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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236691 is a reply to message #236676] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 06:42 |
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Originally posted by: Highlandish
Quoth The Raven; Growltiger <growltiger@never.invalid> in
<YLydnSFwTsuEu7HbnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@comcast.com>
> Highlandish wrote:
> [elided]
>>>>
>>> Probably never heard of I, Claudius either.
>>
>> lol, he was so gay as the traitorous roman general/bodyguard who
>> thought he could marry the daughter and become emperor himself
>> (forgot his name though)
>
> Lucius Sejanus
>
> I thought Stewart gave a credible performance as a scheming villain. He
> was married to Tiberius' daughter in law, Livilla.
>
> If memory serves, in I, Claudius, Sejanus attempted to seize power
> from his co-consul, Tiberius, but the cagey Tiberius turned the
> tables on him: Sejanus was invited to the Senate where he expected
> to be acclaimed ruler of Rome. Instead he was branded a traitor and
> executed forthwith.
fond memories! I have the DVD's on my shelf, right next to the books it was
based upon. even HBO's "Rome" doesn't meet up to it's standards, though it
came close.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236692 is a reply to message #236670] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 06:43 |
Ken from Chicago
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"Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:34:47 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
> <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Asher_N" <compguy666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns991AA9326F88Acompguy666hotmailcom@66.250.146.185...
>>> "Dano" <janeanddano@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>> news:ntqdnZ3mQvyoLLbbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Some people have no clue that there is substantial acting aailable
>>> outside a TV series. How often do you hear prople ask 'where is so-and-
>>> so', while the actor has been doing stage non-stop.
>>>
>>> Stewart was lucky to get that established before Trek. Shatner had a
>>> short but distinguished career in Canada, mostly doing Shakespeare,
>>> before Trek.
>>
>> The stage is witness protection for Hollywood.
>
> The stage is vacation for Hollywood.
Are you joking? You only have to do ONE movie at a time. You have to do the
same play SEVERAL times, sometimes several times a day, LIVE, before an
audience.
-- Ken from Chicago
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236693 is a reply to message #236692] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 08:11 |
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Originally posted by: Victor Velazquez
"Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:om3o23pfddsbs904ilnciiu2npob7q1sge@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:34:47 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
>> <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Asher_N" <compguy666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns991AA9326F88Acompguy666hotmailcom@66.250.146.185...
>>>> "Dano" <janeanddano@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ntqdnZ3mQvyoLLbbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Some people have no clue that there is substantial acting aailable
>>>> outside a TV series. How often do you hear prople ask 'where is so-and-
>>>> so', while the actor has been doing stage non-stop.
>>>>
>>>> Stewart was lucky to get that established before Trek. Shatner had a
>>>> short but distinguished career in Canada, mostly doing Shakespeare,
>>>> before Trek.
>>>
>>> The stage is witness protection for Hollywood.
>>
>> The stage is vacation for Hollywood.
>
> Are you joking? You only have to do ONE movie at a time. You have to do
> the same play SEVERAL times, sometimes several times a day, LIVE, before
> an audience.
You never heard of theater *camp*?
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236695 is a reply to message #236685] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 11:27 |
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Originally posted by: pv+usenet
Lukan <misfitskibssfvan@aol.com> writes:
>> But not until December 21, 2012. It's even a Friday, so perfect for a
>> movie opening.
>
> The chances of an X-Files 2 movie being successful in 2008-2009 are
> reasonably bleak, 2012 would be a disaster.
I'm not sure, but I think the 2012 date is the end of the mayan calendar
"long count", a popular date given by moronic nutjobs as the end of the
world. As such, it *would* be a good date for an x-files movie, if the
x-files wasn't ALREADY long forgotten and self-destroyed. *
--
* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236697 is a reply to message #236587] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 11:57 |
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Originally posted by: Joetheone
"Asher_N" <compguy666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns991AA9326F88Acompguy666hotmailcom@66.250.146.185...
