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Somewhat ancillary to the original topic, but: According to William Shatner's new documentary Chaos on the Bridge (now on Netflix), about the tumultuous early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roy Thinnes (Phil Brewer, GH; Sloan Carpenter /Alex Crown, OLTL) was one of the top 3 original choices for Captain Picard, along with Yaphet Kotto and Mitchell Ryan. Then Patrick Stewart blew them all away.
I never thought I'd turn out to be a fan of Abraham and Sasha together, but the pairing works. His speech to her and their interplay has really worked this season thus far. Toups, they've always protracted plot beats like this. Especially when establishing new characters (or relationships).
Bailey Chase (Chris, ATWT; Longmire) is joining Twin Peaks.
Well, I liked Season 2, so I'm the outlier - character drama is what builds on and supports the action for me. I know plenty about the existing crew, I just really enjoyed watching the Alexandrians adjust and watching those characters be built up more, and I was surprised and pleased to see I wasn't imagining things with Tara and Merrit Wever's character. They're adorable together. I think Alexandra Breckinridge (Jessie) is a solid actress and I've seen her in a couple other things over the summer; I like the character's growth. I still consider Rick and Jessie a transitional relationship so while I'd certainly prefer a Rick/Michonne romance, it just doesn't particularly bug me or seem like any kind of central story focus for the show. What I'm more interested in is her evolution as a survivor and her relationships with her sons, which is what they appear to be focusing on more than anything passionate with Rick (which sometimes seems more awkwardly slugged in from the comics, and which When he's wearing the knit cap and scowling around I keep forgetting Austin Abrams (Ron) was the bouncy, motormouthed little twink from that movie Paper Towns. He's so morose here he's unrecognizable, but I guess that's good acting. I can see some unwise teenage murder attempt coming with the two boys over the girl and I just am not interested in that, so I hope they change it up. I'd rather see them actually make friends, as opposed to fighting over an obnoxious girl who is almost certainly a mole for the Wolves. There's plenty of death and madness outside the walls, what interests me is the equal and opposite forces that build up to rival those. That's what drives the future conflict and battling to me. Poor old Maggie! Great speech by Lauren Cohan.
I liked it!
Tonight in the "We Gotta Eat" department - soap stars and TV royalty alike in God's Not Dead 2. Featuring: GH's Jon Lindstrom, plotting to use the evil heathens at the ACLU to railroad: Melissa Joan Hart, who Just Wants to Believe in Jesus, her only ally being: PSSNS and DH's Jesse Metcalfe, who is a lawyer, we promise, facing off against: Twin Peaks legend Ray Wise, who waxes vaguely Leland Palmer as he delivers dialogue about his sinister plot to prove that God is dead. And many more! Like Robin Givens!
I thought that was very, very well done. Incredible two-hander by Lennie James and John Carroll Lynch. Ultimately their worldview cannot be sustained in the purity Eastman sought, and Morgan will have to learn that, but a middle ground can be found.
I hate J.J. Abrams. But I loved the first of the new movies, which i thought was a generally solid use of his very limited talents to help an existing property. (The same reason I am happy he is one and done with Star Wars, which is also largely not his own work this time.) I would sooner see someone really talented with a bold vision take over the original Trek universe, but I suspect it will be in the one from the new films. Either way I am glad to see someone taking a chance on the property again.
Alex Kurtzman is part of that Bad Robot crew, but he's probably just putting his name on it, as many producers do - build the show and stay hands-off. The actual day-to-day creatives are likely a whole other story. I don't know anything about SH, I don't watch that show. I remember there was a rumor that Kurtzman was one of the few who did not want the villain in the last Trek film to be Khan again, so that's something.
Their best bet would be just giving it to Netflix, IMO. I hope they swallow their pride and call Bryan Fuller, who cut his teeth working at the old shows and who I know often talked about making it with Angela Bassett as the captain. I don't trust the J.J. Abrams crew with it. I enjoyed the first new film and I have high hopes for the third, but I think the TV side needs a change. Sadly I doubt this series will be set in the old timeline from TOS/TNG/etc.
All I can remember is she reminded me of a very loud, pushy clone of a young Valerie Harper or something. Like a Hobbit Valerie Harper. I was not into it. "Yo, Reverend!"
Her name was Maggie Vega. I never liked that cop - they opted to go with the chemistry between Bob Krimmer and Laura Bonariggo instead. I also seem to recall that was a proto-"Antonio Vega" in the works around that time who never surfaced. Not the same character outline, IIRC.
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