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#8176 Re: Room For Improvement » Gallery » 22 Oct 06 :: 01:03
Yeah, that sounds perfect, Anne. Thanks!!
-TeeJay
#8177 Re: Chris On Screen » Kyle Newman's Revenge of the Nerds (Remake) - CANCELED » 21 Oct 06 :: 21:10
Have we posted this one before?
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=co … &Itemid=99
I quote: "Marquette will play the lead nerd role of Max Foster. Byrd will portray the second male lead, Owen DiMarco, the "horn dog" best friend, whose college major is women's studies."
Women studies? LOL I love that!
-TeeJay
#8178 Re: Room For Improvement » Gallery » 21 Oct 06 :: 20:59
Damn sure we'll use Melissa's pics if her site goes away! And how are we supposed to ask her if her e-mail isn't working? We tried that before. She didn't react and then her e-mail went dead. And thanks so much for burning the pics, I'd really like to go through all the pics we have that Melissa doesn't and see what we can use for as long as her site is still up.
-TeeJay
#8179 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Oct 06 :: 20:40
Yeah, maybe we should leave it as it is, then. Who was the guy who played Harry Knowles again?
-TeeJay
#8180 Re: Chris On Screen » Kyle Newman's Revenge of the Nerds (Remake) - CANCELED » 21 Oct 06 :: 20:37
Yeah, crossing my fingers that you'll get another chance, Deb. That would just be awesome. Plus Dave might get to meet Chris too. 
(But maybe no touching in this case either... LOL)
-TeeJay
#8181 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Oct 06 :: 20:32
Well, that's what it says in German. That Harry Knowles appears in the movie. How can you phrase that, so that it sounds right?
-TeeJay
#8182 Re: Joan of Arcadia » 2x19 Trial & Error » 21 Oct 06 :: 20:15
I'm not that fond of Wentworth either. He came across as just plain creepy. No visual appeal for me either. And he's age-wise much more in my league than any of the other characters were. Ooooh, don't get me started on Roger. There was no appeal whatsoever! Joan and him? No way! How she could kiss him, I have no idea. They so didn't have any chemistry. None. At all. And while I love RTJ in a way, there are things about it that I don't like at all. Or let's say: I loved the acting in it, and I just loved the last scene where they fade away with that amazingly tender and intimate kiss through the collage, but story-wise... not that great.
It somehow felt like what Deb always rants about: manufactured conflict. They wanted to build friction between Adam and Joan, so of course they had to find a person who would hit on one of them and make the other jealous. Enter Roger and Stevie. Hey, gee, this show *did* turn into The O.C. somewhere along the way of season two... 
There are still moments that I love and treasure from season two. I yearn for the s2 box to watch all the episodes in great quality again. But as a whole, it has a few really big flaws, more so than season one.
-TeeJay
#8183 Re: Chris On Screen » Kyle Newman's Revenge of the Nerds (Remake) - CANCELED » 21 Oct 06 :: 19:48
Did we already post this one? I don't think we did, so here's the pretty sucky article about ROTN that was in the Atlanta paper (www.ajc.com):
Nerds' will hang out in Atlanta
Remake of fraternity comedy films in metro Atlanta
By BOB LONGINO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 10/14/2006
Movie nerds invaded the Georgia Capitol this week and are now ensconced at Decatur's Agnes Scott College.
Twentieth Century Fox's new youth-centered division Fox Atomic has started filming a remake of the 1984 college fraternity comedy "Revenge of the Nerds" in Atlanta for release in late spring or late summer 2007.
The comedy, budgeted at about $13 million to $15 million, is termed a re-imagining.
"We've got the spirit of the original, hopefully, but ours is a different kind of nerd," says 30-year-old director Kyle Newman, a 1998 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Award winner. "We're not talking about the science-math geek with a pocket protector. Our outsiders are more ordinary-looking guys who wear their hearts on their sleeves."
The new film's young-adult cast includes Efren Ramirez (who played Pedro in "Napoleon Dynamite"), Chris Marquette (TV's "Pasadena" and "Joan of Arcadia"), Marietta-born Dan Byrd ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Katie Cassidy ("When a Stranger Calls") and Kristin Cavallari (TV's "Veronica Mars" and the MTV reality soap "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County").
