Coma - Two-Night Television Movie - by Yearrgsworth

Sep 16, 2012 04:05

Okay, this one... I'm really not sure what I can say as a concise lead-up before the cut other than HOLYBALLS. Yep. That about covers it. Now, ( on with the show! )

lauren ambrose, richard dreyfuss, ellen burstyn, ridley scott

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Comment from Zu.. (baby spoilers) cinematixyz September 16 2012, 09:05:54 UTC
As we watched the trailers, I got excited too and put it on our list before you even had to ask me to ( ... )

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bedsitter23 September 16 2012, 14:31:47 UTC
I always heard good things about the original film and the book, though I don't have personal experience with either. Michael Crichton helped with the original film (1978ish). Can't personally say if it is good or aged well but might be worth checking out

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cinematixyz September 17 2012, 12:46:18 UTC
I didnt know it was supposed to be based on or have any affiliation with the original "Coma". Wasn't that Natalie Woods last film? Gotta ask X about that, he is a huge Natalie fan (who isn't?) Zu

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bedsitter23 September 17 2012, 17:03:33 UTC
She wasn't in Coma but it was something similar.

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cinematixyz September 18 2012, 04:11:31 UTC
That's right, she was in that trippy as hell film 'Brainstorm". I actually just recorded a show about some new evidence about the night Natalie died. What a natural talent, and I know she and Audrey Hepburn are two of his big faves. Coma had Micheal Douglas (the original). If they redid it to 'make it better', they failed. LOL

Zu

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captainsblog September 16 2012, 20:13:21 UTC
I fell utterly in love with Lauren as Claire on SFU. She then virtually disappeared for years, one of her few credits as "Emma" in a direct-to-HBO film called "A Dog Year" (Emma's a friend of mine; how can it get any better than that?).

She didn't do much for me in Torchwood, so I'll be interested to see how she does in this.

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cinematixyz September 17 2012, 12:29:41 UTC
We still haven't finished Miracle Day yet, but I forgot completely that she was even *in* it, that's how forgettable that role was. And I love me some Lauren Ambrose.

She is hands-down one of my favorite 'underrated' actresses, and looking back on 'Coma', I can't help but agree with Zu at least a little bit that most of the scenes were "I have to run from the big scary man into the arms of another equally scary man that I trust just because of a uniform or title."... Lauren typically plays characters that can kick ass on their own, so this one was kinda ... meh.

-Y

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