Oh, ugh. Fridging. And after a whole season of making people root for a reunion? What the actual fuck, TV?
Is K really that uncomfortable with playing a happy person? Or is it that he can really only play one character well?
I'm still editing this manual, and it is so boring I want to scoop out my eyeballs with a fork. OMG. Die, stupid manual, DIE.
However, a friend is in town this weekend, and we're going for wine tonight, so there's that to look forward to. Also, I re-watched the pilot of Touching Evil last night, and Jeffery Donovan rocks that part SO HARD. I so hope he puts down the phone and actually shows up for BN this season, because, damn, that man can act when he puts his mind to it.
In K's defense, he can play Assholes and Complex Villains quite well. He has gotten some buzz for his turn as a Wall Street type The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Ah, manuals. Are you translating Government into English?
He was a very good creepy villain in Truth or Consequences, NM, I'll give you that. And I have to be honest and say that I have not seen Mirrors, Melancholia, the web series, or The Reluctant Fundamentalist. So I'm basing my opinion on his older stuff. I thought he rocked Jack, but maybe it was the scripts for the other things, because, meh.
I thought it was going to be translating Government when I took the gig, but it turns out it's more of a complete re-write, because it's so poorly organized and the writing just sucks, generally. Plus, it has a bunch of forms and checklists that people are supposed to fill out, and my eyes just glaze over.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist hasn't opened yet, so no worries there!
I think writing clear forms and checklists is very important work. How many screwups are the result ofconfusing forms? I'm looking at YOU, Revenue Canada. And then there is the whole matter of designing forms and checklists so that they are easy to use before, say, flying a plane or preforming surgery.
Yeah it sucked hardcore and made me super glad that I don't in fact have any emotional investment in these characters, because even without the investment my mom heart was breaking watching the goodbye scene. And also it just gave me PTSD about how I was actually curled in a ball sobbing for hours after 8x17 and figuratively am curled into a ball about it to this day. Bleah, TV. Just stop!
The funny thing is that I think Kiefer is actually a good actor when he puts his mind to it. I've seen him rescue even pretty terrible movies playing a character that isn't like Jack at all. But hey -- maybe he and Jeffrey Donovan are drinking the same beer or something, and it's a brand that makes them too tired to act;)
Yay wine! I'm sorry that you're surrounded by so much work. Please do not scoop out your eyeballs with a fork, because that would hurt. I'm just hoping that I get to GO to work tomorrow instead of like, snuggling the toilet bowl:) Oh stomach viruses, you are not my fav.
Oh I mean. *I* don't have it. YET. (Give it time.) S was just super sick last night so we're all sort of zombies. I mean, it happens. Just not my favorite thing, oy.
What's so strange is that last night's ep just catalyzed a lot of the vague feelings I've been having about this show. I think probably Kiefer should have taken a break and/or given a lot more thought to the type of character he's going to create. And as I've said elsewhere in this thread (and I always have to give credit to A for the degree to which I notice this now), he just has so many Jack tics that it's distracting. When he was Jack, obviously those tics worked. They were endearing. As Martin, they're just jarring, because they don't make sense the way Jack's did. Ah well. Apparently yes, it is too much to ask for awesome men to save the world in hot jeans. I'll just have to keep watching my 24 DVDs.
Is K really that uncomfortable with playing a happy person? Or is it that he can really only play one character well?
I'm still editing this manual, and it is so boring I want to scoop out my eyeballs with a fork. OMG. Die, stupid manual, DIE.
However, a friend is in town this weekend, and we're going for wine tonight, so there's that to look forward to. Also, I re-watched the pilot of Touching Evil last night, and Jeffery Donovan rocks that part SO HARD. I so hope he puts down the phone and actually shows up for BN this season, because, damn, that man can act when he puts his mind to it.
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Ah, manuals. Are you translating Government into English?
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I thought it was going to be translating Government when I took the gig, but it turns out it's more of a complete re-write, because it's so poorly organized and the writing just sucks, generally. Plus, it has a bunch of forms and checklists that people are supposed to fill out, and my eyes just glaze over.
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I think writing clear forms and checklists is very important work. How many screwups are the result ofconfusing forms? I'm looking at YOU, Revenue Canada. And then there is the whole matter of designing forms and checklists so that they are easy to use before, say, flying a plane or preforming surgery.
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The funny thing is that I think Kiefer is actually a good actor when he puts his mind to it. I've seen him rescue even pretty terrible movies playing a character that isn't like Jack at all. But hey -- maybe he and Jeffrey Donovan are drinking the same beer or something, and it's a brand that makes them too tired to act;)
Yay wine! I'm sorry that you're surrounded by so much work. Please do not scoop out your eyeballs with a fork, because that would hurt. I'm just hoping that I get to GO to work tomorrow instead of like, snuggling the toilet bowl:) Oh stomach viruses, you are not my fav.
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IDK, K did not sell Martin to me. But I've seen all of 1.5 episodes, so. Stupid writers.
I just really want some good TV with hot men saving the world in great jeans. Is that so much to ask?
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What's so strange is that last night's ep just catalyzed a lot of the vague feelings I've been having about this show. I think probably Kiefer should have taken a break and/or given a lot more thought to the type of character he's going to create. And as I've said elsewhere in this thread (and I always have to give credit to A for the degree to which I notice this now), he just has so many Jack tics that it's distracting. When he was Jack, obviously those tics worked. They were endearing. As Martin, they're just jarring, because they don't make sense the way Jack's did. Ah well. Apparently yes, it is too much to ask for awesome men to save the world in hot jeans. I'll just have to keep watching my 24 DVDs.
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