Filming began Monday on the third floor of the Capitol, where the appropriations room was reconfigured into a Greek council meeting hall. Production, which has moved to Agnes Scott for extensive days of shooting, is expected to last through November. Other Atlanta locations will include Morris Brown College, Inman Park, Druid Hills and Kirkwood.
On Friday, the cast was filming Greek games at Agnes Scott. While getting her hair and makeup done, Cavallari, 19, offered up a quick description of her character. "I'm playing a sorority girl who is obviously mean to the nerds," she says.
Her fellow actors and crew haven't been in town too long, but they've already hit dinner spots in Buckhead. Cavallari says they hope to visit the Georgia Aquarium on Sunday.
She also says the only difference between filming a Hollywood movie and a TV reality show is that a big-screen film "is a lot bigger of a production." Otherwise, "with all the takes and camera angles, it's the same thing."
Since the 1980s, Agnes Scott has been the site of several Hollywood TV and movie productions, including "Scream 2," "The Four Seasons," Oscar's best-picture-winning "Driving Miss Daisy," and "Fried Green Tomatoes."
The new "Nerds" is being produced by McG, who earlier this year in metro Atlanta directed "We Are Marshall," a big-screen drama about a West Virginia college football team struggling to recover from an airplane tragedy. "Marshall," starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox, debuts in theaters Dec. 22.
Photos by BRANT SANDERLIN/Staff
"Revenge of the Nerds" actors Dan Byrd and Kristin Cavallari joke around between takes Friday at Agnes Scott College.
Garnett Burk (left) touches up Ryan Pinkston's hair on the set of "Revenge of the Nerds" on Friday.
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I think the Frodo Lives t-shirt is dead funny, though. I want one!
-TeeJay
#8184 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Oct 06 :: 19:38
Actually, they just said the Harry Knowles character appeared in the movie, not that he played himself. Guess I translated that wrong, even though the German wording isn't exactly clear. They said Harry Knowles has a mini appearance. Whatever that means. Could be Harry himself, could someone playing him, as is the case in this movie.
-TeeJay
#8185 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Oct 06 :: 15:26
Okay, so here's the article from the "Journal of the Whills", which is the quarterly special edition issue of the German Official Star Wars Fanclub magazine (see also www.oswfc.de):
And here's the translation (mistakes included):
Attack on the Skywalker Ranch!
>>A handful of fans want to make a dying friend's exceptional wish come true
A really interesting feature awaits all Star Wars fans in spring 2007. The movie project of director Kyle Newman and author Adam F. Goldberg is called Fan Boys.
This movie is about four Star Wars fans who want to grant their dying friend his last wish. He desperately wants to see Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace before he passes. At this time the movie is not showing theaters yet and so the friends make their way from Ohio towards San Francisco and George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch.
They want to try to break into the ranch some way to get a copy of the movie. Leading actor Sam Huntington (Jimmy Olson from Superman Returns) describes the movie as really funny, very emotional and powerful. He plays Eric in the movie, who after his time at college got separated from his friends since he is now selling cars for a living. But their friend's illness brings them all back together.
All the fans can look forward to a number of cameos by Star Wars actors (e.g. Carrie Fisher as doctor, Ray Park as security guard and an appearance by Billy Dee Williams). At the same time a few people who worked behind the scenes on the saga will have small guest roles in this movie.
We have good news for everyone who misses Jar Jar Binks. He will have a very funny moment in the movie. Harry Knowles from "Ain't It Cool News" has a mini appearance in the movie. He hands the group blueprints of the Skywalker Ranch and thus helps them greatly in their mission.
People visiting the Comic Con International in San Diego were able to catch a first sneak peek at the movie. The four-minute preview (presented by lead actor Sam Huntington) in the presence of main actress Kristen Bell (heroine from Veronica Mars) and director Kyle Newman that was shown there was received very enthusiastically by the fans.
Also acting in the movie alongside Huntington and Bell will be Chris Marquette (Freddy vs. Jason), Dan Fogler and Jay Baruchel (Million Dollar Baby). The movie is released by the Weinstein Company, which was able to land one Oscar hit or another in the past.
Fan Boys is produced Kevin Spacey's own production company.
