The original post: /r/television by /u/precita on 2024-12-01 21:17:01.
I am halfway into Season 2 now (I know Season 1 is considered the low point of the show), but there’s just something “off” about the acting and I mean this for virtually every character, besides maybe the ones playing the aliens. I know it’s a early 90’s show, but compared to TNG and DS9 which were airing at the same time I don’t like the performances.
Every person on this show has this weird “overacting” with their expressions, it’s hard for me to describe, but it’s stuff you would see on old 80’s/90’s soap operas. Like you see one character say something, and the other constantly moves their eyebrows up and down and makes these huge gaping expressions with their mouths or when they’re smiling. There’s also weird cuts with the camera when it shifts from person to person (as well as during the action/fight scenes), that feels awkward to me. Also when the blonde psychic woman is sensing something that frightens her/scares her reactions and acting is so poorly done.
I don’t know, I’ve watched Star Trek all my life and even in the worst episodes of Trek, the main cast still gave good performances.