'Actors' You *Never* Want To See In The 'Verse... by zoid

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'Actors' You *Never* Want To See In The 'Verse...

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:20 PM

Quentin Taratino. In any capacity.

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:39 PM

STORYMARK

Heh. I have the Star Wars Holiday Special. It's as atrocious as anyone's heard. but amusing in a painfull sort of way. The animated sequences (which introduced Boba Fett pre-Empire) are kinda fun, too.

That was the first, and last time that Lucas allowed any filmed Star Wars material that he didn't directly approve of and oversee.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:43 PM

EXODUS

Paul Reiser and Barbara Streisand.

God I hate them both.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:12 PM

ZOID

*zoid pops in after work*

Mick Jagger and Amanda Plummer

...because while I'm against the very concept of cosmetic surgery, I'm willing to make an exception in these two cases...

Shudderingly,

zoid

P.S.
And since rules were made to be turned into pretzels:
Any female actress with the last name Tilly; any of the Baldwin brothers (Adam is not related, y'all); anyone with the last name Arquette -- except Patricia, cuz I've had a thang for her since "True Romance". What can I say? There's just something about her -- a certain je ne sais quoi -- that I find very appealing...

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My wife says, "Ha! 'Je ne sais quoi'!?! You just like her boobs!" At which point I refer to the Tillys, above, and mention to my beloved spouse that she likes Patricia, too. Silence reigns, as I sidle away from the battlefield mutely triumphant, my sex life still intact...
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:23 PM

ELK

Leonardo Decaprio and Kate Bosworth

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:35 PM

AERIN

Jenifer Aniston and Brad Pitt.

Anistion doesn't really act (every character she plays is just herself) and I can't see Pitt fitting in anywhere.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:42 PM

BELOWZERO

Charlie Sheen and Tori Spelling

"Do not go gentle into that good night....
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. . ."
--Dylan Thomas

Though my soul may set in darkness
It will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 12:00 AM

BIGWOLF18

i have thought of the ultimate one: conan o'brian(he counts as a woman) and william shatner.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:09 AM

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Orlando Bloom (

) and Female?
Any of the rich spoilt brats constantly in the papers for nothing but wearing a clashing outfit and being drunk, and have never actually made anything that can actually be called a film and not a piece of mouldy vegetable skin that needs thrown in the bin because its not even good enough to go on the compost heep,man, they get on my nerves.
(Ok, breathe, Kate, breathe)

Damn you Fox! Damn you to Hades!!

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:15 AM

MSG

Um I think Orlando Bloom covers both male ( well in a really general sense) and female ( I mean look at him..shave the beard add the boobs and bingo) Sorry not a big fan of pretty men

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:16 AM

ERIC

Owen Wilson (who I recently discovered is in fact not the same as Matthew McConaughey, though he would suck as well) and a second on Aniston.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:43 AM

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Um I think Orlando Bloom covers both male ( well in a really general sense) and female ( I mean look at him..shave the beard add the boobs and bingo) Sorry not a big fan of pretty men

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

Haha! nice!
Me neither, they have to be a least slightly rugged!

Damn you Fox! Damn you to Hades!!

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

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Friday, July 7, 2006 7:55 AM

STILLSHINY

Ok I'm not really coming up with names, Though I would agree with all those who post Tom Cruise & I agree a million times over. So then I just started thinking of characters that may or may not fit in the Verse.

So what if? The BDHS are on a plant, not so core, but not exactaly the old west, but rather more like Jersey, and as the walk past a local conveience store who should be loitering around but Jay & Silent Bob. Bob in Brown Coat, & Jay wearing Blue Sun Shirt & bragging about all the companions he's been with.

Just a thought, maybe just the fact that it's Friday & I don't want to be at work!

"We had ties that could not be broken, except by the passing of time. Like a rock. A broken time rock. And you're very special to me, my broken time rock people." - Nathan Fillion

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Friday, July 7, 2006 7:56 AM

MILFORD

David Spade and Mischa Barton.

Spade just isn't any good without Farley.
Barton has the most blank face I've ever seen. I swear to Heaven above there's nothing going on behing those eyes.

