Comments on: The Whedon cultist block vote swings it

The Whedon cultist block vote swings it

Artw — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:36:14 -0800

Sci-Fi Shakespearean standoff: Magneto vs Pickard vs that guy from Serentity.

By: mrnutty

mrnutty — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:46:18 -0800

"Picard"

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:49:17 -0800

Serentity I call boyzone.

By: There's No I In Meme

There's No I In Meme — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:50:06 -0800

"Serenity" also "Snark"

By: Iridic

Iridic — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:52:38 -0800

I can believe it. Ejiofor's terrific.

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:53:44 -0800

Oh balls. Could someone pretty please correct that?

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:20:15 -0800

Yeah. Ejiofor is amazing in everything he's in (at least, where he has a chance to act; his role in Inside Man was a nothing part).

By: Del Far

Del Far — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:28:08 -0800

Why is Doctor Who sitting on Gandalfs Lap?

By: Avenger

Avenger — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:41:21 -0800

I'd just like to say that I'd give my left pinky to see Stewart do MacBeth in person. Yeah, yeah, Star Trek, X-Men, whatever. Dude is an awesome actor.

By: gc

gc — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:46:23 -0800

Avenger: I've heard that Stewart's one man A Christmas Carol is a wonder to behold, that he reads the story the right way, where Scrooge is not the villain, but the hero. I have yet to give it a listen, but I have no doubt it's brilliant.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:59:07 -0800

I've met Patrick Stewart when he was doing Viginia Woolf at the Guthrie. In fact, I made him cry.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:20 -0800

Ejiofor is amazing in everything he's in I think he's great, but I found his performance in American Gangster to be off (as was the whole movie). I actually never bought him as an American. More on topic, I would love to see all three of those performances.

By: Senor Cardgage

Senor Cardgage — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:08:41 -0800

Ya know what's a good song? "Magneto and Titanium Man" by Wings. (I have nothing of substance to contribute to this thread)

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:08:48 -0800

Bookhouse, at least Ejiofor was more believable than Russell Crowe as a New Jerseyian.

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:04:11 -0800

Sir Ian McKellan on Extras Patrick Stewart on Extras

By: chundo

chundo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:06:21 -0800

(I have nothing of substance to contribute to this thread) That's usually a good sign you shouldn't click the "Post Comment" button. Try harder next time.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:10:14 -0800

The Operative ftw!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:41:49 -0800

"I have nothing of substance to contribute to this thread" "That's usually a good sign you shouldn't click the 'Post Comment' button. Try harder next time." If people actually second guessed themselves like that before posting, there wouldn't BE anything on the Internet. Oh. And -- JOSS WHEDON RULES! *pumps fist in air. makes woof sounds*

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:56:43 -0800

I'm as big a fan of Joss Whedon as most, but really, this is nothing to do with him whatsoever. If you've not seen Chiwetel in Dirty Pretty Things, Melinda and Melinda or even Love Actually, then you're missing out. And he's even done Shakespeare before this - and before Whedon - Orsino in a TV production of Twelfth Night. Please don't do a great actor a disservice by suggesting that the reason they won a much-deserved award was because Internet fanboys link him inextricably with the creator of Buffy...

By: vhsiv

vhsiv — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:53:24 -0800

Dirty Pretty Things ruled and American Gangster was the balls -- a runaway production that had to many of it's sutures showing. It went through 4 A-List directors - Fuqua, George, Oliver Stone and Scott - and had one A-List star joined by another on the marquee and ran for a painful 2-1/2 hours. And they fired Fuqua because -- he wanted to shoot on location in NYC? -- and Scott (the more expensive director) ended up doing it anyway? And the 2 play-or-pay deals with Del Toro and Washington? Sounds like Hollywood Studio ego (or racism) run wild. I hope Fuqua prevails with his lawsuit, because the front-office certainly didn't save any money by hijacking the project from him. I guess Universal just wasn't pleased enough by the Oscar Fuqua helped them get for Training Day.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:55:50 -0800

Ejiofor is fantastic. He's a reason I will go see a movie I might otherwise pass on. Been a huge fan since Dirty Pretty Things. I really wanted to go see him in Chekov's The Seagull, but the limited run sold out in a heartbeat. (tangential) Really quite looking forward to Red Belt, (official site) the new David Mamet film, with Ejiofor starring. Also, Stewart and McKellan can elevate mediocore movies and add gravitas to anything.

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:56:23 -0800

*glances at tickets for Macbeth* *looks nervously at Avenger* *checks market prices for pinkies*

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:48:41 -0800

Chiwetel Ejiofor is awesome.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:55:57 -0800

Ejiofor is amazing, not only in Serenity (duh) but also Children of Men. And this has nothing to do with Whedon. Although today I wore my "Joss Whedon Is My Master Now" tee which would lead me to believe that for me at least, everything has something to do with him.

By: kittyprecious

kittyprecious — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:25:44 -0800

Ejiofor is amazing in everything he's in Unless what he's in is the polar opposite of Shakespearean, cf. Kinky Boots (a.k.a. proof that it is possible to make a mind-numbingly boring movie about drag queens).

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:34:42 -0800

for a moment I was thinking Firefly, and I was hoping that the link went to the fellow who played "Early" in the last episode.

By: hooray

hooray — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:36:39 -0800

Patrick Stewart is doing Macbeth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music until March 22nd. I heard it's fantastic.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:05:02 -0800

Out, damn'd pinky!

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:36:39 -0800

Ejiofor is one of the those actors that makes something even pretty mediocre watchable (like Dirty Pretty Things) And the McKellan Stewart face-offs were the highlights of X-Men... nothing like a bit of Shakey energy to life up a supe movie.

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:41:23 -0800

I'm not sure that my suggestion that the Olivier awards were fixed by a block vote of browncoats should really be taken all that seriously.

By: greenland

greenland — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:48:09 -0800

The geekery in that particular Olivier Award is even deeper than we imagined. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and John "The Master" Simm. Operative vs. Master vs. Wizard vs. Captain... It's really weird when my fanfic comes to life.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:19:03 -0800

Just popping in to say that re: Chiwetel Ejiofor, check out "Talk To Me".

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:33:56 -0800

Though Stewart (who I like as much as anyone in most roles) cultivates a rep for Shakespearean roots, I'm pretty sure his highpoint was something along the line of stand-in for the understudy to the guy who took over the role of Titus Andronicus in a two-week touring run. And he botched Sejanus in "I, Claudius" with his wooden delivery of a deliciously evil schemer that could have stolen the show.

By: rikschell

rikschell — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:48:51 -0800

I saw McKellin's Lear in Brooklyn: he was heartwrenching. Lear is a damn tough play to do: there are so many ways to screw it up. Sadly, I thought Sylvester McCoy really botched his part. He was possibly my favorite Doctor, but he blibbered through his lines unintelligibly, focusing on physical clowning. He did that well, but Lear's fool should be astoundingly VERBAL. He gets many of the best lines, and McCoy just didn't give them the delivery. It was almost a relief when they hanged him. But McKellin, wow! He's good on screen, but he's meant to be on stage. And tickets weren't hard to get if you paid up six months in advance...

By: quin

quin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:55:22 -0800

"I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare" -John Crichton - Farscape

By: rusty

rusty — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:10:17 -0800

Ah, crap.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:08:45 -0800

I would have loved to have seen McKellen take over the role of Dumbledore from the late Richard Harris, and have Stewart cast as Voldemort, as an inversion of the good-vs-evil pairing from the X-Men. Man, I'm such a geek.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:42:02 -0800

New Yorker review of "Othello" with Chiwetel Ejiofor.