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Posted Jan 2, 2004 @ 11:33 AM

I was channel surfing the other day and came across Snow Dogs. Nichelle Nichols is in that; she plays someone's mom. (I only watched for about 3 minutes).
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Posted Jan 6, 2004 @ 10:46 PM

We rented Freaky Friday this weekend. It was hilarious. Rosalind Chao was in it. She had this really thick Chinese accent. I felt bad for her. But at least she was funny!
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Posted Jan 10, 2004 @ 3:07 AM

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Edited by dqsidekick, Mar 11, 2009 @ 7:21 PM.

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Posted Jan 13, 2004 @ 9:27 PM

From space station doctor to 12th century Arabian general..could work.

As Goldfish Mom said, "Lots of sand and pretty men...what's not to like?"

Edited by GoldfishGirl42, Jan 13, 2004 @ 9:32 PM.

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Posted Jan 13, 2004 @ 11:10 PM

That reminds me...
I saw Siddig [Bashir] in a bit part in Reign of Fire. He was scruffy-looking (as he should, it being a post Apocalyptic type film) but still cute as all get out.
It's comforting to see there is life after Trek...
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Posted Jan 14, 2004 @ 10:59 AM

Ah, cool. Mr. thinga and I were just wondering recently what he's up to these days. Anabanana, I noticed him in Reign of Fire, too. He was one of only two things that kept me awake during that pile of steaming dragon poo (the other being Christian Bale, yum).
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Posted Jan 14, 2004 @ 1:03 PM

Alice Krige was also in that.

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Posted Jan 14, 2004 @ 1:36 PM

I got Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for my PC a little while back. So while I'm running around, doing my Jedi business, suddenly I find myself talking to Neelix. I checked the voice credits, and sure enough, Ethan Phillips did some voices in the game.

I should amend that it wasn't actually Neelix. So far I've encountered two humans who just sound like Neelix.

Edited by Cleo256, Jan 14, 2004 @ 1:38 PM.

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Posted Jan 14, 2004 @ 8:47 PM

Thanks, keckler, I had forgotten about that. She really is a cool lady.

Thinga, I agree whole heartedly about Christian Bale... mmmm, yummy.
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Posted Jan 15, 2004 @ 8:12 AM

Siddig was also in an episode of Spooks/MI5 (and was very scruffy and sexy).
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Posted Jan 15, 2004 @ 3:14 PM

Alice Krige was also in the Stephen King movie "Sleepwalkers" that showed on SciFi channel last week. Kind of a lame plot, but very high on the "Ick factor". Her character and her character's son are some sort of cat people, and (herein lies the ick factor) there's some major hanky panky between this mom and son. Slow dancing, making out, carrying mom up the stairs the bedroom while making out.... ICK
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Posted Jan 15, 2004 @ 4:24 PM

I rented Reign of Fire and watched it for Sid, even after I'd seen it in theatres and hated it. I don't know whether that's dedication or just plain sad (or both).

He's going to be in another movie, with Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom.

No, I'm not a pathetic fangirl ... not at all ...

Edited by LadyBunbury, Jan 15, 2004 @ 4:25 PM.

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Posted Jan 19, 2004 @ 11:54 AM

I've noticed that there are an awful lot of Dr. Quinn regulars who also turn up in Star Trek series and movies. Major cast members like Sully, Matthew, the first Colleen, even Dorothy and Horace. But the lesser players turn up all the time too like 2 of Michaela's sisters, Myra, Preston, even Black Kettle to name a few. (And Colm Meaney played Jake in the pilot!) Are there any other shows out there, past or present, with such massive Trek cross-over?
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Posted Jan 19, 2004 @ 2:25 PM

I just watched Rene Auberjonois (sp?) in an old episode of Stargate called The Other Side. He was pretty good.

I now have a burning desire to watch Reign of Fire. Its on Sky Movies at the weekend and who could pass up the opportunity to see Alexander Siddig? Not me.
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Posted Jan 19, 2004 @ 4:13 PM

I just watched Rene Auberjonois (sp?) in an old episode of Stargate called The Other Side. He was pretty good.


