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

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ZOID

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:32 PM

Okay, we've all played the 'who would you like to see in Firefly/Serenity' game. Now for something totally disrespectful of others.

Which one actor and one actress would you never want to see stinking up the screen in a SereniFly vehicle?

I'll start, shall I?

David Hasselhoff and Paris Hilton.

Normally, I'd go to exhaustive lengths to explain my choices, but I think the nature of this topic is gonna render most of such details extraneous, don't you?

Inexcusably,

zoid

P.S.
If you've got more than one actor and/or actress, post them separately. But to play by the rules ('what are those?'), in each post you must have one actor and one actress, so things stay evened up. No picking on guy or girl hacks only, see?

P.P.S.
Feel free to explain your choices, if you feel moved to do so, and to rebut the choices of others. I mean, this is a discussion forum, after all...
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TRISTAN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:39 PM

I'll play!

Sarah Michelle Gellar and William Shatner.

Got nothing against Captain Kirk, I just don't think he would be a great addition to out 'verse.

SMG. Sorry to all the Buffy fans out there, but she would be one person I would hate to see. Unless, of course, it was as Reaver-bait!

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FOLLOWMAL

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:44 PM

Tom Cruise and Jessica Simpson

Just like you Zoid.. I think no explanations are necessary.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

ZOID

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:48 PM

Tristan wrote, in part:

Quote:
...SMG. Sorry to all the Buffy fans out there, but she would be one person I would hate to see. Unless, of course, it was as Reaver-bait!

I could see her very believably portraying some kind of religious fanatic, a la "Safe", although she'd probably turn down the role as a matter of principle. And of course, she's shat on Joss before (i.e., refusing to even consider reprising the role of Buffy in a casually-rumored Buffy The Series-based miniseries), so...

Semi-Contrarily,

zoid
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BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:49 PM

Alec Baldwin and Rosie O'Donnell.

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COSMICFUGITIVE

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:50 PM

Quote:
Zoid wrote:

David Hasselhoff and Paris Hilton.

I don't know if they can be topped. Pure comedy genius!

*Thinks long and hard*

Here's my selection.. David Caruso (Horatio Caine from CSI Miami) and Lindsey Lohan.

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TRISTAN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:52 PM

It is because of her attitude that I think she would not fit in...you are right about her turning down a part just on principle. I could go off on her, but not here. This thread promises to be too much fun for BS like that. So, I will agree with you and smile!

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MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 5:54 PM

Chloris Leachman and Colin Farrell.

I just can't stand Chloris, and you could get a social disease just from looking at Colin Farrell. Yuck.

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

ZOID

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:05 PM

Mavourneen:

Wow! No Colin Farrell?! First, I could totally envision him as a kind of Badger-with-a-razor's-edge kind of hooligan (the "social disease" carrier thing would be a plus in the role). Second, isn't he a fellow countryman of yours? Spit in your pint, did he?

Are you sure you didn't mean Will Ferrell?
(NB: Though he doesn't seem very contagious, and I think a part could be found for him as an Alliance government CEO.)

Gob-Smacked,

zoid
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SAFEAT2ND

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:09 PM

Ben Stiller and Ben Stiller... er sorry. I feel he qualifies for both but in light of the rules.. Sarah Michelle Geller

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

ZOID

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:14 PM

safeat2nd:

...or as I call him, Ben 'The Movie Killer' Stiller, heh-heh... Good call.

v/r
-zed

MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:15 PM

I know, I know. Generally, I like me some Irishmen. But Colin Farrell makes my skin crawl. I just want to bathe him...and not in a good way. He's dirty looking, dirty acting, just plain icky.

A list of Irish Men I would do before Colin Farrell:

1. The entire male population of County Cork
2. The entire male population of County Mayo
3. The entire male population of County Kerry
4. And so on.
You get the idea...

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

SIMONWHO

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:19 PM

Rob Schneider and Madonna.

SAFEAT2ND

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

safeat2nd:

...or as I call him, Ben 'The Movie Killer' Stiller, heh-heh... Good call.

v/r
-zed

Oooo that's good. Can I use that?

Madonna.... shudder...

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

AZHEA

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:29 PM

Cameron Diaz and Adam Sandler

Just don't see 'em fittin' in is all...couldn't give the proper respect to the 'verse it's due.

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PENGUIN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:31 PM

Jim Carrey and Britany Spears.

Not funny and no talent.

