Agreed, he seems to be reading a script. Love the gravitas of his voice though, something about the intensity in his voice.
It does raise the one element I disliked about TNG that I didn't quite recognize until semi-recently when I tried to convince my wife to give the show a chance. Especially in the first seasons, it's like they were performing a broadway play but as a TV show.
I find that to be the case with a lot of first seasons. I think Deep Space 9 sort of embraced the theatrical roles especially with Quark and Odo, although all the Ferengi were such good character actors that I didn't mind it. I just couldn't stand the actress that played Jadzia her acting was so horrible that I was actually happy when the character died lol.
Kate Mulgrew stepped into her role as captain fairly quickly so the rest of the actors did as well on Voyager, so the cast slipped into their roles fairly well. The Tom Paris actor though ugh, but the actress who played Bellana made up for his shitty acting.
I guess none of them can hold a candle to Shatner's overacting as Kirk lol. So I try to embrace the old Star Treks with their bad acting and just enjoy the shows.
I see what you are saying, but I really do think TNG was the worst offender in that sense. It was like when you go see a play, the people have to over-emphasize emotions so that even those in the back rows can get it.
If I were to guess is my general criticism of star trek vs Battlestar Galactica. Where Star Trek had roles that were far more robotic and like an idealization of what people in the future could be like, where Battlestar had a crew of people that are far more relatable.
Agreed, he seems to be reading a script. Love the gravitas of his voice though, something about the intensity in his voice.
It does raise the one element I disliked about TNG that I didn't quite recognize until semi-recently when I tried to convince my wife to give the show a chance. Especially in the first seasons, it's like they were performing a broadway play but as a TV show.
I find that to be the case with a lot of first seasons. I think Deep Space 9 sort of embraced the theatrical roles especially with Quark and Odo, although all the Ferengi were such good character actors that I didn't mind it. I just couldn't stand the actress that played Jadzia her acting was so horrible that I was actually happy when the character died lol.
Kate Mulgrew stepped into her role as captain fairly quickly so the rest of the actors did as well on Voyager, so the cast slipped into their roles fairly well. The Tom Paris actor though ugh, but the actress who played Bellana made up for his shitty acting.
I guess none of them can hold a candle to Shatner's overacting as Kirk lol. So I try to embrace the old Star Treks with their bad acting and just enjoy the shows.
I see what you are saying, but I really do think TNG was the worst offender in that sense. It was like when you go see a play, the people have to over-emphasize emotions so that even those in the back rows can get it.
If I were to guess is my general criticism of star trek vs Battlestar Galactica. Where Star Trek had roles that were far more robotic and like an idealization of what people in the future could be like, where Battlestar had a crew of people that are far more relatable.
Yep I see what you mean. That's why I liked Farscape a lot because the characters were much more relatable.
OMG Farscape, most underrated show that ever existed! I fucking love farscape!!
Keep in mind they did a lot of their casting with stage actors.
Yes, I believe that's correct. This might be part of why so few Star Trek actors had any film success beyond the series.