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Ken Biller Wraps Up 'Voyager' With Discussion of "Endgame" |
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08:26:31 on June 28 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Voyager
Cinescape has finally posted part two of its Ken Biller 'Voyager: Bon Voyage' interview by Anna Kaplan. In the interview, Biller reveals that Neelix's ultimate fate in "Homestead" was a more closely guarded secret than the series finale, "Endgame", itself.
"“People always asked about the secrecy surrounding the finale,” Biller notes. “We made a greater attempt at secrecy surrounding that episode. We put the script out so that it ended with Neelix saying goodbye to the people on the planet and going back to Voyager, which seems like the ending of that story if it were a typical STAR TREK episode. We’ve seen episodes where somebody had a romance, or met somebody, and somebody said, ‘Why don’t you stay? You could have a life here.’ Of course, the people on Voyager would say, ‘I’m a regular on this series, so I really have to get back on the ship and keep going so that I can be in the next episode.’”
Biller also reveals that the theme of 'what it means to be home' was a consistent element in the development of "Endgame" from the very beginning; so consistent that the decision to actually bring the crew home in the final seconds of the episode was not made until very late in the game:
“I will tell you that for a long time during those discussions, we had made the decision that we weren’t going to get the ship home,” notes Biller. “I said that what the show should be about is really the theme of the series, which is asking the question, ‘What does home mean? Are these people home already? If they are home, is this whole obsession to get home moot in a way? Shouldn’t it be about embracing the journey, because VOYAGER is about the journey?’ That became a big theme of the episode. For several weeks of developing that story, it was our intention to not get home, to end the episode in a way that nobody expected. They are going to blow this Borg thing up, strike a blow for humanity, and just keep on going. The ship would just sail off.”
Interestingly, Biller also goes on to say that he knew the consequences of having Voyager return home with technology from the future would not be explored any time soon, since the new Star Trek series takes place in the past.
For the rest of the interview, which contains some insightful comments from Biller, you may go here. |
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Yes, Mr. Biller: There IS a Future...
By Jodeo
() at 09:31:43 on June 29
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The article states:
Interestingly, Biller also goes on to say that he knew the consequences of having Voyager return home with technology from the future would not be explored any time soon, since the new Star Trek series takes place in the past.
Even more interesting is that Star Trek X does take place in the future, especially if the Janeway cameo rumors hold. Maybe that explains her role...
Picard: Captain, the Enterprise needs that polymorphic hull armor!
Janeway: But Jean Luc, I won't invent it for another 17 years...
Picard: Kathryn, the armor must be installed heyuhh!
Janeway: And why do you need this technology so badly, Captain?
Picard: We must do everything within our power to protect ourselves from the risk of another bad script and devastating reviews...
Janeway: Let's get married!
Picard: Well... I guess. OK.
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I liked the original way of ending the series..
By steveleenow
(steveleenow@yahoo.com) at 11:24:17 on June 28
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...that is, having the ship not get home. I think it would have been more dramatic, and it would have left the door open for things in the future.
The way it ends seemed tacked on and obligatory. It is a journey, that should have taken 75 years to complete. It would have been more fitting that at the end of 7 years, they still have a long trek ahead of them. I would have felt more content, knowing they are still out there, somewhere.
Too bad they never shot the original ending of the ship staying in the Delta Quad. Would have made a cool DVD bonus scene ;)
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Too Close to See the Forest
By Imbarkus
(imbarkus@mindspring.com) at 11:17:56 on June 28
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Writers can often get too close to a work to see the forest for the trees. I remember I think Ira Behr mentioning in an online interview that part of him wanted to end DS9 as if the entire show had been the product of Benny Russell's wonderful dreams. Poetic, moving, transformative, risky, evocative ideas--like that of nor bringing Voyager home--have merit. But I'm glad neither producer got their way on that, nevertheless. Neither approach would have been a satisfying end to a series you had watched for seven years.
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