> "Dano" <janeanddano@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:ntqdnZ3mQvyoLLbbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>>
>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:ANIM8Rfsk-83498B.11282322042007@news.phx.highwinds-media.com...
>>> In article <jJMWh.7401$3P3.5706@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>>> > "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> > news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>> >> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-f
>>>> >> iles.html
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>>>> >> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>>>> >> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>>>> >> starring on the show.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign
>>>> >> a contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my
>>>> >> first audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian
>>>> >> told Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I
>>>> >> thought, 'Wow that sounds wonderful.'
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>>> >> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>>>> >> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money
>>>> >> was to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>>>> >> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>>>> >> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept
>>>> >> of sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things
>>>> >> that's destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot
>>>> > actors aren't
>>>> > as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely
>>>> > popular.
>>>>
>>>> In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about
>>>> her show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
>>>>
>>>> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
>>>> too.
>>>> Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
>>>> accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with
>>>> his life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
>>>
>>> By 'accomplished' you mean 'had a bit part in Lifeforce'?
>>
>> You ARE kidding...right? You DO know what a long and distinguished
>> career this gentleman has had I hope. Probably the best actor to ever
>> appear in any Star Trek version...hands down...despite some of the
>> vehicles he has been in. He has certainly never suffered for lack of
>> work.
>>
>
> Some people have no clue that there is substantial acting aailable
> outside a TV series. How often do you hear prople ask 'where is so-and-
> so', while the actor has been doing stage non-stop.
>
> Stewart was lucky to get that established before Trek. Shatner had a
> short but distinguished career in Canada, mostly doing Shakespeare,
> before Trek.
Shatner (and Nimoy and Kelley, too) was working pretty steady in television
before Trek. Major/minor roles in westerns, Twilight Zone, all over the
place.
They weren't unknowns.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236699 is a reply to message #236634] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 12:11 |
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Originally posted by: Joetheone
"Pete B" <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.2095f25ad296772c98a3ce@news.usenetserver.com...
> In article <1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com says...
>>
>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>> Are you kidding me"
>
> I don't believe she would use such a phrase in an interview.
>
In her own words:
And as far as the X-F movie? I have no f****** clue. I think there's still a
law suit, as far as I know the script has not been written, and as much as
we all want it to take place as soon as possible, AND YES THAT INCLUDES ME,
AND ALWAYS HAS, SO STOP WITH THE NONSENSE! It is out of my hands.
Completely. Write to Fox guys, tell them to make it happen!
http://www.gilliananderson.ws/messages/index.shtml
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236702 is a reply to message #236680] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 13:36 |
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Originally posted by: Michael Bowker
David B wrote:
> Sean Carroll wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>
>>> I thought it was a grip, but I looked it up, and it was an assistant art
>>> director. That's who got her pregnant, causing wackiness to ensue on
>>> the storyline.
>> Abduction, genetic experimentation, and near-death equals 'wackiness'?
>> Not quite the word I would have used.
>>
>>> It amazes me when actors testify in front of Congress
>>> about stuff they know less about that most folk.
>> Why? Half the people who testify in front of Congress don't really know
>> what the fuck they're talking about.
>
> Well that balances out since at least half of Congress doesn't know what the
> fuck they're talking about either.
>
You're way too kind. At least half of congress are low grade morons.
The rest are just complete idiots. So 99% don't know what they are
talking about.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236703 is a reply to message #236700] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 14:35 |
Rob Jensen
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:19:57 -0700, suzee <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>> "Mark Nobles" <cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Ken from Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>>> X-fans-er wait those would be fans of X-Men. X-philes. They want at least
>>>> the second X-FILES movie.
>>> But not until December 21, 2012. It's even a Friday, so perfect for a
>>> movie opening.
>>
>> Why 12-21-2012?
>
> Look up Mayan Calendar....
