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Actress Diora Baird Confirmed as Orion Slave Girl in New Star Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 16:01, 20 September 2008 / Feature Films

In a new interview to Maxim.com, actress Diora Baird confirmed she is playing an Orion Slave Girl in the new Star Trek movie. Here are few excerpts of the brief interview.

Let's hope you keep things together in the new Star Trek flick. Who are you playing?

I play the green girl. There you have it.

So you're an alien?

Um, I would assume so-unless I was born with a skin disease. In the original series, there were these infamous green women that Captain Kirk would hit on, and so without giving too much away, I'm one of those green girls.

The full interview is here.



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Hope this time it's real | Report this post to moderator
By: sb2004 (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:57:33 on Sep 22, 2008

Hopefully this time the reports will be accurate. I'm still miffed that the initial report that Rachel Nichols would be playing an OSG turned out to be false.

On another note, my 2 cents regarding the "sexualization" debate - it seems only Star Trek fans are uncomfortable enough with sexuality to bitch whenever it rears its head in the franchise, usually responding with a stock phrase like "it's childish", etc. The type of phrase that has lost all meaning alongside stock terms like "have a nice day".

Yet you look at BSG and other shows and the fans don't give a damn.

The only fandom that comes close to the "EWWW GROSS - GIRLS!" factor is Doctor Who, where everytime it seems as if a bit of nookie might occur in the TARDIS or, heaven help us, a couple of people snog, there are folks who treat it like the end of the world. But with Doctor Who there's a huge faction who still consider it a kid's show (never mind that many so-called kid's shows have been sexually aware for about 10 years now) so there's at least an excuse there.

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RE: Hope this time it's real by OV-101 @ 09:19:41 on Sep 22

Frickin' nerds | Report this post to moderator
By: Miroslav (Odo's file, contact) @ 01:52:55 on Sep 22, 2008 | Edit History (1)

I read these comment and I can't believe that you people object about Orion Slave Girls, or gennerally hot chicks in the Star Trek.

Are you nerds, which lives in the mom's basement, and never go out hangin' with grils? Do you have some kind of rejection trauma and hate every kind of sexuality?

Oh, boy......

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Reed: What do you think of T'Pol, hmm? Do you think she's pretty? I think she's pretty.

Trip: Oh, God.

Reed: You ever noticed her bum?

Trip: What?

Reed: Her bum. She's got an awfully nice bum.

Trip: To Subcommander T'Pol. (toast)

Reed: Awfully nice.


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RE: Frickin' nerds by TRexx @ 07:55:17 on Sep 22
RE: by rassmguy @ 06:59:31 on Sep 22
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Orion slave girl? Please! | Report this post to moderator
By: Muldfeld (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:24:33 on Sep 20, 2008

This is the kind of thing I hate about the original series. Lots of sexualizing of women without any strong roles. There were some strong roles, but mostly they were just overly emotional characters either foolishly in love or jealous or power hungry; I suppose that could be said of most 1960s TV. What's lame is that Abrams shows a lack of imagination in relying on such a gimmick. I don't know DS9 used the Dabo girls as a commentary on sexism, but they had Leeta to show it wasn't just about sexuality; I fear Abrams is up to his usual schtick, as when he had the awful Jennifer Garner dress in skimpy clothing constantly to distract from her atrocious acting.


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RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by timmer33 @ 08:56:44 on Sep 22
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by jimbtnp @ 19:29:46 on Sep 21
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by The Caretaker @ 09:29:36 on Sep 21
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by The Caretaker @ 09:29:25 on Sep 21
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by johncarpenterfan @ 09:25:28 on Sep 21
    RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by Muldfeld @ 10:03:57 on Sep 21
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by cdydatzigs @ 08:35:14 on Sep 21
RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by TRexx @ 00:00:55 on Sep 21
    RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by Muldfeld @ 10:13:21 on Sep 21
       RE: Orion slave girl? Please! by TRexx @ 17:43:02 on Sep 21

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By: Chronic Harlot (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:56:19 on Sep 20, 2008 | Edit History (1)

Fantastic. My girlfriend has a Playboy subscription, and I just hauled out the issue with Diora in it. She has a somewhat old-style beauty vibe to her. We obsessed over Miss Baird for months. Her...um..."upper body characteristics" are quite lovely.

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Wow by Jean-Luc @ 11:11:51 on Sep 22
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By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:39:12 on Sep 20, 2008 | Edit History (1)

Quote from Diora Baird:
there were these infamous green women that Captain Kirk would hit on, and so without giving too much away, I'm one of those green girls.


Since Captain Kirk is not known to have "hit on" Orion women, is Baird revealing something that's in the new movie, or is she just parroting a broadly generalized (and misunderstood) TOS mythology?

The plot thickens, as does a man's blood...


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At ease with balls and wood, Diora Baird is pretty to a tee in green.


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By: cdydatzigs (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:24:21 on Sep 20, 2008

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I play the green girl. There you have it.

So you're an alien?

Um, I would assume so -- unless I was born with a skin disease.


LOL, I love how she made the interviewer look like an idiot there. Great job Diora.

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RE: "Ummm..." by zak @ 17:10:12 on Sep 20
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          RE: "Ummm..." by TRexx @ 21:46:09 on Sep 20

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By: shats (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:12:00 on Sep 20, 2008

I hope this is more than a cameo


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RE: Finally some good news by Bean @ 09:52:35 on Sep 21
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