'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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We're watching Ordinary People and I just realized that one of Conrad's friends is played by Adam Baldwin!
If by friend you mean "total asshole" that was the character he played. But he got punched in the nose for his trouble.
He grew a lot between Ordinary People and My Bodyguard. Throw in Full Metal Jacket and you're talking about a pretty long and interesting career, really.
Tonight I watched Kirk build a bazooka out of shit he found on the ground.
I LOVE THE GORN SO MUCH.
Seriously, that was my favorite episode. When I was 6. And keckler made fun of the Gorn for having disco-balls for eyes and I had to punch her. Um. Over the phone. Which was difficult but that's how powerful my love for the Gorn is.
I don't remember why I liked it that much, honestly. But I'm very loyal to 6-year-old me.
Heh. I didn't think it was that great, but I enjoyed it in its cheesetastic silliness. The episode I watched before it, though, was pretty fantastic—"The Galileo Seven." So I guess I prefer hairy apes that you barely see and who don't talk to silly lizardmen who can't throw a punch and get all Taunty McTauntypants.
If by friend you mean "total asshole" that was the character he played. But he got punched in the nose for his trouble.
I should have said swim teammate. This is in DH top 3 movies. Yeah, Baldwin's career has been long and varied. I love that he's been working so long. He's aging really well.
Oh, and the nose punch *just* happened.
"The Galileo Seven."
LOVE! Especially for the interactions between Spock and McCoy. I also loved how Scotty basically just stayed out of shit and got things done, until his comment about the flare near the end.
My Bodyguard
Love.This.Movie!!! I saw it in the theater during its first run, and I have no idea why it didn't become a big hit, since it was pre-Hughes and still managed to cover all the Chicago teenager angst that he did a few years later.
Love.This.Movie!!! I saw it in the theater during its first run, and I have no idea why it didn't become a big hit,
No Molly Ringwald? Nah, it was probably too dark and serious to be a big Hughes hit?
I loved My Bodyguard too, but I haven't seen it since it came out.
There must have been something in the water when they made that movie, because Matt Dillon is aging pretty much just as well as Adam Baldwin.
ETA Holy crap! I didn't realize Joan Cusack was in that movie too.
Chris Makepeace's career ended up going nowhere, though.
Well, DH's report on 9 is that it would have been better as a silent movie, but that the visuals and worldbuilding more than make up for the hokey dialogue.