[Sandwich]

After having watched all the TNG episodes, I have come to the conclusion that Ro Laren/Michelle Forbes is by far the best, most talented actor/actress of the show, bar none.

Also, having watched a few of the DVD extras (I forget whether they were the TNG extras or the DS9 ones), I find it nearly tragic that she wasn't chosen to be the Bajoran officer on DS9 instead of Major Kira. Not that Nana Visitor does a bad job or anything - she's quite good - but IMO she pales in comparison to Michelle Forbes.

Anyone else think the same thing?

[neo_hermes]

I haven't seen the many of the episodes for TNG to judge the acting done by Michelle Forbes.

[Sandwich]

She's also a recurring actress in season 2 of 24, apparently, though I haven't yet seen the show.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Sandwich
After having watched all the TNG episodes, I have come to the conclusion that Ro Laren/Michelle Forbes is by far the best, most talented actor/actress of the show, bar none.

Also, having watched a few of the DVD extras (I forget whether they were the TNG extras or the DS9 ones), I find it nearly tragic that she wasn't chosen to be the Bajoran officer on DS9 instead of Major Kira. Not that Nana Visitor does a bad job or anything - she's quite good - but IMO she pales in comparison to Michelle Forbes.

She was chosen - and turned it down.

Is quite good in Messiah on the beeb, though.... I can't say I've ever rated any of the Star Trek actors, tis very hard to, well, act in lycra or something presumably.

[vyper]

Spoiler:

Ro Laren? She was Season 7. Defected at the end of Preemptive Strike IIRC.

Not bad.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally posted by Sandwich
After having watched all the TNG episodes, I have come to the conclusion that Ro Laren/Michelle Forbes is by far the best, most talented actor/actress of the show, bar none.

I don't know how someone can say that about a show in which Patrick Stewart plays the main character.

[Annorax]

Originally posted by vyper

Spoiler:

Ro Laren? She was Season 7. Defected at the end of Preemptive Strike IIRC.

Not bad. [/B]

Spoiler:

In the DS9 Relaunch novels (Avatar, et al.), Ro Laren was given an unconditional pardon by the Bajoran government and invited to replace Odo as security chief on DS9. After Bajor finally joined the Federation and the vast majority of the Militia joined Starfleet, Ro was given her Starfleet commission back.... by Picard himself.

 If they ever decide to do a post-series DS9 movie, I expect Michelle Forbes would hold Paramount over a barrel for a few million bucks....

[WMCoolmon]

Dunno if I've ever seen an episode with her in it.

[Knight Templar]

I don't know if she was the best... (I like a few of the main cast better) but she was pretty cool.

[Mefustae]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect

I don't know how someone can say that about a show in which Patrick Stewart plays the main character.

So true, Patrick Stewart is by far one of the best actors in the TNG Series, but before you judge, you have to watch the sequence with him dancing around the Bridge of the Enterprise singing the ABCs (i think saw it on a Biography thing on the History Channel a while back), in a word...Highlarious...

[Knight Templar]

Chain of Command was pretty sweet took. Stewart is the ****.

[Knight Templar]

Goddamnit.

He is the cat's meow.

[Sandwich]

I don't know, Patrick Stewart's good, but he's missing something that, for example, the new BSG characters are infused with. The ability to act a part without it seeming like you're an actor playing the part. He had it at times, but even then... Look at the scene in First Contact, when Picards has that hissy fit about stopping the Borg, and the line being drawn "heeah!" It's overacted - doesn't seem natural.

I dunno, perhaps it's just a matter of mismatching the actor to the character, but IMO Forbes is an excellent example of someone who infuses her character with her own personality, and comes across as "real" because of that.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Annorax

Spoiler:

In the DS9 Relaunch novels (Avatar, et al.), Ro Laren was given an unconditional pardon by the Bajoran government and invited to replace Odo as security chief on DS9. After Bajor finally joined the Federation and the vast majority of the Militia joined Starfleet, Ro was given her Starfleet commission back.... by Picard himself.

 If they ever decide to do a post-series DS9 movie, I expect Michelle Forbes would hold Paramount over a barrel for a few million bucks....

[/B]

Spoiler:

That would be a good trick seeing as the Dominion helped Cardassia wipe out all the Maquis left in the Alpha Quadrant.

[Mongoose]

I don't know why everyone is so much in love with Picard, even though I think Patrick Stewart rocks.  I'm much more of a Kirk guy myself. As for Ro Laren, I think I saw only one episode with her in it, so I don't know the character well enough to form an opinion.

[Fergus]

Be-cause Mon-goose, Captain James T Kirk Can'T ge-T a pro-Per sen-Tance do-Ne.

[Annorax]

Originally posted by vyper

Spoiler:

That would be a good trick seeing as the Dominion helped Cardassia wipe out all the Maquis left in the Alpha Quadrant.

[/B]

Spoiler:

They wiped out the Maquis headquarters at Tevlik Prime. Ro wasn't there when it happened.... although it hasn't been established where she was.

[Mefustae]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Look at the scene in First Contact, when Picards has that hissy fit about stopping the Borg, and the line being drawn "heeah!" It's overacted - doesn't seem natural.

Quite true, he went completely overboard in that scene and reached levels of overacting usually reserved for Avery Brooks

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Mefustae


Quite true, he went completely overboard in that scene and reached levels of overacting usually reserved for Avery Brooks

Yeah, what's with that guy? I mean, I generally like him, but when he goes off on one of his "procounce every single letter of every single word to emphasize that you're getting angry" stints, it's just weird.

[Ace]

Meh, I always assumed he was emulating Shatner when doing his "uber emotional speeches!!!111"