It is difficult to understand.... This is from an FMV game that released in the 90s called 'Star Trek: Klingon'... You can check out my full playthrough livestream through this link: • March 2020 Edutainment...
@@chrisphilhower6029 Yes, in this scene. But I wonder how he would look like when he encounters a Pakled patchwork ship. Well, sadly he can't meet them anymore.
@@raven4k998Straight up Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner vibes lmao That "Get a load of this guy huh?" Look to the camera, the outright goofy dialogue, all it was missing was the comedic music.
would you believe, a guy in work was supposed to come in for an investigation meeting but phoned up and said he couldn't come. I didn't accept his reason for not coming and he was getting irate and eventually said he was coming in to tell me to his face why he couldn't come in for the meeting. True story
Bugs Bunny:"Duck season"! Daffy Duck:"Rabbit season"! Bugs Bunny:"Duck season"! Daffy Duck:"Rabbit season"! Then, they both stop, and look at Elmer Fudd, and say, in unison: "Elmer season"! In this case, though, Gowron must be thinking: "Pakled season"!!! Mwahahahahaha!!! This Pakled looks to be seriously stupid...and ugly, too.
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He still shows up at conventions (well, when we weren't shut down thanks to a world crippling pandemic), I think sometimes even in costume and make up. He and JG Hertzler (Gen Martok, and a ton of one shot characters) have some genuine love for their characters, and playing as them
It's a well-established and time-honored theatric technique called "breaking the fourth wall," dating back to Shakespearean times and the Globe Theater, and perhaps even back before then, as the ancient Greeks loved the theater also. It's an imaginary "wall" between the actors and the audience. Usually all the action takes place on the stage between the characters playing out the story (this applies to movies also) and the audience are merely spectators. It makes for a rare and special interaction when the actor turns from the three walls of the set and "breaks the fourth wall" to address the audience directly, in a way bringing them in on the "gag" and turning them from spectators into participants. Done well, it can create a strong bond between character and audience, and that is the pinnacle of success for an actor.
I like how instead of just using usual Klingon intimidation tactics and threats, Gowron instantly reads the situation and comes up with a clever mind game to trick the Pakled into doing what he wants.
Remembering how Picard and the Enterprise-D had trouble getting through to the Pakleds in their episode, it shows that Gowron not only had previous dealings with these space-morons, but knows damn well which buttons to press with them to get what he wants. Clever.
"You mean Riker. We never saw Picard trying to deal with the Pakled. In fact, Picard wasn't even onboard at the time; he had left to go get a medical procedure done before all that happened." -That Guy
@@ServantOfOdin Yeah, they weren't just freaking out over getting Geordi back for the obvious reasons, but also at the end because Picard's surgery wasn't going well and they specifically needed Dr. Pulaski to go save the day since there was nobody else nearby who could do it for some reason. Our first episode with the Pakled and they weren't even the dumbest part of it.
The biggest criticism of Gowron was that he was a politician, not a Warrior. You'd have to be 11/10 charisma to survive as Chancellor like he did, without someone besides Word gutting him.
I will always appreciate how Gowron admired Quarks courage against Degor. Even though Quark knew he didn’t stand a chance, he was willing to die to deny Degor the honor of killing him in battle. Knowing his death would have proved Degor’s true colors. So I was glad Gowron stepped in and stopped it.”A courageous Farengi who would have thought” One of the best episodes with a Farengi in it.
Gowron may not be a klingon we are used to see on screen: he is much more hesitant than any klingon we saw on screen and is prone to schemes and machinations but he is most deffinately not a fool.
I couldn't agree more. To add to it, I always loved how general Martok respected the fuck out of Nog for standing his ground as a cadet and telling him and his men off for loitering on the promenade. "Are you brave or just stupid?" "A little bit of both!" Gets me everytime haha
@@TesseractE As a law student, it horrifies me that there is an actual chance of running into a lawyer this stupid. A tiny chance, but fools like me run on hope.
