Kirstie Alley stills wins this one for me. Robin Curtis would be second. Kim Cattrall's performance just left me cold. A distant third. Thankfully, she didn't get to play Saavik (at her request IIRC).
Best Female Vulcan
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T'Pau, definately.
As for who I think played Saavik best, I am too lazy to write it all out again.
As for who I think played Saavik best, I am too lazy to write it all out again.
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Which issue is that from?
T'Pol is my favorite female Vulcan ever. 
I only meant this poll to aid in the Best Saavik debate, not to include every single Female Vulcan.
Maybe someone should post another poll.
Maybe someone should post another poll.
Opened up to these three, I'm still going with Kirstie, with Catrall as close second. I'd love to look into the parallel universe where Kirstie Alley played Saavik in STVI, however...
This.
Alley's Saavik could only be considered 'Vulcan' only by the loosest of definitions. She didn't have the eyebrows, she cried, she was quite emotional by comparison to say Selar or T'Pau.
Of those three choices... I'll give that to you. But, not by the actual title of the thread.
Selar (TNG)
From this list: Kirsty Alley
From this list: Kirsty Alley
I don't know. I find such "inconsistencies" actually make Trek's alien races more believable.
Does every human have the exact same personality and reactions? Of course not. So why should Vulcans or Klingons or Romulans be any different? Even among humans who supposedly subscribe to same philosophy and code of behavior, there are wide variations in how strictly people adhere to that code. Some people are just more political or religious or extroverted or whatever. I don't have the exact same personality as my girlfriend or cousin or whomever, but we're all twenty-first century middle class Americans . . . .
Some Klingons and Romulans are more honorable than others, so I imagine some Vulcans have a harder time controlling their emotions than others. They're not completely homogenous and consistent all the time, just like members of real civilizations.
Sure, Kirstie Alley's Saavik doesn't act exactly like T'Pau or Selar. Because she's a different individual.
I mean, why would the Vulcans even need the sacred ritual of Kolihnar if every Vulcan was completely emotionless all the time?
Clearly, Saavik had not gone the full Kolihnar route . . ..
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Absolutely! Love Selar! Love Suzie Plakson in anything!
For the best Saavik I guess Kirstie Alley, but I think Robin Curtis is a good actress.
Second. Sakonna is awesome.
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