ZOID

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:36 PM

Azhea:

I don't find Cameron Diaz as attractive as many other guys do. Her nose, her smile... I could easily see her as a HoG girl. Playin' it low-key instead of giggly, as a battered hooker with a Heart of (Jagged) Glass, not gold.

But, I know what you mean... (and Sandler: Not.)

v/r,
-zed

JADEHAND

Thursday, July 6, 2006 6:47 PM

Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger
over rated, under talented and Fugly

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But I have never seen these streets so fresh Washed with morning rain
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FLECHETTE

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:15 PM

Halle Berry and John Travolta

I don't hate Halle but I think her acting abilities are over-rated. and I just can't stand John T....

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MONKSDAD

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:16 PM

tom cruise

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

SPACEANJL

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:25 PM

C'mon - Paris Hilton would make a great love-bot

Actually, I could see David Caruso as a Purplebelly.

But I'm with you on the Hoff thing.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:32 PM

Paris the love-bot - Noooooooo!!!!

C'mon, that girl that played April was actually a pretty good actress. And Sarah was brilliant as the Buffybot.

"If we want her to be exactly she'll never be exactly I know the only really real Buffy is really Buffy and she's gone who?" Tee hee!

On that subject - I'd quite like to see Sarah in Firefly. I defy anyone to watch Becoming II or The Body and tell me Sarah can't act. And I'd like to see her as a character very different from Buffy.

Who would I not want? Can't top David Hasslehoff and Paris Hilton!

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MICK91

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:34 PM

Keanu Reeves (dude!) and Sofia Coppola (ouch!)...

DHOFFRYNN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:41 PM

Sylvester Stallone and Fran Drescher.........

did I win?????????

postholer--for digging holes...for posts

BIGWOLF18

Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:58 PM

jim carrey and...um...paris hilton.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 8:05 PM

umm Mavoureen how many irishmen have you met...'cause I have to say while not so many look like him, large portions of the one's I've met act like him...He's not so bad as all that. Certainly drinks alot ( again um very irish) he fights some, but not in a kill them way more roughhousing( still irish) and he likes women ( ok that's all nationalities)

I must say I would absolutely never want to see any of those nasty reality t.v. people....or Russell Crow ( want to talk icky morals and bad bad behavior ...in spades)oh and I find Joan Rivers profoundly repellant!!!

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

HUMBUG

Thursday, July 6, 2006 8:14 PM

I could see Cameron Diaz as a companion....

And Rob Lowe as an Alliance blokey!

So, who wouldn't I like?...

Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt!!

Humbug

"You know what the first rule of flying is?... Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home." Mal, BDM

HUMBUG

Thursday, July 6, 2006 8:16 PM

Another idea....

Jean Claude Van Damme and Angelina Jolie.

I was thinking Catherine Zeta- Jones, but I think she would make a great Companion.

GHOSTTOWN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 8:27 PM

David Hasselhoff or The Olsen Twins

Cory

"That's A Dumb Planet"

JRC

Thursday, July 6, 2006 8:31 PM

Two words:
Paulie Shore.
Does he qualify as an actor?

Everyone dies alone.

THEPISTONENGINE

Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:01 PM

Ben Affleck (ugh) and Jane Fonda (double, triple, quadruple ugh)

Beat those two.

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BULLET1510

Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:13 PM

Matt LeBlanc and Paris Hilton

RMMC

Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:14 PM

Bill Murray and Joan Rivers.

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IMNOTHERE

Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:28 PM

On behalf of (some) UK Doctor Who fans:
Peter Kay
(A UK celeb who was stuntcast in a recent episode)
Now the guy may well be a talented stand-up comic for all I know - certainly his fanbase seem to expect everyone to sterilise themselves with laughter at the sight of his face mugging at the camera.

FLATTOP

Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:35 PM

Jane Fonda. Yeah, I'd have to miss that episode. Unless...

Susan Sarandon & the "Dope Dude" from Grandma's Boy (actually most of the male cast from that movie has no place in any film except comedies that are labled "Liberal use of mood altering pharmacologicals before viewing is strongly recommended".

SUMMERFAN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 10:22 PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jennifer Lopez.

Both just too full of themselves don't ya think?

KANEMAN

Thursday, July 6, 2006 10:32 PM

Nicolas Cage and Joan Collins......jeepers the thought.

MISSTRESSAHARA

Thursday, July 6, 2006 10:48 PM

Actually, that would be nearly every popular celebrity (not star) in Hollywood. Just think of all the high grade primma donna celebrities that are hot hot hot and there you go.