When I watch this again, I’m just bemused at how they cranked the “stupid” knob on this Pakled to 11. “I won’t board your ship and I won’t explain why.” “But I don’t understand: can you board out ship and explain?” “Okay, I’ll board your ship to explain to you why I won’t board your ship.”
I'd say one of the other good moments of Klingons just having a good time was way back during the episode of TNG where Riker served on the Pagh. But it's almost the ENTIRETY of this game. XD One of my other favorites was this not entirely subtle reference to Worf's Mom: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4vekUH0O04Y.html
God you can just tell Robert O'Reily is having an absolute blast playing gowron in this,. And that mel brooks camera stare 1:13 to the audience had me laughing my ass off. This is great. I wish he could have shown this side of gowron in TNG and DS9.
@@TesseractE when I saw an episode of "In the Heat of the Night", I knew that it was Robert O'Reilly by the eyes, and he sounded like Gowron with a Cajun accent (he was playing a New Orleans mobster). In that episode, Caroll O'connor's character Chief Gillespie knocked him on his ass for beating up his (the Chief's) daughter. O'Reilly said he wouldn't have done that if those cops weren't there. O'Connor said "if they weren't there, I'd have shot you."
Gowron can say more with his eyes then most people can with their mouths. Unfortunately 99% of what he's saying is "I'm gonna turn your skin into a suit".
Just imagine a sitcom starring Gowron and him having to "negotiate" with other species and host dinners for starfleet admirals and captains and deal with Ferengi con artists and stuff
@@TesseractE admit it you are like the second klingon who gets his hands on the bowl of gagh ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R3vF9LXZePE.html
@@TesseractE they all had a lot of fun making the game, the Klingon actors would often go to the food craft services in full costume and makeup and stay in character just for the hell of it, including Robert O'Reilly as Gowron.. with Johnathan Frakes following afterwards and apologizing profusely. 🤣
+Damien Green Sorta. The whole game is designed to be like you're playing a role in a holodeck program, so characters routinely address the camera. Sometimes Gowron can get so pissed if you screw up he starts throttling the camera.
He was also noted as being incredibly tenacious which did made him dangerious in combat too. To be fair he wasn't bad at stratergy either, it was just his seeing Martok as a threat to his rule that caused the poor strategic decisions at his end, and that was deliberate to disgrace Martok & not bad stratergy on his part. His only mistake was forgetting Worf existed & he didn't give a shit about his own future in the empire. He was the one Klingon who really could get away with murdering him.
@@HereticDuo Not to mention smart in combat. As for military strategy, Gowron could likely propose general ideas like "We must strike in this area of the enemy's territory" and leave the details to the generals like Martok and let them figure out precisely how to carry out his orders. As for discrediting Martok, it wasn't needed. If Gowron was worried that Martok sought to take his place as Chancellor, he could've kept him on a short leash and have his agents keep a close eye on him.
"We look for things to make us go." Gowron, "Then you must try the mighty warriors drink that Commander Worf has introduced to the Klingon Empire...prune juice."
I remember am interview Robert O'Reilly did where he described Gowron as "nuts". The way he prances across the bridge and yells "On Screeeeen" at the screen for no apparent reason is hilarious.
Yeah, Gowron went off the deep end thanks to the Martok Changeling who made him attack the Cardassians, break off the alliance with the Federation and then go to war with the Federation.
Gowron was one of the funniest characters, and deserved more story arcs to involve him. A very interesting individual, he gave dimension (or, dare I say, humanity) to the Klingon people. He is the essence of bluster, yet he actually survives by being wily.
The problem was that the writers relied too heavily on Worf as the gateway character into Klingon centered episodes. Nothing against Worf, but if you make every Klingon episode about him then it starts to get really samey.
@@JonathanRodd Martok was so much better at being Klingon than Worf was, and I'm glad he took Worf the Wi'a'bU under his wings to show him what it was REALLY all about.
