HIGHLA-L Digest - 10 Mar 2002 to 14 Mar 2002 (#2002-24)
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1. Wanna know what's happening to your shows? (18)
2. Highlander mentions (2)
3. HL as LotR (was Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?)
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 23:54:20 -0500
From: virginia foster <vfoster@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
At 06:47 PM 03/10/02 +0000, you wrote:
>> When is Adrian gonna be James Bond? He needs to be, I think he's perfect
>for
>> the role!
>
>John sobs in the corner, hits his head a few times for good luck and then
>writes....
>
there, there... it's that time of year again when the "AP as James Bond"
talk starts up.
>Pierce is in the current Bond movie, the next Bond movie and possibly one
>after that depending on how negotiations go. Whatever you may here from any
>other interested source, the most reliable sources remains the people who
>make the film, EON, and the actor in the role, Pierce Brosnan. Both
>confirmed the situation as it stands.
>
>In short, whoever takes over from Brosnan, will not be doing so until 2005/6
>at the earliest.
>
which I (for one) am very greatful. Brosnan, IMGLO, is a wonderful Bond
and I waited many years to see him in that role.
Honestly, I've never been able to picture AP in the role as James Bond. Connery,
Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Adrian Paul? umm.. at the risk of making
many people angry, I just don't see it. ::shrug:: Not all actors are a perfect fit
for all roles. There are many actors that I greatly admire that I can't see playing
James Bond.
virginia
(actually saw part of an episode of Tracker the other night. Only because when
I flipped to the channel I saw Ger Wyn Davies. I still was not impressed with
the show)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 06:41:26 -0500
From: Judy Schneider <judyas77@hotmail.com>
Subject: Highlander mentions
Hi All ..
Just thought I'd share the following 2 mentions of Highlander ...
_Realms of Fantasy_, in the April 2002 issue, lists their top 10 high
fantasy movies, which includes Highlander, the first (and only) movie. It
has a nice photo of Sean Connery sitting on his horse, includes a brief
synopsis of the movie and does NOT mention time-travelling immortals.
Also, I just finished reading _Spirits White as Lightening_ by Mercedes
Lackey & Rosemary Edgehill. Near the end of the book, one of the characters
shows up all in black including a long black overcoat, complete with sword
in hidden pocket! One of the other characters says that she looks like
something out of Highlander.
I was impressed. Not as impressed as when GAO (Where I work) was lampooned
on the Comedy Channel (for the suit against the White House), but definitely
impressed!
Later,
Judy, the chocolate slayer
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:47:06 -0500
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
virginia wrote:
>there, there... it's that time of year again when the "AP as James Bond"
>talk starts up.
It is?Wow. Time flies and it's been so quiet here..I'd forgotten the schedule.
John:
> >In short, whoever takes over from Brosnan, will not be doing so until
>2005/6 at the earliest.
V:
>which I (for one) am very greatful. Brosnan, IMGLO, is a wonderful Bond
>and I waited many years to see him in that role.
Me too <eg>I was majorly annoyed when the "Remmington Steele" folks wouldn't release him to play Bond way back when..although, now that I think of it, he may have been too young to do a good job then. ( I just hated Roger Moore so much....)
V:
>Honestly, I've never been able to picture AP in the role as James Bond.
>Connery,Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Adrian Paul? umm..
>at the risk of making many people angry, I just don't see it. ::shrug::
Connery *was* James Bond. Lazenby...not. Roger Moore took Bond in a direction I hated...so smirky and stupid ...no wit, no underlying danger. I actually liked Dalton quite a bit..very serious and dangerous but he lacked ..charm? Brosnan comes back more closely to the Connery years in style.
Adrian? I just can't see him standing in a casino saying "Bond. James Bond." and making it sound like anything other than a joke. he just doesn't strike me as Bond-like. He's certainly tall, dark, and handsome enough for Bond. Maybe I just don't see him walking the line between drama and comedy without falling over into slap-stick<g>
> Not all actors are a perfect fit for all roles. There are many actors
> that I greatly admire that I can't see playing James Bond.
