www_prowrestlingdaily_com:
Tim, what are your thoughts about the new Enterprise series?
emusic_guest: Well, I'm curious as to what people thought about the new
series.
emusic_guest: It's consistent with what they've donein the past
emusic_guest: Withing the Trek franchise/evelope.
emusic_guest: They didn't make it different from the others, so far.
emusic_guest: The concept really alows a great deal of freedom in the
storytelling realm.
emusic_guest: And also opportunity for the characters to be even bolder
and some cases make even more explorations.
emusic_guest: The exploration is more "pure," as they're right
at the beginning.
emusic_guest: It's ideal for a brand new series.
www_prowrestlingdaily_com:
Tim, in your opinion, what were the differences & similarities between
Voyager, Deep Space 9,The Next Generation, Enterprise & the original series?
emusic_guest: That's a big question!
emusic_guest: I'll try to do something brief.
emusic_guest: TOS: took place in the Federation and introduced us to that
world.
emusic_guest: Next Gen: Went beyond the world of the Federation and also
charted unexplored phenomenon/space.
emusic_guest: DS9: Darker, edgier, and allowed us to explore a different
quadrant of the galaxy--the wormhole.
emusic_guest: Voyager: Completely different in that we, as only one ship,
were not tethered to the Federation.
emusic_guest: And it allowed us to explore yet another quaderant of the
galaxy.
emusic_guest: But tells the story from before the Federation existed.
emusic_guest: These are four very distinct shows.
www_prowrestlingdaily_com:
Tim, were you a Star Trek fan before you became a cast member? If so, what is
your favorite series?
emusic_guest: Hmm...favorite shows...?
emusic_guest: I watched the original series from time to time.
emusic_guest: It was in syndication, of course.
emusic_guest: I don't really have a favorite episode I can think of.
emusic_guest: They're all very different, each one with a different
message.
emusic_guest:
In a scene we're supposed to just react to something that's happening.
emusic_guest: It's the "pan far" episode, with the doctor.
emusic_guest: I jumped into the scene while he was doing his reaction.
emusic_guest: I grabbed him and pretended to have sex with him, right
there on the camera!
emusic_guest: Very unVulcanlike.
emusic_guest: Broke everyone up for about 10 minutes.
emusic_guest: (laughs)
intoxicated_psycho_chick:
Are those all-in-one uniforms comfortable?
emusic_guest: No.
emusic_guest: They are not.
emusic_guest: If I could get out ofmine, I did.
emusic_guest: Others had no problem with them, I did.
emusic_guest: Could have been worse, but I did not like them at all.
prehensile_plant:
Do you have any tips for Jolene Blalock, who plays T'Pol, the latest Star
Trek actor to wear the Vulcan ears?
emusic_guest: The only tip I'd have had was to watch the prior shows and
other Vulcan characters.
emusic_guest: There are at least by now three or four of us that are main
characters. And a female on the feature film.
emusic_guest: It *is* beholden to the writers to some degree, of course.
emusic_guest: And sometimes they will push the envelope with character
behavior.
rchs_stu:
After the show offically ended did everyone get to take their fav items home
ex: pieces of the set, costumes, etc.
emusic_guest: Oh yeah.
emusic_guest: We got little pieces on the way out, sure, absolutely.
emusic_guest: Piles of trash everywhere.
emusic_guest: Everyone grabbed a little something.
emusic_guest: The console.
emusic_guest: Sick bay.
emusic_guest: We all got a little piece of the ship.
thinkaboutgod:
are you looking for more work within the Trek venue or are you looking for a
different kind of subject matter?
emusic_guest: I'm looking to write or produce my own projects.
emusic_guest: That's my goal right now, for the next year.
emusic_guest: Whatever level it may be.
emusic_guest: Do my own projects.
emusic_guest:
Sci-Fi Western
emusic_guest: Robots Untouchables
emusic_guest: Working on those right now with other people.
emusic_guest: They're coming along very well!
emusic_guest: We are just right now presenting them to the networks and
syndication stations.
tigga77de:
Tim, will you be in Bonn/Germany next year again? We all just *loved* your
concert last year :-)
emusic_guest: I loved playing that concert! Fantastic.
emusic_guest: One of the best ones I've done.
emusic_guest: I have not been invited (as of yet) to Bonn.
emusic_guest: I've been there two or three times.
emusic_guest: So there's a good chance I won't be there next year.
emusic_guest: Having done it three times already...
emusic_guest: Hopefully the next couple of years I'll be back in there.
shade0357:
In the game StarTrek Voyager:Elite Force what was your involvement with Raven
Software when you were doing the voices for them? Also have you gotten a chance
to play the game yet, and what do you think about it and the portrail of you?
emusic_guest: I had involvement with the game Elite Force...I think...
emusic_guest: My primary input was the character voice.
emusic_guest: I had nothing to do with the story.
