Sisko Sucks
Gareth Crispell
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>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
>
>Where did they get the guy who plays Sisko???
>
>
>Lori from the planet Canada
>in the North American quadrant
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In the first season it really bothered me the way Sisko grinned at almost
everything.I mean Dax would run up to him and say something horrible was
about to happen that would kill half of the station.... and he would have
this humongous pie eating grin on his face.It drove me nuts!! However, as
time went on he grinned less and less. This pleased me very much.
All in all, I think Sisko has quite improved as a leader.
gareth - from olde Cape Cod
Philip Richard Yabut
Lori Penner <lpe...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
<yadda, yadda, yadda about Sisko>
Check out "Past Tense." I thought that was his best acting effort to
date. BTW, I happen to like Avery Brooks' acting abilities. He emanates
a sense of authority and toughness to the character.
Re: Quark
What's wrong with Quark?
Phil
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Lori Penner
Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
Where did they get the guy who plays Sisko???
Good heavens!!! Kirk is 10 times to the power of ten times better then this
yahoo. He is so FLAT, he has no personality.
Hey, at least Janeway has a personality, though I don't happen to like
it, I think I even like Janeway better than Picard, But, hey DS-9 is
great except for Sisko and that Quark guy.
Cheerio!!
rna...@ptialaska.net
Mark Rathwell
I thought that at first. However, I think Avery Brooks' accent is
the problem, not his acting ability. It's just the way he talks.
: Good heavens!!! Kirk is 10 times to the power of ten times better then this
: yahoo. He is so FLAT, he has no personality.
Now that is nasty.
>> Mark <<
Merceditas Castillo
: I think Sisko is just fine! Now Janeway on the other hand...
Oh, dear, here comes another debate....
DS9 has always bothered me, and the main reason for it is Sisko. I
have never thought that that guy...how shall I put this
delicately...belongs in Star Trek. He can't play the role of Commander
right. He always sticks out like a sore thumb with his acting
abilities. DS9 to me does not have an ensamble cast. Its full of
holes: Sisko, Jake, Dax, and Nog. Kira, Bashir, O'Brien, and Odo,
however do fit in. As TV Guide suggested a while ago, too bad they
can't stick the latter four on to Voyager somehow, where they fit in.
--MVC--
Alara Rogers
>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
>
>
>yahoo. He is so FLAT, he has no personality.
is a parody of Shatner, not Brooks.
I like Kirk. But Sisko has far more emotional depth. Overacting is not
personality.
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R. Tang
Merceditas Castillo <dita...@csulb.edu> wrote:
>rna...@ptialaska.net wrote:
> Oh, dear, here comes another debate....
>
> DS9 has always bothered me, and the main reason for it is Sisko. I
>have never thought that that guy...how shall I put this
>delicately...belongs in Star Trek. He can't play the role of Commander
>right.
Urk.
Given the absolutely braindead material he's given (little social
interaction with the rest of the crew and no scenes exploiting this), how
can you POSSIBLY say this???
> He always sticks out like a sore thumb with his acting
>abilities. DS9 to me does not have an ensamble cast. Its full of
>holes: Sisko, Jake, Dax, and Nog.
Feh. Methinks you don't have a good idea what an ensemble does;
it's a better ensemble than TNG was...
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Alan D. Earhart
Ummm.....Sisko is not an actor. Sisko is the commander of DS9.
AB is the actor. He's the one that does the acting. Considering the
general lvel of material he gets to work with I'd say he does a bag-up
job.
(Just a bit irritated today so I had to take it out on one of my fav
topics- "Sisko Sucks". Dn't read any malice into this post...)
Alan D. Earhart
aear...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Alan D. Earhart) wrote:
> bag-up
*sigh* should be 'bang-up'
cap...@tlcnet.com
Avery Brooks was first used in "Spencer for hire" a fairly good P.I. show for
it's day........Brooks though is a proffesor of English Lit. at Harvard
University.....tenuered at that ...acting is a secondary vocation...as I
understand it he has taken a leave of absence to portray the character that
seems to irk you......Granted that Kirk is the the measure with which we rate
all others....but come on now William Shatner is no Academy award winner
either...and he is also no writer......perhaps Brooks and Shatner should get
together and exchange points of expertise...i.e. Brooks could teach Shatner how
to write , while Shatner taught Brooks how to be a Federation Officer......
