Hah! This is where I shamelessly mention that I just wrote a sequel to that ep, coming out later this year, but, yeah, Kirk observes in the book that Lenore tends to get a bit melodramatic and "actressy" at times . . . .
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Hah! This is where I shamelessly mention that I just wrote a sequel to that ep, coming out later this year, but, yeah, Kirk observes in the book that Lenore tends to get a bit melodramatic and "actressy" at times . . . .
She was being Shakespearean!
Haha, that's cool that you wrote a sequel. Does it have a title yet? I'd love to read it when it comes out.
Man, being around a few writers makes me want to crack my knuckles and write a Star Trek story like I've always wanted to. (I used to be a journalist about 10 years ago, which is a different type of writing, but hey.)
Star Trek: Foul Deeds Will Rise, due out at the end of November. Otherwise known as The Return of Lenore Karidian, twenty years later.
Thanks for asking! And, yes, Lenore is prone to quoting Shakespeare . . ..
Briefly imagining Lenore getting hooked on Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade, and re-enacting Charlotte Corday's assassination of Marat in his bathtub, with Kirk sitting in for Marat.
"I am coming, Marat."
Disclosure: I played Marat in our college production. One night, after she stabbed me and collapsed, the knife fell and landed with the flat of the blade on her cheek. So even though I was supposed to be "dead", I managed to surreptitiously get the knife off her face because I knew she was probably freaking about it.
Very cool! I'm intrigued.
Susan Oliver ("The Menagerie"), Alfred Ryder ("The Man Trap"), Robert Walker Jr. ("Charlie X"), Arnold Moss ("The Conscience of the King"), Joanne Linville ("The Enterprise Incident"), Glenn Corbett ("Metamorphosis"), Harry Townes ("The Return of the Archons"), Warren Stevens ("By Any Other Name"), James Daly and Louise Sorel ("Requiem for Methuselah") . . . I would also include Julie Newmar ("Friday's Child"), with the reservation that she was somewhat miscast in that episode. Eileen was not really an ideal Julie Newmar role.
Great list.
Susan Oliver was excellent as Vina. Good call.
He wasn't onscreen for long, but I liked The Caretaker on Shore Leave.
I'd also mention Arthur Batanides as Lt. D'Amato from "That Which Survives". I gave him some kudos over in my "Season 3" thread, but here was a guy who I thought was going to be an amazing guest star over the course of the episode, but he ended up being a red shirt disguised in a blue shirt. He didn't last long. But those few minutes that he was on? He was fantastic. I'm really sorry that he didn't last throughout the whole episode.
Susan Oliver was excellent as Vina. Good call.
He wasn't onscreen for long, but I liked The Caretaker on Shore Leave.
I'd also mention Arthur Batanides as Lt. D'Amato from "That Which Survives". I gave him some kudos over in my "Season 3" thread, but here was a guy who I thought was going to be an amazing guest star over the course of the episode, but he ended up being a red shirt disguised in a blue shirt. He didn't last long. But those few minutes that he was on? He was fantastic. I'm really sorry that he didn't last throughout the whole episode.
Barbara Luna. Doug Drexler had current photos of her and Michael Forest and Malachi Throne at a home barbecue or something a few years ago, but sadly his blog is no longer online.
He just had to grow into the part. By the time he played Koloth in "Blood Oath," he was great in the role.
I totally agree with that!
I also loved cochrane as played by Glenn Corbett. He seemed very down to earth, likable. Unlike the version in first contact. That's why that movie never worked for me.
I know what you mean. I was never sure what inspired the casting of James Cromwell. Nothing against him, but to quote Kirk in Spectre of the Gun, "But why here...and why now?"
James Cromwell in the 90's to me was sort of what John Lithgow was in the 80's, a guy who seemed to be in whatever movie I went to see back then.
I never did figure out what other actor back then might've played as a good Cochrane in First Contact...
I liked James Cromwell as Cochrane. I really enjoyed him.
But when First Contact came out, I had not seen "Metamorphosis" (or it had been a VERY long time since I had seen it), and wondered why they changed the character so much. Clearly, it's a dramatic thing. Cochrane was mild mannered in Metamorphosis and they obviously thought he'd be more interesting as an eccentric type.
I loved Corbett's performance and wish the characterization of Cochrane had been more consistent.
But when First Contact came out, I had not seen "Metamorphosis" (or it had been a VERY long time since I had seen it), and wondered why they changed the character so much. Clearly, it's a dramatic thing. Cochrane was mild mannered in Metamorphosis and they obviously thought he'd be more interesting as an eccentric type.
I loved Corbett's performance and wish the characterization of Cochrane had been more consistent.
I loved his arc in DS9, right through to Kor's glorious death.
Arlene Martel in Amok Time, she didn't have that much dialog, but her character became a Trek icon. Her final speech to Spock was wonderfully calculating, cruel and cocky at the same time.
Another from Bread and Circuses, and one of my all-time favorites TOS antagonists, Claudius, played with delicious flare by Logan Ramsey.
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I just watched Errand of Mercy last night and I love Kor in that episode. Cocilios was a great actor and brought a lot to that role and I was glad he showed up in DS9.
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