Comments on: Poe's "Raven," performed by Star Trek's Q http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 04:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JackThompson http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-923920 JackThompson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923920 Headlines like this really bug me - it's like saying "I saw Captain Picard starring in Macbeth!" Really should respect the actor over the roll. That being said, I'd listen to John de Lancie read the phone book. Headlines like this really bug me – it’s like saying “I saw Captain Picard starring in Macbeth!” Really should respect the actor over the roll.

That being said, I’d listen to John de Lancie read the phone book.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-923927 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923927 The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror" version is my fav. The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” version is my fav.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-923933 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923933 Christopher Walken's version on the "Closed On Account of Rabies" album is also excellent. Christopher Walken’s version on the “Closed On Account of Rabies” album is also excellent.

]]> By: bottyguy http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-923936 bottyguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923936 I really prefer the Simpson's version, it really tell the story, and I like they way they combine James Earl Jones and Homer reading it: http://www.fanpop.com/spots/halloween/videos/2450364/title/simpsons-version-poes-raven I really prefer the Simpson’s version, it really tell the story, and I like they way they combine James Earl Jones and Homer reading it:

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/halloween/videos/2450364/title/simpsons-version-poes-raven

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-923957 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923957 Q. should get his own Star Trek movie. Q. should get his own Star Trek movie.

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924001 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924001 About the only star trek episode with Q that was watchable was when he first stopped by DS9, and Sisko punched him. About the only star trek episode with Q that was watchable was when he first stopped by DS9, and Sisko punched him.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924267 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924267 The Raven doesn't just have to be a cold reading, it makes for a hell of a short film, if I do sa so myself! http://vimeo.com/15996012 The Raven doesn’t just have to be a cold reading, it makes for a hell of a short film, if I do sa so myself!

http://vimeo.com/15996012

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924015 Roy Trumbull Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924015 The version I have was done when Lord Buckley was being interviewed by Pat Henry who was the owner of KJAZ, Alameda. Buckley gets into it and Pat Henry is laughing in the background. In Lord Buckley parlance the raven was the bug bird. Then there was the speech of Brutus over the body of Caesar. "Hipsters, flipsters, and finger popping daddies knock me your lobes I come to lay Caesar out; not to hip you to him The bad jazz a cat blows wails long after he's cut out The groovie is oft interred with his stash So don't put Caesar down." The version I have was done when Lord Buckley was being interviewed by Pat Henry who was the owner of KJAZ, Alameda. Buckley gets into it and Pat Henry is laughing in the background. In Lord Buckley parlance the raven was the bug bird.
Then there was the speech of Brutus over the body of Caesar.
“Hipsters, flipsters, and finger popping daddies
knock me your lobes
I come to lay Caesar out; not to hip you to him
The bad jazz a cat blows wails long after he’s cut out
The groovie is oft interred with his stash
So don’t put Caesar down.”

]]> By: FnordX http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924276 FnordX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924276 I see your John de Lancie and raise you one William Burroughs reading Annabel Lee: http://vimeo.com/2651548 I see your John de Lancie and raise you one William Burroughs reading Annabel Lee: http://vimeo.com/2651548

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924285 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924285 Get 'em ! Get ‘em !

]]> By: JackThompson http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924051 JackThompson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924051 First and only time. Q made a singular appearance on DS9 early on, got decked by Sisko, and never went back. First and only time. Q made a singular appearance on DS9 early on, got decked by Sisko, and never went back.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924339 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924339 Yes he was on Star Trek, however I remember him when he was a regular on Days of Our Lives. Yes he was on Star Trek, however I remember him when he was a regular on Days of Our Lives.

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924085 Tynam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924085 Which just goes to show how much of a doormat Picard was, really. But JackThompson is right. I think the audience should damn well be expected to know the difference between the actor and their most famous (rarely 'best') role. John de Lancie especially, because damn, he rocks. Which just goes to show how much of a doormat Picard was, really.

But JackThompson is right. I think the audience should damn well be expected to know the difference between the actor and their most famous (rarely ‘best’) role. John de Lancie especially, because damn, he rocks.

]]> By: princeminski http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924633 princeminski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924633 "Role." Unless you're talking about something completely different. “Role.” Unless you’re talking about something completely different.

]]> By: S2 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924122 S2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924122 LOL! From the Words-you-never-expected-to-see-in-series dept: "JackThompson is right." Poetry is a spectator sport; almost always better to hear it than to read it. "Almost" because I suddenly had visions of Diane Rehm or Ruby Rhod trying to pull this off. (With apologies to JackThompson for not giving Chris Tucker his due ;-) LOL! From the Words-you-never-expected-to-see-in-series dept: “JackThompson is right.”

Poetry is a spectator sport; almost always better to hear it than to read it. “Almost” because I suddenly had visions of Diane Rehm or Ruby Rhod trying to pull this off. (With apologies to JackThompson for not giving Chris Tucker his due ;-)

]]> By: Drhaggis http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924131 Drhaggis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924131 I have to say, that's so Raven. I have to say, that’s so Raven.

]]> By: Richard Thames http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924397 Richard Thames Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924397 Q is one of those unfortunate but amusing roles that transcends the universe it's originally from. My coworkers and I were just talking about how it's hilarious to see John de Lancie appear in other series or films and still think of him as Q messing with humanity. Q is one of those unfortunate but amusing roles that transcends the universe it’s originally from. My coworkers and I were just talking about how it’s hilarious to see John de Lancie appear in other series or films and still think of him as Q messing with humanity.

]]> By: CANTFIGHTTHEDITE http://boingboing.net/2010/10/29/poes-raven-performed.html#comment-924146 CANTFIGHTTHEDITE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924146 Ditto, the Simpsons interpretation of the poem in terms of their own universe was brilliant. My fav, by far. Ditto, the Simpsons interpretation of the poem in terms of their own universe was brilliant. My fav, by far.

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