Seriously, there's no such thing as a 'Summer Glau Curse'
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IO9.COM - It seems to be semi-official that The Cape has been dry-cleaned and folded for the last time. And we've heard people talking about a "Summer Glau Curse," in which no power in the 'verse can keep her on the air. Okay, seriously? First of all, does anybody really believe that The Cape would have been a runaway hit if Kristin Kreuk had played Orwell instead? Or some other cult genre actor? But even leaving aside the specifics of The Cape, it's totally ridiculous to talk about a "Glau Curse." It shouldn't even need to be said, but here goes anyway...
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I completely agree with everything the article said. She's had a run of bad luck but it's not her fault. And if there was any truth to this ridiculous idea then CSI and The Big Bang Theory would also be cancelled by now as she appeared on those as well.
Discounting The Unit, Dollhouse and The 4400, as she only had guest appearance on those shows, that leaves Firefly, TSCC and The Cape.
I don't need to explain Firefly as we all know that story but Summer often gets mentioned as one of the fans fave characters in the show. For her first major role it is a great performance. Even more so in Serenity.
Then we get TSCC. This show seems to be like Marmite. You either loved it or loathed it. I loved it. The writers strike definitely did the most damage to this show and it didn't get off to the best start. But when it found it's stride in the second season it was a great show that deserved to keep going. But some Terminator film fans wanted a different show. Summer was great again although it's a role where it's not easy to easy. Actors often say that the less emotion you show the harder it is to act. She got to explore that side as well as the emotional side when she played Allison and 'scared' Cameron.
Then we get The Cape. This should failed because of it's creators. They had a great idea but couldn't decide how to proceed with it. The humour didn't really work, some of the acting was a bit wooden and Summer was badly underused. The characters were fairly bland and one noted. I kept thinking that Vince was going to turn into Michael from Lost. Instead of "They took my son" we'd have something like "I'm doing this for my family". In the last episode they even seemed to be making a last ditch effort to get fans by making Orwell appear to have lost the plot and allow Summer to be 'crazy' again. They should have taken the more serious route and made a sort of 'Batman for TV' show. It could have worked and Vince should have been more involved with the circus. What happened to the 'you help us we'll help you' speech. A likeable show but no surprise it didn't keep viewers.
Summer needs to get away from Fox and find a straight drama so she can show non-scifi folks what we know sh'e capable of. Maybe on one of HBO's shows.
Her's hoping coz I'll keep watching her.
"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall
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As an active member of the Summer Glau Wiki, i read a lot of online articles about The Cape or Summer Glau and i can tell you Summer Glau is the only buzzworthy actor of the show.
Online commentors always say "Summer Glau's show", whereas she is not the main character on The Cape and was underused until episode 8.
As io9 author said, it's more easy to bash Summer Glau because she often has the focus on her when she is on a show.
I visit this site several times a day and i feel there is more news about Summer recently ;)
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I'm surprised "most buzzworthy" wouldn't be Keith David.
Although when Charlie Jane mentioned "she usually play's neurotic characters" but we kept hearing how the Cape was going to let her "stretch" a bit...but by the last episode, they were already writing her character as neurotic and mentally/emotionally disturbed.
I'm starting to wonder...
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Originally posted by fearthebunnyman:
Although when Charlie Jane mentioned "she usually play's neurotic characters" but we kept hearing how the Cape was going to let her "stretch" a bit...but by the last episode, they were already writing her character as neurotic and mentally/emotionally disturbed.
I'm starting to wonder...
That was the point I was referring to. The writers know Summer has a dedicated fanbase and is known for playing popular, off-kilter, characters so they started to change Orwell in the last aired episode to be more like those others in a last ditch attempt to get something (whatever that may be) out of it and undermine their original words in the process. A weak and desperate ploy but the show was obviously doomed after a few episodes from ratings alone. I don't think anything could have saved it by then. I liked the show enough to keep watching it but by the end it was only Summer keeping me there.
"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall
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Excuses excuses. She's clearly TV poison. Off to broadway with her.
Don't go nuts I'm just kidding. She has to get some of the blame for The Cape though. Both her and her agent should have been able to read one script and run away screaming in terror. I guess a paycheck is a paycheck.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
Both her and her agent should have been able to read one script and run away screaming in terror. I guess a paycheck is a paycheck.
You know who you just reminded me of, and a good lesson in taking even the parts that really suck ?
Christopher Lee.
Hell, some of his earlier roles didn't even have dialogue - but it paid the bills, right ?
And look where that went!
-Frem
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Is it bad that I had to look him up to even know who you were talking about? On top of that the only movies on the list that I'd consider as good are the Lord of the Rings. Of course I haven't seen the vast majority of his work.
So, in 50 years Summer can hope for 3 good movies? 
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