@@TesseractE In Worf's defense, his failure at being a true Klingon was kind of the point of his character. He obsessed over knowing as much about Klingon customs and history (more so than the average Klingon) because he was forced to grow up and live among humans and that knowledge helped him feel closer to his people. But whenever he tries to put that knowledge into practice among other Klingons, he stands out like a sore thumb.
@@Kromaatikse either that or Klingon society is like a predatory pack, the leader must constantly remind the others of his authority even if it’s to show aggression ritualistically.
That was the most aggressive ordering of "On screen" by a starship captain I have ever heard. Bridge crew member: "We're being hailed" Gowron: (Growling very loudly) "OOON SCREEEEEEN!!!!!" As if he had been ordering 'on screen' several times and got no response. 🤣
I like how Gowron verbally treated him like an complete idiot. In 0:16. You can hear Gowron trying not to instantly burst out laughing in the background and before dealing with him in 0:28.
Martok would've had trouble keeping a straight face and he would've reacted much worse, probably laughing at him. Gowron did a great job keeping a straight face dealing with the Pak'led.
Despite being Klingon, Gawron was definitely more of a peace-time leader. He excelled in diplomacy. Martok was a war-time leader. Tactics and strategy were his bread and butter.
@@lycanmotionsYou made me remember that episode of Lower Decks in which a Klingon rogue Captain is selling weapons to the Pakleds and he keeps facepalming due to their ideas.
My god I'd forgotten Robert O'Reilly's genius playing Gowron. The look at the camera at 1:15 was perfect. Sums up everything that was great about him and that character.
Gowron has got to be one of my favorite enduring characters just for his complexities. He's a trickster, he's a warrior, he's honorable, he's ambitious and none of it feels contradictory, and it ended fittingly for him when his pride and overconfidence became his undoing. It was all just a natural progression of him emphasizing different notes.
They should have done an episode where someone goes to the Pakled homeworld and discovers it is populated by incredibly intelligent and quick-witted folks, because all the "slow" Pakled are used to crew ships.
Reminds me of Ringworld, where Louis Wu discovers not just the Puppeteer diplomat he's dealing with is insane, but _all_ their space crews and diplomats are. They only send them because you'd have ti be crazy to go to space. 😂
What I got from the LD Pakled storyline is that they're greedy, unmotivated, and lazy, but not quite absolute morons. Their plan to frame Freeman would have worked. In fact, I'd say that they went to a *great deal* of effort to cheat the federation out of resources, ultimately to avoid doing any of the hard work of maintaining a society themselves.@@TheClintonio
Leonidas Feuer: I think this was actually good enough. It was about an hour of completely fresh Trek with Gowron in most of it. If you haven't watched DS9 yet, do so... You'll get more Gowron, but you'll like Martok more. ;)
Leonidas Feuer: It wasn't an episode, it was an FMV game (Star Trek: Klingon). You can find the full video on RU-vid if you don't want to hunt down the game itself. ^^d
No what they should have done was make the Klingon tv show based around Worf's character like Michael Dorn wanted and had Gowron as a recurring character. And the sister show could have been Riker as the captain of the Titan. That's what should have happened!!!
In-game, you're taking part in a Klingon Cultural Immersion holodeck program. They address the camera CONSTANTLY, but I rather like the 'personal' feel.
@@zxGHOSTr how much other technology did the ferengi have to give them before they could get to warp drive? I'd be surprised if they developed writing on their own lol
This was 100% the kindest exchange anyone has ever had with a Pakled on screen. Gowron pointed out that preconceptions were not true, And simply insisted on a dialouge about what each side was thinking. As someone who sometimes has trouble keeping up with conversations, This was extremely heartwarming to watch. That it came from Gowron and not Picard is strangely appropriate.
It seemed more condescending than kind to me, but he was still showing how different people need different verbal tactics to get through. Something not in this clip is that the Pakled ship is damaged and if they go to warp, their core would explode. Gowron needs information and doesn't want to spook the Pakled into fleeing and blowing themselves up (which can happen if you accidentally cloak when you try to beam the Pakled over.)
