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Alan gets dissed

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Monday, August 20, 2007 12:51 AM

SLYC


On Ebert & Roeper this week they review 'Death At A Funeral' with our dear departed Wash, Alan Tudyk. The guest reviewer comes out with:
"...played by Alan "Two-dyke", never heard of him."
The guy is a movie reviewer and he never saw (or forgot about) 'Serenity'?
Or even 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'.
What a yutz!
Roeper however said Alan was "good" by the way. He was also smart enough to like "Serenity" as I remember.

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Monday, August 20, 2007 5:30 AM

DONCOAT


Yes, Serenity received two thumbs up from E&R -- including the actual Ebert (who was in better health at the time).



...not to mention "I, Robot" and "A Knight's Tale"!

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Monday, August 20, 2007 6:05 AM

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA


Though its not a movie, anyone lucky enough to have caught him when he took over Sir Galahad etc. etc. and so forth when Hank Azaria left Spamalot is sure to know he's absolutely brilliant, and for those not lucky enogh to see him, a bootleg copy's on YouTube.

Can I just ask as an aside, Why is it that the Texans on Firefly do such good English accents? Summer and Alan both are quite capable, and as before mentioned, Texans.

"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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Monday, August 20, 2007 7:09 AM

SWEETSERENDIPITY


Do you have a link for which Youtube clip? I saw the one of the Grail song on the Tony awards. Alan is in that, but are there others with him?

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Monday, August 20, 2007 8:14 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by DonCoat:
...not to mention "I, Robot" and "A Knight's Tale"!


or incredibly recently in "Knocked Up".

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Monday, August 20, 2007 3:14 PM

DONCOAT


Quote:

Originally posted by BrowncoatSandinista:
Can I just ask as an aside, Why is it that the Texans on Firefly do such good English accents? Summer and Alan both are quite capable, and as before mentioned, Texans.


At a guess, it's because they've already learned one accent -- namely, the American standard Midwestern one. That's assuming they grew up speaking that twangy Texas drawl, y'all.

Learning any accent, even a neutral one, is good "ear training".


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Monday, August 20, 2007 6:10 PM

CAPTURE


That's so uncool! Alan is a great actor--and he is been in a lot of movies! One of my favorite roles of his was in the Sandra Bulock movie 28 days--he plays this odd german fellow in rehab! Very amusing! And what about a Knights Tale with Heath Ledger? Where's the love?




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Monday, August 20, 2007 6:32 PM

NCBROWNCOAT


Well, Alan was dissed yet again. EW reviewed "3:10 to Yuma" and not a mention of him.

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Monday, August 20, 2007 7:04 PM

PHOENIXROSE

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Quote:

Originally posted by Capture:
One of my favorite roles of his was in the Sandra Bulock movie 28 days


"There's a time when you can share and hold hands on the same path... But there's always a fork in the road at some point. And sometimes you have to go on one part of the fork and they gotta go on the other part of the fork. Or just down the back part of the fork while you go forward. And they're like *sigh* ... Or they got a salad fork and you have one of the big dinner forks and you have longer to go but they're like done. Because that's it. Or they're stuck on a piece of food, that they *sigh* ... A desert fork or like one of those, you know small little shrimp forks or crab forks and you're trying to get the crab. They're like that and you're over here jumping to the huge serving fork or something like that. *sigh* Or a ladle."

He improvized that, did you know? Brilliant!


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Monday, August 20, 2007 7:11 PM

FLORALBUNNY


When I heard "Two-Dyke" I nearly did a spit-take.

The upshot there was one enthusiastic thumb up and the other one ditto down, saying the only good thing about it was that it was short, or some such.

The reviews I've read (lots of them) have been good, so one bad apple isn't going to do much.



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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:29 AM

GRIZWALD


Quote:

Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
He improvized that, did you know? Brilliant!



Reminds me strongly of his improvization as Wash on all the things he likes about Zoe... "There's no place on that woman I wouldn't put my tongue."

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:14 AM

CAPTURE


Quote:

Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Quote:

Originally posted by Capture:
One of my favorite roles of his was in the Sandra Bulock movie 28 days


"There's a time when you can share and hold hands on the same path... But there's always a fork in the road at some point. And sometimes you have to go on one part of the fork and they gotta go on the other part of the fork. Or just down the back part of the fork while you go forward. And they're like *sigh* ... Or they got a salad fork and you have one of the big dinner forks and you have longer to go but they're like done. Because that's it. Or they're stuck on a piece of food, that they *sigh* ... A desert fork or like one of those, you know small little shrimp forks or crab forks and you're trying to get the crab. They're like that and you're over here jumping to the huge serving fork or something like that. *sigh* Or a ladle."

He improvized that, did you know? Brilliant!


Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.



That's beautiful PR!!! I love that scene! It's probably the best in the movie!!!




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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:21 AM

FINEHAT


The "critics" are nothing but frustrated actors.

You look at Alan's credits. It shows that the people who make the movies know he's a great character actor or they wouldn't be casting him. But, alas, the most talented character actors many times get overlooked.

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