The Casting of this series is extremely bad

[johnnybear]

All I'm saying is that at the time of TOS there were few aliens serving on the Enterprise and in Starfleet that we saw! This changed during TMP and later TNG but during TOS it was a humans only crew with one exception! The prequels come in and change the look of the ships, technology, uniforms and the style of crews! So that makes the Enterprise and TOS look very backward, isolated and dressed in their pyjamas!
Unless DSC and ENT are set in another universe as I've been saying for ages now!
JB

 

[johnnybear]

The Gorn costume in Arena was certainly silly, but the poor quality of the costume didn't distract me from enjoying the story they were telling.

Personally I loved the Gorn and for me his appearance is a stand out moment in the series!
JB

 

[Nerys Myk]

All I'm saying is that at the time of TOS there were few aliens serving on the Enterprise and in Starfleet that we saw! This changed during TMP and later TNG but during TOS it was a humans only crew with one exception! The prequels come in and change the look of the ships, technology, uniforms and the style of crews! So that makes the Enterprise and TOS look very backward, isolated and dressed in their pyjamas!
Unless DSC and ENT are set in another universe as I've been saying for ages now!
JB

We can't really take the small slice we see of Starfleet in TOS as representative of the entire organization. And there's an entire Starfleet ship full of Vulcans out there. So it stands to reason there are non-human Starfleet members. Don't let the limits of technology and money limit your imagination.

TAS predates TMP by a few years and introduced several non-human Enterprise crewmembers.

No it makes TOS look like a show produced in the 1960's.

Are "pyjamas" a different thing in the UK? Because nothing about the TOS uniforms say sleepwear to me. I don't sleep in a pullover shirt and slacks.

 

[ozzfloyd]

I have a headache from all those exclamation marks...

 

[johnnybear]

I remember the Intrepid and I didn't quote TAS because some people may not have watched it or count it! (It's possible)
And we didn't see any alien crewmen on any of the other Starships and Starbases that we got to see in the series! And with twelve other Starships like the Enterprise in the fleet I'd say we'd seen a fair percentage of more humans than aliens in the series! I know that later they brought in more aliens for the series but in TOS it seemed to be limited!
JB

 

[Nerys Myk]

I remember the Intrepid and I didn't quote TAS because some people may not have watched it or count it! (It's possible)

Data is data.

And we didn't see any alien crewmen on any of the other Starships and Starbases that we got to see in the series! And with twelve other Starships like the Enterprise in the fleet I'd say we'd seen a fair percentage of more humans than aliens in the series! I know that later they brought in more aliens for the series but in TOS it seemed to be limited!

At most we saw a couple of hundred humans. Starfleet is a lot larger than that. I doubt we even saw the entirety of the Enterprise's 430 crew compliment.

 

[XCV330]

All I'm saying is that at the time of TOS there were few aliens serving on the Enterprise and in Starfleet that we saw! This changed during TMP and later TNG but during TOS it was a humans only crew with one exception! The prequels come in and change the look of the ships, technology, uniforms and the style of crews! So that makes the Enterprise and TOS look very backward, isolated and dressed in their pyjamas!
Unless DSC and ENT are set in another universe as I've been saying for ages now!
JB

I think the TOS uniforms (the shirt and trousers not the micro-mini) look comfortable. Just what you'd want on a long 5 year mission.

 

[Doc Mugatu]

Not everyone is totally bad, there are 2 or 3 exceptions but the overwhelming majority of main (MAIN!) characters are either obnoxious or dull. It's hard to manage that even on a low budget so whoever is responsible for casting is just bad at their job.

Completely disagree. Generally speaking, Star Trek has done an excellent job in casting series regulars with the only exception being Star Trek: Enterprise (Jolene Blalock being shockingly God awful!). However, since you didn't cite examples I can only conclude the purpose of this post is to troll.

All I'm saying is that at the time of TOS there were few aliens serving on the Enterprise and in Starfleet that we saw! This changed during TMP and later TNG but during TOS it was a humans only crew with one exception! The prequels come in and change the look of the ships, technology, uniforms and the style of crews! So that makes the Enterprise and TOS look very backward, isolated and dressed in their pyjamas!
Unless DSC and ENT are set in another universe as I've been saying for ages now!

No. The era in which a series was produced absolutely provides context. The original series was as exotic and diverse as it could be given the limitations of 1960s television. As time has gone by the prohibitions have lessened thanks to advances in technology as well as cost. What is so wonderfully pulled off today wasn't even imaginable during TOS's day, and to the extent it has become possible the Star Trek franchise has reflected that.

 

[BillJ]

Generally speaking, Star Trek has done an excellent job in casting series regulars with the only exception being Star Trek: Enterprise (Jolene Blalock being shockingly God awful!). However, since you didn't cite examples I can only conclude the purpose of this post is to troll.

They had quite a few misses going all the way back to Walter Koenig. I thought Blalock did a great job with T'Pol after some early growing pains.

 

[Doc Mugatu]

They had quite a few misses going all the way back to Walter Koenig. I thought Blalock did a great job with T'Pol after some early growing pains.

W-W-Walter Koenig?!?! What was wrong with Walter Koenig? From beginning to end he was a fantastic Mr. Chekov. … Then again, if Jolene Blalock is your definition of great actress, I don't want to know! Clearly you went to the Jim Varney School of Actingology and Critimacation.

I know you know I'm kidding.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

I think Jolene was really good after the first few episodes, especially in season three. Maybe her skills were not the problem.

 

[Doc Mugatu]

I think Jolene was really good after the first few episodes, especially in season three. Maybe her skills were not the problem.

The following quote is from Jolene Blalock's acting coach: ""

 

[davejames]

They had quite a few misses going all the way back to Walter Koenig. I thought Blalock did a great job with T'Pol after some early growing pains.

Agreed. I could never get into ENT with it's generic writing, but thought Blalock was great as T'Pol and was about the only character worth watching.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I though she did a good job. She got Vulcans more than some of the writers.

 

[BillJ]

Agreed. I could never get into ENT with it's generic writing, but thought Blalock was great as T'Pol and was about the only character worth watching.

For me, the big miss on Enterprise was Scott Bakula. He never seemed comfortable in the role.

 

[CorporalClegg]

They had quite a few misses going all the way back to Walter Koenig. I thought Blalock did a great job with T'Pol after some early growing pains.

Agree. Blalock's performance was the best on the show. (Not that that's saying much.)

And yeah, Koening just isn't a good actor. Bester was a fun character (sometimes), but the performance was way too overdone. And no one likes their ham with watery eggs.

For me, the big miss on Enterprise was Scott Bakula. He never seemed comfortable in the role.

Yeah. I've always found him a bit overrated. I mean I like the guy, and he's a fantastic stage performer, but he's pretty dull as an actor.

 

[Alan Roi]

Personally I loved the Gorn and for me his appearance is a stand out moment in the series!
JB

Hopefully if and when we get to meet the Gorn in this new set of shows their compound eyes won't have those incongruous eyelids they were given in the 'special edition' of Arena.

 

[Alan Roi]

And yeah, Koening just isn't a good actor. Bester was a fun character (sometimes), but the performance was way too overdone. And no one likes their ham with watery eggs.

Sorry, Bester was one of the most memorable characters from B5 and that was from Koenig nailing the performance just about every time the camera was on him.

 

[BillJ]

Sorry, Bester was one of the most memorable characters from B5 and that was from Koenig nailing the performance just about every time the camera was on him.

Always just felt like he was channeling Mirror Chekov for Bester.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Bester is what happens when you try way too hard to sound diabolical. He wasn't Mirror Chekov so much as he was a cheap knockoff of a Bond villain.