Jj Abrahams is probably glad he didn’t have Johnathan Frakes on board during the filming of the most recent Star Trek franchise. Not that Johnathan Frakes is a bad person, but remember Will Riker? Also known as Number One? Aka original hipster beard from Star Trek: TNG. Yeah, you know, the one after William Shatner with Captain Picard. Probably the best Star Trek franchise yet.
Riker to me was a pretty cool guy, yeah, when I was younger. When I role played with my brother when we were little hobbits, I was always Riker, the right hand man to Picard and was kind of proud of it. In hindsight, what a tool. Infact, down right creepy. I don’t have to explain it. Other people have thought about the same way.
Here’s a fun read for you TNG fans about Riker. I wonder what Sheldon would say after becoming friends with Wesley Crusher, post TNG. Switch of topics? Maybe. But related.
“Whether you think of him as Commander Riker, Number One, or Beardo Numero Uno, there’s no denying the omnipresence of William Thomas Riker in the collective consciousness of science fiction fans. We’ve watched him grow a beard, lean on people’s consoles, put his leg up at inappropriate times, and sometimes murder helpless people in cold blood.”
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