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Want to watch a film starring the actors who played the following #StarTrek characters?

as well as #AnnikaPeterson, #AlexisThorpe, #EllenCrawford and #WilliamKatt?

Then here's my periodic reminder that #TheManFromEarth exists and is proof you don't need a big budget and a lot of sets to make a brilliant film.
Just a great story (in this case a screenplay by #JeromyBixby, who also penned several #STTOS episodes) and good actors who can portray that story.

You can watch it on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX2RuZm-Fk

#TonyTodd #JohnBillingsley #RichardRiehle #DavidLeeSmith #ManFromEarth #FiXatoRecommends #FilmsFiXatoWatches

Tony Todd

Tony Todd (4 December 1954–6 November 2024; age 69) was the actor who portrayed Worf's brother Kurn in four episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and the video games Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard and Star Trek Online. He also portrayed different characters in episodes of DS9 and Star Trek: Voyager. He had auditioned six times for various roles on The Next Generation (including Leyor in "The Price" [1]) before winning the role of...

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Show threadFiXatoJun 30, 2024

Do you prefer this ending, which clearly indicates that #JohnOldman is indeed a man who has lived for over fourteen thousand years, or would you have preferred it ended sooner, leaving the final question to the imagination of the audience, letting us wonder if he just put together a story based on references put forth by his colleagues, or if he is a #caveman, or merely that he believes he is one?

#TheManFromEarth

Show threadAntoliusJun 30, 2024

@FiXato Love that film!

And now what you've mentioned it, I might like a more ambiguous ending. On the other hand, knowing for sure kinda cements the entire story. The point is in us as the audience slowly accepting the premise alongside the characters. Leaving doubt along the way might weaken that impression.

But yeah, great film. Tnx for reminding me of it!

Show threadFiXatoJun 30, 2024
@antolius I loved the "end of the ride" part though. It's rare that as part of the audience you feel in the same position as the characters in the film, that you aren't sure you have just been played, or if he's just doing a double ruse to limit the emotional damage of his friends, and reduce the risk of being committed by Will.
The revelation that Will was his son certainly was an unexpected one for me the first time, though on this rewatch I could see some foreshadowing of it, like Will mentioning he never really knew his father, and John's concern for Will. Though I'm still not sure when John realised Will was his son; if it was just at the end, around the same time that Will realised, or long before, while meeting his as his colleague.
Show threadAntoliusJul 1, 2024
@FiXato I always thought he knew from before. I don't remember what that is based on, though.
Show threadIvan HabunekJun 30, 2024
@FiXato That ending almost ruined the whole film for me. If it ended 5 minutes earlier it would have been a great movie. Not everything needs to be explained.