She is a rather opaque actress. I love how she looks, but she tends to be somewhat dull onscreen for me. YSBMV
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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Scrappy - Jul 14, 2008 9:49:33 am PDT #6994 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Theodosia - Jul 14, 2008 9:51:56 am PDT #6995 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yet still a better actress than J---a R-----s.
lisah - Jul 14, 2008 10:11:19 am PDT #6996 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
The redesign of EW is TERRIBLE! What is with the random bolding in reviews, for example?
Selma Blair is one of the tv/movie people I've seen in real life who have made me conclude that most tv/movie people are teeny tiny with HUGE HEADS.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 14, 2008 10:18:46 am PDT #6997 of 10000
"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
I think the flat affect thing is appropriate for Liz Sherman, as this is someone who accidentally par-broiled her family when her pyrokintetic abilities manifested. That backstory worked well with the closed-off don't-know-where-I-fit-in-ness of the first movie. Not so much when they want to convince me she's (1) a tough, seasoned field agent, or (2) a romantic leading lady who's supposed to be the more together half of the pair.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 14, 2008 10:23:33 am PDT #6998 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Half the time I can't tell if the character Selma Blair is playing is supposed to be mentally disabled in some way...and I think generally the character isn't -- it's just something about her that makes me think that.
I have this same problem. One of my friends thinks this about Eliza Dushku, though, which seems crazy to me.
Volans - Jul 14, 2008 12:25:08 pm PDT #6999 of 10000
move out and draw fire
One of my friends thinks this about Eliza Dushku
And I think it about Amber Benson, so go figure.
Sean K - Jul 14, 2008 12:32:54 pm PDT #7000 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Buried in Frank's white font about HB2:
I very much loathe Family Guy
??????
Oh, Frank. And I thought we had something....
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2008 1:01:26 pm PDT #7001 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The new Abe was no David Hyde Pierce.
The new Abe was Doug Jones, the man in the costume. But I agree.
And David Hyde Pierce went on record that he modeled his vocal performance in Hellboy on Doug Jones. It was the studio's attempt at a BO name, and Pierce was somewhat embarrassed about it.
Oh, Frank. And I thought we had something....
Sorry, I gotta go with South Park's take on FG - random jokes that occasionally are funny, but mostly I can't give a shit about any of it, and usually want to throw things at the television when I try to watch it. Peter is like the worst aspects of latter day Homer Simpson cubed, and it's the domination of latter day Homer that makes me avoid The Simpsons so much these days. Feh and ptui, I says.
Assablanca was a good jokey reference; that's about all I can come up with off the top of my head.
Granted, the fact that Fox kept bringin' back FG over and over again in decent time slots while they exiled Futurama to early Sunday night death slots (after it got decent ratings following The Simpsons) might have something to do with my distaste for the show.
Hayden - Jul 14, 2008 1:11:39 pm PDT #7002 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I also have nothing but distaste for Family Guy. In fact, I thought about taking this observation to the comedy thread, but it seemed more off-topic there than here.
Glamcookie - Jul 14, 2008 1:20:17 pm PDT #7003 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I love looking at Selma and her style just rocks, but I also must agree on the acting not being spectacular.
Amazon High
Didn't this end up being a Xena ep? It was weird.