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They talked the same way, they looked the same way, they felt the same way. The only difference was their ambitions. The "conspiring admiral" didn't strike me as threatening for a second. Just old and stubborn, like Sisko's dad.
Take Joe Don Baker, being James Bond's enemy in "The Living Daylights", getting killed, then being another fat hick with a different name in "GoldenEye", only now he's Bond's best buddy. James Bond movies of today are a joke. Of course, it's been a joke since the late 70's. Go Alan Partridge!
Getting back to the recurring characters, take John Hertzler. Martok was started off as a grunting Targ, then established more respect as a noble warrior. We saw where he came from. But the only two lines he had as the romulan captain of the Saratoga reflected a dignified, seasoned officer staying calm during Harmagedon. Well, maybe too calm. In any case, THAT'S a display of character-multitude, if anything.
Pretend that's a word.
------------------ Here lies a toppled god, His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
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Since when was there A Romulan captain in command of the Saratoga? I hope you mean Vulcan...
And what's wrong with actors who previously played different Trek characters? Look at Martha Hackatt; she played the Romulan subcommander in DS9's "The Search" and Seska on Voyager. Are both similar; yes. Are both different; yes, the Romulan character could be still alive.
------------------ "Oh for fuck's sake, stop your moaning, If you fancy a threesome at this time of night, you can't get start getting choosey about which particular three! -Queer As Folk, UK
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That's just the point. I like recurring characters. Good recurring characters should just blend in. Brock Peters just stumbled in and pretended to be someone else. Hell, with the life expectancy of Trek-people you could imagine it's still the admiral, under the old witness protection program for former conspirators. Like with Worf's bro Kurn. Wipe their mind and give them a restaurant.
------------------ Here lies a toppled god, His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
Shik
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I have no problem at all with Brock Peters or anyone else playing multiple roles on Trek or anywhere else. ("Babylon 5 Guest Guild," anyone?) I simply feel that he wasn't powerful enough as a Sisko. we all tend to emulate if not become our parents; Peters' Joe Sisko had nothing in common with Ben except for stubbornness. LG,Jr. has speech patterns that are so close as makes no difference.
------------------ "You just push off....and the falling sort of happens on its own." ---Dave Titus
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Ziyal and Alexander were the worst: They had three different actors playing the same bit part!
I don't mind so much about Admiral Paris. I like Richard Herd, and I don't even remember the other actor's name. Ditto for Braxton. That dude in "Relativity" was the same guy who played Al the Bartender in the last episode of Quantum Leap.
I wonder just how much effort is made to actually bring back the same actor who played a bit part. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
------------------ Lisa: "Don't you remember the story of Oedipus?" Homer: "Maybe five dollars will refresh my memory." Lisa (angrily): "Oedipus was the story of a man who kills his father and marries his mother!" Homer: "Uggh! Who pays for that wedding?"
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It depends if it conflicts with their acting schedule, like the actors who first played Annika Hansen's parents. The same thing went for Alice Krige when they approached her to play the Borg Queen for Dark Frontier; she had another acting job.
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Like what, exactly? An episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's dismally horrific and blessedly short-lived anthology show? Yeah, there's an accomplishment.
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*LOL* I don't think the fans would've appreciated Lucasfilm waiting for the little pipsqueak to literally grow into his late teens before shooting Ep II. They just chose a post-pubescent pipsqueak to match...
------------------ Here lies a toppled god, His turnip not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
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Yes, you don't have to say it, I know you meant "bad actor Annie"... Well that works too!
I just saw an early ep of "ER" season seven, the one with Benton being fired, and John Carter was treating this 8-year old paralyzed kid who talked like a 35-year old... Not smartass, like that turd Culkin (in his famous ten hours), but seasoned, with mature intonation, emphasis and temper in his voice. Like, really laid-back. Now THAT was Anakin-material... I never (EVER) thought I'd say this
(EVER!) , but that kid was cool. He must've had like a 200 IQ, and strange enough, with an EQ to match... I hope he becomes something, I really do.
------------------ Here lies a toppled god, His turnip not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
Saltah'na
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Anakin? Well, Jake Lloyd seems to make Anakin sound like a really whiny kid. I mean, seriously, that shrill voice of his will really get to you after a while (not as bad as Jar Jar's).....
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