Andrew ,'Damage'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
have you seen the pilot episode? There even more than later in the series Shanks is doing a dead on Spader-as-Jackson impression.
Yes, I actually just Netflixed Season 1 a little bit ago. I agree, it is uncanny ... and, uh-huh, spooky. And makes me smile, for some reason. Like, there are two Daniel Jacksons to adore. Or something. Whereas I adore only RDA's Jack, though I respect Kurt's (I'm sure he'd be relieved to know that).
Yeah, Shanks's Dr. Jackson is so clearly meant to be the same person, whereas RDA and Russell play almost completely unrelated characters. Which is okay, don't get me wrong -- the locked-up misery of the movie's Jack, even assuming the intervening year held a lot of therapy, really wouldn't have worked for a series.
Agreed very much on the movie/series comparisons. KR did a good job portraying a Jack who had nothing left to live for and who slowly started to emerge from that locked-up misery.
Still, I have to wonder how RDA would have played Movie!Jack, and how it would have differed from Russel's portrayal. I have a feeling that RDA's Jack would have been scarier, somehow.
From last night's OC event in LA, Chris Carmack on how he got the part of Luke:
"I gave a mediocre performance so I felt that I had to make up for it with a little something as I left the room. So as the next guy came in I socked him in the gut and then started making out with his mom."
Shanks-as-Spader-as-Jackson is just plain spooky.
Heh. Have you seen Wormhole Extreme yet? The Many Faces of Daniel Jackson spiel at the end is hysterical.
Heh. Have you seen Wormhole Extreme yet? The Many Faces of Daniel Jackson spiel at the end is hysterical.
As it happens ... that's on the next DVD I have coming in (Stargate eps I haven't seen figure heavily in my DVD rotation. Farscape's on deck next). Very excited to see it again; I've only caught it in sections. Just about died with the laughing.
"I gave a mediocre performance so I felt that I had to make up for it with a little something as I left the room. So as the next guy came in I socked him in the gut and then started making out with his mom."
BWAH! He's really talented, and IMHO a little handicapped by his pretty-boy looks.
and IMHO a little handicapped by his pretty-boy looks.
It's true, and he knows it.
Yeah. The thing is, he doesn't have wholesome, All-American good looks that can indicate the Hollywood version of a guy's guy in television and film - you immediately see him and think "Calvin Klein underwear model."
Shanks-as-Spader-as-Jackson is just plain spooky.
Edited because who the hell is Spade?
Suddenly imagining Daniel Jackson hitting Apophis or Anubis with a snotty "buh-bye" as they foil his latest scheme.
you immediately see him and think "Calvin Klein underwear model."
Heh -- his first gig (right out of high school) was as an Abercrombie & Fitch model.
(Of course, "Poor me, I'm constantly getting offers to show off my perfect body for money" is about as first-world as problems get. If he weren't a local boy, I'd have trouble mustering up any real sympathy.)