More 24 spoilers

[dealan311]

I knew about John Boyd as the systems analyst and Jennifer Westfeldt as the reporter, but I thought the Freddie Prinze thing was a joke until it showed up on Hollywood Reporter: Freddie Prinze Jr as Davis Cole. Fred from Scooby Doo as the ex-Marine who joins CTNew as the newest Jack Bauer acolyte? REEEEEEAAALLY?

Also, according to some reports, we've got Cherry Jones telling TV guide that the gap between S7 and S8 is 18 months. Have yet to find a link for that though. (Source).

I guess the whole 6 weeks thing is gone, since it would take longer than that to reconstitute CTU.

Also, it's a little bit jarring to jump around Twitter and see stuff from your LJ as other people's backgrounds. So J.J., whoever you are, glad you're enjoying the motivators and wallpapers? You should say hi. I don't bite...at least not any more. (This isn't one of you guys on my flist, right? Cuz I'm a little lost here.)

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[dealan311.livejournal.com]

No one can be worse than Rena Sofer, but Raaaaaaachel. I've seen his work. If he's as bad here as he was in Wing Commander I'm gonna cry.

[catch22girl]

Well, that was ten years ago. Okay, confession, I actually liked him in Summer Catch and Head Over Heels.

[dealan311.livejournal.com]

I only bring up Wing Commander because that's the only role I can think of where he was supposed to be an action-oriented authority figure of some sort.

Cole is the head of CTU Field Ops. That means he's going to be serving the Curtis/Doyle/Renee role for S8. Freddie Prinze can do comedy and even romcom, I'll give him that. But ex-Marine? It's a definite stretch and I certainly hope he's improved and gotten more edge in 10 years. It's not just the more serious role; it's more the action I'm worried about not being believable.

I'm willing to give him a chance, because lord knows that the roles Annie played prior to 24 were all soft and girly and she turned out to be Action Figure Barbie like HARD CORE this year. Still, she was a relative unknown, and Freddie Prinze is going to have more work ahead of him to get people to stop seeing him as Fred from Scooby Doo or that guy from She's All That.

[catch22girl]

Yeah, I see what you mean.

Well, ever since I heard about his dad and all, I've had more sympathy for the guy. I think he could play drama, he just really hasn't been given a chance.

He hasn't done really anything in a few years.

True, and we saw that clip of her in that other Real Time Productions show that never went anywhere and were all uh...

[dealan311.livejournal.com]

Well again, it's the action that's going to be the bigger hurdle for me than the drama. Roger Cross is a BIG guy. Kiefer isn't big, but you know he's all wiry muscle and he's super intense. Carlos has a height advantage and he got solid muscle underneath. Ricky was coming off NYPD Blue, so he had that going for him.

Unless FPJ has gotten a lot more buff since I've seen him, like James McAvoy going from Mr Tumnus to Wanted kind of buff, his build is working against him. Annie had the same intial problem, simply being a woman, but she had enough dance training to know how to her body really well, so the speed at which she moved sold the action.

On top of that, one thing that Kiefer, Carlos and Annie all do really well is to harden their looks whenever they're in the field. It's in the eyes; they're sort of piercing and intense without being robotic, even if the action is only about to take place. They're always "on" so to speak. Again, going with Annie as an example because it's the most apparent, there's a WORLD of difference between Renee and Annie. Annie's eyes are light where Renee's are almost always heavy with whatever emotions she's feeling.

FPJ's not only got a baby face but his eyebrows and especially the way he widens his eyes, sometimes make him come across as a wet-behind-the-ears rookie. Which is the opposite of an ex-Marine.

So *shrugs* I dunno.

True, and we saw that clip of her in that other Real Time Productions show that never went anywhere and were all uh...

Yeah. For those who haven't seen it btw, here you go. (http://www.anniewersching.net/2009/05/21/annie-wersching-in-company-man/)

[catch22girl]

I find your default icon mesmerizing.

Okay, Carlos' height advantage I find funny as he and Kiefer are almost the same height. FPJ is 6'1".

I don't know, it'll be easier when we see promo pictures.

[dealan311.livejournal.com]

Yeah I had fun with that. It was orignally just supposed to be a LOLcat Macro, but then I realized it would make a kickass icon. Heehe.

FPJ is tall, but for some reason, I classify his build as slim and lean. The shoulders play a lot into it. Taking the example of Kiefer and Carlos, even though they are almost the same height, Carlos has these broad shoulders that make him seem bigger and taller. It makes his musculature very different from Kiefer whose smaller frame makes his muscle seem more compact. He makes up for it by being super intense and by appearing to move faster.

But agreed. The promo pictures will definitely help. I need to see FPJ in kevlar to really assess and compare.

Until then, at least we know he can hackey sack?