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Guestbook: SaveData Total: 248 guests Name: Susanne Philipp Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Mittelbiberacher Str. 6, 88441 Reute; Germany Time: 2000-10-12 18:00:26 Comments: Dear Brent, I think for everybody comes the time he want's to change and do something else. I respect this and can really understand it. I have this problem too. But I can't stand to see Data die. He is a fictionally person but you gave him a face, heart and soul, and this makes Data to such a loveable person. I really can't imagine Star Trek Universum without him. Please think about your decision. You would break my heart... yours sincerely Susanne. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: L. Sydney Mooney Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Los Angeles, CA Time: 2000-10-12 00:54:51 Comments: I'd rather see Picard go off to command another ship and take Data along as his first officer, leaving Riker in command of the Enterprise, than have someone come up with a lame plot device to kill off Data. Hell, I'd rather have Data quit Starfleet to do cybernetics research! I can understand Mr. Spiner's wish to go on to other things, and I think Star Trek 10 will be the last film for quite a while, anyway (since DS9 and Voyager together rarely achieved the ratings success of TNG, I don't see much commercial viability for films with either of those casts). But PLEASE, don't anybody kill Data out of boredom! (Besides, do you know how many avenues of Star Trek fiction will be shut down if Data dies? You can't do it to the novelists!) Please let Data live! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: James Null Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Miami, FL Time: 2000-10-11 19:22:00 Comments: Please let Data live. Star Trek just would not be the same without him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Raj Lotey Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: London, England Time: 2000-10-06 00:21:50 Comments: Dear Brent, As much as I loved Generations, one of my greatest idols was killed off needlessly, which in my view, did injustice to a film of such high calibre. Data is also a huge idol of mine. Please do not ruin another film by frivolously obliterating him too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Elisabeth Haag Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Switzerland Time: 2000-10-05 08:06:00 Comments: xxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Silvana Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 2000-10-04 18:12:05 Comments: Dear Data-friends! I love Commander Data in Star Trek! Please let Data live or: tears, tears, tears! I give my best wishes to Commander Data! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Elena Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Argentina Time: 2000-10-02 04:03:12 Comments: Dear unrepleceable you, Don't let it all end like that. You are the reason I have watched every episode of the Next Generation and every film, if you are not there Star Trek is finished for me. Love Elena -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Simon Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 2000-09-30 02:17:43 Comments: Dear Brent/Data, your are part of the Star Trek Universe now. You have fans all over the world, including me. So If you die, a part of this universe dies. Keep this in mind! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RICH P Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-09-28 19:56:12 Comments: DATA IS MORE HUMAN THAN YOU CAN IMAGIN HE HAS A CHILDLIKE NATURE SOMETIMES I WISH HAD A FRIEND LIKE DATA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: DitZ GoDDeSS Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: U.S.A. Time: 2000-09-28 02:38:14 Comments: Dear Brent I really Love Your character I have since I was 5 But,How can you Decide to kill off a character and Feeling that Has given me an incredible sense of values. If they/you Kill him off where will me & many others find role models for our Future/present Children Nothing/no one can ever replace what you've done in my life and what i wished you could do in my kids if i ever have any. Also i had found another source : Jeri Ryan But Her character dosn't get to your heart like yours does. She was last on my list but i always thought i could count on you! How can U leave us withuot ANY Data!(thats Wrong!!!) Star Trek Provides a Base For many peoples morals & Ideas If you don't believe in that then what does star Trek stand for!? I thought it stood for what we wanted in a future generation! So if you don't believe in that why did you join the show in the first place!? if any body out there feels like I do just E-mail me I'd love to chit chat! Bye! By!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Scott Edward Belbey (Edward Scott) Website: "Okay, it's me." Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Indiana, origionally California Time: 2000-09-27 03:06:33 Comments: Mr. Spiner, I have no wish to either show you disrespect, or to tell you what you can or can not do with your life. If you feel your time on Star Trek portraying Commander Data is over, than by all means find another part to play. You are a talented actor with a wide variety of talents. It is true that we all admire you and your abilities. However, to be frank, Data deserves better. I acknolwedge that he is not real, and wouldn't exist in any form were it not for you, but a certain degree of love and loyalty should be shown towards such a pure character. Frankly, I don't care if he's fictional or not. As a writer myself, I often fall in love with my characters much in the same way a parent would love their children. You don't put so much effort into developing a character as innocent, honest, and lovable as Commander Data and then just decide to end things for him. It isn't right. There are too many people that care for the Commander. If he dies, whether it's a "fitting" end or not(whether a death is fitting or not is a matter of perspective), many people across the world will mourn his passing. If such a betrayal of our faith in you, and Paramount's love for your creation take place, the one person who WILL NOT have a right to mourn the end of Data will be you. I was browsing the Web in the hopes of expressing my admiration for you Mr. Spiner. I never thought for one moment I'd have to write such a letter to you. Frankly, I'm disappointed. Scott. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jason Website: Referred by: AOL From: Houston Time: 2000-09-26 12:09:42 Comments: Please don't let Data die! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: nicole costanzo Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: altoona pa Time: 2000-09-26 03:31:24 Comments: please dont kill data off. he is one of my favorite Star Trek people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dianne Lace Website: Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button From: Barrow-in-Furness, England Time: 2000-09-15 21:21:21 Comments: Please, Please, PLEASE Let DATA live. I cried when Spockwas killed, was more then upset when Kirk died, and sadwhen I watched Tasha Yar die without honour.Data need not be killed, where would our own stories ofthe Entrprise be without him? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Vance Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-09-14 01:39:55 Comments: Just sending a quick email to voice my support for Brent Spiner to continue as 'Data', also to NOT be killed off in Star Trek 10 Movie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Denise Holcomb Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Florida Time: 2000-09-12 06:38:45 Comments: Please keep Data alive. He is one of the more interesting characters in Star Trek. I read all the Star Trek novels, so keep him alive so I can at least read about him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ori-ya Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Israel Time: 2000-09-10 21:11:17 Comments: Star trek is all about an optimistic view of the future. Part of the appeal the show has is this optimistic view. Killing Data will destroy that vision and that optimistic notion that everything will be all right with the world and the universe eventually. It is because Data is a hero. And as a hero he should never be allowed to die. The idea that one day our universe will be a good place to live in, that it will be populated buy noble heroes like data and the enterprise crew is a very comforting one and should never be destroyed!! I understand and respect Brent Spiner's decision that he wouldn't want to play data anymore, and I think that everybody should respect this decision. I appreciate Mr. Spiner's great talent in making data come to life, however, I feel that although data was created by Gene Roddenbery and played by spiner, in a way he belongs to all of us fans that helped keep the show and the star trek universe alive. I believe therefore that Data is not Mr. Spiner's or anyone else's to kill. Save Data!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Samantha Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-09-05 07:29:38 Comments: Your arguments are very precise and perswasive. I don't mind Spiner wanting to eave the Trek universe but killing his character is not the only way. They need to find a way that will please fans, the producers and Spiner. Don't make what may be that last TNG movie one people wish they had not bothered to make. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Oregon Time: 2000-09-04 08:36:05 Comments: LET OUR BELOVED DATA LIVE!!!!!!!Data and Geordi are my all time favorite characters, and to see Data or any of the TNG crew killed off would be devistating! ( To Brent )You "ARE" DATA, no one else could even come close to your performance as our beloved android. Quite frankly, the aging factor that you are so concerned about really doesn't matter to your loyal fans. Whether you are 35 or 53 you are still DATA and nobody can change that!! MAY DATA LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kathy Wilkes Website: Referred by: AngelFire From: Time: 2000-09-03 01:01:08 Comments: To Brent Spiner: I realize the Star Trek character Data is just a job, however, it has generated a great deal of interest in your other roles. Killing Data in the next movie would be a poor career move. Paramount made the same mistake with Leonard Nimoy's character, Spock. I do not care what you (and Data) look like a few years from now. Data was initially supposed to be the comic relief in TNG series. It has been your talent as an actor that made it possible for the writers to develop Data's character. If you truly do not wish to play the role of Data in future movies, at least let the character live. Data can still be part of the Trek universe, albeit on the sidelines. This would also give you the option of playing Data again if you should change your mind (e.g. a really interesting script). Data and Spock are my two favorite characters from Star Trek. Noone else could take over either role. Please reconsider your request to be killed in the next movie. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jon Ashley Website: Referred by: AOL From: Arizona Time: 2000-08-31 06:18:47 Comments: I can understand the reasons Brent has expressed for wanting Data to die, but I feel Data should live for no more simple reason than that Data is a "living" character, although a fictional one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cazza Website: Brently Fan Fiction Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-08-30 10:20:00 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, I DON'T CARE IF STAR TREK TEN IS THE LAST STAR TREK MOVIE EVER!!! As long as Data doesn't die! I don't want to see you replaced by another actor because, quite frankly, you *are* Data and I don't think anyone else could pull it off. If Paramount wanna kill off a character in ST10 then let them kill Worf. What was he in Insurrection for anyway? Star Trek Ten has the potential to be one of the greatest Trek movies of all time. At least, as long as Berman doesn't have any say in the story development of the movie. He wouldn't know TNG if his life depended on it. I mean, his solution to the fact that he didn't know Data's character, was to completely disreguard everything that was established in the last four years of TNG, not to mention the movies and set Data's evolution back twelve years. Hey, it was a lot easier then actually watching the eps he hadn't seen. I mean the fans wouldn't notice, right? WRONG!!! And Data only got, like 30 minutes of screen time in the entire movie!! I realise I'm rambling a bit, but the thought of Data being needlessly killed off in the next movie makes me mad. And I don't care if he dies to save the entire Federation from certain destruction. It's still A MEANINGLESS DEATH!!! Anyway, the death of Data= The WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!! You can bet that the majority of the Star Trek fans wont pay to see Data killed. Your fans make up the majority of the TNG fans. Almost everyone who loves Star Trek: The Next Generation loves Data. And like you've said, "Paramount is in the business of making money." C'ya Cazza -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Yanping Zhang Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: U.S.A. Time: 2000-08-30 04:44:56 Comments: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, DON'T LET DATA DIE, I LOVE HIM TOO MUCH TO SEE THAT TRAGEDY......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Laura Thode Website: SmallFlower's Roaming Room Referred by: Geocities From: Earth (or so I'm told) Time: 2000-08-29 19:56:21 Comments: How DARE they kill Data? He's my all time fav character of Star Trek! I may not be a Bretphile, but I think he's one of the best actors to come along in a while. He was fabulous in ID4 and his bits in Night Court. I was 5 feet from him when he visited Star Trek:The Experience while I was working there and I couldn't concentrate on my job! *LOL* I was also at the Grand Slam convention when he took DeForest Kelley's place. My friend leet me use his Gold Seating seat while Bret was speaking. Have I mentioned that he's awsome? Anyways, I agree that he should get a leading roal in a movie. KEEP DATA ALIVE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cazza Website: Brently Fan Fiction Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-08-29 13:52:43 Comments: Long Live Data!!!! Please, don't murder the most popular character in the most popular Star Trek series. It doesn't make sense. Surely you realise, such a story would be a COMPLETE BOX OFFICE FLOP!!!! C'ya Cazza -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Veronica Martinez Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: LA Time: 2000-08-24 19:02:58 Comments: I think Data should live. He and Gordi La Forge have always been my favorate characters on the show. I love them! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Barbara Pride Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Virginia Time: 2000-08-24 12:18:58 Comments: If viewer comments may indeed affect your desire to see the demise of the Data character, I would just like to say that as a loyal viewer of Star Trek Next Generation, please reconsider. The true appeal of Data to viewers has never been that he was the "perfect" being, but that we sat on pins and needles waiting for the confirmation that he was more human than he ever considered, thus "imperfect". Viewers would be thrilled to see Data age, laugh, fall in love, marry, ect., in the future, as all favorite Data episodes have been those where he expressed emotion/showed human tendencies, or the android equivalent of such, of any kind. In the viewers opinion, Data's creator did indeed succeed in his attempt to create a most humanlike android, but, unfortunately, the scripts have never more than allowed us but a brief scene or two to support our belief. We want the confirmation, we need the confirmation! So let Data age, and laugh, and cry. After all, he's waited patiently to earn the right. And so, Mr. Spiner, have we. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sheila Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: mexico city Time: 2000-08-13 04:57:08 Comments: hi... . please paramount studios , you cant make a movie including data's death ! it would be terrible for all of us , the trekkies ! we wont pay to see a movie with such an horrible thing , we all love Data , you CANT kill him ! please dont... . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jennifer Hogan Website: Referred by: AOL From: Essex Junction, VT Time: 2000-08-13 03:35:46 Comments: I have only recently gotten into Star Trek, and Next Generation is the only incarnation I have seen every episode of. I fell in love with Star Trek largely due to the humor I saw in Data, and I believe Brent Spiner brings to him the perfect balance of joviality and gravity. I have never seen a Trek movie in a theatre, the upcoming would be my first, and I would never want to remember it as the one that Data dies in! