Fw: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

Wasn't William Peterson in "Manhunter"? If it's the bloke I'm thinking of, he looks too much like Richard Dreyfus who I've always considered a bit "weedy."

All The Best,

BRIAN



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Has anyone considered either Mark Harmom (NCIS) or William Peterson in the role of Cmdr. Straker? I grant you, Harmon as an aloof, driven C.O. might be considered to be type-casting, but one never knows.

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How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
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"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter






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Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
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Definitely NOT!  I say keep the sexes of all characters the same.  While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.
 
Jeff

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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
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How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

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Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
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Remember, in James Bond movies, 'M' is now a female.

Bruce
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Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.
   
Jeff

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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
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Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:52 AM

   

How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

In a message dated 4/15/2010 8:45:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
day.

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Hi, Bruce,

"M" is now female, but she's also explicitly not the same character. She was introduced as a new person holding down the job of a beloved deceased previous "M." (In "The World Is Not Enough," we see her looking at a portrait of Bernard Lee as "M" in the Scottish "Backup Headquarters" of MI6.)

Now that the series has "ReBooted" with Daniel Craig's Bond, there was never a male "M."


Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:17:09 AM, you wrote:


Remember, in James Bond movies, 'M' is now a female.

Bruce
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From: Jeffrey Nelson
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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.





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I know they mentioned that she replaced the previous 'M', but I don't remember the portrait scene. I have to look for it the next time I watch it.

Bruce
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Hi, Bruce,

"M" is now female, but she's also explicitly not the same character. She was introduced as a new person holding down the job of a beloved deceased previous "M." (In "The World Is Not Enough," we see her looking at a portrait of Bernard Lee as "M" in the Scottish "Backup Headquarters" of MI6.)

Now that the series has "ReBooted" with Daniel Craig's Bond, there was never a male "M."

Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:17:09 AM, you wrote:

Remember, in James Bond movies, 'M' is now a female.

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Nelson
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.

--

Jonathan Andrew Sheen

http://www.leviathanstudios.com
Leviathan of the GEI (Detached.)
[hidden email]

"What'dya expect? I'm a New Yorker!"
-Anonymous New York Firefighter, 9/12/01

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agreed, I dont mind exploring, if this is a "reboot" well, if this is an actual attempt to remake the series
keep the charcaters as they were




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From: Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 10:53:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

 
Definitely NOT!  I say keep the sexes of all characters the same.  While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.
 
Jeff

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From: brandykitt@aol. com <brandykitt@aol. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:52 AM

 

How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

In a message dated 4/15/2010 8:45:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
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"M" is not a character per say, buta title, like 007




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From: Bruce Sherman <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 11:17:09 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

 
Remember, in James Bond movies, 'M' is now a female.

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Nelson
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.

Jeff

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From: brandykitt@aol. com <brandykitt@aol. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:52 AM

How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

In a message dated 4/15/2010 8:45:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
day.

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One has to look at what they did with Star Trek reboot. Yes, I enjoyed it.I cheered at the beauty shots of the Enterprise going to battle. But didthey have to make the hero a juvenile delinquent and bar brawler?? There was a video on youtube where someone took video from a WW2 movie having Hitler discuss his problems with the Star Trek movie and I am glad others feltthe same way. I mean not Hitler of course but the person who did the close captioning.  

I never watched the new Battlestar Gallactia after the first episode. Justdidn’t like what I saw.

Personally, I want to see a hint of a script, see if they follow series, how they deviate, then worry if the actor can pull off the role.

Bruce


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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:39 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker


 
agreed, I dont mind exploring, if this is a "reboot" well, if this is an actual attempt to remake the series
keep the charcaters as they were

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From: Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 10:53:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

 
Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.
 
Jeff

--- On Thu, 4/15/10, brandykitt@aol. com <brandykitt@aol. com> wrote:

From: brandykitt@aol. com <brandykitt@aol. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:52 AM

 

How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

In a message dated 4/15/2010 8:45:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
day.

