Captain Kirk has one. Captain Janeway has one. If Star Trek followers are going to insist on slowly however certainly getting each main character a landmark of their hometown-to-be, Jonathan Frakes’ legendary Will Riker is definitely up there as a precedence—particularly one which celebrates his most iconic tactical maneuver.
We’re, after all, not speaking about him flinging an asteroid with a tractor beam like in Star Trek: Picard, however the precise Riker Maneuver—the wild, gangly approach Frakes would mount any given seat by clearing his legs over it. A beloved transfer that Alaskan Trekkies Cameron Harrison, Patrick Marketing campaign and Jessie Desmond are hoping will take bodily kind in a proposed bronzed statue of Riker mounting a memorial bench for good measure:
“I’m fairly hopeful that the mission will cross the end line,” Harrison informed the Register of the method to deliver the statue to life—which already has the blessing of Star Trek homeowners Paramount, who’ve agreed to work with Frakes to amass use of his likeness ought to Valdez officers grant permission for the statue and bench. “Ken Wilson, the director [of Valdez] Parks & Rec, is sort of and looks like it will likely be a straightforward promote.”
Honoring one of many finest First Officers in Star Trek historical past is appropriate sufficient, however it’s the design of the commemorative statue that’s actually good right here. Fingers crossed Valdez will approve honoring its fictional future son, so the thought of a life sized, bronze Jonathan Frakes ambling over a bench shall be made actuality.
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