This and that about two of my boys

[ourdramaqueen]

Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News got a few exclusive glimpses of J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film! The full report is here, containing some minor spoilers but it's random tidbits out of context which can't spoil the plot, IMHO. But I just had to quote what he said about Karl Urban, who of course plays McCoy:

But then there’s McCoy – when you see McCoy… you’ll realize how metaphysically perfect Karl Urban was for the casting of the character. He’s got that right cantankerous, best buddy, ethical, but anything for his friend type of doc attitude – and he has it down pat. He’s helping Jim to get onto a ship, but in a million years I wouldn’t spoil that. It’s funny, without being ridiculous. And it begins to exhibit the early kernels of a classic Bones/Kirk interaction. Best friends with a history – and perhaps this moment is a key moment of that history. The favor that launched a career? Perhaps that is what I saw.

Eeeeeeeeh!!! :D


Also about Karl, from this article about the charity KidsCan:

The charity also plans to start a "Stand Tall" initiative in August to give children excursions with high achievers such as Williams, TV3 journalist Mike McRoberts and Kiwi-born Hollywood actor Karl Urban.

"It's for kids who have never got past the corner dairy, to go on excursions with successful people," Mrs Helson said.

"They are going to learn values, goal-setting and things that are going to help motivate them to achieve."

Mr Nicholls said such role models showed students they could do anything.

Lucky kid that gets the excursion with Karl!



On to Neal McDonough - did I mention that I saw Tin Man in the meantime? Probably not. I liked it, though some of it was a bit cliché and they treated us a bit too much to Zooey Deschanel's wide-eyed innocent stare - but I liked how they turned the good and evil sister concept on its head, Glitch (Alan Cumming) was funny, and Neal of course was very droolworthy in the title role. Cain and DG - they SO need to get together so he can introduce her to the joys of adulthood in a very much NOT . ;)

*ahem* Anyway, this is what I wanted to post:

Neal McDonough moving to 'Housewives'

Neal is another one of those talented actors who's been in several canceled TV series, so go him for getting a regular role on an established series, but did it have to be Housewives???!!! *sigh* (In case it wasn't clear from that comment, no, I don't like that series and frankly don't get why it's so successful.)

Right, I need to go, some more Hobbit related stuff later. See ya, have a great Saturday!

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

I'm very excited about the prospect of seeing Karl as McCoy in the new ST movie. I can imagine him playing that role really well.

I like Neal McDonough, but I really can't stand DH, so I don't think I'll be seeing him. Can't deal with Terri Hatcher and Eva Longoria or that blond, whatever her name is who seem to get all the attention. Marcia Cross is very good, and I think Felicity Huffman is wasted in that show. She's so much better than that. Anyone who's seen TransAmerica knows what an astonishing actor she is. But I won't watch DH, even for them.

[germansoulmate.livejournal.com]

There...you´re getting Neal McDonough whom I´ve not known until now and I get Gale Harold, my favourite actor. I haven´t followed "Desperate Housewifes" until now but I´ll give it a try because of Gale. And I haven´t been that enthusiastic about his appereance in this series either. But I guess it´s a point of having something to work on or being an unemployed actor. They will not always be able to choose. As long as my favourite actor does something every now and then that he loves to do and where he usually shines...as in indie movies...then who am I to complain.

[serenitysangel.livejournal.com]

Heh so there is more DH. Given the way it ended this last season I assumed that was the final season. First season of DH was great, but it kinda lost it so I stopped watching...well except for the eps with my men in it.

[noipeh.livejournal.com]

SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! I am an old Star Trek fan from way back (I refuse to say how far back!) and I am starting to get really excited! Thanks for the update!

[foxykc.livejournal.com]

I can't wait. Bones was my favorite character -- and if Karl Urban nails it (out of respect to DeForest Kelley) I'm there.

However --- McCoy is OLDER than Kirk and would NOT have been in the academy with him. Rodenberry CLEARLY intended him to have gone into Starfleet after a bad relationship.

But I suppose we can forgive a few violations of "canon" as it were.

[ladynyks.livejournal.com]

Urban may be good for the part, as he was a bit cranky as Eomer already, but dunno really. What it says up there doesn't make me like Kirk or McCoy in any way really, as opposed to alienating me from people pulling if not quite nepotism, then something almost as bad. I know you employ friends or help them if possible, but the way it's put up there makes me feel worse about them.

McDonough kept showing up in some Cain and Glitch icons with Alan Cumming a while back on my wanders around LJ, my only through those hearing that he'd been in some series (?) called Tin Man, too. Boo to no attention to potentially nice scifi (? I take it it's that, if Glitch *pause for cliche name groan* was the android I took him to be) and of course going nowhere at all due to that. Zooey Deschanel I had no idea about either, though someone I had on f-list was a big fan of hers (for whatever reason, I never asked) so know what you mean with the wide-eyed look. Who's DG though?

Bleaugh to Desperate Housewives. I couldn't get around to watching that even when Kyle MacLachlan was in it, I doubt I'll get around to watching it now either. And technically I suppose I'm more in the McDonough camp than MacLachlan one. Too many MacYounameits in that last bit? The redhead rules, if have to decide, even if she's also a Republican semi-fascist or something I hear. I never watched enough to determine if I'd dislike aspects of that or not, but she seemed the only one out of them willing to take no crap. Since the blonde bitch doesn't count, not a survivor or someone standing on her own feet as opposed to what she happened to be good at when 18 or so.

As in, the comment that was to be, that I talked about.