Chris Marquette Message Board

In a word, no.

Deb

Hey Susanna,

You picked some of our favorite moments there, too.  I absolutely love Friday now.  And that suit is fantastic, with the long coat and the cuff links and the tie pin.  Very elegant.  I used to hate the slicked back hair, but I got used to it.  And that kiss on the porch.  <sigh>  Just wish the rest of the ep wasn't so sad.

Hey, keep us posted on your impressions of S2 as you go along.  It's great that you're finally getting to see eyerthing.

Deb

Just rejoined the land of the living after another very late night.  Yeah, we've watched a little of this show she loves, with this guys she loves.  He's pretty cool.  Older guy, kinda dark and swarthy.  She likes that.

I don't think Chris looks British either.  I've always thought --- and I used this in Butterflies someplace, speaking about Adam --- that he looks like a youth from a Renaissance painting.  Might be fun to see him in a period piece someday.

Anyway, we're still having a blast.  We'll be hanging out today, probably watching more stuff.  And then tonight, we're going to my friend Kim's house for a small birthday gathering.  I'll drop by and say hi when I can.  Hope everyone's having at least half as much fun this weekend as I am.

Deb

My Chrissue of the day would be the long conversation I just had with Steph over dinner about how you and I tried the other day to figure out what to show her of Chris's work.  I was telling her about the JOA eps I was considering and why and she thought QOTZ sounded hilarious.  But then she said, why don't you show me the one that made you fall in love with him?  Ooops, that was T&E.  So I had to explain why that might not be such a good idea and I explained about the brilliant acting and the craptastc writing.  By the time this discussion was over, she said maybe Jump would be the best place to start.  So we're about to play a little bit of you show me yours and I'll show you mine.  NO!  Not like that.  We'll watch some Chris and then she'll show me this dude she's obsessed with.  Should be fun.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Deb

You're right.  Because as I told you, I watched Invasion last year and it took me half the season to realize that the girl who played the sheriff's daughter on that show was the same one who played the skank.  So obviously, she's very talented, and a chameleon in her own right.  I was very troubled by the fact that I had to see the chick who played the skank on this show that I liked.  For about five minutes.  But she was so different that I forgot all that stuff and came to like her character on that show very much.

So Alexis, you go girl.  But you stay the hell away from my man!

Deb

Cool.  :-)

BTW, if you want to, you can sign up for the Broken Sky Films email list so that we'll get news about Calvin as soon as it's available.  Since I already contacted them once to say that we'd like material for our site once they start publicizing the movie and they agreed, I thought it would be smart for the three of us to sign up for the email list with our c-m.com addresses.  Go here: www.brokenskyfilms.com.

Deb

Anne, this is totally normal for indie movies.  See, the problem is that just because you've made a movie does not mean it's EVER going to be released in the theatres.  After production and post-production, indies then have to go to market and find a distributor.  That's what the Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Toronto and Tribeca Film Festivals are all about.  If no one "buys" the film at any of those fests, it then goes to shows like MIFED.  If no one buys it at MIFED, you can bet it's going directly to DVD.  Most of the time, indies do not have distribution in place before they start filming.  That's just the way it is.

I know it sucks, but there is absolutely no way around it.  Our only hope for our sanity is that next year, Calvin and Fanboys and Alpha Dog (talk about a long shelf-life!) are released and hit big.  Then, Chris's star will rise and he can get out of the indie game for a while and make some big studio movies that we won't have to wait so bleedin' long for.

Keep all your fingers and toes crossed!

Deb

I was thinking last night --- and I will post this in that past roles thread at IMDb --- if they ever decided to remake The Graduate, Chris would make a perfect Ben Braddock.  With maybe Mariska Hargitay as Mrs. Robinson.  Not that I think they should ever remake The Graduate.  That would be blasphemy.  But if they did...

Deb

PS: Balls to the wall became part of the vernacular with the old Accept song of the same name.  It's a heavy metal song about rebellion, kinda hokey.  But the term stuck.

Hey TeeJay, the links to the Huff clips are broken.  I had a hankerin' for some Sexy James tonight and was thwarted.  Can you take a look?

Deb

Yes, it is nice to know there are still decent people in the webverse. 

Deb

That's awesome!