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Post by nucleusofswarm on Mar 7, 2020 2:11:23 GMT
So this is something that I've been noodling on for a while, so might as well throw this out: who would Trek fans say is comparable to Robert Holmes among Trek writers i.e. a major defining voice on the property with an idiosyncratic and oft-imitated voice. Harlan Ellison? Nick Meyer?
And if you want to chuck for other writers (Terrance Dicks, RTD etc.) go ahead.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Mar 7, 2020 2:38:38 GMT
Gene Coon and DC Fontana for classic Trek. Michael Pillar, Ronald D. Moore, Ira Steven Behr, Brannon Braga and Bryan Fuller for Star Trek: TNG. on
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Post by agentten on Mar 7, 2020 20:05:54 GMT
Without a doubt, Gene Coon. He's not in the limelight for Trek as much because a lot of his contributions were uncredited rewrites, but tracing his work behind the curtain shows his influence on a lot of the best work of the original series. His ability to completely rewrite a problematic script literally over night, and turn it into a an all time classic is astonishing to me.
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Post by Hieronymus on Mar 8, 2020 4:29:24 GMT
So this is something that I've been noodling on for a while, so might as well throw this out: who would Trek fans say is comparable to Robert Holmes among Trek writers i.e. a major defining voice on the property with an idiosyncratic and oft-imitated voice. Harlan Ellison? Nick Meyer?
And if you want to chuck for other writers (Terrance Dicks, RTD etc.) go ahead.
Harlan Ellison is more the Neil Gaiman of Star Trek: a talented and well-known writer who is known for one terrific script.
And David Gerrold is Star Trek's Douglas Adams.
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Post by constonks on Mar 15, 2020 21:17:08 GMT
Even knowing very little about Trek behind-the-scenes, I automatically thought of DC Fontana - but looking her up, I see she had a presence in the Trek TV world from the 60s to the 90s, plus a role as a story editor - and then was involved in fan work and books... so maybe she's the Terrance Dicks...
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