Post by 69sevenofnine on Dec 6, 2012 22:43:17 GMT -6
Yeah, hi.
Just wondering if anyone knows what Joe Morton's rationale was for portraying Captain Mackenzie Calhoun as someone who...speaks..........so.........................sslloowwllyy.......................... .
It's Awful.
Peter David has said again and again that the character was based on William Wallace (Braveheart): a man of action and singular passion who was enough of an orator to rouse a nation to war against a superior foe.
When I read the first New Frontier novel, my take on Calhoun was that he was like Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in a Starfleet uniform (High Plains Drifter, For A Fistful Of Dollars, Pale Rider, etc).
Basically, a very intelligent, very dangerous person wearing the trappings of the most civilized union that has ever been (The Federation).
So, what has any of Peter David's dialogue for Calhoun (terse, sarcastic, gallows humor) to do with the decision to portray him as someone who hesitates after Every Single Effing Word?
Hesitation itself is a characteristic foreign to this particular character.
Did Peter David, the creator of the character in question, sign off on this infuriating interpretation?
I cannot see how.
I mean, they put out what, three ST:NF audio productions so far?
Was there no oversight on these projects?
Did the director, upon hearing days of this perplexing and frustrating performance, just sit there saying, "Oh, spot on. Spot on!"(??)
Apologies if I seem agitated here. Truth is I don't even really like the crew of the Excalibur. But I did just listen to "Stone and Anvil" on a long drive (Trek?), and spent the whole journey screaming at the dashboard every time Morton delivered what was supposed to be intense, acerbic Mackenzie Calhoun dialogue as if he were the resident of a geriatric care facility entering the end-of-life-phase of his stay there.
It's like Christian Bale's Batman all over again.
I believe "The Dark Knight" is a very nearly perfect film.
Almost without flaw.
Almost.
The single problem that I can see with "The Dark Knight" is that the titular character, the Dark Knight himself, is utterly unwatchable.
Same thing with New Frontier: the character who is meant to captivate, instead, makes me sick.
I like Joe Morton (well, before all of this). I've seen him on House, Smallville, and a dozen other series where he just waltzes in and steals the show. And no one portrays agony like this man can. (See him on the above mentioned shows and, of course Miles Dyson's death scene from Terminator 2: Judgement Day).
The guy's brilliant.
So, what I'm asking is: how did this Calhoun thing happen?
If anybody knows, please respond. I'll be sure to check back when I can for an explanation.
And, thanks.
Just wondering if anyone knows what Joe Morton's rationale was for portraying Captain Mackenzie Calhoun as someone who...speaks..........so.........................sslloowwllyy.......................... .
It's Awful.
Peter David has said again and again that the character was based on William Wallace (Braveheart): a man of action and singular passion who was enough of an orator to rouse a nation to war against a superior foe.
When I read the first New Frontier novel, my take on Calhoun was that he was like Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in a Starfleet uniform (High Plains Drifter, For A Fistful Of Dollars, Pale Rider, etc).
Basically, a very intelligent, very dangerous person wearing the trappings of the most civilized union that has ever been (The Federation).
So, what has any of Peter David's dialogue for Calhoun (terse, sarcastic, gallows humor) to do with the decision to portray him as someone who hesitates after Every Single Effing Word?
Hesitation itself is a characteristic foreign to this particular character.
Did Peter David, the creator of the character in question, sign off on this infuriating interpretation?
I cannot see how.
I mean, they put out what, three ST:NF audio productions so far?
Was there no oversight on these projects?
Did the director, upon hearing days of this perplexing and frustrating performance, just sit there saying, "Oh, spot on. Spot on!"(??)
Apologies if I seem agitated here. Truth is I don't even really like the crew of the Excalibur. But I did just listen to "Stone and Anvil" on a long drive (Trek?), and spent the whole journey screaming at the dashboard every time Morton delivered what was supposed to be intense, acerbic Mackenzie Calhoun dialogue as if he were the resident of a geriatric care facility entering the end-of-life-phase of his stay there.
It's like Christian Bale's Batman all over again.
I believe "The Dark Knight" is a very nearly perfect film.
Almost without flaw.
Almost.
The single problem that I can see with "The Dark Knight" is that the titular character, the Dark Knight himself, is utterly unwatchable.
Same thing with New Frontier: the character who is meant to captivate, instead, makes me sick.
I like Joe Morton (well, before all of this). I've seen him on House, Smallville, and a dozen other series where he just waltzes in and steals the show. And no one portrays agony like this man can. (See him on the above mentioned shows and, of course Miles Dyson's death scene from Terminator 2: Judgement Day).
The guy's brilliant.
So, what I'm asking is: how did this Calhoun thing happen?
If anybody knows, please respond. I'll be sure to check back when I can for an explanation.
And, thanks.