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Okay, so Chris only got one mention, but that's okay. Virtually no one in Germany (but Anne, Chibi and me) know him. The only movie that people might have caught with him in it was Girl Next Door, and that was on when? 2004? Well, they mentioned Freddy vs. Jason, but I don't even recall this movie having been the theaters over here. Obviously it must have been. And Joan of Arcadia only ran for one season on Saturdays at 3 PM... Not a good slot for the masses to become aware of this wonderful little show that we all love so much. Maybe people will talk more about him in Germany after Fanboys was released over here.
And, like I said, there's nothing in the article that we didn't already know, but it's still cool to see the SW community be interested in it.
-TeeJay
#8186 Re: Joan of Arcadia » 2x19 Trial & Error » 21 Oct 06 :: 09:40
Why wasn't it OK for her to see Judith in S2 if it was OK for her to see Rocky in S1?
Maybe it didn't irk me so much with Rocky because I loved Jump in every other way. And when Joan saw Rocky in the graveyard, that didn't feel so weird because it was a graveyard and they had just literally buried his body a few yards away. I could always write that off somehow as one of Joan's weird moments. I mean, it could just as well have been in her imagination somehow (even though it looked real enough and that's how, I'm sure, they wanted it to come across).
I mean, yes, Joan saw Rocky again later, and I can't really explain why it didn't really bother me then. Maybe because Rocky wasn't one of Joan's best friends, maybe because I thought it was gonna be a one-time thing, that they'd let the whole Joan-can-see-ghosts thing drop after that.
But then, in season 2, they had Judith come back, sitting by Joan's bedside, actually talking to her as if she was a real person. Or a real ghost. That somehow didn't belong on the show for me. I can buy God walking around in people form, talking to certain individuals, but as much as I love "Medium", I didn't buy the Judith-as-a-ghost thing on JoA.
So why am I okay with Allison seeing ghosts in Medium and Miranda seeing them in Ghost Whisperer? Well, that's what those shows are about, first and foremost. It's the whole premise of the show. On JoA it was about a teenager with a special connection to a certain divine entity who still had normal teenage problems. That was way more than enough to fill more than two seasons with wonderful material (with which, as discussed above, they failed more and more in s2), they didn't need to bring in a whole other supernatural element.
My two cents.
And just for the record: I wasn't too happy with them bringing in Ryan Hunter either. I still remember how very sceptic I was that this might work in s3 when I first watched Common Thread and what followed, especially Something Wicked This Way Comes. Something wicked never came that way, as we are painfully aware of. I'm sure they could have used the Ryan character to create just the right amoung of anxiety and suspense and conflict. But might also just as well have messed up big time by giving us this whole concept of grander scale Good vs. Evil, concentrating on that and pushing character development way into the background. Guess now we'll never know.
-TeeJay
#8187 Re: Joan of Arcadia » 2x19 Trial & Error » 21 Oct 06 :: 08:43
You know what I didn't like about s2 most of all? This whole supernatural thing they brought in. That Joan was suddenly seeing dead people and could speak to them. First Rocky, then Judith. What was that? Bring in some "Medium"? For me the show was always something real that I could see happening out there somewhere (or as real as it can be with a girl who's talking to God). Having Joan suddenly talk to "ghosts", that just weirded me out. Because I can't see that happening, not even to Joan, who has a special connection.
I'd love to rant on, but I gotta run to make my hair dresser's appointment.
-TeeJay
#8188 Re: Joan of Arcadia » 2x19 Trial & Error » 21 Oct 06 :: 01:41
Yes, thanks so much for sharing that. I got in a whole other uproad about the IMDb jerks tonight with Diane at the Trek-Dinner. She mentioned similar things at some of the board she checks. She's a huge Viggo Mortensen and Jens Lehmann (German national team soccer goal keeper) fan and she complained about how on the message boards there's all these 16-year-olds, going on about how hot he is, but wouldn't get into any serious conversation about the actual topics at hand. Like, oh, say... soccer? Or ask stupid questions like if he's gay when you can easily read up on that he's married with three kids. Sound familiar?
Oh, and Diane said we're hiding our Chris meeting on the website too well. The links in the news item about ROTN are tiny. And she's kinda right. She said it's one of the main "attractions" of our website now, that we actually got to meet Chris and even have an exclusive interview. Guess we could make that a little more obvious in the news item about ROTN. I'll think of something tomorrow. Gotta go to bed now.
