Comments on: RIP Majel Barrett 1932-2008

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:38:16 +0000

Well, it’s not like I knew her, but to be as at ease at a convention with people who make you realize why “fan” is a short form of “fanatic” requires a certain personality, and a lot of really good actors should never go out in public, because they don’t really like people all that much.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:20:33 +0000

LOL @ Shatner! 😀 Couldn’t agree more! When I was a kid, I loves the original ST. As an adult, I felt mostly embarrassed I had such bad taste as a kid! *shrug*Next Gen was a LOT better! 🙂

Ahhh… Lucky you meeting her! She’s one of those few people I wished I’d had a chance to meet. 🙂 I believe you about her personality being similar to her Troi character. 🙂 To play Troi as well as Majel did she would have had to feel comfortable and familiar in the role. 🙂 She would have been a lot of fun to hang with I’m guessing! 😀

The good ones always go too soon. *sigh*
RIP Majel… You did good. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:28:54 +0000

Most of the scenery was a better actor than William Shatner.

She was a regular at a lot of conventions, and many of them were in Southern California, so I saw her a couple of times in person, which was a bit of shock the first time, because she was much better looking in person than you would guess from the original series, and the “sparkle” of the Lwaxana Troi character was her.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:20:22 +0000

She was definitely smarter and heck of a better actor than *Kirk*! What a ham. 😉 😀

yeah… I’ll miss her. *sigh*

By: jams O\'Donnell

jams O\'Donnell — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:55:30 +0000

I hadn’t heard the sad news. I loved her as Lwaxana Troi and I wonder what would have happened if she had been allowed to reprise teh number one role from teh pilot. We will at least get to hear her one last time in the new Star Trek film.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:37:35 +0000

I always felt she was probably smarter than McCoy, not that that is a major accomplishment.

By: LadyMin

LadyMin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:25:06 +0000

This makes me very sad (and I’m already having a sad day).

I always enjoyed her performances; she will be missed.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:43:49 +0000

Over the years, at various events, I got the definite feeling that Lwaxana Troi was a more natural role for her, i.e. she was an independent fun-loving person.

By: andante

andante — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:29:41 +0000

I went to a lecture by Roddennerry eons ago, which ended with showng the hilarious Blooper films from the original series. Nurse Chapel played a prominent and hysterical role. A very funny & classy lady.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:53:21 +0000

She did a lot of voice work, having to be the computer, but they never gave her much of an opportunity to stretch out until the Next Generation. She certainly protected Gene’s concept.