Not every actress has won three (3) consecutive acting Emmy Awards either.

To: OnlineAlpha@...: oestrek@...: Thu, 1 Jan 2009
19:33:25 +0000Subject: [OnlineAlpha] Re: Season Two observations



Some might say that Jessica Simpson is beautiful and mesmerizing butthe simple
fact is that she can't act. Beauty and ability are not thesame thing.John Saxxon
has a long career in movies but I haven't seen much in theway of praise for his
abilities either. There are many actors who forone 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 personmight be a librarian with 40 years on the job,
does that make them agreat librarian or just persistent?I can appreciate the
fact that she has performed on stage in someprestigious theaters does that mean
that I should like her? Myopinions 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
longmusical career doesn't mean that I particularly want to see them. Theymight
have performed at Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall but I stilldon't want to see
them. I didn't like BB in Mission Impossible orSpace:1999 or the Rescue from
Gilligan's Island, they were essentiallythe 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 shedoesn't have to worry about paying the bills, good on her.--- In
OnlineAlpha@yahoogroups.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, "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,
"valeriecorinne"> > <valeriecorinne@> wrote:> > >> > > You can read all the
emotions in her eyes. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: herbert
bell > > > To: onlinealpha@yahoogroups.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, 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> > 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> > Trek and Space:1999, Greg> >>
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