Here's another piece saying the same thing.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
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sumi - Jun 20, 2007 12:32:08 pm PDT #2029 of 3486
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Jun 20, 2007 12:38:33 pm PDT #2030 of 3486
Art Crawl!!!
I read that Heroes is alreadying filming because they've got so many episodes in their season (or unwritten reason: they're trying to avoid the writers' strike) - but that probably means some real hard-core spoilers should be out and about shortly.
Nutty - Jun 20, 2007 12:57:37 pm PDT #2031 of 3486
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Anders will play the most intriguing part, that of the ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei
Um, I know my eyesight is shitty, but, isn't David Anders kind of white for that role?
Also, if they make him deliver all his lines in Japanese I will laugh and laugh -- I've never heard him speak in his native accent, which I gather is something ordinary like Oregonian.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 2:17:56 pm PDT #2032 of 3486
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never heard him speak in his native accent, which I gather is something ordinary like Oregonian.
I don't remember what accent he used in CSI (and wouldn't recognise Oregonian if it bit me in the ass with a reacharound map), but it was very charming.
But that all pales behind the idea of a resurgence of 'yellowface,' which I was just reading was kosher way longer than blackface ever was. I'd never thought of that.
Sean K - Jun 20, 2007 2:31:31 pm PDT #2033 of 3486
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, when you have John Wayne playing Gengis Khan, that's seriously stretching credibility for the sake of discrimination.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2007 3:12:14 pm PDT #2034 of 3486
"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
Say what you will, that was less offensive than Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Sean K - Jun 20, 2007 3:17:45 pm PDT #2035 of 3486
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I don't know how Mickey slept at night after that role.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2007 3:21:48 pm PDT #2036 of 3486
"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
Maybe the rat poison that likely started finding its way into his Chinese take-out had a soporific effect?
sumi - Jun 20, 2007 3:40:16 pm PDT #2037 of 3486
Art Crawl!!!
I'm hoping that they don't do a yellowface thing because that would totally suck.
I'm hoping that they have some interesting story as to why blue-eyed blond guy is in Japan at that point.
sumi - Jun 22, 2007 10:52:14 am PDT #2038 of 3486
Art Crawl!!!
The Futon Critic's account of the Heroe's World Tour comments on the Kensei-casting thing.