Yaphet Kotto turned down the role of Jean-Luc Picard

[FGD135]

He also once punched a polar bear.

[anon61221983]

You mean those 2 gifs? Yes, it’s both JRM, just one is not a very good gif and makes him look older…

@FGD135

He also once punched a polar bear.

I thought that was one of the Mighty Boosh guys?

[FGD135]

[FGD135]

[anon61221983]

Could be both…

[Mister44]

Hrm, I dunno if what I said constitutes spoilers, but I hid it anyway.

Yes, Community is a Gem. I came to it too late, but binged it all eventually

Eagle eyed viewers will spot Scud The Disposable Assassin in the courtroom during the GI Joe episode. OMG that one was so good. (Rob Schrab, Scud’s creator, directed that episode IIRC.)

@akbar5656

The doctor doesn’t like guns. So no cannon to throw out.

I mean, some time he did.

Doctor Who: a complete list of the times the Doctor has used a gun

[SheiffFatman]

@bluehenbear

Gurney Halleck

Lord Leondegrance:

“If a boy has been chosen, a boy shall be King!”

@Mister44

Did I ever tell you guys my idea of a Doctor Who parody? He’s “The Janitor” and he “cleans up messes”.

[anon73430903]

@RandomDude

Seems like a dude who’d play a great Henry thd 8th.

He was Richard IV in Blackadder

The Black Adder — The Yellow Wobbly Parts

Also

War of the Roses: Kingmaker trailer

War of the Roses: Brian Blessed DLC

Sadly the game servers have closed, so no one can hear the Brian Blessed VO anymore

[anon61221983]

He’s so great in Black Adder…

Also, there was a War of the Roses video game? That’s amazing!

[smulder]

@RandomDude

I don’t know who Brian Blessed is, but damn- what a magnificent beard and personality!

If they’d gotten Blessed to shave his head he would have been a great alternate-universe Picard

In real life he sounds more like Picard than Stewart does, and he goes on and on about space travel and how everybody has to go to Mars

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 8, Space Tourism

[FGD135]

[prooftheory]

Wouldn’t Lance Reddick be great in Star Trek, in almost any role?

[semiotix]

He’s not just a member of the Hair Club for Men—he’s also its Captain.

[Brainspore]

@euansmith

looking like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now, but with less flattering lighting

[Brainspore]

@anon61221983

Also, there was a War of the Roses video game?

[SteveT]

Makes me think of a certain Zachary Smith from an entirely different spaceship

[SteveT]

@anon61221983

He wasn’t bad, though. I think he just didn’t get as good writing as he could of.

Sadly that’s how I’ve been feeling about Doctor Who since David Tennant finished - I like their casting but…

@anon61221983

But fuck yeah, Dawn French as the Doctor! I’d watch a show with Lenny Henry, too!

Hell yeah. Joanna Lumley was awesome, but I think Dawn French could have been really true to the spirit of the show.

[Immutable_Mike]

And the Dalai Lama (allegedly).

[RandomDude]

Finally looked up-

Brian Blessed is a totally different actor than this John Rhys-Meyers fellow, who played Henry Tudor.

Musta been some confusion with what you thought I said. All good.

@FGD135

He also once punched a polar bear.

Oh! His facial reactions and voice, priceless, he reminds me of John Rhys-Davies, except more gregarious, goofier, but with the same gentle madness.

Oh those two together would be an incredible show or sitcom, fantastic both in theatre.

Any man that can punch a polar bear in the face as defense is just awesome

[anon61221983]

@RandomDude

Brian Blessed is a totally different actor than this John Rhys-Meyers fellow, who played Henry Tudor.

Ah! Sorry, yes! I missed you’re meaning. I was trying to find a mad Henry Tudor gif since you said that Brian Blessed should play him and not JRM!

@RandomDude

Musta been some confusion with what you thought I said.

The hazards of online confabs!