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I'll always remember him asking to see the US nuclear wessels during the cold war in Star Trek 4.

https://x.com/THR/status/2114757489703129091

And then there where only 2 of the OS crew.

Lordroel wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 5:37 pm And then there where only 2 of the OS crew.

...And seeing how the two are Shatner and Takei....

Mike

And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:27 pm And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

A complete 180 of the friendly ensign on the OS.

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:27 pm And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

That was masterful. He played a villain supremely well!

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:27 pm And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

Epic diabolical villain we all love to hate.

He made a good villain because he wasn't played as a villain, he was a man who believed in what he was doing, that it was right. He was smug and superior, but he thought he was on the right side of the story.

Thats what made him so good as a villain, the fact he didn't see himself as villainous. And Koenig played that perfectly.

Hopefully you've read some SF by the other Alfred Bester.

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:27 pm And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

For me, he's more remembered by that. I've watched Star Trek since I was a kid, but never was fanatic about it, and it didn't make as much of an impression to me as Babylon 5 did.

He was excellent on ST, but absolutely f-terrifying on B5.
Played latter straight as a laser, over-qualified for my Convention's Sanku 'Prayer for Fanatics':
"May the next die harmlessly, also."

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 11:33 am He was excellent on ST, but absolutely f-terrifying on B5.
Played latter straight as a laser, over-qualified for my Convention's Sanku 'Prayer for Fanatics':
"May the next die harmlessly, also."

Be interesting to have had him and Elim Garak have a conversation over a cup of tea.........

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 2:41 pm

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 11:33 am He was excellent on ST, but absolutely f-terrifying on B5.
Played latter straight as a laser, over-qualified for my Convention's Sanku 'Prayer for Fanatics':
"May the next die harmlessly, also."

Be interesting to have had him and Elim Garak have a conversation over a cup of tea.........

That would have been awesome!

Hopefully there’s an AI of that in work somewhere…

Both Bester and Garak understood the value of being polite and (Sometimes faux) respectful, They were smart enough to be charming and polite when it helped their cause...

Nathan45 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 5:01 pm Both Bester and Garak understood the value of being polite and (Sometimes faux) respectful, They were smart enough to be charming and polite when it helped their cause...

Over at https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/ ... t-26930807, the post is Bester and Garak having tea.

I'm not sure what the rules are for posting AI generated by someone else at another forum so, I'm post the link. Mods, if this is wrong way, deleted it and let me know.

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2026 6:27 pm And then there is his portrayal of Bester in Babylon 5......

Scrolled my way through a few 'best bits' of Koenig on B5 and feeling the gentlest twitches to do a rewatch.
Not sure what Mrs Fox will say about that, from whom certain elements of my life (B5 included) are a lightly guarded secret...

Seen on x