OK, I'm rewatching "To Shanshu in L.A." (it's been a loooong while since I watched it last) because I was talking about it earlier elsewhere, and Wesley looks absolutely *scrumptious* in it. He's all angsted out about the prophecy, with furrowed brows and 5 o'clock shadows and hair sticking up and looking damn near S3-worthy scruffy. I had no idea. Yumm.
Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.
'Shindig'
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Vonnie K - Dec 12, 2004 4:59:02 pm PST #2684 of 3531
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Beverly - Dec 12, 2004 10:40:19 pm PST #2685 of 3531
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yes, he was yummy. It just serves to point out how good an actor he is with clumsy, geeky S1 Wesley. You'd think he was made for an interminable run in The Importance of Being Earnest. And then he comes on with the scruff and the shadow and the angst and the rrrowrrr.
Why do I have the feeling that AD is probably closer to geek-Wesley?
Kathy A - Dec 13, 2004 2:37:47 am PST #2686 of 3531
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love the idea of Abrams poaching Mutant Enemy for talent as soon as the axe fell.
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 13, 2004 5:48:58 am PST #2687 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He probably just had to say, "Hey, you want to continue to write for the HoYayest show on TV? Come on over to Lost!"
Last episode was a worthy effort on multiple fronts, but I don't think Smallville has to worry about serious challenges to its title as yet. I suspect Abrams tempted them with twisty-turny plots and the prospect of a high body count.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2004 6:32:12 am PST #2688 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Smallville's under siege from OC. Not from Lost, not yet.
DCJensen - Dec 13, 2004 6:39:16 am PST #2689 of 3531
All is well that ends in pizza.
Smallville's under siege from OC.
Now there is a crossover stunt waiting to happen...
Kate P. - Dec 13, 2004 7:13:54 am PST #2690 of 3531
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
We're borrowing the S2 DVDs from a friend, and I was marveling last night at how different Wesley is from S1/early S2 to late S3/early S4, and yet how wholly believable and organic the change was. AD really did amazing work with that character.
Kathy A - Dec 13, 2004 8:28:54 pm PST #2691 of 3531
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
A reviewer over at DVDVerdict.com said that he thought that Wesley's character arc (from BtVS Season 3 to "Not Fade Away") was probably the best, most interesting one in television history.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2004 1:12:33 pm PST #2692 of 3531
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A reviewer over at DVDVerdict.com said that he thought that Wesley's character arc (from BtVS Season 3 to "Not Fade Away") was probably the best, most interesting one in television history.
You can definitely make that case. I think Willow's character arc is comparable in breadth and complexity, but suffers from the magic-crack wrong-turn.
Mikey - Dec 14, 2004 2:53:02 pm PST #2693 of 3531
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
I never so much minded that wrong-turn, but then I seem to remember closing my eyes and holding my hands over my ears back then.