I was wondering why all the actors were so down to earth

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shaal Mayan:
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie too but I dont think the actors being down to earth just because their canadian has no barring at all they could be from any other country in the world maybe they get along well
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I didn't mean to offend people, especially any of hte cast that aren't canadian, it was just comment, you know... he's canadian , I'm canadian we're all cool etc.



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[whitestar90]

It good to see that they are down to earth, it shows that they are human like the rest of us and arn't snobbish

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[channe]

I never got into Dawson's Creek - by the time it aired, I had graduated the network's primary target market for the show and was watching other things. I do, however, have friends who watch the show religiously and went ecstatic with glee upon hearing that Dylan had been cast as Martel in Rangers.

This whole thing with Canadians being laid-back is about as true as all Americans being arrogant sons-of-Drazi. But I love you people, anyway. Even if your border guards had my car searched because my two best friends looked like refugees from a Phish concert.

*sniffles* I'm not arrogant. I'm just a writer.

Thanks for answering, Dylan!

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[Delbert]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dylan Neal:

Ah yes, the suspenders....one of those low periods many moons ago.

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Suspenders!?

Oh, wait, {i]American[/i] suspenders. Phew! I thought there was secret footage of a "Rocky Horror" appearance, or possibly something far more disturbing. Yeah, we know, you were young and inexperienced, you needed the cash, they said they could make you famous ...!

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[hypatia]

This thread is getting too funny not to respond to! I can imagine how tough looking at some of your old work can be.

I have heard of some actors, after becoming famous and rich, buying the rights to some of these old movies they did long, long before. Most of the time these days someone else probably beats them to it, though!

They love showing 1970's footage of Matt Lauer (of the Today Show) just to embarass him. What a hairdo!

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[bakana]

Hypatia, particularly the Nude Scenes.

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[gkarfan]

I know that the B5 actors are also a nice bunch of people (especially Peter Jurasik, who really goes out of his way to talk to the fans at cons), so it's great to know that the B5LR cast-members are nice, also. When I went to my first B5 con, I was afraid that the B5 actors would be reserved & standoffish, but that wasn't the case. By the time of my third B5 con, I was really at ease around the actors--not "star-struck" & nervous at all.

Tammy

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[hypatia]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bakana:
Hypatia, particularly the Nude Scenes.

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I'd just like to say something. I know how horrible that is supposed to be for actors. But isn't virtually ALL of modern entertainment selling sex in one way or another? To one extent or another?

I'm sorry if this offends anyone (I'm not addressing you here, bakana, btw) but I think the "nude" stuff that actors do is many times just a more honest portrayal of what many in the viewing population are looking for anyway.

IMO it's not that bad. I mean, a violent porno flick is one thing. A "nude scene" is another.

Although I enjoyed another story I heard about an actor reluctant to play a "nude scene", I'll leave that for another story.

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[channe]

Hypatia -

Have you seen the new ads for Boston Public, the ones that show Jeri Ryan in an outfit no teacher or school employee would be caught dead in, saying something like "there's a hot new thing this school year," and then having a picture of Jeri biting an apple rather... umm... suggestively?

*disgustingly wrinkles her nose*

-Channe, the resident feminut (as I've been called...)

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[hypatia]

Eek!

No, I don't watch Boston Public, Channe. Thanks for the warning, though.

I'm trying to think of something to say, but I just can't. Geeze is all I can come up with.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

I just finished watching an NBC national news segment on how women are treated under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. I'm glad I live where I can have the freedom to go to school, and to voice my preferences, and to turn away from the shows I don't like.

(Any of you out there thinking about the propaganda thing, I know its propaganda. Any news that is motivated by government policy is "propaganda", right? The technical definition, I mean.

Anyhow, sorry to ramble. I guess I'm just saying that I'd rather have this kind of TV to deal with than that kind of oppression.

Not letting girls go to school? Just what are these wimpy Taliban men afraid of? HMMMMMM?

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[RW7427]

Well, I for one like the fact that the actors are down to earth and that they like to come here and interact with us fans. I think that is a neat thing, and I am happy that they take the time to talk with us and get to know us.

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[bakana]

Before teh Taliban, the Afghani Women earned about 75% of the country's real income. (the non Drug related money)

That's why the Afghan economy collapsed after the Taliban took over. They forced all the women to give up their jobs, stay Home and "let their men take care of them".

