"Desert Crossing": Clancy Brown is tribal perfection

[Ragitsu]

Good evening, everyone.

Was anyone else here fond of Mister Brown's portrayal of the leader-in-exile Zobral? To me, he played an excellent desert man.

 

[TheFlutteringHorde]

Can't say I feel like it's a depiction that's aged especially well, as much as I love Clancy Brown. It's not the worst, especially for its era, but it does feel broadly stereotypical, and I always thought the episode itself was pretty flat. Real waste of Clancy Brown's talents especially.

 

[FredH]

I always had a problem with “Desert Crossing” — Archer gets a sense that their cause is worth fighting for, but we never really find out what that cause actually is.

 

[lkmi]

I liked the episode for a bunch of reasons: Trip - and Archer - without shirts; great interaction between the two; and, yes, Clancy Brown.

I liked his energy. When he was shouting down Malcolm, and trying to shout down T'Pol.

Yeah, it's a bit obvious on the Commenting About A Social Issue bit. But "Star Trek" always goes over the top on that.

 

[Ragitsu]

Can't say I feel like it's a depiction that's aged especially well, as much as I love Clancy Brown. It's not the worst, especially for its era, but it does feel broadly stereotypical, and I always thought the episode itself was pretty flat. Real waste of Clancy Brown's talents especially.

I enjoyed his performance; at the minimum, it made me wish we had seen potential contributions of his in the "TNG era".

 

[tomalak301]

I remember when they made a big deal of Clancy Brown being in Enterprise and then the episode just turned alright. I liked his performance but if I remember correctly that night 2 episodes aired and the first episode was Fallen Hero. I found Flanagen's performance much more memorable.

 

[Ragitsu]

I remember when they made a big deal of Clancy Brown being in Enterprise and then the episode just turned alright. I liked his performance but if I remember correctly that night 2 episodes aired and the first episode was Fallen Hero. I found Flanagen's performance much more memorable.

Data's mother? Wow! I did not recognize her in that (later) role.

 

[tomalak301]

Data's mother? Wow! I did not recognize her in that (later) role.

Yep. The voice is very recognizable.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Good evening, everyone.

Was anyone else here fond of Mister Brown's portrayal of the leader-in-exile Zobral? To me, he played an excellent desert man.

He was a white man portraying a stereotypical arab coded character with a bad accent. Personally I felt Brown really phoned it in and it was demeaning to his talents as an actor.

 

[Ragitsu]

Yep. The voice is very recognizable.

I will have to rewatch the episode starting with my eyes closed to see if I pick up on the similarity .

I liked the episode for a bunch of reasons: Trip - and Archer - without shirts; great interaction between the two; and, yes, Clancy Brown.

I liked his energy. When he was shouting down Malcolm, and trying to shout down T'Pol.

Terrific guy. He always brings his A game. Unfortunately, Enterprise did not receive a full seven Seasons, but, I wonder...if it had, could Zobral have made another appearance? Small as his world was in the grander scheme of interstellar politics, maybe Archer would have returned to find the erstwhile freedom fighter became a respectable sovereign willing to listen to a proposal for the forming of a certain federation; that would have made for a nice bit of continuity while simultaneously demonstrating that Archer remembered everyone and afforded them them all equal respect.

Hm. Then again, Brown eventually committed to a different series, so it is possible he might have been booked at that (theoretical) time.