-TeeJay
#8189 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Oct 06 :: 01:35
There was an article on Fanboys in one of the German SW magazines that Edwin brought to the Trek-Dinner tonight. Nothing exciting, things we already knew. But it's cool that people start to publicly and officially mention it in print. I'll scan and translate the article for you tomorrow. It had a pic of Kristen and a quote from Sam, only one mention of Chris when they listed the rest of the cast. But it's still pretty cool, isn't it?
-TeeJay
#8190 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 20 Oct 06 :: 18:09
She did because she just e-mailed and told me. And she said: Now how the hell do I keep myself from reading them? 
-TeeJay
#8191 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Breaking news: Smoking is bad for your health » 20 Oct 06 :: 13:17
I know I don't really need to continue my crusade, but I found some more interesting articles, among them one that this is from:
The tobacco industry maintained, for many years, that it was unaware of research about the toxic effects of smoking. By the 1970s, however, the industry decided that it needed this information but they were unwilling to seek it in a way that was open to public scrutiny. By means of material from internal industry documents it can be revealed that one company, Philip Morris, acquired a research facility, INBIFO, in Germany and created a complex mechanism seeking to ensure that the work done in the facility could not be linked to Philip Morris. In particular it involved the appointment of a Swedish professor as a 'co-ordinator', who would synthesise reports for onward transmission to the USA. Various arrangements were made to conceal this process, not only from the wider public, but also from many within Philip Morris, although it was known to some senior executives. INBIFO appears to have published only a small amount of its research and what was published appears to differ considerably from what was not. In particular, the unpublished reports provided evidence of the greater toxicity of sidestream than mainstream smoke, a finding of particular relevance given the industry's continuing denial of the harmful effects of passive smoking. By contrast, much of its published work comprises papers that convey a message that could be considered useful to the industry, in particular casting doubt on methods used to assess the effects of passive smoking.
For several decades the tobacco industry maintained that evidence of adverse health consequences of its products was at best inconclusive and that they were actually socially responsible companies concerned about the health of their customers, a view first expressed in a statement published in American newspapers in 1954 stating that "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business". More recently, however, even the tobacco industry has recognised that its position with regard to the health effects of active smoking has been untenable, as summarised by the UK House of Commons Health Committee in 2000: "It seems to us that the companies have sought to undermine the scientific consensus until such time as that position appears ridiculous."
In a few words: The tobacco industry is evil. And smoking is still bad for your health. And this article will shed some more light on it just how so.
-TeeJay
#8192 Off Topic Stuff » The definition of "disability" » 20 Oct 06 :: 13:08
- TeeJay
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I'm reading this really interesting science paper online now and this will be especially interesting for Anne:
The definition of disability: what is in a name?
The definition of the word disability has been debated for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the final draft will soon be submitted to the UN General Assembly for approval. WHO has been mandated to produce a world report on disability and rehabilitation by 2009 to collate the best evidence about the prevalence, distribution, and trends of disability and recommend action.
In many countries, the 2010 census round will probably include questions about disability, as recommended by the UN Population Division. In the next few years, countries around the globe will begin to implement national health and disability surveys. Such data, coupled with global demographic changes, will mean increased attention to non-fatal health outcomes, such as the disability associated with ageing. Therefore, we believe that a common agreement on the meaning of disability is urgently needed.
To be able to stand up to scrutiny, a definition of disability should be: applicable to all people, without segregation into groups such as "the visually impaired" or "wheelchair users" or those with a chronic illness,3 and be able to describe the experience of disability across many areas of functioning. The definition should allow comparison of severity across different types of disability, be flexible enough for different applications (eg, statistical or clinical use), be able to describe all types of disability, and recognize the effects of the environment on a person's disability. Finally, the definition should not include stipulations about the causes of any disability.
Only when disability is accurately defined can the many issues in health and social policy be tackled and appropriate studies designed to assess which interventions have the best health and health-related outcomes to improve the life and wellbeing of all people living with disability.
WHO's international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) provides a consistent and complete conceptualisation of disability. ICF was the result of nearly a decade of substantial collaboration and field testing and has been endorsed by all member states.
The ICF definition of disability (panel) does not restrict disability to any previously defined threshold of functioning. Such a threshold depends on the purpose of the description (eg, to assess research enrolment or eligibility for benefits). Nor does the ICF definition stipulate that disability has a specific cause. Disability is defined within the context of health; however, a person's experience of disability is also a function of features of the environment in which they live. This definition avoids the fallacies that disability is either only a medical problem or is completely socially created.