I'd second that. That's a pretty dark episode for Stargate; it's very interesting to see him play such a not-Odo character. Whereas Odo is initially gruff and guarded, yet turns out to be an honorable and sweet guy, the guy in the Other Side is almost too helpful and gregarious, and turns out to be a genocidal bigot.
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Posted Jan 19, 2004 @ 9:35 PM

I believe the late Ensign Scrunchieface is playing the MEOW (Medical Emergency of the Week) on Everwood tonight.

ETA: I was right; they even gave her an "In Memory of..." card at the end, with headshot.

Edited by Harrison Fjord, Jan 19, 2004 @ 10:09 PM.

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Posted Jan 20, 2004 @ 2:39 AM

I just saw John de Lancie in a couple old episodes of Stargate playing that show's equivalent of "annoying Starfleet admiral." Not sure what the ep titles were, but they were early season 5.
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Posted Jan 20, 2004 @ 8:02 AM

they even gave her an "In Memory of..." card at the end, with headshot.

Wow, good for Everwood. I still can't believe Enterprise hasn't done anything.
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Posted Jan 20, 2004 @ 10:55 AM

Well, that's what happens on a show that isn't run by two asshats.

I actually got sniffly when I realized it was Scrunchie.
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Posted Jan 20, 2004 @ 2:22 PM

That's...just SO RUDE! Ooh, ooh, watch me rant in my next recap!

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Posted Jan 22, 2004 @ 6:21 PM

Jennifer Sisko was in last night's episode of Smallville. She was Pete Ross' mom so she might be back again but she had about as many lines as Pete normally gets so we didn't see much of her.
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Posted Jan 23, 2004 @ 6:24 AM

Yeesh. Was she as horrible an actress as she was on DS0? Pretty lady, no talent (IMO, of course).
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Posted Jan 23, 2004 @ 10:14 AM

I didn't really notice, her screen time was limited and I spent most of the time trying to remember why she looked so familiar. I narrowed it down to Star Trek so I was trying to picture her as an alien. I finally had to look her up on imdb. She's still very pretty, her hair was all curly.
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Posted Jan 24, 2004 @ 12:42 PM

Dwight Schultz (Lt Reg Barclay!) was in the Outer Limits' episode If These Walls Could Talk. I was watching early this morning, yelling "Oh wow! It's Broccoli!"
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Posted Jan 24, 2004 @ 12:53 PM

I was watching The Long Walk Home, about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the other week, and both he and Whoopi Goldberg are in that.
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Posted Jan 26, 2004 @ 12:54 PM

Not exactly another role, per se, but we were channel surfing the other night and happened to catch Avery Brooks singing "Amazing Grace" as part of a Billy Grahm (sp?) telethon. The singing? Fantastic. The musical accompaniment? Kinda weird.
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Posted Jan 26, 2004 @ 2:00 PM

There's a fellow who looks a lot like Avery that I've seen several times when flipping past religious broadcasts. I don't have his name handy, but I think that's the fellow you saw on television recently.

It's a pretty close resemblance, though. They have different goatees, but not by much.
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Posted Jan 26, 2004 @ 2:56 PM

Really? Whoa. It certainly looked a lot like Brooks, but... Hmmmm...
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Posted Jan 26, 2004 @ 8:41 PM

I didn't see the broadcast in question, but I've seen enough Biblical-archeology documentaries narrated and/or hosted by Brooks to believe that he might be involved in a religious broadcast. And from the few snippets we got on DS9, we know the man can sing.
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Posted Jan 27, 2004 @ 6:30 AM

I was flicking through the tv on Saturday and caught the last half of Con Air just for Colm Meaney

Last night Marina Sirtis was in an old episode of Stargate, Watergate, I think. She was a world away from Troi at any rate.

Then this morning I caught Dominic Keating in an old episode of Buffy.
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