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Post by janetcatbird on Feb 3, 2005 14:13:31 GMT -5
I saw enough of Q to realize that he'd be a fun character. Olivia D'Abo? Hmm, getting some training for needling the protagonists, was she? I mean, I know who Q was but I have a very fuzzy recollection of events. I just think it's neat to see what else the performers have done. Gates McFadden (Dr. Crusher) was not only a choreographer, but a puppeteer for Jim Henson's company (plus, she did a bit of choreography in "Labyrinth", an interesting movie but not one to watch while babysitting!). Michael DOrn has done a bit of voicework, I've heard him in "Justice League", and in addition to various other cartoons he sometimes narrates "Johnny Bravo" for the "Place Where Normal Things Don't Happen Very Often" (some wonderful Twilight Zone spoofs and tributes). Hey, a bit late, but perhaps he could join the list of "If they had to replace D'Onofrio we'd love to see this guy." Course we saw Brent Spiner in "Shrink Wrapped," I know he was in a revival of "1776" (John Adams, I believe). Love the quote from Marina Sirtis (Troi): "I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'" later she commented that "the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex." (With thanks to www.imdb.com for the bio pages.) Good for her. I suppose we could go into a big long tangent about which tributes/spoofs of Star Trek do we all like the best? Hoo boy, that'd be fun!
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Post by MelTex on Feb 3, 2005 14:48:40 GMT -5
I saw enough of Q to realize that he'd be a fun character. Olivia D'Abo? Hmm, getting some training for needling the protagonists, was she? I mean, I know who Q was but I have a very fuzzy recollection of events. Oh yea, Olivia was a great character as a bright, young sutdent wanting to learn how to be a doctor, I think. And then Q came in and informed her that she was Q, and could do all things. She was kinda funny, standing up to the pompus Q, but she left all the needling protagonists to Q himself. I read that about Marina Sirtis and her intter "ugly girl". Funny lady. And Gates McFaddin was a wonderful dancer, but I didn't know she acted as a Henson puppeteer. Wonder which muppet she worked? Trek spoof/tribute... wow...would THAT be a LONG thread! *grin*
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Post by Techguy on Feb 3, 2005 16:39:29 GMT -5
Some ST:TNG "Q-tips": --the episode with Olivia d'Abo is "True Q" --"Q Who?" is the episode where Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta quadrant for its first encounter with the Borg (awesome ep) --my personal favorite Q episode is "Deja Q"--it's the one where a stark naked Q is dropped on the Enterprise bridge after the Continuum strips Q of his powers
On another subject: I never did understand or accept the Troi/Worf pairing. Was STTNG trying to do a futuristic version of "Beauty and the Beast" or were we supposed to take their relationship seriously? I didn't get it, there was no chemistry or credibility there.
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Post by MelTex on Feb 3, 2005 23:51:23 GMT -5
Some ST:TNG "Q-tips": --the episode with Olivia d'Abo is "True Q" --"Q Who?" is the episode where Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta quadrant for its first encounter with the Borg (awesome ep) --my personal favorite Q episode is "Deja Q"--it's the one where a stark naked Q is dropped on the Enterprise bridge after the Continuum strips Q of his powers Thanks for setting me straight Techguy! Yea, now I remember, "Tru Q". I loved it when D'Abo's character tried to seduce Riker, and when she realized she was settling for something she'd made him into, she just said "Your right. This isn't real" and flicked her wrist...and he was gone. Dude, I wish I could do that with my fiance when he annoys me. *snicker* [/color][/quote] I vaguely remember the Worf/Troi paring episode. Wasn't that a "time warping " ep, where someone ( I can't remember if it was Picard or Troi or whoever) was jumping time and reality frames. And the whole Worf/Troi thing was a made-up alt. reality? Its late, I could be halucinating that stuff. ( yea Worf and Troi never worked for me either) Another question: Did Worf end up with Dax on DS-9 toward the end of the DS-9 series? Or did I just imagine seeing promos and pics of them together. I didn't watch the very last season of DS-9, so all I remember is Worf coming to the station as his new post. I need sleep.... BTW, when Luaxanna Troi called Worf-- 'Mr. Woof'...*giggle* some of my favorite parts of TNG!!
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 4, 2005 0:33:45 GMT -5
... Another question: Did Worf end up with Dax on DS-9 toward the end of the DS-9 series? ... Worf and Jadzia Dax were married. When Terry Farrell left the show at the end of Season 6, Jadzia was killed off. Her symbiote went to Ezri, the ninth host for the Dax symbiote. Worf could never accept Ezri Dax as his Dax. Dr. Bashir and Ezri Dax ended up together, in the series finale.