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alejandra Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Chile Time: 2000-08-08 22:32:03 Comments: PLEASE, DATA DOES NOT HAVE TO DIE!!!!! Brent Spinner is not ONLY DATA, but an exelent actor in deed. Is not necesary to kill the dream, one of the greatets characters of all times... please give all star trek fans, all over the world, the posibility to love the next movie, not to hate it for such a terrible lost!!!! DATA LIVES FOR EVER!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Virginia McGovern Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Manchester; ENGLAND Time: 2000-08-04 16:56:56 Comments: I actually think they could give Data his own ship or at least promote him to Exec officer on another ship then if Brent wishes to return he can & HE WOULDN'T BE KILLED OFF!! I normally see NG films 4 or 5 times if Data IS killed I will NOT see it once. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Martin Rawlings Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: San Francisco Time: 2000-07-28 08:46:44 Comments: Please don't kill off my favorite character. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Brian Website: Referred by: AOL From: NC state Time: 2000-07-26 00:38:12 Comments: I think that Data's been on the show too long to quit. He's my favorite character and I've enjoyed watching him grow from a simple android with no emotion, into an almost complete human, And if he quits, I don't think the show's going to be nearly as good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Debra Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WA State Time: 2000-07-20 07:04:50 Comments: I think it would be a shame to kill him off when later he may want to come back -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lilly Tharden Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Southern US Time: 2000-07-16 07:03:08 Comments: I have decided not to make an emotional plea here for the continuation of the character Data because so many others have already done so with such excellence. I am indeed a fan of the Star Trek universe and would be very disappointed to see the fine traditions heretofore displayed in quality of characterization, plot, perfomance and positive outlook for humanity descend into the trivial and trite machinations of killing off a main character to enable the actor to leave and pursue other venues of his art. Mr. Spiner has performed so well in his bringing to life the Data persona that it would be a shame to see him cheapen it by falling into the trap of stereotypical plot device worthy only of soap operas and day time television. Should he choose to leave, I wish him luck and give him my gratitude for the pleasure his performances have brought to me. Should he decide, however, in some future time to reprise the role as did many members of the Classic Trek episodes, it would be far better for him to to return Data from the far reaches of the galaxy or wherever it is decided to retire him in the storyline than to repeat the embarrassing and silly Denise Crosby debacle of a few years back. Mr. spiner is far too great an actor to descend to such shenannigans, and Data deserves better than such campy deux ex machina. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mary Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Tennessee Time: 2000-07-15 19:10:39 Comments: Dear Brent, Even though I know Star Trek is a TV show and Data is a fictional character, the thought of losing him to death, no matter how heroic or noble, tears me to pieces. He has an aging program. That's canon. You haven't stopped loving your mother and started thinking she should die because she got a few wrinkles. How could you think we would love Data any less or think it was time for him to die because he has a few? I know you aren't a parent, but i know you have enough of an imagination to be able to picture yourself as the father of some beautiful children. Now picture the pain you would feel if you lost a beloved child to death. Then picture everything around you reminding you of that dead child. That, to a lesser degree, of course, is what the loss of Data would be like for a lot of us fans. Why would you want to cause that kind of agony for your fans? What seems to have escaped you is the main reason Star Trek has been around for 34 years. It's the love the fans have for these characters. They aren't just flickering images on a screen, they've become part of our families, Data most of all! This beautiful, childlike creature is not yours to kill! He belongs to us, in whose hearts he lives! The economic reality, to use one of your favorite phrases, is that killing Data is a no-win situation for you. You would be personally responsible for one of the biggest financial bombs in the history of film, which would make you poison to the other studios. And you would alienate a big chunk of your core fan base, the Star Trek fans. Neither of these occurrences bodes to well for future career opportunities. Please save yourself and us from this whole tragic scenario and allow Data to ride off into the sunset alive and happy! He deserves it, and so do we! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Casey Hawkins Website: Cafe' 2000 Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Columbus, GA Time: 2000-07-07 02:55:13 Comments: DO NOT, AND I REPEAT KILL DATA. HE IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW. PLEASE DO NOT KILL DATA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Brenda Stevens Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Portland, OR Time: 2000-07-06 03:55:14 Comments: Without Data, TNG loses the crucial "yearning to be human" character that Spock and Odo fill in the other series. He's the mirror that Gene meant for Star Trek to have. I've been a fan of Mr. Spiner's since Night Court. I think he's terrifically talented in many ways and is a wonderful character actor. Data is a "make-up" character. He has nothing to do with the sadistic cruise director in Out to Sea, the hillbilly in Night Court, or "Ol' Yellow Eyes". I truly believe that Brent Spiner is one of the few people who can survive the Star Trek acting experience as a working actor. So fear not! Let us continue to enjoy Data! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kirsty Auld Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: UK Time: 2000-07-05 14:59:27 Comments: MR Spiner, Thank you for your magnificant contributions to Star Trek. Data has always been my favourite character and TNG wouldn't have been the same without you. This is why you have continue to play Data if there are any more films or feature length episodes (hint, hint, nudge, nudge to paramount bosses!!!) Even if you do give up Data I wish you luck and happiness with your future career. Best wishes, Kirsty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Donna Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: New York Time: 2000-06-28 00:24:20 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner,Although I understand why you need to distance yourself from the character. You had and have a wonderful career that is seperate from STNG. I may be a little selfish, but I ask that you withdraw your request of Paramount to have Data killed. Data has brought laughter and understanding into the lives of people who watch STNG. It is my opinion that the Data character has helped people understand tolerance a little better. What a waste if he is killed senselessly. Beyond that I think we all realize you are asking for what you think is best for you, maybe we can change your mind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Nicole Smith Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pocatello, Idaho Time: 2000-06-26 04:18:31 Comments: Data is an essentail member of the Star Trek plot line. I write for a living. I know that no one thinks that there can be a writer from Idaho, but here I am. And I write well. I know plot lines, I strugle with them all of the time. If Data goes, than the background information essental to the unraveling of the story will not be given. Don't kill Data. You'll kill the plot. I hope my arguments make a valid point. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anita Yañez Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Chile Time: 2000-06-21 18:43:37 Comments: Dear Brent: I fell in love with Data since the first time I saw him. You gave him that warm look in his golden eyes, that childlike personality which made him so special. Please don't kill him. Data's death would left a hole, not only in Star Trek Universe, but also in my heart. Data has a life of his own and he dosen't deserve to die just cause you are tired of him. Well, WE ARE NOT. Please let him live...let me at least the chance to know he's alive, althoug no longer in the screen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LitvyakACE Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Krasnoe, Russia Time: 2000-06-21 13:45:36 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, please reconsider ending your portrayal of Data with such painful finality. Data is more than simply a Star Trek science-fiction android. This character is archetypal, and has given inspiration and empowerment to many people, some of whom have watched the Next Generation series specifically because of him. We understand if you feel the need to "move on" in your career; please allow Data also to "move on" in his. Data's position in "All Good Things" showed one possible future for the former Starfleet Officer. I would like to remember Data sitting in his study surrounded by his cats, and know that he had a long, adventurous, and constantly-evolving journey to arrive there -- and an eternity awaiting beyond. Thank you for creating such a wonderful character. Chapulina R. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jessica Drew Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Bay Shore, Long Island, New York Time: 2000-06-20 22:16:55 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, It is obvious from you're actions you no longer want to play "Data" on star trek, however, i do not think he should simply be killed off. There are other ways of ending the character's time on the enterprise, although it won't be the same with out Data. If he's gone, he's gone for good but that doesn't mean he must be killed.....just think, FUTURE GUEST APPEARENCES. Thank You, from a beloved fan -- Jess Drew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tamara Mackey Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: yahoo Time: 2000-06-20 19:43:55 Comments: THE REASON I WANT DATA ALIVE IS BECAUSE MY MOTHER DIE WHEN I WAS EIGHT DATA WASN'T REALLY MY FAVORTIVE CHARCTER UNTIL I WAS FIFTEEN. DATA STRUGGLE TO BE HUMAN I STRUGGLE TO GET OVER MY MOM DEATH ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY A TV SHOW BUT IN A WAY IT CHANGE TO BECOME A BETTER NOT WHAT I AM BUT WHO I AM INSIDE. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO WILL READ THIS I HOPE YOU DO BRENT OF COURSE YOU WILL GET THOUSAND OF THESE. GOD GAVE YOU THIS TALENT TO HELP OTHER LIKE ME. BECAUSE OF YOU I WANT TO BE COMPUTER ANIMATOR. PLEASE DON'T KILL WHAT IS PART OF YOU. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE. EMAIL ME starviper3@hotmail.com Tamara Mackey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dionne Moore Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 2000-06-16 11:22:14 Comments: i think that it would be an absolutley appaulling idea to kill off Data in the final TNG movie. Data is by far the best character that TNG has (although, they are all pretty damn good). as jealous as i would be i think that Data should meet the woman of his 'Dreams' and live happily ever after. Cheesey, yes, but a much better way to end than by killing such a gorgous character. A Data Worshiper p.s. I Brent happens to be looking for a young attactive intellegent English wife, let me know ASAP please. Thanx. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Raven Website: Woden's Harrow Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: USA Time: 2000-06-16 07:05:30 Comments: I can understand an artist wanting to move on, but please, please don't ask the "powers that be" to kill off Data--not unless, like Spock, he will be brought back! Data the character deserves to continue his evolution, and dammit, he has suffered enough! He has got to be one of the most popular and beloved characters in the history of TV. Please don't break our hearts by dropping the curtain on him! If nothing else, let him go off into the sunset on a quest. When Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes (with whom Data has much in common) "done in", businessmen in the City of London wore black arm bands in mourning, and Doyle received a letter from an elderly Holmesian beginning "You brute!" There would be similar outcry and sorrow if this beloved Android were dispatched. And perhaps, like Doyle, the writers would find that a return from the dead was in order. Please consider that such a wonderful archetype should remain immortal on film, as he is in our hearts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Seastone Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: United Kingdom Time: 2000-06-09 17:28:39 Comments: Please don't kill off our beloved Data, he's the best character in ST and if he goes, I don't think I'll be watching any of the movies again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Penny Scott Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: San Diego California Time: 2000-06-08 17:26:27 Comments: I have watched Star trek the Next generation from the first episode I have loved Data since day one!! He is the what makes star trek what it is!! Please don't die Data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: C. Hogan Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Ireland Time: 2000-06-08 11:14:41 Comments: Brent Spiner should not continue with the role if he really does not want to, but killing off a long time main character, especially Data, would be a shame and very stupid. Kirk being killed off did not go down well and was also very stupid. All that is needed is a plausible reason for Data to leave the Enterprise and not return. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: John Montgomery Website: Referred by: AOL From: Lubbock Time: 2000-06-06 05:27:08 Comments: I definately don't think Data should be killed off. I didn't even know it was definate that that was going to happen. I heard that one idea was make data a computer generated character with Brent Spiner doing the voice. I heard that it was getting hard for Brent to handle the long time needed to get into the Data make-up. I think that considering that fact, Data being computer generated would solve the entire problem. Brent, if you do happen to read this. Please, keep doing the Data in some form. The show wouldn't be the same without you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cody L Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Georgia Time: 2000-06-06 02:15:16 Comments: Brent Spiner: If Data dies, your career dies. :/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Time: 2000-06-04 07:32:49 Comments: Dear Brent(If you read this-and I hope you do), Data is the most beloved character on Star Trek! I'm not really sure of your reason(s) for wanting Data to be killed, but I do know that none of Data's or your fans want to see that happen. Brent, you are the best actor to play Data-you always have been. Every time I watch Star Trek I look forward to Data-even when he might not have appeared in that particular episode. He is more human than anyone could imagine. To take that away from such a beloved show would only be devistating to those who have seen Data through all of his Star Trek years. Brent Spiner-you are truly a great actor-I've seen everything you've ever been in! No one could possibly play Data as well as you can. I hope you know and take into consideration that you have billions of loyal fans and they WON'T want to see Data dead! MAY DATA FOREVER LIVE ON SCREEN AND IN OUR HEARTS!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Laura Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-06-04 02:33:59 Comments: Kill Data?!? NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Death is much too final--give him his own ship and send him off on a deep space exploration mission if you have to get rid of him! He should have been promoted a long time ago, anyway! Please don't kill the best Trek character ever! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: katie barnett Website: Referred by: AOL From: Oakdale,CA Time: 2000-05-29 21:03:16 Comments: no! I won't let the coolest star trek character leave!He still have diveloping to do with he chip so thst is why I am sighing this pition you can an WILL NOT leave! