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"Confirmed rumor"? Is that like an "off the record quote"?
"Confimed rumor" because it technically never happened but the producers said that it was going to.
Because Berman & Braga had that kind of foresight?
"Confirmed rumor"? Is that like an "off the record quote"?
"Confimed rumor" because it technically never happened but the producers said that it was going to.
Because Berman & Braga had that kind of foresight?
I don't remember where I heard it. But I guess it was one of the plans for the fifth season of ENT before they got the news that it was officially cancelled.
I'll go look for it.
EDIT: Ok, so I found it on memory-alpha.
In a potential season five episode, writer/producer Mike Sussman hoped to have T'Pol finally meet her father, planning to reveal to the audience that T'Pol's father was a Romulan agent who had posed as a Vulcan officer prior to faking his own death. The suggestion that T'Pol was half-Romulan would have shed light on her affinity for Humans as well as her interest in experimenting with emotions. (Information provided by Mike Sussman)
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I think "Unity" was a good episode and it`s a Chakotay episode.
I can`t agree with many of the posts here. There are many good RB scenes in many episodes.
Unfortunatelly he lost the interest in the later episodes. You can call him unprofessionelly, maybe, but I don`t think, Robert Beltran is a bad actor, because he always got high acclaim when he was on stage.
exodus is right about Roxann Dawson carrying three episodes--she did do a good job in them. Maybe if they gave her more to do, I'd have her ranked higher.
I had a much higher appreciation of Robert Beltran when "Resolutions" was the biggest episode I'd seen him in. For whatever reason, he just doesn't consistently bring an extra "oomph" to his performance that others do. Even when Tuvok doesn't say a word, Tim Russ is interesting to watch. I don't see that with Beltran.
Switching subjects, if we're talking about favorite Vulcans, that's tough. Obviously from TOS you've got Spock and Sarek. TNG gave us Dr. Selar (momentarily). With VOY you've got Tuvok, who is great, and Vorik, who has grown on me.
On ENT, T'Pol is not on my list, but at least three are: Soval, the chubby engineer who had issues with his dad, and the ambassador played by Fionula Flanigan.
I had a much higher appreciation of Robert Beltran when "Resolutions" was the biggest episode I'd seen him in. For whatever reason, he just doesn't consistently bring an extra "oomph" to his performance that others do. Even when Tuvok doesn't say a word, Tim Russ is interesting to watch. I don't see that with Beltran.
Switching subjects, if we're talking about favorite Vulcans, that's tough. Obviously from TOS you've got Spock and Sarek. TNG gave us Dr. Selar (momentarily). With VOY you've got Tuvok, who is great, and Vorik, who has grown on me.
On ENT, T'Pol is not on my list, but at least three are: Soval, the chubby engineer who had issues with his dad, and the ambassador played by Fionula Flanigan.
1) Kate Mulgrew There's a reason why there are so many different "shippers" on Voyager... its because of the actress behind the character and HER interactions with her crew.
2) Roxann Dawson tie Jeri Ryan. I love not just how they interact with Janeway but how they interact with the rest of the crew. Tim Russ's character is a great example that BOTH women play off equally well in 2 totally different ways.
3) Robert Picardo. Someone who went from the least lines in the pilot, to (I suspect, can't prove) the most lines in season 7. I wouldn't be surprised if he beat if not tied Jeri Ryan in this regard. Unfortunately for him, such a "feat" colors many in the audience against him, since it detracts from our "Auburn Queen".
4) Robert Beltran tie Tim Russ Both men are understated in their portrayals, Tim's because he's playing a Vulcan for gosh sake, and Robert because he's playing a veteran officer. Someone not easly rattled. I love them both.
5) Ethan Phillips tie Robbie NcNeil tie Jennifer Lien Phillips benefited the most from Lein's departure, since TPTB dropped the jealousy story line when she left. (Thankyou) I love Robbie's character with B'Elanna and Harry (Uhh, I'm NOT talking kinky!) he just never sang for me beyond those two, and I suspect it's more actor than story. Jen's character had so much potential, but (IMO) TPTB dropped the ball so many times it wasn't funny. What Jen showed us... (for example) in "Projectons" and "Before & After", and "Warlord" was that she did have acting chops.
