Chris Marquette Message Board / Touched by an Angel

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (therealshell) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:44:40 +0000

Editsound wrote:

Just finished watching the Ali episode. It wasn't as good as the other episode, but they did know how to make tearjeaker TV. It was trying to cover too many things and do too much so it got a little jumbled. And this affected Chris's performance. He played every scene perfectly, but the arc of the performance was a little jumbled. That isn't a criticism of him, it was a weakness of the episode. On the interesting side, it was fun to see him play a tough guy (even if it was just a couple of scenes). He never seems to get to do that. And he was really good in the scene where he stands up to his uncle.
Overall a nice performance, in a watchable episode. But the other TBAA is better.

Yeah, I watched the Ali episode last night. It was pretty decent. I assume that my TiVo will record the other episode whenever it airs.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:19:40 +0000

Actually, Rick will stay Associate Dorque until one of us admins changes it to Dorque manually. The race is on for your next post, Rick!

-TeeJay

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:47:55 +0000

We'll have to remember to make it gender appropriate, because once you hit it, you'll be a Dorquette actually. LOL!

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (Editsound) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:08:20 +0000

Yeah, that's the point I was trying to make, but obviously not doing very well.

I noticed I'm almost a Dorque. Hmm that doesn't sound very good.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:06:12 +0000

"Who cares about this shit, man?" - "I care!"

Oh yeah, I remember now. Good one.

-TeeJay

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:00:27 +0000

Fanboys - Linus Vs. Eric

And yeah, I get what you mean. But I would also say that some of the characters are strong & confident in some areas, but not others. Maybe one day he'll play a true bad ass.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (Editsound) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:50:28 +0000

He has played characters who standup for people (most recently in Infestation) but his characters always seem to be coming from a place of weakness. He is never the physically strongest person in the room or emotionally most secure. But in this episode after he had the boxing training (Rocky training sequence), he was a character coming from some physical strength. He actually beat someone up!! I'm not sure I would want to see him play this all the time, but it was intersting to see him play it.

It made me think, He rarely (if ever) plays confident people. And yes I know part of his appeal is his insecurity. But it would be fun to see him play confident characters sometimes.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:41:27 +0000

Alpha Dog - Keith Vs. Susan
Infestation - Cooper Vs. Ethan

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:32:23 +0000

Same here. Chris's performance in the Tourette's episode stood out a lot more, but mainly because the story of that episode was better. Maybe part of it was also that Chris was older in that episode, had more experience under his belt and knew more about how to get the right reactions through his acting.

I'm trying to remember other movies or roles where he had the chance to stand up to people. I think in a way he did it in American Gun, when he was fighting with his mother. However, Rick, I agree, we haven't really seen him doing a lot of that. He stood up for himself (and others) a few times on JoA, but not in a heated argument kind of situation.

-TeeJay

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:20:11 +0000

I agree, Rick.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (Editsound) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:06:40 +0000

Just finished watching the Ali episode. It wasn't as good as the other episode, but they did know how to make tearjeaker TV. It was trying to cover too many things and do too much so it got a little jumbled. And this affected Chris's performance. He played every scene perfectly, but the arc of the performance was a little jumbled. That isn't a criticism of him, it was a weakness of the episode. On the interesting side, it was fun to see him play a tough guy (even if it was just a couple of scenes). He never seems to get to do that. And he was really good in the scene where he stands up to his uncle.

Overall a nice performance, in a watchable episode. But the other TBAA is better.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:58:38 +0000

Today I have also updated the vidcaps of episode 5x24 of Touched By An Angel. Video quality is now much better, but these also have Norwegian subtitles.

::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 01
::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 02
::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 03
::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 04
::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 05
::: Touched By An Angel - 5x24 - Fighting The Good Fight - part 06

-TeeJay

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (domesticelefant) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:46:33 +0000

Wow cool, I'm gonna look at the clips right now.

TeeJay wrote:

That boy really can act!

Not that I ever doubted that.

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:53:25 +0000

I recently got a hold of episode 7x10 of this show, but it's an English version with Norwegian subtitles. Still, I have extracted the Chris scenes from it and uploaded them to our server. I'll add them to the site some time in the next few days, but I wanted to post the links for you guys now:

::: Touched By An Angel - 7x10 - An Angel On My Tree - part 01
::: Touched By An Angel - 7x10 - An Angel On My Tree - part 02
::: Touched By An Angel - 7x10 - An Angel On My Tree - part 03
::: Touched By An Angel - 7x10 - An Angel On My Tree - part 04

Chris does such an excellent job, playing a kid with Tourette's for the second time. If you've seen The Tic Code, you might notice that the tics Chris does in the TBAA episode are slightly different from the ones he did in TTC. That boy really can act!

-TeeJay

Re: Touched by an Angel

dummy@example.com (Editsound) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:33:03 +0000

They have released a few seasons on DVD, but they haven't got to season 7 yet.