The current draft of the UN Convention does not define disability but rather people with disabilities (panel). Unfortunately, this definition fails to acknowledge that disability is a central health issue that plays out in all areas of individual and social life. The definition in the Convention of people with disabilities is solely medical and restricts the concept of disability to only those with long-term impairments irrespective of their level of participation. And by insisting that impairment must be "long term", the definition also excludes a vast array of short-term, fluctuating, or episodic impairments.
Disability is a state of decreased functioning associated with disease, disorder, injury, or other health conditions, which in the context of one's environment is experienced as an impairment, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Understanding both the health and the environmental aspects of disability allows for the examination of health interventions that improve functioning as well as interventions to change the environment to improve participation of people with disabilities.
However, when defining disability we should be careful to distinguish objective descriptions of the disability experience from an individual's satisfaction with that experience. Although equally significant, data about disability are objective descriptions that differ from subjective appraisals. Data about quality of life, wellbeing, and personal satisfaction with life are useful for health and policy planning; but these data are not necessarily predicted by the presence or extent of disability.
In view of these considerations and the urgent need for clarity in the definition of disability, our proposed definition (panel) is based on the ICF conceptualisation.
We believe this definition includes all aspects of disability, highlights the interactive dynamic nature of disability, and acknowledges the equally important roles of the person's state of health and environmental factors in the production and mediation of the disability experience.
Our ICF-based definition brings us closer to the goal of equal rights, opportunities, and participation in society. Inequality can only be identified by comparison of people who benefit from the way society is organised with those who do not benefit. If there is no agreement about how to identify those who are disadvantaged by the experience of disability, comparison cannot be made, and inequality can neither be identified, measured, nor remedied.
*Matilde Leonardi, Jerome Bickenbach, Tevfi k Bedirhan Ustun, Nenad Kostanjsek, Somnath Chatterji, on behalf of the MHADIE Consortium.
Panel: ICF definition of disability
The negative aspects of the interaction* between an individual (with a health condition) and that individual's contextual factors (personal and environ mental factors).
Current UN Convention definition of people with disabilities
Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
Proposed definition of disability
Disability is a difficulty in functioning at the body, person, or societal levels, in one or more life domains, as experienced by an individual with a health condition in interaction with contextual factors.
*Impairments are interactions affecting the body; activity limitations are interactions affecting individual's actions or behaviour; participation restrictions are interactions affecting person's experience of life.
-TeeJay
#8193 Re: Chris On Screen » Kyle Newman's Revenge of the Nerds (Remake) - CANCELED » 20 Oct 06 :: 07:18
Wow, that's a nice post. Thank you for bringing it over here. I've read more posts of this person. He, alongside with this vickirobo (or whatever he/she's called), Ryan Pinkston's mom and us is about the only person on that board who's defending the remake of the movie. Deb and I have decided not to post much in the ROTN IMDb thread anymore at this point. Mainly because we want all the yelling and screaming and bad blood to die down for a while. Let's hope no one posts anything there now that I feel I need to answer to. I'm trying hard to stay away.
And another person from Europe. Yay! Must be a Chris fan if he/she's seen all the movies he/she mentioned.
-TeeJay
#8194 Re: Chris On Screen » Our tribute to Chris in Fanboys: The Fanboys Countdown » 20 Oct 06 :: 00:21
Wait a minute, this is not gonna be the one we used in the smutty chapter, is it? Oh, girl, you are SO bad! LOL (Or am I just way off base here?)
-TeeJay
#8195 Re: Joan of Arcadia » 2x19 Trial & Error » 20 Oct 06 :: 00:18
As for the commentaries on the S1 set, yeah, they're kinda lame. I hope they do much better on the second season set. Has anyone learned which eps will have commentary yet? Because I would dearly love for TPTB to try to explain Trial & Error without lying about what really went on behind the scenes.
Do you expect them to be as open about it was Chris was, though? I mean, I'd love for people to explain to us what we've been wondering about all along, but I don't really expect much from them, just like Susanna already put it. I mean, CBS still had to market the s2 box. I don't think there's gonna be any open minded, honest talk about what really went on behind the scenes. They may hint at a few things, but I'm not getting my hopes up to be thrown the scraps that we've been hungering for all this time. I'd rather have some silly and fun actor commentaries that giggle about hairstyles and bloopers than some lame-ass producer/author commentaries that don't give us anything new.
