He can't be a troll because.... | Report this post to moderator
By: prometheus 59650 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 10:03:00 on Jun 30, 2009

...he says 'thank you for the post' now.

As though that makes up for blathering, mindless insults, and the general nothing he brings to the table.

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"If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty Humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He's a pretty poor excuse for a Supreme Being." ---Gene Roddenberry

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What about Linda Hamilton? | Report this post to moderator
By: SuperDave (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:55:45 on Jun 30, 2009

I remember hearing that Linda Hamilton had been considered as well..

Why they didn't go with her, I'll never know...she would have kicked ass as Janeway. Voyager was a pretty lame show, but Linda Hamilton would have made it better...

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Kate Mulgrew was awful! | Report this post to moderator
By: Muldfeld (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:53:24 on Jun 30, 2009 | (1)

Okay, first and foremost, I blame Berman and Braga for forcing the writing staff to do drivel and formula, but Kate Mulgrew always overacted, even when Michael Piller presumably had more clout. I wanted to like her for the first few years, but I now shudder every time she launches into one of her speeches and acts like she's on the verge of a Eureka moment, smiling ridiculously as she pontificates supposedly open-mindedly.

Terrible show with a captain just as bad as Archer.

Bujold was at least trying to play it realistically, but the producers would have forced her to do the same thing over and over and she probably would have grown sick of it.

Thanks for posting the interview.

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Did she quit, or was she 'let go'..? | Report this post to moderator
By: DavidDownUnder (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:25:27 on Jun 30, 2009 | (1)

Bujold says she quit but everything I've read, including the official Voyager ep guide, said she was 'let go' because she just wasn't right for the role - she conveyed no energy or sense of command. Her dialogue delivery was just so flat and empty.

Even her presence - I mean, Kate Mulgrew's not exactly tall, and she may be only slightly taller than Bujold, but Bujold has zilch 'presence', whereas Mulgrew fills her space and then some, and draws the eye and the focus towards her.

Anyway, perhaps Bujold's exit was more of a mutual decision, because the same sources have also repeated what Bujold said about her being unready for the grueling schedule of episodic weekly TV – but I definitely got the feeling that it was the producers who moved first and said "Nah, she just AIN'T right".

And God bless 'em for making that call, otherwise we'd never have enjoyed so many years of the wonderful Kate Mulgrew fleshing out a far superior version of Janeway.

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By: Trekkerj (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:23:05 on Jun 30, 2009

I thought she was originally called "Elizabeth" Janeway

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collar | Report this post to moderator
By: FusionVideo (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:28:32 on Jun 30, 2009

Her uniform collar sure is high.

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