I've never understood the urge of some fans (and not just AP's fans) to assume that their favorite actor would be "better" in every single part than any other actor. ..most especially when that favorite actor has never managed to pull off a "great" movie role in the past. Nothing in AP's career suggests he could carry a major motion picture..let alone step into a role made famous by another. He was great as Duncan MacLeod...and nothing he has done since has come close (making me wonder if that "greatness" wasn't largely do to external factors)
>(actually saw part of an episode of Tracker the other night. Only because
>when I flipped to the channel I saw Ger Wyn Davies. I still was not impressed
>with the show)
It has improved from the first episode (it couldn't have gotten much worse<eg>) but it is still mediocre. But then...I'm not sure they are aiming for much more than that.
Wendy(Every time I hear someone suggest that Adrian would have made a "better" Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen, I just want to strangle them.)(Yeah...and PW would have made a better Gandalf because he is *so* good at playing really old guys <EG>)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:48:09 -0600
From: Bridget Mintz Testa <btesta@houston.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Highlander mentions
Judy Schneider shared a couple of HL mentions, and I thought I'd add
one of my own --
Dave Attell, star of Comedy Central's "Insomniac," mentioned "There
can be only one, like the Highlander" in his show last week. I was
amazed.
Bridget
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:56:10 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Hey, it's Wendy! Wendy! (Waving)
>It is?Wow. Time flies and it's been so quiet here..I'd forgotten the
schedule.
Okay, somebody just be sure and let me know when the anti- and
pro-fanfic and/or slash discussion starts... so I can go nomail. <g>
>Connery *was* James Bond. Lazenby...not. Roger Moore took Bond in a
>direction I hated...so smirky and stupid ...no wit, no underlying
>danger. I actually liked Dalton quite a bit..very serious and
>dangerous but he lacked ..charm? Brosnan comes back more closely
>to the Connery years in style.
You are so right. Sean Connery was totally James Bond. Roger Moore?
Bleah. George Lazenby was okay, but throughout OHMSS, he looked
like he was about to start laughing any second. Just couldn't take
him seriously. I liked Timothy Dalton. Had that menacing,
dangerous air that Sean Connery had. In the same way that Connery's
Bond would use a woman as a bullet shield or strangle her with her
own bikini, Timothy Dalton's Bond would have done the same. Not
that this is an admirable quality, but I think a secret agent
would need it to survive.
I hate Pierce Brosnan as Bond. But I can't really see Adrian in
the role either. The actor I wanted, Lewis Collins, is too old now,
darn. In his heyday he had the suavity, the sense of menace, and
he would have carried it off brilliantly. Oh well.
>Adrian? I just can't see him standing in a casino saying "Bond.
>James Bond." and making it sound like anything other than a joke.
>he just doesn't strike me as Bond-like. He's certainly tall, dark,
>and handsome enough for Bond. Maybe I just don't see him walking
>the line between drama and comedy without falling over into
>slap-stick<g>
Plus, his HL accent (the regular one) wouldn't work for Bond, and
I'm not sure what his 'real', non-Americanized accent actually sounds
like (though you can hear it in some HL eps).
>I've never understood the urge of some fans (and not just AP's fans)
>to assume that their favorite actor would be "better" in every single
>part than any other actor.
Okay, since you brought it up... Stan Kirsch for Bond! Ha!
>He was great as Duncan MacLeod...and nothing he has done since has
>come close (making me wonder if that "greatness" wasn't largely do
>to external factors)
Could you expand a bit on that? I'd be interested in your views. (No,
I'm not being sarcastic.)
>(Every time I hear someone suggest that Adrian would have made a
>"better" Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen, I just want to strangle
>them.)(Yeah...and PW would have made a better Gandalf because he
>is *so* good at playing really old guys <EG>)
No, no, PW for Aragorn. AP for Gandalf. Stick some long hair and a
beard on him, and there you go! Stan for Legolas.
- Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for recasting
LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of an
idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:14:17 -0800
From: Lynn <lloschin@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@SIFL.IID.CO.ZA>
>- Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for
> recasting
>LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of >
an idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
Nadia Cameron certainly could have played Galadriel. She and
Cate Blanchett look like they could be sisters.
Lynn
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:30:12 -0500
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Marina wrote:
>Hey, it's Wendy! Wendy! (Waving)
Hi!
>>It is?Wow. Time flies and it's been so quiet here..I'd forgotten the
>schedule.
