Conner Trenner was Brillient in Enterprise

[miriel68]

That scene between Sim and Archer in Trip's quarters-- "I need Trip! Trip!" I thought Bakula was wonderful, too.

Now that is the scene I've always felt was wrong and not Archer-like, though Bakula and Trinneer played it well.
I must say I'm perplexed about Similitude: acting job is great, yet the whole episode doesn't convince me somehow. I've an impression as if the writers didn't know what exactly should be the ethical problem they wanted to discuss.

 

[JiNX-01]

^yea! a convert!



Simultude is one of my favourite episodes too. I'm always amazed that the kid they got to play Trip at about 12 looks/sounds so much like CT

My favorite Tripism from the kid is in sickbay when he asks Archer can we go play with the spaceship again and he raises his eyebrows...

Trinneer has said "Similitude" is his favorite episode. It's right up there for me, too, with "Observer Effect," "The Forgotten," a couple others.

I couldn't take my eyes off it when I first saw it. The scene between Sim and T'Pol in her quarters..."You're all I think about..." The music... (The music won an Emmy.)

There's a lot of subtext to the dialogue, a lot of nuance to the performances. A compelling plot that puts the characters under pressure and reveals all sorts of things about them. The subtlety of Trinneer's turn as Sim, making him Trip, but not Trip. The way Archer seemed to age about twenty years over the course of a week, because of the burden of creating Sim. That scene between Sim and Archer in Trip's quarters-- "I need Trip! Trip!" I thought Bakula was wonderful, too.

I think this was one of Connor's best performances ever. And the scenes in T'Pol's quarters and with Archer in Trip's quarters were brilliant.

That scene between Sim and Archer in Trip's quarters-- "I need Trip! Trip!" I thought Bakula was wonderful, too.

Now that is the scene I've always felt was wrong and not Archer-like, though Bakula and Trinneer played it well.
I must say I'm perplexed about Similitude: acting job is great, yet the whole episode doesn't convince me somehow. I've an impression as if the writers didn't know what exactly should be the ethical problem they wanted to discuss.

OMG, I think that scene in Trip's quarters was dead-on. Right from the start, Archer keeps his emotional distance. Even with Kid-Sim, he isn't the father figure -- compare that with Trip's relationship with the boy in Marauders -- he's just working his way up to telling Sim the truth about himself. He cares, but he's struggling not to care too much.

So when Sim says he can "replace" Trip, Archer loses it. He knows that Sim could replace Trip as chief engineer, but he can't replace Trip as his friend. When he says "I need Trip!" what he's really saying is "I want Trip!" Which is very Archer-like. He can be a real jerk sometimes, but he has enough clarity to know that Trip is irreplaceable.

 

[suebsg9]

^yea! a convert!



Simultude is one of my favourite episodes too. I'm always amazed that the kid they got to play Trip at about 12 looks/sounds so much like CT

My favorite Tripism from the kid is in sickbay when he asks Archer can we go play with the spaceship again and he raises his eyebrows...

Trinneer has said "Similitude" is his favorite episode. It's right up there for me, too, with "Observer Effect," "The Forgotten," a couple others.

I couldn't take my eyes off it when I first saw it. The scene between Sim and T'Pol in her quarters..."You're all I think about..." The music... (The music won an Emmy.)

There's a lot of subtext to the dialogue, a lot of nuance to the performances. A compelling plot that puts the characters under pressure and reveals all sorts of things about them. The subtlety of Trinneer's turn as Sim, making him Trip, but not Trip. The way Archer seemed to age about twenty years over the course of a week, because of the burden of creating Sim. That scene between Sim and Archer in Trip's quarters-- "I need Trip! Trip!" I thought Bakula was wonderful, too.

I think this was one of Connor's best performances ever. And the scenes in T'Pol's quarters and with Archer in Trip's quarters were brilliant.

That scene between Sim and Archer in Trip's quarters-- "I need Trip! Trip!" I thought Bakula was wonderful, too.

Now that is the scene I've always felt was wrong and not Archer-like, though Bakula and Trinneer played it well.
I must say I'm perplexed about Similitude: acting job is great, yet the whole episode doesn't convince me somehow. I've an impression as if the writers didn't know what exactly should be the ethical problem they wanted to discuss.

