The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: ABX on November 24, 2016, 03:08:41 am
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Looks to be a good choice. She is quite an actress.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s Michelle Yeoh is heading into the final frontier with Star Trek: Discovery. Sources confirm to Deadline that the upcoming CBS All Access iteration of the fabled franchise will see Yeoh playing a Starfleet Captain.....
http://deadline.com/2016/11/star-trek-discovery-michelle-yeoh-cast-captain-1201859554/
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I agree good choice.
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STD: Going Deep!
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She won't Captain the main ship, apparently
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It will be extremely PC, of course
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Looks to be a good choice. She is quite an actress.
I just hope she doesn't over compensate like Janeway.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXW7CyXctps
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I just hope she doesn't over compensate like Janeway.
I was not a fan of Janeway.
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I was not a fan of Janeway.
Janeway was annoying. That whole series was annoying. I binge watched a couple of seasons on hulu, and I was amazed by how many shuttle craft they kept losing. I mean they are 70,000 light years from replacements and they are losing a shuttle every episode. How are they replacing them? We will never know.
Apparently, from what I have read, the character of Janeway became some kind of Lesbian icon. And, I guess, you can't believe what you read, but the actress herself who played Janeway was lesbian, as was the actress who played 7of9. I have no way of knowing if any of that is true.
The most annoying part of the Janeway character for me was the 'whisper voice'. Whenever she was saying something 'important', she would whisper. When she was angry, she went into her nasally Edward G. Robinson/Katherine Hepburn voice. Very annoying.
No Voyager for me, of all the Star Trek permutations, Voyager was my least favorite.
BTW, I am currently watching SG1 on hulu, and it really is a good show. I watched it off and on several years ago and thought it was Ok. But now, watching the episodes in order and back to back, I am digging it. I am at Season 6 Episode 1 now, but I really have to say. I am enjoying the flow of the series. I like it.
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@240B, I don't know about Janeway's character, but 7of9's story is fascinating. If I remember correctly, her husband was the Republican candidate in Illinois whose divorce records* were released at such a time in the election that he couldn't be replaced, and then the Democrat candidate was ousted because of a morals issue and boom! Barack 0bama was put in his place and won the senatorial election, unchallenged.
*Something to do with attending sex clubs.
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Apparently, from what I have read, the character of Janeway became some kind of Lesbian icon. And, I guess, you can't believe what you read, but the actress herself who played Janeway was lesbian, as was the actress who played 7of9. I have no way of knowing if any of that is true.
I've never read about Kate Mulgrew being lesbian. Jeri Ryan who played 7of9 was married to republican Jack Ryan and their divorce was based at least in part on the fact that she wasn't interested in being a swinger.
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yeah, well, that is typical. Homosexuals claim that everybody today and everybody in history was a homosexual. I assume that applies here. That is why I tended toward not believing the hype. But, I can see why lesbians would glom onto the character of Janeway and 7of9. They were both strong, dominant, intelligent, icons for women.
Jack Ryan is a fool to give up such a beautiful woman. As for Kate Mulgrew, do not care if she is lesbian or not. I just didn't like her character or her style of acting. But that's just me. Who cares?
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I just hope she doesn't over compensate like Janeway.
She is not to be the Captain of the title ship, just a different vessel. It's a season-long story arc
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I was not a fan of Janeway.
Same here. Actual favorite was Archer. ST-Enterprise was way underrated IMO.
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Same here. Actual favorite was Archer. ST-Enterprise was way underrated IMO.
I agree. I recently finished watch the whole show on hulu, all seasons and episodes in order back to back. Have a Roku TV.
When I finished, it felt just like I had read a long novel about the creation of the UFoP. And I enjoyed it very much.
Enterprise was an underrated series IMO.
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Kate Mulgrew married a local Ohio pol, Tim Hagen, who ran for governor years back. Nice enough guy for a lefty.
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Same here. Actual favorite was Archer. ST-Enterprise was way underrated IMO.
My favorite ST Captain's are
1. Kirk / Archer
2. Sisko
3. Piccard
4. Janeway
As for Enterprise, yes it is underrated. Enterprise was something that Star Trek should be about.. Not Voyager (the weakest of the franchise).
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I agree. I recently finished watch the whole show on hulu, all seasons and episodes in order back to back. Have a Roku TV.
When I finished, it felt just like I had read a long novel about the creation of the UFoP. And I enjoyed it very much.
Enterprise was an underrated series IMO.
I think what killed Enterprise was Trek Fatigue..
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Janeway was annoying. That whole series was annoying. I binge watched a couple of seasons on hulu, and I was amazed by how many shuttle craft they kept losing. I mean they are 70,000 light years from replacements and they are losing a shuttle every episode. How are they replacing them? We will never know.
