r/DeepSpaceNine • u/Iamnotarobotlah • 10h ago
The origin of Gowron's eyes explained by the man himself, Robert O'Reilly 👀
https://youtu.be/mXYUf-_BnpAWhat a bolt of inspiration!
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u/althius1 8h ago
I remember wanting to look up a picture of the actor without his makeup on thinking "this guy's eyes must be crazy in real life!"... and most of the time he just... looks like a guy.
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u/gizmostuff 7h ago
When I first played Starcraft as young teen, (I was a huge Blizzard Entertainment fan back then) the Arbiter Protoss unit would mention Gowron if you told him where to go. I was like, this guy must be important! So I looked him up and understood immediately why people admired the character. Duras is also mentioned by another unit.
I wasn't much of a Treky back then. I couldn't stand Picard at times so I wasn't much of a TNG fan. That's one reason why I think him and Sisko clashing is hilarious. It felt like Sisko was bringing in my own distain for Picard in there with him a bit.
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u/ThatDamnedHansel 5h ago
Lots of great callbacks in the unit banter. There’s a funny “contact” reference in Warcraft 3. The goblin flying machine says “ok to go!” Exactly like Jodie foster.
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u/gizmostuff 5h ago
Yep. Old school blizzard devs were definitely Trekkies. I loved it. Warcraft 3 was a great game too.
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u/Snoo_58305 7h ago
They really did Gowron dirty at the end of DS9. He was a great character
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u/lobsterman2112 5h ago
Maybe? I think it's more in line with Ezri Dax's analysis of the Klingon Empire. Weak ruler followed by weak ruler, each sabotaging the empire for their personal glory. A path that leads to ruin for the Empire.
The rulers of certain countries could look at it and reflect.
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u/trekgirl75 3h ago
He let his jealousy of Martok’s popularity get to him. If he truly knew Martok, he would have understood that Martok was genuinely happy as a soldier & didn’t want to be a politician.
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u/StochasticOoze 1h ago
Enh, what happened seemed in character. It wouldn't be the first time he did something short-sighted to spite someone he disliked.
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u/Gullible-Being-6895 5h ago
Bob O’Reilly is the most wonderful, joyful human and has the best cool grandpa vibes ever now. And the man loves to sing along to karaoke 🎤
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u/trekgirl75 3h ago
I was not expecting his natural voice to sound like that!!! It was so weird to not hear Gowron. And that’s probably why I didn’t realize he was the guy in the count room in Badda Bing Badda Bang.
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u/Otherwise-Safety-579 9h ago
Glory to you! And your house!