6) Garret Wang. I won't say "least experienced, and it showed", since that's not a given. Tricia Helfer on BSG is a PERFECT example of THAT excuse being immaterial. Garret had his moments, but that's all they were for me. I did like his character much more than Merriwether in "Enterprise"... and I did like him with Tom & B'Elanna... other than that?
Fav guest stars?
Loved Joel Grey in "Resistance", and Mark Harelik who played Kayshyk in "Counterpoint", and James Read who played Jaffen in "Workforce".
2) Roxann Dawson tie Jeri Ryan. I love not just how they interact with Janeway but how they interact with the rest of the crew. Tim Russ's character is a great example that BOTH women play off equally well in 2 totally different ways.
3) Robert Picardo. Someone who went from the least lines in the pilot, to (I suspect, can't prove) the most lines in season 7. I wouldn't be surprised if he beat if not tied Jeri Ryan in this regard. Unfortunately for him, such a "feat" colors many in the audience against him, since it detracts from our "Auburn Queen".
4) Robert Beltran tie Tim Russ Both men are understated in their portrayals, Tim's because he's playing a Vulcan for gosh sake, and Robert because he's playing a veteran officer. Someone not easly rattled. I love them both.
5) Ethan Phillips tie Robbie NcNeil tie Jennifer Lien Phillips benefited the most from Lein's departure, since TPTB dropped the jealousy story line when she left. (Thankyou) I love Robbie's character with B'Elanna and Harry (Uhh, I'm NOT talking kinky!) he just never sang for me beyond those two, and I suspect it's more actor than story. Jen's character had so much potential, but (IMO) TPTB dropped the ball so many times it wasn't funny. What Jen showed us... (for example) in "Projectons" and "Before & After", and "Warlord" was that she did have acting chops.
6) Garret Wang. I won't say "least experienced, and it showed", since that's not a given. Tricia Helfer on BSG is a PERFECT example of THAT excuse being immaterial. Garret had his moments, but that's all they were for me. I did like his character much more than Merriwether in "Enterprise"... and I did like him with Tom & B'Elanna... other than that?
Fav guest stars?
Loved Joel Grey in "Resistance", and Mark Harelik who played Kayshyk in "Counterpoint", and James Read who played Jaffen in "Workforce".
I like all of them actually.
But most of all Jennifer Lien.
Despite being rather unexprienced when Voyager was filmed, she did a wonderful job. She really gave life to the character Kes.
Jeff O'Connor wrote:
Honestly, I find SGU the most boring SF-series I've ever seen. It's actually more interesting to see a mummy dry and an SF-fan relative of mine told me that he had fallen asleep twice while watching it.
The premise is a Voyager rip-off but when Voyager were exciting with great characters, the SGU characters are so incredible boring and the whole series is dull. They did spend the first five-six episodes bickering and nothing happened. Then it got a bit exciting when those pale blue aliens showed up but after that, it died again.
Considering that, I'm actually grateful to those in charge of Voyager that they didn't turn the Starfleet-Maquis thing into same sort of bickering that we do have to stand in SGU.
But most of all Jennifer Lien.
Despite being rather unexprienced when Voyager was filmed, she did a wonderful job. She really gave life to the character Kes.
Jeff O'Connor wrote:
Honestly, I find SGU the most boring SF-series I've ever seen. It's actually more interesting to see a mummy dry and an SF-fan relative of mine told me that he had fallen asleep twice while watching it.
The premise is a Voyager rip-off but when Voyager were exciting with great characters, the SGU characters are so incredible boring and the whole series is dull. They did spend the first five-six episodes bickering and nothing happened. Then it got a bit exciting when those pale blue aliens showed up but after that, it died again.
Considering that, I'm actually grateful to those in charge of Voyager that they didn't turn the Starfleet-Maquis thing into same sort of bickering that we do have to stand in SGU.
Don''t be hatin' on my girl.
However, I think another part of what made me love Dawson/Be'lanna was her attitude. Part Klingon/part Latina sass.
I like all of them actually.
But most of all Jennifer Lien.
Despite being rather unexprienced when Voyager was filmed, she did a wonderful job. She really gave life to the character Kes.