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Leaning into the wind that used to carry me-Stavesacre

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Friday, July 7, 2006 8:01 AM

CRUITHNE3753

Roger Lloyd Pack as a bad guy.

Doctor Who fans will know what I mean when they see the episode "Rise of the Cybermen"...

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Friday, July 7, 2006 8:29 AM

NISKAFAN

Good thread ...

I would *never* want to see Jerry Stiller and Estelle Harris as Wash's parents.

Maybe good as George Costanza's ... but ewwwww! The idea just creeps me out.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 9:07 AM

MARVLGRL

I don't have actors in mind specifically but I would just prefer to see more "no name" people instead of the "a list" celebs. I think the reason the show worked was cause no one on it was really huge yet.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 9:25 AM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
Ok I'm not really coming up with names, Though I would agree with all those who post Tom Cruise & I agree a million times over. So then I just started thinking of characters that may or may not fit in the Verse.

So what if? The BDHS are on a plant, not so core, but not exactaly the old west, but rather more like Jersey, and as the walk past a local conveience store who should be loitering around but Jay & Silent Bob. Bob in Brown Coat, & Jay wearing Blue Sun Shirt & bragging about all the companions he's been with.

Just a thought, maybe just the fact that it's Friday & I don't want to be at work!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

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Friday, July 7, 2006 9:28 AM

TRISTAN

Had another couple in mind that would be bad...

Jerry Lewis and Joan Rivers.

Think on that a bit....

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Friday, July 7, 2006 9:34 AM

CHOO1701

The Olsen Twins....

that counts as two right?

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Friday, July 7, 2006 10:25 AM

ZOID

MarvlGrl wrote:

Quote:
I don't have actors in mind specifically but I would just prefer to see more "no name" people instead of the "a list" celebs. I think the reason the show worked was cause no one on it was really huge yet.

I hear what you're saying; but, I would tend to disagree.

Not trying to draw any direct comparisons, but just as an example: The original Star Wars movies were cast with virtual unknowns. Yet, there were some notable actors (as opposed to 'celebrities') in key roles, adding some seasoning to an otherwise rookie cast (okay, so Ford had an auxilliary role in Lucas' "American Graffiti"). ...Specifically, Sir Alec Guinness (CBE) and Peter Cushing (appointed OBE in 1989), in the first installment and then Billy Dee Williams and cameos by Guinness in the next two.

Point is, if you find the right actors, they can provide the veggies in an otherwise strictly meat-and-potatoes movie.

As you may have noted, I have disagreed -- at least to some extent -- with some of the 'nevers' above. And it may seem sort of sneaky, but that was one of the goals of this discussion: To discover some folks you might not otherwise think of being in the sequel. I mean, somebody nominates a 'never', and you think, "No, I could actually see him/her playing a (fill in the blank), in a way that would benefit the movie dramatically and at the box office."

It's kinda like playing reverse psychology with everyone, myself included. And logically, it's somewhat easier to spot a 'never' who might in fact be usable, than it would be to nominate someone who should definitely be in the movie, just off the top of your head...

On the other hand, there are some real stinkers out there who're just gonna befoul any movie they're in, to wit:

J'Lo -- because they'd need to build bigger sets just to wedge her head into them. And she was so promising in "Out Of Sight", too...

-and-

Either of the Brothers Fiennes -- not necessarily because they couldn't pull off the look-and-feel, but because they are notorious for getting to 'know' the actresses on the set in the Biblical sense. ...And I will not have them ruining my Morena fantasy. (NB: So we can also add Jude Law and for the ladies, Angelina Jolie, for the same reason. Unless y'all fancy the idea of Angie playing succubus to Nathan's helpless bunny rabbit? That girl's a collector...)

Thoughtfully,

zoid

P.S.
Y'all thought I was gonna say they'd have to build bigger sets for J'Lo's butt, dintcha? IMO, the butt's not half as big as the Ego...

