Hm, I was trying to think of what's odd about him - besides the acting, I mean - and yeah, he's definitely got that "I would've been really hot fifty years ago" aura. Probably why they cast him as Jack in the first place.
He's like Jimmy Stewart. Except cracktastic.
RTD with wings and a sparkly wand, possibly? Or maybe that's the Screenwriting-Anvil Fairy...
Plagiarism Fairy and Anvil Fairy had a baby and it looks like RTD!
Aww, I did actually like Ye Olde Jack, because he was just so outrageously, "Ta da! I am here to be American! Do you have anything that needs American-ing? Because I can American that for you!" and nobody tried to pretend otherwise.
Well, that was amusing, I suppose, but...eh. He never grabbed me the way he seemed to grab Everyone Else Ever in fandom. (And I mean "grab" in a metaphorical sense, of course. *shudder*)
And with the right writing, he could've been the basis of a good spinoff. Whywhywhy must you murder good ideas, RTD?
Because he has one plot/set of character archetypes, and he keeps writing them over and over again? Seriously, he seems to think all male leads must be mysterious and emo, and all female leads must basically serve as Magical Healing Vagina (tm nostalgia_lj). Some interesting discussion about RTD and female characters here.
(Although in his defense, Casanova reverses that dynamic. But it's still there--Henriette is mysterious and powerful vis a vis Casanova, who is all, "I can take you away from your crappy boyfriend! Let me heal you and we will make sweet, sweet love!" To which she of course responds, "Dude. You're poor. And kind of an idiot.")
Did you just lament in Russian? Because I love you.
Well, I've heard you do it so often, I couldn't help myself.
Oooh, are they made of melodrama?
Melodrama and stereotype!
Well, by that point, I was thinking, "Um, Jack, she's totally evil and not even that kid anymore, so you might as well toss her to the wolves," but the whole sacrificing-innocents angle didn't go over well with the Innuendo Squad at all.
Naturally. Do anything intelligent, and they'll want to stop it. Or so I assume.
Didn't quite make up for the stupidity of the rest of the ep, but I was impressed that they went for such a dark ending.
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Date: 2006-11-15 04:03 am (UTC)He's like Jimmy Stewart. Except cracktastic.
RTD with wings and a sparkly wand, possibly? Or maybe that's the Screenwriting-Anvil Fairy...
Plagiarism Fairy and Anvil Fairy had a baby and it looks like RTD!
Aww, I did actually like Ye Olde Jack, because he was just so outrageously, "Ta da! I am here to be American! Do you have anything that needs American-ing? Because I can American that for you!" and nobody tried to pretend otherwise.
Well, that was amusing, I suppose, but...eh. He never grabbed me the way he seemed to grab Everyone Else Ever in fandom. (And I mean "grab" in a metaphorical sense, of course. *shudder*)
And with the right writing, he could've been the basis of a good spinoff. Whywhywhy must you murder good ideas, RTD?
Because he has one plot/set of character archetypes, and he keeps writing them over and over again? Seriously, he seems to think all male leads must be mysterious and emo, and all female leads must basically serve as Magical Healing Vagina (tm
(Although in his defense, Casanova reverses that dynamic. But it's still there--Henriette is mysterious and powerful vis a vis Casanova, who is all, "I can take you away from your crappy boyfriend! Let me heal you and we will make sweet, sweet love!" To which she of course responds, "Dude. You're poor. And kind of an idiot.")
Did you just lament in Russian? Because I love you.
Well, I've heard you do it so often, I couldn't help myself.
Oooh, are they made of melodrama?
Melodrama and stereotype!
Well, by that point, I was thinking, "Um, Jack, she's totally evil and not even that kid anymore, so you might as well toss her to the wolves," but the whole sacrificing-innocents angle didn't go over well with the Innuendo Squad at all.
Naturally. Do anything intelligent, and they'll want to stop it. Or so I assume.
Didn't quite make up for the stupidity of the rest of the ep, but I was impressed that they went for such a dark ending.
Yay! Some promise?