Richard E. Grant, lol.
He's so bad that RTD made it the only piece of Doctor Who fiction to officially be struck out of the canon
The Shalka Doctor sure was a thing that happened... But he wasn't *that* bad. Especially compared to how shit the show has been for many years now... Especially in the Chinballs years)
And, I mean, Grant was ok enough that Moffat brought him back to be The Great Intelligence... And it wasn't even remotely close to the worst thing that Moffat ever did.
This isn't really supported by evidence. Sisko denounced the sanitized history of Vic Fontaine. He petitioned the writers to change the script.
"Far Beyond the Stars", which he directed. He got so deep into character, Benny's breakdown was legit.
Isn't really supported by evidence? How do you respond to this clip then?
(I'm not talking about the guy commenting on it, although I don't disagree with him... I'm talking about the Brooks clip itself, I couldn't find it clean.)
I've already said here that Sisko's actions in "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" were retarded and completely out of character for him compared to the entire rest of DS9 in particular, and that entire era of Trek as a whole. It's also completely ridiculous compared to real life, because Frank Sinatra (who Vic Fontaine was at least partially based on) was good friends with Sammy Davis Jr, and was fairly progressive (back when that was actually a good thing) about racial shit, especially for the time. But this is really the only time we ever see Sisko display such a retarded attitude about racism. (Benny Russell doesn't count. He's an entirely different character, and tbh he's justified... because unlike Sisko, Benny did actually have to deal with racism in his life..)
"Far Beyond the Stars", which he directed. He got so deep into character, Benny's breakdown was legit.
I've addressed this as well, even before just a paragraph up. The Benny Russell episodes (especially the second one) were a bit heavy handed, but I didn't mind them at the time. Of course, even the 90's, social justards like Beher had to suck themselves off occasionally. I'm just thankful that they mostly limited it to 2/3-ish episodes out of 176 of DS9.
Hey, we also got this funny joke out of it...
It's hard to believe that Sisko's appreciation for African art wasn't at least inspired by Avery.
Siddig went public about Avery freezing him out, almost from day one. They were the only two 'actors of color' on the show. Siddig staged his stage name to "Alexander". Brooks, on the other hand, was increasingly vocal about addressing Ben Sisko's ancestors in-story. Siddig believed in the colorblind future that Gene envisioned. Looks like Avery had other ideas.
I'm not even offhand sure what you mean by "Sisko's appreciation of African art", even if that was a thing that I just forgot about DS9 (and hey, lets say that it is. I believe you) Why the fuck does it matter that a man, black or not, appreciates African art?
Also, I've literally heard no stories about issues between Siddig and Brooks. Again, would you like to share some evidence? If Brooks had a problem with Sidig, (a guy who, if I'm being honest, I didn't even realize was a "person of color" until I was much older), then I really do wonder what he thought about another actual black man joining the cast when Dorn did in season 4... Please share it all!
The cast and crew were required to address him as "Mister Brooks" on-set, which is eye-rolling. Brooks was a stage actor long before he stepped on a TV set, and that's just not how casts roll.
So he was a bit of a diva on set? This doesn't really surprise me (especially compared to his actions in recent years), nor is it particularly relevant to the discussion at hand. I don't see how him being full of himself makes him any more or less "woke".
Hot take incoming: I have always maintained that Sisko is the least consistent actor to have ever played the Captain. It's not as though he is consistently awful, but he isn’t awfully consistent, either, and depending on whether you are catching him on a bad day, he either straps a rocket to the story or makes it dive-bomb.
Everything else before this, I could just dismiss as a simple disagreement... But this is literally just retarded. How can you call Sisko the "most inconsistent" captain when both Janeway and especially Archer exist?
I'll admit Sisko had his flaws, But Janeway acted completely different from episode to episode (depending on who was writing her at the time). She was literally shown to be on both sides of multiple similar issues throughout the course of the show, and yet we were still supposed to think she was correct every time, even though I would objectively say she was wrong a lot more often than a leader should be...
Even when Sisko did the 'wrong' thing, I would still say that he did it for the right reason more often than not, and we even occasionally see him somewhat regret his actions (I'm specifically talking about 'In the Pale Moonlight' even though yeah he does end up admitting that he can live with what he did.)
We NEVER see Janeway show a similar attitude. She always had a "because I said so" attitude. And I doubt she ever even regretted a thing.
And it is headcanon to me at least, that Archer had some form of major brain damage because of how randomly crazy he could be from episode to episode. I'm pretty sure the show even leaned into it near the end, especially with that mirror universe 2 parter.
