Can Reese be the next Hepburn?
Audrey or Katherine?
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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Gris - Aug 08, 2004 8:36:24 am PDT #2462 of 10001
Hey. New board.
beekaytee - Aug 08, 2004 8:41:37 am PDT #2463 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Katherine, I think.
Anyone who could pull off Election definitely has Kate's spunk.
Gris - Aug 08, 2004 8:43:00 am PDT #2464 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Yeah, she works much better as a Kate.
We need a new Audrey. But i'm not sure that anybody will ever be able to be her again.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 8:49:12 am PDT #2465 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Audrey's particular charms were unprecedented and, I think, unduplicable.
Gris - Aug 08, 2004 8:52:24 am PDT #2466 of 10001
Hey. New board.
My sister kind of looks and acts like her, sometimes. She does an excellent impression of her in Roman Holiday, especially.
Too bad she's not really interested in becoming a movie star.
Volans - Aug 08, 2004 8:58:30 am PDT #2467 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Ah, okay then. I would certainly say we do create celebrities now, nsm movie stars.
And yeah, hardly anyone knows who Christian Bale is.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 9:03:54 am PDT #2468 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I would certainly say we do create celebrities now, nsm movie stars
I think the industry is still star-driven. Action films will always make more money because they play better in non-English speaking countries. Star = franchise = knowable quality = $100 million on opening weekend. A lot of actors love to have a franchise character that they can interchange with their smaller movies - like Zellwegger with Bridget Jones.
Old time studios spent a lot of time building up stars and creating their mystique. Now it's more up to the individual actors (and their agents and publicists). But it's still the same idea.
The one thing I'd note that's distinctly different is that franchises are more about the vehicle/milieu than about the character. Star Trek franchises, rather than James T. Kirk franchises.
Volans - Aug 08, 2004 9:07:36 am PDT #2469 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Tho James T. Kirk is a character, not an actor...it's a quibble, but in a way I think there's sort of a William Shatner franchise. It's cheesy and goofy and not entirely Star Trek free, but it sells due to Shatner.
Does the article ask who the next Tom Hanks will be? Because I realize that I'm good for about one more Tom Hanks movie. I'm already done with Tom Cruise. I just can't watch him anymore.
sumi - Aug 08, 2004 9:07:42 am PDT #2470 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Back in the day, the studios owned the stars -- now they own the series -- so it does make sense.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2004 9:11:05 am PDT #2471 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Back in the day, the studios owned the stars -- now they own the series -- so it does make sense.
I think this is a factor.
Tho James T. Kirk is a character, not an actor...it's a quibble, but in a way I think there's sort of a William Shatner franchise. It's cheesy and goofy and not entirely Star Trek free, but it sells due to Shatner.
James Bond is an example of a character driven franchise. Batman too. I just think the movement will be away from this. I keep expecting somebody to move more towards a gaming mentality with these franchises. People like to go to Middle Earth for the Middle Earthness of it, as well as that particular narrative and those characters. People like particular milieus - it's part of what drives fan fiction.