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• Sep. 15, 2008 - Laughing at the foot in my mouth
Hope this makes sense because almost a week later, I'm still ROTFLOL!
In brief, I'm active on FOX's official Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles board.
http://terminatorwiki.fox.com/
Turns out, the cast of the show do indeed read a lot of the posts there. And the proof? A very petty little comment (which I said in a post praising the episode) that I made about the actor Brian Austin Green's hair during the season 2 premiere episode, was indeed read by him. He commented on it in an interview. Text and link below (the part about my comment is in bold):
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2008/09/brian-austin-gr.html
Part of the fun of a set visit in Hollywood is the sense of dislocation, being able to sit next to the gazebo from Gilmore Girls talking to one of the stars of FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles about The CW's 90210.The Terminator star in question is Brian Austin Green,we're half a block down from John Connor's former residence on a ruralstreet on the Warner Brothers lot and the topic of 90210 is completely organic.
Green joined the cast of the FOX drama last season, playing DerekReese, future robot fighter and uncle to Thomas Dekker's John,humanity's eventual savior. Derek's introduction produced a majordeviation in Terminator mythology and instantly concerned Green, a fan of the franchise.
'I was terrified,' Green admits. 'I was really scared. Originally itwas only supposed to be six episodes for the character and I knew goinginto it that fans of the show and the franchise were going to have hardtime knowing that I was going to be playing the character that I wasplaying. I had the chance of either succeeding and doing well orfailing miserably and letting down a bunch of people who love thefranchise as much as I do. It was a lot of pressure, a lot of stress.'
But fans of the series welcomed Derek into the Terminator universe and helped turn a six-episode guest spot into a regular role for Green.
'It's because of the fans that I'm still on the show and as far asI'm concerned it's great and I appreciate everything that they say,'Green acknowledges. 'I'll go onto sites sometimes and see what they'resaying, what their concerns are and things that they like and don'tlike and I keep them in mind because ultimately that's who we're makingthe show for.'
Of course, that doesn't mean Green is immune to occasional wariness at the attention-to-detail of some obsessive fans.
'They get a little nitpicky,' he laughs. 'They start going 'Youknow, I really didn't like his hair in the last episode. It was kind ofdown to the side and it reminded me of my dad's hair,' and it's like'Really? It's the Terminator show and you didn't like my hair in thescene? It was too much like your dad's? That's what you're worriedabout? How'd you like the show?' But there's nothing you can do aboutthat.'
This leads quite naturally to the question of how this sci-fi fanbase is different from the throngs who watched Beverly Hills 90210.
'It's a completely different audience,' Green says. 'There's nocomparison at all. Being on the show was much like being one of theJonas Brothers. You make the show for the young girls who are lookingfor good-looking guys on television and whether you are or not, youjust kind of jump in and fit the mold and wear what they tell you towear and that's really what the focus becomes. With this, I love thefact that I have two pairs of pants and two different shirts that Icirculate through and one jacket.'Green didn't watch the two-hour premiere of The CW's new 90210,but says he hopes to watch future episodes, laughing at the notion thatthe show could possibly make any choices for an off-screen David Silverthat he'd disapprove of.
'I don't know if you could possibly screw it up more than it wasscrewed with over 10 years,' he says of Silver's backstory, whichincluded drug addition, Babyface and years of sexual frustration withDonna.
While more than a few actors have shied away from youthful entries on their resumes, however possible, Green doesn't hesitate.
'I don't have any sort of ill feelings toward the show,' he says.'It was a great 10 years of my life. There were great sides to it andthen obviously there were really tough sides to it also, as far asmoving on from it. But it's what it is and I wouldn't change it.'
Of the new show, he adds, '[I]t's a new start. It's a new show. Theaudience that's watching the new one, a lot of them were too young towatch ours, so it's a new cast and a new take on it.'
So what would it take to get Green to do a cameo on 90210?
'I don't know. Time, I think, ultimately. If I had the time, I think I'd do it.'
Green, after all, is enjoying is current gig.
'I love it,' he says. 'I grew up loving action films. I grew up loving Terminator.I play video games. The 'Dungeons and Dragons' episode from last seasonwas the closest thing I could have experienced to playing Gears of War on the 360. It was unbelievable, a great experience.'
What did I actually post:?
http://terminatorwiki.fox.com/thread/1843715/Sampson+%26+Delilah+Discussion
RE: Sampson & Delilah Discussion
Monday, 9:18 PM EDT
OMGosh! OMGosh! OMGosh!
Liked:
1.How it wasn't all neat and easy removing Cameron's chip. Like how they shut her down, how the screw driver wasn't the right size, the knife too dull. Love how they pinned her the 2nd time.
2. How Sarah and John finally had to kill someone and got the crap beaten out of them. They've had the training but they needed the reality in order to beat the machines and human traitors come Judgment Day and to prevent it from happening
3. Lena's fluent Spanish, at least it seemed fluent. (I only know a few words but have PR in-laws so I hear it a lot.)
Disliked:
1.I KNOW this is so very very petty but I hated BAG's hair when he was in the church kitchen. Brushing the front to the side reminded me of my dad's haircut and he was born in '44. I liked his hair much better inS1. Like I said, very petty thing.
2. That we have to wait 7 more days till the next episode
Not Sure If I Liked or Not
1.Derek's attitude about Charley and how he can't have Sarah. It's not a shipper thing more of 'give the woman a freaking break, even in the future people are having s*x' thing.'
So, basically, via an offhand comment, this crazy homeschool mom from New Jersey made some kind of impact, small as it was, on one of her favorite actors in one of her favorite shows.
To read more of the hilarity and my attempts to apologize, go to the following thread and look for posts made by CoffeeHeidi. The hilarity begins on page 2 with a post by TJack.
http://terminatorwiki.fox.com/thread/1846698/Brian+Austin+Green+acutally+reads.......
Lastly, if you haven't seen the show, check it out at least once. Even if you don't like sci-fi or the Terminator movies, the actor, Brian Austin Green, yes, the one from 90210, grew up and got HOT. Very nice droolage for the 30's crowd. :-) My son enjoys the show too. You can catch it on Monday nights, 8 pm EST, on Fox. It's also available on their website.
I leave you with this - sometimes, you just have to laugh at yourself. As John Crichton (Farscape) once said, "D'Argo, I mock us all!"
~Heidi/CoffeeHeidi/the Homeschool Mom Who Made Fun of Brian Austin Green's Hair
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