While others lodge commentary and complaints about the dumpster fire that is Star Trek: Discovery, I have a specific complaint to lodge.
I don't want to hear "But her English is accented?" She's fine, perfectly understandable by anyone who isn't a fucking moron. Nor do I want to hear "But she's not well-known." because (a) she does have a following and (b) she's been a leading lady in feature films for decades as well as a supporting player. She's long ago proven that she has the chops to lead a Trek show; hell, she's overqualified.
She's got the talent to become, by merit alone, one of the most beloved players in the history of the franchise. Write her the sort of captain that Starfleet would want to have in its corps of captains, the sort we see implied well in the now-ruined Axanar, and you'd have another generation-defining hit on your hands.
Instead, you waste her on a minor supporting role to set up a protagonist who isn't even captain of the ship she's on, before handing her off to another captain on another ship to do the same thing. This is a show that doesn't get Trek dramatics, and that's before the SJW bullshit that we knew would be part-and-parcel of this cynical production of anti-fun.
If this is how CBS & Paramount treat someone like Yeoh, I can imagine Issacs not being happy either. Christ. Fuck all this for a game of soldiers. Just stick with The Orville, and pray McFarlane doesn't let it suck and waste his opportunity to out-Trek Trek and not get sued into oblvion (as Axanar did).
Her English is Malaysian/Hong Kong inflceted. A bit Edwardian for my tastes (because Malyasia, Hong Kong and Singapore's education systems are stuck at 1910-1930s period)
ReplyDeleteAnd she's well known; OK sj=he did a Bon movie with Pierce Bronson and has worked for years in Asia in Hong Kong/Malaysian action movies.
You're right she's overqualified by the fact that she prospered in Hong Kong's ultra competitive movie industry.
To me I see some ironical bias here: experienced Asian actress who's middle aged is sidelined for younger black actress with far less experience and merit.
Yup no racial hierarchy there.
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