okay THIS WAS A BLAST thank you for all the questions! i am so sorry i couldn’t answer every single one i have to run to set now but feel free to dm me on IG @team_karim if you want to ask me anything else and i’ll try my best to answer!! 🖖
Sorry I’m late guys, i’m locked in now! About to go crazy responding to all these questions lol
I just want to tell you how much I liked the episode that explored Klingon honor and how that hunting scene kept being recontextualized.
The show reminds me of Lower Decks in that it’s different but it’s the same. Cant wait to see more.
Happy to have you here \(>ᗜ<)/
yoooo, a celebrity on the fediverse? let’s goooooo
Hello Karim! How does it feel to be the first (or at least one of the first) celebrities to do an AMA on Lemmy?
looooool! It’s an honor!! 🖖
It’s an honor to have you.
Whoa, Lemmy is going places! I never expected to see a Reddit-style AMA to appear here. I don’t have any questions for you, Mr. Karim but I do wish you the best!
thank you!
Right? This makes me stupid happy to see.
Yeah, I feel like I’m just spamming upvotes on everyone because I’m just so jazzed to see this.
I upvote everything here to encourage activity.
I also comment useless shit just to add activity.
This place is pretty much like Field of Dreams rn; people come, you just gotta build it first.
I don’t even watch Star Trek or know who this actor is, and I’m excited too! I wish I had a question!
hahaha well thanks for stopping by!
Hi Karim! I really liking Starfleet Academy, especially the set designs. What’s your favorite set in the show?
thank you! its so hard to choose they are all so beautiful! Maybe the atrium? It just feels so large and cool when hundreds of aliens are walking around, really feels like i’m in school in outer space
That’s my favorite too!
It’s really refreshing to see a gay relationship happen organically on screen in a context outside of the contemporary stereotypes - and indeed, outside of human culture altogether. I realize Trek has done this a bit in the past with Culber/Stamets, and Reno - have you had to think about how LGBT culture exists in a multi-planetary society in the 4th millennium? Is it just plainly a utopia to strive for, for everyone? Is Jay Den’s family’s Triad House a non-issue in Klingon Society post Qu’onos, or was that something that happened out of necessity to preserve Klingon culture?
in the future literally no one cares who and how you love. like whether you love a guy, girl, nonbinary, or trans person, or if you’re in a monogamous, or polyamorous relationship… its not a big deal like it is now in the 21st century. in the future, As long as you are being true to yourself and you’re not harming yourself or others, literally no one cares lol. It just is. that’s why i love on the show its just presented naturally, there’s no big moment about it, it just exists and that’s it. a triad house is completely a non-issue and no one even bats an eyelash at it.
Apologies if this is a little intimate, but what do you do to prep yourself mentally for filming? Do you have a little routine you do every day, or do you just jump into makeup and start working?
i wish i had an elegant answer for this but i honestly just hop into it. most of my preparation happens far before i even get to set. i spend hours memorizing lines, practicing my deep voice, reading scripts, etc. As soon as i get to set all of the work has already been done.
thank you! i appreciate the insight. i am a community theatre guy, so my routine is basically i brush my teeth and sing a song from a mass i did in high school that really stretches my pipes and gets me in the right headspace. yeah i follow all the hard work happens way before you are there on set (your work definitely shows).
Weirdly, I just thought about how odd it seemed that the fediverse didn’t have an AMA community and boom, inside 24-hours, here’s this post! Very rad seeing this and now I’ll have to add another show to my watch list!
- Have you been on the fediverse before this account and AMA post?
- If so what flavor of Linux do you run? :P
Seriously, even if you don’t see or answer these questions, it’s super cool you’re doing this and I’m glad one of the first on the platform is for Star Trek!
my first time on the fediverse but i love it here! might not be the last you see of me here.
Would it be too intrusive to ask what exactly brought you here? Was it just “Oh a cool Trek community”? I wouldn’t expect a wider public to know what a fediverse is.
this is confusing…
Sorry, I’m not sure how useable these links are in different Lemmy clients.
Here’s the quote from the other answer:
How did i end up here? on the 'verse? met u/Admin in real life and they asked me to come and i said hell yes.
Appreciated. Thunder reditrected me just fine. I was just expecting the comment itself to appear inline…
So cool to have you on fedi, thanks for doing this. Here is a very cool video about the fediverse, if you’re at all curious.
Awesome to hear and welcome! Thank you for being here and answering all the questions!
Is this Lemmy’s first celebrity AMA?
i feel it may be
What franchise you’d love to be in? Airing or otherwise.
i wanna work with James Gunn real bad lol. I think I’d do a phenomenal job at playing Cyborg, i hear they are making a new teen titans movie. BUT i grew up on Marvel, i am a HUGE x men nerd. I would take ANY role in the new x men universe. I’ve watched all the movies multiple times, watched all the cartoons, x men 97 is one of my favorite shows on television, read the comics… like… IM PREPARED!! I hope my time in the star trek universe primes me to become a bad ass superhero in the future
The obvious black Marvel character is Bishop. I think he’s a great character and I’d love to see someone play him in a movie (though maybe Sandro Rosta is a better match for his physique). But, you know who I think you’d be great for is Longshot. In the comics he’s white and blonde, but who cares. He’s a genetically engineered alien. The Mojoverse is such a rich vein of potential movie content, and writers could have so much fun with a character whose superpower is luck.
They could give you Synch that would be cool as fuck! Hopefully one we’ll see you in the mcu!
Don’t misunderstand me, I’m incredibly excited that you’re doing this AMA on the 'verse, but I’m curious why you chose this over reddit?
also: Are you going to play the voyager game that was released today?
why not? What are you trying to say about the 'verse?! are you not worthy?! I think this community is cool af!
As for the game, with my shooting schedule i have zero time for games, but i might in the future
Maybe they don’t want ICE to know their location :P
How do you and your co-stars stay entertained during downtime on set?
we are SO playful on set. play soccer in the green room. board games. read books. on our phones/computers. but mostly we just talk to each other, laugh, and have fun.
What board games? Ethan Peck is huge into MTG. If you ever get to meet him.
Wildly unexpected. Thank you for doing this! 💜
I’m a huge Star Trek as well as lover of Birds. imagine my surprise to see a Klingon carrying binos and then saying, “I watch birds.” My family started laughing because I wear a t-shirt often that simply says, “I like birds” and they were really really hoping that you would say that. Haha. Close enough!
I have a very serious two part question:
- What is Jay-Den’s favorite bird? And…
- What is Karim’s favorite bird?
🐦 🖖🏽
Welcome to a deeply weird community!
If you were going to spend a day as a member of a Star Trek crew (other than your current show), which would you choose, and why? Assume it’s going to be a normal and pleasant day, not one of the exceptionally horrifying days where everyone gets space parasites or some such.
lower decks crew on U.S.S. Cerritos are DEFINITELY my people
💜💜💜
Banana, hot.
Banana, hot.
Banana, hot.
Hey! Trills have a great time having space parasites!
Besides Klingons what’s your favorite Star Trek species so far!
i think vulcans are really hot.
My man! You’re a real one, Karim.
What’s the most expensive thing you’ve broken?
my dignity