>
>Okay, somebody just be sure and let me know when the anti- and
>pro-fanfic and/or slash discussion starts... so I can go nomail. <g>
Oh, come on! Just for old time's sake? But, just for fun, I'll defend slash as a natural right of viewers and you can argue that it's sick and disgusting.
Marina:
>I hate Pierce Brosnan as Bond. But I can't really see Adrian in
>the role either. The actor I wanted, Lewis Collins, is too old now,
>darn. In his heyday he had the suavity, the sense of menace, and
>he would have carried it off brilliantly. Oh well.
Can you explain *what* about Brosnan-as-Bond you hate? Or do you just hate him period?
>>I've never understood the urge of some fans (and not just AP's fans)
>>to assume that their favorite actor would be "better" in every single
>>part than any other actor.
>
>Okay, since you brought it up... Stan Kirsch for Bond! Ha!
LOL. It would be an interesting interpretation.
>>He was great as Duncan MacLeod...and nothing he has done since has
>>come close (making me wonder if that "greatness" wasn't largely do
>>to external factors)
>
>Could you expand a bit on that? I'd be interested in your views. (No,
>I'm not being sarcastic.)
I've come to see HL:TS as a fortuitous coming together of many elements that somehow managed to "click" into a great show. I think Adrian and Stan and Alexandra had real chemistry <snicker> together and that helped launch the series. I think DA really found the heart of what HL was about and was able to translate it onto the screen. I think the writers - particularly in seasons 2-4 - came up with stories that had depth and meaning. I think something about the role of DMOTCM brought out the best that AP has to offer as an actor.
There were just a lot of factors that came together well. I've seen other shows by DA and they were mediocre. I've seen other things by the same writers that didn't show any inspiration . And, certain, I've seen AP do some very questionable acting. Somehow, with HL, they all performed better than they do individually.(That isn't to say that you could pull them all back and start a new show and find the same "magic")
>>(Every time I hear someone suggest that Adrian would have made a
>>"better" Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen, I just want to strangle
>>them.)(Yeah...and PW would have made a better Gandalf because he
>>is *so* good at playing really old guys <EG>)
>
>No, no, PW for Aragorn. AP for Gandalf. Stick some long hair and a
>beard on him, and there you go! Stan for Legolas.
Stan for Legolas? Ummm...*no*. A hobbit maybe...Freddy Bolger perhaps? <EG>?
Wendy(Two posts in one day?)(How long has it been since *that* happened.)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:39:09 -0500
From: Ace Miracle <kad82987@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Wendy:
> It is?Wow. Time flies and it's been so quiet here..I'd forgotten the
> schedule.
Could someone foward me the new schedule, please? I want to know when
"Geezers vs. Newbies" is, so I can play both sides off each other. <eg>
> Connery *was* James Bond.
[snip]
> I actually liked Dalton quite a bit..very serious and dangerous but he
> lacked ..charm?
I liked Dalton too, but I think he had too much "edge." Not enough of that
trademark Bond smoothness. That's what I think Brosnan has that the folks
after Connery lacked. Bond has--or should have--a prescence to him, a
charisma, a suaveness, and I don't know if Adrian could pull that off.
> (Every time I hear someone suggest that Adrian would have made a
> "better" Aragorn than Viggo Mortensen, I just want to strangle
> them.)(Yeah...and PW would have made a better Gandalf because he
> is *so* good at playing really old guys <EG>)
Feh. When Gandlaf faces the Balrog, I don't think I could believe that
"You shall not pass!" from anyone *but* Sir Ian.
> - Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for recasting
> LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of an
> idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
Clancy Brown as Gimli.
--Miracle
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:46:04 -0800
From: Denise Ruth <ithildin@ondragonswing.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
At 01:39 PM 3/14/2002 -0500, Ace Miracle wrote:
> > - Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for recasting
> > LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of an
> > idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
>
>Clancy Brown as Gimli.
Liz Gracen as Arwen <g>
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:21:09 -0800
From: Jen <data@cyberg8t.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Denise Ruth wrote:
>
> At 01:39 PM 3/14/2002 -0500, Ace Miracle wrote:
> > > - Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for recasting
> > > LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of an
> > > idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
> >
> >Clancy Brown as Gimli.
