He has a goofy thing going on kinda but...the voice!
Goofy! Nay! Grim and dangerous.
Scanning down his IMDB page reveals that he was in Buffy, and in a movie with a friend of mine. Kewl.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 7:58:50 am PST #809 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Mar 07, 2006 8:01:18 am PST #810 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Or maybe it's because he played a creep.
He always plays creeps, now. He shows up on Law & Order every now and then, invariably as a creep. (Not usually a morbid freak creep, but sometimes.)
Poor guy. I am sure he would like to play more heroes, but Donnie Pfaster is kind of a signature role.
Vonnie K - Mar 07, 2006 8:17:14 am PST #811 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
He shows up on Law & Order every now and then, invariably as a creep.
Yeah. He showed up on Without A Trace a few weeks ago as a seemingly nice guy at the beginning, and I was all, "Donnie Pfaster! No way that he doesn't have some creeptastic agenda!" and I was totally right.
I've caught him on TV playing a genuinely nice character couple of times, but each time, my brain was unable to overcome the cognitive dissonance. Poor guy indeed.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:22:40 am PST #812 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's got nothing on Doug Hutchison or Brad Dourif for having the X Files establish a creep that I can't get past.
Vonnie K - Mar 07, 2006 8:29:45 am PST #813 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Curiously enough, I don't have that problem with Brad Dourif, since he's played plenty of memorable and interesting characters after the X-Files, and not all of them creepy. I credit this mostly to his sterling work as Doc Cochran in Deadwood though. He's brilliant in the role, cynical and compassionate and very human.
I don't think I have seen enough of Doug Hutchison post TXF to say if his creepiness outlasts Chinlund's. Lemme see... oh, he was in The Green Mile. I remember him! Yeah, creepy.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:31:46 am PST #814 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't seen Deadwood, and Mr. Dourif went onto being Wormtongue, so it's a sealed deal for me.
Dana - Mar 07, 2006 8:34:38 am PST #815 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Doug Hutchison was also a psychotic robot on Space: Above and Beyond. *shudder*
Brad Dourif really is terrific on Deadwood (as is just about everyone on that show). Well worth watching.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2006 8:34:54 am PST #816 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Doug Hutchison I'll give you, but I think Brad Dourif's creep factor was established well before, and probably led to his casting on, the X-Files.
Though you used an "I" statement, so I would guess you were just speaking from your own experience.
Cashmere - Mar 07, 2006 8:35:09 am PST #817 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
The plot description makes it sound pretty much identical to Underworld -- hot vampire chick in tight pants torn between her vampireness and whatever the other option is gets caught up in a very silly plot and blows a lot of shit up for some reason.
Yes, but Underworld Evolution at least had Scott Speedman shirtless (a lot of the time).
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:39:11 am PST #818 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Underworld Evolution at least had Scott Speedman shirtless (a lot of the time).
Repeatedly shirtless as opposed to continually, which just added. I mean, it was somehow more shirtless than if he'd just taken it off once and stayed that way.