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wraithfodderPersonally, I think this is a mistake for poor Robert Caryle. DOCTOR WHO is going to be remembered far past SGU :(
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia42e757920d927798a19726f013538af
an excerpt:
"Described as edgier, darker and younger-skewing than its predecessors, "SGU" follows a group of soldiers, scientists and civilians left to fend for themselves when forced through a Stargate after their hidden base comes under attack. The survivors, who emerge aboard an ancient ship missing in the far reaches of space, are led by Dr. David Rush (Carlyle), who works to unlock the ship's mysteries and return the group home but also might have ulterior motives.
The network had said it was looking to cast a well-known actor as Rush and fresh faces to play the rest of the ship's crew.
"Robert Carlyle brings a depth, intelligence and complexity to his roles, which will fit perfectly with the fresh, new reinvention of this franchise," Sci Fi original-programming chief Mark Stern said.
REST AT LINK ABOVE
I like Carlyle, but considering the same folk who penned the past Stargates are going to pen this, I don't expect any fresh new plots. And wow, there's Skiffy pushing the "fresh" crap, like they always do with all their programming and cast changes. I get the idea somewhere at Skiffy used to market laundry detergent...
So, what's everybody's opinion? I like Carlyle, but don't know if he'll be enough for me to watch the show.
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Date: 2008-12-15 05:59 pm (UTC)I suppose it's easier to see since he's going to be a doctor, not a military man. But I still find myself cringing.
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Date: 2008-12-15 06:05 pm (UTC)He did some great work but a lot of strange movies too. Anybody knows "The 51st state" with Samuel L. Jackson? Weirdest movie I've ever seen... *gg* ^^
But thanks for the news!
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Date: 2008-12-15 06:10 pm (UTC)My guess is his character's going to be killed in one of the first eps. a) I don't see an actor like RC doing a whole season of a show like this, b) I don't see SGU's TBTB having the money to pay an actor of RC's caliber for a whole season, c) the situation reminds me of Robert Patrick/Sumner on SGA - if I remember right, there was the same reasoning of having a well known (genre) actor to get the show running...
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Date: 2008-12-15 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 06:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 08:40 pm (UTC)If the writers had been limited by their previous team of actors, I would understand your reasoning, but it was rather the other way around. the writers were never able to use the full potential of their acting team 99% of the time.
I doubt they'll do any better in SGU given that it's going to be the exact same team of writers.
As Obama said : you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still going to be a pig (in this case, Carlyle being the lipstick).
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 07:07 pm (UTC)No matter how beautiful Kaylee is... freakin' Beckett was the man, man!
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Date: 2008-12-15 07:22 pm (UTC)and yes, born in 61 makes him older than me. so older actors appeal to younger audiences? what, is he going to be the Dad to all the other people on board? and isnt his name supposed to be Col Younger? hahaha. lame.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 08:42 pm (UTC)But hey, who knows, there may also be an audition :D.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 07:37 pm (UTC)Caryle was brilliant in Trainspotting, Okay in the Full Monty and really, really awful in some Made for TV English disaster movie. If he's a junkie in this it could be great. :)
I waivered for a second on whether to now watch, but I think you're right, weighing everything else up it's still a no.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 08:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 08:22 pm (UTC)It means it must be quite good, otherwise he'd have turned it down
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 08:49 pm (UTC)Well, I have to see the pilot, and then I decide whether I will keep watching it.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 10:45 pm (UTC)*headdesk* Gee, wasn't the token grizzled old guy supposed to be the "veteran soldier" character? Guess they changed that one...
The more I hear about SGU, the more it sounds like it's gonna be the mother of all trainwrecks.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 12:56 am (UTC)I'd much rather see Robert Carlyle in something else, but if this is what he's doing... Hopefully, it'll get canceled before it does too much damage to his career.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 02:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-16 11:43 am (UTC)It is TPTB that I'm still worried about. How much more of a mess can they make?
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Date: 2008-12-16 11:42 pm (UTC)TPTB: can they *really* do something new??
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Date: 2008-12-17 12:08 am (UTC)i am ..SO... stunned ,Robert Carlyle!?
He is very well known here in the Uk and excepting the bond movie he did (which was bleuh)he really is an excellent,natural actor.
I will give SGU a shot
1.because of him and
2.*just* because anything he is in will make any other actor facing him raise their game one hundreth fold
-and maybe thats a good thing...
*hopes furiously with fingers and toes crossed*
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Date: 2008-12-17 12:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-17 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-21 10:16 pm (UTC)Edgier and younger invariably = complete trash
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Date: 2008-12-21 11:21 pm (UTC)