>
> Liz Gracen as Arwen <g>
>
*EG* Jason Carter as Stider.
Jen
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:33:38 -0600
From: Jill <selkie@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
At 01:39 PM 3/14/2002 -0500, Ace Miracle wrote:
> > - Marina. (Here's hoping this doesn't start a trend for recasting
> > LotR with HL actors.)(Actually, maybe it isn't too bad of an
> > idea. Might liven up the list a bit.)
>
>Clancy Brown as Gimli.
Liz Gracen as Arwen <g>
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Liz Gracen just doesn't have that elven look for me. I see her as more of an Eowyn type.
And I think Werenr Stocker would have made a passable wizard, either Gandalf or Sauron.
Jill
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:35:55 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
>Oh, come on! Just for old time's sake? But, just for fun, I'll defend
>slash as a natural right of viewers and you can argue that it's sick
>and disgusting.
And I bet we could both do it in our sleep!
>Can you explain *what* about Brosnan-as-Bond you hate? Or do you just
>hate him period?
Yeah, I've never liked him.
>>Okay, since you brought it up... Stan Kirsch for Bond! Ha!
>LOL. It would be an interesting interpretation.
Hey, it could work! We know he looks great in a tux! Hehe.
>I've come to see HL:TS as a fortuitous coming together of many
>elements that somehow managed to "click" into a great show.
True, true. Isn't that how it often happens? Everything just clicks
and you have brilliance. But if one or two elements were to be
removed, the show wouldn't have caught on or done well. I mean,
imagine Classic Trek with Jeffrey Hunter in the role of captain
and Majel Barrett as the first officer.
>I think DA really found the heart of what HL was about and was able
>to translate it onto the screen. I think the writers - particularly
>in seasons 2-4 - came up with stories that had depth and meaning.
>I think something about the role of DMOTCM brought out the best
>that AP has to offer as an actor.
Absolutely.
>There were just a lot of factors that came together well. I've seen
>other shows by DA and they were mediocre. I've seen other things by
>the same writers that didn't show any inspiration . And, certain,
>I've seen AP do some very questionable acting.
Agree. And one could see how he grew into the role of DM. I mean,
turning it around, can we imagine anybody else as Duncan? I certainly
can't. And when we saw one of the other actors they auditioned for
Richie (in "Unholy Alliance", wasn't it?), I just couldn't see it.
Stan all the way. (I might be biased, but I don't think so in this
case.)
>Somehow, with HL, they all performed better than they do individually.
>(That isn't to say that you could pull them all back and start a new
>show and find the same "magic")
Hey... it's a kind of magic! :) I wonder, has anybody ever done that -
taken a group of actors who worked well together and put them in
something else? It would be interesting to watch, at any rate.
>Stan for Legolas? Ummm...*no*. A hobbit maybe...Freddy Bolger perhaps? <EG>?
You evil woman, Wendy! I see you didn't dispute PW for Aragorn,
though. Hehe...
- Marina. (You know, I *can* see EG as Arwen, actually...) (Actually,
Jason Carter for Aragorn now that I think about it.)
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:56:31 -0800
From: Denise Ruth <ithildin@ondragonswing.com>
Subject: HL as LotR (was Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?)
At 10:35 PM 3/14/2002 +0200, Marina Bailey wrote:
>You evil woman, Wendy! I see you didn't dispute PW for Aragorn,
>though. Hehe...
>- Marina. (You know, I *can* see EG as Arwen, actually...) (Actually,
>Jason Carter for Aragorn now that I think about it.)
You know, way back before FOTR had been cast, I was participating on a
message board at the onering.net and put in my two bits that I thought PW
would make a good Aragorn. A few people replied that they weren't HL fans,
but did know who I was talking about and that they could go along with it.
That being said, I think VM was as near perfect an Aragorn as I could wish
for.
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:39:29 -0000
From: Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
> And I think Werenr Stocker would have made a passable wizard, either
Gandalf or Sauron.
Sauron is a bodyless eyeball - I suspect you mean Saruman.
