Hi guys!
It's me again, I missed you! And special thanks to Daria, Ivy and Tish for kicking my butt into blogging again.
Life has been pretty busy and coming back tonight is just spontaneous. I was lurking quite a bit during my hiatus and somehow I like lurking. Pretty relaxing... Jumping back in is more fun, though, and I'll try to comment more from now on. Right now, I won't be back 100% but close. I have a paper due by the end of the week and I will be working three days a week in another city for the coming month. Anyway, don't be cross with me when I am not back as I used to be. I'll give my best and I hope everything will be more relaxed in October.
True Blood
Breathtaking. I love this season so much, more than ever. I seriously can't wait for the finale and apart from Bill being all wooden, I have no complaints. ![]()
Battlestar Galactica
I gave this show a try without watching the miniseries first. Big mistake. I corrected that and what do you know? I love this show. There were some less than perfect episodes but it is really well done and I love the view on religion and politics. Also, this show spiked my newest tv-crush and major obsession: Callum Keith Rennie... He plays Leoben on the show and let me tell you, it sucks to have him as a favorite character because he has way too little screentime. More on him later ![]()
Due South (1997)
Spooks (UK)
More on Callum Keith Rennie
I apologize in advance in case you don't care for him but I have to dedicate a huge part of my blog to him. I can't even remember falling that hard for any celebrity in a very long time. It started slow, at first I just liked him but now I am totally whipped. In my opinion he is gorgeous and a wonderful actor. Not only can he give the perfect villain, he is also not afraid to show himself in a bad light. For me, he is the ultimate scene stealer.
Personal Stuff
He describes himself as rather shy off camera and thinks that some directors find him difficult to work with. He is 48, born in Scottland and living in Canada since the age of 6. He got into acting pretty late in his life. In his 20ies he was mainly drunk but he is sober since his early 30ies and serious about acting ever since. He stopped drinking after a bar fight in which he hurt his retina pretty badly. His eye has healed by now. He has been on several Canadian movies and got some Genie/Leo awards. There were also many many guest spots in tv-movies, shows, and movies that were more and less interesting. He used to have some trouble finding work and stated that he had a year with only 26 days on set. He also loves golf and emphasizes that it is not a rich man's game in Scottland.
Some Notable Roles
His first major success was in the Movie Hard Core Logo (1996), a mockumentary about a punk band in their mid life crises. I'd recommend that film, readers of Playback voted it the 4th best Canadian movie ever made.
After that, he gave the sidekick on Due South. Here is a little glimpse.
He has been in quite a few movies and shows after that. In some of these roles he was rather wasted, so I'll stick with shows that you guys might know.
Remember him from Supernatural 1x02 Wendigo? The guide constantly bickering with Dean?
I left that picture out at first since I don't watch Smallville but some of you might remember him as the one that controls glass in the season 5 episode Fragile.
And of course the recurring role of Leoben on Battlestar Galactica
The infamous and gorgeous Lew Ashby in the second season of Californication
And John Wakefield on Harper's Island (creepy!!!)
By the way, my icon is vampire CKR from the movie Blade: Trinity. He was severely underused in that movie, as he was in many other roles. Even the director said so and hired him later for a slightly bigger role in The Invisible.
My About Me is a clip from Normal, a Canadian movie from 2007. His performance of a broken man is impressing.
I only covered a tiny bit of his roles. He was also in famous movies like Memento and eXistenZ and had major roles in Suspicious River, Double Happiness, Last Night, and Wilby Wonderful.
Other tv credits include The L-Word, Bionic Woman, The Dead Zone, Tru Calling, La Femme Nikita, Kingdom Hospital, Bliss, and many more. Not mentioning numerous tv movies that I will probably never get a chance to see.
Photoshop and Me
I was pretty obsessed lately. Apologies for being so single-minded... All Leoben, all Battlestar Galactica...
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Hope to see you soon peepsies. Have an awesome week!!
Comments
Rebecca Thanks for stopping by.
Mack Hey buddy! Kind of, ya, I'll try to be good. Urban dictionary says squee is the fangirl-noise but there will be no gender restrictions in my blog. So squee away. Thanks for the warm welcome!!
Daria! The job will be fine, I am looking forward to it. A little stressful but fun. I prefer to be at home but I don't mind that much. Bad thing: I have to wait almost four days before I can see True Blood!
You mean they would complain otherwise... lol... Maybe you are right.
Bea! Since you made such a strong point about it, I watched the pilot. It's strange, I prefer that early Paul Gross probably. And I am not in love with the early sidekick so that's a minus. But I will get around to it, I am sure.
I'll just enjoy the read on CKR. I think I already gave my impression of him -- that I liked him in every role I've seen him in. I didn't even know he was in Blade: Trinity (the one with Ryan Reynolds, right?) I love the new icons esp. the one with the child (forgot name) and Starbuck.
Bea Thanks.
Mack Thanks for reading my fan-girl ramble, I held back, can you tell?
He does remind me of Hugh Laurie too!! In some scenes more than in others, that's so funny that you say that!
Bea I should add, I really love Frasier too, you know.
Daria I know!!! So crappy, right?
Emiko Thank you!!
Tristan I know!!
Jess Thank you, that is sooo nice of you!!
Ryan Nice to see you! Yay, that's music to my ears, I thought Lew Ashby rocked as well.
Ela!! Great to hear from you!
I remember trying the first few minutes of a True Blood episode a while back and telling you I didn't like it. However a few weeks ago I tried it again and this time I really enjoyed it. I actually like the main female character a lot, which is not something that happens often, but Sookie is a great character. I've only watched the first season so far, but I'm working on getting to the 2nd.
I've seen some of Battlestar Galactica, but not a lot. I do plan on watching more eventually, but not right now.
Ha, Callum Keith Rennie. Now you know how I feel all the time-- although I don't think I'm actually obsessed with anyone at the moment, shockingly enough. I actually own Due South because of Callum Keith Rennie. I first saw him in The Invisible and I really liked him (despite the fact he was in it all of five minutes). I like both main characters in Due South, but of course Ray is more fun because he's not as good as Fraser.
I don't watch Spooks, but I am watching the spinoff "Spooks: Code 9" and it's quite entertaining. Although I hear that fans of Spooks don't like the spinoff, and I can see that the show is made differently.
Have a wonderful week and see you soon!
Why'd you find that funny? *hi5s back?* I've never fallen for an older man either, so that makes two of us.
kdtfiles Right! You remember him from Smallville - cool! I don't watch the show but I saw the episode. Wasn't bad, IMO. Thanks so much! And see you around.
Jodie!!
Rebecca OMG, you are right!
Seyonnne!! Hey there, good to see you!! OMG, I was so radio silent, I am sorry. It's been too long again.
Lol, Seyonne, I was so thinking of you and the guy from Castle, when I wrote this. Boooo! You bet I know how you felt now.
I haven't seen the Spooks spinoff.
Ivy!! Thank you!
Mack
Well, it's funny because I thought I was weird for thinking so and that my crushes would simply mingle...
Bea You may be right that the sidekick is good, he may grow on me... And as I said, Fraser was awesome in the pilot, I can really laugh at that guy, so polite and sweet, it's impossible not to like him.
Who am I to judge about CKR when I have my Misha Collins crush? Trust me there is nothing to be ashamed of having a little fangirl crush (or huge crush
Welcome back! Obsessed? Nooo, not at all
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