They didn't choose to exploit it to my satisfaction on the show.
Amen. They had a perfect opportunity during the basketball game to do shirts and skins, but noooooo.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Vortex - Jun 30, 2004 7:18:12 am PDT #8558 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
beekaytee - Jun 30, 2004 7:18:33 am PDT #8559 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Russell Wong . Oh, my, my, oh, my.
Sean K - Jun 30, 2004 8:57:57 am PDT #8560 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Unless they meant him to be boring and then selfish and petulant -- in which case I think he did a bang up job.
Well, if Marc Blucas can act without being wooden in other parts, I think might be the only conclusion left to draw. If it's not a problem inherent to the actor, about the only thing left to assume is that he was directed in a particular manner.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 9:03:25 am PDT #8561 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think might be the only conclusion left to draw.
Mmm. I don't see sufficient data here. Joss may very well look at the episodes and go "Damn, that's not how I meant it." It could be because he couldn't get into that character, or whatever. Or he got better.
We're certainly not down to just the one conclusion. There are a million out there.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 30, 2004 10:15:01 am PDT #8562 of 10001
"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 Blucas has been pretty good in the comedic stuff he's done (Summer Catch, that hilarious turn that was the main redeeming feature of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...) and wooden in all his more serious work. Why they abandoned his strengths to change his character into Clenchy McLockjaw, I'll never understand.
Wolfram - Jun 30, 2004 11:54:41 am PDT #8563 of 10001
Visilurking
I think Blucas has been pretty good in the comedic stuff he's done (Summer Catch, that hilarious turn that was the main redeeming feature of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...) and wooden in all his more serious work. Why they abandoned his strengths to change his character into Clenchy McLockjaw, I'll never understand.
This is going to bug me for a long time, unless someone is kind enough to remind me what MB did in J&SBSB. I remembers Dawson boy and the "Pie-f*cker", but I can't seem to place Riley in the scant version of the film that still plays in my head.
Daisy Jane - Jun 30, 2004 11:56:17 am PDT #8564 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
He was Fred during the Mystery Machine scene
Kalshane - Jun 30, 2004 11:56:44 am PDT #8565 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Wolfram, he was Fred in the Scooby Doo scene.
X-posty. Though I white-fonted because everyone was being so vague. Guess I didn't need to.
Wolfram - Jun 30, 2004 12:04:35 pm PDT #8566 of 10001
Visilurking
Thanks guys. There he is. Apparently I have more Marc Blucas in my brain than I was previously aware of.
Scrappy - Jun 30, 2004 2:11:29 pm PDT #8567 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My sources told me he was supposed to be more laconic-but-amused-and-thinking-interesting-deep-thoughts (kinda like a more macho Oz) but that Blucas coudn't get there and by the time they figured it out it was too late to remake the character, so he went from deep and bemused to, well, serious and wooden. I don't think he's a bad actor--the speed of weekly TV production where the hours are long and there almost no rehearsal can be very tough on a lot of actors.