The death of Admiral Forrest in "The Forge"

[Noname Given]

In retrospect, Vaughn Armstrong concluded, "I wouldn't say that Forrest was my best contribution to the franchise."

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Maxwell_Forrest

To be fair, most actors like material that CHALLENGES them AS an actor. Adm. Forrest probably wasn't that challenging of a character to play, so I'm not surprised he'd pick other characters (like Klingons) that he found more challenging to play.

 

[Jedman67]

Indeed!

We have already booked the Vaughn Armstrong Photo Session before we leave for Con. We thought, we should not miss the opportunity to meet with a legend, but sometimes life has better plans.

PS: I am trying to link our photo from Google Drive and it does not function.
click to see pic

https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/
This will let you embed google photos

Flickr will let you store up to 1,000 photos free, and should be able to embed directly. There's also https://postimages.org/ but I cannot say how reliable they are.

 

[sekundant]

Thank you very much @HopefulRomantic and @Jedman67 for your great help! Sometimes I think Roddenberry's future vision is too optimistic, then real life let me hope again, we can built it together. People help each other without quid pro quo. Thank you!

So here we are with Mr. Armstrong featuring our ENT uniforms and all our teeth!

 

[Delta Vega]

Which one are you ?

 

[Yanks]

I used Photobucket back in the day, then they lost their minds and went premium, took my pictures hostage, and I stopped posting pics. I see they have recovered their sanity and my pictures are still there, but

ewww, that watermark is new and quite ugly.

I wasn't aware they had regained their senses. (sort of)

Thanks!

sekundant, NICE HAT!!!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Anyone who thinks Forrest is bland, obviously hasn't seen "First Flight" (specifically, the bit where he lays the smackdown on Archer and AG Robinson) OR "In A Mirror, Darkly".

Anyone who thinks Forrest is bland, is probably comparing him (consciously or unconsciously) to all the other corrupt and downright insane Admirals we saw on Star Trek (with a few exceptions).

I liked Forrest. He's the type of superior officer you'd want in your corner in the "early days" of space exploration.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Anyone who thinks Forrest is bland, is probably comparing him (consciously or unconsciously) to all the other corrupt and downright insane Admirals we saw on Star Trek (with a few exceptions).

Indeed. We're so used to seeing evil Admirals that we can't handle it when a good one comes along.

Although this is a symptom of a larger problem, really: the idea that there can't be any true heroes anymore, that every character (Admiral or not) has to have some evil in them. Those few characters who are truly, unquestionably good people are always written off as bland. It's sad, really, but what can you do.