Jeff O'Connor wrote:
Honestly, I find SGU the most boring SF-series I've ever seen. It's actually more interesting to see a mummy dry and an SF-fan relative of mine told me that he had fallen asleep twice while watching it.
The premise is a Voyager rip-off but when Voyager were exciting with great characters, the SGU characters are so incredible boring and the whole series is dull. They did spend the first five-six episodes bickering and nothing happened. Then it got a bit exciting when those pale blue aliens showed up but after that, it died again.
Considering that, I'm actually grateful to those in charge of Voyager that they didn't turn the Starfleet-Maquis thing into same sort of bickering that we do have to stand in SGU.
If that's the best they could have come up with, so am I. I'd imagine it wouldn't take much talent to improve on SGU's sloppy, boring-as-hell rhythms, though.
I think Stargate's writing staff should have never tried for this kind of storytelling. They're obviously right at home with the more tongue-in-cheek, constantly-lampshading style and wit much of SG-1 and some of Atlantis manages to convey. But this... this is not their element at all.
I forgot my ranks . . .
Bad:
Garrett Wang
Robert Betran
Mediocre:
Jennifer Lien
Roxann Dawson
Robbie McNeill
Great:
Kate Mulgrew
Robert Picardo
Jeri Ryan(shudder)
Ethan Phillips
Tim Russ
Bad:
Garrett Wang
Robert Betran
Mediocre:
Jennifer Lien
Roxann Dawson
Robbie McNeill
Great:
Kate Mulgrew
Robert Picardo
Jeri Ryan(shudder)
Ethan Phillips
Tim Russ
My favourite Actors in the series in order were Robert Picardo, Tim Russ and a tie between Roxanna Dawson and Jeri Ryan.
Felt each could carry episodes and had their characters well tied down. Mulgrew was good as you'd expect of the leading character, but she was helped with strong performances from said supporting actors.
Felt each could carry episodes and had their characters well tied down. Mulgrew was good as you'd expect of the leading character, but she was helped with strong performances from said supporting actors.
Best: Robert Picardo
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), But favorites def:Robert Picardo, Tim Russ and Ethan Phillips are my favorites. I also like Kate Mulgrew too eventhough a lot of people think she is a bad actress; to me she was very believable.
Neelix is the funniest character to me in all of Star Trek. Most of the time he was more naturally funny than trying to be funny and that is why I like him so much. He is more goofy I guess you could say. Neelix was one of those characters from Star Trek that was a main character but never was shown that prominently on the show unless it was a show that was about him. There are many episodes where he would only be in the show for 2 mins or something or not at all and that bothers me because Neelix is my favorite Voyager character.
Dare I say that Picardo/The Doctor is the best doctor in all of Trek? For me it would probably be him or McCoy. Picardo is a great actor and he is very believable to me. His mannerisms and everything else about him just makes him great.
Tuvok, well Tuvok is Tuvok. To me he is the 90's/early 2000s version of Spock. Tim Russ did an excellent job playing him and his study of the way Nimoy plays Spock shows through Russ's acting.
Neelix is the funniest character to me in all of Star Trek. Most of the time he was more naturally funny than trying to be funny and that is why I like him so much. He is more goofy I guess you could say. Neelix was one of those characters from Star Trek that was a main character but never was shown that prominently on the show unless it was a show that was about him. There are many episodes where he would only be in the show for 2 mins or something or not at all and that bothers me because Neelix is my favorite Voyager character.
Dare I say that Picardo/The Doctor is the best doctor in all of Trek? For me it would probably be him or McCoy. Picardo is a great actor and he is very believable to me. His mannerisms and everything else about him just makes him great.
Tuvok, well Tuvok is Tuvok. To me he is the 90's/early 2000s version of Spock. Tim Russ did an excellent job playing him and his study of the way Nimoy plays Spock shows through Russ's acting.
Didn't we have someone troll the forum a few weeks ago trying to convince us she was? They even went as far as to take issue with her talking with her hands as bad acting.
Those people are of course wrong.
I don't remember. I remember the guy that, I think it was you and I or it was Jeff O'Connor and I that basically accused him of being sexist even though we didn't, was all angry that she had been promoted.
But I don't remember one attacking Kate.
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