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kristie Baker Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Antioch, California Time: 2000-05-18 02:02:32 Comments: Let me first make it clear that I understand this is just a rumor, and might carry absolutely no truth at all. But, even so, the character of Data has been (in my view,) essential for the series to go on as long as it has. Data has been the comic relief for the show. Many esisodes that featured Data are the favorites amongst the fans, particularly : "The Naked Now" and "A Fist Full of Datas". ("The Naked Now" might not have feature him, but he had a very memorable role in that episode.) Not all of the other characters have made as big of an impact on the show as Data has. Everyone loves him, he is a good role model for children. People want to be like him. Why ruin their fun by taking Data off-line? (He cannot actually die cause he is not living, he is only sentient.) Just the same, Data deserves a better end than "death". He has the ability to live for as long as life does, possibly longer cause he does not breathe air or consume food, why kill him so young? Is not Data only 40 or so years old? He is just a baby compared to how long he is able to exist. I know that if in Star Trek: X, Data ends up "dying" I will be on the verge of tears. Fictional charater or not, he is very real to many people, including myself. He has had an impact on our lives. I mean, I strive to be a better person in his example. I do not think liking a ficional character, and the celebrity behind it so much, "is a waste of time," like Brent Spiner said in an interview he did. (No disrespect intended!) To the people that write the Star Trek scripts, I beg you let this character's legacy live on! Or better yet, Brent: DO NOT EXCEPT THE PART IF THEY DECIDE TO TAKE DATA OFF-LINE! (Of course if you made a contract some time ago having to do with the movies, you may have no choice.) If I ever find out that this stops being a rumor and turns into a reality, I will not go and see the movie. I will encourage others to do the same, too. Many people plan on doing this, you might be making a movie that will cause a financial hardship amongst yourselves. So before you even consider having data blown-up or something, think about the fans and how we would feel. Let me have happy memories of Data, not sad ones. Thank you, Kristie Baker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Neal Wire Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: youngstown, ohio Time: 2000-05-16 03:00:49 Comments: I think Data is one of the most interesting characters in the cast. To kill him would be like taking something away from the show. Please, think carefully about this. Thank you, Neal Wire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ketala Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 2000-05-16 01:55:28 Comments: If for no other reason, don't kill Data off for reasons like this page. People care and think of Data as a friend, someone that they can count on to always be there. To have Data die would be devastating. He represents all that is good and innocent. I, as a beginning actress would never ask someone to play a part they no longer wished to play, but for the sake of all of us who care for the character as a person, don't let Data die.. Just send him where no one has gone before, and give us hope for his return. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: RICH P Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-05-15 22:47:43 Comments: DATA IS MORE HUMAN THEN ANYBODY HE IS MY HERO DATA IS NOT JUST AN ANDROID HE HAS A CHILD LIKE NATURE YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE DATA HAS A SOUL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rebecca Hoover Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: GA Time: 2000-05-13 06:27:39 Comments: Data has always been a favorite character. If you don't want to play him anymore....well, that is your business, but at least let him "live" so that we can continue to enjoy his character in books and such.....Please! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ashwini Sankaranarayanan Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: India Time: 2000-05-09 07:40:03 Comments: Dear Brent, Please don't kill Data. We all love him. What can possibly be gained by killing such a lovable and wonderful person? I don't want to think of Data with pain. I want to remember him as intelligent, honest, caring and so many wonderful things. I do not want to remember him dying or anything. Please keep Data alive and keep millions of people like me happy. Ashwini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tarun Jain Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-05-09 07:27:28 Comments: Please don't kill Data. Why don't you give him his own Command or something? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kessa Miller Website: Carryin' The Banner Referred by: AOL From: Omicron Theta III Time: 2000-04-29 02:21:16 Comments: Brent(if you read this), although I am not an official member (if there is such a thing which I'm sure there is), I like to consider myself a Spiner Femme. I would greatly be sadened, and part of my love for the Star Trek franchise would die with Data if he died, and would leave if he left the show. However, it is your decision, not mine. Do whatever you think is right. But please, let Data live! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Megan Website: The Spiral Online Shop Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: UK Time: 2000-04-26 20:10:54 Comments: Brent is lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Hana Demlova Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Moravka, Czech Republic Time: 2000-04-25 18:30:35 Comments: Dear Brent, I could not bear it, if my Data would die. Data is the main thing that attracts me to Star Trek! Do not die, Brent dear! Hana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Margaret Mueller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: iowa Time: 2000-04-25 01:45:35 Comments: it was bad enough that they killed kirk off do you have to kill data too? Please don't do it if you have to let someone else play him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alice Prefect Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Berlin, MD Time: 2000-04-24 01:17:48 Comments: DATA MUST LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Becky Viertell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Chico Ca Time: 2000-04-22 07:07:13 Comments: I like Data, he is one of the only reasons why I watch that show, he shouldn't die cause that would be really realyl bad...too dissapointing to watch... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ronda Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: North Vancouver Time: 2000-04-20 02:56:06 Comments: I personally as a fan and a person who has travelled across the US just to see Mr. Spiner at a convention. I would be not only saddened but very hurt to see such a talented actor make such a drastic exit. If I had a choice if Mr. Spiner dies or decides to leave the ship...I would choose him to leave the ship and go on to better pursuits, thus leaving Data the option to return in ST11 as a guest star. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Nirupama Sankaranarayanan Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: India Time: 2000-04-17 06:33:01 Comments: Please don't lt Data die. Atleast let him retire and go to Oxford or something. Star Trek will be so painful if Data is killed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tracy L. Neal-Williams Website: Referred by: AOL From: Arizona Time: 2000-04-14 17:21:37 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, Please, PLEASE don't let data die, If you must leave, let it be a sweet memory for all Data fans, not a heartbreaking one. So many fans will be absolutley MORTIFIED if Data were to go offline. Let him retire from Starfleet with honors and be allowed to "continue his search to become more human" on his own. PLEASE!! I have watched since day 1 and thought Data was a breath of fresh air to any ST series. The thought of a human-like android was brilliant! My 2 daughters (age 9 and 11) watch the show, and their favorite character is Data. It's like you have connected with them through Data. They would be HORRIFIED if their favorite character were to die. Please don't make so many young fans cry as they watch loveable Data die. Please, not just I, but many others also, beg of you, let Data retire from Starfleet with honor, NOT DIE with honor. Most Sincerely, Tracy L. Neal-Williams :) Candice M. Neal ;) LC Rose Neal 8-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tracy L. Neal-Williams Website: Referred by: AOL From: Arizona Time: 2000-04-14 17:29:59 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, Please, PLEASE don't let data die, If you must leave, let it be a sweet memory for all Data fans, not a heartbreaking one. So many fans will be absolutley MORTIFIED if Data were to go offline. Let him retire from Starfleet with honors and be allowed to "continue his search to become more human" on his own. PLEASE!! I have watched since day 1 and thought Data was a breath of fresh air to any ST series. The thought of a human-like android was brilliant! My 2 daughters (age 9 and 11) watch the show, and their favorite character is Data. It's like you have connected with them through Data. They would be HORRIFIED if their favorite character were to die. Please don't make so many young fans cry as they watch loveable Data die. Please, not just I, but many others also, beg of you, let Data retire from Starfleet with honor, NOT DIE with honor. Most Sincerely, Tracy L. Neal-Williams :) Candice M. Neal ;) LC Rose Neal 8-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kathleen Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: California Time: 2000-04-11 17:29:23 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner; I'm thirteen years old and I'd just like to say that whether or not the rumor about Data being "killed off" in the next TREK movie, it's not a good idea. I can understand perfectly well why you'd like to leave soon, but, perhaps there can be another reason why Data isn't included in the next movie. Maybe he can be off creating another "sentient artificial life form;" Idunno. :) I know you probably think that most of us huge TREK fans are insane, but I am not. I AM FULLY AWARE THAT STAR TREK IS JUST A TELEVISION/MOVIE SERIES, AND THERE IS A REAL WORLD OUT THERE. :) However, I did grow up watching STAR TREK w/my dad, and it really has brought my dad and I closer together. We've had a lot of fun, and it isn't unusual for us to wish that NEXT GENERATION had new episodes just so we could see some of our favorite characters save the day once again. :) VOYAGER and (definitely) DEEP SPACE NINE could never replace NEXT GENERATION. I know everybody must be getting tired of STAR TREK; all I ask for is an ending that has a lighter note and doesn't make us feel really depressed. Well, I'd better go before my mom finds out I'm not doing my homework. :) Kathleen H. San Ramon, California -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Katie Dover Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Duncanville, Texas Time: 2000-04-10 04:22:37 Comments: I've enjoyed welcoming Data into my home since I was a little girl... yes... he's a fictional character that you are more than ready to part with, Mr. Spiner. But please... for all of us out here who still dream about a future with hope as the one presented in STNG... please... let us keep the dream a little longer... don't let Data be killed. Thank you for listening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LYNN ROSS Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: PHILADEPHIA PA USA Time: 2000-04-09 04:33:30 Comments: DEAR BRENT I AM NOT WHAT YOU CALL A TRUE TREKKIE PER SAY BUT I REALLY ENJOY THE NEXT GENERATION MAINLEY BECAUSE OF DATA. AND TRUTHFULLY IF IT WASNT FOR THAT CHARACTER I PROBABLY WOULDNT HAVE WATCH IT AS FAITFULLY AS I DID.SO EVEN THOUGH YOURE PROBABLY TIRED OF PLAYING HIM HE JUST CRACKES ME UP AND THE NEXT GENERATION JUST WOULDNT BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM.SO PLEASE DONT LET DATA DIE AND REMEMBER MAKEUP CAN DO WONDERS. THANKS LYNN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Toyah Elboz Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Queensland Australia Time: 2000-03-31 07:14:42 Comments: Dear Brent Hello, my name is Toyah, I have just turned fifteen and have only been a trekker for two years now. I am not exactly what you would call a ST freak, I don't buy actions figures and costumes or anything, I just really enjoy Star Trek, especially TNG. I have watched nearly all of the next generation movies and have really come to respect your character data, he is in my opinion a truly unique character and is a tribute to your talent. Star Trek has been a release for me, I watch it when I'm upset to help me clam down (which it always does) my mother has breast cancer and I am the only child, so as you can imagine I do alot of work around the house, I get really stressed sometimes and really need to sit down and watch something to cheer me up (some people listen to music, I watch star Trek) so please, even though you are going to leave the series (which I can understand because my father is an actor as well, and he likes to try his hand at everything and dislikes staying one character too long because, he fears he will get steriotyped) but please, don't kill the character Data, you don't have to make anymore movies, just don't kill Lt Data, gives us a happy ending, please? Love Toyah (Spock). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Phyllis Jane Wells Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Denver, CO Time: 2000-03-27 02:13:49 Comments: Please don't kill Data! We need to think of him alive and well somewhere in the Universal, at the very least. Of course, I would much rather see him in the next movie, but if that isn't your wish, at least let us feel he's still 'out there' somewhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rosemary Patterson Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Los Angeles Time: 2000-03-19 17:37:14 Comments: Acting careers in this town are as fragile as snowflakes. I think you are creative enough to take Data to new levels even as he ages. The character is as necessary to the show as Captain Picard, and is as popular. Many actors have left popular shows only to find themselves left out in the cold. Playing Data has not limited your career in any way, so it cannot cost you anything to play the role once every few years. I happen to know you are happiest when you are working. Why give up a sure thing (not to mention the money) for as long as it is possible to have it? Many actors and wannabes would give anything to be in your shoes. I think playing Data with feelings and emotions is a real challenge. Don't be afraid to make the stretch! It may expand your career even more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sandra J. Hribal Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pennsylvania Time: 2000-03-17 19:38:41 Comments: Data is such a big part of STNG. It just would not be the same without him. The character is wonderful. He adds a certain zest to the rest of the crew. Please do not leave! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: linda landrie Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: winnipeg manitoba Time: 2000-03-13 16:35:22 Comments: brent spiner is a fantastic actor my #1man :> I do not wish to see him die,(DATA must live). How about after a face removing accident data is given an older face allowing Brent to remain Data? please. I LOVE YOU BRENT! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dennis Ouellette Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Terre Haute, Indiana Time: 2000-03-12 17:27:16 Comments: My young daughter and I have very few likes and dislikes in common, when it comes to entertainment but the charactor Data is one of them. Please let Data live even if we don't get to see him in the movies there is probably an author out there who would give us some great adventures involving Data. So that he could live on. We will miss you as Data and hope to see the next great charactor you play. Two of your biggest fans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: roberto erives Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: austin,texas Time: 2000-03-10 21:06:30 Comments: I have enjoyed the character of data very much and I don't want to see him die. I understand the actor wants to move on but I think star trk 10 should have a positive ending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Breanna and Ben Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-02-29 13:49:34 Comments: Mr Spiner, I am not a Star Trek fan and had never seen New Generations. My husband and Daughter are though. One rainy evening this past week my husband rented First Contact and I watched it with them. It held my intrest all the way to the end which surprised me. Your charactor is very well acted. Since seeing First Contact I have viewed several episodes and I must admit that I prefer the ones where you play an active role. I think that your part brings the show to life and I believe it would be a shame for Data to fade away. Without your charactor the show lacks something, in my humble opinion. Hope you will reconsider. From a non Star Trek watcher who knows good acting when she see's it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: DJ Barlow Website: none Referred by: From a Friend From: Flushing Queens NY Time: 2000-02-27 06:02:19 Comments: Data is the best character on Star Trek. Brent, you can't do it this way. If you want out of the role of Data there must be a scenario that will satisfy you,Paramount and the fans. And not to blow our own horn, but we fans are a HUGE part of the Star Trek legacy. We cannot and will not be ignored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Debra Barlow Website: none Referred by: Net Search From: Ridgewood,Queens,New York Time: 2000-02-26 13:13:04 Comments: As a lifetime fan of Star Trek I cannot understand why anyone would want to kill off such a great character (especially the person who portrays that character!!). We fans have watched Data struggle through many trials and tribulations in his quest to become more than just the sum of his positronic parts. This character makes us think, makes us laugh and makes us feel for him and I, for one, am outraged at the thought of killing him off. It took me a year and a half to watch "GENERATIONS" because I could not bear the thought of watching Jim Kirk die...and when I did finally watch it I had to watch him die TWICE in the same movie!!! I don't want to experience the loss of a beloved character again. What else can I say but LONG LOVE DATA!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ged Cowburn Website: Ged Cowburn's Homepage Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sunderland, England Time: 2000-02-25 22:02:05 Comments: I think that killing Data is a very clumsy solution to Brent's problem, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Johanna Burton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Topeka, KS Time: 2000-02-24 01:14:42 Comments: Brent, don't let your fans down...I'll watch you in anything you choose to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dana Lynn Website: home for danaljohnson Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: oroville, ca Time: 2000-02-24 00:18:36 Comments: Hi Brent!Who would have thought that a fictional character could cause this much of an outcry? It certainly stands as a testament to how a performer can simply portray a character or create an icon so endearing, that it brings the type of reaction that you are witnessing now. I fully understand your need to broaden your creative horizons in regards to the future roles that you take and right that you have to be in charge of your career and oversee it's evolution.I sincerely hope that some other kind of plot can be created with regards to how your character leaves the series. In any case, my best wishes to you in the future and my heartfelt thanks for the countless years of entertainment that you an your characters have provided!I look foreward to seeing more of your work in th years to come!Thank you for your time. Stay Safe!!Dana Lynn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Hege Mari Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Norway Time: 2000-02-23 23:16:19 Comments: Oh my God...is it true? I can't belive it....If Data dies I will cry the rest of my life!! :( Please, mail me if I can help. I'll do anything to save Data!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jason Miller Website: neospice Referred by: Yahoo! From: Ravenna,Ohio Time: 2000-02-23 22:55:04 Comments: I didn't know that TNG's Data was due to die in the next movie until just now. I wish that the producer's of the movie don't let Data go to waste(I mean pieces). Data is an android that should live in our hearts forever. Even after star trek is gone(not that I think that will happen!). I've been a star trek fan all my life and I think TNG is the most intriging series yet,especially with Data. I'm with you in saying:"Don't let Data go!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Willem Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: St. Paul, MN Time: 2000-02-22 04:26:49 Comments: Data Lives!! Dear Mr. Spiner, You know how important the Star Trek Universe is to all of us trekers and trekkies. Therefore do not make the mistake of encouraging Paramount to make your last performance of Data a sad one. Data is the embodiment(sp) of all that is good in the future of humanity and humanity's future technologies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Marianne Moore Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Connecticut Time: 2000-02-22 03:55:57 Comments: I loved watching Star Trek when I was younger. I still love watching it. Data should not be killed I love him and what he does for the show. To old?? Come now age is nothing. Actors come and go but great actors stay with their fans. Plus age does not show at all still looking as fine as ever. :o) So from an aspiring actress looking at one of her role models. Please do not kill Data. I would absolutley die. ~Marianne~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anuma Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Finland Time: 2000-02-19 15:15:48 Comments: Brent, don´t let them kill Data. If you really want out, there must be another way. Data is the best character in NG! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Gwendolyn Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Berlin Time: 2000-02-16 08:32:07 Comments: Why can't you give Data a happy ending? He could find somebody like him and leave the enterprise to begin a new life. There are so many ways! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sarah Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: London Time: 2000-02-14 16:06:19 Comments: I'm not a huge trekkie or anything, but I really like TNG and the best thing about it is Data. If you kill Data, then that's it forever, but if he leaves for some other reason then at least fans can read the numerous books that will no doubt appear to continue his story. Plus, if you find yourself out of work, you can return (hurray)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: scott birchett Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Michigan Time: 2000-02-13 02:15:07 Comments: Data can not die and Brent please let him live i really dont care if Data dose but u are my roll model and so is Data u knoced out so many blocks in my life. well i wrote u a letter in the mail write back -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jim House Website: Referred by: Signing another Guestbook From: Creston B. C. Canada Time: 2000-02-09 16:43:16 Comments: Everyone hates bugs , but why kill them , if everyone killed all that the hated where would we be cause sooner or later someone will think of you as Data and the next thing you know your gone SO DONT' KILL OFF DATA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kostas Flamourtzoglou Website: - Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Thessaloniki, Greece Time: 2000-02-07 23:41:00 Comments: I have been a fervent Next Generation trekker all my life(35) and I just found out! I can't believe it! Don't they know that the casting was one of the most important factors of the huge success of the series and the films? Especially Data is one of my favourite characters. If it hadn't been for him and Patrick Stewart I doubt whether I would have loved the whole thing so much. I am wholeheartedly against this decision! I only hope this is some kind of publicity trick to draw us into this... What else can I say? They should definitely know this: THERE CAN BE NO STAR TREK WITHOUT DATA! And I mean Brent Spiner, of course. Moreover, we are not going to see another trek movie without our favourite characters! Forget those deep space nine guys! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Don Bales Jr Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Florence, KY Time: 2000-02-04 17:58:27 Comments: Mr. Spiner, Although you may think that your character may not contribute or mean a great deal to the millions of fans that love and adore Star Trek (both old and new)consider the position of Leonard Nimoy. He dug in his heels and refused to come back even for the first movie, eventually agreeing and staying with the cast and crew long after the movies ended and even starring on a few Next Generation episodes. His character and what he brings to the Star Trek universe will always be remembered and appreciated by all. Don't let yourself end up being terminated as the opportunity to return would not present itself, unless we can link up your soul with your body....but that only works with Vulcans. Best of luck to you in whatever you decide, suffice to say that you would be missed. All the Best Don -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Peter Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-02-04 02:41:58 Comments: Dear Brent I can understand and respect your wish not to play Data anymore, but if you kill off Data I will never watchany star trek again,ever! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: The Ascended Programmer Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: The Netherlands Time: 2000-01-29 15:05:04 Comments: Data should live! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Thelma Graham Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-01-27 19:56:31 Comments: I am a 73 year old grandmother and a fan. If you must leave, please do it in a positive fashion. Data's death would be a crime. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Victoria Gaudette Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Time: 2000-01-27 19:44:27 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner- I due believe that all things must run there course. And just like Mr. Nimoy, your name will be forever linked to the Star Trek Universe. Your desire to leave is understandable. You seek new challeges and roles. TNG wouldn't have been as sucessful with out you. You made Data real, believable, loveable,and innocent. This world needs more innocence. I hope you reconcider the manner in which you make your exit. I know it would break my heart if anyting fatal happened to Data. With all the great imaginations in this world, there has to be another way for your character to progress foreward in his life, leaving Star Fleet behind. Whatever the final outcome, I want you to know that your character of Data(who is apart of you)will always be adored and loved. Good luck to you my friend, Vikkie Gaudette -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Victoria Gaudette Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Time: 2000-01-27 19:43:21 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Crowley Website: Hell Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: What you would call Hell ... perhaps what others would call Baator. Time: 2000-01-23 23:35:35 Comments: That trekkies movie was pretty funny, eh? Wankers. -Crowley, facilitator of the fall of Humanity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Margaret Clary Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Monroe, Louisiana Time: 2000-01-20 08:52:16 Comments: I dont understand why Mr. spiner would want to kill off Data. He is an important character in the ST saga. It would be like killing off C3PO in Star Wars. I always enjoyed the android character because it offered a little comic relief to serious ST episodes or Data's character turned out to be better in some episodes than others. His character was just as good as the Spock character. I could go on. If Mr. Spiner is worried about aging that much go ahead and get a younger Data but dont kill off the character. Mr. Spiner needs to realize Data character is part of Star Trek and when he took the role he should have realized that. I do know if he gets the Data role killed off I will be thru with STNG. So I say, get a younger man for the part or tell Mr. Spiner to get a face lift. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenny Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wisconsin Time: 2000-01-19 02:08:50 Comments: I'd just like to say that the only Star Trek show I watch is TNG and if they killed Data off, Never again would I watch another re-run, I'd throw away Generations, First Contact, and Insurrection. Not to mention that I'd never go see the new movie. Here's an idea: Do what they did to Sulu in The Undiscovered Country. Transfer him to another ship - maybe show him only in a small role. It works. Paramount should try it. Then I'd go see the new movie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenna Higgins Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Pennsylvainia Time: 2000-01-17 01:08:04 Comments: PLEAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEE DONT MAKE DATA DIE!!!!!!!!! I WOULD DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW, I KNOW 'HES JUST A CHARACTER IN A MOVIE' BUT HES REAL ENOUGH TO ALOT OF PEOPLE AND I BIELEVE IF YOU KILL DATA YOU WILL LOSE MUCH PROFIT AND MANY MANY VIEWERS OF THE STAR TREK MOVIES. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT KILL DATA!!!!! SINCERLY, JENNA THE DATA FAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ravi N Gaddipati Website: Ravi's Homepage Referred by: AOL From: Rockville, MD Time: 2000-01-16 11:07:38 Comments: I would like to make a heart felt appeal to Mr. Brent Spiner to save this wonderfully imaginative and ingenious character. No Star Trek series would be complete without a character that operates on the foundation of logic. What especially attracts people to Lt. Commander Data is that he brings on the special combination of characteristics: inquisitiveness, innocence, and purity of heart and "soul". The Vulcun was a bit cold hearted and hard to identify with. Tuvac form Voyager is does not have the same boyish look and zest for life that Data demonstrates. I truely love this character so please understand the sentiments of trekies around the world. I hope you will head the pleas from millions of fans who live and breath the Trekie way of life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ravi N Gaddipati Website: Ravi's Homepage Referred by: AOL From: Rockville, MD Time: 2000-01-16 11:15:35 Comments: I would like to make a heart felt appeal to Mr. Brent Spiner to save this wonderfully imaginative and ingenious character. No Star Trek series would be complete without a character that operates on the foundation of logic. What especially attracts people to Lt. Commander Data is that he brings on the special combination of characteristics: inquisitiveness, innocence, and purity of heart and "soul". The Vulcun was a bit cold hearted and hard to identify with. Tuvac form Voyager is does not have the same boyish look and zest for life that Data demonstrates. I truely love this character so please understand the sentiments of trekies around the world. I hope you will head the pleas from millions of fans who live and breath the Trekie way of life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Debra martin Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Spirit Lake Iowa Time: 2000-01-11 06:57:02 Comments: Data is an icon we cannot lose him!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sandy Bucknam Website: Referred by: Net Search From: New Hampshire Time: 2000-01-10 12:47:25 Comments: When Spock was killed, that was a shock to the Star Trek universe. But Kirk's death proved that plot device won't work again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: lisa e. Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: iowa Time: 2000-01-09 02:18:26 Comments: Data is a vital part of the Star Trek saga. To have him killed off would be a bad choice for the shows future popularity.Perhps another option would be available through the many fans he has. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Melinda Marsh Website: Melinda's home page Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Ga Time: 2000-01-07 18:15:48 Comments: So help me god, them killing off Data BETTER be a joke. I have worshipped the character and the actor since I was 11 and joined in ST:TNG during 6th season. He is the reason I have a major computer hobby and took BASIC and C Programming. And also I married a total computer nerd!! Data is God... Viva le android. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Eric R. Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Glen Burnie, Maryland Time: 2000-01-06 23:56:42 Comments: Don't kill off Data, explain him off in some other way. The writers of STNG have been rather creative in the past, I am sure that they could come up with something to satisfy both sides! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Debbie Miller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Kansas City, Missouri Time: 2000-01-05 02:16:28 Comments: I never liked the original series. I started watching The Next Generation and have become a fan because of Data. I thought it was like watching a child grow and learn. It was, and is, so heartwarming to see him experience new things and become closer to his dream of being human. Actually, he is more human than some humans I've seen. Please don't kill him off. It will destroy that innocence that we all have come to love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: s. quessey Website: none Referred by: Net Search From: new hampshire Time: 2000-01-01 13:35:01 Comments: I feel that it is the prerogative of the actor, if he wants to end the character. But, it should be done in a manner that the fans would appreciate. Not killing him off. Just let Data ago to another assignment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Frosene and Larry Yelton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Arizona Time: 1999-12-14 16:17:40 Comments: Brent: I answered a poll on the web the other day which asked, "Which android/robot is the most memorable and beloved of the century?" Data was one of the options. I voted for Data. My husband and I both enjoy your acting and vision of how an android of the future would be. Killing off Data would be awful. Letting him become a captain of a star ship would be great. Better yet, how about Data falling in love and leaving Star Fleet to live out his years in happiness. Data has been a positive force in Star Trek, knowing right from wrong even under control of other forces. Well, I guess I said my piece. Please reconsider. Thank you, Frosene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lt.Commander Shara Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Voyager Time: 1999-12-08 22:59:10 Comments: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! HE CAN'T DIE! Ok, I don't really like him that much but, DON'T KILL HIM!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Violet Lee Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Brooklyn, New York Time: 1999-12-07 08:01:38 Comments: My Honey and I will definitely stop feeding the franchise that is Star Trek should "our" beloved Data dies. My husband was inspired to learning English by Data's wonderful personality. How can anyone let such an inspiring, marvelous, admirable icon such as "Data Soong" DIE?! We love him VERY dearly; and hope to introduce him to our child when he is created. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenna Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WI Time: 1999-12-01 16:18:22 Comments: I love Data with all my heart! I will not stand around and watch him die! He is my favorite character along with Worf, and if he dies, I will be DEVISTATED! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenna Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WI Time: 1999-12-01 16:25:35 Comments: I love Data with all my heart! I will not stand around and watch him die! He is my favorite character along with Worf, and if he dies, I will be DEVISTATED! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenna Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WI Time: 1999-12-01 16:25:24 Comments: I love Data with all my heart! I will not stand around and watch him die! He is my favorite character along with Worf, and if he dies, I will be DEVISTATED! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mark D. Moyle Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Phoenix AZ Time: 1999-12-01 02:38:18 Comments: Brent, Data can not just die. Star Trek TNG would not be the same without him. Just as Spock could not stay dead, the ST world needs its DATA! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Amie Ryan Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States Time: 1999-11-24 00:46:31 Comments: PLease don't let data die! It would make us all sad! Would you want that? Data rulz and he's the funniest one of all the characters, he lightens the mood, DON'T KILL HIM OFF...! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ELIANA Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: argentina Time: 1999-11-14 21:01:33 Comments: I LOVE DATA AND BRENT SPINER BECAUSE HE IS PERFECT IN HIS WORK AND I LIKE THE OTHER MOVIES FROM BRENT SPINER SAVE DATA! THE NEXT GENERATION CAN NOT EXIST IF DATA DIE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Natàlia Mazarredo Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Barcelona,Spain Time: 1999-11-13 23:04:16 Comments: Well,what can I say. When I read that Data could die in ST10 I was just scared. I couldn't belive it. He has been my favorit character in the serie. That's the principal reason why I watch the serie. I like to see his faces on each situation, they are great, and they are great because of Brent Spiner, who I think is a really talented actor.Try to kill the character it's a mistake. It will make too much pain to everyone.The solutions suggested in the other messages can solve the problem.PD Sorry if there's any mistake, my English is not too much good, but I think that the idea could be undertood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Michelle McQ Website: Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button From: London/England Time: 1999-11-12 17:06:51 Comments: I really dont know what to say.....But I was just thinking about Data's death ...and it really up set me because he is my ...this might sound strange but...HERO.. He helped me decide what I am going to with my life..Become a Scientist ....Plus I have all ways really REALLY FANCIED Data.... SO if he dies you can be sure I WILL NOT BE GOING TO SEE ST10 FILM!! I'm not paying money to get my young heart broken!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Michelle McQ Website: Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button From: London/England Time: 1999-11-12 17:01:53 Comments: I really dont know what to say.....But I was just thinking about Data's death ...and it really up set me because he is my ...this might sound strange but...HERO.. He helped me decide what I am going to with my life..Become a Scientist ....Plus I have all ways really REALLY FANCIED Data.... SO if he dies you can be sure I WILL NOT BE GOING TO SEE ST10 FILM!! I'm not paying money to get my young heart broken!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Graciela Villalba Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Argentina Time: 1999-11-08 18:52:17 Comments: I just can't believe Brent wants to kill Data, for an actor his characters are like his own sons so I can't explain how a very good actor as Brent Spiner is wants to destroy all work, hours and love that people give him for Data. I do not want to see Data's death because he is a very important part of my childhood and seeing his death will be as if my past die with him. I always have been a treekie he is one of the most loved characters I remember from the Star Trek Universe, my family also loves him as much as I do, so please if Brent doesn't want to reconsider his decision, at least leave Data live good in our hearts and minds not killing him but leaving Data be what Data is: a loved part of our history, if Brent still wants to kill Data I wish to tell him that all fans will hate him and that Data will die only when he dies. I really with all my heart wish Data live in the next movie and ilusion and love live with him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Donna Haywood Website: Referred by: From a Web Ring From: Tucson, Arizona Time: 1999-11-08 06:04:13 Comments: I must agree with comments that death is way too much a "trek" thing - let's drop it. I personally will not allow my children to see the movie if Data dies - they love the character too much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Anastasia E. Hunt Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Midwest City, OK Time: 1999-11-03 21:51:38 Comments: Mr. Spiner, I understand your feelings about continuing to play Data and I rather don't blame you. I do see your logic clearly, and you do make a good point- Data, theoretically, is not supposed to age; you, on the other hand, do. Not to mention that the makeup job must get tiresome. In order for you to leave the "Star Trek Universe", Data does not have to die. I saw Data as a positive role model through my troubled teen years. Although I'd be sad to see you leave a role that you have developed so well in over a decade, it would be even sadder to see such a beloved character die. Why not let Data just leave to do something else? I see that as a viable option, as opposed to yet another death of a major Star Trek character (a plot device that I find highly overused). Please reconsider killing Data off, at least (personally I wouldn't care how much you aged; I'd still love to see you play the part as beautifully as you do). And in closing, thank you for doing such a terrific job on Star Trek. I believe you to be one of the most talented, interesting actors of our generation. I wish you well in whatever you do. Sincerely, Anastasia E. Hunt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kevin M. Easter Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Jacksonville, Florida Time: 1999-11-02 01:07:34 Comments: I feel it would be a great mistake to "kill" Data off. There are many other dramatic devices that may be used in order to solve the dilemma between Mr. Spiner's "age" and his character, Data. I agree with one of the writers who said that if Data's "mother" was programmed to age, then it is likely that Data can be programmed to do so. Another possible solution is to allow the Q to actually transform him into a human (though maybe that would remove the whole appeal of the character, I don't know). The first suggestion is probably the one most fans would agree with. The solution is clear in any event: Remove the "ageless" aspect of Data, and you remove the problem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kris McCullough Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Gainesville, FL Time: 1999-10-28 17:06:47 Comments: If by chance this message is viewed by Mr. Spiner, i would like him to know that he is a talented actor and i grew up watching him on The Next Generation. Surely there are other ways to end the role of data than to simply kill him. Killing a character off is the cheapest and least creative end to a character. They could find a whole race of androids on a world being supressed by humanoids and data leaves starfleet to save them from terany and opression. That would at least be a noble end. While my ideas are my own, there are many who would agree with them. So please, for the love of everything that is Trek, give data what he desurves, a second chance. We would glady do the same for you, Mr. Spiner. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: David Curtis Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Chicago Time: 1999-10-24 06:01:55 Comments: I DON'T WANT DATA TO DIE. HE IS MUCH TOO IMPORTANT IN THE ENTERPRISE ADVENTURE. THE CREW (AND FANS) WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT HIM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Darin Detwiler Website: Referred by: AOL From: Bellingham, WA Time: 1999-10-21 06:34:21 Comments: More! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Carol-Joy Williams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1999-10-20 01:12:44 Comments: DON'T MURDER DATA!!!!!!!!!!!! It's *NOT LOGICAL* to kill Lieutenant Commander Data. Every child needs a hero, someone to look up, and aspire to be like. Role models don't come any better than Data. His child like innocence and gentleness are unique to him. And inspite of all his superior abilities he wouldn't dream of hurting anyone. I don't count the times he malfunctioned or was possessed by another consciousness, those situations were out of his control. To me Data is Star Trek. Without Data, Star Trek wouldn't exist. It's a well known fact that TNG *is* the most popular of all the Trek series. And Data *is* the most popular TNG character. If Data is destroyed Paramount would be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. If need be, make ST10 the last TNG movie, but let the Enterprise warp off into the distance, continuing their voyages in the world of science-fiction, with all the crew intact. After that there'll still be books and merchandise to buy. I'd stop buying it all if they killed Data. P.S. WHEN WILL STARFLEET PROMOTE DATA TO FULL COMMANDER? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Henriikka Hintikka Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Finland Time: 1999-10-19 20:25:28 Comments: Data is my inspiration ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: T.E.BECK Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Illinois Time: 1999-10-19 20:19:55 Comments: DATA LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: James Woods Website: Referred by: AOL From: Born and raised in Miami, Florida Time: 1999-10-19 02:28:17 Comments: Please, don't choose this way (if any at all) to leave Star Trek, you have brought a character into the hears and minds of many, inspired toys and generally inhanced a very difficult role with a quality that only you could. My hope is that you don't leave Star Trek, but if you do decide to I hope and wish for you a continued success in your future indevors, and will continue to stay both a Data and a Brent fan. :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: DANIELA Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: ITALY Time: 1999-10-12 15:07:24 Comments: PLEASE, DON'T KILL DATA. STAR TREK TNG WOULD'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM AND I SEE NO REASON TO DO IT!!! WE ALL LOVE DATA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ANTHONY HELLUS Website: Referred by: AOL From: BAKERSFIELD, CA Time: 1999-10-09 15:07:39 Comments: Please stay Brent. My son has so see you in the next movies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jennifer L. Schillig Website: Will Power! (a Shakespearean page) Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New Jersey Time: 1999-10-08 06:20:34 Comments: To Whom It May Concern:Data has always been far and away my favorite Next Gen character, and Brent Spiner one of my favorite actors. It would break my heart if he were killed off, but I wouldn't want to see Data absent in any other way either...there's too much to be done with him now that he's gotten emotions, plenty of roads to be traveled. With that in mine, much as I have always loved Brent, I'd rather see a new actor play Data than not have Data at all. Now, please, everyone, hear me out...just look at the various actors who have played James Bond, or Doctor Who, or Sherlock Holmes (how many people said Rathbone was the "definitive" Holmes, before Jeremy Brett came along?). Ensemble shows have always brought in someone else to fill the lack when a character has left (look at MASH, or NYPD Blue). Often, it's with a totally new character...but in this case, I think we've had too much emotional history invested in Data to warm up to a new character filling his "hole". Better to have a new actor play him (a possibility Brent, I think, has mentioned). Didn't the Trek people learn that lesson with Spock? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Terah Stone Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Houston, TX Time: 1999-10-08 02:28:12 Comments: Don't let Data die -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Deanna Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New Mexico Time: 1999-10-07 23:27:28 Comments: Whenever I watch Star trek, I look foward to seeing the absolute best character on The Next Generation. Data has all the best personality traits that a parent would want his/her child to exemplify(sweet,innocent,kind, intelligent). Data is loved and adored by so many, and that's why his exit shouldn't involve him dying. Data's exit should be uplifting to his very many fans. Brent, please just play Data one more time, and let him continue to live on his neverending Star Trek journey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: William J. Hall Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Cleveland Ohio Time: 1999-10-02 20:07:44 Comments: I hope that Mr. Spiner does'nt kill off his character "DATA." I am a big fan of the show and I really enjoyed the movies. Mr. spiner please reconsider your request to kill off MR DATA because he is an essential part of the TNG crew and I would really be disappointed. When the character of Natash Yar was killed off I was really upset, she was one of my favorite characters. But of corse they brought her back as a reoccuring character and I was happy that she was back (even if she was someone else). There can always be another way of leaving the show. Some sort of future would be deserving of Mr DATA and if you were to just kill him off would be very unpleasent and I'm sure a lot of fans would be disappointed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: sean t. phillips Website: Referred by: AOL From: sacramento ca Time: 1999-09-25 10:37:02 Comments: If they kill data star trek will lose the fan base that it already has. I don't know what the writers are thinking about but they better not because I will not spend my money to see a movie about Data dieing. I have a friend that could write a script for the next STAR TREK movie. I myself could come up with ideas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: denise solloway Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: north carolina Time: 1999-09-23 16:59:54 Comments: I think Data is so beloved by fans that their wishes should override the wishes of even the actor or writers who have brought him to life so vividly. As Spock himself said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." Long Live Data! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SHADY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: OKLAHOMA CITY Time: 1999-09-21 04:38:31 Comments: I LOVE DATA HE IS MY FAVORITE ON STAR TREK.PLEASE BRENT DON`T KILL DATA HE IS THE REASON I WATCH STAR TREK . I AM A BIG FAN AND I REALLY DON`T WANT TO SEE DATA DIE AT ALL PLEASE LET DATA LIVE PLEASE. THANX SHADY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Andy Kruger Website: Referred by: Lycos From: Time: 1999-09-19 14:10:20 Comments: Data is a very important character in the Star Trek universe, surely there must be some way of saving him. Brent has expressed his wish to move on, and I'm sure we all wish him only good things for the future. I'm sure a way can be found to save Data even if Brent were to leave. It would be conceievable for an android to change appearance, how would fans (and Brent) feel about the torch being handed to someone else? Please don't kill Data. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dean Walcott Website: Referred by: Lycos From: New York Time: 1999-09-18 00:31:21 Comments: Star Trek comes from a time in our history where the outlook of the world was very bleak. This show gave us all hope. Seeing even a little part of that hope die as we saw die in DeForest Kelly is damaging to the devout followers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Andrea .M. Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Nova Scotia, Canada Time: 1999-09-13 23:38:33 Comments: Brent, I am trying to see your decision to kill off Data, from all points of view with an open mind. Yes, Data is my fav character. Personailty I think the idea is nothing short of being kicked in the balls with a steele toe boot! I understand if you want to leave Star Trek and explore new things, that's fine. But killing off such a nobel character that millions of people admire and look up to is just plain heartless. People will lose their faith in Star Trek and in YOU. I do not believe it was Gene Roddenberry's dream to have a beautiful character like Data who enjoys life so much to be killed off without a second thought. His death might make for a good dramatic scene but loses its intent when it hurts the fans who watch it. I write in hopes that you will reconsider and let Data live. Great Heroes do not deserve to be left to fade away. PLEASE LET DATA LIVE. We owe him that much at least. -Andrea .M. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Wendy Jane Bourne Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1999-09-12 23:13:48 Comments: Don't kill Data!!! An Android is for life, not just for Christmas - and surely that life is a lot longer than any of us could hope for! a) Data has already been killed once, surely it is someone else's turn. b) Data makes the NextGen Star Trek stand out - the logical characters in Original & Voyager (Vulcans) have little scope for adapting to others, and in DS9, Odo is a member of the enemy species. Data is unique. He is (almost) a one-off, he aspires to better himself (where the other logical characters see no need for this). He gives us hope for the human condition. Surely if an android can aspire to be more human, we can all see the good in ourselves. Now, who could be so heartless as to wish to kill off someone so good! c) Even if we never see Data again, we would all feel better knowing he would still be out there. I love Data. So do many others. Don't let him die because (at the moment) Brent does not want to play him. Death is irreversible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SEAN H HOGUE Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: LaFayette Georgia USA Time: 1999-09-09 00:44:13 Comments: I Sir am blind and can understand the way Data feelsfor people make me feel like I am not alive. I must say Data is the only charictor that I can understand with out seeing him. So please if you must leave please conder the following: being an android your charictor can change your charictor, If nothing else change Data's apearence and voice so someone else can play for you. BUT! if you do this choose carefully so that your charictor does not lose any of your entegraty. Thank you Sean H Hogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Donna Morrison Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1999-09-06 06:33:25 Comments: Data is my favorite Star Trek character & I definitely would not want to see a Trek movie where he is killed off. I would want nothing more to do with TNG if that happened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ForceMuse Website: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Science Fiction and Fantasy Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1999-09-04 23:02:05 Comments: Data was always my favorite character on Star Trek. He represented the innocent side of the crew. I think Star Trek without Data is like Bonnie without Clyde; like Seseme without 'Street'. Data is the coolest character around and he should stay! Please!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Carol Joy Williams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1999-09-01 05:22:02 Comments: BRENT, PLEASE DON'T KILL DATA!!! What's the point of killing Data if ST 10 is going to be the last TNG Movie. At least after the final movie fan's can get their daily dose of Data from reading the TNG novels that are continously being published. Data is my favorite character and he is the only reason I started watching Star Trek in the first place. HIS DEATH WOULD BE MY SOLE REASON TO STOP WATCHING IT!!! I found Star Trek about four years ago, and since then I've bought and watched every TNG video. Data has evolved so much since his assignment on the Enterprise began, and killing him off in Star Trek 10 would be the biggest and most stupid mistake Paramount could make. Even more idiotic then their decision to kill Spock in ST 2. Data is the greatest character in the ST universe. Yes, even better then Spock! He continiously reminds us of how wonderful it is to be human and how much we take for granted. The death of Data would mean the death of Star Trek. I'm not a real trekkie. I don't watch everything and anything Star Trek. And I'd rather watch reruns of TNG when it's back to back with the new series' of DS9. The reason for this is simple. DATA ISN'T IN DS9!!! WE LOVE DATA!!!! DON'T MURDER HIM!!! LET HIM LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Carol Joy Williams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1999-09-01 03:45:41 Comments: Don't kill Data, I buy and read every TNG video/book/novel I can get my hands on. If Data wasn't going to be in them I'd just stop buying them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Leigh Raglan Website: Leigh Raglan's Zig Zagging World Referred by: From a Web Ring From: New York City Time: 1999-08-31 06:15:53 Comments: I find the character of Data to be extremely endearing and charming, full of curiosity, ethical, gentle and heroic. I'm not sure that if he were to be killed, it wouldn't spoil my enjoyment rewatching TNG episodes and the last three feature films. He's the sort of character you expect to live on centuries beyond all the others in the Star Trek universe. I was not happy about the way Kirk was killed, I'd be far less happy about it happening to Data. While Brent Spiner has made the character his own (and I've become a Spiner fan as a result of seeing him as Data — he's wonderful in "Out to Sea" and "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge"), I hope he continues in the role a while longer. But if he can't, it isn't impossible some other talented actor could portray Data in an equally appealing way and any personality changes could be dealt with in the script. And the gold paint and contacts would help minimalize any change in appearance. Even if ST10 were to be the last appearance of Data, please don't kill him off. I'd much rather see him finally get his promotion, find love, and ride off into the sunset, or be left with the positive view of what Data may become in the future as seen in "All Good Things..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kanako Morotani Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: JAPAN Time: 1999-08-29 18:23:28 Comments: Why does Brent wish DATA's death??? At first I don't understand the reason. personally,I don't want to see the next movie if Data would be killed. I guess the good points of TNG are positive and enjoyable in general. If ST10 will be the final movie of TNG castings, the finale should be made it HAPPY one. I don't want to see not only DATA's death also the crues on board Enterprise in sorrow when they lost him. Uhh...I can't explain how I am in despair! So I say "PLEASE DO NOT KILL DATA!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Zsuzsanna Muller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Hungary Time: 1999-08-28 16:11:18 Comments: Yes, keep on doing this petition!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jon Nisbet Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Goleta, CA Time: 1999-08-27 09:51:50 Comments: Killing Data would just be the final insult in what has become Berman's bastardization of TNG as seen in the movies (as well as DS9 and Voyager.) I take none of the TNG movies series seriously; TNG, for me, ended beautifully with the series finale. *However*, killing off Data would just be going *too* far. To kill Data in the final movie would be to kill TNG, and a final insult such as that would never bring Star Trek fans to forgive those responsible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Layout Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Austria Time: 1999-08-15 12:45:46 Comments: If someone kills Data I'll kill the person who did that!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: kelly Website: kelly's data page Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1999-08-04 06:32:19 Comments: Please don't kill Data. They couldn't kill Mr Spock because he is a unique character and the same goes for Data. I wouldn't want to see a Star Trek film without his pressence. Killing his character would be like killing a child. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Marie Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Arizona Time: 1999-08-03 05:04:05 Comments: Why kill Data? Look at everything you've put into the character. Everything you've accomplished. Everything. We all have our time to die. Don't make Data's a premature death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: shanon Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: connecticut usa Time: 1999-07-30 04:28:35 Comments: I'm 19 an I haven't watched the show in a while but I used to be obsessed with it when I was a kid. I still go and see the movies Data was my fav charecter and to see him die would suck. I really think Data should go be a rock star HAHA or an actor or something and decide to leave the enterprise. I think that would be cooler. I know alot of people would be very sad and I think that they are right.But also If I was brent I would be sick of playing him. Actually I really think a cool idea would be to have him become human. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ancelin Quinones Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New York Time: 1999-07-25 06:50:47 Comments: To the people in Rick's office: I guarantee you that if you kill of Data there will be a star trek "slump" for a little while. Personally i don't want data to be killed because he is my favorite character in star trek and he is one of the only two reasons i watch it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Vanessa Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Perth Western Australia Time: 1999-07-19 05:16:55 Comments: I understand that you want to move on and play other roles and take up new challenges, but PLEASE DONT KILL DATA. I have watched him grow and come to love this tin man.Please let him continue in the minds of the Trek fans and on the pages of the Star Trek novels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: D. Holcomb Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Tampa Bay Time: 1999-07-17 03:54:49 Comments: I have been a fan of yours for years. Please don't kill off Data. I can understand the fact that you may want to do other things. But instead of killing Data, have him retire from StarFleet to continue his fathers work.. As for you Brent I look forward to seeing you in other projects--Good Luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: gaby a. Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: montreal, canada Time: 1999-07-17 03:28:32 Comments: SORRY BUT IT WILL BE BETTER IF I EXPRESS MYSELF IN FRENCH!! IL NE FAUT SURTOUT PAS TUER DATA!! CAR CELA METTRAIS FIN À SA QUÊTE DE DEVENIR HUMAIN DE FAÇON TROP BRUSQUE. GABY!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: shannon stoner Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Philadelphia Time: 1999-07-12 21:36:07 Comments: I do not wish for Paramount to kill Data off in the next movie, because the nontrekkers will not be as impacted as the rest of the trekkers. the nontrekkers will have no idea what is going on and why the trekkers have either walked out of the movie angry, or burst into tears. First Conact had a universal appeal that STIX will not have for the people not familiar with Data and what a pivital character he has been throughout the series. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Chris Young Website: The Trek Factor Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Canada Time: 1999-07-06 03:29:29 Comments: Data is one of my favorite characters. He must live on! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Elin Jernberg Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sweden Time: 1999-06-30 11:46:33 Comments: Please, don´t take Data away from me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Alice Edwards Website: Referred by: From a Web Ring From: San Francisco Time: 1999-06-29 11:10:06 Comments: Brent, if you ever read this, I want you to know that I understand that you don't want to play Data forever. But could you let us "play Data" forever, in our hearts and imagination? You really are the ONLY person with the power to make that possible. In the end I will respect any decision that you make but, I would consider it a gift to all your fans, who discovered your talent and intriguing personality through your portrayal of this character. It's easy to say "SAVE DATA", but I'll be bold and suggest a scenrio. Couldn't Data leave the Federation in order to restore his bond with Lore? Otherwise, even if you kill Data, there would be that doppleganger in storage some- where. Dum, dum, dum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Donald Sample Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Rockvale TN USA Time: 1999-06-28 16:45:51 Comments: Save DATA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jenny Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New York Time: 1999-06-24 06:11:57 Comments: I have grown to love the character of Data, and I greatly respect the acting ability of Brent Spiner. I would be very upset to see either of them go. However, I realize that Mr. Spiner must continue his career in other ways. This does not mean that Data should die. Data has become my favorite character, and he has grown so much in his search for humanity, that it would be an absolute shame to kill him off now. Please don't. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Richard King Website: The Secret Squirrel Society Referred by: From a Friend From: Fayetteville, NC Time: 1999-06-23 20:42:46 Comments: LONG LIVE DATA!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Martin Blakley Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Texas Time: 1999-06-22 02:02:13 Comments: Don't Leave Us Data! