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Post by lmlewis on Mar 6, 2006 20:07:08 GMT -5
I remember reading about that switch -- Rubinek is a real fan of Rex Stout's and was honored to play Saul Panzer in the pilot (referred to him as "my namesake"). There was some complication though, maybe it was time availability, so he became a periodic Lon Cohen. You do realize Hutton and Chaykin have contracted to do "In the Best Families", but A&E won't release the rights back to the producers? Yeah, I totally imprinted on Rubinek's voice as AG, and those tapes seemed like a labor of love (some people prefer Micheal Prichard, since that edition was unabridged, but he seems very flat after Rubinek). I figured it was a time conflict. Okay, let's drag this back on topic. Leg-guys: AG v. McC. Your preference? (Yeah, not fair comparing a shelf full of books with some TV scripts.) |
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Post by lmlewis on Mar 6, 2006 20:13:18 GMT -5
A&E used to have my love, support and respect. Now I want to slap them silly. The very idea of complaining that NERO WOLFE was too expensive to do, yet they actually built a real ship for just a few HORATIO HORNBLOWER movies. What was the cost of that, pray tell? I don't know how Hutton allowed A&E to steal the show from him. I'd love to see "In the Best Families". Actually, I'd like to see them do every single short story and book. Rubinek does a wonderful Lon, although I liked him as Saul. The other Saul is good, too. Really like almost everyone on the series. Yup, I think there would have been some economies of scale if they'd kept going. After all, they had the sets. And for all the money they spent on HH, they still forgot to have the cannons recoil in the first season. I'm pointing and laughing. My kid's looking at me like I'm goofy. Still, nice-looking guys in naval uniforms, there's something to be said for that. |
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Post by owlcroft on Mar 6, 2006 22:37:56 GMT -5
Leg-guys: AG v. McC. Your preference? (Yeah, not fair comparing a shelf full of books with some TV scripts.
Oh, no question, it's gotta be Archie. I mean two humongoid reasons right off the top -- he's a pro, doing his job because he wants to and he's good at it; and McCormick's got that car -- can you picture him walking anywhere?
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Post by lmlewis on Mar 7, 2006 4:52:36 GMT -5
Leg-guys: AG v. McC. Your preference? (Yeah, not fair comparing a shelf full of books with some TV scripts. Oh, no question, it's gotta be Archie. I mean two humongoid reasons right off the top -- he's a pro, doing his job because he wants to and he's good at it; and McCormick's got that car -- can you picture him walking anywhere? Okay, you went all literal on me ;-). Yeah, Archie walks way more than McC. Heck, he's in New York, he'd never get anything done if he drove. But I have to vote AG, too, because: 1.) he's got better taste in women, 2.) he has an even smarter mouth than McC, and 3.) he's the only guy, in the history of Tontos-and-Katos, who puts up with even more crap from his boss than Mark does. |
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Post by Liz on Mar 8, 2006 20:49:54 GMT -5
Sorry, got to go with AG. He's out there doing the job, all on his own with little direction. McC is usually with the Judge unless he's undercover. Now Mark would be good, I think, as he can think fast, but he's definitely doesn't have Archie's talent of total recall. Plus Milt would never be able to keep his mouth shut through the recitation.
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Post by lmlewis on Mar 8, 2006 21:47:22 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I forgot about the memory skills.
Yeah, Archie wins there, too, even though, by being stuck in First-person POV, the poor guy could never really know what was going on, lest the readership be clued in as well.
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