Buffy ,'Empty Places'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Because Picard and Crusher were boring and Worf had a far richer character history?
Worf had one, very guttural, note. Crusher, yeah, boring, but I don't think she was more boring than Worf, save he got fight scenes.
Picard, OTOH, got screen time. He got to count lights, and play the flute. Data got to explore the nature of humanity. I hated Data, but he definitely had "stuff" to work with. Worf, not much of a challenge.
ITA ita.
Same with Teal'c, on SG-1.
Aw, I loved Worf! Then again, I also loved Crusher. And since ita brought it up:
THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!!!
Same with Teal'c, on SG-1.
And Ronon on SGA. And pretty much Teyla. Not that SGA gave anyone anything to do not named McKay. And that wasn't a proper character.
THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!!!
That is a fuck-yeah moment.
Better to play Worf than a drug dealer. (Unless he's on The Wire.)
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
That was a good role. Worf was just another angry black Klingon, like most of them were in the new incarnation. I don't see anything special or challenging about him.
Better than a drug dealer doesn't mean good. There are still other stereotypes.
Better than a drug dealer doesn't mean good.
I'm only noting that if you're a black actor a large portion of the job opportunities you get will be as a street criminal.
So while grumpy black Klingon might seem cliche to you, at least it's different from street punk/pimp/dealer/gangsta.
DS9 did manage to give us a black lead in the Star Trek franchise.
Props and all, but I thought that guy was a terrible actor. Pretty as hell, but the acting was baaaad.
Aww, I though AB was pure awesome!