@@TesseractE Condescension coming from the assumption that they weren't friendly is a strangely peaceful way to open negotiations with someone who doesn't want to really cause problems. Gowron deserved better than to die in DS9.
@1:10 "It is difficult to understand..." :D Hahahaha! A pakled speaking with a southern drawl and Gowron's insane smile while nodding like a school yard bully, it's hilarious! xD
It's moments like these that make me appreciate Gowron. He's clearly a good politician and wins through cunning rather than strength. A nice change to the usual Klingon brute.
Right up until he started thinking every other Klingon was as cunning and ambitious as him and threw it all away trying to get Martok killed. :P This is the Gowron I always think of, TBH.
So I actually met Gowron....like full on in character met him. We were on a Star Trek Cruise for my mothers birthday. I didn't know they had a "Klingon Pub Crawl" with Robert O'Reilly reprising Gowron leading it! So I went to the bar to get a couple drinks, I saw a lot of people cosplaying Klingons but didn't think anything of it because that was one of the things that you could do, pay to get made up in complete costume. So I order my drinks and turn around and there is Gowron, full regalia staring into my soul with those beedy a$$ eyes!! I was hella geeked out at that point, so I just held out a drink and shouted the only klingon work I could think of...'KAPLAH" He hit me with that same smile, took the drink and we downed them together...next thing I know I'm doing the pub crawl with Gowron and I didnt even pay for it...lmao (0.o)
That's amazing! XD If you haven't already, check out the full playthrough linked in the description. There are some great bar scenes that might feel familiar!
Me too. TrekCulture did a list of fourth wall breaks in Trek shows and films: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n0YlkxakkOQ.html They really need to do similar list for video games after seeing Gowron's performance.
1:32 i love how she's trying to keep a straight face while gowron is out smarting the the pakled or to quote another comment here "out stupid a pakled"
"We are being hailed." "Unsurprising. What _is_ surprising is that you had to walk way over here to tell me this instead of just announcing it from your station. Why did you do this? Do you lack confidence in your abilities of projection?"
While we're on Star Trek Pet Peeves... "Crew to Captain." "Yeah?" "You'd better come down here." "Wh.... Why can't you just TELL me? Maybe even tell me while I'm on the way if I REALLY need to be down there?"
Lazy Perfectionist , I noticed that too. She should have said: "No, it's that I have a small part and I'm trying to milk it for everything it's worth. I was in the makeup chair for THREE HOURS!!"
"We will take your ship pieces to add to our ship pieces!" edit: Gowrons' "Why?" gets me every time...that and the smile...its simultaneously friendly and terrifying
Lol. Gowron is TOO much. What an awesome character. Paraphrased from The Good Chancellor: "I will not give this clip a "thumbs-down" (or bend my knee to a test-tube Kahless) so long as I can still draw breath...or pick-up a blaaaaade (or type on the keyboard)."
I remember the first time I saw this scene, the fact they used the takes where he breaks the forth wall and goes, "Yes, this is happening" with his eyes to the camera.
Oh, that's entirely intentional. The game is set up as a Holodeck simulation with you as a young Klingon lad about to hit the Age of Ascension. Just about every character in the game addresses the camera directly at some point. Check out my full playthrough on my main channel. It's pretty great! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ONXpyc7sqKA.html
Gowron should have been on the Enterprise when the Pakleds kidnapped their chief engineer . Gowron would have the Pakleds walking straight into the jail holds willingly.
It's amusing how the superiority complex of the Enterprise crew tends to get them into trouble more often then not. That and their lack of efficient counter measures through long winded conversations during battle scenarios and of course those darn issues with the starboard power coupling on the Enterprise-D😄
@@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight Exactly that was part of the fun. Seeing superiority, some pride, reliance on long diplomacy, and utopian ideals and having them contrasted with everything else. Then the klingons were made into this glorious race, and you had all their episodes, contrasting how a warrior species hellbent on honor codes and internal political houses struggled with its own dilemmas. Now. All lost. Into a soup of mixed up nothingness. Space Orcs vs a bad battlestar galactica remake.
