YOUTUBE VIDEO: We Found Star Trek's Worst Guest Character
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Comments (19)
Loved the original BSG in the seventies as a kid (my Star Wars in a way ;-) and so a little skeptical about the remake. Got the Mini-Series-DVD sometimes and wow! Hooked immediately (thx Tricia). My favourite show next to Trek.
The real reason Pulaski was never mentioned is that she never existed, all of season 2 was Riker's fever dream in Shades of Gray.
Hate him...but he's not the first dick and I won't comment on what's to come. There's a lot of Star Trek left so what are the odds of more dicks?
Worst guest character? lol you seen nothing yet
I don't know. IMO, when the point is that the character is supposed to be unlikable or with obvious character flaws, and the actor delivers that to the point you become as irritated with them as the other characters, then I would say that's a win on the casting and the writing. He wasn't supposed to have an arc, nor was he supposed to be redeemable. He wasn't there to be liked or sided with. He was there to be an example of what NOT to be. Mission accomplished.
Who is singing your theme song?
I believe it's an AI voice.
Gotta watch at least the pilot episode of Scrubs so you can see his Bob Kelso character. 🤣
"Pulaski had to go annoy someone else..." xD xD :D
The people around me and I were more happy that Polaski was gone than Beverly was returning
Wow, really choosing pain with that Bob Kelso slander. Maybe instead of BSG we should've forced you guys to watch Scrubs. Guess I'll have some more roasted meat to enjoy though, eh? 🙃
They need to watch at least a few clips of Bob Kelso from Scrubs so they understand. He's the perfect actor for making a character you love to hate. 🤣
There is so much trek to go I’m sure someone will take that tile away even if I agree this guy was bad. And since they mentioned the promo in other comments: Part of the reason the promos were beloved was because this guy did the promos to mostly every show of my childhood.
I'll say this for the episode teasers: they let us know that we've been pronouncing the name of the show wrong all these years. It's actually pronounced Staaaar Trek
Love the LCARS interface at the end.
Eh...I think that because he's supposed to be unlikable he did a good job. I just think the episode overall wasn't great. 🤷♂️
I don't see this guy as a badly written character; just abrasive. He feels like he is owed this breakthrough and have his name attached to it. In some things, he isn't wrong but he for sure has major character flaws like all humans do. In fact, I like the character for this point exactly. Just because you live in a supposedly idealized society doesn't mean everything follows the ideal. Is it the best season opener? Not even close, I agree with that.
He is what Wesley could become if he doesn't balance his shit. which is why the happy ending is Wesley going on a date. The problem is, good or bad writing, an abrasive character is an abrasive character. You can have an asshole character who is actually immensely likeable... Of course, if the goal is that they're just not likeable, which I think that was the goal here... It's not really the writings fault. Jeeze, this turns into a rabbit hole.
I really hate to break this to you guys at this early stage of your journey, but... not even top ten.