-TeeJay
#8196 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 19 Oct 06 :: 22:59
Yeah, like one page a day.
-TeeJay
#8197 Re: Chris On Screen » Kyle Newman's Revenge of the Nerds (Remake) - CANCELED » 19 Oct 06 :: 21:01
Just found this on the IMDb ROTN board. There *are* nice people there after all:
by katiel10 (Thu Oct 19 2006 08:31:30 )
Hi,
I was an extra on this film the 1st week of filming. The location (Decatur, GA)and campus of Agnes Scott University is absolutely GORGEOUS! I can understand why the director picked this college for the movie. I'm sure it is a little inconvenient for the students, but hey, how often do you have a major motion picture film at your school? Everyone I've met so far associated with the movie have been great!!! Including the actors. Chris was so down to earth. Being around him, you would never know he was the celebrity he is! Kristin Cavallari was very sweet and approachable as was Efren Ramirez. It's really been a neat experience so far!
-TeeJay
#8198 Re: All About Chris » If Chris Could Play Any Role... » 19 Oct 06 :: 20:51
We started this thread on Melissa's board, but I feel we need to move some of it over here because we had some good things going.
TeeJay:
If Chris was to star on your favorite TV show(s), any TV show(s) (other than JoA), what show would it be and who would he play?
Deb and I had this discussion by e-mail and we thought we'd take it here, see what the others say.
We'd love to see him on "Lost". As to what character, we're not quite sure. If he was to be one of The Others, nah, he'd be all filthy and dirty looking all the time, probably have some sort of face fuzz. No way! He could be one of the plane's passengers that we haven't seen so far, but better yet, let him be a character in someone's back story. But who?
It would also be cool to have him on "24". He could be one of the computer nerds at CTU, couldn't he?
Or what about "Medium"? Deb said this in her e-mail: Well, to get the best out of him, he needs to be tortured. So he'd have to be a victim who comes to Allison or someone who's wrongly accused of killing someone and she helps him. Something like that.
We already discussed in another thread that he should be on "Grey's Anatomy". As a really cute patient or an orderly, preferably.
Who else would love to see him in what?
Samsy-Marie:
I am definitely with you on Grey's Anatomy. McEyebrows.
Medium would also be cool I think.
Quote: So he'd have to be a victim who comes to Allison or someone who's wrongly accused of killing someone and she helps him. Something like that.
Tina, you're so horrible! Now I'm sitting here, picturing Chris sitting in a jail cell in an orange jumpsuit, silently suffering in solitude! Aaaah! So much for the INEEDTOHUGHIM Syndrome!!!
TeeJay:
Well, actually the Medium thing was from Deb, so go yell at her. 
Samsy-Marie:
I will. Deeeeeb!!! 
Deb:
Well, he's always best when he's in pain! Not my fault he's so great with the heavy emotions.
TeeJay:
I have to admit that I agree with you. What would we do without our substitute agony also called television? Because Deb and I have been discussing that we must enjoy watching these characters being in pain so much because it's a form of substitue agony, one that we don't have to experience on a personal level. That kinda makes sense, doesn't it?
Maybe it's the same for the actors when they play something like that.
Makes me wanna watch that Miracles episode again. <sigh>
Susanna:
Quote: We'd love to see him on "Lost"
Yep. Same here. I think a backstory would be best, personally. Whose? Not sure, have to think on it.
I'm trying to think of shows I like that are still on TV.
Without A Trace perhaps. He could be involved with one of the cases, e.g father disappeared. I suppose that would be very miracles-esque, however you won't hear me complaining, I love miracles style chris.
I don't watch Greys, but of course I would if he were to appear, and quite frankly I'd watch any show he was on.
TeeJay:
Yeah, Without A Trace is also one of the shows I watch regularly. Just the other day I was talking about Michael Welch having been a guest-star not long ago. Actually, it would also have been interesting if Chris had played Michael's part. He was a nasty, vicious little bully in that episode, and he managed to pull that off quite well. I bet Chris would have too.
The more I think about this, the more I wanna see Chris play a bad guy some time. Someone who's neither lovable nor huggable or tortured or cute. Someone you don't feel sorry for and love to hate. Wouldn't that be interesting?
