teft@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 3 years agoBattle of the Helmsmen will now commence. 8 pilots enter. 1 pilot leaves.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1imageBattle of the Helmsmen will now commence. 8 pilots enter. 1 pilot leaves.startrek.websiteteft@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoYeah the two characters have different names (Nick Lacarno vs Tom Paris), but I always assumed the TNG character was the inspiration for Paris.
minus-squareDonnywholovedbowling@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoIirc he was supposed to be the same character, but then voyager would need to pay royalties to the tng writers every episode he was in
minus-squareEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agolol, that sounds about right. I’d be pissed if I were the writers. “Hey we used the same actor and the same back story, but we used a different character name so go fuck yourself.”
Yeah the two characters have different names (Nick Lacarno vs Tom Paris), but I always assumed the TNG character was the inspiration for Paris.
Iirc he was supposed to be the same character, but then voyager would need to pay royalties to the tng writers every episode he was in
lol, that sounds about right. I’d be pissed if I were the writers. “Hey we used the same actor and the same back story, but we used a different character name so go fuck yourself.”