Bujold Vs. Mulgrew

[Tosk]

If memory serves, there have to be either none, or more than a certain number of people with that name before you're allowed to use it. The number is quite low if memory serves.

Prominence plays a role too. Even if there were 100,000 people named Stephen King, they wouldn't use it for a fictional character.

The American release of Godzilla comes to mind. The original movie from the '50s had Raymond Burr in it as Steve Martin. When Godzilla '85 rolled around, they just referred to him as Doctor Martin. (Or maybe Mister Martin, can't recall for sure.)

 

[jmidnight_99]

Well, we all have our own opinions.

Yes... thankfully so do the producers. Are you clinging to the fantasy that Bujold "quit" because she didn't like the hours? She was horrible. The producers probably showed that clip to the brass who relented and let thim go with another actress. Everything worked out. "Nicole" is about as limp a name as there ever was, as was that performance.

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse.

 

[jmidnight_99]

She was asked to go home. Whether she jumped or was pushed is a chicken-egg question.

It's funny how many people succumb to the propaganda machine. It amazes me every day. Repeat something enough, everyone believes it. They all like to consider themselves free thinkers, but they are noting of the sort.

Of COURSE she was asked to leave. She accepted a role and the rigors of episodic TV "suddenly" confronted her? A veteran actress had no idea what she was getting into when she signed a binding contract and filmed a pilot?

Or the network brass shoved her down the producer's throats (fact) until they saw this horribly acted, lifeless clip (theory)?

The only other theory is the propaganda machine's assertion that after all the work she put in and the contracts she signed she, a veteran actress "asked" to be released because she discovered that filming a TV series was "too much work". I don't buy it. Not after watching that clip.

 

[JeffinOakland]

It's funny how many people succumb to the propaganda machine. It amazes me every day. Repeat something enough, everyone believes it. They all like to consider themselves free thinkers, but they are noting of the sort.

Of COURSE she was asked to leave. She accepted a role and the rigors of episodic TV "suddenly" confronted her? A veteran actress had no idea what she was getting into when she signed a binding contract and filmed a pilot?

Or the network brass shoved her down the producer's throats (fact) until they saw this horribly acted, lifeless clip (theory)?

The only other theory is the propaganda machine's assertion that after all the work she put in and the contracts she signed she, a veteran actress "asked" to be released because she discovered that filming a TV series was "too much work". I don't buy it. Not after watching that clip.

LOL wow...calm down. It's just a silly television show. Nobody died.

 

[jmidnight_99]

LOL wow...calm down. It's just a silly television show. Nobody died.

I know... but really. Who the hell would believe she quit because the one episode she filmed was too much work? Have you seen her performance? Somebody did indeed die.

 

[2takesfrakes]

The Spin Doctors should've thought up a better excuse for Bujold's having left the show, that's for certain. At least she wasn't sent away, in disgrace. She was treated with a certain level of class and dignity. She's an old(er) lady, so it doesn't require much arm-twisting to believe that she'd be frail and knackered after a day's work. I'm sure it worked out to her benefit, as well, not joining the show. If she was so favoured by the studio, then Bujold was keeping busy. No doubts, there!