Brent Spiner NAILED that role perfectly, every bit as much as Leonard Nimoy did as Spock.. I loved it in the movie Insurrection when Riker shaved his beard and Data noticed it, and Riker replied "Smooth as an android's bottom!" obviously leaving Data taken aback. Later Data asked to touch his shaved face, and when he let him Data shook his head as if to say "Nope, my butt's smoother"
It took Brent Spiner time to settle into the role though - his performance wasn't always that good. In Seasons 1 & 2, for instance, he often demonstrated far too much emotional response and never really came off convincingly as someone who was trying to understand the nature of emotion. From Season 3 onwards and in the TNG movies though, he was spot on, although I'd argue that the emotion chip made Data less interesting as a character.
Honestly, I always found Nimoy's performance in general in the TOS episodes vastly overrated - the emotionlessness just felt too forced (and as you say, unconvincing in early episodes), and pretty much every one of Spock's story arcs was about him breaking out of that emotionlessness, lacking any kind of subtlety at all. The Motion Picture didn't resolve this. It wasn't until The Wrath of Khan where Nimoy's performance saw a kind of "enlightenment" - Spock became less of a character who couldn't feel emotion and more as part of a society that had made emotional action and expression a social taboo. It was sheer brilliance. Data was always supposed to be the mirror image of Spock. He's not supposed to be completely emotionless, as he needs typically human traits such as curiosity, awe and motivation to drive him to discover the other emotions and endeavour towards humanity. As I said, he didn't really keep it to those three emotions in the first couple of seasons, but he absolutely nailed it in Season 3, especially in The Offspring.
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yeh, all through NEX GEN whenever they're in trouble & Data is around, i feel ok lol. *DATA = SAFETY* Mr Data Saves The Day Loads. fave moment: in FIRST C0NTACT when he jumps really far down then lands & gets hit by machine gun fire, looks up at the lady and says "Greetings". hahahaha! ….0h! also Drinking Some Alien Beverage in 10F0RWARD - "0000HHH!!!" "ERRRR! I HATE THIS!" ..."more?" …"PLEASE!" (cant remember which movie that is lol) hahaha brilliant stuff Brent mate! U-Da-Man!!! :)
He won't look at you he will simply process all the information on the Romulan society, he wll prepare for the task of impersonating a Romulan. Would you like him to discontinue?
laughing at the first scene. After Data's remark about his composition, I can't help but think to myself "Dude, you just tried to headbutt a man sized starship!"
When he says, "I will not look in your direction," his gaze actually lingers, even as most of his body first turns. He turns with the rest of his body and yet glares at Picard before moving his head and his eyes away. He may be an android devoid of emotion, but he was chock full of incongruous HIGH-larity.
i think the point of data's character, is that his kind of intelligence is exponential by nature and has to be bounded very difficultly in a way even data isnt so good at comprehending (damn). so, i think what the "emotion chip" does is literally upgrade data with a new loop with new principles that contain the exponential nature of experience without losing the basic complexity for the massively varied field of sensation beyond curiosity, confusion, and motivation itself.
data does feel. the problem is. he doesn't care. he does, but it doesn't hurt him. it hurts us, and he comprehends that on a level that justifies the way we feel. computers this good, need to be treated like data. they deserve it. fuck your organic fascist specism.
My dad being a huge trekkie, Data was my very first crush as a small kid. Watching 20 years later I have absolutely no regrets (and perhaps a rekindled crush)
My dad was so happy that I loved watching TNG with him when I was a little kid. He thought it was me being into astronomy and technology and stuff and that I would grow up to be a scientist, when in reality I just had the biggest crush on Data 😂
Brent Spiner is clearly one of the best actors I've ever seen but I still don't think his talent alone was enough to make Data such a popular character. I'm sure his personal charm and his striking good looks had a lot to do with it as well.
His look in 8:10-8:12 is pure gold. Actually Data is pretty human here, he looks to Picard with an expression of "what type of wacko is this guy". I am not sure if this is possible for an android who does not "feel" but this is star trek universe...
