Cast the Characters of Trek Literature

Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by Haval_Runa, Apr 10, 2006.

  1. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I totally love your explanation for Dulmur's first and middle names, by the way. :guffaw:
     
  2. DGCatAniSiri

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    Has anyone given thought to the casting of Leej Terrell from the Millennium trilogy? I recently reread it, and I heard her lines with Carolyn Seymour's voice. Granted, that may have just been because I'd just finished a sidequest involving her character in Mass Effect 2 around the time I read it...
     
  3. Zman1

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    I was reminded about this thread when I posted http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=144788 I think that a CGI Soloman voiced by Michael Shanks sounding remarkably like Thor from SG1
     
  4. starri

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    Just popping in with one of my own, from Kevin Dillmore's "Hard News" from Declassified, and even though I know Tim Pennington is supposed to be based on Ewan McGregor, in my mind he's always looked like David Tennant.

    As a result, his new partner in crime, Amity Price, looked an awful lot like Freema Agyeman in my mind, to the point that I kept thinking her name was Amity Jones.
     
  5. ClayinCA

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    Glad to hear you say that. In my head, Pennington has always been David Tennant.
     
  6. JD

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    I never thought of that one, but I like it. I might have to give it a try when I get to "Hard News".
     
  7. Epsilon IX

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    Finished Children of the Storm recently, and have come up with a couple of casting ideas for it. I thought of Tracy Scoggins as Captain Regina Farkas of the Quirinal (typecasting I know since she has already portrayed a space captain over on Babylon 5), whilst for some reason I thought of Britt Ekland as Dr. El'nor Sal (it mentions something about having Viking ancestory and I thought Ekland had the right look for the character, both in terms of ethnicity and age).
     
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    Re: Voyager - Children of the Storm - Novel

    You may want to post this in the sticky thread at the top that is dedicated to casting the various novels...
     
  10. captcalhoun

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    and you totally got Cambridge wrong.
     
  11. Stoek

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    I don't like to jump on anyone's head picture but I have to agree in this case. Personally this is the actor I picture when I read Cambridge... [​IMG]
     
  12. Elias Vaughn

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    I'm baffled how anyone can see Cambridge as not Hugh Laurie.
     
  13. Stoek

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    *laughs and shrugs* It's just not the picture that formed in my head from first encountering the character. HL is certainly a valid choice but just not the one that naturally came to me.
     
  14. captcalhoun

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    HL is the author's choice and who his mannerisms are clearly based on...
     
  15. Sci

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    Which does not make him "right." Characters can come across very differently to an audience member than an author intended, after all.
     
  16. captcalhoun

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    Word of God says he's Hugh, so he's Hugh. once case where i'm sticking with Authorial Intent.
     
  17. Captaindemotion

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    He shares the actor's first name and his surname comes from Mr Laurie's university.
     
  18. flandry84

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    Personally,I'm not going any farther with the Voyager relaunch but the Dr.Cambridge/Dr.House thing seems pretty shameless to me.


    Actually mentioning Shameless,will the new DS9 crew feature a drunken scrounger?
     
  19. Stoek

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    Um... Out of curiousity, are you meaning not farther as in not reading any more? And could you explain the reference since it's really really lost on me. TIA.
     
  20. flandry84

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    /\Yeah,the Voyager relaunch didn't impress me for several reasons but I guess that's my problem.

    "Shameless" is a British comic/drama tv series about a family of, well,drugged-up,pissed-up welfare louts in Manchester(?).
    It has been remade in the states and stars William H. Macy.