He could be the bad guy in that WAT episode. Someone who kidnaps and tortures someone (whom the FBI guys will then be looking for). I wanna see Fierce-Chris--just once.
And you can shake hands with Deb, Susanna, she also doesn't watch Grey's Anatomy. But I already got Anne to watch it, I'm quite sure I'm gonna get Deb to watch it too. Right, Deb? <insert devilish grinning smiley which we don't have here> It's such a cute little show, I just love the mixture of drama, medicine and humor. And characters are all pretty real. Right down to jerk Alex, whom you constantly wanna smack in the head for either being a jerk or a jackass. Or is that the same thing? Never mind. Not all the guys can be as sweet as Adam. Or George, for that matter...
Now, can we collect some more suggestions and then send them to Chris's agent? LOL (Just kidding.)
Samsy-Marie:
Quote: Well, he's always best when he's in pain! Not my fault he's so great with the heavy emotions.
Yeah, I know! I like him very much as the typical tragic hero ... but I have to say, I agree with TeeJay, I`d like to see him once as a "bad guy", like Michael Welch in WAT. That would have been very interesting with Chris, I think.
Ooooh, Grey`s Anatomy!!! I can tell you, from the moment I watched the pilot episode, I was completely obsessed with that show. And I love George. (I am soooo predictable, huh? :lol )
About Lost ... well, I still do not watch Lost at the moment, because after I watched the pilot episodes in german I tried to watch it in English, but had too much of understanding problems. But I will do a second try soon, I think.
Suggestions for Chris's Agent? Well, here are mine:
1) Medium - a guy who is accused for murdering his girlfriend and Allison has to help him prove that he is innocent.
2) Grey`s Anatomy - a cute patient or a (very cute) orderly.
3) WAT - either the bad or the good guy. I like the idea of the missing father ... but then the father has to be played by John Cusack and John Cusack doesn`t appear in TV shows, huh?
TeeJay:
I had another idea. He should be on CSI:! Preferably the Las Vegas variety (it's my favorite--the only one that I still watch, in fact).
What could he play? One of the lab guys (ooooh, recurring role!). Kind of like Greg Sanders' replacement. I don't dig the chick they put there now. But I love Archie! There's no replacing Archie, not even by Chris. Hodges... well, he's kinda annoying, but I still like him. In an adverse kind of way. I also like the bullets guy. I don't really want any of them replaced.
Chris could play.... a new coroner? Ewww, gross. I don't want him handling dead bodies. Maybe a rookie cop? And it would be a nice tie-in because his brother Eric was on CSI: once.
Samsy-Marie:
Nah, the coroner thing won't work, I think.
I like the idea of the rookie cop. That means he has to wear one of those "hot" uniforms! 
LOL
I`ll think of more soon.
TeeJay:
Oh YES! LOL I think he'd look really good in black. (Drool Towel Alert!!) Come to think of it, he should have been on "Third Watch". Shame that show's over now. Another really good one that I enjoyed tremendously. Why else would I call my laptop "Bosco"?
TeeJay:
Okay, I said I'd like to see Chris in a cop uniform. I photoshopped him into one. Not my greatest work yet, but it'll do for a bit of harmless fun. And, yes, the head is out of a picture from the infamous Huff episode. Not sure I really dig the cop look. Maybe I just took the wrong pic(s). But I had very little work with since I had to make the Brendan cap from Third Watch myself (couldn't find any workable ones on the 'net) and I had to quickly find a pic of Chris where he was holding the head in the right position.
Anyways, here you go, sir, yes, sir:
(will post pic as soon as I find it)
Deb:
This is a little different, but I just learned a couple of days ago that there's going to be a new Star Trek movie in 2008. I asked Dave if he knew which cast they were going to use. He said none of them; it's going to be about Kirk and Spock in their academy years. I wasn't too thrilled with that idea. He said, "You would be if Chris Marquette was in, playing Kirk or something, wouldn't you?" I said instantly, "No, he'd be better as Spock." Uh-oh. Now, I'm kinda stuck on that idea. How cool would that be? Of course, they'd have to mess with ihs eyebrows, TeeJay, so...
TeeJay:
LOL! Actually, I heard about the Star Trek movie at the Trek-Dinner on Friday too. And I'm not too thrilled either, especially since TOS is my least favorite of the Treks. Guess I'm a little too young to appreciate it fully. I was always a Trekker of the 90's.