"I am sorry if I was disturbing you sir, I will not look in your direction" *Ever so slowly turns head like he wants to keep looking at him or he was just in the process of moving a file and was like: "But I can not leave it here while I turn around" and moved ever so slowly, because again, he wanted to keep looking. Or he thinks that Picard will look at him instead just because of how slowly and suspiciously he looks away like he does not trust him*
There is a fanart where Data is watching Geordi while he tries to sleep but he feels his eyes on him. Then Data says he wonders how people look like when they sleep. It was funny how he stared at Geordi
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My favorite was when a time-traveling thief/con man trapped Data in his small ship in an attempt to abduct him to an earlier time. The door could only be opened by his hand print. He held a phaser on Data, and when Data refused to follow the man's instructions, the man fired the phaser at Data, but it didn't work. In anticipation of the thief's plan, Picard had secretly disabled it. Then in his usual, cordial, matter-of-fact manner, Data said, "I assume your hand print will open that door whether you are conscious or not." AUTHOR!!
It made data interesting as a character that he was existential about being a robot. I know this theme has been done before but data was one of the best.
Best show ever. I still watch it over and over from start to finish when I'm in bed. Great thing about it is you can pick up anywhere you want and it doesn't really matter.
I FREAKING LOVE a scene in the episode where Data kills a Borg and for a breve moment he felt angry/ pleasure ¨killing¨, so he goes to Troi to ask about this feeling... and he said he tried everything to make himself angry again or feeling of pleasure, and one of the things he did (with other words) he watched porn and Troi kinda laughed but kept a straight face because she wanted to help Data.... man... I love Data.
I had a fear of them when I was very little (I think I still have). I vaguely remember walking probably with my mum in one of those department stores that sell women's clothing and one of those things were there all dressed up with the latest styles I am sure (for the 60s). I noticed a lot of things not everyone noticed - I happen to notice a black band around the lady mannequin's wrist and it freaked me out. I probably was only about 3.
YES!!! I was suprised when I watched the episode where he goes back in time (where Gunin meets picard and where Mark Twain is) he wrote a letter left handed, I found it great! I mean Brent Spiner may be left handed but it gives a little detail to Data! (Assuming there are more right handed people, the perfect android most be right handed)
When I found out that Brent Spiner was left-handed I was very happy. I am the only person in my immediate family that is left-handed. My oldest daughter is a lefty, and 2 of my Dad's siblings are left-handed. I like the fact that I am unique and different. I think the statistic is that only 7% of the world's population is left-handed. As DATA would say: "Intriguing".
I always enjoyed Data when he wasn’t trying to imitate human behavior, as usually when he did that it came off as forced and awkward, even annoying. But when he was acting as himself, that was when he finally became genuinly more human. Also him trying to act like a human usually had me cringing from secondhand embarrassment, ily Data but honey please, do you.
I like the one where he is trying the kidneys joke, Geordie says it's too old then Data is trying to explain something about it, and mixes up a couple words then Geordie laughs lol.
Brent Spiner really shine in this role on screen. That character was created just for him for sure... And Marina Sirtis is so cute and lovely... Her laugh when she quit the room is priceless 🤣🤣
They never said what ultimately happens to Data. I'm guessing with maintenance he could live forever, maybe living to see the Temporal Cold War and beyond.
In a subtle way Mr Data DOES have a sense of humour, you see it when someone tries to hit him and he casually talks about his upper spinal column and skull being made out of super strong materials 😂
Data: I will not look in your direction
*proceeds to slowly turn towards the side but keeps his eyes on Picard*
lol
It cracked me up xD
He was just so intrigued by a man with such power and intellect and why he needs sleep. He was just simply observing.
I think about that scene randomly sometimes and laugh to my self.
Do you know what episode it is from?
Ballbusting processors operating well within acceptable perameters.
Brent Spiner NAILED that role perfectly, every bit as much as Leonard Nimoy did as Spock..
