Pon Farr in the Park

[my_daroga]

Yesterday, Mr. Daroga, tkp and myself drove down to Portland to see Trek in the Park, a free, live-action rendition of the episode "Amok Time." Yes, with the "Vulcan biology" and the sexy fighting.

The play was a lot of fun, and there were tons of people. We were late, and only secured a seat through the generosity of a man whose friend didn't arrive

Comments

[starcrossedgirl]

As I said, I didn't have any particular visual or anything. It's more that you come across as incredibly mature and then in those pictures in particular (less so in your icon), you look so incredibly young that it just threw me. I know that's probably rooted in some kind of stereotype somehow, but I think our brains are just bound to make those kind of (if wrong) associations. I mean, if I'd just seen those pictures of you without any other knowledge of you, I would never have believed you're the same age as my older brother, not, say, five years younger than me. (Okay, I probably would have believed it, it just would have taken some convincing, and lots of me going "Really? Wow.")

Which all just goes to prove the old adage of never judge a book by its cover, really. /tldr;

Re: Trek in the Park, from what I saw of it I agree that they were perhaps a little too subtle in parts. TOS kind of requires some overacting by definition, at least when it comes to Kirk - and there's probably also something about not being able to make out facial expression nearly as well in that format as we do on TV.

Oh, and don't apologise for not being around! (I was basically just going "YAY" at seeing a post from you.) And that thing - I shall comment over there, so for now let me leave it at: THAT THING! :D :D :D

Good luck for the audition then! Fingers crossed and all that. :D

[my_daroga]

Oh, no worries. I'm just curious, not really knowing how I come off online and all that. Though tkp says I talk all mature and stuff, too. But yeah, I look like that. And dress like that, most of the time. I don't mind looking young.

As Mr. Daroga pointed out, overacting requires acting. Kirk had very few expressions. I didn't want a Shatner impersonation, but something equally dynamic would have been nice. And funny.

Thank you!

[lettered]

I said your voice was mature. I never said you talked mature.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I <3 you.

[my_daroga]

Distinction noted. Half the time I don't know what you're talking about anyway. ;) I thought when you were telling me that you said something about they way I talked not just my voice.