Operation Monster Force

JakeEkiss said:
It's perfect, exactly the right level of over the top for that play.
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Hmm, fair enough.
I personally want a Don John I believe is a credible threat and who I can take seriously, but I totally understand the other take.
For me, I need Beatrice’s “eat his heart in the marketplace”* line to land HARD, and for that to happen I need the over-the-top to end by the time we get to Don John: the shit he pulls isn’t funny to me, it’s horrific and abusive and incredibly misogynistic, and I personally don’t want that diluted by buffoonery.
But again: I get the alt read.

*obviously I know she isn’t talking about eating *Don John’s* heart, specifically, but I need to buy DJ as a serious villain in order to hold Claudio and company sufficiently accountable.
 
AceofKnaves said:
Hmm, fair enough.
I personally want a Don John I believe is a credible threat and who I can take seriously, but I totally understand the other take.
For me, I need Beatrice’s “eat his heart in the marketplace”* line to land HARD, and for that to happen I need the over-the-top to end by the time we get to Don John: the shit he pulls isn’t funny to me, it’s horrific and abusive and incredibly misogynistic, and I personally don’t want that diluted by buffoonery.
But again: I get the alt read.

*obviously I know she isn’t talking about eating *Don John’s* heart, specifically, but I need to buy DJ as a serious villain in order to hold Claudio and company sufficiently accountable.
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The eat his heart line to me is more about how shitty and untrusting Claudio is, and thus requires almost nothing from Don John. He facilitates, but Claudio's the one who repeatedly thinks the worst despite his professed love. That's a recurring theme with Claudio, because he's also so gullible he believes when John tells him Don Pedro is wooing Hero for himself.
 
I mean hell, the ultimate "guy born to play the role" was second choice because we almost had Magnum PI playing Indiana Jones. The obvious choice is almost never the right choice in casting. It's how they interact with the material.

(Funny aside as I'm thinking about my mentor there, Robert Hines, who was a poet and abstract painter by trade who frequently played ghastly Hills Have Eyes type mutant and monsters in movies, telling me to "see everyone" when holding casting calls... he also said "never f*ck your costar until after production wraps, casting directors are diabolical and will pick up on chemistry during the audition and put two people who will want to f*ck IMMEDIATELY on screen together on purpose for a better performance)

(I will give you three guesses which advice I took and which I disregarded and the first two don't count.)
 
I remember arguing with other comic nerds years ago when I felt Patrick Stewart was too obvious as Professor X. I also did it again when nerds wanted Bryan Cranston to play Lex Luthor. Maybe he'd be great but "he can play bald" seems like lazy reasoning to me, as a non theater/acting type.
 
docsilence said:
I mean hell, the ultimate "guy born to play the role" was second choice because we almost had Magnum PI playing Indiana Jones. The obvious choice is almost never the right choice in casting. It's how they interact with the material.
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Though I would never slander Harrison in the role, I think Tom could have done a good a job. Not the same job, certainly, but from his body of work I can see why they thought it'd work with him. One of those things that makes you wonder stuff like "What if we'd gotten Stallone at the Terminator" and such.
 
JakeEkiss said:
Though I would never slander Harrison in the role, I think Tom could have done a good a job. Not the same job, certainly, but from his body of work I can see why they thought it'd work with him. One of those things that makes you wonders tuff like "What if we'd gotten Stallone at the Terminator" and such.
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I'd be fascinated to see the alternate timeline where he plays Indy, yeah, but hard to picture anyone being as iconic as Ford in the same role.
 
When need a P.I. with a Hawaiian shirt, glorious mustache in Monster Force right now! Bonus if he has a Shiloh-Sharpes rifle
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Second greatest western after Tombstone.
 
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