Regards Capuera
cap...@tlcnet.com
Peronet Despeignes
: Lori Penner <lpe...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
:
: >Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
: >
: >Where did they get the guy who plays Sisko???
: >
: >Good heavens!!! Kirk is 10 times to the power of ten times better then this
: >yahoo. He is so FLAT, he has no personality.
:
: You complain that Sisko can't act, but the way you write your opening line
: is a parody of Shatner, not Brooks.
:
: I like Kirk. But Sisko has far more emotional depth. Overacting is not
: personality.
What about his outburst in Past Tense II? I thought it was a terrible
performance. My problem with Sisko is that he seems to gyrate
radically between
unsubstantive outbursts that strike me as overacting and a sedate
indifference
during some of the most intense of situations. I see no marks of the
"subtlety" people here keep mentioning. I think he has shown potential
here and there but I just havent seen many instances of depth to his
performance (though the writers may bear some of the blame).
Some episode references would be great.
Perry D.
Peronet Despeignes
: Avery Brooks was first used in "Spencer for hire" a fairly good P.I. show for
: it's day........Brooks though is a proffesor of English Lit. at Harvard
: University.....tenuered at that ...acting is a secondary vocation...as I
Say what? He doesnt show up in my last three course catalogs as either a
professor of English Lit or as one taking a leave of absence. Do you have
any specific info on this?
Perry D.
Thad Bissett
: Avery Brooks was first used in "Spencer for hire" a fairly good P.I. show for
: it's day........Brooks though is a proffesor of English Lit. at Harvard
: University.....tenuered at that ...acting is a secondary vocation...as I
: understand it he has taken a leave of absence to portray the character that
: seems to irk you......Granted that Kirk is the the measure with which we rate
: all others....but come on now William Shatner is no Academy award winner
: either...and he is also no writer......perhaps Brooks and Shatner should get
: together and exchange points of expertise...i.e. Brooks could teach Shatner how
: to write , while Shatner taught Brooks how to be a Federation Officer......
: Regards Capuera
I would have to disagree. I think Sisko has a lot of great
potential, both as the character, and as the actor, Avery Brooks. Sisko
is firm when he has to be, yet approachable by his crew. Granted, he
does act goofy sometimes, but that is the writers' fault, mostly. As for
the rest (i.e., "You play *Dam-jaat?*), it at least is entertaining. In
my opinion, there has been very little bad acting from Avery Brooks, just
bad lines, and the occasional bad delivery. All in all, it makes me even
more impressed to learn that Brooks is an English professor at Harvard.
Means there's something up in that head. Nice to see an actor who
actually can think for him/herself, without having to be fed from a script.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
>lpe...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Lori Penner) wrote:
>>
>>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
>>
>>Where did they get the guy who plays Sisko???
>>
>In the first season it really bothered me the way Sisko grinned at almost
>everything.I mean Dax would run up to him and say something horrible was
>about to happen that would kill half of the station.... and he would have
>this humongous pie eating grin on his face.It drove me nuts!! However, as
>time went on he grinned less and less. This pleased me very much.
>
>All in all, I think Sisko has quite improved as a leader.
>gareth - from olde Cape Cod
I for one was quite surprised to realize (after several shows) why the
name Avery Brooks sounded so familiar - he was "Hawk on Spencer For
Hire." I was thrown not only by the hair and lack of dark glasses, but
also the whole demeanour. Brooks played (and still does) Sisko in such
an INCREDIBLY low-key manner (diffident? half-asleep?) that it was
hard to believe that this was the same guy who made Hawk such an
intimidating and larger-than-life character - in fact, probably my
favorite character on Spencer.
Sarah Cherlin
>
>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
You misspelled 'Kirk' ;)
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rna...@ptialaska.net
>lpe...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Lori Penner) wrote:
>>
>>Hello!!! Has... sisko! ever...... taken acting!!!! lessons?
> ^^^^^
Janeway!
Macdem Teklemariam
I agree Avery Brooks is an excellent actor, he outshines every other cast
member except maybe for Rene and Armin.
eni...@news.dorsai.org
: rna...@ptialaska.net wrote:
: : Janeway!
