tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post1695069024364604573..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The ForsakenBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-20167414742683798812014-12-31T14:22:33.250-05:002014-12-31T14:22:33.250-05:00I love Barrett's energy and how she manages to...I love Barrett's energy and how she manages to make Lwaxana explode onto the screen. In two minutes she's centralized everything on herself. It's an amazing talent. JRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485752215710916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32293601801754681352014-12-24T13:55:02.210-05:002014-12-24T13:55:02.210-05:00Wow, Fortikos, what a fantastic way of putting my ...Wow, Fortikos, what a fantastic way of putting my appreciation of Lwaxanna into words.<br /><br />I miss Majel Barrett. And I miss trek, true Trek, not this thing JJ is giving us :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-61546280846467572982014-12-23T11:53:25.894-05:002014-12-23T11:53:25.894-05:00I admit, I rather like the character of Lwaxana Tr...I admit, I rather like the character of Lwaxana Troi. (Her daughter's a dullard but that happens.) I've gotten the impression over the years that she's an intensely polarizing figure among Trekkies, a lot of whom hate her guts. It's somewhat understandable because Lwaxana had a gift for starring in some truly wretched episodes, most infamously "Menage a Troi". And that one with Alexander and the mud bath.<br /><br />But still it's hard for me to dislike Lwaxana Troi or blame her at all for bad episodes. She stood out from the general TNG blandness as a character with a genuine personality. So much of the characterization on TNG seemed kind of fake and forced, as if the writers felt their jobs were done once they assigned each major character a hobby. So you get Picard stiffly pretending to be a Sam Spade-style detective or Riker affecting a unconvincing fondness for jazz trombone. Lwaxana's character never seemed contrived, though. She was enthusiastically herself, and it was refreshing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813316684223696987noreply@blogger.com