Other actors on Firefly.
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Originally posted by Channain:
This is all probably totally offline...Quote:I actually try not to ASSUME anything. Aside from the fact that I just flat out hate how the word sounds phonetically, An assumption is only valid when there is factual information presented to back it up. And I LIKE looking up stuff.
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Assuming we are all aware that alliterate characters with intials JC are representing Jesus Christ, right? Hence John Connor, and Michael Duncan Clarke's character in Green Mile, to only mention a few.
For instance, I honestly wasn't sure what "alliterate" meant. Crazy, right? So I looked it up. "The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)—called also head rhyme initial rhyme." There could be a whole thread dedicated to that - alliterations of MR, IS, ZW... WW
And I did write a whole peck of stuff about alliteration, my opinion on "JC" in conjunction with Jayne Cobb, blah blah blah. I even got into my own views on Faith (ooh... scary). Then I realized that Joss Whedon might have been using "JC" as his crass gunhand's initials as a very Whedonesque joke that has already been well written about somewhere else. Don't have time to look that up right now, but it sounds like him, doesn't it?
Just trying to keep it Firefly, and shall endeavor to do so.
I should admit that normally alliteration refers to first letters of the same name, such as Peter Parker, Lex Luthor, Sam Spade, Bruce Banner, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan - and the less often used application of a set of intitials from one character to another, as in the most notorious case of JC.
And yes, the discussion about Joss naming Jayne Cobb tongue in cheek is around, but not sure about John Casey since I have not seen that show. John Connor and the Green Mile character are very much the classic usage of JC, some consider it foreshadowing of a sort. The discussion of Joss/Jayne was not conclusive, Joss may have had a purpose intended ofr it, but the verse was terminated before many things could complete their arcs.
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Quote:And just like that, not a (gorram) ASSumption anymore. Thank you. I appreciate that.
jewelstaitefan wrote:
I should admit that normally alliteration refers to first letters of the same name, such as Peter Parker, Lex Luthor, Sam Spade, Bruce Banner, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan - and the less often used application of a set of intitials from one character to another, as in the most notorious case of JC.
And may I point out; Wash Washburn - Woodrow Wilson. Yes, I know technically since "Wash" sin't really Wash's first name, it's reaching. It's not even a very good comparison. But again, just trying to keep it Firefly.
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Just watched my DVDs of ER season one, and the pilot has Niska playing Dr Harris, who tries to hire Marc Greene (Anthony Edwards) away from the ER. Also, Richard Brooks plays the dad of a coke addict and the baby sister who came in with a cocaine overdose. Plus some of the music is the same as Firefly, I think the notes from when Kaylee is iin surgery and Jayne is crouching outside the window. This ER was 7 years before FF, maybe this music became a TV standard for these scenes? Didn't see common music credits, so either a standard or it was maybe copied from ER.
Of course, the Jesus alliteration was the new doc, John Carter (Noah Wyle).
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That movie is Kinky Boots he is awesome. He is also in Love Actually with Kiera Knightley.
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Originally posted by Channain:Quote:And just like that, not a (gorram) ASSumption anymore. Thank you. I appreciate that.
jewelstaitefan wrote:
I should admit that normally alliteration refers to first letters of the same name, such as Peter Parker, Lex Luthor, Sam Spade, Bruce Banner, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan - and the less often used application of a set of intitials from one character to another, as in the most notorious case of JC.
And may I point out; Wash Washburn - Woodrow Wilson. Yes, I know technically since "Wash" sin't really Wash's first name, it's reaching. It's not even a very good comparison. But again, just trying to keep it Firefly.
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I keep forgetting to mention - has anybody happened to notice River and Simon Tam? R S T - alphabetical.
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Noticed David Krumhotlz was also the guy who killed Dr. Lucy Knight and stabbed John Carter in ER, and Bonnie Bartlett was the mom of Dr Greene (Anthony Edwards) on Er as well. These were a couple years before Firefly.
Don't see it above, but Jonathon Woodward (Pvt Tracey) was also on Buffy and Angel.
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That would be considered one of Joss's "Hat Tricks". Any actor who made it over to Firefly from Buffy and Angel, that is.
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Sarah Paulson was also in 'Deadwood' and the iconic Murleen in 'American Gothic'.
Andrew Bryanarski [Crow] has done umpteen horror movies.
Have we mentioned Doug Savant, who now regularly plays Tom Scavo in 'Desperate Housewives'?
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Originally posted by VeraSamuels:
Sarah Paulson was also in 'Deadwood' and the iconic Murleen in 'American Gothic'.
Have we mentioned Doug Savant, who now regularly plays Tom Scavo in 'Desperate Housewives'?
Sarah Paulson was also on "Studio 60" and "Cupid" (the recent one, not the Jeremy Piven one)....neither of which lasted long.
Doug Savant was on the 'NCIS' episode "Weak Link" .....with Adam Baldwin and Julie Benz....hey, it's like 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon but different (I know Julie Benz is, not from FF, but still).
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The black girl from 'Safe' was in 'Jericho' , but her name escapes me just now...Also , saw Carlos Jacott (Dobson) on CSI:Miami just last week...
Just finished watching season 1 of Bones, must be a browncoat in those parts. Lead actor is some Boreanaz guy, Adam Baldwin was on an ep, the only series mentioned between other characters (not including Bones herself, which many cultural references are made to point out her aloofness) is Firefly, and also Erica Tazel, who was Doralee in Safe. Also had Alex Carter from Due South, so I'm liking this show.
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