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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1815 on: September 11, 2010, 05:47:27 PM »
Not sure where this falls in the conversation, but when I close my eyes, I see Kurt Russell as Michael, Will Smith as Sanya, and Pat Morita as Shiro.

Hm...maybe this is just coming from seeing the old Kurt Russell college movies when I was a kid but I totally don't see him as Michael. I've seen him in more recent things too ("Posiedon" and "Sky High") and I just don't get the kind of sincerity and quiet strength that makes Michael so appealing.
As for Will Smith as Sanya, it conjures up a totally hilarious image (hearing Smith saying "Daaamn...tiny but fierce" with one of his adorably comical looks is not an image I will forget in a hurry.) Not Sanya to me but awesome.  :D
And as for Pat Morita, this is exactly how I picture Shiro as well. I've never conciously thought "he looks like Pat Morita," I've just kind of taken that fact for granted in my head.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1816 on: September 11, 2010, 08:36:40 PM »
Hm...maybe this is just coming from seeing the old Kurt Russell college movies when I was a kid but I totally don't see him as Michael. I've seen him in more recent things too ("Posiedon" and "Sky High") and I just don't get the kind of sincerity and quiet strength that makes Michael so appealing.
As for Will Smith as Sanya, it conjures up a totally hilarious image (hearing Smith saying "Daaamn...tiny but fierce" with one of his adorably comical looks is not an image I will forget in a hurry.) Not Sanya to me but awesome.  :D
And as for Pat Morita, this is exactly how I picture Shiro as well. I've never conciously thought "he looks like Pat Morita," I've just kind of taken that fact for granted in my head.

Michael is still Paul Gross as Benton Fraser in Due South:

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1817 on: September 11, 2010, 10:50:01 PM »
I dunno, I guess the closest I can get to Michael is a slightly younger Russell Crowe.



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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1818 on: September 11, 2010, 11:39:21 PM »
I dunno, I guess the closest I can get to Michael is a slightly younger Russell Crowe.



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« Reply #1819 on: September 11, 2010, 11:47:21 PM »
Yeah, it's not quite.  The squinty eyes thing is all wrong.  But if I had to cast someone, he'd get it.  He's got the ability to be calm, quiet, and still powerful and intimidating.  He looks like he's been through it, and we know he can handle a sword, but I can also see him in a house full of kids, working on the treehouse.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1820 on: September 12, 2010, 12:11:54 AM »
I still like Viggo Mortensen for the role. Viggo makes me think safety, and that's the sense I always get whenever I think of Michael.

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Murphy: "Maybe you know the monsters, Martin. But I know the guy who stops them."

Dresden: "Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?"

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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1821 on: September 12, 2010, 12:50:27 AM »
I still like Viggo Mortensen for the role. Viggo makes me think safety, and that's the sense I always get whenever I think of Michael.

ETA: Am watching LoTR: The Two Towers right now. Gandalf just came back. Viggo is cementing my belief in him as Michael.

Doesn't have my vote for Michael but that is the only thing I don't approve of that has anything to do with him. Love him!!!!  ;D
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1822 on: September 12, 2010, 12:54:11 AM »
Seriously, folks, watch a couple of episodes of Due South and you'll be converts.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1823 on: September 12, 2010, 01:54:29 AM »
Seriously, folks, watch a couple of episodes of Due South and you'll be converts.

Forgive me, Shecky, I'm young. What the hell is Due South?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1824 on: September 12, 2010, 01:59:41 AM »
Forgive me, Shecky, I'm young. What the hell is Due South?

A weird little variant on the typical cop show, in which one partner is an actual Mountie and the other is a sterotypical undercover cop.
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« Reply #1825 on: September 12, 2010, 02:16:39 AM »
A weird little variant on the typical cop show, in which one partner is an actual Mountie and the other is a sterotypical undercover cop.

Ah. So it's half-Canadian? Does it poke fun at itself, or is it a serious show, along the lines of a procedural cop show a la CSI?
Murphy: "Maybe you know the monsters, Martin. But I know the guy who stops them."

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« Reply #1826 on: September 12, 2010, 02:18:43 AM »
Ah. So it's half-Canadian? Does it poke fun at itself, or is it a serious show, along the lines of a procedural cop show a la CSI?

Both. Drama but quirky, with nice broad strokes of some surprisingly smart comedy.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #1827 on: September 12, 2010, 02:22:37 AM »
Both. Drama but quirky, with nice broad strokes of some surprisingly smart comedy.

I loved that show, Shecky.  Particularly watching the Chicago cop trying to deal with Mister Upright and clean the Mountie.
And no matter that they went into a sewer to do something - Fraiser, the mountie, would always emerge clean and unruffled much to the Chicago cops displeasure.  It was a pleasure to watch.
As for Paul Gross as Michael.  Hmm, hadn't thought of that.  I'd say he was too young but then there's always makeup and he does do that quiet strength thing VERY WELL.  Okay, ya got my vote on that one Shecky.

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« Reply #1828 on: September 12, 2010, 02:34:54 AM »
I don't usually enjoy cop shows, but I'll give this one a shot. Thanks for the referral, Shecky :)
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« Reply #1829 on: September 12, 2010, 11:44:30 AM »
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Morgan-- Alan Rickman    You need menace.  the problem is that before Turn Coat Morgan has few dimensions.
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Nicodemus -- Christoph Waltz--- have you seen inglorious basterds?   
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Sorry, but I gotta go with Alan Rickman as Nicodemus. Saw this post and it just clicked.