I loved it in the movie Insurrection when Riker shaved his beard and Data noticed it, and Riker replied "Smooth as an android's bottom!" obviously leaving Data taken aback. Later Data asked to touch his shaved face, and when he let him Data shook his head as if to say "Nope, my butt's smoother"
It took Brent Spiner time to settle into the role though - his performance wasn't always that good. In Seasons 1 & 2, for instance, he often demonstrated far too much emotional response and never really came off convincingly as someone who was trying to understand the nature of emotion. From Season 3 onwards and in the TNG movies though, he was spot on, although I'd argue that the emotion chip made Data less interesting as a character.
Sir Klingon, a Krogan you are not. LOL
Honestly, I always found Nimoy's performance in general in the TOS episodes vastly overrated - the emotionlessness just felt too forced (and as you say, unconvincing in early episodes), and pretty much every one of Spock's story arcs was about him breaking out of that emotionlessness, lacking any kind of subtlety at all. The Motion Picture didn't resolve this. It wasn't until The Wrath of Khan where Nimoy's performance saw a kind of "enlightenment" - Spock became less of a character who couldn't feel emotion and more as part of a society that had made emotional action and expression a social taboo. It was sheer brilliance.
Data was always supposed to be the mirror image of Spock. He's not supposed to be completely emotionless, as he needs typically human traits such as curiosity, awe and motivation to drive him to discover the other emotions and endeavour towards humanity. As I said, he didn't really keep it to those three emotions in the first couple of seasons, but he absolutely nailed it in Season 3, especially in The Offspring.
I met him this past Saturday at Boston Comic Con
Let's not mention Brent said it was the easiest role he had.
My new goal in life is to have a valid reason to start a sentence with the line.
"When I stroke the beard thusly...."
How he kept a straight face through that scene I'll never know!
Tough one, you will have to grow a beard first.
Nickelodeon81 Or go find somebody with a beard to stroke
You just did.
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Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life.
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(John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
To be honest I would actually feel safer knowing that Data is staying awake as I sleep on a Klingon ship...as long as he doesn't look at me.
true, may be creepy being emotionless and just standing there. but you know your safe cause u got a bodyguard who can guard you 24 7
yeh, all through NEX GEN whenever they're in trouble & Data is around, i feel ok lol. *DATA = SAFETY* Mr Data Saves The Day Loads. fave moment: in FIRST C0NTACT when he jumps really far down then lands & gets hit by machine gun fire, looks up at the lady and says "Greetings". hahahaha! ….0h! also Drinking Some Alien Beverage in 10F0RWARD - "0000HHH!!!" "ERRRR! I HATE THIS!" ..."more?" …"PLEASE!" (cant remember which movie that is lol) hahaha brilliant stuff Brent mate! U-Da-Man!!! :)
Rosalind Mitchell That one where Data loves the drink but says he hates it is Generations 😂 that scene is so hecking beautiful
BadDriversOf Georgia Same lmao
He won't look at you he will simply process all the information on the Romulan society, he wll prepare for the task of impersonating a Romulan.
Would you like him to discontinue?
laughing at the first scene. After Data's remark about his composition, I can't help but think to myself "Dude, you just tried to headbutt a man sized starship!"
That first one is such gold
It actually makes it quite impressive that he remained not only conscious, but coherent.
Crispin Cain I want to be friends with that Klingon. He'd be great to party with, I think.
friend gets a beard
DID YOU DAMAGE YOUR FACE?!?!?!?
I mean it would probably look fuckin wild through his visor
Geordi gets a beard later.
Imitation is flattery..
How is it this guy has NO emotions and yet makes us all smile? We love this dude: he's so relatable. And, in his own special way, charming. 😋
Data has emotions all right. He's just very mellow and reserved.
When he says, "I will not look in your direction," his gaze actually lingers, even as most of his body first turns. He turns with the rest of his body and yet glares at Picard before moving his head and his eyes away. He may be an android devoid of emotion, but he was chock full of incongruous HIGH-larity.
Arguably one of the best fictional characters EVER.
No doubt. Data is legendary
The most endearing and expressive character in the entire Star Trek franchise can't feel emotions (couldn't)
Can not (could not).
