TNG S3 AWARDS - Best Director
The winner will be one of the 5 nominees, but put your honorable mentions in the comments!
No one say Chip Chalmers.
Comments (27)
Frakes for "The Offspring".
Honorable mention: Jonathan Frakes, "The Offspring."
In this case, I chose Windrich Colby for the bonding, which, even in the day I thought was one of the most powerful episodes. After all we had a ship full of kids and how could we see this through a kids perspective increasing the stakes for the crew? The heart and humanity of that episode is by far the first time I felt that they had made an episode that was transcendent. An honorable mention definitely has to go to Jonathan Frakes for offspring. And it’s almost like you have to pull cliff bowl out of the running because he’s the goat
I am comparing Cliff Bowles status to that of the multi year winning of Indiana University as playboys partying against college in America after they won at 10 consecutive years Playboy refused to admit them into the running anymore because they claimed they were now. “professionals”
I have to say that while the script may not have been as dramatic or impactful as other episodes, when it comes to strictly directing "Perspective" was the showcase. That got my vote.
Yikes. Am I the only one that agrees with them on The Bonding? XD
Yes
Les Landau - Sarek
Rob Bowman will always be my favorite TNG director, with Cliff Bole, Jonathan Frakes and David Carson rounding out the top spots. David Carson’s success with “Yesterday’s Enterprise” helped him get the director’s gig on the first TNG motion picture!
Rob Bowman, director of Shades of Gray.
“Yesterday’s Enterprise” … in my top 5 TNG list, for sure.
Honorable mention Best of Both Worlds
Gotta give it up for Jonathan Frakes. He was a natural from the beginning, and his first outing “The Offspring, was top notch!
Yesterday’s Enterprise would simply be less of the perfect episode it is had anyone other than David Carson directed it. Truly was cinematic.
Yeah. David Carson was very average. If Cliff Bole, or even Jonathan Frakes got ahold of that one…’nuff said. I dont know why Carson was picked for other major things either. 😉
A scene from the great David Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vnZxtul3A
That was good
It's unfair to include YE in this one. It's on another level. Like a special project ... let's pretend we're making a movie, a demo for TNG's "afterlife"!
Tying the director to the episodes really makes a difference. I give it to David Carson, but honorable mentions to Les Landau, Winrich Kolbe, Jonathan Frakes, and, yes, Cliff Bole
Frakes should get an Honorable mention for a fantastic job at directing an otherwise excellently written episode: The Offspring.
Agreed!!!!!!!!
Jonathan Frakes - The Offspring
Can't beat the way YE was done, everything was excellent.
Who was the chap who directed Captains Holiday? He should definitely be a nominee
Chip Chalmers
Love Cliff Bole but the direction in YE is just so good
Jonathan Frakes - The Offspring