Ron Glass Support Thread

POSTED BY: Duke
UPDATED: Thursday, March 18, 2004 03:30
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BROWNCOAT1

Monday, March 15, 2004 6:49 PM

I fully and wholeheartedly support Ron and am keeping my fingers crossed for him to sign on to do the movie. I am hoping that his not being signed on as of yet is merely some sort of negotiation snag or something.

I would still see the movie if Ron could not be in it for whatever reason, but it just would not seem like Firefly without him. There was just way too much mystery about Book to simply write the character off.

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

PALADIN

Monday, March 15, 2004 6:58 PM

I wish I had more to add, but everyone seems to have summed up Book pretty well.
To me, he was a sort of conscience to the crew. The kind of conscience that could take out kneecaps, and had a suspicios knowledge of te criminal and military world.

If Book can't be in the movie, I hope he at least gets a heroic write-out. He deserves one!

Sudden idea-- maybe they could at least get Ron to record a message for the opening of the movie. "Anyone who speaks during the film will go to a special hell. Thank you, and enjoy Serenity."

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"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater." -Book

T

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:21 PM

Book (Ron) definitely needs to be in the movie. It just wouldn't be the same.

As a person who practices faith, I loved how he was written. He wasn't sappy, or holier than thou. He was like most people of faith. Television rarely portrays people of faith well, but Book was a great example of many people who have some type of spiritual belief. Besides,
he seems to have many secrets which look like they could be interesting to learn.

Plus, he gave us some of the best lines of the show. I mean with the special hell and the kneecaps and such.

LINDALE

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:26 PM

Everything everyone else has said, plus if Book's not there, who's Jayne supposed to hang out with? Who'll spot him?

By the Left Frontal Lobe of the Great Sky Demon, I shall obliterate them!!

ASTRIANA

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Paladin:
Sudden idea-- maybe they could at least get Ron to record a message for the opening of the movie. "Anyone who speaks during the film will go to a special hell. Thank you, and enjoy Serenity."

Abso-fraggin'-lutely! What a shiny idea!!!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

GHOULMAN

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:34 PM

... just want to say - I was THRILLED Ron Glass mosied up to Firefly. I'd be very sorry to miss him in the theatrical release of Serenity.

You know, everytime you looked at Book you KNEW he was thinking about more than frickin' Jesus.

STILLSHINY

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:35 PM

No, must have Book. He's the conscience of the group. Gotta have it. Must have Book. Only Ron Glass, no substitutions.

They say never judge a Book by it's cover But if the cover ain't Glass. Judge it to the special Hell.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

GNOC

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:36 PM

Someone above wrote that he was not sappy and I agree.. he was a great character and showed that having faith didn't mean you were a pansy. I love when he shot the guys knee out in War Stories. He was not quite a pansy that day!

So, why has he not signed? Money? He seemed so emotional on the DVD interview that I thought he might do it for free if asked!

Anyway, it would not be the same without all of them... but I will still go see it!

CARDIE

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:44 PM

I love Book as a character, even though he was underused, and I'd hate for him not to be in the movie, as revealing more about his past is one of the things I hoped the movie would do.

Ron Glass is a wonderful actor; I've loved him ever since Barney Miller. And he seemed to love Firefly so much. They have to find a way to have him in the movie!

Cardie

KNIBBLET

Monday, March 15, 2004 7:59 PM

Ron Glass has always been an excellent actor. Way back in the olden days, when he was on Barney Miller, his dapper, zinger-rific detective made my smile.

There was an episode where his character, Detective Harris, had to shoot someone. The pain, confusion, loss and anger Ron displayed deeply touched me and made it feel 'real' - not at all like a sit-com.

He's always been a class act and I hope negotiations go well. His ability to portray a man of faith so well might stem from his schooling. He attended St. Francis Seminary.
http://www.franciscan-alumni.org/stories/glass.html

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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