P.P.S.
Note to self: Never ask any of my nominees for their autograph (or a date)...
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Friday, July 7, 2006 11:15 AM

MANDRAGON

Paris Hilton... BLEH!

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Friday, July 7, 2006 12:26 PM

MILGRAM

Quote:
Originally posted by Smartbutdumbblonde:
Orlando Bloom () and Female?
Any of the rich spoilt brats constantly in the papers for nothing but wearing a clashing outfit and being drunk, and have never actually made anything that can actually be called a film and not a piece of mouldy vegetable skin that needs thrown in the bin because its not even good enough to go on the compost heep,man, they get on my nerves.
(Ok, breathe, Kate, breathe)

Damn you Fox! Damn you to Hades!!
98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

Unless Orlando Bloom is in there to be shot by Mal.... OH GOD, PLEASE LET MAL SHOOT ORLANDO BLOOM. That would make me so happy.

I think any actor/actress that 3/4 of the public would instantly attach a name to the face wouldn't work; Firefly has to rely on the story and characters, not the actors.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 12:50 PM

GIXXER

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor

Dudley Moore and John Prescott

G W Bush and Condoleeza Rice

Regrettably, contemporary Steve Martin.

Tom Hanks without a doubt. (Ooh, and have Dan Brown do the script.)

(However, I would definitely trust a role, my ship and my life to Jeff Bridges. He would be right at home.)

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Friday, July 7, 2006 4:40 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Steve Carell of the Office and 40 Year Old Virgin and Julia Louis Dreyfuss. Both their voices drive me crazy after a little while.

I would like to see Dennis Leary as an old grouchy Browncoat and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) would be fantastic-he can do outrageous comedy (He was Daphne's drunk brother on several episodes of Frasier) and straight drama (He'is now an FBI officer on Without a Trace).

That leads me to two other actors I wouldn't want to see in the 'verse, EVER!
Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce

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Friday, July 7, 2006 4:58 PM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter

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Friday, July 7, 2006 5:36 PM

THENEXTMRSREYNOLDS

Ohhh, O'Reily and Coulter..gooood choices!
Someone might have already said, but Lindsay Lohan (ick) and David Spade

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Friday, July 7, 2006 5:56 PM

THEVERSE51

I don't know - O'Reilly and Coulter might be ok if they were fed to the Reevers.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:07 PM

ONEMANSHORT

Although I do agree to some sense that Firefly was built on no-name actors and recognizable actors would ruin it, the reason I have to disagree with is if the movie had say one big name more people may have come, meaning more money, and possibly a sequel. That's all I'm saying. As for people who should get the hell outta the Firefly world...hmmm...Chad Michael Murray (who counts as a girl) and Matt Damon (who also counts as a girl..guess I have no guys...darn). And I know this isn't what this thread is for, but I always had this vision of Morgan Freeman having some role in Book's past, perhaps the head of the Monestary, don't ask, I just think he would be great.

I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.

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Saturday, July 8, 2006 12:30 PM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Quote:
Originally posted by theverse51:
I don't know - O'Reilly and Coulter might be ok if they were fed to the Reevers.

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Saturday, July 8, 2006 2:49 PM

DRAGONFLY53

Jerry Seinfeld

and Denise Richards. He's soooo NOT funny... and her because she has done some of the worst acting that I've ever seen--

and I'm embarrassed to say that I've viewed more than one film with her in it.

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 8:19 AM

PONYXPRESSINC

Elijah Woods, I'm sorry but if he looks up at me one more time with teary eyes there will be violence

and Gwenyth Paltrow because she is just blah....

Regards

P

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 8:34 AM

BROKENANGEL

Jack Black and Lindsay Lohan

Nothing against Jack Black... as a comedian. But him in Serenity? Nah, I can't see it. I would be screaming for Jayne to kill him. And Lindsay Lohan.... OH DEAR GOD NO!!!!!

"Define 'interesting'." "Oh god, oh god, we're going to die?"

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:38 AM

BIGWOLF18

lizzie mcguire, (*shudder like sideshowbob*) and KERMIT THE FROG!

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the following people kick pigu! terry pratchett, nathan fillion, jewel staite, liam neeson and finally joss whendon himself!

