Stilted?

[Tosk]

Stilted? Definitely. There's no way Doug Jones' feet are like that in real life.

 

[CorporalClegg]

 

[Gov Kodos]

Stella Mudd was one of the best performances on the show. Kay Elliot and Roger C. Carmel would have made awesome recurring characters.

 

[Vger23]

It's not a criticism. It's an observation.

A criticism IS an observation, so not sure what your point is.

Mine was hopefully clear: if you're gonna hold Trek accountable for "stilted" performances...better be ready for a long day.

 

[RAMA]

Anyone else think the main character's speech is a bit stilted? Is it because she was raised as a Vulcan or am I the only one thinking this?

Not really. Most of her dialogue has been short clips from trailers so hard to tell either way. When we finally heard her in conversation from talk shows, she sounds perfectly normal.

 

[nutshell]

A criticism IS an observation, so not sure what your point is.

Mine was hopefully clear: if you're gonna hold Trek accountable for "stilted" performances...better be ready for a long day.

You don't get it. I don't think it's negative. It's a particular style, I'm wondering if others have noticed, and I'm wondering if it's because she's Vulcan. I'm not holding Trek accountable.

 

[Michael]

Can't say I noticed anything that I would call “stilted” in Sonequa Martin-Green's delivery. Her poses and the way she tilts her head seems to suggest the Vulcan upbringing, but other than that I don't see/hear it.

 

[mos6507]

Sisko had his strange vibe going sometimes too...

I know vocal mannerisms run to the core of Trek, namely Shatner's pausing, but Avery Brooks' stacatto turned me off of DS9 right from the start. I guess it's not so much the stacatto itself as the robotic quality it imparts. At least Shatner expressed emotion whereas Brooks came across more robotic than Data. He was kind of like a SIRI style text-to-speech voice before they existed.

 

[Tuskin38]

He improves over the seasons.

 

[BillJ]

Can't say I noticed anything that I would call “stilted” in Sonequa Martin-Green's delivery. Her poses and the way she tilts her head seems to suggest the Vulcan upbringing, but other than that I don't see/hear it.

I think Green is fine, it takes time to make a character someone's own.

 

[nutshell]

I know vocal mannerisms run to the core of Trek, namely Shatner's pausing, but Avery Brooks' stacatto turned me off of DS9 right from the start. I guess it's not so much the stacatto itself as the robotic quality it imparts. At least Shatner expressed emotion whereas Brooks came across more robotic than Data. He was kind of like a SIRI style text-to-speech voice before they existed.

Interesting. I always thought Sisko was the most passionate (least robotic) of the bunch.

 

[Borgminister]

Interesting. I always thought Sisko was the most passionate (least robotic) of the bunch.

He did get into his super-cool Hawk mode after that bumpy start, and the weirdness subsided greatly...

 

[gblews]

I guess it's not so much the stacatto itself as the robotic quality it imparts. At least Shatner expressed emotion whereas Brooks came across more robotic than Data. He was kind of like a SIRI style text-to-speech voice before they existed.

Brooks didn't express emotion? What "DS9" were you watching?

 

[cultcross]

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What a robot.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

He did get into his super-cool Hawk mode after that bumpy start, and the weirdness subsided greatly...

I agree. That (a bumpy or awkward start) was also true with just about every actor on every Star Trek show in the first (at least) half of the first season.