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:59:21 -0600
From: Debra Douglass <ddoug@catrio.org>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
On 3/14/2002, on HIGHLA-L@lists.psu.edu, Marina Bailey wrote:
>>>Can you explain *what* about Brosnan-as-Bond you hate? Or do you just
>>>hate him period?
>>
>>Yeah, I've never liked him.
Interestingly enough I dislike most of the Pierce Brosnan movies where
he dressed down. For some reason when they dress him in casual clothes
he loses a lot of likability with me (though I liked him in "Dante's
Peak"). He's got something that just pops when he's in a well-cut suit
or a tux. I loved Remington Steele; I hated most of his movies
(esp. 'Lawnmower Man') until he started as Bond and I loved him in
'The Thomas Crown Affair'.
-Debbie
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:34:16 -0600
From: Jill <selkie@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
> And I think Werenr Stocker would have made a passable wizard, either
Gandalf or Sauron.
Sauron is a bodyless eyeball - I suspect you mean Saruman.
*********
Yep. The names are close enough together I always had problems keeping them seperate.
Jill
selkie@myrealbox.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:44:59 -0000
From: "John Mosby (B)" <a.j.mosby@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Mir, My elf and I?
John
> Sauron is a bodyless eyeball - I suspect you mean Saruman.
> *********
>
> Yep. The names are close enough together I always had problems keeping
them seperate.
>
>
> Jill
>
> selkie@myrealbox.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:31:48 -0700
From: Barbara Osgood Designs <hairbows@northerntel.net>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
At 03/14/2002 10:35 PM +0200, you wrote:
>- Marina. (You know, I *can* see EG as Arwen, actually...) (Actually,
>Jason Carter for Aragorn now that I think about it.)
Was Jason Carter in an HL ep? Or was he just thrown into the discussion? I
actually thought about him as Aragorn. Sigh. They kill off Marcus and now
JC is a loony in a car commercial.
Oh and while I liked Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele, he was too skinny
back then to be Bond.
Barbara
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:34:10 EST
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
In a message dated 3/14/2002 5:02:31 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
ddoug@catrio.org writes:
> I dislike most of the Pierce Brosnan movies where
> he dressed down
on the other hand, he has a very nice fuzzy chest if you like fuzzy chests :)
:::::::::::shallow, I can do shallow::::::::::::::::::
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:52:31 -0600
From: Debra Douglass <ddoug@catrio.org>
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
On 3/14/2002, on HIGHLA-L@lists.psu.edu, Dotiran@aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 3/14/2002 5:02:31 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>>ddoug@catrio.org writes:
>>
>>
>>> I dislike most of the Pierce Brosnan movies where
>>> he dressed down
>>
>>on the other hand, he has a very nice fuzzy chest if you like fuzzy chests :)
>>:::::::::::shallow, I can do shallow::::::::::::::::::
Don't get me wrong. I like bare chests, i.e. sans clothing and PB's is
nice. I just don't like casual, untailored, or off-the-rack clothes on
Mr. Brosnan. I find for some reason that I do not like the character
that he is portraying when they put him in, say, an oversized hawaiian
shirt and bermuda shorts (The Heist). Maybe it's just that in the
first few properties that I saw him in after Remington Steele they
dressed him that way AND those movies sucked (IMO) so it prejudiced me
against that sort of look.
-Debbie
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:04:50 -0500
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Wanna know what's happening to your shows?
Marina:
>You evil woman, Wendy!
And you're just now figuring this out?
> I see you didn't dispute PW for Aragorn,
>though. Hehe...
The suggestion was beneath my notice. PW as Aragorn? Ugh. There is nothing even vaguely "kingly" about PW. And I just can't see him wading into a band of orcs and looking like he just might win single-handed. PW lacks a certain physical presence that Aragorn requires.
> (You know, I *can* see EG as Arwen, actually...)
No...EG is a flit and it comes through in her acting. Arwen was *not* a flit. (Not even before Peter Jackson expanded her role.)
> (Actually,
>Jason Carter for Aragorn now that I think about it.)
Jason Carter is too...light-weight. Too ..fey? It's the bone structure, I think. And he always does this weird thing with his lower lip...very off-putting. (Not that he isn't gorgeous in his own way.)
No, I insist that Viggo was perfect and may not be replaced.
Wendy (Could we get "The Bob" to play Eomer?)
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