Actually, look up the best X-Files timeline ever at
http://www.themareks.com/xf/
The excerpt below from http://www.themareks.com/xf/future.shtml
pertains to the date and the show's tie-in to the Mayan calendar:
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Circa 2012
The dawning of The New Age, as believed by the people of the Red
Museum. (Red Museum)
In Patient X, in 1998, the members of the consortium indicate that
they think they are fifteen years away from the beginning of the
colonization, placing that event in 2012 or 2013.
December 22, 2012
The date set for the alien invasion, confirmed by Mulder at the
Mount Weather Complex at Bluemont, Virginia. (The Truth -- [ie: the
series finale -- Rob])
The end of the calendar of the Mayan people, whose calendar was
also incorporated into the calendar of the Aztec, who worshiped lizard
gods. (Archeological accounts, setting the moment anywhere between
December 21 and 23.) Could the lizard gods be based on the reptilian
early/larval form of the grey aliens?
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HTH.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236704 is a reply to message #236692] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 14:39 |
Rob Jensen
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:43:38 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
<kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> "Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:om3o23pfddsbs904ilnciiu2npob7q1sge@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:34:47 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
>> <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Asher_N" <compguy666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns991AA9326F88Acompguy666hotmailcom@66.250.146.185...
>>>> "Dano" <janeanddano@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ntqdnZ3mQvyoLLbbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Some people have no clue that there is substantial acting aailable
>>>> outside a TV series. How often do you hear prople ask 'where is so-and-
>>>> so', while the actor has been doing stage non-stop.
>>>>
>>>> Stewart was lucky to get that established before Trek. Shatner had a
>>>> short but distinguished career in Canada, mostly doing Shakespeare,
>>>> before Trek.
>>>
>>> The stage is witness protection for Hollywood.
>>
>> The stage is vacation for Hollywood.
>
> Are you joking? You only have to do ONE movie at a time. You have to do the
> same play SEVERAL times, sometimes several times a day, LIVE, before an
> audience.
That woosh sound you're hearing is you talking waaaaay past both the
aphorism you offered in your previous post and the aphorisms I
responded with. Take a step back, see the metaphors and stop taking
yourself and others so literally.
-- Rob
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LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236705 is a reply to message #236703] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 16:32 |
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Originally posted by: Mark Nobles
Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@aol.com> wrote:
> December 22, 2012
>
> The date set for the alien invasion, confirmed by Mulder at the
> Mount Weather Complex at Bluemont, Virginia. (The Truth -- [ie: the
> series finale -- Rob])
>
> The end of the calendar of the Mayan people, whose calendar was
> also incorporated into the calendar of the Aztec, who worshiped lizard
> gods. (Archeological accounts, setting the moment anywhere between
> December 21 and 23.) Could the lizard gods be based on the reptilian
> early/larval form of the grey aliens?
Or could the lizard gods be the Goa'uld symbiotes? They built the
Egyptian pyramids as landing sites for their motherships, and how do we
know they didn't build the Mayan pyramids for the same reason? Perhaps
the shape shifters are the Furlings.
(Azimov tied his two great mythologies together in the end. Why not The
X-Files and Stargate?)
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236706 is a reply to message #236672] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 16:48 |
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Originally posted by: Garondo Marondo
On Apr 22, 5:51 pm, Captain Infinity <Infin...@captaininfinity.us>
wrote:
> Once Upon A Time Garondo Marondo wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-file...
>
>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
>> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
>> on the show.
>
>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>> that sounds wonderful.'
>
>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
>> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
>> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
>> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
> Hey, Gillian, show us your boobs.
Its classy that you didn't say tits or breastestes.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236707 is a reply to message #236705] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 17:17 |
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Originally posted by: Highlandish
Quoth The Raven; Mark Nobles <cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com> in
<230420071532412612%cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com>
> Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> December 22, 2012
>>
>> The date set for the alien invasion, confirmed by Mulder at the
>> Mount Weather Complex at Bluemont, Virginia. (The Truth -- [ie: the
>> series finale -- Rob])
>>
>> The end of the calendar of the Mayan people, whose calendar was
>> also incorporated into the calendar of the Aztec, who worshiped
>> lizard gods. (Archeological accounts, setting the moment anywhere
>> between December 21 and 23.) Could the lizard gods be based on the
>> reptilian early/larval form of the grey aliens?
