I've not been up to my AM duties of late. However, lighting a fire on the board in the morning is a group effort....
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ita, does Matt's revulsion description cover it for you, too?
It certainly covers my opinion about Travolta.
Me three.
Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
I think I have more dislike for Hanks than for Travolta, because he's taken more seriously by reviewers, and also because the annoying movies he stars in tend to be on the radar longer than Travoltas.
Also, I like Welcome Back Kotter better than Bosom Buddies.
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
I think you've hit the nail on the head as to what bugs me about him.
I do like his comedies, in which he had just enough sincerity to give things heart, and just enough snark and smarm to keep it real.
Have I found anyone who shares my acute dislike of Tom Hanks? Who speaks for me on post-comedy Hanks?
I'll join you in the Hanks-hater corner. All of his recent performances have been tooth-grindingly irritating for me.
I'm not crazy about post-comedy Hanks.
His turn in Dragnet, though, was comedy GOLD.
It's almost like comedy!Hanks and post-comedy!Hanks are two different actors, like Hobbit!Dom and Lost!Dom.
I liked him back in the Bosom Buddies/Bachelor Party/Big days, but I've hated him in every screen appearance since Forrest Gump.
Maybe he should only work on projects that start with a B?
I'll go stand by myself in the liking Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Julia Roberts corner.