Wasn't he dismantled and packed up at the end of 'Descent'?
You know, it wouldn't surprise me if Brent Spiner had something to do with the onscreen death of Data. I'm sure I read somewhere at the time that he though he 'shouldn't play Data anymore' presumably because he was too old to play a character that shouldn't have aged
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is
to have succeeded.”
Yeah he should be floating as parts in space somewhere.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Teaos wrote:Yeah he should be floating as parts in space somewhere.
Which is why it would've been great if the Romulans had secretly picked him up.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
It would be easy to do. Packed up and put into storage at the end of Descent. Left behind on the E-D's saucer when it crashlanded - easy enough to miss something amongst that salvage effort. Remans come along later and look for anything interesting in the wreck, find Lore's parts. Voila.
Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day. SET a man on fire, and you will keep him warm for the rest of his life...
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
Since Countdown isn't cannon anyway, I'm not going to give it the slightest thought. Give me ten minutes, and I'll give you a story to resurrect Khan. Or make Harry Mudd the new Federation President.
We have an author that was a fan of Data who used his pen to revive his favorite character.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
Mark wrote:Since Countdown isn't cannon anyway, I'm not going to give it the slightest thought. Give me ten minutes, and I'll give you a story to resurrect Khan. Or make Harry Mudd the new Federation President.
We have an author that was a fan of Data who used his pen to revive his favorite character.
Khan would be cool, Mud in office.....how gay.....in more ways than one........
thelordharry wrote:Wasn't he dismantled and packed up at the end of 'Descent'?
You know, it wouldn't surprise me if Brent Spiner had something to do with the onscreen death of Data. I'm sure I read somewhere at the time that he though he 'shouldn't play Data anymore' presumably because he was too old to play a character that shouldn't have aged
Wow...interesting take! Although, in his quest to be more human, he could add a few wrinkles (and pounds) every few years, just to keep up with his shipmates...
thelordharry wrote:Wasn't he dismantled and packed up at the end of 'Descent'?
You know, it wouldn't surprise me if Brent Spiner had something to do with the onscreen death of Data. I'm sure I read somewhere at the time that he though he 'shouldn't play Data anymore' presumably because he was too old to play a character that shouldn't have aged
Wow...interesting take! Although, in his quest to be more human, he could add a few wrinkles (and pounds) every few years, just to keep up with his shipmates...
I actually read somewhere (the intro to the novelisation of Nemesis, by John Logan), that it in fact was Brent Spiner who in fact suggested "Let's have Data die" for the reasons mentioned above.
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
Aye, it was Spinner who felt the character should die. Too bad they cheapened the death.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
Couldn't. 