>
> Or could the lizard gods be the Goa'uld symbiotes? They built the
> Egyptian pyramids as landing sites for their motherships, and how do
> we know they didn't build the Mayan pyramids for the same reason?
> Perhaps the shape shifters are the Furlings.
>
> (Azimov tied his two great mythologies together in the end. Why not
> The X-Files and Stargate?)
didnt a ga'uld mothership once recharge off a pyramid? was that another
movie?
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236708 is a reply to message #236640] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 17:23 |
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Originally posted by: sgormley5
On Apr 22, 5:43 pm, "Highlandish" <Say No To Spam> wrote:
> Quoth The Raven; Dano <janeandd...@yahoo.com> in
> <-IednYhopoFcWrbbnZ2dnUVZ_qWvn...@comcast.com>
>
>
>
>> "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:MoWdnbIU6NxsX7bbnZ2dnUVZ_syunZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>> "Michael Bowker" <m...@blueneptune.com> wrote in message
>>> news:132nbjmlm32cf3b@corp.supernews.com...
>>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>>> > In article <jJMWh.7401$3P3.5...@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>>> > "Steven L." <sdlit...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>
>>> <snip>
>
>>>> >> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next
>>>> >> Generation" too. Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can
>>>> >> see how an accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do
>>>> >> something else with his life already, after spending 7 years on
>>>> >> one project.
>
>>>> > By 'accomplished' you mean 'had a bit part in Lifeforce'?
>
>>>> and Excalibur. Don't forget a bit part in Excalibur. :)
>
>>> How DARE you overlook DUNE?!!!?!!
>
>> Probably never heard of I, Claudius either.
>
> lol, he was so gay as the traitorous roman general/bodyguard who thought he
> could marry the daughter and become emperor himself (forgot his name though)
>
> --
> Reply no longer functions. attention me in this group instead
>
> I never make mistakes. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
Actors get sick of long term projects. Doesn't mean she was any less
amazing.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236713 is a reply to message #236697] |
Mon, 23 April 2007 19:17 |
shawn
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:57:08 GMT, "Joetheone"
<joetheone@dontchabespamminme.com> wrote:
>
> "Asher_N" <compguy666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns991AA9326F88Acompguy666hotmailcom@66.250.146.185...
>> "Dano" <janeanddano@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:ntqdnZ3mQvyoLLbbnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com:
>>
>>>
>>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ANIM8Rfsk-83498B.11282322042007@news.phx.highwinds-media.com...
>>>> In article <jJMWh.7401$3P3.5706@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>>> > > "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> > > news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>> > >> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-f
>>>> > >> iles.html
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>>>> > >> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>>>> > >> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>>>> > >> starring on the show.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign
>>>> > >> a contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my
>>>> > >> first audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian
>>>> > >> told Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I
>>>> > >> thought, 'Wow that sounds wonderful.'
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>>> > >> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>>>> > >> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money
>>>> > >> was to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>>>> > >> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>>>> > >> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept
>>>> > >> of sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things
>>>> > >> that's destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot
>>>> > > actors aren't
>>>> > > as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely
>>>> > > popular.
>>>> >
>>>> > In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about
>>>> > her show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
>>>> >
>>>> > And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
>>>> > too.
>>>> > Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
>>>> > accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with
>>>> > his life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
>>>>
>>>> By 'accomplished' you mean 'had a bit part in Lifeforce'?
>>>
>>> You ARE kidding...right? You DO know what a long and distinguished
>>> career this gentleman has had I hope. Probably the best actor to ever
>>> appear in any Star Trek version...hands down...despite some of the
>>> vehicles he has been in. He has certainly never suffered for lack of
>>> work.
