Random Friday Thoughts, Pics, and Sarcasms
My new column is up at Examiner.com with my NFL picks for the week, as always, it's not all about sports. Check it out. In other Friday random thoughts...
- "The Riches" has been canned. Not much of a surprise. I try and watch everything FX puts on, but "The Riches" just didn't stick for me. I love Eddie Izzard as a comedian but not as an actor, and Minnie Driver appearing in something is somewhat akin to spotting an albatross on a long journey. It won't end well.
- My new bio and pic are up at KLTV.com. If you're going to make fun of my hair, please bring your A game.
Idle question. Which is cooler, and by "cooler", I mean, "less dorky"? Civil War reanactors or Medieval Fair geeks?
I'm going to go with Rennaissance Fair geeks. At least there, people get dressed up to remind themselves of an imaginary world where people could be knights or wizards, and magic could enable dorks to get hot chicks.- The ratings were in, and Wednesday night's "Gary Unmarried" and "Private Practice" didn't do well.
No surprises here, folks. Who's in these shows? Paula Marshall and Taye Diggs. I warned you. Pretty people, cursed TV shows. - Finally, have you ever been watching a movie, and you notice a bit of casting so weird, so strange, so blessedly off-kilter that it throws the entire movie off for you? I'm talking about Flea being the hardware store clerk in the remake of "Psycho," or Anthony Michael Hall being in "The Dark Knight," or something to that effect.
Last night, I'm watching "Silence of the Lambs," and when the SWAT team goes in to get Hannibal Lecter, singer/actor Chris Isaak is one of the lead SWAT team guys getting into the elevator. It ruined the movie for me, I kept wondering what else I hadn't noticed about the flick.
I was scouring the group scenes for signs of other 90's musicians. Did I miss the Goo Goo Dolls as EMTs? Was that a Blowfish in the FBI classroom? Was that Scott Stapp playing a janitor, or was that actually Scott Stapp cleaning the set?
1 Comments:
Renaissance fair geeks totally creep me out. I don't know why, but they've always creeped me out.
That's not the only weird casting in Silence of the Lambs: Don Brockett (aka Chef Brockett from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) plays the "friendly" psychopath who, how do I say this nicely, gives a present to ole Jody Foster.
That movie still scares the crap out of me and I've seen it like a hundred times.
Karen
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