wooden acting

[Gul Sengosts]

At the risk of offending some I confess that I don't think the main cast was as strong as it could have been. Kira should have been played by Michelle Forbes. Nana Visitor was ok but she was weak when she tried to do big emotional moments. Her range was limited but at least the character had some focus.

Nana Visitor wasn't the best actor in Trek history, but I think she did a great job most of the time. She was excellent at subtle stuff like in Duet where Kira is deeply troubled but tries to stay strong and keep a straight face, but she can't fully hide it. Nana Visitor pulled that off extremely well in my opinion. And have I mentioned those eyes...

 

[Nakita Akita]

Well, there's this but I am afraid it's incomplete:

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I wish I had the technical ability to change this into my new video ringtone.
Anyway, watching him on the tiny cell phone is not nearly as satisfying as seeing him on my large TV.
AND
You All Say What
Inhale
You Want,
But Mister, You Better
Inhale
KNOW
Inhale
That YOU Can't Turn
Inhale
Me Against
Inhale
Sisko!
Inhale
Inhale
Inhale.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Terry Farrell grew so much as an actor over her six years. Her comedic style suited her best, and she maintained that in "Becker".

 

[Discofan]

Terry Farrell's acting had nowhere to go but up. Her first season was terrible.

 

[Armus]

Nana Visitor wasn't the best actor in Trek history, but I think she did a great job most of the time. She was excellent at subtle stuff like in Duet where Kira is deeply troubled but tries to stay strong and keep a straight face, but she can't fully hide it. Nana Visitor pulled that off extremely well in my opinion. And have I mentioned those eyes...

I liked her best when she was sarcastic or busting Quark's chops. I haven't seen Duet in years but I remember enjoying the relationship between her and the Cardassian in that episode.

 

[Discofan]

I liked her best when she was sarcastic or busting Quark's chops. I haven't seen Duet in years but I remember enjoying the relationship between her and the Cardassian in that episode.

I like her in "Battle Lines" when Sisko tells her that she'd better not read what the Cardassians had to say about her and she says that she's a "big girl" but turns out he was right she was offended by the comment and had trouble handling it.

 

[Gul Sengosts]

I like her in "Battle Lines" when Sisko tells her that she'd better not read what the Cardassians had to say about her and she says that she's a "big girl" but turns out he was right she was offended by the comment and had trouble handling it.

Yeah, I mean, Kira was a deeply troubled character with lots of conflicting heavy emotions. That's not easy to act but I think Nana Visitor did a superb job there. To deliver a display of self-control while also showing deep distress, and all of it natural and believable... well done.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Forbes should have played Ro. Kira was a different beast, and Visitor defined the part. Perhaps she modulated too much, but Visitor was a consummate professional. More importantly , she was Star Trek's best physical actor.

 

[kkt]

Well, there's this but I am afraid it's incomplete:

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So over the course of 7 seasons there are 6 minutes of Sisko yelling, and several of those were Benny Russell not Ben Sisko. I think that's about right. If one of my officers fired ship's phasers at a target that for all he knew was an unarmed civilian, I'd yell too. He should have yelled at Dax when she came back from "Blood Oath", she didn't have permission to go.

 

[Discofan]

So over the course of 7 seasons there are 6 minutes of Sisko yelling, and several of those were Benny Russell not Ben Sisko. I think that's about right. If one of my officers fired ship's phasers at a target that for all he knew was an unarmed civilian, I'd yell too. He should have yelled at Dax when she came back from "Blood Oath", she didn't have permission to go.

I don't think, yelling is a good way to impose your authority. I've had people under my command for two decades, not once did I yell or even raise my voice at them. In fact, not once, did I have to. People hate it when you just look them in the eye in silence and then tell them that they can leave.

 

[Tosk]

I don't think, yelling is a good way to impose your authority.

I guess it's a good thing he did it so rarely then.

 

[Nakita Akita]

I don't think, yelling is a good way to impose your authority. I've had people under my command for two decades, not once did I yell or even raise my voice at them. In fact, not once, did I have to. People hate it when you just look them in the eye in silence and then tell them that they can leave.

I got into a shouting match once with a lieutenant. But we were both in our early 20's.
I didn't see his yelling as excessive.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

I think, at a minimum, we have to acknowledge that Sisko's hair held him back from greatness. Sisko with hair was practically not even the same guy as bald Sisko.

 

[sekundant]

I do not know if you mean with "wooden acting" , a wood piece can better act than Avery Brooks, I am with you!
I have to say it, Brooks is mostly unwatchable for me. He is definitely unbelievable as a leading actor, he makes the Sisko simply joke figure. Yelling, showing teeth, overreacting, inflationary using of dramatic speaking and, and, and all those things make him not a respectable leader, but a caricature from what he should be. Well, may be it is a cultural issue, maybe for US politician standards his behavior is normal, heroic, motivating, whatsoever, for here it is lunatic. Only laughable. As someone with stage back round, he should know overly using of alienation effect is very out of place.

Well, Shatner used some similar mimics, but he can (even he CAN) laugh about himself, Brooks not. It is nothing wrong with fulfilling your professional contract and refuse the additional personal engagement, but it was not his problem. Brooks thought he is very fine for a cheap TV-show and showed his arrogance in every occasion to fans and show itself (and if the speculations are true, to his colleagues too). With such an attitude how can someone play believable?

 

[Discofan]

AFAIC, Avery Brooks' only good point is badassery. I mean he's never more credible than when he plays the guy who's this close to punching the jaw of the one facing him. Basically, he's a one-trick pony. You don't make a lead character out of someone like that!

 

[Tosk]

Brooks thought he is very fine for a cheap TV-show and showed his arrogance in every occasion to fans and show itself

Show me.

 

[sekundant]

Show me.

Oww, google is your friend, you can find too much stuff from his interviews how he acts to fans, to their questions if they are not talking about their admiring to him, etc. Totally eccentric. Did you watch the "The Captains" ? Totally awkward.
I am OK with that he didn't participated at ISB's documentary. He did his job. Fulfilled his contract which he paid for. He must not be turn back, think back or had any dept to fans. Period.

 

[Tosk]

I've watched a lot of stuff. I'm curious to see all these examples of Brooks being arrogant to fans and the show itself.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

I've watched a lot of stuff. I'm curious to see all these examples of Brooks being arrogant to fans and the show itself.

I think the suggestion is because Brooks is weird, he must hate people. Every interview I have seen of him, whether he's talking about Star Trek or theater or the nature of race in America or is own family shows me that he is always eclectic and somewhat opaque. Every answer starts with a difficulty to understand generalization that he endeavors to work back toward the question.

 

[eschaton]

AFAIC, Avery Brooks' only good point is badassery. I mean he's never more credible than when he plays the guy who's this close to punching the jaw of the one facing him. Basically, he's a one-trick pony. You don't make a lead character out of someone like that!

Brooks was fantastic in basically every scene with Cirroc Lofton. Apparently Cirroc was the only actor on the show he was warm towards in any way, to the point they almost had a father-son relationship off camera too. It really comes across in the episodes.

Brooks was worst by far with the Emissary crap, but much of that was poorly written, particularly towards the end.