Day #10 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
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shadowkatThis is Day #10 of the 30 Day Television Challenge
The prompt is: An actor/actress (human or an animal - doesn't matter) who you have religiously followed from one television series to another (if you don't have one, just favorite male television actor).
The rules:
1. Don't pick the same television show someone else picked.
2. Don't pick the same television series you picked in another category. (ie. if you picked say Parks and Recreation, you can pick Rob Lowe, just not for Parks and Recreation.)
3. You can do up to two clips for the actor, actress, and animal but keep in mind you are limiting others choices and limiting the television series you can use in other categories.
(As an aside, I don't recommend following television actors/actresses - the writing and direction govern in television, actors have no control. You can see someone in one show - and they are brilliant, and they suck in something else - has nothing to do with the actor, it has to do with the writer and director, costume, hair, etc.)
Okay, my choice for actor is..
David Tennant. Using two clips, to give you an idea of this guy's range:
Tennant is actually among the few that I've liked in pretty much everything I've seen him in. I'm not sure if he's just highly selective, or very good.
Most of the time I get disappointed and eventually give up.
The prompt is: An actor/actress (human or an animal - doesn't matter) who you have religiously followed from one television series to another (if you don't have one, just favorite male television actor).
The rules:
1. Don't pick the same television show someone else picked.
2. Don't pick the same television series you picked in another category. (ie. if you picked say Parks and Recreation, you can pick Rob Lowe, just not for Parks and Recreation.)
3. You can do up to two clips for the actor, actress, and animal but keep in mind you are limiting others choices and limiting the television series you can use in other categories.
(As an aside, I don't recommend following television actors/actresses - the writing and direction govern in television, actors have no control. You can see someone in one show - and they are brilliant, and they suck in something else - has nothing to do with the actor, it has to do with the writer and director, costume, hair, etc.)
Okay, my choice for actor is..
David Tennant. Using two clips, to give you an idea of this guy's range:
Tennant is actually among the few that I've liked in pretty much everything I've seen him in. I'm not sure if he's just highly selective, or very good.
Most of the time I get disappointed and eventually give up.
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Date: 2020-10-06 10:34 pm (UTC)I, Claudius where I first noticed him and Star Trek Next Generation .
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Date: 2020-10-06 11:46 pm (UTC)My pick:
Gina Torres.
(Pretend to be surprised, okay?)
From Alias to Hercules, to the Whedonverse with Angel and Firefly, into the Matrix and even into the cheese with (urgh) Cleopatra 2525, I have watched Gina lend pride, power and presence to every role.
https://youtu.be/5-_pZa7b30U
Will I watch Gina when she joins 911 Lone Star? I don't normally watch those kinds of shows....
Yeah, probably.
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Date: 2020-10-07 02:42 am (UTC)911 Lone Star is actually pretty good. Tim Minear and David Fury are working on the 911 shows, along with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck. It's kind of...how to put this? Their upbeat firemen/police/EMT procedural show - with wryly funny black humor accidents, and sly wit. Some of the black humor accidents are rather gruesome.
Plus they have great casts.
One of the better written procedurals out there - with a lot of Whedon writer refugees popping up.
At any rate it's better than Suits. I tried watching Suites for Gina, and gave up. (Like I said I don't recommend doing this - the actor isn't responsible for the material. I learned my lesson finally with Marsters and Head, although...you'd think I would have figured it out with Richard Hatch.)
Was she in Hercules? I admittedly watched more of Xenia than Hercules. She was in Alias, but it was a small role - unfortunately, Alias is interesting in some of its supporting cast - all of which were better than Jennifer Garner. Victor Garber, Gina Torres, Bradley Cooper...
I have also followed Torres around, since I've watched all those series.
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Date: 2020-10-07 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-07 03:53 am (UTC)Yeah, I couldn't take Suits for too long, either; it was like watching Marsters in Without a Trace.
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Date: 2020-10-07 04:49 am (UTC)https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001751/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Date: 2020-10-07 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-07 12:13 pm (UTC)It's also a very good example of why it doesn't always work to follow actors from one show to the next. You watch Marsters in Buffy and Angel then you watch him in something else...and wonder if it really is the same actor? And I've watched him in a lot of things - I think a lot of it has to do with writing, the part, etc. But I also think the actor chose to protect himself more after S6/S7 of Buffy, and stop taking risks for his own sanity. (Which he sort of said in various Q&A's and interviews.) Noticed the same thing with other actors from that series - with few exceptions. Whedon apparently liked to push his actors to their limits.
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Date: 2020-10-07 01:19 pm (UTC)I mean, you're kind of glad for him, he's getting paid well and he can provide for the family... but you know he could do a lot better.
Marsters was at BUFFY level on Millennium, and that's really about it for what I've seen from him outside of Whedon. All he needs a juicy character to sink his teeth into (if you'll pardon the expression). Actually, I'm shocked that one of the streaming services hasn't lined up a vehicle for him.
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Date: 2020-10-12 08:34 pm (UTC)I first watched him in the Harry Potter movies, of course, but I can't recall which came first.
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Date: 2020-10-12 08:51 pm (UTC)I don't like him very much in ordinary guy roles. Although he didn't do a bad job as an astronaut, and serviceable in Chance.
Yes, I'm seen him in a lot of things. I also followed Richard Hatch and Anthony Stewart Head around - how do you think I ended up watching Buffy? I followed Head from VR5 to Buffy.
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Date: 2020-10-12 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-12 09:48 pm (UTC)He's a gorgeous man and he can act, too. ♥