: I agree Avery Brooks is an excellent actor, he outshines every other cast
: member except maybe for Rene and Armin.
Whatever one thinks about Avery Brooks as Sisko (and I think he's great)
U gotta catch him when he shows up at a convention. He's such a great
speaker..very dignified.
Victor
Mary Draganis
mtek...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Macdem Teklemariam) wrote:
MT> I agree Avery Brooks is an excellent actor, he outshines every other cast
MT> member except maybe for Rene and Armin.
I find that Nana, Rene and Avery are the three most strongest actors and
also their characters are the most interesting.
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Leonard Balsera
used to that one) character, but nothing is wrong with Avery Brooks. He's
a fine actor.
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lor...@halcyon.com
> but nothing is wrong with Avery Brooks. He's
> a fine actor.
I like Avery Brooks, too. He's a good actor, director... and from what I've
heard, he's not a bad professor of English lit at Harvard.
But I also like Sisko.
Brian Olson
lor...@halcyon.com
Philip Richard Yabut
>I like Avery Brooks, too. He's a good actor, director... and from what I've
>heard, he's not a bad professor of English lit at Harvard.
Rutgers (NJ), not Harvard. And I don't think it's English lit. either.
Phil
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Peronet Despeignes
: In article <3uf338$o...@decaxp.harvard.edu>,
: Peronet Despeignes <desp...@scws31.harvard.edu> wrote:
: >You're right. It isnt. It's theater arts. Found this on the university
: >of virginia gopher...
: >
: >Name: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+, Theater Arts, Mason Gross School
: >of the Arts, Faculty and Staff Directory, Rutgers University, New
: >Jersey, US
: >
: > "Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+"
: > commonName: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+
: > surname: Brooks
: > title: Assoc Professor
: ^^^^^
: Heh. Tenured.
: And an email account, too, it looks like....
: (Whoops. Was that the Rutgers server in the A&S department going down?).
If this stays up any longer, it probably will. :)
Perry D.
David A. Berkowitz
>: heard, he's not a bad professor of English lit at Harvard.
>
I don't think it's at Harvard that Brooks was teaching. Perhaps it was
Boston College. Certainly it was somewhere in that area.
I remember reading the reference in TV Guide prior to DS9's premiere.
DAB
Peronet Despeignes
: > a027...@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Leonard Balsera) writes:
: > but nothing is wrong with Avery Brooks. He's
: > a fine actor.
: I like Avery Brooks, too. He's a good actor, director... and from what I've
: heard, he's not a bad professor of English lit at Harvard.
He is? He's not listed as a member of the faculty as far as I know.
Perry D.
R. Tang
Peronet Despeignes <desp...@scws31.harvard.edu> wrote:
>You're right. It isnt. It's theater arts. Found this on the university
>of virginia gopher...
>
>Name: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+, Theater Arts, Mason Gross School
>of the Arts, Faculty and Staff Directory, Rutgers University, New
>Jersey, US
>
> "Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+"
> commonName: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+
> surname: Brooks
> title: Assoc Professor
^^^^^
Heh. Tenured.
And an email account, too, it looks like....
(Whoops. Was that the Rutgers server in the A&S department going down?).
Peronet Despeignes
: In article <3u91au$b...@news.halcyon.com>, <lor...@halcyon.com> wrote:
: >I like Avery Brooks, too. He's a good actor, director... and from what I've
: >heard, he's not a bad professor of English lit at Harvard.
: Rutgers (NJ), not Harvard. And I don't think it's English lit. either.
You're right. It isnt. It's theater arts. Found this on the university
of virginia gopher...
____
Name: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+, Theater Arts, Mason Gross School
of the Arts, Faculty and Staff Directory, Rutgers University, New
Jersey, US
"Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+"
commonName: Avery Franklin Brooks +AFB1+
surname: Brooks
title: Assoc Professor
postalAddress: Room 202, Carriage House,
Douglass Campus,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
telephoneNumber: +1 908-932-9891
userid: +AFB1+
lastUpdateTime: 950711230124Z
____
End of speculation.
Perry D.
lor...@halcyon.com
> Rutgers (NJ), not Harvard. And I don't think it's English lit. either.
Really? I thought it was Harvard. Ah well...<G>
Brian Olson
lor...@halcyon.com