrick Stewart on the circle ofTNGseason 3 , episode 5 , " The Bonding . " scan his quote below :

The next clip I was there I fall to see them shooting my instalment [ " The Bonding " ] . Richard [ Arnold , archivist ] take me down to the set , and they were filming a tantrum , and Patrick [ Stewart ] was there , and , at one point , Richard called Patrick over and infix him to me and sound out , ' This is Ron Moore , he wrote this episode . ' Patrick said , ' Oh , adorable to converge you . It ’s a marvelous script . Just so delighted . So are you writing another one for us ? ' And I said , ' Yes , as a matter of fact , I ’m writing one about this Romulan defector . ' And he said , ' Oh , just marvelous , ca n’t wait to read it . Just bear one thing in intellect : The captain does n’t do nearly enough screwing and shooting on this show . '

In many ways , Patrick Stewart get his wish . Later , inTNGseason 3 , episode 19 , " Captain ’s Holiday , " Picard meets a woman named Vash ( Jennifer Hetrick ) , who pulls Picard into an archeologic adventure . Vash brings out a different side of Picard and he finds himself developing feelings for her despite their very different lifestyles . In one ofCaptain Picard ’s best episodes , TNGseason 6 , episode 18 , " spaceship Mine,“Jean - Luc gets to channel his inner John McClane fromDie Hardas he singlehandedly saves the Starship Enterprise from would - be stealer . While Picard may not have had as many love story or been involved in as many phaser fights as Kirk , the Enterprise - D captain had his action - hero moments , too .

Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard and Gates McFadden as Dr. Crusher

Captain Picard Got To Do More “Screwing & Shooting” In The TNG Movies

Star Trek: First Contact allowed Picard to be a true action hero.

Patrick Stewart wanted Picard to have his action Italian sandwich mo , and while he had some action scenes onStar Trek : The Next Generation , Picard truly became an action hero in theTNGfilms . Star Trek Generationsgave Picard the chance to meet Captain Kirk and save the extragalactic nebula alongside the Enterprise ’s iconic former captain . ThoughGenerationshad its fair share of action , Star Trek : First Contactis a rightful sci - fi action pic from start to finish . First Contactpits Captain Picard against the Borg , and introduces one ofStar Trek’sbest villainsin the Borg Queen ( Alice Krige ) .

In the nextTNGfilm , Star Trek : Insurrection , Picard get to have a new romance with a Ba’ku cleaning lady diagnose Anij ( Donna Murphy ) . Although the romance only go for the length of the film , it ’s a sweet love tale added to the quieter plot ofInsurrection . Picard did n’t have as many romances as Captain Kirk , but Jean - Luc was a more reserved soul who had difficulty opening up to the great unwashed . Based on the latter one-half ofTNG , as well as theTNGfilms , it seems somebody listened to Patrick Stewart ’s request for more action mechanism scenes and more romance . Jean - Luc Picard was always diplomatical onStar Trek : The Next contemporaries , but that does n’t mean he could n’t also be an action hero sometimes .

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beginning : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 twelvemonth : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The Complete , Uncensored , and Unauthorized Oral story of Star Trekby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross

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