C'mon, we MUST have the final showdown between Bester and Garibaldi!
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TOS: The Spectre of the Gun--he had what I would consider a good amount of screen time for a junior bridge officer. STIV: Some good scenes aboard the nucwear wessel, and in the hospital.
Others too numerous to mention here. He had a lot more scenes that just quoting warp numbers. He had a lot more scenes in the series and the movies than you would expect from a frankly minor character. He screams in "pain" pretty good.
I seem to recall that he was not hired until the second TOS season. Roddenberry hired Koenig for a couple of reasons, one to increase crew diversity (a Russian bridge member in the middle of our Cold War!) and to draw in the younger female demographic ( a Davey Jones {Monkees}) type character.
I just don't understand why the minor actors (Koenig, Takei, Nichols) seem to complain so much about their parts and the screen time (or lack thereof). They were not the stars! They always seem to bash Shatner. However, Shatner was hired as the star of Star Trek. Sure, he's got a big ego--but most stars do. It's the nature of the business. Most everyone from TOS except Nimoy and Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Rand) seem to delight in castigating Shatner and claiming to either dislike him or even to hate him. I guess they feel like they have to do that in order to give the press a juicy story. Maybe they are afraid their interview won't get published without Shatner-bashing.
I believe that Koenig will eventually get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, if only for his involvement in Star Trek. I have heard that these things cost around $30,000, so maybe his fan club could take up a collection.
Don't get me wrong, I like Koenig just fine. I just don't like the whiney "Oh, poor overlooked me" attitude.
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Shatner was hired as the star of Star Trek. Sure, he's got a big ego--but most stars do.
What the hell does that mean? We all have an ego. We are an ego-based species.
Shatner has been a hard working actor of stage, TV and Movies since the 1950s. Now in his six and probably final decade - he is always working, working very hard for him and his family live as well as possible, to enjoy what life has to offer, etc.
I think he has always set high standards and insisted upon them. What's so wrong with that? In show business - he has always had the talent and the looks to utilize star status. He has pursued multitude of opportunites but those opportunities require hard work on his part.
Congratulations to a man who has remained a viable commodity with his talents in a very competitive profession - but of course, aren't all professions competitive? I believe he has pursued in being the best of his profession: he has kept his eyes on that star status and never waivered. So - such things are defined as having a ego? What - he doesn't settle for second best? Good for him.
I know Shatner has been attacked for his ego for years - but what's the attack directed toward? How does his ego differ from anyone on this board? What is it with Shatner's ego that bothers people?
Would someone explain?
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Shatner's ego is so over-the-top that he has learned it is profitable for him to poke fun at it himself. He uses it to his own advantage, which I think is brilliant. He plays to his ego on film and stage--he parodies himself. Maybe you misunderstood parts of my original post--I am not critcizing Shatner for what he is. He is who he is. I am actually a fan of his. My gripe is with most of the other actors on Star Trek who, it seems to me, can't grant or conduct an interview without spewing their resentment and hatred of Shatner. They also, for the most part, whine that they didn't get enough screen time or the best lines. They forget that they were not the primary stars. They should be forever grateful that they were in some way associated with Star Trek--not behind the scenes but actually on screen for an amount of time.
I for one am glad to see that Shatner is still a visible, viable and yes, marketable product still after all these years.
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Maybe you misunderstood parts of my original post--I am not critcizing Shatner for what he is. He is who he is. I am actually a fan of his.
I clearly did misunderstood - sorry about that.
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My gripe is with most of the other actors on Star Trek who, it seems to me, can't grant or conduct an interview without spewing their resentment and hatred of Shatner
I agree with that. Acting is a competitive field - like any job - and TOS was not an ensemble show - it wasn't structure that way so there wasn't equal time for all, let alone equal status - as with any job in any industry in life. DS9 obviously came closest to that ensemble status, nearly right from the start.
I sent this news item in weeks ago, and later when Trekweb didn't seem to do anything with it, created a thread about it. Just how does submitting news stories work around here?
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Simple: like every other website, the Trekweb admins only 'accept' things from people they know/like. :-)
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"I was told this ship was the pride of Starfleet. I find it is small, and unimpressive."
"Funny, I was about to say the same thing about you."
Archer and Gral spar verbally in: "Babel One."
Koenig is my least favorite Trek actor.
He was the guest at the first con I ever attended. After he got done talking and he was fielding questions from the audience, he absolutely refused to call on me. At one point, I thought he did finally point to me, so I started to ask him my question.
He interrupted me with, "No, not you, the one behind."
After the guy behind me got his shot, he took a few more questions, until mine was the only hand left in the air. Other people around me tried to call his attention to me, but he ignored them, too. He just pretended not to see me and jogged off the stage.
To this day, I still don't know what he saw in my face to make him act like such an effing jerk to me, but that along with other distasteful things that happened there made me not go to another one for 20 years.
Two decades later, I went to one that had Brent Spiner as the guest, and I can't praise the guy enough for how warm, friendly, and entertaining he was to the crowd.
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It's too bad you had an unfortunate experience, but remember, his not pointing at you in a sea of faces probably means nothing. I've seen him and found him to be one of the nicest and most fan friendly in a good bunch.
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Spiner is indeed awesome at cons, even in the face of stupid questions. I had the privilege of seeing him during TNG's run. Everyone groaned when some idiot, pimply-faced adolescent asked him "Does Data go to the bathroom?"
Spiner's answer: "During the commercial breaks."
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...that Koenig, who played a Russian navigator (who, at the time, represented the Soviet Union), should talk about the peasantry and pitchforks. Sounds a little like the Bolshevik Revolution, no?
However, if Paramount represents the bourgeoisie (hope I spelled that right) and the fans represent the Bolsheviks, then wouldn't you think it was high time a fan was in charge of Trek?
Manny Coto, come on down! You're the next contestant on "The Trek Is Right!" :-)
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A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. -- Robert Heinlein
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