OMG, I think that scene in Trip's quarters was dead-on. Right from the start, Archer keeps his emotional distance. Even with Kid-Sim, he isn't the father figure -- compare that with Trip's relationship with the boy in Marauders -- he's just working his way up to telling Sim the truth about himself. He cares, but he's struggling not to care too much.

So when Sim says he can "replace" Trip, Archer loses it. He knows that Sim could replace Trip as chief engineer, but he can't replace Trip as his friend. When he says "I need Trip!" what he's really saying is "I want Trip!" Which is very Archer-like. He can be a real jerk sometimes, but he has enough clarity to know that Trip is irreplaceable.

I agree still have to watch this eps have it on dvr but everything was dead on in that scene in Trips room; me I had no problem Sim being there cause naturally if he is thinking like Trip wouldn't he want to go to his quarters; never sure about the reaction of ARcher him being there but to Sim he feels he did live Trips life having all his memories and being the idea he came up with to get Enterprise out of that ugh can't think what it was called but having the shuttlepod drag enterprise out was brilliant idea. I love though when Sim was going to leave and he was right he had no where to go; and thinking of the whole malcolm thing in shuttle pod one that was nice! Yep Similitude is another fav eps. Connor did a great job and agree Bakula was spot on in his scenes for his concern for his friend.

 

[Amaris]

^yea! a convert!



Simultude is one of my favourite episodes too. I'm always amazed that the kid they got to play Trip at about 12 looks/sounds so much like CT

I didn't know Enterprise got that deep into ethics. It was great to see. I'm also fast warming up to T'Pol, Malcolm Reed and Mayweather. I was already warmed up to Linda Park.

Anyhoo, now I have to buy Seasons 2 & 3 at least. This whole Xindi thing has got my interest now, and I'm curious to see the end results. Oh, and I hated it when the show was on and I watched it, but now I love the opening to Enterprise. It just fits so well, and I never saw that before.


J.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Woot! Post #2000! Never thought I'd see the day. (Took me four years.)

Anyhoo, now I have to buy Seasons 2 & 3 at least. This whole Xindi thing has got my interest now, and I'm curious to see the end results.

You must see the entire Season 3, then. The Xindi arc kicks ass.

Oh, and I hated it when the show was on and I watched it, but now I love the opening to Enterprise. It just fits so well, and I never saw that before.

Yea! A convert!

 

[Captain X]

CT and JB both had an amazing ability to make something out of some of the crap that was handed to them. One of the things I liked the most though was when they stopped using Trip for comedy relief. Season 1 had some good development for a while, then season 3 really picked up, at least in spots anyway. That's one of the reasons Trip is one of my favorite characters - there are so many good moments with him.

 

[gblews]

^yea! a convert!



Simultude is one of my favourite episodes too. I'm always amazed that the kid they got to play Trip at about 12 looks/sounds so much like CT

My favorite Tripism from the kid is in sickbay when he asks Archer can we go play with the spaceship again and he raises his eyebrows...

This little kid did a GREAT job as young Trip. He even had that soft little southern accent going. The kid who played testosterone-teen Trip also stood out (busted a move on T'Pol, yeah!).

Anyway, Sim was definitely one of the best, if not THE best, overall acted (including guest cast), of any ENT episode.

 

[Keith1701]

I couldn't agree more. The Forgotten is one of my favourite episodes of ENT (the other fave of mine is Shuttlepod One, another Trip-centric show...well, teamed with Malcolm )

I agree....

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I didn't know Enterprise got that deep into ethics.

Check out Dear Doctor and Damage!

 

[Penguin]

Conner was also good on Strange New World. His character slowly drifted in paranoia. conneer managed to llok the part.

 

[NXOner]

Sorry, I don't mean to be pedantic but Connor's name is spelled CONNOR TRINNEER - I can't help it, it bugs me when it's misspelled - I appreciate your comments about his brilliance though !

 

[Lt_Wandrey]

Connor won me over with his performance in the episode "Unexpected". He played his role so well and could almost always bring a smile to anyone's face.

Poor Sim, I always want to hug him. Connor did such a great job playing adult Sim. The children Sims were good too.