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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:12:26 GMT -5
You want to see more of the Romulans? You should get your chance next week when Star Trek: Nemesis hits theatres. M.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:12:49 GMT -5
Yes - I might just have to go see that one! Thanks for the heads-up, water gal!
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:13:18 GMT -5
Water Gal I don't think the book is Vulcan's Forge, I read that one.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:13:40 GMT -5
Ah hah! Found it. The book with the nuptuals is called Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:14:04 GMT -5
Thanks. I've never read this one, but I haven't read a Star Trek novel in a long time. Was this one good? I loved Spock's World, have you read that one?
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:14:33 GMT -5
I may not be the right person to ask. I love all the Vulcan books. As to this one in particular, it was a library book so I can't go back to check, but I remember thinking that it was a lot of fun. I really enjoy the books that cross over and bridge the generations, so I liked it very much.
If you are uncertain about buying a book you may not like, check out your local public library, that way if you can't get into it, no worries. Even my small city library had it. People seem to demand all things Vulcan.
Good luck.
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:15:09 GMT -5
Think it's coincidence that Spike and Spock sound so much alike (the words themselves, not the characters)?
I definitely don't think it's a stretch to compare Star Trek and Buffy. While many point to Spock as the original Star Trek's most interesting character (perhaps the most interesting in all the Star Trek history), lets not forget the other wonderfully developed characters he had to play off of -- Bones McCoy, Checkov or Scotty, for example. These were wonderfully written characters played to the hilt by the actors behind them. Leonard Nimoy put in a great performance as the understated Spock, but it was even better because of the environment he was in, the other characters he interacted with. They all drew more out of each other, making the whole show better.
Fast forward to Spike's day. James Marsters is an incredible actor -- his soliliquy with Buffy in the church, when he ended by hugging the cross, begging for rest, sold me on the man's capabilities as a compelling actor. But lets not forget the well-written characters and great actors he also has to bring out the best in him -- Willow, Giles, even Buffy herself.
While I will readily admit James Marsters and Leonard Nimoy are great actors, and their characters are incredibly well evolved, the real magic of their performances reside in the incredible ensemble casts and great writing all around that allows these men to be even more than the sum of their parts. David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Feb 18, 2004 2:15:36 GMT -5
David, I agree with you on both points, and actually neglected to mention in my original post about the name similiarites. Yes, that very interesting coincidence definitely wasn't lost on me!
And certainly the excellent performances of Leonard Nimoy and James Marsters shine because they were among an outstanding group. That's why I said that "all plays, movies, or TV shows are obviously team efforts" and mentioned the Spock-McCoy feud as just one example. I'd bet that Nimoy and Marsters would readily tell anyone that they alone did not "make" their respective shows successful.
If one component of a show suffers, it effects everything. But shows like Star Trek, BtVS, AtS, M*A*S*H, Friends, Cheers, Frasier, just to name a few, are proof that it IS possible to consistently have tv programming with a consistenly high quality of components on all fronts (acting, writing, directing, etc.).
I must say, though, silly girl that I am, that while Nimoy was so hot AND so cool as Spock, I'm glad that today Marsters isn't playing a character who only goes into heat only once every 7 years. ;-)
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