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I think part of it is he was such a nice, unassuming guy and he seemed like someone you could know.
There are other actors like that out there, but I only ever read good stuff about him and his interviews showed him to be intelligent and interesting.
And it was so sudden, it's kind of like hearing about the really nice guy who works in the other department for you company (or the neighbor you waved to all the time but never really spoke to) suddenly died.
It sort of feels like that was one of the turning points for universes...like, in one reality he doesn't die, but we got stuck in the one where he does die, and it's not good.
Oh I've assumed since I was a kid that we were trapped in Bizarro universe -- before a lot of people on this board were born. Nixon beats a war hero for the Presidency? Followed by a male model, followd a peanut farmer(OK /nuclear engineer), followed by a senile B actor..
I just saw Meet the Spartans, and can pronounce it utterly devoid of entertainment value for straight guys. However, 70 minutes of Sean Maguire in a leather codpiece and the big "I Will Survive" musical number finale made it worth my matinee dollars.
Plus, the schadenfreude of seeing Sorbo forced to play second banana in a movie whose production values make Hercules: The Legendary Journeys look like Gladiator by comparison and knowing how it must have rankled to take the job.
I just saw Meet the Spartans, and can pronounce it utterly devoid of entertainment value for straight guys.
I got the feeling (from experience) that for this crowd, seeing 300 with the right MST-ing group was much more hilarious. Every preview I saw made me wonder how it could be possibly funnier than the original (intent of which or no).
Yeah, the original provided much funnier opportunities to peek inside Miller's head and make fun of him. Plus, y'know, it gave us It's Raining Men and Vogue.
Oh dear. I haven't seen the It's Raining Men one. I'll have to check that out later, but I can see that as even funnier than Vogue (which totally made me lose it).
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Saw Sweeny Todd. Liked it a lot but am still washing the blood out of everything. More later.
Oh, one question for those who know the original - does it leave Anthony and Joanne high and dry like this does? I mean, we know they both survive, but that's about it. I could TOTALLY see Sondheim doing that, but I thought I'd ask. And I do know their's were the songs that got seriously cut, from other comments I read.
IIRC, we get a bit more for them. Not a hugely lot more: the ending's not about them in the stage version, either, but a bit more.
At the end of the stage show, Anthony and Joanna rush into the bakehouse with the police that Joanna's gone to get. They find Toby crouching over Todd's body.