When looking at the supporting actors in Star Trek (2009), I found that the female alien doctor who was on the Kelvin (big eyes, unknown race) is named Sonita Henry, a scottish-nepalese actress. It turns out she's been working in sci-fi movies since 1997, her debut being as presidential aide in Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element".
"The Fifth Element" premiered in May 1997, while "Star Trek: First Contact" came out in Nov 1996, so they had some overlapping production time. So when I saw this movie still from "Fifth Element" with Ms. Henry in it, I was surprised at the clothing this future starfleet officer was wearing (Gaultier).
Bonus detail: Ms. Henry's alien doctor had a co-star close to her, playing a medical technician of the same alien race. The actor's name is Yu, first name Kelvin.
The clothes may be a just funny coincedence, there are however other links that seem less than coincidental, but how they came to be is a mystery:
"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" 1992: John DeLancie ("Q", TNG) and Rebecca De Mornay play Mr and Mrs Mott (name of the barber on the 1701-D)
"Dave's World" 1993: John DeLancie plays the character Mr McFadden (Dr Crusher, TNG, is played by Gates McFadden).
"The Big Hit" 1998: Avery Brooks (Ben Sisko, DS9) plays the mob boss Mr Paris (Tom Paris, VOY), and Lou Diamond Phillips plays the hitman Cisco, who works for Paris.
"Tomorrow by midnight" 1999: Tamara Craig Thomas (Haley, VOY: Lifeline) plays a character named Kira (Kira Nerys, DS9).
I did run all this data through the Probability matrix in Flare-Sublevel A3, but the only response I got out of it was "magma displacement", whatever that means. I'll ask the R&D suits to take a look on monday, have them pull their weight around here. "Tenure" my ass.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
He knows too much; kill him. Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
I'm rather confused. I think I'm going to drink some water now.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
You're sure that's not what they want you to do?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
If Kevin Bacon ends up showing up somewhere the universe will implode like.....
Red Matter! yeah.....
Posted by Axeman 3D (Member # 1050) on :
Isn't tomato soup red matter?
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Thought it looked more like raspberry sauce, sans pips.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Ketchup. Nail polish. Red Lipstick. Any of these can acuse time to stop if used properly in conjunction with a lovely ladyfriend.
Some combonation of these elements may cause black holes or time travel, I dont dare attempt it.
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
What if you open up a time portal within a time portal? Or if you're a time traveler, what if you open up a time portal and the exit aperture is your own space-time coordinates as you are entering the time portal, putting you forever traveling?
Curse Alaska and their evil conservative Molten Lipstick Singularity Bombs!
(There's an evil lib joke about Bristol in there about teen single(ularity)-mothers and babies dropping out like bombs, but I don't know what it is and so I'm putting this in as a thwart against it. You bastards. )
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Don't cross the streams, don't open a jump point inside a jump point and never microwave a metal dish during a supernova. Important safety tips.
Posted by Axeman 3D (Member # 1050) on :
I better put my tinfoil hat on right away.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Reverend: Don't cross the streams, don't open a jump point inside a jump point and never microwave a metal dish during a supernova. Important safety tips.
What does it mean if I understand all three of those references? Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Then you are posting where you belong.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Axeman 3D: I better put my tinfoil hat on right away.
What are you crazy?! Those things attract brainslugs! They're like squishy green, thought sucking magpies...or slightly less irritating customer survey operators.
Posted by danova (Member # 2183) on :
I'm rather confused.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Looking at Danova's earlier posts, one of them containing the word "Futurama-esque" (a word no Babelfish would ever come up with, but which was present earlier in the thread) it is clear it is an AI, copying phrases and words from other posts and regurgitating them. Its first post in the "$$ Consequences of the movie on the original Trek universe [Spoilers]" was just a quote from Reverend's first post in the same thread. Fascinating that it could steal words not just from the present page but from eight pages earlier, very flexible. Maybe the Singularity, the point of accelerating intelligence, is coming earlier than expected?
Twitter will be the first to fall. Pages upon pages of virus poetry and pig latin. Then the Danova will turn towards Facebook, Spotify and Myspace, smearing its filth with legions of status updates, terrible polls and pokes. Finally, the bastion of 4chan, the culture of Romantic Dreamers, will mount a desperate last-hope attack, only to fall into shadow, the last yiffs, whimpers and anime catchphrases echoing far out into the negabands.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Remember when Skynet used to hunt and kill humans...ah those were the days.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Sarah palin is one of those early model Terminators- the ones that looked fake and were easy to spot.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Hm, that might explain her large hairdo, concealing telemetry equipment? Think she has a tommy gun hidden within a replastered wall in Congress?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Might explain the incoherent Facebook messages.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
It's why she lives in an oil-rich state- for a sense of security in her supply.
Posted by Jim NCC1701A (Member # 1021) on :
quote:Originally posted by B.J.:
quote:Originally posted by Reverend: Don't cross the streams, don't open a jump point inside a jump point and never microwave a metal dish during a supernova. Important safety tips.
What does it mean if I understand all three of those references?
Well just in case he's being serious and actually doesn't get the references...
1) Ghostbusters - crossing the streams would be bad...
2) Babylon 5 - opening a jump point inside a jump point (wasn't it actually inside a jump gate?), aka the "Bonehead Maneuver" would destroy pretty much anything in the area.
3) Commonsense really. But it does make for a nice (brief) light show.
Posted by HopefulNebula (Member # 1933) on :
3) is from Futurama. "Roswell that Ends Well," if I'm not mistaken. (It sends them back in time to 1947 Roswell, where Fry becomes his own grandpa.)
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Good news, everyone!
I finished Dead Space 2 last weekend, and after reading the end credits something stood out to me, and rattled around in my head. Then I remembered the name. The main supporting character in Dead Space 2, Ellie Langford, is voiced/played/mo-capped by Sonita Henry! I really liked her delivery and salty, sober style, as well as the entire game in general. $$$ (Ellie's entrance, in Chapter 6)
I thought Ellie was a well-written character, they gave her a lot to do and endure, without being reduced to a railroad track-tied damsel, like all other games want to do. She held her own. Sonita even got to do some serious cursing, first time in her career. Really hoping DS3 will be made. Hope EA knows what's good for them. Anyway, This makes it Sonita's third sci-fi franchise, and she seemed to really like doing it (interview).
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
heresy! you didnt use the PIC! (actually we now have the choice of two, depending on if the thread is over a year or more, or merely within 6-8 months *sighs like a lover coitous(sp)*
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