I wan to list the Hall of Shame and talk about some of our least favorite characters from some of our favorite Sci Fi shows and films. And feel free to mention what type of death you would envision for these bums.
1. Wesley Crusher the top of most lists. He was written out of TNG quietly but he should have been killed off in my opinion. Have him zapped by that monster that killed Tasha Yar, or have the salt vampire from "Man Trap"get a piece of his sorry ass.
2. Colin Mallory from Sliders, one of my favorite shows but this character who came on in Season 4 was a total wash. At least they wrote him out in an inglorious fashion. to hell with him and the crummy actor who played him.
3. Yeoman Rand played by a hot Grace Lee Whitney in the original Trek series, she was only in season 1. Her character was just boring and uninspired. Maybe she was meant to be a romantic interst for Captain "can't keep it in my pants" Kirk. I don't know. A wasted character who just took up space (no pun intended ) in season 1
4. Jason the Ranger from Babylon 5. I saw no real use for him in the first place. He was just some cute guy with a Brit accent. He did die a noble death in Season 4...I don't have many complaints about this grand show, and I am hard pressed to find something that I disliked but Jason would have to be the only thing wrong.
5. Oleg Gan from Blakes 7. His untimely death in Season 2 got no reaction from me. He is important because he was the first character to be killed off on a show that had no qualms about offing major characters. I liked most fo the characters on this little known Sci Fi series from the late seventies but Gan just never did anything for me.
6. Harry Kim from ST Voyager I found this boyscout to be boring, boring and more boring. He should have been killed off (along with his double from the alternate universe). Add Neelix to the list...
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I never liked Spiner that much and Data's just a bland copy of Spock IMO.
Seconded. :))
Dubbed "Mannequin Skywalker" by the press at the time. Bit harsh on a ten year old boy I have to say though.
Couldn't agree more. Hayden Christensen was awful in both films and I didn't Jackson or Ewen McGregor were that great either, which just tells you how bad those scripts were. To put all the blame on a ten year old was extremely unjust. Has anyone watched the early Harry Potter films? Look how wooden the kids are in those films compared to the last few in the series.
YOU GOT THAT?*
*did ya buy the mock anger?
Seriously, Wes was cool.
What was he thinking when he created Jar Jar Binks? He wanted a cute thing that he could use for merchandising later (like with the Ewoks). Unfortunately Jar Jar backfired badly.
I'm no big defender of Lucas re the prequels but Richard Marquand 'top notch'? You sure about that?
Actually, I'd have said Marquand's CV outside of Star Wars is perhaps more impressive than Kershner's. Eye Of The Needle and Jagged Edge are cracking thrillers. He may have gone to direct more great films had he not died at a fairly young age.