Television and Film - Coca for the Kiddies

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Post by Bklyn » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:55 pm

Watching "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer."

It's really good shit. I was totally unaware how much of it was set up and playing politics. I recommend it.
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Post by tin mad dog » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:44 pm

Over the last month or two, I finally watched the whole series for The Wire.

If I could only go back to World X, I would now get all of those references.
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Post by tin mad dog » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:01 am

Nice!

I saw the movie Cedar Rapids before I ever had watched an episode so I thought he must actually have played Omar. Little did I know I'd just been watching the real Omar, playing Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire.
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Post by tin mad dog » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:09 am

It really was amazing how they covered so many characters and fleshed them all out. Amazing job by the writers and amazing acting. I had no idea that Dominic West and Idris Elba are both British.

I also found out that I was a stand-in for 3 or 4 of the actors on the show (none of whom I look like) when they appeared on episodes of Unforgettable.
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Post by Bklyn » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:55 am

Kennard is awesome...Partlow, not so much.

Which actors were you stand-ins for?
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Post by tin mad dog » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:20 am

Brian Anthony WIlson
Clark Johnson
Boris McGiver

and maybe Chris Bauer. Chris was in the first episode we shot and I can't recall if he only worked days that the primary guy I stood in for worked. I think I was his stand-in for a bit but I'm not 100% sure.
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Post by Bklyn » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:44 am

Ah, so in the fictional Baltimore world:

Homicide Detective who worked with Bunk, but didn't have any real story line
Gus the Editor (and director of many episodes in the first season...loved using building cameras for shots, with no direct tie to the content of the scene)
Marimow, the guy who was a good Baltimore PD soldier designed to put a damper on the out of control ways of Daniels' team

Nice. At first I thought you said you didn't like any of them...but I read it wrong. I was about to ask for dirt.
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Post by tin mad dog » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:42 pm

Nah, they were all cool. Clark Johnson was having a lot of fun on set.

Do you work in film?
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Post by BigRedMan » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:40 am

Being a fluffer doesn't make you in the "film" industry.
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Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:46 am

Heh @ both you guys.

Nah, I'm not in the film industry. My hustle is finance. However, my best friend does the Hollywood thing and one of my other buddies from my crew is an actor. It's a tough business. To me, it seems to consist of mostly strike outs and singles...and, if you're lucky, an occasional home run. I don't know what would ever constitute doubles or triples.
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Post by hedge » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:49 am

So is coal mining...
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Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:10 am

True...black lung disease vs. cocaine addiction, teeth grinding and a trip to Dr. Drew is a no-contest win for the miners, though.
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Post by AlabamAlum » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:17 am

Oh come all you young fellers so young and so fine
Seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls the sun never shines
It's a dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
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Post by hedge » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:43 pm

I'm sure the role of Loretta Lynn's pappy in Coal Miner's Daughter was a tough gig...
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Post by tin mad dog » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:32 pm

Bklyn wrote:Heh @ both you guys.

Nah, I'm not in the film industry. My hustle is finance. However, my best friend does the Hollywood thing and one of my other buddies from my crew is an actor. It's a tough business. To me, it seems to consist of mostly strike outs and singles...and, if you're lucky, an occasional home run. I don't know what would ever constitute doubles or triples.
National commercials or a recurring role. I've only had singles and outs so far but I still have my bat.
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Post by AugustWest » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:36 pm

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Post by 10ac » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:29 am

Please explain.
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