Es ist ein Ausschnitt aus einem (im Original) englischsprachigen Interview mit Brent Spiner - ich hab´s jetzt nicht übersetzt, weil ich zum einen davon ausgehe, dass die meisten hier genug Englisch verstehen werden, und weil ich zum anderen den Wortlaut nicht verfälschen wollte, was in einer direkten Übersetzung nicht immer ausbleibt...
Brent spricht hier direkt über das "Ableben" Datas:
So much of NEMESIS focuses on the linearity of time and the toll it´s taking on the TNG family. Much like STAR TREK II, NEMESIS deals a serious blow to that family, possibly forever.
"I didn´t really suggest it, it just sort of evolved out of the plot, it just took us there when we were writing the story," Spiner says when asked if he devised the death of Data from the beginning. "The captain went over to the ship; he was trapped over there; Data had to go over and bring him back, and when he got there only one could come back. So we decided it was going to be one or the other and we thought it was best if it were Data. Both for the whole arc of his character from the beginning to this point, and for the story."
The fatal moment occurs when a prototype Starfleet transporter can only bring one back to the Enterprise; but why just one? "You know what? This was a prototype. They didn´t know this was going to happen - they didn´t know they were going to need two," Spiner exclaims heartily, hoping that´ll be enough for the audience to suspend its disbelief.
Not a happy android But the end of NEMESIS is, surprisingly, positive. Rather than wait for the next film to resurrect Data, the B-4 still exists and due to a memory dump from Data earlier in the picture, the possibility of Data´s continuance is meant to uplift the denouement. But Spiner says it wasn´t just a cheap way to kill Data without really killing him.
"We looked at it as just hopeful, the movie would end on a moment of hope," he says about the convenient twist. "I´m hopeful that we sell enough tickets and they want to see us again and then we´ll solve that problem... I think what you´re asking is if we come back again is there a risk in now playing that character, which is so much less than Data? It depends on when we come back (if we come back) because how much will B-4 be evolved by the time we see him again? What we are left with is that Data´s programming that has been downloaded into [B-4] is starting to kick in. He´s starting to get little pieces of that programming... By the time we see him again, will he be Data? I don´t know."
But is there a danger that the audience, which is immensely familiar with this sort of dramatic trickery, won´t buy the death of Data because B-4 lives on? Spiner maintains that any future portrayal would have to be different and not cheapen the death by easily resurrecting Data through the memories B-4 possesses at the end of the film.
"I have no idea what people are going to think! I didn´t think about it because I mean, Spock died and came back... if I promise not to come back, will that make it better?" He laughs. "It is STAR TREK and there are ways but they have to be really good ways. I´m thinking if Data came back in any form other than an evolved B-4, it would have to be something like dreams or something because I don´t think we can really cheapen it by just going, ´oh they found a cell in space and they rebuilt [him as he was]..."
"He could never be Data. He will be B-4 with Data´s memory. It´s anybody´s guess whether we´ll ever do it again. If we do, will I be playing B-4 or will I be playing Data?"
That, it would appear, nobody knows.
So viel dazu. Das komplette Interview können sich Interessierte auch hier angucken: http://talk.trekweb.com/articles/2002/1 ... 98686.html
Der Ausschnitt, den ich hier eingefügt habe, wird übrigens nur dann sichtbar, wenn man ihn auf der Seite mit der Maus markiert (Oh Mann!! Bis ich da hintergekommen bin...
). Eine sehr clevere Lösung der Autoren, um zu verhindern, dass Leute es lesen, die Nemesis womöglich noch gar nicht gesehen haben. Als Film ist es für Star Trek 10 sicherlich ein äußerst ungünstiger Moment, um an den Kinokassen zu "floppen", da es eine Fortsetzung nur unwahrscheinlicher machen würde.
Mir für meinen Teil wäre es am liebsten, wenn man uns den einzig echten Data wiederbringen würde - zu sehr ist er mir in all den Jahren ans Herz gewachsen! *seufz* Möglichkeiten ihn wiederzuerlangen gäbe es genug - und wenn man nur in "Star Trek 11" John de Lancie um eine kleine Gastrolle bemühen müsste!!!
) trotzdem fine ich ihn so ruhen zu lassen und auch die Next Generation nicht mehr auf die Leinwand zurückzubringen. War ne schöne Zeit, aber all good things must come to an end