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Shado was an important part of my childhood, LOL
the Star trek movie was not Trek, but a parallel universe , ok, that is theonly way it works,
battlestar I watched most of it saw where it was going and wept out of the sheer stupidity
I am so afraid the same thing will happen to a remake




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From: Bruce Sherman <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 12:40:41 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

 
One has to look at what they did with Star Trek reboot. Yes, I enjoyed it. I cheered at the beauty shots of the Enterprise going to battle. But did they have to make the hero a juvenile delinquent and bar brawler?? There was a video on youtube where someone took video from a WW2 movie having Hitler discuss his problems with the Star Trek movie and I am glad others felt thesame way. I mean not Hitler of course but the person who did the close captioning.

I never watched the new Battlestar Gallactia after the first episode. Just didn’t like what I saw.

Personally, I want to see a hint of a script, see if they follow series, how they deviate, then worry if the actor can pull off the role.

Bruce

From: Sam McConnich
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:39 PM
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

agreed, I dont mind exploring, if this is a "reboot" well, if this is an actual attempt to remake the series
keep the charcaters as they were

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From: Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@sbcglobal. net>
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 10:53:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker

Definitely NOT! I say keep the sexes of all characters the same. While I didn't mind the new Battlestar Galactica for the most part, changing the gender of principal characters did rub me the wrong way.

Jeff

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From: brandykitt@aol. com <brandykitt@ aol. com>
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Recasting Ed Straker
To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:52 AM

How about Straker as female? Lindsay Crouse, who played Maggie
Walsh on Buffy, can play a powerful, intelligent leader.

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@aol. com

"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter

In a message dated 4/15/2010 8:45:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Give me a leader with diminutive physical form but a powerful mind, any
day.

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I liked the Star Trek movie - yes , the shots of the Enterprise were absolutely glorious and one would hope that the same sort of care goes into the effects in the UFO movie.
I personally quite liked Kirk as bar room brawler, - he did do a lot of fighting and womanising in the original series, but I can see how it would not appeal to many. Let's just hope the UFO director doesn't make Straker a mysogynist alcoholic!
I like the idea of Ed Harris!

Also- Just watched Sound of Silence.... Susan says; 'Maybe it's a party of Sioux... you know..Indians' and then goes Woooo .. So very childish.... definitely a throwback Cowboys and Indians games from when she was younger!
We used to do that a lot here! Could even buy cowboy outfits!


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Womanizer yes, Bar room brawler?? Remember the episode The Trouble With Tribbles, he is taking his people to task for starting the fight? Bar room brawler?? I forget the exact quote in the movie what Pike calls him, but you get the idea.

Just imagine they made Straker a drunk when not on duty.

Bruce
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I liked the Star Trek movie - yes , the shots of the Enterprise were absolutely glorious and one would hope that the same sort of care goes into the effects in the UFO movie.
I personally quite liked Kirk as bar room brawler, - he did do a lot of fighting and womanising in the original series, but I can see how it would not appeal to many. Let's just hope the UFO director doesn't make Straker a mysogynist alcoholic!
I like the idea of Ed Harris!

Also- Just watched Sound of Silence.... Susan says; 'Maybe it's a party of Sioux... you know..Indians' and then goes Woooo .. So very childish.... definitely a throwback Cowboys and Indians games from when she was younger!
We used to do that a lot here! Could even buy cowboy outfits!

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Well, maybe not a barroom brawler, but he was always up for a fight.. any excuse to get his chest on show!! ( as with Paul FOster!) Straker as a drunk? no, but I could seee him as a drug addict - nothing too serious, - a bit like Sherlock Holmes! The same sort of mentality in a way? Brilliant strategists both of them. And Dr Watson/Alec Freeman?

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Like James Spader in _ The Watcher_? He played a former
F.B.I. agent who is involved in tracking down a serial killer
and has a drug habit. It's a very serious role and a good
little movie.

Evelyn Duncan
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"All work and no play pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"
-- Tim Hunter






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Straker as a drunk? no, but I could seee him as a drug addict - nothing
too serious, - a bit like Sherlock Holmes!



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