Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Jonathan Frakes has a surprising opinion about the Riker Maneuver he often employed inStar Trek : The Next Generation . As Commander William Riker , Frakes had a special way of sitting in hot seat that has since become iconic in its own right . ThroughoutTNG , whenever Riker needed to sit down in one of the chairs on the USS Enterprise - D , he would dangle one ramification over the back of the president before baby-sit down .
The Riker Maneuver has become so well - known within theStar Trekfandom , that theStar Trek : Strange New Worldscrossover episode even made a joke about it : When Ensign Brad Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) fromStar Trek : Lower Deckswaits in Captain Christopher Pike ’s ( Anson Mount ) Ready Room , Boimler tries out Pike ’s saddleback , saying"Riker!“as he steps one leg over the seat . Quaid himself extemporise this"Riker!“moment . On January 25 , 2024,Jonathan Frakes joinedStar Trekwriters Andre Bormanis and Ken LaZebnikan for a Reddit AMA ( Ask Me Anything ) . More than one doubtfulness add up up about the Riker Maneuver , and Frakes offered a somewhat surprising opinion on the classic move . Read his responses below :
KingRabbit _ : doubt for Jonathan - who came up with the Riker maneuver on TNG ( by which I mean , extending your unexpended leg over the top of a chairperson anytime you sat down because you ’re just that damn tall and virile ) ? Be honest , it was you , right ?
Jonathan Frakes : It happened by chance when we first used 10 Forward … the chair were low enough to tread in …. frankly it ’s kind of an a**hole move … but I ’m happy it find life as a Meme .
Ieatalphabets : Were you mad at [ Jack ] Quaid when he did a " Riker " move onto the bicycle seat , or were you so impressed you could n’t be mad ?
Jonathan Frakes : It was BRILLIANT ! ! !
Commander Riker ’s alone way of posture down on Star Trek : The Next Generation come from a actual - life issue that worker Jonathan Frakes grapple with .
Star Trek Has Another Riker Maneuver
Riker uses a tactic in Star Trek: Insurrection referred to as the Riker Maneuver.
InStar Trek : Insurrection , Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the crew of the USS Enterprise - E defy orders from Starfleet to assist the Ba’ku masses . The Ba’ku planet is locate in an area of space know as the Briar Patch , which has rejuvenating properties that render the people on the planet effectively immortal . Certain high - level ship’s officer within the Federation allied with the Ba’ku ’s enemies , the Son’a , to forcibly remove the Ba’ku people and win entree to their planet ’s healing property . AsPicard and his crew take a moral standfor the Ba’ku people , they follow into conflict with the Son’a , result in a space conflict .
InTNG’s"The Best of Both Worlds " two - parter , Riker contrive two evasive maneuver he use against the Borg Cube , referred to as Riker Alpha and Riker Beta .
In command of the Enterprise , Riker engages in battle with two Son’a battle cruisers , usinga tactic Lt . Commander Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) dubs the"Riker Maneuver . “Riker orders the Enterprise to call for highly unstable metreon flatulency from space and then let go that gas between the Enterprise and the Son’a ships . When one of the Son’a ships send away a torpedo at the Enterprise , the metreon flatulency ignites , destroying one of the Son’a ship and hard damaging the other . Although the move works , it ’s never revealed whether this maneuver ever formally becomes the Riker Maneuver in the centre of Starfleet . Regardless , the mode Commander Riker sit in electric chair onStar Trek : The Next Generationremains the more well - knownRiker Maneuver .
Star Trek : The Next Generationis available to rain cats and dogs on Paramount+ .
Star Trek : Insurrectionis available on Max .
Source : Reddit AMA
Your Rating
Your commentary has not been saved
Cast
