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[Qwinn]

Hey now, Liutenant O'Reilley was in at least a couple of original Star Trek episodes, and he was definitevely Irish :) Of course, he was "drunk" and singing and endangering the ship in one of 'em.... :/ But it's not the same thing! The whole ship was infected with a virus that made -everyone- act drunk! Heheheh... but no problem. Actually, I always thought that TNG episode with the farmers was Scotsmen, not Irishmen. If that was Irish, yeah, you got a point.

Qwinn

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Uhh, they were wearing lots of green and brown, not plaid. Besides Scotland is known for raising sheep, not growing potatoes.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Liutenant O'Reilley didn't have an accent, indicating he was an American of Irish decent, not quite the same thing as Scotty with his Scottish accent,or Chekov with his Russian accent.

Now that I think of it there was nobody with an English accent. Picard was supposedly French but had a New English accent.

[Qwinn]

Marcus on Babylon 5 had a pretty strong English accent. He was a great character too.

I don't think the presence of an accent is a fair qualifier for representation though. Many accents are very difficult for the average American to understand, and that alone would steer TV producers away from casting someone with one. After having to suffer through a college math professor with an indecipherable Korean accent for a full semester, believe me, I would very quickly turn off a show that made me go through that again. But I don't think Lieutenant Kim on Voyager doesn't count as a Korean because he didn't have an accent. Honestly, if accent is what mattered I would've pegged Bashir on DS9 as primarily British. I forget what African country he's actually from but I know it would never have been my guess ;)

O'Reilley was very clearly Irish. He in fact made a very big deal of his Irish heritage and was very proud of it. I do think he counts. It's true he wasn't really a major character - but at least he was acknowledged to exist :)

Actually, a bit of trivia - the Security Officer on ST:TNG was in fact supposed to be of Spanish descent. Last name Rodriguez I think. They eventually replaced the character with Tasha Yar (and we all know how well -that- turned out - yeuucccch). What makes that more interesting though is that the original Spanish security officer character was the role that Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) originally auditioned for! They just decided to cast her as an alien empath instead (shrug).

I concede completely on the potato farmer issue. You're right, it can definetly be assumed they were representing the Irish, and you're right, it was a very pretty condescending portrayal.

Qwinn

[Qwinn]

BTW, what was O'Brien on DS9? Wasn't he Irish?

Qwinn

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

BTW, what was O'Brien on DS9? Wasn't he Irish?

Yes but no accent. To have and accent I guess you have to be cast as a drunken dirt farmer.

[Xenalyte]

As someone whom I know enjoys these kinds of things I wanted to make sure you got an invitation. Please weigh in.

I watched the first part, and Bacon has the second part TiVoed for us. I may catch it when it comes on tomorrow night. The SciFi Channel's re-airing both parts Sunday the 14th, right?

[Lee'sGhost]

"The SciFi Channel's re-airing both parts Sunday the 14th, right?"

Yeah, but it's all 4 hours at one time. FWIW -- to me, the second part was a lot better than the first. Don't want to give it away, but things happen that pretty much blow the "this is all PC crap" augment out of the water.

But that doesn't mean it couldn't take a bad turn in the future. (Stupid question: Anyone know if this is going to continue as a weekly series? I haven't seen any promos to indicate such, I just assumed it.)

[Xenalyte]

I got the impression from the commercials that it would run more than two parts - I have no idea what made me think so, but somehow I thought it'd be longer.

[Col Sanders]

Actually it was Cattlecar Galaxica ...Same volume as Superduperman... but who's counting?

[RandallFlagg]

I just found out that they're going to start on the series. It has the green light.

Thought ya might want to know.

[The Dude Abides]

Thanks, partner.... I am very happy about this. Just watched the mini-series on tape again with some buddies this weekend.
It actually keeps getting better.

[RandallFlagg]

Yeah, I was going to watch mine the other day...BUT I RECORDED OVER IT!!!!

YAAAAGGGHHH!!!

[RandallFlagg]

Gratuitous BUMP for old time's sake.

[MinorityRepublican]

Bttt