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:42 AM

BIGWOLF18

Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
Quote:
Originally posted by Stillshiny:
Ok I'm not really coming up with names, Though I would agree with all those who post Tom Cruise & I agree a million times over. So then I just started thinking of characters that may or may not fit in the Verse.

So what if? The BDHS are on a plant, not so core, but not exactaly the old west, but rather more like Jersey, and as the walk past a local conveience store who should be loitering around but Jay & Silent Bob. Bob in Brown Coat, & Jay wearing Blue Sun Shirt & bragging about all the companions he's been with.

Just a thought, maybe just the fact that it's Friday & I don't want to be at work!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

THATS BRILLIANT!!!!

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the following people kick pigu! terry pratchett, nathan fillion, jewel staite, liam neeson and finally joss whendon himself!

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 10:08 AM

CHOO1701

lizzie mcguire/Hilary Duff

hell yeah!!!!

CAN. NOT. ACT!!!! (or sing. Jaynee could properly sing better. drunk. very drunk.)

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Sunday, July 9, 2006 11:59 AM

ZOID

Ed Begley, Jr. -- would rather have Ed, Sr. and he's been deceased for the past 36 years...

Dolly Parton -- Two very big reasons... No, wait, three very big reasons... Um, okay, four very big reasons. I mean, there's only so much movie screen available...

Blonde-ly,

zoid

P.S.
And none of the "four very big reasons" were Dolly's personality, which is likewise outsized, or conversely, her acting talent...
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Monday, July 10, 2006 1:23 PM

MORWEN112

Quote:
Originally posted by Eric:
Owen Wilson (who I recently discovered is in fact not the same as Matthew McConaughey, though he would suck as well)

You mean they aren't the same person?!?!? *shocked jaw drop*

Robert Redford, just because he is one of the few actors that I simply can not abide to watch for more than a few seconds.

He just annoys me. I have no idea why. But he does.

And....

The guy who played adolescent Anakin...Hadyn Christiansen or however it's spelled (too lazy to look it up). (He counts as a girl, I am ashamed to say.) I personally think that he has all the acting ability of a plank of wood. His two expressions include "angsty" and "angsty".

I wouldn't mind seeing Hilary Duff, actually. But only if River gets to mess with her head. And only if somebody told her to shut up. Preferrably Mal.

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:53 PM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Bill and Hillary Clinton.

(They're cool with me, but I would NEVER want to see them in Firefly.)

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:20 PM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Quote:
Originally posted by JRC:
Two words:
Paulie Shore.
Does he qualify as an actor?

...if Paris Hilton qualifies as an actress I'd say anything goes!!

Will Ferrell & Sean Young

(again, I refer to the Paris Hilton clause when referring to either of them as Actor/Actress)

That wasn't very sweet of me was it?

Magdalene x x x

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:36 PM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

Either of the Brothers Fiennes -- not necessarily because they couldn't pull off the look-and-feel, but because they are notorious for getting to 'know' the actresses on the set in the Biblical sense. ...And I will not have them ruining my Morena fantasy. (NB: So we can also add Jude Law and for the ladies, Angelina Jolie, for the same reason. Unless y'all fancy the idea of Angie playing succubus to Nathan's helpless bunny rabbit? That girl's a collector...)

Thoughtfully,

zoid

P.P.S.
Note to self: Never ask any of my nominees for their autograph (or a date)...

I'd like to look at Joseph though - he's hot as and although he can act I'd like him to be in a scene where none of our girls appear - maybe just getting killed by Jayne? or being a boy whore? (strictly with other boys - no girls?)

If you're putting Angelina in there for the same reason you'd have to include Penelope Cruz - what a

!

Ah - ruining my 'nice' reputation again - Magdalena x x

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Friday, July 14, 2006 10:40 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Charro a.k.a. "Koochie Koochie girl" - She can play guitar, I'll give her that, but never ever ever should she be considered for anything in the field of Acting.

Chris Rock - Great for the funny distraction type stuff, but not for the 'verse.

"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card

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