Cast the Characters of Trek Literature - Page 10

Sci · May 1 2006, 04:46 PM

Kant Jorel has to be Kurtwood Smith.

KRAD · May 1 2006, 05:18 PM

Who's arguing? We're just shooting a rather pointless breeze here......

Therin of Andor · May 3 2006, 12:12 PM

trampledamage said:
ooh... Selar and K'Ehleyr were played by the same woman? Wow!

More than that. We had Season Two head writer, Tracy Tormé, at a New Zealand convention after his TNG stint. He had postulated a several-episode arc for Worf to follow "The Schizoid Man", with numerous references to Worf turning up at sickbay with unusual cuts and bruises, and obviously having an off-screen relationship with an Enterprise crewmember, finally revealing a few episodes later that it was with the Vulcan, Dr Selar.

The producers said no to that idea, but loved the concept of exploiting the height and probable chemistry between Suzie Plakson and Michael Dorn, so when K'Ehleyr the half-Klingon was created, they invited Suzie Plakson back to play her.

trampledamage · May 3 2006, 05:26 PM

K'Ehleyr was a fantastic character, TNG could have done with more episodes with her in!

I don't want to think too much about a Worf/Selar relationship though... that's just too bizarre

David Mack · May 3 2006, 06:59 PM

^ Yeah, who would even think of putting a Vulcan and a Klingon in a sexual relationship? <...whistling innocently...>

JWolf · May 3 2006, 07:21 PM

That's no worse then a Ferengi and a Cardassian. <runs away fast>

TerriO · May 3 2006, 07:57 PM

David Mack said:
^ Yeah, who would even think of putting a Vulcan and a Klingon in a sexual relationship? <...whistling innocently...>

Dave, Dave, Dave.

How many times have we told you not to kick the door open and beg for it like that?

William Leisner · May 3 2006, 08:10 PM

trampledamage said:
I don't want to think too much about a Worf/Selar relationship though... that's just too bizarre

No worse than the idea of a Worf/Troi relationship. (Seriously... Rick must have scored some really good shit the week he approved that...)

JD · May 3 2006, 11:58 PM

William Leisner said:

trampledamage said:
I don't want to think too much about a Worf/Selar relationship though... that's just too bizarre

No worse than the idea of a Worf/Troi relationship. (Seriously... Rick must have scored some really good shit the week he approved that...)

I'm sorry, but that was the worst relationship EVER in any Trek series. Every time I see one of the epsiodes with them together I cringe.

Just out of curiosity, how does Peter Daivid handle the realtionship in Imzadi 2?

Emh · May 4 2006, 03:42 AM

I think PAD handled the relationship very nicely and brought closure to it. But that's just me. I'm one of those few people who enjoyed Imzadi II more than Imzadi.

Baerbel Haddrell · May 4 2006, 08:30 AM

Emh said:
I think PAD handled the relationship very nicely and brought closure to it. But that's just me. I'm one of those few people who enjoyed Imzadi II more than Imzadi.

I very much agree with the first part. I am not sure if I am indeed in a majority but nevertheless, I am not a fan of Imzadi II. PAD wrote Worf the way he was in late DS9, very accurately but also, to me, at his most annoying. More than once I was forced to ask myself, what IS Deanna seeing in this guy!?

Fortunately Worf is much more bearable in later books. In many cases I even liked his parts in them.

Epsilon IX · May 4 2006, 11:12 AM

I've been reading Titan: Taking Wing, and I haven't yet decided who I would cast as the characters who haven't already been cast apart from Ree. In my mind I cast Andy Serkis as Ree, and I pictured him performing it in a similar way to Gollum. That is wearing the bluesuit with the motion sensors, then adding in the CGI character in later. In addition the Gollum voice would be quite useful in conveying the sibbylance indicative of Ree's voice.

Christopher · May 4 2006, 02:03 PM

Epsilon IX said:
In my mind I cast Andy Serkis as Ree, and I pictured him performing it in a similar way to Gollum. That is wearing the bluesuit with the motion sensors, then adding in the CGI character in later.

Except that, as I seem to keep having to point out, Ree is not humanoid in shape. He's built more like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

Emh · May 4 2006, 02:26 PM

Christopher said:

Epsilon IX said:
In my mind I cast Andy Serkis as Ree, and I pictured him performing it in a similar way to Gollum. That is wearing the bluesuit with the motion sensors, then adding in the CGI character in later.

Except that, as I seem to keep having to point out, Ree is not humanoid in shape. He's built more like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

I think Andy Serkis is up for the challenge.

JD · May 4 2006, 07:36 PM

Epsilon IX said:
I've been reading Titan: Taking Wing, and I haven't yet decided who I would cast as the characters who haven't already been cast apart from Ree. In my mind I cast Andy Serkis as Ree, and I pictured him performing it in a similar way to Gollum. That is wearing the bluesuit with the motion sensors, then adding in the CGI character in later. In addition the Gollum voice would be quite useful in conveying the sibbylance indicative of Ree's voice.

Andy Serkis is a pretty good pick, my only problem is the Gollum voice, I've been imagining Ree with a deeper more gravely voice, more like his normal voice, which is actually pretty deep.

May 1 2006, 04:46 PM	#136
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May 3 2006, 05:26 PM	#139
trampledamage Clone Location: trampledamage is doing her homework	Re: Casting the DS9 Relaunch K'Ehleyr was a fantastic character, TNG could have done with more episodes with her in! I don't want to think too much about a Worf/Selar relationship though... that's just too bizarre __________________ Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence - Dr. McCoy And he says that like it's a bad thing...

May 3 2006, 06:59 PM	#140
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May 4 2006, 03:42 AM	#145
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: Casting the DS9 Relaunch I think PAD handled the relationship very nicely and brought closure to it. But that's just me. I'm one of those few people who enjoyed Imzadi II more than Imzadi. __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila

May 4 2006, 11:12 AM	#147
Epsilon IX Fleet Captain Location: the Alpha Quadrant	Re: Casting the DS9 Relaunch I've been reading Titan: Taking Wing, and I haven't yet decided who I would cast as the characters who haven't already been cast apart from Ree. In my mind I cast Andy Serkis as Ree, and I pictured him performing it in a similar way to Gollum. That is wearing the bluesuit with the motion sensors, then adding in the CGI character in later. In addition the Gollum voice would be quite useful in conveying the sibbylance indicative of Ree's voice. __________________ "Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!" (Beam me up, Scotty!")