What's up with that?? I'd blame it on his cheesy musical theater background, except that other actors (Joel Grey, for one) can go back and forth between film and musicals and not cause viewers physical pain with their acting...
Barrowman is like a breathing Ken doll. He's made of plastic--that face that conforms perfectly to standards of male beauty put forth by Hollywood Of Old cannot be natural--and has the same amount of acting ability as plastic does.
It's sad when even the producers seem to go for the "Drink more, think less!" philosophy...
:(
Watching Barrowman trying to be very, very earnest with the worst lines of "this is really science, really really I swear" ever written is... pain. And the fairies are Gollums with wings! The only real fairy here is the Plagiarism Fairy, and she struck hard.
*cracks up* And what does the Plagiarism Fairy look like, then?
Aww, you didn't like Jack? But he was the embodiment of all the Doctor's repressed testosterone and American-ness! What's not to like? Besides... everything?
Indeed. I think I disliked him because of the Ken dollness. And now it's mostly because of Sudden Emo Bitterness.
Although I really wouldn't mind the sudden emo if only it were backed up with decent writing, or reasonable backstory, or good acting. Alas.
Uvwi.
So is gnawing on the scenery, didn't you know?
I have this great recipe for scenery casserole...it's topped with crumbled potato chips!
Yeah, okay, I'm totally with you there. And "When I want you to think for yourself, I'll TELL YOU!" was kinda awesome, I admit.
Heh.
Well, don't get your hopes up about the episode in general, but the end is all, "JACK IS ABRUPTLY AND TOTALLY EVIL!" and then everyone's all, "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THAT!" and then... it ends. Awesome.
Hmmm. I've been reading screencap recaps of it, and I get the impression that Jack gave the girl to the fairies because she wanted to go. Not the case?
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Date: 2006-11-14 05:51 pm (UTC)Barrowman is like a breathing Ken doll. He's made of plastic--that face that conforms perfectly to standards of male beauty put forth by Hollywood Of Old cannot be natural--and has the same amount of acting ability as plastic does.
It's sad when even the producers seem to go for the "Drink more, think less!" philosophy...
:(
Watching Barrowman trying to be very, very earnest with the worst lines of "this is really science, really really I swear" ever written is... pain. And the fairies are Gollums with wings! The only real fairy here is the Plagiarism Fairy, and she struck hard.
*cracks up* And what does the Plagiarism Fairy look like, then?
Aww, you didn't like Jack? But he was the embodiment of all the Doctor's repressed testosterone and American-ness! What's not to like? Besides... everything?
Indeed. I think I disliked him because of the Ken dollness. And now it's mostly because of Sudden Emo Bitterness.
Although I really wouldn't mind the sudden emo if only it were backed up with decent writing, or reasonable backstory, or good acting. Alas.
Uvwi.
So is gnawing on the scenery, didn't you know?
I have this great recipe for scenery casserole...it's topped with crumbled potato chips!
Yeah, okay, I'm totally with you there. And "When I want you to think for yourself, I'll TELL YOU!" was kinda awesome, I admit.
Heh.
Well, don't get your hopes up about the episode in general, but the end is all, "JACK IS ABRUPTLY AND TOTALLY EVIL!" and then everyone's all, "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THAT!" and then... it ends. Awesome.
Hmmm. I've been reading screencap recaps of it, and I get the impression that Jack gave the girl to the fairies because she wanted to go. Not the case?