Frankly, the Dath Vader helmet looks kinda like Farrah hair, shellacked into permanence. Or, I guess maybe your basic Eight-is-Enough bowl haircut.
A fashion-victim villain! I never!
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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Nutty - May 23, 2005 8:42:43 am PDT #3145 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
erikaj - May 23, 2005 8:42:45 am PDT #3146 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
That kind of thing annoys me. Because she took the money, strapped on the awful costume...she should've at least faked it. It's an insult to hard-working people with real jobs who keep her in massages by seeing these horrible things that she wouldn't. She could be working at Wal-mart right now, not really caring if the people she greeted had nice days. You feel me? Sorry.(Steps off Plebeian and Proud soapbox.) One last thing(slaps Lucas for writing dialogue so bad, he makes actors embarrassed in the first place.) You don't get a pass, you punk. I could take you, old man.
Cashmere - May 23, 2005 8:51:26 am PDT #3147 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
The original trilogy is sparse and beautiful because he didn't have the money or technology to clutter it up.
This is the most succinct way I've ever seen it put. Also. So very, very true.
That kind of thing annoys me. Because she took the money, strapped on the awful costume...she should've at least faked it. It's an insult to hard-working people with real jobs who keep her in massages by seeing these horrible things that she wouldn't. She could be working at Wal-mart right now, not really caring if the people she greeted had nice days. You feel me? Sorry
No apologies necessary. I'm in total agreement. She's an actress. Even if the material is shitty. Just. Act.
Betsy HP - May 23, 2005 8:54:46 am PDT #3148 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
As I understand it, movie actors are entirely at the mercy of the director: he picks the cut that actually makes it onscreen. It's at least possible that Lucas wanted Portman to play flat, or that her good takes got sacrificed in the goal of finding Christiansen's best takes.
Cashmere - May 23, 2005 8:56:32 am PDT #3149 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's at least possible that Lucas wanted Portman to play flat, or that her good takes got sacrificed in the goal of finding Christiansen's best takes
You mean her best scenes ended up being the ones that occurred while they were spraying Hayden down for termites.
Frankenbuddha - May 23, 2005 8:56:49 am PDT #3150 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
t hearts erika.
Dude! How did I miss that?
No kidding. I saw this with two Farscape fans and we even commented that it was supposed to Tarkin, but did not even notice who the actor was.
When fandoms collide.
Lyra Jane - May 23, 2005 8:58:43 am PDT #3151 of 10002
Up with the sun
And also, she signed up for the project when she was what, 15 or 16? I have some sympathy for someone who may have thought, "Star Wars! Cool!" as a teenager, and gotten progressively disillusioned with the material she was given as an adult. Plus, it's clear this isn't the kind of movie she sees herself making any more, judging from her other recent choices.
Not excusing her flat performance, but I at least have more sympathy for her than Samuel L. Jackson.
Cashmere - May 23, 2005 8:59:09 am PDT #3152 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Has anyone seen the Burger King commercial where Darth Vader and the guy in the creepy Burger King mask face off? They just stand there breathing at each other. Hi-larious.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 8:59:57 am PDT #3153 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The performance is nowhere near as off-pissing as the comments -- like T'Pol from Enterprise or Halle from X-Men.
Cash the cheque and smile, okay? Better actors than you can suck it up.
Nutty - May 23, 2005 9:03:16 am PDT #3154 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I don't know. Sometimes honest actor-reaction can be very refreshing. Okay, mostly long after the fact.