Makes you see where the mentality is when people like Cruise and Jolie are up on the hot meter and our BDS have yet to be caught on the hot meter. But all the better for us since we don't have to share.

Then again all the pretty boy celebrities can play boy whores. That's very thoughtful.

If I'm a bitch, then life just got interesting

TITIWAI

Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:00 PM

Oh how I hate Sandra Bullock! If she were to make an appearance I would . Although if they killed her off in a very painful fashion.... he he he

San Nakji for President!

STORYMARK

Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:04 PM

I con't believe the obviouse had eluded so many of you.

Carrot Top.

"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."

VOSHEXETER

Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:23 PM

Michelle Trachtenburger

David Carusso

......next.......

"How'd ya like a bite a this green apple, America?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

voshExeter

GIXXER

Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:39 PM

Mick Hucknell and Vanessa Feltz.

KAYNA

Friday, July 7, 2006 12:24 AM

I know you said one set per post but I just have too.

For the younger set: Ashton Kutcher and Hillary Duff
I never understood the popularity of either of the mediocre people.

For someone a little older: Mel Gibson and Sarah Jessica Parker. He's lost his mind and she never impressed me with her "acting".

Now Andrea Parker would be great. That woman can act.

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ADAMWANKENOBI

Friday, July 7, 2006 12:44 AM

I'm going to hijack the thread for a second and note that something like this happened to Star Wars once. Would you believe that Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship have all made appearances in Star Wars? No? Well my friends, I'm going to introduce you to the piece of go se known as The Star Wars Holiday Special. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special.

Believe it.

KANEMAN

Friday, July 7, 2006 1:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
I'm going to hijack the thread for a second and note that something like this happened to Star Wars once. Would you believe that Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship have all made appearances in Star Wars? No? Well my friends, I'm going to introduce you to the piece of go se known as The Star Wars Holiday Special. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special.

Believe it.

Scary

RMMC

Friday, July 7, 2006 2:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
I'm going to hijack the thread for a second and note that something like this happened to Star Wars once. Would you believe that Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship have all made appearances in Star Wars? No? Well my friends, I'm going to introduce you to the piece of go se known as The Star Wars Holiday Special. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special.

Believe it.

Believe it? heck I remember watching in when it aired on TV.

Yeah, it was pretty ralph-worthy as I recall. Ain't going to look at it again. 'M just glad the memory is fading.

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RMMC

ADAMWANKENOBI

Friday, July 7, 2006 2:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RMMC:
Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
I'm going to hijack the thread for a second and note that something like this happened to Star Wars once. Would you believe that Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship have all made appearances in Star Wars? No? Well my friends, I'm going to introduce you to the piece of go se known as The Star Wars Holiday Special. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special.

Believe it.

Believe it? heck I remember watching in when it aired on TV.

Yeah, it was pretty ralph-worthy as I recall. Ain't going to look at it again. 'M just glad the memory is fading.

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RMMC

Woah...

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RMMC

Friday, July 7, 2006 2:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
Quote:
Originally posted by RMMC:
Quote:
Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
I'm going to hijack the thread for a second and note that something like this happened to Star Wars once. Would you believe that Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship have all made appearances in Star Wars? No? Well my friends, I'm going to introduce you to the piece of go se known as The Star Wars Holiday Special. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special.

Believe it.

Believe it? Heck I remember watching it when it aired on TV.

Yeah, it was pretty ralph-worthy as I recall. Ain't going to look at it again. 'M just glad the memory is fading.

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RMMC

Woah...
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Yeah...I'm OLD.

All those choices were strictly for ratings. Bea Arthur was in Maude which was in the top 10, Harvey Korman was a regular on the Carol Burnett Show, which was still going strong at that point, and Starship was big in the music industry at that time.
What that thing needed was a plot and a decent writer.

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BELOWZERO

Friday, July 7, 2006 3:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

Which one actor and one actress would you never want to see stinking up the screen in a SereniFly vehicle?

I'll start, shall I?

David Hasselhoff and Paris Hilton.

Inexcusably,

zoid

"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

Um, You DID say "actresses", not "heiresses who think they are entitled to do anything they want."
So much for Paris!

I'm feeling kinda snarky, so sub Ruthanne Gibson (aka our Captain's girlfriend). She gives me the creeps.

"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.

