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For those who don't know how much Rick Berman sucks:
-- Terry Farrel
-- Trek writer Eric Stillwell
https://heavy.com/entertainment/star-trek/eric-stillwell-working-with-rick-berman/
Unfortunately, the article also says Brent Spiner is a big defender of Berman.
As much as I hate him, I also hate actors who change and ad lib lines. Someone went through this work to phrase or develop a conversation or monologue, stayed up to make it the way they want, then an actor comes and changes it. I realized that while watching the making of Sopranos and David Chase explaining how disrespectful it is to to writer. But yeah Berman sucks.
Sometimes the actors know their characters a lot better than the writers. For example, in the empire strikes back, the original script had Han saying something else, whereas Ford came up with the 'I know', which fits much better with his character.
Or Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner.
One of the most influential science fiction monologues was ad libbed, and it's so much better than the original script.
Original script:
Hauer's monologue:
Huh. I always assumed Rutger Hauer came up with the 'Tannhäuser Gate' part.