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My question (which I didn't have an answer for when I posed it :D ) - Who was the worst-cast actor in a show or movie? (Not necessarily a bad actor - just wrong for the role.).


There was a reboot of The Rockford Files in 2010 and Dermot Mulroney was cast as Jim Rockford.

Now, Jim Rockford spent five years in prison before being pardoned and released. Despite his usual easygoing demeanor, he could be a hard-edged asshole, which he'd have needed to survive in the joint. I like Dermot Mulroney but I've never seen even a hint of an edge on the dude.

I don't think the pilot ever aired.


Bonus: Who should have been cast instead?
Well, Joe Flanigan auditioned for it, and we know he can play a character who's a hardass .... and a bit of an ass. I can picture that.

brumeier - What book series do you wish someone would turn into a TV series/movie?

The Tim Simpson mysteries by John Malcolm.

Don't worry if you've never heard of this 15-book series. I've never met anyone who has...including librarians and fellow enthusiasts of English mysteries. :D


Tim Simpson is an ex-rugby player who now works in a merchant (investment) bank. One of their funds is comprised of artworks, so their investors can indulge their love of art without having to put up the dosh for a Picasso.

As it's a mystery series, you will be unsurprised to hear that in each book, something goes awry as Tim is trying to acquire - or even just research - a new piece. Facts that could easily end up being art technobabble are woven in seamlessly and enjoyably, and it's a fun way to learn more about art and artists that weren't covered in my schooling.



In an example of everything intersecting, the second in the series is The Godwin Sideboard. Imagine my glee when I turned a corner at the Art Institute of Chicago and saw this:

Sideboard, designed by Edward William Godwin in 1867, made by William Watt, c. 1876. Ebonized mahogany w/glass & silvered brass. Photo by me at the Art Institute of Chicago, 08-11-2011.

I went up one day before the Stargate convention specifically to go to the museum, but didn't expect to find this beauty. I was there to see A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat - which I'd first learned about from Ferris Bueller's Day Off - in person.

Question: Who, from any of your fandoms, would you like to pluck out of their fiction-based universe and drop into this universe, in a role such as an elected official or the like?

Josiah Bartlet and the rest of the West Wing crew (except those assholes who were rightfully fired for hazing Ainsley Hayes), so they could fix a bunch of stuff.

I won't be surprised if this is the number one answer today.

Question: Who was the first villain you admired, even if only a little? Why?

Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs (though I first saw him the movie Manhunter - based on the book Red Dragon). He was completely in control of every situation, no matter which side of the locked doors he was on.

Wouldn't ever want to meet him, of course, but admired his absolute mastery of his environs.

Back on track! :D :D :D

Question: If you could go back in time and help create a foundational work (be it book, show, movie, etc.) what would it be and what would your role be?

If you asked 13-year-old me, the answer would be Star Wars. In fact, I wrote a letter to Pinewood Studios in England asking to work on the sequel. (They turned me down in the kindest way possible. I believe they cited child labor laws? Anyway, they were so nice to a clueless Midwestern eighth grader offering her dubious skills on the follow up to the biggest movie of the year.)


Me now? I'd love to be part of making the movie adaptation of Enchanted April. It's one of my favorites, and one of the seven movies that are better than the book (for reasons I can't tell you due to spoilers). Here's the entry from my Movie Rec post:

3) Enchanted April (1992) - two somewhat depressed Victorian housewives (Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson) decide to leave their dreary London lives and distant husbands behind and rent a small Italian castle for the month of April. They advertise for women to share the expense, expecting to be able to pick and choose the perfect companions, but only two apply; an elderly widow with firm ideas on how things should be done (Joan Plowright) and a beautiful flapper (Polly Walker) who just wants a break from being grabbed. Despite having seemingly nothing in common, they forge strong friendships, with each other and, unexpectedly, with their husbands (Alfred Molina and Jim Broadbent) who come to San Salvatore, one at the behest of his wife and the other looking for beauty. Breathtakingly gorgeous. Now available on DVD. WHEEE!!!!


Why was I so excited about the DVD thing? It wasn't released until February 2009 - seventeen years later. I love this movie so much I pre-ordered it and paid full price. The clerk at FYE kept asking if I was sure, as he'd never seen me buy anything that wasn't 'Buy 3 Used, Get 1 FREE'. It was worth it and I regret NOTHING! :D

Question: What question would you like to see in The June Something? (We'll steal select a couple for the last two days.)

Who was the worst-cast actor in a show or movie? (Not necessarily a bad actor - just wrong for the role.)
Bonus: Who should have been cast instead?

Question: What show or movie original cast would you like to see reunite for an update - where the intervening time has passed and we're getting a view of where they are now along with glimpses on how they got there?

I'd love to catch up with Stargate: Atlantis and see how goes the fight against the Wraith ... and if John and Rodney were finally locked in a closet by their impatient friends and coworkers. How long does it take to travel from Earth to Pegasus now, or did they figure out how to make ZPMs and simply use the Gate for all but the biggest items that just won't fit? Still top secret or declassified? If declassified, how many of the scientists have won Nobels?


I'm also curious how the folks from Jake 2.0 are doing. Are Jake's nanites keeping up with technology or has he fallen behind. And what do his and Diane's kids look like? Damn, I bet they're cute!

Day 20: A random character shows up at your doorstep at dinnertime saying a friend sent them. Why did your friend send that person, how does it go, and what do you talk about?

I would totally expect squidgiepdx to send John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Tony DiNozzo, and Wayne from Letterkenny. Though the question specifies one character, he hasn't limited himself to one answer in any previous answer and, besides, he's so generous that he'd send 'em in multiples anyway. :D

John and Rodney - good company, easy to look at, and you can't separate them.

Tony - good cook (in fanon. I guess that goes to a previous answer, too), and could stand to make some new friends.

Wayne - to try to suck me into the fandom. I watched the first ep this weekend and couldn't stop trying to figure out what exercises he was doing to get his neck that built.

Day 18: Recall a time when two of your fandoms collided, at least in some way. For example, a song that you fell in love with from one fandom showed up in a second fandom.

Other than what brumeier said about the replicated character pair types found in SGA and H50, I can't think of anything.

Although - having actors from one show appear on another is always odd. See Rachel in an Army (?) uniform on NCIS made me go, 'Bwuh?' for a moment.

Day 16: Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?

The Sentinel and Marvel's MCU.

I've seen zero episodes of The Sentinel and only two MCU movies (both within the last couple of years). Most of what I know - or believe I know - comes from crossovers and publicity (in the case of the MCU). It's fine because I get to enjoy the most intriguing parts of the fandoms without being outraged by how canon ended.