Just Started SNW RE: Uhura

[aelius]

Getting rid of the Gorn would be like getting rid of the albatross on a ship. It can only benefit the show.

"The way I recall it, the albatross was the ships good luck. Until some fool went and shot it."
Getting rid of the albatross is the wrong thing to do.

 

[fireproof78]

"The way I recall it, the albatross was the ships good luck. Until some fool went and shot it."
Getting rid of the albatross is the wrong thing to do.

Only if you kill the albatross. You're right to a degree, but my idea is more getting rid of the dead weight/bad luck, of the person, in this case the Gorn, with the albatross around their neck.

 

[aelius]

Well, I'm willing to wait and see what they are doing with them in the long run before I throw them out with the bathwater.

 

[fireproof78]

Well, I'm willing to wait and see what they are doing with them in the long run before I throw them out with the bathwater.

You don't have enough?

 

[Tuskin38]

I wouldn't want them to just make them disappear, at least finish what ever story they have planned first.

Don't pull a Discovery.

 

[Mudd]

I like the Gorn on SNW.

 

[HotRod]

I like the Gorn on SNW.

So do I. They're interesting and they look great.

 

[bookworm8571]

What the hell does this mean?

Exactly what I said. They were all three good actresses, all physically very attractive women, but the most recent actress to play her is becoming my favorite.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

I like the Gorn on SNW.

 

[Pauln6]

Having just watched Slotherhouse, I now understand why some gorn are slow and others highly intelligent, superfast killing machines who like taking selfies with their victims.

 

[The Wormhole]

superfast killing machines who like taking selfies with their victims.

???

 

[Pauln6]

???

You'd have to watch Slotherhouse but if you think sloths are slow, prepare to be amazed. Likewise gorn.

NB: I take no responsibility for anyone who chooses to watch Slotherhouse. There are also no gorn in Slotherhouse.

 

[The Wormhole]

I meant when has a Gorn ever taken a selfie with one of their victims?

 

[Mudd]

I meant when has a Gorn ever taken a selfie with one of their victims?

They post them on Facebook all the time, like everyone else does with pictures of their dinner.

 

[HotRod]

They post them on Facebook all the time, like everyone else does with pictures of their dinner.

 

[Dar70]

I just joined the group and just started SNW. I have a bit of a disappointment with the actor they picked for Uhura, she looks nothing like Nichelle. Spock looks believable at that age, but not her. No disrespect on her acting, but I just can't connect with her.

Wait until you get to Kirk. Lol

Celia Rose is one of the brightest spots of the show. Give her a chance...

 

[Pauln6]

Wait until you get to Kirk. Lol

Celia Rose is one of the brightest spots of the show. Give her a chance...

Yes as the show progresses, she begins to inhabit more of Nichelle's mannerisms as progression for the character as she becomes more confident.

 

[nightwind1]

Totally disagree, But of course respect your opinion. I feel when doing a prequel of a epic series like TOS, the main characters in said prequel should at the least, look somewhat like those they are portraying.

NOPE.

 

[nightwind1]

All those actors playing Hamlet, King Lear, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet since the 16th century and none of them look alike.
Shame, I tell ya, shame!

Sometimes not even the same gender!

 

[Dukhat]

Sometimes not even the same gender!

On a related note, I never had a problem with making Robert April black, despite TAS clearly showing him as white. TAS is so ambiguous in its canonicity/continuity (i.e. people pick-and-choose parts of it that work for them and ignore what doesn't) that it's not a huge issue. I was more annoyed with making Kyle Asian rather than white British, because he was more of an established character in TOS despite not being in the forefront.

But the day that they make an established character a different gender? Then we're in nuBSG Starbuck territory. nuBSG never claimed to be in the same universe as TOS BSG, obviously, so the Kara Thrace example isn't problematic for that show. But making, say, Yeoman Rand a guy? Then the line starts to blur between 'reimagining/reboot' and 'it's all the same universe.' (This is assuming of course that the female Asian bridge crewmember Mitchell from SNW is not supposed to be Gary.)