>>>
>>
>> Some people have no clue that there is substantial acting aailable
>> outside a TV series. How often do you hear prople ask 'where is so-and-
>> so', while the actor has been doing stage non-stop.
>>
>> Stewart was lucky to get that established before Trek. Shatner had a
>> short but distinguished career in Canada, mostly doing Shakespeare,
>> before Trek.
>
> Shatner (and Nimoy and Kelley, too) was working pretty steady in television
> before Trek. Major/minor roles in westerns, Twilight Zone, all over the
> place.
> They weren't unknowns.
The problem is that many people don't know of their other work. Heck,
the same applies today, but we have the advantage of having web sites
like IMDB that can let us know what an actor has been doing. There are
genres that I don't follow (like many of the so-called chick flicks)
and even in the genres I do follow I can't keep up with all of the TV
shows and movies that come out. (Let alone if a known actor is in a
play.) So quite often I'll be surprised at what shows/movies an actor
has been in when I looked them up on IMDB just because I didn't see
that show/movie.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236717 is a reply to message #236574] |
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Originally posted by: John Schilling
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:53:20 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <132nbjmlm32cf3b@corp.supernews.com>,
> Michael Bowker <mikeb@blueneptune.com> wrote:
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article <jJMWh.7401$3P3.5706@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>>>> > Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors
>>>> > aren't as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely
>>>> > popular. In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing
>>>> > about her show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
>>>> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" too.
>>>> Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
>>>> accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with his
>>>> life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
>>> By 'accomplished' you mean 'had a bit part in Lifeforce'?
>> and Excalibur. Don't forget a bit part in Excalibur. :)
> Good point, although I consider LIFEFORCE to be his career pinnacle
> prior to TNG.
That's because you're a sci-fi geek.
Patrick Stewart, being an actor, probably considers his twenty years with
the Royal Shakespeare Company to be a somewhat greater accomplishment.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236719 is a reply to message #236715] |
Tue, 24 April 2007 01:32 |
Rob Jensen
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On 24 Apr 2007 00:36:52 GMT, "It's the Principle!"
<brandykat@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
> Mark Nobles <cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>
>> It's the Principle! <brandykat@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The fact remains she's just not good enough for feature work. She
>>> barely passed for TV.
>>
>> I believe her Emmy, Golden Globe, two SAG awards, and nominations for
>> British awards say different.
>>
>
> How many of those were for feature work?
Well, off the top of my head, the Emmy was for The X-Files. I'm so
totally not interested in looking up the rest at imdb right now.
-- Rob
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LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236720 is a reply to message #236574] |
Tue, 24 April 2007 01:32 |
Rob Jensen
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:53:20 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
> In article <132nbjmlm32cf3b@corp.supernews.com>,
> Michael Bowker <mikeb@blueneptune.com> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article <jJMWh.7401$3P3.5706@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>>>> > "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> > news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>> >> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.ht
>>>> >> ml
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>>>> >> and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
>>>> >> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
>>>> >> on the show.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>>>> >> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>>>> >> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>>>> >> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>>>> >> that sounds wonderful.'
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>>> >> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>>>> >> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>>>> >> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>>>> >> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
>>>> >> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
>>>> >> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
>>>> >> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>> >>
>>>> > Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors
>>>> > aren't
>>>> > as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely
>>>> > popular.
>>>> In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about her
>>>> show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
>>>>
>>>> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" too.
>>>> Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
>>>> accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with his
>>>> life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
>>>
>>> By 'accomplished' you mean 'had a bit part in Lifeforce'?
>>
>> and Excalibur. Don't forget a bit part in Excalibur. :)
>
> Good point, although I consider LIFEFORCE to be his career pinnacle
> prior to TNG.
OMG, that was a fucking awful movie.
