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MrScorpio

(73,772 posts) Sat Sep 14, 2013, 03:28 PM Sep 2013

Happy Birthday, Walter Koenig!

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Happy Birthday, Walter Koenig! (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2013 OP

Best gunner ever. Rex Sep 2013 #1

What a great picture! livetohike Sep 2013 #2

He was also great on Babylon Five. avebury Sep 2013 #3

He was great in that role. Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #4

And yet the story of his wife somewhat avebury Sep 2013 #6

Indeed, Bester was one of my favorite characters on that show... Salviati Sep 2013 #5

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. Best gunner ever.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 03:30 PM

Sep 2013

Pretty good Psyops director too.

livetohike

(24,283 posts)

2. What a great picture!

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 03:30 PM

Sep 2013

avebury

(11,197 posts)

3. He was also great on Babylon Five.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 03:33 PM

Sep 2013

The role of Bester was really different then playing Checkov on Star Trek.

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

4. He was great in that role.

Reply to avebury (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 03:37 PM

Sep 2013

Very evil, and very comfortable with himself being evil. Really well acted (IMO).

avebury

(11,197 posts)

6. And yet the story of his wife somewhat

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 04:24 PM

Sep 2013

humanized the character of Bester and showed that the character was a little more multidimensional.

Salviati

(6,059 posts)

5. Indeed, Bester was one of my favorite characters on that show...

Reply to avebury (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 04:07 PM

Sep 2013

...right up there with Garabaldi and Ivonova.

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