BELOWZERO

Friday, July 7, 2006 3:13 AM

David Spade and Nicole what's her name, Paris Hilton's ex best friend...

"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.

CAUSAL

Friday, July 7, 2006 3:20 AM

Quentin Taratino. In any capacity.

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STORYMARK

Friday, July 7, 2006 3:39 AM

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."

EXODUS

Friday, July 7, 2006 3:43 AM

Paul Reiser and Barbara Streisand.

God I hate them both.

ZOID

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:12 AM

*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...

P.P.S.
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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ELK

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:23 AM

Leonardo Decaprio and Kate Bosworth

AERIN

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:35 AM

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.

BELOWZERO

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:42 AM

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.

BIGWOLF18

Friday, July 7, 2006 10:00 AM

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

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SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Friday, July 7, 2006 4:09 PM

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

MSG

Friday, July 7, 2006 4:15 PM

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

ERIC

Friday, July 7, 2006 4:16 PM

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.

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Friday, July 7, 2006 4:43 PM

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!!

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STILLSHINY

Friday, July 7, 2006 5:55 PM

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!

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MILFORD

Friday, July 7, 2006 5:56 PM

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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CRUITHNE3753

Friday, July 7, 2006 6:01 PM

Roger Lloyd Pack as a bad guy.

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

NISKAFAN

Friday, July 7, 2006 6:29 PM

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.

MARVLGRL

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:07 PM

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.

ADAMWANKENOBI

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:25 PM

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!!!!!!!

TRISTAN

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:28 PM

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

Jerry Lewis and Joan Rivers.

Think on that a bit....

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CHOO1701

Friday, July 7, 2006 7:34 PM

The Olsen Twins....

that counts as two right?

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Friday, July 7, 2006 8:25 PM

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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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

MANDRAGON

Friday, July 7, 2006 9:15 PM

Paris Hilton... BLEH!

MILGRAM

Friday, July 7, 2006 10:26 PM

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.

GIXXER

Friday, July 7, 2006 10:50 PM

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.)

NCBROWNCOAT

Saturday, July 8, 2006 2:40 AM

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

ADAMWANKENOBI

Saturday, July 8, 2006 2:58 AM

Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter

THENEXTMRSREYNOLDS

Saturday, July 8, 2006 3:36 AM

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

THEVERSE51

Saturday, July 8, 2006 3:56 AM

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

ONEMANSHORT

Saturday, July 8, 2006 4:07 AM

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.

ADAMWANKENOBI

Saturday, July 8, 2006 10:30 PM

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

DRAGONFLY53

Sunday, July 9, 2006 12:49 AM

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.

PONYXPRESSINC

Sunday, July 9, 2006 6:19 PM

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

BROKENANGEL

Sunday, July 9, 2006 6:34 PM

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?"

BIGWOLF18

Sunday, July 9, 2006 7:38 PM

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!

BIGWOLF18

Sunday, July 9, 2006 7:42 PM

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!

CHOO1701

Sunday, July 9, 2006 8:08 PM

lizzie mcguire/Hilary Duff

hell yeah!!!!

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

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"Remember, always be yourself. Unless you suck."-Joss Whedon

ITES RULE!!!!

ZOID

Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:59 PM

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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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

MORWEN112

Monday, July 10, 2006 11:23 PM

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

ADAMWANKENOBI

Friday, July 14, 2006 3:53 AM

Bill and Hillary Clinton.

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

MAGDALENA

Friday, July 14, 2006 4:20 AM

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

MAGDALENA

Friday, July 14, 2006 4:36 AM

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

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Friday, July 14, 2006 8:40 PM

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

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 13, 2025 6:05 AM

maybe Voight and Angelina would be too much

https://x.com/jonvoight/status/1932637763792482312

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, June 13, 2025 7:31 AM

Mark Ruffalo
Pedro Pascal
Brie Larson
Rachel Zeigler
Anybody involved in The Last of Us or the last 8 years of Dr. Who.
The rest of the cast of The Avengers.
Nearly every actor in the Marvel Universe save for the Chris who played Starlord, Hugh Jackman and maybe Ryan Reynolds if he can put a muzzle on his whore wife.

That's the short list.

Zero interest immediately if any of them were to be cast in a remake/reboot.

Also, just a friendly warning that I'm hardly alone and if you cast any of them you will lose money and it will get cancelled even quicker than it did the first time if you try it.

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THG

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 8:02 PM

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THG

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 8:02 PM

This was a fun thread

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