Quick, let’s play a game. What do the following actors have in common?
OK, that one was probably too easy. Each of these actors played a character named James Bond.
How about another one? What do all these characters have in common?
Right, that one was too easy, too. All of these actors played Batman at one time or another.
Now let’s make it a bit harder. What about these actors? They have something similar in common.
If I told you that the three actors above are Alex Cord, John Saxon, and Kevin Sorbo, would that help? (And, no, they didn’t all play Hercules.) OK, I’ll tell you. All three of these played a character named Dylan Hunt. More on that a bit later.
Here’s one last one. These three also have something in common. Two should be very recognizable.
The inclusion of Leonard Nimoy and Brent Spiner in the last set might make you think Star Trek. (Well, that, and the title of the post) But who’s this third guy? It turns out that all of the actors in those last two sets have been involved with projects created by legendary Gene Roddenberry. As Dwight and I were working on our list of science fictions predictions we started talking about Roddenberry projects, and Dwight suggested a blog post on Lost Roddenberry. So, here it goes…