#majel barett

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So, since there have been many star trek actors who either played a huge amount of roles or who became important directors, I was wondering:

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Obviously this isn’t any kind of official list. I’m just assuming Riker named his backup singers after himself, the main Lower Decks characters eventually form a band since canonically at least Mariner, Boimler and Tendi play instruments, Sisko who is played by an incredibly talented singer occasionally sings, after the musical anomaly some Klingons turn into Kpop stans, and since everyone in the Hugh/Paul found family is musical sometimes they jam together.

Honorable mentions if I could have more options:

Deep in my soul I am convinced that Lwaxana is in a riot grrrl band, even if Majel Barett has never been known to sing.

Dolly Parton from The Orville. I mean. C’mon.

[miminmimikyu]

Episode 7-8: so, one day after drinking that coffee + espresso abomination Dal thinks diving into a Borg transwarp conduit to save travel time is a good idea. And later starts admitting that he has a tendency to forget about everything else when there’s an important mission to focus on. Who does that remind me of?

So the death racing episode that disabled Zero is simultaneously a breather episode lmao

Of course the Kazon Maje wasn’t the big bad in this episode, that would ask for some unprecedented competence from them :’D love how so far they’ve been relegated to “child abductors for a despotic slaver” and now “doing kidnapping for a rogue ai that’s channeling world’s worst tutor”. Not even that really, this Maje pretty much is forced into an “NPC who makes you do a racing sidequest on pain of death” role.

Ohh I really love the personality swaps in the holograms! The voice acting is so good! Brett Gray’s version of Zero was so spot I had to go back a bit just to listen if it wasn’t actually Angus Imrie imitating Brett Gray’s voice @_@ Same for Angus Imrie’s Dal!! Rylee Alazraqui’s Jankom shouting at the Doc and Jason Mantzoukas’ Rok Takh being so sweet and innocent are so funny! Also, taking the Gwyn hologram out is such a convenient way to prevent Murf’s personality from talking

only just realising the Maj’el - Majel Barett name connection!!

Ovidia IV is so pretty and the designs of the corporeal non-corporeal aliens are so cool but it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a trap, it’s giving me Star Trek TOS vibes of “Faustian bargain aliens” or “planet with a death ritual masquerading as a incredible party”.

After watching the whole episode, setting aside the scenes on Voyager-A, episode 8 really really felt so much like a TOS episode with a modern twist to me! It had the uncanny idyllic planet, the race of telepaths enthralled by their senses, the weird euphoric call to death, culty death festival, the inability to leave once you’ve made The Choice.. but then it has the emotional arc you see in NuTrek and also includes a beautiful, thrilling scene flying on top of the Nazamon (very Discovery). And obviously without the gruesome deaths and madness that would have accompanied a TOS episode. (Ok maybe TOS deaths aren’t that gruesome compared to Disco/Pic//SNw but when I was 9-10 and watching TOS repeats with my dad on Sunday afternoons against my will it was terrifying so that’s what in my brain now). And despite the weird vibes they weren’t actually bad people, just dangerously secretive.

Zero’s arc is also so interesting. Their desire to obtain corporeal body is such a contrast from S1 Zero, who waxed lyrical about life with other Medusans, how they miss it and how it’s like nothing the others can imagine. It figures that now they’re liberated from being a living torture device and have had time to spend so much time enjoying freedom with their corporeal friends, they are able to put into words something might be missing. The joy on their face and in their voice after the transfiguration was so sweet! Also I like these shots through Zero’s cracked visor

I think it’s also an interesting juxtaposition that the previous episode, which ended in Zero performing a self-sacrificial, disabling manoeuvre, started with the gang diving into a Borg transwarp conduit and Zero voicing discomfort (fear) at that. Zero did stop talking less about their Medusan physiology post-Borg encounter (also after injuring Gwyn?) iirc. There was that fear of hurting others just by being Medusan. But this episode talks about fear being an essential aspect of life (ok. corporeal life i guess). Also interesting that Prodigy is framing the corporeal/non-corporeal thing as a binary. I hope it's going to delve a little deeper into that and go a little more complex. I can't wait to see if Zero’s new body lasts and what its possible deterioration will mean for Zero and their feelings about living as a Medusan among humanoids.

