Doppelganger Event(s)?
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Bringing a discussion that started elsewhere to its own thread:
It could be a lot of fun to have an event with characters all portrayed by the same actor. Think of the possibilities:
Please, DB. Let's have some fun with this.
It could be a lot of fun to have an event with characters all portrayed by the same actor. Think of the possibilities:
- An all-Jeffrey Combs event with Shran, Brunt, and Weyoun.
- An all-Majel Barret-Roddenberry event with Chapel, Lwaxana, the original Number One, and/or the Computer.
- An all-Diana Muldaur event with Dr. Katherine Pulaski, Dr. Miranda Jones, and Dr. Ann Mulhall. (I sense a medical theme with this one.)
- An all-J.G. Hertzler event with Kolos, Laas, and Martok. (Although those all already exist in the game).
- Others?
Please, DB. Let's have some fun with this.
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I like the Plakson idea. Female Q could be the legendary, Tarah could be a super-rare, K'Ehleyr already in-game as a super-rare, and Selar is already in-game as a rare that could be in the rewards.
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Majel voiced the computer in all five series before her death, and five films including the 2009 reboot. She has been in more episodes of star trek than any other actor or actress. A Majel event would be perfect.
Majel voiced characters in TAS, including the lovely M'Ress. Meow.
Nice. It's always seemed odd to me that we didn't have Chancellor Gorkon in the game.
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I continue to hope that Gorkon will replace Kahless or Guinan. But if neither happens, then I'll settle for an event.
In addition to Sarek and the Romulan Commander, he also was the Klingon Captain in ST:TMP.
Isn't the Klingon Captain Barak?
Yes
I believe so
It is in Star Trek Timelines. In the Star Trek CCG it was Commander Krase
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The aliens who seeded the alpha and beta quadrant with humanoid life used the DNA of their entire populace as the template, some of that DNA is just more common (linking back to the scientists who developed the procedure) thus we have a reason for Brunt, Weyoun, Shran (etc) actually being closely related.
He never got a name in the film, so various "canon"s/fanons have given him different names. Same with the female Romulan commander.
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And I said when they announced more Animated Series crew were coming to join Arix that M'Ress needs to join him stat!!!!!!
And it would certainly be possible to add another version of Sarek to the game. Maybe this one:
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Also, didn't Jeffrey combs have another character or 2? There's the Benny Russel alternate earth cop, and I thought he was in an episode of voyager, (Tsunkatse?), and played Tiron in the episode Meridian
He's been...
Brunt
Weyoun
Shran
Tiron
Kevin Mulkahey
Penk
Krem
Which is why Combs could be an entire Mega event on his own (but I'd settle for one doppelganger mega event).
Kevin Mulkahey was more a version of Weyoun (Wizard of Oz style), so it's not an entirely different role (still worth being added to the game though).
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Cochrane (movie)
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I doubt it'll happen though, it is somewhat focusing on what most people would consider a flaw in the franchise. Few actors pull it off well. As someone who works with sound it always annoys me when the voice is identical and we're supposed to pretend it's not the same person. Suzie Plakson was one of the few actors to actually work her speech patterns and not rely only on prosthetics and make-up alone. It helps that her characters are not in the same episodes (looking at you DS9/Combs).
Dogs of War proved Combs talent as so many non hardcore folks had no idea it was the same actor..... the voice work and body language alone were vastly different.
He's also been 3 Klingons, 2 Cardassian, a Romulan, a Hirogen, a Vidiian, a Kreetassan, and a Borg in all 4 post TOS series. That's plenty of options for an event.
See, Dogs of war was exactly what I had in mind. It should've been a good episode but was rendered completely unbearable because the same actor is playing too many roles. It felt like a complete joke throughout because it was so obvious. I doubt as many people were fooled as you think. I'm a fan, I wanted it to work but it completely failed for me.
And I think the opposite considering the number of times I've blown peoples minds by pointing it out.
In a couple instances folks in uniform at cons as well.
He shows some absolutely marvelous versatility in the presentations of the roles, despite Brunt being a fairly 2 dimensional character from a script standpoint.