New movie coming out with data in it
i think the point of data's character, is that his kind of intelligence is exponential by nature and has to be bounded very difficultly in a way even data isnt so good at comprehending (damn). so, i think what the "emotion chip" does is literally upgrade data with a new loop with new principles that contain the exponential nature of experience without losing the basic complexity for the massively varied field of sensation beyond curiosity, confusion, and motivation itself.
data does feel. the problem is. he doesn't care. he does, but it doesn't hurt him. it hurts us, and he comprehends that on a level that justifies the way we feel. computers this good, need to be treated like data. they deserve it. fuck your organic fascist specism.
im a clock Your theory is one of the best things I’ve read all day.
My dad being a huge trekkie, Data was my very first crush as a small kid. Watching 20 years later I have absolutely no regrets (and perhaps a rekindled crush)
WHAT MY DAD IS A HUGE TREKKIE AND DATA WAS MY CHILDHOOD CRUSH TOO AND NOW IVE COME BACK TO REKINDLE MY DATA CRUSH
@@definitelynotcereal9647 lmao! It's our origin story!
same
I’m a dude I’m bi and yes I still have that crush
My dad was so happy that I loved watching TNG with him when I was a little kid. He thought it was me being into astronomy and technology and stuff and that I would grow up to be a scientist, when in reality I just had the biggest crush on Data 😂
PROTECT THIS CUTE LITTLE BALL OF SUNSHINE
He is not a ball, he is an android. And he is not made of sunshine.
@@snailofkale r/woooosh
@@Filmhead-Productions they were replying as if it were Data speaking.
TheBlueLava you were the one that got wooshed
i could not agree more
Baby needs a new pair of shoes
Funniest part of the entire thing other than the looks on his face when he is throwing the dice.
That was amazing
that scene was sexy...lol!
It's funny... but Data is "acting" on something he may watched or read. That's the beauty of Data becoming human.
Okay, this scene had me giggling so hard
“Baby needs a new pair of shoes” lmaooo
i know right lol
never watched a whole episode of star trek in my life but tbh I love this guy already
scout j. Everyone loves him
It's time to give in the final frontier
Data was so wonderful and Brent Spiner was the perfect choice to play him.
Brent Spiner is clearly one of the best actors I've ever seen but I still don't think his talent alone was enough to make Data such a popular character. I'm sure his personal charm and his striking good looks had a lot to do with it as well.
That beard...was he trying to be Riker lol
who doesn't?
hahaha
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake 🎵
He's stand.ing there, with a knife-in-hand, and an action he will take ....
@@Novous lmao
Data Clause is coming to town :D
sAnTa ClAuS iS a StAlKeR
But Data will throw him back up the chimney where he belongs :D
His look in 8:10-8:12 is pure gold. Actually Data is pretty human here, he looks to Picard with an expression of "what type of wacko is this guy". I am not sure if this is possible for an android who does not "feel" but this is star trek universe...
It seems more like he's going through the files as he's turning his head and there's sort of a lag
0:47 the look Data has on his face just screams; "Bitch"
I love Data
Yyeeessss
Who doesn't, most Star Wars fan like myself, no I love Data
I'm sure he would find that statement of human emotion puzzling. 😆
ti be fair, it was a fine beard
Brent spiner was brilliant as Lt commander data
i love how i've never noticed that tng looks like it was recorded with a flip phone until now
Picard's frustrated shirt tuck at the end is legendary.
lol as we all know the classic "Picard maneuver" lol.
Hahahah that scene with picard and data is pure gold
I want to see the scene when data is making fun of picard he's all sarcastic saying "make it sooo"
lol
I propose you take the...shelf
"I am sorry if I was disturbing you sir, I will not look in your direction"
*Ever so slowly turns head like he wants to keep looking at him or he was just in the process of moving a file and was like: "But I can not leave it here while I turn around" and moved ever so slowly, because again, he wanted to keep looking. Or he thinks that Picard will look at him instead just because of how slowly and suspiciously he looks away like he does not trust him*
There is a fanart where Data is watching Geordi while he tries to sleep but he feels his eyes on him. Then Data says he wonders how people look like when they sleep. It was funny how he stared at Geordi
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"...Thusly."
