James R Kirk@startrek.website to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · edit-218 hours agoExamples of roles where actors from Star Trek give better performances than they did on Star Trek?64.media.tumblr.comimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
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minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·18 hours agoWalter Koenig was a great Chekov, but his role as Bester the PsyCop from Babylon 5 was a more nuanced role that gave him way more to do.
minus-squareastronaut_sloth@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·16 hours agoI came here to say this. I first saw Walter Koenig as Chekov, but I really loved him as Bester. I’ve heard that he lights up when people bring up Bester at conventions and such.
minus-squareAnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·16 hours agoCan confirm. I was an avid 90s Star Trek convention attendee, and got to hear a couple quick Bab5 anecdotes from him years ago.
minus-squarei_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 hours agoBester still gives me the creeps.
minus-squareTribblesBestFriend@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·17 hours agoBester was so great. Great vilain
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoBest character in the entire series. Never before would have imagined Walter making my skin crawl.
Walter Koenig was a great Chekov, but his role as Bester the PsyCop from Babylon 5 was a more nuanced role that gave him way more to do.
I came here to say this. I first saw Walter Koenig as Chekov, but I really loved him as Bester. I’ve heard that he lights up when people bring up Bester at conventions and such.
Can confirm. I was an avid 90s Star Trek convention attendee, and got to hear a couple quick Bab5 anecdotes from him years ago.
Bester still gives me the creeps.
Bester was so great. Great vilain
Best character in the entire series. Never before would have imagined Walter making my skin crawl.