Twitching
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wilhelm_here — 20 years ago(July 29, 2005 12:12 PM)
Me? or her?
Seriously, I went back and watched a number of episodes. She has a number of (what look like) involuntary facial movements. But I can't find anything about it. She has partied hard, so it could be after effects (look at Ozzie) - but she's too young for that, I think. -
dgh2323 — 20 years ago(July 31, 2005 10:53 AM)
She has stated in some interviews that she had done some drugs, but hasn't to my knowledge stated what she's done or if she's still doing it.
And age has little to do with the effect drugs may have you on, it's how much you take over whatever period.
You could do a very heavy amount of the really hard stuff in two years and be wrecked in the same way Ozzie is now.
It's more likely however that since T'pol does now have some emotional problems of her own which she is unable to control, that THAT is what we are seeing in her performance. -
gregforttmags — 20 years ago(July 31, 2005 12:33 PM)
Maybe Jolene Blalock's drug taking was taking it's toll and was showing up on the show, so the writers dreamed up the drug taking sub-plot for her T'Pol character, since Jolene was taking drugs in real life!
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jro8r4 — 20 years ago(August 24, 2005 09:24 AM)
Ahwhat? I had to read that like 3 times.
Anyway I never noticed it (and I watch T'Pol VERY carefully, lol) but if there IS something there it's no doubt just their way of making her emotional state more evident. A vulcan can't scream at someone or it'd be 100% out of character, so to make a Vulcan look 'emotional' you have to just give them a facial wince or something. -
peterparker697 — 14 years ago(August 26, 2011 01:21 AM)
i recently got into watching Enterprise lately since it's been on netflix and i've noticed the same thing. it kind of looked like she was grinding her teeth, which can result from taking uppers. if i had to guess i'd say something prescription like adderall. then again, some people just grind their teeth.
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benmasta — 11 years ago(March 16, 2015 08:32 PM)
ive seen the whole series of enterprise a bunch of times (its a good show to watch while playing games lol) and i never really saw much facial twitching/swaying beyond what her role called for. Her character was always battling unstable emotions, and my guess is that any time that this was portrayed in any way that was noticeable, it was for this reason.
she does have a few facial expressions that she falls back on pretty often. She has this one where she purses her lips after she says something that might be received negatively or might upset someone.
Swaying and whatnot just seems like a sheltered person trying to read too much into it lol. People always think drugs have this undeniable and crazy effect on people, so they always jump to drugs as some sort of problem when they over-analyze something that wasnt even anything lol -
kneejo — 10 years ago(June 11, 2015 12:52 PM)
People always think drugs have this undeniable and crazy effect on people, so they always jump to drugs as some sort of problem when they over-analyze something that wasnt even anything lol
That's right man! I've been doing drugs for years and I don't have any side effects, except for a general being outside of the reality of others, but that's cool because that's what everyone's doing anyway. It's just that I'm even less aware and less caring of what all of you are thinking and that's very pleasant.
People do over analyze stuff too much without living the actual experience. It's a shame..
YOLO!!
Oh and Jolene is hot.. she's the only reason I could hold on to watching the entire series, because it was a really boring one.
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KPalma1950 — 14 years ago(December 20, 2011 02:32 PM)
You could do a very heavy amount of the really hard stuff in two years and be wrecked in the same way Ozzie is now.
Ozzie thought his problems were due to drug abuse, and it's still a widely believed misconception. He actually has Parkin Syndrome, and he's taking daily medication for it.
I'm willing to bet she just oddly portrayed T'Pol trying to hold back her emotions. By the end, T'Pol had suffered permanent damage from the Trellium D, and her ability to mentally suppress emotions was significantly hindered. -