emusic_guest: The game itself is amazing.
emusic_guest: That game sold a staggering amount of units.
emusic_guest: All around the world!
emusic_guest: It's just amazing. I think it looks great.
emusic_guest: Lot of fun to watch your character portrayed in this game
in animated form.
emusic_guest: And to play it with your own hands--very bizzaire.
emusic_guest: It's cool, it's very cool.
asailorboyuk:
Does everyone look really different without their masks and makeup on?
emusic_guest: Definitely Ethan Philips.
emusic_guest: You'd not recognize him.
emusic_guest: Roxanne's you'd not recognize.
emusic_guest: Amazing enough, Kate Mulgrew isn't as easily identifiable
out of costume.
emusic_guest: She tells me she doesn't get recognized as much as you
might think.
emusic_guest: I've no idea about the public.
emusic_guest: Roxanne Dawson and Ethan Phillips are the big ones.
emusic_guest:
There were quite a few guests, I might add.
emusic_guest: Given the fact that it was a big show itself.
emusic_guest: It had a few organizational problems,
emusic_guest: which is to be expected when you have that many guests,
each with their own demands.
emusic_guest: Ultimately went off when it was supposed to
emusic_guest: And we played a concert there, it was very good.
emusic_guest: Fabulous, I was quite happy with it.
emusic_guest: 45 guests were there, after all!
emusic_guest: That's a huge,huge show.
emusic_guest: Coordinating that must have been hard.
gizmoabby10:
What's your take on the Sept. 11 attack and the US response and how we do you
htink it will affect the Universe of Star Trek?
emusic_guest: I'll bet you you'll end up seeing the latest stories within
the ST episodes dealing with it.
emusic_guest: The history of Star Trek has always been to hold up a
mirror to our society.
emusic_guest: There's definitely going to be some kind of episode about
this.
emusic_guest: As far as the actual events...
emusic_guest: It was a major wake-up call, a rather rude introduction to
the new century,
emusic_guest: And I think the beginning of a change of lifestyle for all
of us.
emusic_guest: We will be looking over our shoulders for some years to
come.
emusic_guest: That will be the new conflict for us--for us something very
new.
emusic_guest: And I think that it's a very difficult, complicated,
long-term problem they are going to have to solve.
emusic_guest: And I have to agree with the fact that we have to go on
doing what we have been doing with our lives,
emusic_guest: Just as civilian populations of prior wars have tried to
do.
emusic_guest: You have to be strong and you have to move on.
emusic_guest: And with any luck at all,
emusic_guest: Within a certain amount of time, this will pass.
emusic_guest:
Outside of that, just like working with anyone else.
emusic_guest: Very pleasant.
emusic_guest: Sense of humor.
emusic_guest: Almost always had her dialog down.
emusic_guest: Very good.
gizmoabby10:
Where can you find your new album? I heard it will be available on EMusic.
emusic_guest: As far as I know Kushan Gaza, African for the word
"amazing," will be available through EMusic.
emusic_guest: Here's the URL: www.emusic.com/albums/29730/
laura_the_street:
Will you be in the next StarTrek movie-- Nemesis?
emusic_guest: No, not as of today.
emusic_guest: But that film hasn't started shooting yet,
emusic_guest: So that could change.
emusic_guest: Depending upon what the story is, there's a possibility to
do a cameo.
emusic_guest: It's entirely up to the producers and their whim.
emusic_guest: They'll probably bring in at least one or two from the
show.
emusic_guest: Because they probably can and it's fun!
emusic_guest: It takes place when I'm around (Tuvak, the character),
since we returned home, I'm around.
emusic_guest: It's possible I could be myself there.
emusic_guest:
It's letting individuals get their music out there, without dealing with an
expensive record label.
emusic_guest: As far as an artist who's material has been produced at
theirn own cost, I think it...
emusic_guest: I think it's important to work in a "failsafe" so
the artist is worked in.
emusic_guest: EMusic does that, of course.
emusic_host: we're getting read to wrap things up with Tom, final
questions!
emusic_guest: It's important that music be an open forum, but
compensation is how music is made.
emusic_guest: From a comercial standpoint, there are middle grounds, like
EMusic's subscription service, as I understand it.
uranium_glow:
Tim do you miss not wearing the ears?
emusic_guest: Nope.
emusic_guest: I did it for seven years, those ears.
emusic_guest: It's time for all of us to move on, from those ears.
emusic_guest: From a business standpoint, it was a very lucrative job,
from a creative standpoint it was somewhat sifling.
emusic_guest: We have to deal with the writers, and you have to be
consistent with the character, soyou're stuck doing the same thing...
emusic_guest: For a long long peroid of time.
emusic_guest: It's hard to do things outside the show,
emusic_guest: Because you're under obligation.
emusic_guest:
He's very frank and direct with how he feels,
emusic_guest: And I think he was ready to move on to other things.