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Post by janetcatbird on Feb 4, 2005 10:16:54 GMT -5
Well, I knew that Troi/Riker had something previous to TNG, and then I never knew about Worf and Troi but I picked up on Dax in the little bit of DS9 I saw. (It helped that I had several Trekkie friends in 5th and 6th grade who watched religiously, so they'd tell me about it.) I think it was on the "Who would replace D'Onofrio" thread where I described "Trials and Tribbleations" but Dax was the female who swooned over Spock. Anyways, she came out in TOS miniskirt at one point, leading to several jaw drops from most of the guys (and a very surly scowl from Worf). But they killed her off? Completely missed that.
I don't think Gates McFadden was one of the main characters, I think she did sort of the anything Muppets in group scenes.
As to my spoofs/tributes, Johnny Bravo was hysterical, he got beamed up by accident to replace Kirk--and Karl "You Weenie!" his next door neighbor wound up beaming him onto a planet for a fight between good and evil. "Evil, represented by Genghis Khan and the big green ugly lizard man! And to assist you in representing good, a 45 pound tenor from the Vienna Boys Choir!" "Ha ha ha, it would appear that good lifts up its satiny robes and scampers at the first sign of conflict!" (Johnny sniffs at Genghis Khan and the lizard man: "Man, it would appear that evil needs a bar of soap and a deep gum clean!") Oh lord, my paerents and I just about wet ourselves with that.
Also great: "Dexter's Laboratory", Dexter and his friends go to the Star Check convention in costume, only to be dropped off at a Barbie-like-other, and when they try to free the ones in cryogenic stasis the collectors turn homicidal. "Futurama" had bits here and there, plus of course "Chicken Run" with Mac the (H)engineer.
Did anybody here read any of the novels?
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Post by MelTex on Feb 4, 2005 14:19:15 GMT -5
Worf and Jadzia Dax were married. When Terry Farrell left the show at the end of Season 6, Jadzia was killed off. Her symbiote went to Ezri, the ninth host for the Dax symbiote. Worf could never accept Ezri Dax as his Dax. Dr. Bashir and Ezri Dax ended up together, in the series finale. Oh, wow! Thanks Nikki, I didn't watch the end of DS-9, so I didn't know about the marriage or Jadzia's death. I always liked Terry Ferrell, she was a great Trill. Hmm.. never saw Ezri Dax, but the fact they she and Dr. Bahsir endind up together doesn't surprise me. I think he'd had a crush on Jadzia since the begining.
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Post by NikkiGreen on Feb 4, 2005 15:20:36 GMT -5
TF chose not to renew her contract. She made a beautiful and strong Trill. I remember reading that LeVar Burton referred to her as Action Barbie. Ezri was played by Nicole DeBoer (Sarah from The Dead Zone). Completely different from TF...about 6 or so inches shorter than TF and with short hair. Jadzia was killed by Gul Dukat in the Bajoran Temple. He was trying to destroy the Wormhole and The Prophets (he succeeded in collapsing the Wormhole). This was going on while The Sisko and the Defiant were off fighting the Dominion and the Cardassians. Daily doses of both TNG and DS9 are available on Spike.
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Post by NikkiGreen on Apr 18, 2005 14:13:21 GMT -5
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Post by domenicaflor on Jul 20, 2005 12:29:37 GMT -5
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Post by Metella on Jul 20, 2005 14:59:34 GMT -5
That was a good write-up - I had no idea of his background - that is interesting in itself.
I always enjoyed his character.
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Post by janetcatbird on Jul 21, 2005 15:48:53 GMT -5
I saw that on the CNN text crawl yesterday, poor man. I knew he wasn't in very good health, so hopefully the family has had enough time to come to terms. Bless him for the fun times he gave us.
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Post by NikkiGreen on Jul 22, 2005 16:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by janetcatbird on Jul 24, 2005 23:01:12 GMT -5
Change of topic: for those of you who might be interested in seeing Colm Meany (Miles O'Brien, TNG & DS9) do a different role, check "The Commitments". Movie is about a group of poor Dubliners who form a soul band doing covers of the big hits--"Mustang Sally" gets stuck in your head. Quite good musicians I must say. Meany plays the father of the band's manager, who mainly shakes his head at the crazy kids but does get some funny moments when insisting that "Elvis is God!" His rendition of "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You", singing into the salt shaker at the dinner table, is a hoot. Be forewarned though, the language is a little rugged, with lots of F-bombs and sexual dialogue.
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Post by Techguy on Jul 25, 2005 0:34:22 GMT -5
for those of you who might be interested in seeing Colm Meany (Miles O'Brien, TNG & DS9) do a different role, check "The Commitments". To that I would also add "The Snapper" a very funny and engaging comedy about Irish families and life in Irish working class neighborhoods. Meaney plays Dessie Curley, the patriarch of a family of eight children whose oldest daughter reveals she is pregnant but refuses to name the father. How Dessie deals with his daughter's news ("snapper" is Irish slang for "baby"), and how the assorted characters go about their very Irish lives is the heart and soul of this movie, which treats the characters' flaws with warmth and affection and without judgment.
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