Marc Alaimo - the only actor to NAIL his performance in Emissary?
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I wholeheartedly agree.. but you wouldn't know it from how he's doing in this poll...In fact, Cardassians in general aren't doing very well in it.
I'm amazed! The Cardassians are the sexiest race in the entire Star Trek universe! I made sure to vote for Dukat and for Data of course, since he was my first love. =P
Multiple techniques?
So...
I'm ridiculously late, I know, but I am finally in a position to speak to this thread because I finally finally finally bought the first two seasons of DS9 (yaaaaaaay!), and I watched "Emissary" last night. So, my answer to the OP is...
No. Alaimo isn't the only actor to nail performance in "Emissary." Alaimo did nail it, of course, but I think Avery Brooks did as well.
Yeah, yeah - I'm not saying Brooks is perfect every single episode, and in fact, I can think of episodes in which he most definitely didn't nail it. I generally like Brooks' acting style, but jeez, he can be a bit or more than a bit overwrought, and I guess I pretty much assumed he had been in "Emissary," too - there was so much potential there for melodrama and overacting.
But there wasn't any. Not that I saw anyway. The flashback scene where Jennifer dies? Just spot-on acting, no overacting - I mean, jeez, the guy had just discovered his dead wife. The scenes with Picard? Wouldn't change a thing. The conflicts with Kira? Ditto.
He nailed it. And he had a much more difficult role than Alaimo, too - just because so much of the show revolved around him. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to take a thing away from Alaimo, who took a very minor role and turned it into something extraordinary. I mean, you can't take your eyes off him when he's on screen. But I'd say Brooks nailed it, too.
I'm ridiculously late, I know, but I am finally in a position to speak to this thread because I finally finally finally bought the first two seasons of DS9 (yaaaaaaay!), and I watched "Emissary" last night. So, my answer to the OP is...
No. Alaimo isn't the only actor to nail performance in "Emissary." Alaimo did nail it, of course, but I think Avery Brooks did as well.
Yeah, yeah - I'm not saying Brooks is perfect every single episode, and in fact, I can think of episodes in which he most definitely didn't nail it. I generally like Brooks' acting style, but jeez, he can be a bit or more than a bit overwrought, and I guess I pretty much assumed he had been in "Emissary," too - there was so much potential there for melodrama and overacting.
But there wasn't any. Not that I saw anyway. The flashback scene where Jennifer dies? Just spot-on acting, no overacting - I mean, jeez, the guy had just discovered his dead wife. The scenes with Picard? Wouldn't change a thing. The conflicts with Kira? Ditto.
He nailed it. And he had a much more difficult role than Alaimo, too - just because so much of the show revolved around him. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to take a thing away from Alaimo, who took a very minor role and turned it into something extraordinary. I mean, you can't take your eyes off him when he's on screen. But I'd say Brooks nailed it, too.
