Anyone watching the "Weakest Link: Star Trek edition"?
Geordi and the Doc are really kickin ass. Once they got rid of shatner it was all smooth running.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
What? There are Star Trek actors on the The Weakest Link? Huh, I don't remember hearing anything about that. So who all was on this episode and how did they each do? And what sort of insults was Annie-kins tossing around?
Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
They were all "unusually" good, i mean for actors. Except for shatner.
Let's see, wesley was there (he was last to go before the final 2) Quark, Tasha, Torres, Shatner, Q, Doc, and Geordi.
Either way, they got a record bank roll of about $160k. quite impressive.
Surprises were Wil Wheaten, who was really good and the last to get kicked out before the final two of Picardo and LeVar Burton. Q was the first kicked out, Armin Shimmerman was quite good, and Shatner frenched Anne. bleach (for Anne).
[ November 26, 2001: Message edited by: USS Vanguard ]
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Yes, I watched it, turned it on after deLancie was out.
LeVar Burton won, winning $167,500 for charity (A Weakest Link record winnings). They did indeed all seem extremely smart!
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
So much for Blue E's theory that Trek actors were dumb. Posted by The Antagonist (Member # 484) on :
To say that all Trek actors, or even actors in general, are dumb, is a dangerous generalization.
I don't have any first hand knowledge to back up what i am about to say, but I dare to go as far as saying that many "model" type actors (you know the type, all looks, all glamor) are probably less educated than others. Too bad, really. Then agian, nothing compares to shattering a little 14-year old girls fantasies to hear that her favorite backstreet boy is as stupid as a bag of rusty nails.
Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :
Well let's just say compared to some other "celebrity" (Screech from Saved by the Bell?) editions of weakest link, the star trek one was a bunch of geniuses.
But, you are right, there are plenty o actors and actresses out there who are very very smart. And there are plenty who are dumb monkeys too.
[ November 26, 2001: Message edited by: USS Vanguard ]
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Dustin Diamond was on the Weakest Link?
Well, I suppose it'll pay for this months rent.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
600!?! 600? C'mon LeVar.
No but that was great. Those guys were on. Shatner was charming, and he wasn't that bad, he just no Picardo. Speaking of which, that would have been interesting...
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
I find it interesting that most everyone here refered all the actors to their cast names, but William Shatner, everyone just called him "Shatner."
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
Well, I'm glad it will rerun this Sunday night for me. I slept right through it. So LeVar won...hmmm I guess it does take smarts to host Reading Rainbow.
Oh, and Vanguard...don't insult the monkeys...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
*Feels sorry for Bill*
Yeah, I know he was probably a tosser for most of the 70s and 80s. But I think in recent years he's come to realise that, and has made an effort to make himself a nicer person. He's gone from the "Trekkies should get a life" position to sending himself up on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and that film whose name escapes me. I think he's probably an okay sort of bloke now.
Next week: Liam defends Mark Hamill.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Is that "Boyish Good Looks Mark Hamill" or "My Facelift's Melting Off My Skull Mark Hamill?"
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
That Free Enterprise film, where he played an actor who played all parts in a Shakespearian play?
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
quote:..he played an actor..
. He played an actor named William Shatner
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"Angry, bitter Mark Hamill", rather than "I've gotten over it. So what if I'm only a voice actor now? I'm a good one, and I've got a better job than you. Ha ha Mark Hamill".
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: . He played an actor named William Shatner
Right, well, I never saw the bloody film...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
After defending Billy Shatner, I am going to do something even crazyer. Yes, I will defend a person who, I don't think it's an exageration to say, was worse than Hitler.