Apparently, from what I have read, the character of Janeway became some kind of Lesbian icon. And, I guess, you can't believe what you read, but the actress herself who played Janeway was lesbian, as was the actress who played 7of9. I have no way of knowing if any of that is true.
The most annoying part of the Janeway character for me was the 'whisper voice'. Whenever she was saying something 'important', she would whisper. When she was angry, she went into her nasally Edward G. Robinson/Katherine Hepburn voice. Very annoying.
No Voyager for me, of all the Star Trek permutations, Voyager was my least favorite.
BTW, I am currently watching SG1 on hulu, and it really is a good show. I watched it off and on several years ago and thought it was Ok. But now, watching the episodes in order and back to back, I am digging it. I am at Season 6 Episode 1 now, but I really have to say. I am enjoying the flow of the series. I like it.
Voyager killed Trek for me (with the exception of Enterprise).
You will enjoy SG1 and you should check out SGU.. When you are done with SG1.
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My favorite ST Captain's are
1. Kirk / Archer
2. Sisko
3. Piccard
4. Janeway
As for Enterprise, yes it is underrated. Enterprise was something that Star Trek should be about.. Not Voyager (the weakest of the franchise).
There are some continuity issues with the original series.
Just this morning I watched "This Side of Paradise" and noticed that Kirk and Spock were speaking of Spock's parents in the past tense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
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There are some continuity issues with the original series.
Just this morning I watched "This Side of Paradise" and noticed that Kirk and Spock were speaking of Spock's parents in the past tense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series))
I think that is to be expected..
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I think that is to be expected..
Amen. In fact wasn't Vulcan destroyed in this reboot? The writers / producers have jacked with the space time continuum so much that even the most devoted Trekees can't keep up.
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I think that is to be expected..
Kinda like Star Fleet vs the United Federation of Planets.
By the time The next generation came around Sarek is an ambassador and his wife is Spock's stepmother (which made sense due to the shorter human life span.)
Of course the recent set of movies screw with the continuity again and they kill Spock's mother during Spock's first tour on the Enterprise.
Deep Space 9 actually made a bit of a joke out of the continuity issue when they (Along with Worf) went back in time to the Tribbles episode and noticed that the Klingons didn't look like Worf.
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Amen. In fact wasn't Vulcan destroyed in this reboot? The writers / producers have jacked with the space time continuum so much that even the most devoted Trekees can't keep up.
Dr Who on the other hand has done an amazing job of holding continuity together or at least explaining anomalies for more than 50 years of the show.
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Dr Who on the other hand has done an amazing job of holding continuity together or at least explaining anomalies for more than 50 years of the show.
@catfish1957 That is true. Look at all the crap Dr Who had to grow through at the end of last season.
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Voyager killed Trek for me (with the exception of Enterprise).
You will enjoy SG1 and you should check out SGU.. When you are done with SG1.
I will checkout SGU, but after SG1, and I still have at least another week to finish, comes Atlantis. I have a thing for Dr. Elizabeth Weir(Torri Higginson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torri_Higginson)). She is exactly my type. And, coincidentally, she looks a lot like a girl I dated for a few years. They could easily be sisters.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Elizabethweirstargate.jpg)
Check this out for fun. It is sexy but not pornographic. Torri is not included for some reason. Everybody seems crazy about Samantha Carter, but she never clicked with me. She seems nice, but I never really thought of her as being sexy. I must be missing something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LckwO4VL8
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@catfish1957 That is true. Look at all the crap Dr Who had to grow through at the end of last season.
2 billion years punching through a wall of solid diamond.
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Amen. In fact wasn't Vulcan destroyed in this reboot? The writers / producers have jacked with the space time continuum so much that even the most devoted Trekees can't keep up.
Well now it is a separate timeline..
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Well now it is a separate timeline..
Yes. I have read several articles about the new Star Trek movies. They consistently said that the backers, producers, and writers, of the new Start Treks felt no compulsion at all to maintain continuity with the previous series'. Essentially, they threw out everything which was Star-Treky, and started over. The only thing Star-Trekish about the new movies is the name and the general template. Everything else is new and redone. They wanted to make a Star Trek for the millennials, not for the old timer fans, Trekkers, like us.
When you are watching one of the new Star Trek movies, you have to look it at as simply watching a movie about space. It is somewhat related to Star Trek, but is not really a part of the Star Trek world.
Because it was made for millennials, they didn't feel the need to follow the rules of the Star Trek universe, as it has been since the 60s. It remains to be seen if Discovery will follow that same pattern or if they will maintain continuity with the series'.