Barbara Bain isn't for everyone. I'd recommend renting Mission:Impossible
Seasons 1 - 3. She does some great work there. You'll have more of an
appreciation of her acting ability (though that didn't seem to work for Karl
and wife).

As for her Space:1999 Year 1 performance, I would describe it as a passive
performance - you have to go to her rather than she come to you as say Landau
would.

Martin Landau tends to use dramatics - voice and moving hands.

Barry Morse tends to use his voice.

Barbara Bain uses her eyes/facial expressions - and that's what I think people
miss. Watch her eyes/facial expressions - even if she isn't the focus of the
scene, she has something to "say" with her eyes/facial expression.

Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "James R. Rowings, J.D." <notserp1344@...>
To: <OnlineAlpha@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OnlineAlpha] Re: Season Two observations


> "..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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