Except the Men don't know How to do the jobs the women were forced to quit.

I've posted this link before, but if anyone missed it, here it is again:
THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED http://www.sierratel.com/moonfire/causes/causes2.htm

It's a page by Christy Marx (author of Babylon 5: Grail) with links to a number of very Interesting pages about Afghanistan.



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[thatfirellgirl]

hey gang,

i can't speak for any of the other cast members about why we're so down to earth, but certainly something that keeps me grounded is the fact that i have yet to master pie crust. yup, i baked a pecan pie today and the crust was so hard, it damn near chipped my overly long front teeth. (i guess i should be grateful i no longer have to pay a dentist to file them down for cosmetic reasons...)

i baked the thing cause i'm having a couple of friends over for a turkey dinner (canadian thanksgiving).

i spent the afternoon tasting it to see if it was good enough to serve my pals. after several large bites (who are we kidding, several small pieces), i concluded that no, indeed it was not fit to serve. sigh, i'll have to whip up my sure fire apple crumble. no crust involved!

anyhoo, happy thanksgiving to you.

hugs,
enid-raye
adams

(firell)

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[hypatia]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bakana:
Before teh Taliban, the Afghani Women earned about 75% of the country's real income. (the non Drug related money)

That's why the Afghan economy collapsed after the Taliban took over. They forced all the women to give up their jobs, stay Home and "let their men take care of them".

Except the Men don't know How to do the jobs the women were forced to quit.
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Sounds like brilliant planning to me.

That's interesting, I did not know that.

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[crazybillyo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR> i'll have to whip up my sure fire apple crumble. no crust involved! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My grandmother makes a mean apple pie. Maybe I'll ask her to get the recipe for you.

(Although I'm never a big fan of pie crusts. My mother is though.)

Oh, BTW, how are you at making flarn?

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[drakh]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dylan Neal:
By the way, if onearmedmidget has any compassion he will quickly find that old copy of Captain Power and BURN IT before I find it and destroy it myself.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Tsk Tsk... I'd say that in spite of the young punk with the limited range (

), "A Summoning of Thunder" is pretty good (two part) episode and certainly not worthy of burning.

In any case... Your episodes of JAG will be airing in my area soon... How do you think you did in those?

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[bakana]

Enid-Raye, here's a pie crust recipe from a cookbook I bought years ago in New Orleans:

2 cups sifted enriched flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening or butter
4 to 6 Tablespoons Ice Water

Sift flour and salt together. Cut in the shortening or butter with a pastry blender until pieces are the size of small peas (Alternately, you can put them in a food processor and blend until the mixture resembles corn meal) Sprinkle water, a tablespoon at a time over a portion of the misture. Gently mix with a fork and push to one side. Sprinkle next tablespoon of water and repeat until all the mixture is moistened.

Be very sparing with the water because too much makes pastry dough tough.

Use just enough water to make it possible to gather the dough together with the fingers so that the Dough cleans the sides of the bowl.

If the dough is Sticky, you have used too much water!

If time permits, chill the dough for 1/2 hour before rolling it out on a lightly floured board. Roll dough lightly but evenly from center to edge until dough is thin.

Makes pastry for one 8 inch double crust pie.

Hope this helps with the Pie situation.

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[channe]

I buy my pie from Shop'n'Save. Their apple is quite the scrumpious pie.

I don't suppose there'd be any apple pie on the Liandra? Pity.

Are there any orange jokes in the pilot?

(See? In my book, it's already a series...)

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[gkarfan]

Enid-Raye, I used to be so awful at making cookies. They were always so hard, you could've used them as bricks to build a house! So you are not alone!

Tammy

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[Dylan Neal]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>In any case... Your episodes of JAG will be airing in my area soon... How do you think you did in those? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I did nothing in my episodes of JAG - just another one of those payckecks. In fact you often do nothing when guest starring, the leads get all the good stuff naturally. As I remember it now, JAG was one of the most acutely boring shows I ever worked on. David James Elliott comes from the same Canadian agent as myself (yes another Canadian in the good ol' U.S. of A. - we're practically a virus down here

)so we talked about home mostly. Extremely slow set, partly due to David. He's lucky to still have that job after almost being fired, but I didn't say that.

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