-- Rob
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LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236723 is a reply to message #236721] |
Tue, 24 April 2007 04:09 |
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Originally posted by: Mark Nobles
Lukan <misfitskibssfvan@aol.com> wrote:
>> Either Mulder or CSM mentioned this date as the day the world ends, or
>> the invasion begins, or some such thing. At any rate, this date is part
>> of the overarching X-Files mythology.
>
> The same mythology that got so obtuse and open ended that it drove
> viewers from the show in packs.
But not until Chris Carter admitted he could never resolve anything and
killed off most of the conspirators.
But I'm thinking there is a way to tie the two mythologies together
which would bring some semblance of meaning to the X-Files myth by
joining it with the Stargate myth - at least as the myth was in the
distant past when the snake-like goa'uld were posing as gods, which
allows a little inconsistency with the current Stargate myth.
Quetzalcoatl was a feathered snake, not completely unlike Apophis,
although he was a god of fertility and creation, while Apophis was a
god of chaos and destruction. Both are part of societies that built
monumental pyramids as landing sites for space ships. They both have
the mysterious gray aliens with very advanced technology. Earth plays
an unbelievably important part in interplanetary affairs, being the
source of all the slaves the Goa'uld carried to colonies all over the
galaxy, and the destination of the X-Files colonists.
Ok, I have no way to make sense of the two kinds of clones and the
hybrids, the bees, the infection(s?), the shape-shipping aliens, the
aliens with their eyes sewed shut, the Navajo language and the crashed
UFO with the text of the bible carved in its skin in Navajo. But wasn't
there a goa'uld working on something similar to the hybrids and
infection who infected the entire planet and made them forget
everything?
The main thing, get Fox Mulder together with Daniel Jackson and let
them compare notes. Watch Dr. Scully and Dr. Carter get together and
make fun of the conspiracies. Best of all, get AD Skinner in a meeting
with Col. Caldwell.
I'm telling you, these go together like chocolate and peanut butter.
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Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236724 is a reply to message #236723] |
Tue, 24 April 2007 05:21 |
Ken from Chicago
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"Mark Nobles" <cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:240420070309138334%cmn-nospam@houston.rr.com...
> Lukan <misfitskibssfvan@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>> Either Mulder or CSM mentioned this date as the day the world ends, or
>>> the invasion begins, or some such thing. At any rate, this date is part
>>> of the overarching X-Files mythology.
>>
>> The same mythology that got so obtuse and open ended that it drove
>> viewers from the show in packs.
>
> But not until Chris Carter admitted he could never resolve anything and
> killed off most of the conspirators.
>
> But I'm thinking there is a way to tie the two mythologies together
> which would bring some semblance of meaning to the X-Files myth by
> joining it with the Stargate myth - at least as the myth was in the
> distant past when the snake-like goa'uld were posing as gods, which
> allows a little inconsistency with the current Stargate myth.
>
> Quetzalcoatl was a feathered snake, not completely unlike Apophis,
> although he was a god of fertility and creation, while Apophis was a
> god of chaos and destruction. Both are part of societies that built
> monumental pyramids as landing sites for space ships. They both have
> the mysterious gray aliens with very advanced technology. Earth plays
> an unbelievably important part in interplanetary affairs, being the
> source of all the slaves the Goa'uld carried to colonies all over the
> galaxy, and the destination of the X-Files colonists.
>
> Ok, I have no way to make sense of the two kinds of clones and the
> hybrids, the bees, the infection(s?), the shape-shipping aliens, the
> aliens with their eyes sewed shut, the Navajo language and the crashed
> UFO with the text of the bible carved in its skin in Navajo. But wasn't
> there a goa'uld working on something similar to the hybrids and
> infection who infected the entire planet and made them forget
> everything?
>
> The main thing, get Fox Mulder together with Daniel Jackson and let
> them compare notes. Watch Dr. Scully and Dr. Carter get together and
> make fun of the conspiracies. Best of all, get AD Skinner in a meeting
> with Col. Caldwell.
>
> I'm telling you, these go together like chocolate and peanut butter.
This has all happened before and will all happen again.
-- Ken from Chicago
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