Another thing that I like about this episode is that the gang only cares that Zero was properly informed about what choice they were making and that they were safe during the process. They are sure that Zero knows what’s best for Zero.

Poor Gwyn can't catch a break, even her hologram is traumatised now.

Can’t believe how strong this first half of the season is already. If season 1 is anything to go by it’s going to be a hell of a two parter for the midseason finale!!!!!

(I’m still in doubt about the Entity being a time-displaced Chakotay, because in the second message it called Janeway “Janeway” and not “Kathryn” or “Captain” or “Admiral”. Even if he was trying to hide his identity for timey wimey reasons I can’t imagine he’d call her just Janeway and not “vice admiral Kathryn Janeway” or some other more businesslike title.)

Oh no these posts are getting so long OTL

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We didn’t deserve Majel Barett

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES 2.13 - Obsession

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OK after a shit of a week b/c of the bullshit that are some ppl’s decisions, here i am, chilling with white wine galore and my take away from the chippy watching something that makes me happy :

“A ‘joke’ is a story with a humourous climax” - Spock, the Vulcan comic is at it again... boy, do I love this guy ! <3 (had a crush on him since i was 5 ^^’)

[polluxian-keith]

"star trek is about politics!" "star trek is about science!" "star trek is about ethics!" star trek is about how sexy majel barett is

[turnipotentiary]

MAJEL BARETT PLAYED CHAPEL AND LWXANA

[romulanfucker]

you know i never really thought i had bad face blindness but ive seen all of tos and im halfway through season 7 of tng and only realized majel barett played both chapel and lwaxana from a crack post about sarek and lwaxana getting married 

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thinkin about star trek: the original series and how in the pilot they had majel barett as first officer, but the network said a woman in command was unrealistic even for a futuristic utopian society, and thus she ended up playing nurse chapel and spock was first officer. and how the very last episode is about a woman who can never be a captain because i guess women still aren’t allowed to command in the future? and she’s driven mad with jealousy of kirk (who’s also her ex), switching bodies with him, but is utterly irrational in every respect. it’s like they’re exploring the fact that women aren’t allowed advancement, but also making the case that women are still inferior. and one of the main assumptions in that ep is that any woman with ambition is crazy. full circle, but not in the way i want to see..

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A New Spock Has Been Chosen For Star Trek: Discovery

A New Spock Has Been Chosen For Star Trek: Discovery

  The white plum of smoke has issued forth from the Vulcan Science Academy and Star Trek: Discovery has cast the third man to play Mr. Spock in Star Trek.

TVLine reports actor Ethan Peck will assume the role created by Leonard Nimoy in 1965 for the original pilot of the storied science fiction franchise. Peck will be familiar to viewers of ABC Family’s 10 Things I Hate About You, Madam Secretary

[devondeal]

I'm jewish, I don't know what the holy ghost is but from now on Majel Barett is the holy ghost because thank fuck for her, she saved Deanna and TNG.

I would like to FORMALLY thank gene roddenberry’s wife,

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i think it’s so terribly sweet that the computer voice is still majel barett’s

[sophrosynic]

majel barett is soooo hot with dark hair as number one wtf.

[dennisjerz]

Half a Life (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 22) Lwaxana Meets Cogsworth

Half a Life (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 22) Lwaxana Meets Cogsworth

Rewatching ST:TNG The teaser sets up another comic episode with Lwaxana Troi, and the first few acts deliver accordingly. This time, Lwaxana (Majel Barett) sets her sights on Doctor Timicin (David Ogden Stiers), a reserved scientist focused on saving his world’s dying star. This episode has many long scenes of Space Science, some of which exist simply to be interrupted by Lwaxana’s antics, but…

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I never realized just how perfect this song would be for Lwaxana until I saw this vid.

...And JFC but I miss Majel Barett Roddenberry fiercely.

@rikardtoenterprise so i made something

Scenes by fiomlicity on instagram

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