...and now for another episode of When Apples Met Oranges, starring Tom Hanks and Paul Gross.

[primroseburrows]

I'm ecstatic (and very unsurprised) that Slings & Arrows is getting yet another rave review.

But, um.

The main player in ``Slings'' is actor-turned-director Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross, a Canadian Tom Hanks best known in this country for the TV cult claassic ``Due South''), who became interim artistic director of the festival....I really like

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[rosiedoes]

I think they mean they're both talented, clean-cut and likeable.

One of those people you just can't not like.

Did I ever talk about Band of Brothers with you, btw? Tom Hanks directed part of that and it's so fucking awesome and so utterly slashy that I believer everyone ever should see it.

[primroseburrows]

It's on my list of Things to See.

[rosiedoes]

peacey is not wrong.

Seriously.

[peacey]

Seriously.

And "Rome." Seriously.

[topaz7]

Or they're likeable, actors-turned-directors? Talented and multifaceted? I dunno. They are nothing alike, really.

[primroseburrows]

See added Visual Aids. :)

[topaz7]

Now that I have a good look at the visual aids, I see they almost have the same coloured eyes.

Just saying.

[primroseburrows]

Now that I have a good look at the visual aids, I see they almost have the same coloured eyes.

Hmm. Maybe almost. Paul's eyes have more grey in them, and are a little darker. I think. I have similar coloured eyes, and I never know whether they're blue-grey or grey-blue or something else, because they change with what I'm wearing. Not to mention I've never been compared to either of them.

[bjohan57]

It is a tortuous comparison because I can seriously not think of anyone who is like Paul in the US and it doesn't help the reader at all to mention Tom Hanks when trying to understand who Paul is, as it completely disregards his other roles in the industry for which Paul is equally known

[primroseburrows]

It is a tortuous comparison because I can seriously not think of anyone who is like Paul in the US and it doesn't help the reader at all to mention Tom Hanks when trying to understand who Paul is, as it completely disregards his other roles in the industry for which Paul is equally known.

Exactly. That's basically my point, except you say it better. *G*

Imagine if Canadians had never heard of Tom, and their intro was that he was "The American Paul Gross". That would sound even more ridiculous. It's the same thing turned around.

I took the Tom Hanks thing to refer simply to their respective status: Paul is (highly arguably) the most famous and successful actor north of the border at present, as well as being one of its most versatile; but there the comparison ends really - it certainly wasn't referring to a physical similarity at all.I realize it's not about physical resemblance, but people who don't know Paul who read this are going to assume resemblance, I think. I mostly posted the pics because I like posting pics, but I

[bjohan57]

Paul's edginess: Another case in point is Brian in TOTC. In the books and in the subsequent installments where Brian was played by a different actor, the character is far nicer, more of a dopey loser who is running out of luck with women. Paul played him angry, pissed at the world and at women and someone who was actually a nice guy underneath the turmoil. It made the whole thing far more interesting and the Brian character far more realistic.
I just always get the impression that there is far more going on underneath the surface - and that works for Geoffrey, Fraser, Tom, Chris Cutter and any other character that you care to name. And yes, we have said this before a few times, but the minute one of Paul's characters walks onto the screen, he's that character to me, even in still promotional shots:

[primroseburrows]

I haven't seen TOTC yet. I have (I think) all of them, so I'll have to get to that. *g*

And yes, we have said this before a few times, but the minute one of Paul's characters walks onto the screen, he's that character to me, even in still promotional shots:

Y'know, I was just (like JUST) thinking about that. I wouldn't have to have seen either of these in video form to recognize that this is Geoffrey:

[joandarck]

Hm. I think they mean the sweet-little-boy look, but it makes Paul sound more... well, boring, than he is. Paul Gross is flamboyant, a little bitchy and unpredictable. Tom Hanks is more of a, well, canvas for people to project onto. He has a kind of stealth darkness under it, but it's not the same effect.

[primroseburrows]

I don't see so much stealth darkness with Tom. I don't know a whole lot about him, either, so my observation isn't exactly the Tom Hanks version of the Oracle of Delphi. He's got the Nice label pinned on really tight, though, and I bet he doesn't like it.

[catwalksalone]

-_- *hides eyes from appalling comparison*

If I didn't know better, i.e. was a P.G. virgin, the Tom Hanks reference wouldn't have made me rush out and watch. Probably the opposite.

But yay! for rave review. Sooooooooo well deserved.

(My friend at choir has now watched all my DVDs and keeps nagging about s3 - everyone falls under the spell of Geoffrey in the end. It's inevitable.)

[primroseburrows]

I've got S2 out on loan to a co-worker, and another friend has already seen S1 and 2. I've got S3 possibly coming my way on a recorded DVD, so yay, pimpage! Neither of my two friends are familiar in any way with fandom, either. S&A is so in a class by itself. *g*

[bjohan57]

i.e. was a P.G. virgin

Oh, I just pity the poor people who are.