John from Cincy Thread - Page 14

samjjones · #**131** 06-25-2007, 08:02 AM

Great episode again last night. Still have no idea where this is going.

Watched the opening credits much more closely, and it 95% old surf footage, 3% skateboard, 1% U.S./Mexico border, and 1% galaxy exploding. Maybe the allusion is that the spirituality of the surfing/skating culture is akin to the cosmic forces which create/destroy the universe. Basically another exploration of "the source".

samjjones · #**132** 06-25-2007, 08:03 AM

Also, Shaunie is fine, since most 13 year old kids mumble their way through their lives.

dlk9s · #**133** 06-25-2007, 08:17 AM

I like the show. It's confusing and weird as hell, but I am very interested to keep watching so I can figure out what is going on.

I still love Ed O'Neill. Easily the best character.

"We're on the precipice of a clusterfuck."

PayTheSnucka · #**134** 06-25-2007, 09:15 AM

The kid who plays Shaunie is actually the real grandson of a surfing legacy family and a current prodigy. He is playing himself - he deserves a little bit of a break.

His dad and grandparents are consultants to the show.

Austiger · #**135** 06-25-2007, 10:24 AM

Thumbs up after 3 episodes.

Hoya · #**136** 06-25-2007, 10:49 AM

They use a surfing double for Shaun? Why? I thought that was the whole point of him being in the show.

TMTTR · #**137** 06-25-2007, 11:28 AM

So far, I am very unimpressed.

What makes me come back each week is one lingering question: When did Rebecca De Mornay get so old? (and the corollary question -- When did I get so old?)

Georgia Avenue · #**138** 06-25-2007, 11:29 AM

Yeah lol at the surfdouble. But I love his bad mumbly acting. Compare it to the screechy whining overacting of that kid in star wars, and those are your kid-acting options usually.

This show has no chance in my opinion, which sucks cuz I'd love to see where it's going, particularly with John: Alien, Prophet, or what?

Dids · #**139** 06-25-2007, 11:39 AM

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So far, I am very unimpressed.

What makes me come back each week is one lingering question: When did Rebecca De Mornay get so old? (and the corollary question -- When did I get so old?)

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Dude, RDM has been old.

Frankly I think she looks amazing for as old as she is.

TMTTR · #**140** 06-25-2007, 12:17 PM

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So far, I am very unimpressed.

What makes me come back each week is one lingering question: When did Rebecca De Mornay get so old? (and the corollary question -- When did I get so old?)

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Dude, RDM has been old.

Frankly I think she looks amazing for as old as she is.

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Absolutely right. I grew up at the time of Risky Business and always considered her younger than she actually was. I thought she looked like a teen, but now that I looked back at photos of her in the days of Risky Business, she really didn't look that young then.

Anyway, I had the 1980s version of RDM in my mind when I first saw the cast for this show. When she showed up as a Grandmother, it rattled me.