Does any one else think Barbara Bane is funny? I get a kick out of those crazy
looking eyes and her manerisms often make me laugh both on Mission Impossible
and on Space 1999 j

To: OnlineAlpha@...: chricaran@...: Tue, 30 Dec 2008
13:03:58 +0000Subject: [OnlineAlpha] Re: Season Two observations



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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