Cast the Characters of Trek Literature - Page 48

Emh · August 24 2007, 11:48 PM

TJ Sinclair said:
Flanigan seems to be just about everyone's choice for Calhoun

Not mine.

TJ Sinclair · August 26 2007, 06:30 AM

trampledamage said:
For Ael, I don't know who I imagined when I first read the novel but now I hear the voice of the Romulan captain from the TNG episode where Troi becomes a member of the Tal Shiar.

After much soul searching, there's only one actress I know who can fulfil both the physical and acting requirements of the nobel Ael.

Mira Furlan.

I dare anyone to come up with someone better to portray Ael.

Turbo · August 26 2007, 06:48 AM

Wait, wait, waitaminute. Joe Flanigan as Calhoun? Sorry, but as much as I like Flanigan, he's too nice-looking. He really doesn't have the tough-guy image Calhoun is supposed to have.

I see Calhoun as an older, tougher, guy. I think that Ben Browder could be a good choice.

Csalem · August 26 2007, 12:29 PM

Well Calhoun is just over 40 in the latest books, so if he shaped up a bit I would still go with my original choice of Alec Baldwin for him.

Christopher · August 26 2007, 01:41 PM

Turbo said:
Wait, wait, waitaminute. Joe Flanigan as Calhoun? Sorry, but as much as I like Flanigan, he's too nice-looking. He really doesn't have the tough-guy image Calhoun is supposed to have.

Well, I think the main reason people go for Flanigan as Calhoun is because he bears a strong resemblance to the model who has always been used for Calhoun on the NF novel covers.

Emh · August 26 2007, 03:39 PM

In a dopey sort of way, I suppose. Frankly, I still don't see it.

Turbo · August 26 2007, 06:39 PM

Christopher said:

Turbo said:
Wait, wait, waitaminute. Joe Flanigan as Calhoun? Sorry, but as much as I like Flanigan, he's too nice-looking. He really doesn't have the tough-guy image Calhoun is supposed to have.

Well, I think the main reason people go for Flanigan as Calhoun is because he bears a strong resemblance to the model who has always been used for Calhoun on the NF novel covers.

Really? I can see some resemblance, but the eyes and chin are all wrong.

Christopher · August 26 2007, 06:47 PM

Well, all I know is, my mental image of Calhoun was originally based on the cover paintings, but the first time I read an NF book after Stargate Atlantis premiered, I gradually realized that the face I was visualizing had changed a bit, and I then figured out that I was imagining Joe Flanigan without consciously intending to. (Just the face, though, not the voice.)

Turbo · August 26 2007, 06:48 PM

Fair enough. I just have Sheppard and Calhoun as two totally different characters in my mind, and I'm having a hard time seeing Flanigan as Calhoun. It's more the personality than the looks.

JD · August 26 2007, 09:37 PM

Yeah, but he is an actor, so presumably he could play more than one type of character. I admit, I do often look at personallity of the actor's current character, but then I have to remind myself that they are actors who can do multiple characters.

TJ Sinclair · August 26 2007, 09:38 PM

JD said:
Yeah, but he is an actor, so presumably he could play more than one type of character. I admit, I do often look at personallity of the actor's current character, but then I have to remind myself that they are actors who can do multiple characters.

That depends entirely on which actor.

Mr. Laser Beam · August 26 2007, 10:09 PM

I thought Mel Gibson would make a pretty good Calhoun.

Turtletrekker · August 26 2007, 10:18 PM

^Mel Gibson's portrayal of William Wallace in Braveheart is, in fact, Peter David's inspiration for the character.

TJ Sinclair · August 26 2007, 10:36 PM

Wow. Never heard that one before. When did PAD say that?

Csalem · August 26 2007, 11:15 PM

Well in Voyages of the Imagination he said Calhoun is based on William Wallace, i.e. a very young guy leading his people to freedom, and that Mel Gibson was way too old in the film to play the character.

August 26 2007, 06:48 AM	#708
Turbo Vice Admiral Location: Atlanta	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Wait, wait, waitaminute. Joe Flanigan as Calhoun? Sorry, but as much as I like Flanigan, he's too nice-looking. He really doesn't have the tough-guy image Calhoun is supposed to have. I see Calhoun as an older, tougher, guy. I think that Ben Browder could be a good choice. __________________ Odo: Your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction. Kira: I don't see it as a contradiction. Odo: I don't understand. Kira: That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it and if you do, no explanation is necessary.

August 26 2007, 12:29 PM	#709
Csalem Commodore Location: Dublin, Ireland	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Well Calhoun is just over 40 in the latest books, so if he shaped up a bit I would still go with my original choice of Alec Baldwin for him. __________________ Csalem

August 26 2007, 03:39 PM	#711
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature In a dopey sort of way, I suppose. Frankly, I still don't see it. __________________ "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

August 26 2007, 06:47 PM	#713
Christopher Writer	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Well, all I know is, my mental image of Calhoun was originally based on the cover paintings, but the first time I read an NF book after Stargate Atlantis premiered, I gradually realized that the face I was visualizing had changed a bit, and I then figured out that I was imagining Joe Flanigan without consciously intending to. (Just the face, though, not the voice.) __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

August 26 2007, 06:48 PM	#714
Turbo Vice Admiral Location: Atlanta	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Fair enough. I just have Sheppard and Calhoun as two totally different characters in my mind, and I'm having a hard time seeing Flanigan as Calhoun. It's more the personality than the looks. __________________ Odo: Your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction. Kira: I don't see it as a contradiction. Odo: I don't understand. Kira: That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it and if you do, no explanation is necessary.

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August 26 2007, 09:37 PM	#715
JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Yeah, but he is an actor, so presumably he could play more than one type of character. I admit, I do often look at personallity of the actor's current character, but then I have to remind myself that they are actors who can do multiple characters. __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

August 26 2007, 10:09 PM	#717
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature I thought Mel Gibson would make a pretty good Calhoun. __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

August 26 2007, 10:18 PM	#718
Turtletrekker Vice Admiral Location: Tacoma, Washington	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature ^Mel Gibson's portrayal of William Wallace in Braveheart is, in fact, Peter David's inspiration for the character. __________________ Coulson lives!

August 26 2007, 10:36 PM	#719
TJ Sinclair Captain Location: There and back again...	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Wow. Never heard that one before. When did PAD say that? __________________ "Social harmony is not a good goal. There's plenty of social harmony in a prison camp. The individual is the smallest and most oppressed minority..." -- Diane Carey, April 2001

August 26 2007, 11:15 PM	#720
Csalem Commodore Location: Dublin, Ireland	Re: Cast the Characters of Trek Literature Well in Voyages of the Imagination he said Calhoun is based on William Wallace, i.e. a very young guy leading his people to freedom, and that Mel Gibson was way too old in the film to play the character. __________________ Csalem