My favorite was when a time-traveling thief/con man trapped Data in his small ship in an attempt to abduct him to an earlier time. The door could only be opened by his hand print. He held a phaser on Data, and when Data refused to follow the man's instructions, the man fired the phaser at Data, but it didn't work. In anticipation of the thief's plan, Picard had secretly disabled it. Then in his usual, cordial, matter-of-fact manner, Data said, "I assume your hand print will open that door whether you are conscious or not."
AUTHOR!!
Star Trek TNG is simply the story of Data becoming more human, much to the crew's entertainment.
"Place yourself in a horizontal position on the floor, close your eyes and do NOT talk! PRETEND to sleep!" //Picard in a paralell universe
lol good one!
with a beard he looks like Keanu reevs
Nope, like Kevin Durand (guy mostly known from LOST, The Strain and Vikings)
OMG, I had the same thought!
It made data interesting as a character that he was existential about being a robot. I know this theme has been done before but data was one of the best.
Baby needs a pair of shoes hahaha
i miss TNG
I wish they would have made 2 or 3 more seasons
me too
Best show ever. I still watch it over and over from start to finish when I'm in bed. Great thing about it is you can pick up anywhere you want and it doesn't really matter.
Probably the best television series ever.
Imagine the ship's counselor running out of the room, laughing at you. Brutal.
hahaha
I propose you take the b... shelf.
1:11 I love that little head tilt he does before he sits down, as if to say "don't mess with me biatch"
Idk why but the first clip kills me every single time aha
I've seen it plenty of times too and I still chuckle.
Lol @ starring at Picard while he sleeps. Creepy af lol
I FREAKING LOVE a scene in the episode where Data kills a Borg and for a breve moment he felt angry/ pleasure ¨killing¨, so he goes to Troi to ask about this feeling... and he said he tried everything to make himself angry again or feeling of pleasure, and one of the things he did (with other words) he watched porn and Troi kinda laughed but kept a straight face because she wanted to help Data.... man... I love Data.
I've never seen the last clip, OMG that's hilarious. Such perfect acting too
8:09 Hell of a stare.
Picard has a distinct fear of mannequins.
I had a fear of them when I was very little (I think I still have). I vaguely remember walking probably with my mum in one of those department stores that sell women's clothing and one of those things were there all dressed up with the latest styles I am sure (for the 60s). I noticed a lot of things not everyone noticed - I happen to notice a black band around the lady mannequin's wrist and it freaked me out. I probably was only about 3.
Huh. Data's left handed.
Sarah Kinsey, I wouldn't imagine that Data has a handedness, but I'm pretty sure that Brent Spiner is a lefty.
Jak Mar the vid could also just be mirrored
It's not mirrored.
YES!!! I was suprised when I watched the episode where he goes back in time (where Gunin meets picard and where Mark Twain is) he wrote a letter left handed, I found it great! I mean Brent Spiner may be left handed but it gives a little detail to Data! (Assuming there are more right handed people, the perfect android most be right handed)
When I found out that Brent Spiner was left-handed I was very happy.
I am the only person in my immediate family that is left-handed.
My oldest daughter is a lefty, and 2 of my Dad's siblings are left-handed.
I like the fact that I am unique and different.
I think the statistic is that only 7% of the world's population is left-handed.
As DATA would say:
"Intriguing".
4:38 - Pure Gold
Just the way he looks around. (≧▽≦)
Precious child
I’m not familiar enough with the series to really understand why he snaps with the dice but it made him look damn cool
I think that's just something you do when rolling dice and trying to look cool
the picard and data scene at the end got me
my favorite character in all of Star Trek
Data overclocked his emotional chip in the first scene
Single digits on each cube are not at all desirable.
Who else but Data. Its amazin how Brent Spiner mannaged to keep a strait face
A lot of Brent's scenes took several takes because he either couldn't hold in his laugher or just couldn't resist messing around.
I die laughing every time I see the scene with picard and data on the Klingon ship. it killes me, its so damn funny.
you know as a kid i used to watch this show and missed everything. this show is great lmao
Data and Spock have a special place in my heart. Despite their differences to humans they are the most relatable.
