"..not wooden at all..." and "...one of the most beautiful, mesmerizing,
incredibly talented and lovely actresses all over the world."

I know everyone has their opinion.....I'm not very hard to please, and
I'm not picky at all. But I find the above comments difficult
to defend. She had the character I least liked, mostly due to her
performance. Now, someone explained there was reason for
her character to be that way in the episodes, and if so, then that's why
I really didn't like her character. She was MUCH better
in Season 2 from that regard, as she was more HUMAN, but it had
cemented enough with from Season 1 I still didn't like her
much. I don't remember enough of Mission Impossible to know if it was
her or the character, but I'll have to chalk it up to I would
rather have had someone else play Helena.

Jim


oestrek wrote:
>
> Some might say that Jessica Simpson is beautiful and mesmerizing but
> the simple fact is that she can't act. Beauty and ability are not the
> same thing.
> John Saxxon has a long career in movies but I haven't seen much in the
> way of praise for his abilities either. There are many actors who for
> one reason or the other have maintained a long career in the movies.
> Does that qualify them as great actors? Some are many aren't. A person
> might be a librarian with 40 years on the job, does that make them a
> great librarian or just persistent?
> I can appreciate the fact that she has performed on stage in some
> prestigious theaters does that mean that I should like her? My
> opinions are my own (well not quite, my wife shares them at least).
> Just because Niel Diamond or Tom Jones or Roy Clark has had a long
> musical career doesn't mean that I particularly want to see them. They
> might have performed at Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall but I still
> don't want to see them. I didn't like BB in Mission Impossible or
> Space:1999 or the Rescue from Gilligan's Island, they were essentially
> the same character with about as much sex appeal as six day old toast.
> The fact that she has had a long career pleases me. At least she
> doesn't have to worry about paying the bills, good on her.
>
> --- In OnlineAlpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:OnlineAlpha%40yahoogroups.com>, "schorn.andrea" <chricaran@.
> ..> wrote:
> >
> > Barbara Bain is one of the most beautiful, mesmerizing, incredibly
> > talented and lovely actresses all over the world.
> > She has been spanning her TV and film career of 50 years.
> > By the way she acts in several dramas in wellknown theaters.
> > Andrea
> >
> >
> > --- In OnlineAlpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:OnlineAlpha%40yahoogroups.com>, "oestrek" <oestrek@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Never much liked her much. My wife and I have often regarded her as
> > > the weakest character/actor in the show. For all her flaws, Maya
> > is a
> > > more interesting person. I don't necessarily like the alien angle
> > with
> > > her but she did have some emotional depth and dynamics that seems
> > > lacking from Ms. Bain. Part of what makes an actor "good" (at
> > least in
> > > my tiny little mind) is their vocal ability. I do like an actor
> > that
> > > can use their voice effectively. This is one area Helena always
> > failed
> > > in. She always sounded like she just woke up. Maybe ms. Bain's
> > chain
> > > smoking ruined her voice maybe it was something else.
> > > My favorite actor for the show, voicewise, was Barry Morse. He had
> > a
> > > gravitas that seemed missing from some of the others. He was the
> > > strong "center" that season two seemed to lack. Overall I liked the
> > > rest of the cast but Ms. Bain really is at the bottom of the list
> > for
> > > me. Marina Sirtis from TNG also is one of those characters/actors I
> > > could live without. Not much of a fan of Frake's character either.
> > > Don't get me started on Voyager.
> > > -Karl
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In OnlineAlpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:OnlineAlpha%40yahoogroups.com>, "valeriecorinne"
> > > <valeriecorinne@ > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You can read all the emotions in her eyes.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: herbert bell
> > > > To: onlinealpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:onlinealpha%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 1:18 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: [OnlineAlpha] Re: Season Two observations
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I thought Babs did a great job, she wasn't wooden at all . I
> > don't
> > > know if I'm the only one here that thinks it, but I really think
> > she
> > > has a face for comedy I always get a kick out of her eyes , the red
> > > eye shadow she wears on space seems to draw even more attention to
> > them.
> > > >
> > > > To: OnlineAlpha@ : cmdrkoenig67@ : Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:42:25
> > > +0000Subject: [OnlineAlpha] Re: Season Two observations
> > > >
> > > > I never saw Babs as being wooden in Space:1999 S1...Her
> > > performance was usually subtle, yes...But hardly wooden. For one,
> > Ms.
> > > Bain was portraying a doctor...Level- headed, clinical and
> > detatched,
> > > not to mention emotionally closed off after losing her husband
> > years
> > > ago...That seems to be how she approached the role.She certainly
> > had
> > > moments of great emotion in Y1 as well...In Matter of Life and
> > > Death/Another Time,Another Place/Guardian of Piri/The Full
> > Circle/War
> > > Games/Death' s other Dominion/Black Sun/The Last Sunset/etc.. .All of
> > > those episodes allowed her to express emotions on varying levels
> > > either with other Moonbase Staff or on her own (whether that be
> > fear,
> > > terror and loss in War Games, Piri Guardian-induced ecstasy and
> > > apathy, joy and anguish and terror in MOLAD. Rage and jealousy in
> > TFC,
> > > love and sadness as her older self in ATAP and also compassion with
> > > Sandra in Black Sun)... Happy Holidays, everybody.Dana- -- In
> > > OnlineAlpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:OnlineAlpha%40yahoogroups.com>, Floyd Resler <macmage@>
> wrote:>> I
> > agree
> > > with that as well. I know people have commented about her > wooden
> > > acting in Breakaway. But, as was mentioned, look at the >
> > > circumstances. In this episode Dr. Russell was talking with a new >
> > > commander and the previous commander refused to report her
> > findings. >
> > > I'd be very wooden too if I felt I wasn't getting any support from
> > the
> > > > command staff!> > Take care,> Floyd> > On Dec 20, 2008, at 4:54
> > PM,
> > > valeriecorinne wrote:> > > Yes. I totally agree with that.> > -----
> > > Original Message -----> > From: slinter@> > To:
> > > OnlineAlpha@ yahoogroups. com
> <mailto:OnlineAlpha%40yahoogroups.com>> > Sent: Friday, December 19,
> 2008 2:19
> > > AM> > Subject: Re: [OnlineAlpha] Season Two observations> >> >
> > Barbara
> > > Bain was just fine, actingwise, in Y1. Remember the situation:> >
> > > she's lost her husband, been blown into space, found him again,
> > then >
> > > > lost> > him again forever, been taken over by some alien
> > > intelligence, et > > al. If> > she seems "wooden' as some have
> > > claimed, she had reason. She was, as I> > see it, pulling in on
> > > herself to survive. Only after a long time, with> > John to support
> > > her, does she begin to "bloom" as it were. \BB did > > just> >
> > fine!>
> > > >> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:38:02 -0000 "Greg Crawford"
> > <gregplx@>> >
> > > writes:> > Well, since you guys are talking about season 2 so
> > much, I
> > > thought I'd> > tell you my observations of it.> > First, the one
> > thing
> > > they got right was making Barbara Bain ACT!> > The first season she
> > > was like a cold turkey right out of 2001: a space> > odyssey!
> > Finally
> > > showing she could seem real as Dr. Russell was the> > major point
> > of
> > > the second season.> >> > Getting rid of Paul; when they had
> > developed
> > > a good chemistry> > with Sandra Benes in "Last Sunset" was a major
> > > blunder, as was> > reducing Alan to a minor character and getting
> > rid
> > > of his russian girl> > was sacriligous! > >> > Another good thing of
> > > the second season was the Eagles.> >> > another 45 yearold fan of
> > Star
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