T'Pau did have a lot of Heart and Soul.
Was the actress cast to play T'Pau too young
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T'Pau did have a lot of Heart and Soul.
I get it.
T'Pau not T'Pol
Both were in the episode.
My post, which JWPlatt quoted, was clearly about T'Pau. I don't even mention T'Pol.
Ah. Yep.
I just meant that it's easy to get them confused. How many Vulcans can you name with one single syllable, anyway? A few dozens top. They must have other names.
I agree. It's odd, as they pretty much got it right the rest of the time (except Soval started off maybe too emotional). It makes a strong contrast with earlier season 4 ep Home, where the Vulcans were properly repressed emotionally. I noticed that T'Pol's mother also seemed more emotional during the Vulcan episode. It's just weird that they apparently forgot what Vulcans are like apart from the ears.
I wish they had got someone more impressive to play Surak. The founder of Vulcan wisdom shouldn't come across as "just some guy".
You certainly have a thing for Vulcans, Yanks!
Maybe he's enviousI think it's the pointed ears.
nice effort at such a concept, younger and older versions of a single character played by different actors was having June and Anne Lockhart along with Jose and Miguel Ferrer as older/younger characters in an episode of Magnum P.I.
Earth years or Vulcan years?
Wasn't this was before the majority of the Vulcan population adopted the philosophy of Surak?
I am not questioning that.
I take it that they are related. They did the same thing with Gerard Depardieu and his son in "Tout Les Matins Du Monde."
I think the one that played Surak came of as very self confident and wise.
I agree. He really looked the part.
They had a warped version of Surak's teaching which emphasised denial of emotions rather than understanding and controlling.
Who would've ever guessed that the stately T'Pau we met in "Amok Time" was a cute pixie, when her flower was in bloom? Fiona Lincke wasn't playing Celia Lovsky, but you'd think some effort would've been made to find an actress who looked vaguely related, at least! Fiona should've played a Vulcan Princess on ENT, but she does seems somewhat miscast in the role of T'Pau, in looks and performance. That was quite a metamorphosis she made over a century and a half ... completely unrecognisable, in every way! An old flame of hers who hadn't seen her in 80 years would've been like, "holy Shat, I would've never known it was you!"
Who would've ever guessed that the stately T'Pau we met in "Amok Time" was a cute pixie, when her flower was in bloom? Fiona Lincke wasn't playing Celia Lovsky, but you'd think some effort would've been made to find an actress who looked vaguely related, at least! Fiona should've played a Vulcan Princess on ENT, but she does seems somewhat miscast in the role of T'Pau, in looks and performance. That was quite a metamorphosis she made over a century and a half ... completely unrecognisable, in every way! An old flame of hers who hadn't seen her in 80 years would've been like, "holy Shat, I would've never known it was you!"
The lack of resemblance didn't bother me at all,,,but that was because it had been 30 years since I'd seen "Amok Time". All I remembered from that episode (I think I was 10) was that I disliked Vulcans..except for Spock.
My issue with young T'Pau was that she did loom more "pixie-ish" than other Vulcans, and her attitude was more like a teenager.
Yes, the Syranites were handled quite foolishly, from their leadership, to their emotional behavior. Surak, even, simply acted like a Human grandfather. One might've expected him, at least, to have practiced what he preached. I do have to say, though, that I prefer T'Paul as a pixie. Having her with elfen qualities did a lot to help sell the ears, actually. She was cute! And, yes, she did have reason to be P.O.'d at Archer for hunting her down, without having all the facts, first, but she did act a little too Human to be believed as a Syranite. I'm not sure what ENT was after, going this route. Personally, I feel that it's nothing more than a testament to the lack of Quality Control in that last season. Qualified STAR TREK Fans ran the show in its last leg, but nobody was checking these scripts. If it had a beginning, middle and end, they used it.
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