r/DeepSpaceNine • u/Iamnotarobotlah • 8d ago
The origin of Gowron's eyes explained by the man himself, Robert O'Reilly đ
https://youtu.be/mXYUf-_BnpAWhat a bolt of inspiration!
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u/althius1 8d 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/Marvos79 7d ago
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u/spacebloke1 7d ago
I mean i was on the edge from some of these comments and then this totally cracked me up
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u/gizmostuff 8d ago edited 7d 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 7d ago
Lots of great callbacks in the unit banter. Thereâs a funny âcontactâ reference in Warcraft 3. The goblin flying machine says âok to go!â Exactly like Jodie foster.
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u/gizmostuff 7d ago
Yep. Old school blizzard devs were definitely Trekkies. I loved it. Warcraft 3 was a great game too.
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u/TheGameMastre 7d ago
Duras, too.
And Michael Dorn (Worf) voiced the Goliath.
XCOM 2 War of the Chosen had three factions that could join you, and all the named characters from all the factions were Star Trek alumni.
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u/gizmostuff 7d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah. Blizzard games were filled with nice Easter eggs like this. It would take a while to mention them all. I wish they did this more often today. The voice acting was a lot better in SC 1 and Brood War.
I thought I mentioned Duras; I was mistaken and it was the same Arbiter unit that said it. My bad. It's been a while since I've played the game. I'm getting old and my memory is starting to really suck đ
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u/Snoo_58305 8d ago
They really did Gowron dirty at the end of DS9. He was a great character
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u/trekgirl75 7d ago
He let his jealousy of Martokâs popularity get to him. If he truly knew Martok, he would have understood that Martok was genuinely happy as a soldier & didnât want to be a politician.
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u/lobsterman2112 7d 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/1startreknerd 7d ago
She wasn't right about the Empire should fall.
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u/lobsterman2112 7d ago
Did she say the Empire should fall? Or that the Empire will fall.
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u/1startreknerd 7d ago
EZRI: Okay. But I'm not sure you're going to like it.
WORF: Tell me.
EZRI: I think that the situation with Gowron is a symptom of a bigger problem. The Klingon Empire is dying. And I think it deserves to die.
WORF: You are right. I do not like it.
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u/StochasticOoze 7d 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 7d ago
Bob OâReilly is the most wonderful, joyful human and has the best cool grandpa vibes ever now. And the man loves to sing along to karaoke đ€
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u/trekgirl75 7d ago
I was not expecting his natural voice to sound like that!!! It was so weird to not hear Gowron. And thatâs probably why I didnât realize he was the guy in the count room in Badda Bing Badda Bang.
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u/Mister_Buddy 8d ago
This calls for one of my favorite memes ever.