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Natasha Arfmann Website: N/A Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada Time: 1999-06-21 22:14:07 Comments: I would not like to see Data die, I grown to love him and try to watch him on Star Trek The Next Generation. I do congratulate you on your many talents. I know I may not convince you to kill off Data but I am trying. I always wanted to see you in person but I do not live in the United States also go to one of the conventions. I see that Data has grown alot that I can not acept Data to die and if he dose the movie will be the worst one ever. I know that you are bissy but DON'T KILL THE MOST VITAL PERSON IN STAR TREK. We already lost alot of good characters that way. I don't want to see a good charater to go to waste like this one so please done kill him off. I would not go see the movie if he dies. I did not know they were making another Star Trek movie but now I heard that they are and going to kill off Data. The only reason I watch is because of the character of Data I may never see him in person that I get to see him on the big screen. I'm a person who is shy on talking to any one so I am lucky to at least save the character Data. I also wanted to talk to a famous person like Data but I did not have the courage to talk to you or any one else for that matter I always wanted to and I am probably not talking to the character of Data I'm I so I should stop. I hate when the kill off the most faverate character of Star Trek. I will aways remember you and Data. I know that he's just a character you made up But I DO NOT WANT TO SEE HIM DEAD EVER. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Beka Website: Referred by: From a Web Ring From: Texas Time: 1999-06-18 21:08:09 Comments: Data CAN NOT die! It would crush the hearts of many loyal Star Trek fans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jarod M. Cleary Website: none Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Dalton, Ga Time: 1999-06-18 16:34:09 Comments: None -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lesia Mitchell Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: YAH Franklin, Tn Time: 1999-06-18 02:05:01 Comments: Hey girl!! I got on the computer!!! Great site. I thought this had to do with Star Wars. I am a trekkie from way back. I think Data is awsome. Keep him!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Gary Nine Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: West Virginia Time: 1999-06-16 05:26:14 Comments: If Data dies, so does the love for Brent Spiner that has earned by millions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Gary Nine Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: West Virginia Time: 1999-06-16 05:23:19 Comments: If Data dies, so does the love for Brent Spiner that has earned by millions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Zeitlin Maria Website: Referred by: AOL From: Israel Time: 1999-06-12 18:44:07 Comments: Dear Brenr! This is your choice to leave the Trek, but, Please, do it gently! Don't let Data just die, send him anywere in the Galaxy for some kind of trip for a long time. He must stay alive not only for us, but, first of all, for you. Him is you, and you are him. Let bouth of you be! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ryan Lee Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Singapore Time: 1999-06-08 10:30:44 Comments: I have been a trekkie since the first time I watched ST:TNG. It's one of my favourite shows which I'll watch again and again. Data is really adorable and intriguing. He is one of the most fascinating characters of TV ever, portrayed extremely well by Brent Spiner who is a WONDERFUL actor. If not for Data, where would all the humour be? No more "ode to spot"s and stuff like that! If Data is killed off, I would not look upon star trek and Brent Spiner in the same light again. Don't kill Data !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Eva-Maria Schwarzfischer Website: Eva Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 1999-06-02 21:08:04 Comments: I'm not a Trekker, I don't give a shit about the Enterprise and it's crew. But I am in love with Data. And killing Data would mean breaking my heart. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Carol Williams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Earth Time: 1999-06-02 06:50:51 Comments: Please don't kill Data. For more then a decade we have seen him grow and mature. I think most fans have maternal feeling for Data and if he dies in ST10 it will be as bad as loosing a child. Although I could watch a movie where Data leaves the Enterprise, say to continue his fathers work or something like that, I don't think I would be able to sit through a movie that included the demise of everyones favorite character. Data is the only reason I started to really watch Star Trek and if he dies I don't think I'll be to interested in any of the series' or movies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Owen Jones Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Bethlehem, Pa Time: 1999-06-01 21:38:20 Comments: Hi Brent! I hope this message finds you in good health. I'm glad that you had the chance to join the Star Trek family in such an honored position. Your character took on so much of the Spock character in reverse that most of us didn't notice you to were not the same character. I'm sure you remember how difficult it was for the earlier series to kill Spock. I think this would have the same effect for us in your Data character. Yes I know we found your disembodied head in that cave but we hoped that would have been addressed in TNG. So how can we let him go when all this time you have put so much life into him... Please if you really need to place Data behind you please try to make Data go where no one has gone before. LLAP Brent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: grant crosby Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: NC Time: 1999-05-31 05:04:44 Comments: Consider the alternatives, please. I can understand your wanting to didassociate with the character, but it would mean an awful lot to us if you did it in a way less, shall we say, fatal? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tanya Borchert Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Tennessee Time: 1999-05-29 21:17:06 Comments: Hi to the person that created this webpage. I was at the star trek convention in nashville today and you handed out this piece of paper with the web address on it. I myself haven't liked star trek that much until reccenly. And I do not care to see the movie if Brent decides to kill Data off. Data is a very unique character as well as others. But he caught my eye in First Contact. So brent if you read this please don't kill off my favorite chracter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Scott Crooks Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Murfreesboro, Tn Time: 1999-05-27 02:23:24 Comments: Don"t kill Data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: GRiM*ÇE Website: The home page of GRiM*ÇE Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: IL Time: 1999-05-24 18:15:03 Comments: Many other series' have ended very badly, and TNG doesn't need that. Data's death would cause the whole series to be pointless, and no one, especially me, wants that. ie, the last episode of Quantum Leap. It ruined the entire show for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mandy Reid Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Toronto, Ontario Time: 1999-05-24 16:10:22 Comments: Data dead?? Just say no!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Megan O'Neill Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Indiana Time: 1999-05-24 01:04:46 Comments: Dear Mr. Spiner, You are in quite a Sir Author Conan Doyle situation aren't you? Is it just too much temptation for Paramount to just NOT make another one? Anyway, I do think I would rather see the series end on an upbeat note. If Data died, I would be forced to break my ten year streak of not crying at the movies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sandra Skrlac Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Germany Time: 1999-05-23 21:39:39 Comments: I really hope that Brent will think of changing his mind to kill Data off in the next Star Trek film for he is the most beloved character in the whole series. His talent makes this character so loveable that nobody would like to give it up. So if you Mr. Spiner should read this, than please think about it. Yours faithfully, Sandra Skrlac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Miles St. John Callahan Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Dublin Ireland (recently immigrated to US) Time: 1999-05-20 03:50:40 Comments: Now just hold on there, son. Yes, I'm talking to *you*, Mister Spiner, and if you detect a hint of the Boothby character in my voice, you can bet it's for a damn good reason. You leaving Data behind by leaving him in pieces deserves some thinking about. Let me rephrase that; I know you've given it some thinking -- and now it's time to think of all the pros and cons *again.* If you let Data die, you let something very special die; yes, I mean the loyalty of the fans, the childlike wonder with which Data often imbued us all -- but I also mean an opportunity. What happens, young man, if Berman and Piller and Co. kill off the android... and you discover that *you* miss him. He's been the ace in your hand for a long time now, son; you may want to put that ace up your sleeve for awhile, but a smart man never throws one away. Well, that's all. Live your life. Do what you know is right... but don't be too hasty about deciding what you know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dawna Website: Dawna's Home Page Referred by: From a Friend From: Washington State Time: 1999-05-16 08:37:53 Comments: Brent, do you realize how many people would be effected by Data's death? It's not just adults who have watched and loved him for years, many children also watched the show and the movies and love Data, and it would break their little hearts to see him die. Why not just send him off on an extended vacation or to some distant planet to do research? I realize that you must want to put an end to your playing Data, but is his death really necessary to accomplish that? If Paramount approached you to play him again, you could simply refuse as you would no longer be under contract. Please Brent, let Data live on. Even if we never see him in anything new after this next movie, at least we could imagine him out there somewhere instead of being reminded of his death every time we watch the old episodes of TNG or one of the previous movies. You've created so many wonderful memories over the years that you have played Data, please don't ruin them by ending it on such a sour note. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tammy Ramsey Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Indiana,USA Time: 1999-05-14 12:42:47 Comments: I would hate to see Data die too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Andrea Lee Forslund Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Currently residing in Houston Time: 1999-05-06 02:51:07 Comments: The only reason I watch Star Trek is to see Data develop--I refuse to go to a movie that just shamelessly kills him off! I want to be able to use my own imagination about what happens to the character after the movies are over.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kate Polsom Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Yorkton Saskatchewan Time: 1999-05-04 03:57:11 Comments: I would never think that Data could leave. What would the next generation of Star TRek fans learn? Brent Spiner makes Data. Data makes Star Trek famous just as much as Picard, Beverly, Worf, Geordi and Deanna and Riker. Brent please don't let Data die. We need the laughter you create. You are a wonderful actor and we all would miss you if you left Star TRek. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Vonda Website: Referred by: AngelFire From: Tennessee Time: 1999-05-01 14:23:42 Comments: I agree wholeheartedly with this Save Data campaign!! I definitely hope that it succeeds. Data is wonderful. I can't imagine Star Trek Next Generation without him. He can age, who cares?, he would still be Data on the inside and that's all that matters!! If he does have to leave, then please have it be for a good reason not a sad reason like dying, when we would be left with sad and bad memories. If he left for say a promotion, then that's a good reason. We would miss him terribly but he would still be ALIVE!! Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: KAREN BROWN Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Jamaica Time: 1999-04-25 19:37:27 Comments: I adore Data. In fact, come to think of it, it is my love for this android character that keeps me watching Star Trek. he is more than intriguing, he is phenomenal. To see him die would be the end of me watching Star Trek. It just would not be the same anymore without him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Tina Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 1999-04-23 20:50:07 Comments: Don`t let Data die.Without him,Star Trek wouldn`t be the same. Brent,you`not to old to play him.You look still like 30. I really love your work and Ienjoy watching your films.The first time I saw you was in TNG. I couldn`t stand seeing you die as Data.So,please stay and let Data alive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Emma Davison Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Oxfordshire Time: 1999-04-19 21:08:26 Comments: Data is what makes TNG futuristic. The idea of Star Trek is to show what life could be like in the future and things like androids and klingons are what make it interesting and different. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Clare Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 1999-04-17 21:55:07 Comments: Data is the main reason why I watch TNG and I don't think I could ever watch another episode if he died. I love him for his innocence and his persistant wish to be human. It would be a tradgedy if he went. Brent stay for the fans, the fans wish it and TNG just wouldn't be TNG without him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Timo Website: Referred by: AOL From: Germany Time: 1999-04-16 19:55:21 Comments: Killing Data is like killing Star Trek TNG !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rose Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Time: 1999-04-14 03:05:59 Comments: Great website page! The author truly knows how to write and present their arguments for the character Data and his continued existence. Hope the actor reads and agrees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mathias Finch Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Murfreesboro Time: 1999-04-09 23:51:33 Comments: Do everything to keep Data alive. He's always been my favorite character in the Next Gen. series. I can speak for many that I know when I say that should Data die then Star Trek will lose many more fans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: raisin Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: omicron Theta Time: 1999-04-06 01:12:10 Comments: I don't know so much about him,but he looks like pretty and gentle,and.....android! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rachel Lessick Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Houston, TX Time: 1999-04-01 02:39:17 Comments: Okay ya'll, I understand your grief and concern about our beloved Brent wanting to leave Trek. But, I see where he is coming from. He wants to expand his horizons and see what other roles he can tackle. We all know that nothing ever stays the same. The same goes for show business ya'll. We need to let him spread his wings and fly. We love him for being Brent, not just for being Data. We can still enjoy Brent's talent. This is not the end, it is just the beginning! Just because he wants to leave doesn't mean he doesn't care. If it wasn't for us (the fans), he may have never made it to where he is. But if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have an actor to admire. He definitely is one of a kind. We are his true fans, and we need to support him no matter what he does. I know I do. I like him for the sum of his parts, not part of his sum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Rachel Lessick Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Houston Time: 1999-03-31 02:24:13 Comments: It is your choice pal, but you would be breaking the hearts of numerous people. You are never too old to be young Brent! We believe in you and love you no matter what and no matter how old you are! You have put a smile on my face and some swing in my step. And what about those wonderful costars who are also your friends! You are what makes Star Trek so special. It would not be the same without you! The moment I saw you on Insurrection, my heart lit up! I don't care how old you are! I still admire you for what you are and for the wonderful actor that you have started out as and have blossomed into. You are history-pal! I am getting tears in my eyes now!-From Moose in Houston,TX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ruth Cooper Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: London Time: 1999-03-30 11:14:06 Comments: Everyone loves Data, and Star Trek just wouldn't be the same without him! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sandra Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: UK Time: 1999-03-23 18:52:32 Comments: Hi Brent You have brought this appealing character to life and he is the main reason I watch! He is innocent, cute and funny. Please continue to be Mr Data and bring pleasure to all his fans - everyone ages after all and it is a part of life. Best wishes from Sandra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cristina Hanes Website: Callea & Mayall's Star Trek & Paranormal Galaxy Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: USA Time: 1999-03-23 18:02:01 Comments: Don't let Data die. I don't think I'd even watch another Next Generation movie if he did. I enjoy every character Brent portrays. I watch each series and read Trek books because of one specific character on that series. On the originals it was Spock, on DS9 it's Dr. Bashir, on Voyager it's Tom Paris, & on Next Generation it's DATA.Also, I would like to be a skilled actress some day & I look up to Brent as a model for exceptional acting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Wendy Fillmore Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: New Jersey Time: 1999-03-22 21:56:28 Comments: Can't bear to think of losing Data for good! Hope you'll stay with us, Brent!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Émilie Beaulieu Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Québec Time: 1999-03-21 21:29:58 Comments: don't kill Data.He is the last of Soong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: stephanie Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: nashville, tennessee Time: 1999-03-19 16:12:52 Comments: Don't let DATA die! Have enjoyed the show and the character and I agree with others, characters such as Scotty, Kirk, etc. have all aged gracefully on the show. Let DATA continue to mature along with all the other characters. We would much rather see him age in appearance than DIE! You have said that you think that it is "hokey" for Data to have the aging program, but what would be really hokey would be a 200 year old android who looked 20.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Espressivo Website: Espressivo's Salon de Smut Referred by: NewsGroups From: Time: 1999-03-18 12:11:31 Comments: I like to look on the bright side. If Data were killed off in a movie then that movie would _have_ to be fairly Datacentric, and that would be an improvement on Insurrection. I say kill him, but kill him magnificently! I'd rather see Data die well then have him fade away into oblivion. We've seen his evolution, and I for one would like to see how his story ends. Closure doesn't have to be bad, and some of the best stories ever told have tragic endings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Stefanie Drecktrah Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Hannover, Germany Time: 1999-03-15 00:37:25 Comments: I kno it is not fair, but: ist es fair, dass Data von uns gerissen werden soll? Dieser Android, der mich zum weinen brachte, als ich ihn auf der Violine Vivaldi spielen hörte? der in mir die Liebe zu Sherlock Holmes wiedererweckte? dessen Geste des Kopf schräglegens wie eine süsse Umarmung ist? Please do NOT say good bye, Data! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Arvis Negraschis Website: My Homepage Referred by: NewsGroups From: Toronto, Canada. Time: 1999-03-14 04:17:22 Comments: I love DATA he is a great character and Brent Spiner is a great actor. Long live DATA!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Barbara Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 1999-03-11 23:02:24 Comments: Killing Data really is no good idea. As said by someone before, it's unlogical. So what if he ages? I hated science fiction and all this stuff, Star Trak especially, until I took notice of Data. Don't kill him, he's made the series worth watching. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Nicole Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: USA Time: 1999-03-08 14:31:08 Comments: Killing Data would be like killing Shirley Temple: you just don't do that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Brian Website: Referred by: AOL From: Tennessee Time: 1999-03-06 01:39:36 Comments: I'm fond of the Star Trek series, and I would prefer that Data live. If you choose to leave the series, consider doing so through your absence rather than through the death of such a unique character. Thanks for many years of enjoyment in the series. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lysa Holl Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Jacksonville, AL (GO GAMECOCKS!) Time: 1999-02-26 13:25:19 Comments: Don't let Data die!!! He is the best thing on Star Trek!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cynthia McCarthy Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: San Antonio Texas Time: 1999-02-25 04:12:24 Comments: Would be a shame to have Data die. It took me along time to switch from Star Trek to Star Trek Next Generation. The hardest charater to get use to was Data. As the series grew he took on a personality of his own and just like Kirk, Spock, and Scotty he is a member of the Star Trek Family. If this request by Brent Spiner is because of his aging, well I can over look that as much as I did with Spock and Scotty. If I had too, and it would take a great amount of effort, I could try and tolerate another person acting the part of Data, but at least the character would go on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: KATHI BOOTH Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 1999-02-24 11:57:31 Comments: BRENT, YOU ARE AN EXTREMELY TALENTED ACTOR, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR WANTING TO SPEND YOUR TIME ON OTHER ROLES, BUT NEXT GEN WOULD FEEL DEPRESSING WITHOUT DATA IN IT. I LOVE YOUR IDEA ABOUT USING THE NEXT GEN CAST IN A DIFFERET PRODUCTION. THAT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT! OF COURSE, I'LL WATCH YOU IN ANYTHING. I REALIZE THAT YOUR WANTING TO KILL OR REPLACE DATA MAY JUST BE A NEGOTIATING PLOY, BUT. PLEASE, TORTURE PARAMOUNT WITH IT, NOT YOU FANS, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Daphne Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Germany Time: 1999-02-22 08:13:37 Comments: Brent Spiner, the actor who has blown the charactaristic live and uniqueness into Data deserves happiness and his wishes to be respected. Yet: would it not be illogical to let Data die, Data, who was "constructed" so survive? Data, deserves happiness as well, and certain purposes - something only Data can do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ROBOT [Melanie Jean Mayfield] Website: ROBOT's Silly Sektor of CyberSpace Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Eureka, CA Time: 1999-02-18 21:19:22 Comments: *GREET.INGS* DATA is a fantastic character, portrayed by the equally fantastic actor Brent Spiner! With great affection and respect, we ask: Please keep DATA's character alive! The STAR TREK Universe would be so EMPTY without him. Arrange an "explainable absense" if you must, but, PLEASE don't "kill him off". They couldn't kill Spock- and Even Kirk was "resurrected", atleast in William Shatner's writings. At the very least, DATA can live on in books if the fans know he's alive out there somewhere. Best wishes, and thank you for considering our most sincere desire to LET DATA LIVE. signed, ROBOT [Melanie Jean Mayfield] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Na Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Australia Time: 1999-02-18 10:30:13 Comments: Dear Brent, I hope you do one day get to read this site, with all the admiration and love showing for both you as actor and person, and for your character Data. I agree that it would indeed be very sad if Paramount were to allow Data to be 'killed'. Data brings hope and joy into lots of peoples lives and I feel 'killing' him off would inflict sorrow unnecessarily. Of course, you have a life to lead and if you feel you have done enough with Star Trek, then that is your decision, but I hope that another scenario can be implemented to explain Data's absence. I personally, would prefer to hear that he has found happiness and a sense of 'family' somewhere, as I feel he would greatly miss his fellow crew were he to be by himself. Of course, my selfish preference would be that he stays with Star Trek until they day they finish making TNG movies altogether. Finally, thank you to the makers of this site, for allowing somewhere to give Data fans a voice, which may hopefully reach Mr Spiner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ron Y Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Southern Cal Time: 1999-02-15 17:56:47 Comments: It is of my opinion that an episode (DS9) or movie should at least address the aging chip so data could at least live on in books. If Mr. Spiner chooses to move on, so be it, (he has a life too) It would be nice to see a DS9 crossover story where Data retires from Star Fleet, and is on his way back to the Ba'ku. (that way he could make a comeback if desired) Personal note*****Mr. Spiner: please choose your roles more carefully, you are a better actor than the roles you've been choosing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cecil Tarrant Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Time: 1999-02-14 21:18:34 Comments: The thought of killing off Data is ridiculous! He's a great character. Nearly a saint! Keep the character alive even if he's not always in each movie--at least keep his character alive in the script! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lizanne Website: Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button From: Vancouver, Cda Time: 1999-02-13 06:03:01 Comments: C'mon Brent! Death is futile! As Captain "Pecan" said: "There are always options!". I've made that my personal motto. How about making it Data's?... Love, Liz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Merrie Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: L. A., CA Time: 1999-02-12 21:32:23 Comments: Understandable if you don't wish to continue playing the role. No other actor should come in to play Data. But he need not die. I'd rather hear that he quit Starfleet and is living happily somewhere, or is no longer with the Enterprise. There are so many scenarios in which the character is no longer on screen, but we can imagine him living happily somewhere else. Please, Mr. Spiner, do not pressure or request Paramount to kill this character. Sincerely, Merrie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Julie Heath Website: Still pending Referred by: NewsGroups From: Austin, Texas Time: 1999-02-12 07:34:07 Comments: The first words I said after viewing Farpoint were, "Um...I don't think so, but the android's cool." TNG would never have become what it is without Data to draw us into the other characters. I can think if no other actor more able to accomplish this. Take on other projects, please, but don't abandon Star Trek. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sarah de Vries Website: Rosa Referred by: NewsGroups From: the Netherlands Time: 1999-02-11 12:54:04 Comments: If it's just the age thing, please don't let that get in the way: Age means growth, Data & Brent Spiner *both* deserve to enjoy growth, and I for one don't mind if it "shows". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jan Bull Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: TN Time: 1999-02-08 19:05:50 Comments: I agree that killing Data makes no sense when there are other gentler ways to remove a character. Data can teach at the academy, have his own command, run Star Fleet, retire to do research, become a beach bunny!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Heidi Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Munich, Germany Time: 1999-02-02 20:22:01 Comments: Dear Brent, I only hope that you will reconsider your decision of having DATA being killed off in the next ST movie. If it wasn't for DATA I would have never come to like ST TNG because I was always of the opinion: nothing but the original. So I refused to watch TNG when it was first aired here in Germany and only after seeing the pilot episode and taking a liking to DATA I became a real TNG fan. I even chose my email addy according to one of DATA's famous lines. And only because you portrayed DATA so well I became curious of the other work you had done and will do in future. You are an incredibly talented actor and therefore it should not be a problem for you to play DATA for many more years to come no matter how old you are. There are so many ways to explain that DATA is ageing, one would be that he simply wants to adjust his looks to his friends on the bridge. Didn't he do that in the final episode All Good Things? So why not do it again. If you do not let them dye your hair for the next movie you should be all set. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would find DATA rather appealing with grey hair. If it is your personal desire to bow out of the DATA role, then why not have a CGI-Data and you could do the voicing. But don't let DATA die, please! Whatever your decision may be, dear Brent, I wish you continued success in whatever you're going to do in future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Kathleen Warren Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Murfreesboro, TN Time: 1999-02-02 00:46:17 Comments: Dear Brent, We all know Data is a fictional character, but he lives in our hearts, and it is a tribute to your great talent that you could create a character who inspires such love. I'm not asking you to continue in a role you no longer wish to play, only that you leave it in a way that doesn't break the hearts of the people who love this character. Please let us have the image of him continuing his life after you're done with him. Don't make us have to mourn him. This is not the kind of character who is supposed to die. Thanks for your time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Johnathan McClure Website: Johnathan McClure's WebCenter Referred by: From a Friend From: Minot, North Dakota, USA Time: 1999-01-31 07:00:59 Comments: SAVE DATA! He's a big part of all the stories and Paramount's Trek profits may die with him, leaving us trekkies to grow old without Star Trek and reminisce about the "Good Ol' Days" way back when Star Trek was around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Sarah Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Australia Time: 1999-01-29 09:02:47 Comments: Data is a great character, and Trek, especially Next Gen, would have an unfillable void left by his absence. Aging is NOT an excuse! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Borger Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Australia Time: 1999-01-29 07:58:09 Comments: Don't die data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Benno Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Australia Time: 1999-01-29 07:53:22 Comments: Part of watching Star Trek is suspending belief for an hour or two. I can forget the fact that Data is actually played by a real man who ages. As far as I'm concearned, Brent you can play the Character until you are 102. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Jessica Hodgins Website: Geckogirl's Home Page! Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Brisbane, Australia Time: 1999-01-29 03:10:13 Comments: Viva la Data! Star Trek would be nothing without him! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Christopher Lloyd Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Murfreesboro, Tn Time: 1999-01-27 03:35:45 Comments: no comment necessary the petition cleary states some thing that i agree with totally! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Debbie Gayle Rose Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Murfreesboro,TN Time: 1999-01-27 03:17:42 Comments: Killing Data would not be prudent at any juncture. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cyber the Hare Website: Cyber's Mr. Data Page! Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Within the dark realm of evil otherwise known as California, USA Time: 1999-01-26 13:39:14 Comments: Please let Data live! We'd all miss him so much! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: LaVette Rowland Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Cincinnati, Ohio Time: 1999-01-26 04:04:20 Comments: I totally agree that the character Data should not be killed off. If Brent doesn't want to play him anymore, then Data should retire from Starfleet, and that way he could LIVE happily after after! The main reasons I love Data so much is because of his sweet innocence and childlike characteristics! He doesn't hate or discriminate, but truely finds the best in people. He believes every life is truely precious, and he is a very devoted and caring person. He has grown over the years into a wonderful person, and we have been there every step of the way, laughing, crying, and discovering right along with him. There couldn't be a better person than Brent Spiner to play this part, he is as unique and special as the character he plays. Data is a great teacher to us, showing us how wonderous and peaceful life can be, if we just look for the best in every person we meet and the world around us! So please, Brent, keep Data alive! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total: 248 guests