Chris as Spock?? Hm..... I dunno. Yeah, well, the eyebrows would definitely have to be tweaked. But, yeah, I can see him more as Spock than as Kirk. I guess we'd like to see him as the reserved, quiet guy who chooses his words carefully, rather than the outgoing, buff guy chasing all the women, huh? Do I detect a challenge here? Guess it's also the hair. If he were to play Kirk, they'd have to dye his hair brown. Now there's an interesting thought. LOL
And if he were to play Spock, then there'd be more "elfin ears" than there already is. Come to think of it, wouldn't he have made a good hobbit? I can totally see him pulling off a Frodo or a maybe more of a Merry or Pippin. Always with the mischief. And they might not even have had to make him wear a wig.
Deb:
Yes, he would've made an excellent hobbit! And hey, I'm happy to offer the Spock idea as a challenge, if you think you're up to it. I think I'll be stuck on the idea till I know who Paramount actually ends up casting.
He could totally do it! I doubt htat they will try to cast people who look exactly like Shatner and Nimoy. So Chris would be close enough. Nimoy doesn't have an adorable cleft in his chin like Chris, but that's the only mismatch of features that really stands out.
It's not so much that I want to see Chris play yet another reserved character. I don't think Young Spock would be all that reserved. It took him years to come to terms with his human side and learn the Vulcan way of controlling it. I think Young Spock would probably be a volatile tangle of emotions. Should be a really fun role to play.
Samsy-Marie:
That just made me laugh. I remember, when I was watching LOTR 3 I thought about Chris playing Frodo. Or maybe one of the elves. The poined ears, you know?
Funny.
Young Spock? Nice idea. This should indeed be fun.
And I also thought about an episode of Numb3rs recently, but according to that interview from November (was it November?) he`s done with TV now, so ... :\
TeeJay:
Quote: And hey, I'm happy to offer the Spock idea as a challenge, if you think you're up to it. I think I'll be stuck on the idea till I know who Paramount actually ends up casting.
Actually, I meant it would be a challenge for either us to get used to the thought of Chris playing Young Kirk or a challenge for him to do so and actually pull it off believably. But if you want me to make Chris look like Young Spock.... let me see what I can come up with later this week. Don't feel like doing that right now for some reason. Chris and Star Trek somehow don't belong together in my line of sight. And I don't know why that is.
Quote: And I also thought about an episode of Numb3rs recently, but according to that interview from November (was it November?) he`s done with TV now, so ...
He didn't say he was done with TV, that's what the author of the article said. Something like, "It looks as though his TV days are over." Chris said he's more interested in doing movies than TV. He didn't say he wouldn't do any more TV. Let's not twist his words, shall we? I'd like to think that if a challenging TV character (something like James?) came along, he wouldn't refuse it. At least I hope not.
Deb:
As I watched Entourage tonight, I realized it would be incredibly fun and cool to see Chris appear as himself on this show or Unscripted. I'd just love to see him play some version of himself on one of these verite' shows. And both Entourage and Unscripted are excellent!
-TeeJay
#8199 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 19 Oct 06 :: 20:47
What?? You banned the Fanboys stuff to the garage already??? It's in exile? Shame on you!!!! <gives Sean a whack to the back of the head>
-TeeJay
#8200 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 19 Oct 06 :: 19:53
Thank you, Sean, for that. I can totally see what you were describing because we have a few SW nerds at the Trek-Dinner too (the Trekkies and fanboys don't always have to battle each other ) and I know how excited they were. They also dressed up for the movie in Stormtrooper armor or Darth Vader costumes, getting out their light sabers, going to the midnight premieres. I think Edwin watched Episode I ten times in the theater.
And I can totally understand. I will make myself a Fanboys t-shirt and totally wear it when the movie makes it over here and I see it in the cinema for the first time. Not that anyone will really notice, but... I mean, we have our own Dorquette shirts. We have the Adam-lion shirts. We have the drool towels. I have a shirt with a tongue-sticking-out Chris on my back. And there's some pretty intense fanish things I've done in the past that were about other TV shows I loved. I can totally understand all the hype and excitement. And I can totally understand how the five fanboys must be feeling about Episode I.
Oh, and Sean? Do you know if there's a tagline for Fanboys? If not, can you think of a good one? Also... you still owe me that e-mail about the synopsis and the quote(s).
-TeeJay