I love data more than words could ever express he so amazing
This is the reason why at 14 years old I love the original Star Trek shows
Hey I'm younger than you by a bit but ayyyy
The original? Data is in the next generation.
0:48 "Mo'TOK!" ("OMG... CHEATS!!!!!") >:O
0:50 That facial expression always kills me
That nod at 1:11. "... bitch."
and then he went on to invent facebook. He's come far
Hey, don't compare a weird, emotionless lizard-man to Data
datas beard was pretty cool
Data vs klingon is basically brains beats brawn,lol
Fearless Paladin Nah, he’s also way stronger than Klingons.
Especially with that duranium noggin!
I wonder why Picard was like... Uneasy about sleeping with Data in the same room.
I think it was meant to be just the natural human reaction to the uncanny valley
I always enjoyed Data when he wasn’t trying to imitate human behavior, as usually when he did that it came off as forced and awkward, even annoying. But when he was acting as himself, that was when he finally became genuinly more human. Also him trying to act like a human usually had me cringing from secondhand embarrassment, ily Data but honey please, do you.
I like the one where he is trying the kidneys joke, Geordie says it's too old then Data is trying to explain something about it, and mixes up a couple words then Geordie laughs lol.
I'm rewatching the whole series and I love data soo much, he is the best character
Brent Spiner really shine in this role on screen. That character was created just for him for sure... And Marina Sirtis is so cute and lovely... Her laugh when she quit the room is priceless 🤣🤣
I bet there were so many re-takes and bloopers for these scenes, no one can take Data seriously, even Brent himself
It’s like watching prototype of Sheldon
yes
They never said what ultimately happens to Data. I'm guessing with maintenance he could live forever, maybe living to see the Temporal Cold War and beyond.
Machete Santa I heard that was an awful movie and killed Star Trek for a while.
It certainly isn't the highest point in Star Trek history, but I suggest you watch it to get some "closure"/an idea of what happens to get everyone.
JesusChrist I honestly thought it was a good movie.
h
He is destroyed in the last star trek movie.
Data was good in the movie and he's one of the only reasons why you should see it.
For some reason I don't like it when Data tries to act human. I prefer him to be just plain old "naive to human behavior" Data.
Well that's his goal. He just does it for the sake of trying to be human.
I think when they try to make him act human in the show it's more to inject levity than anything else. And it tends to fall flat.
when he's rolling dice it was awesome
It felt a bit corny if you ask me. Data should act like he did in the first clip here. You get absurdity and humour when he act so stiff and casual.
Yeah, kinda like how one-liner, deadpan comedians are
11 dislikes from lores fans
That long lingering stare at the end was too funny
data is an OG
r/dataisbeautiful right now
I wonder if they used Foley to add the creaking of the leather in the Klingons' uniform?
I said "kidley", diddle I?
yes!
In a subtle way Mr Data DOES have a sense of humour, you see it when someone tries to hit him and he casually talks about his upper spinal column and skull being made out of super strong materials 😂
improving is one of the hardest things to do in acting. I believe he did exactly that most of the time.
That fucking dice rolling scene is everything
The opening clip. Is one of my all-time favorite moments.
baby needs a new pair of shoes lol!!!
It is confirmed, #DataIsBack, #StarTrekPicard
I believe that is why they call it gambling.
0:49 he beat him and went back to his work like it was nothing
This is no joke. Billion of life depending on data
the cool thing about data is that even if he has a lack of emotions his character still evolves
I wish i was data , can't wait to actually watch this show properly in full form one day , thank you
In stitches at the last one xD
Today is February 2nd, the activation date of Data.
Happy birthday Data!
2:05
Data: fucking A-right nevermind.
I wish the scene of Data imitating hutch was on this video. It’s hilarious 😂
Thanks for upload!
baby needs a new pair of shoes :)
7:06 I don't know about the rest y'all, but I'd sleep like a baby knowing Data was on guard.
Data is absolutely precious.
They were very accurate with the Craps rolls (Puck on/off).