Who SHOULD'VE guest starred some day?

POSTED BY: Kurukami
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 23:51
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KURUKAMI

Friday, February 13, 2004 4:52 PM

If Firefly had continued, who would you have wanted to see as a guest star at some point in the show?

My vote's for Keith Szarbajka. You know... he who was Holtz, on Angel? I can absolutely see him as a captain out there in the black.

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

SEVENPERCENT

Friday, February 13, 2004 5:26 PM

I cant really say who I would have wanted to guest star, but I can DAMN SURE SAY who I wouldnt have wanted to guest star- No pop/rock/rap musicians looking for a cheap pop- How many TV shows have you seen this on, where it's "look who it is, Pop Star X, performing her special hit song in exchange for a few lines on the show!" Boston Public (before I quit watching it) started doing this every week, and I can think of a bunch of shows that do it -
I'd like to see B-grade actors all in the guest spots; you know, the hard-working guys no one ever notices- The guy in Shindig (Larry Drake? I think) who helps Mal is one- Bruce Campbell (Autolycus from Herc/Xena; The Evil Dead guy; et. al) would be one I'd have liked to have seen maybe- People who are hip but not totally hot at that particular moment-

Oh- Kurukami, I had asked you before, but I dont think you saw it- Where's that quote from? About History? It sounds like Douglas Adams, but I'd like to know-

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OKKAY

Friday, February 13, 2004 5:40 PM

How about finishing up some more hat tricks? Some I found (on IMDB) who have been on Buffy & Angel (as different characters), but not Firefly, are Tom Lenk, Camden Toy, Leland Crooke, Erik Betts, Jack Conley, Justin Shilton... Well you get the idea.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 13, 2004 5:43 PM

Definitely Bruce Campbell. He is the best B actor IMHO.

I have to agree w/ SevenPercent about the rock/pop/hip-hop stars. I get sick of seeing all these American Idol stars popping up on Fox shows looking to get face time. Or Coolio in Space Above & Beyond; absolutely no acting talent.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

KURUKAMI

Friday, February 13, 2004 6:24 PM

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Originally posted by SevenPercent:
Oh- Kurukami, I had asked you before, but I dont think you saw it- Where's that quote from? About History? It sounds like Douglas Adams, but I'd like to know-

Honestly, I'm not quite sure of the origin. It's something I picked up on another discussion list about five years ago, along with "English not only borrows words from other languages, it chases those languages down dark alleys, beats them senseless, and then rifles through their pockets."

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

KNIBBLET

Friday, February 13, 2004 6:37 PM

"Character" actors - not 'B' actors. 'B' is less than 'A'.

Character actors are those familiar faces who do their job so well, they become familiar faces.

As for a wonderful character actor I'd have enjoyed in Firefly ... Peter Wingfield. mmmm, He played Methos on Highlander. He has also done a slew of British TV and movies.

Peter Wingfield as a brainiac scientist with less than obvious interest in River. He'd know what he saw when he saw her but we wouldn't know if he was a good guy or two by two hands of blue guy.

I'm also thinking that the little kid who does the *zoom zoom* commercials could do a voice over of Serenity's engines. :)

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

SHINY

Friday, February 13, 2004 6:41 PM

Well, since there has been a scarcity of asian actors on the show, how about Daniel Day Kim, who had a recurring role on Angel as well as a stint on the short-lived Babylon5 spin-off 'Crusade' (and a bunch of other guest roles, including in '24' and ST:Voyager): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196654/

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

GORRAMREAVERS

Friday, February 13, 2004 6:44 PM

I think Nicolas Brendon (Xander) would be a nice guest spot. Going with the western theme..Willie Nelson might make a good "settler" on one of the outer planets.

GORRAMREAVERS

Friday, February 13, 2004 6:51 PM

Good point shiny. There should be more asian actors on Firefly considering the premise.

STATIC

Friday, February 13, 2004 7:13 PM

BRUCE CAMPBELL, DEFINITELY!!!!!

You can even SEE the kind of role he'd play. Probably another smuggler like Mal, who NEVER has good luck, and the crew of Serenity has to bail him out somehow. It would be a great comic relief-type episode.

Regarding Character Actors, we certainly have seen our share. . .

In "Shindig" the guy who plays Atherton Wing ALSO played Duncan Idaho in Sci-Fi's "Dune" and "Children of Dune."

Also in "Shindig", the gentleman who played. . .damn, I can never remember names, but the BIG guy who Mal wanted the work from. . .He was the mob boss/main bad guy in the movie "Darkman" and he was also in the Sci-Fi series "Prey". . .

ALSO in "Shindig", the older gentleman who insulted Banning Miller in order to 'rescue' Kaylee has played in MANY 'old west' tv shows and movies.

Joss knows how to put familiar, but not OVERLY familiar faces in stuff.

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