Cast the Characters of Trek Literature

[JD]

OOOO, good pick. He was Carter, right?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Giancarlo Esposito?

 

[JD]

He's actually pretty good. That's a hard choice, Michael Boatman or Giancarlo Esposito.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

JD said:
OOOO, good pick. He was Carter, right?

Yes he was.

 

[Sci]

After getting into this season of "24," I find myself very muchly seeing Peter MacNichols as Min Zife...

 

[David Mack]

I think the actor who played President Logan would be a better fit, but that's only my opinion. As always, I encourage my readers to visualize the characters in whatever way makes the story work best for them.

 

[KRAD]

^ That would be Gregory Itzin, who has appeared on Trek several times -- on ENT as Admiral Black in "In a Mirror Darkly Part 1" and Captain Sopek in "Shadows of P'Jem," on VOY as Dr. Dysek in "Critical Care," and on DS9 as Hain in "Who Mourns for Morn?" and Ilon Tandro in "Dax."

 

[Doctor Phlox]

I'm almost done with Orion's Hounds and I've finally managed to cast most of the crew.

Vale--Katee Sackhoff (I guess a lot of other people thought of this one too. I did consider Amanda Tapping.)
Jaza--Rob Lowe
Keru--Kyle Chandler
T'Pel--Gina Torres (I know T'Pel was actually in the show but I can't remember her.)

I haven't decided on the chief engineer yet. Any suggestions?

 

[JD]

I have two problems with those choices:
1. Jaza is Black. I've used Jessie L. Martin as my "mental actor"

2. I've always imagined Keru as being more bigger and buffer, more like Adam Baldwin.

 

[JD]

O yeah, I finally remembered who I had for Bowers now,Roger Cross from 24.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Sci said:
After getting into this season of "24," I find myself very muchly seeing Peter MacNichols as Min Zife...

Who is this in the picture of Zife from Memory Beta? Linky

 

[KRAD]

^ That's a photoshopped picture of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

 

[Doctor Phlox]

JD said:
I have two problems with those choices:
1. Jaza is Black. I've used Jessie L. Martin as my "mental actor"

I've had a lot of trouble for some reason keeping everyone's color straight. Besides, Rob Lowe is pretty close to Jessie Martin, considering how much he tans.

I thought Admiral Akaar was black for the longest time until I saw the Red King's cover. And Bowers is black too!? I was using Rob Lowe for him, as well.

I'm so confused. Tuvok is still black right?

 

[Trent Roman]

I actually had a mottled, orange-and-grey colour scheme in mind for Akaar, something rocky, and bald, so seeing him looking so human on the cover was something of a shock. The strange thing is that in retrospect, I haven't the faintest idea what the hell made me think Akaar was a bald, orange-and-grey dude in the first place.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[The Nth Doctor]

For the longest time I also thought Akaar was bald. I basically imagined him as the white man's version of Michael Clarke Duncan. Imagine my shock when I saw the cover of The Red King.

 

[KRAD]

^ Obviously, none of you guys actually saw the "Friday's Child" episode of the original Star Trek, which was when Leonard James Akaar first appeared.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

But he was a baby in that episode, so how would we know if he had hair a hundred years later?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

KRAD said:
^ That's a photoshopped picture of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Is there some kind of joke I'm not getting here?

Actually, given who Zife was apparently supposed to represent, I'm surprised a different picture wasn't used, if you get my drift...

 

[KRAD]

But he was a baby in that episode, so how would we know if he had hair a hundred years later?

I think, however, seeing the episode would indicate that he is neither black nor orange.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

KRAD said:

But he was a baby in that episode, so how would we know if he had hair a hundred years later?

I think, however, seeing the episode would indicate that he is neither black nor orange.

Yeah, but I didn't say I imagined him as black. I imagined him as the white version of Michael Clarke Duncan.