Is Joe Flanigan the worst scifi lead actor ever?

[DevilEyes]

4 Xena Lawless (basically typecast herself as a dyke who gets into bar fights)

What? You obviously didn't sit through the entire series run of Xena. I haven't liked many of Lawless' later roles and frankly she seems like one of the most scatter-brained, uninvested people in the business, but she CAN act her balls off when she wants to. She has incredible range.

I fail to remember when has Lucy Lawless ever played a dyke. Could you remind me, The MasterOfOrion?

 

[TheMasterOfOrion]

Another that might actually be worse than Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, and the Man from Atlantis

I bring you AUTO-MAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggagsyeKP8k

I fail to remember when has Lucy Lawless ever played a dyke. Could you remind me, The MasterOfOrion?

Did you miss the 90s or something?
hairy armpits, walked around like a lumberjack, got into bar fights with men, was more macho than Conan the barbarian, got into bed with women.....she's been dyke icon for years now, plenty of lesbo sites dedicated to her
On a kids cartoon show she plays Wonder Woman, you know that super hero icon that ties men up, comes from a place called Themyscira a kind of girls only club
On Battlestar she played a cylon infiltrator, who happens to enjoy threesomes, men, women, anything goes
In eurotrip she plays Madame Vandersexxx a mistress of some lesbo brothel
...I'm sure some one else can make a bigger list
but
Most obvious of them all XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS

 

[DevilEyes]

Another that might actually be worse than Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, and the Man from Atlantis

I bring you AUTO-MAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggagsyeKP8k

I fail to remember when has Lucy Lawless ever played a dyke. Could you remind me, The MasterOfOrion?

Did you miss the 90s or something?
hairy armpits, walked around like a lumberjack, got into bar fights with men, was more macho than Conan the barbarian, got into bed with women.....she's been dyke icon for years now, plenty of lesbo sites dedicated to her
On a kids cartoon show she plays Wonder Woman, you know that super hero icon that ties men up, comes from a place called Themyscira a kind of girls only club
On Battlestar she played a cylon infiltrator, who happens to enjoy threesomes, men, women, anything goes
In eurotrip she plays Madame Vandersexxx a mistress of some lesbo brothel
...I'm sure some one else can make a bigger list
but
Most obvious of them all XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS

Quick definitions (dyke)

▸ noun: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
▸ noun: offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
▸ verb: enclose with a dike
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6707)

Now, masculine is a matter of perspective. But lesbian?

Most obviously of all, Xena slept with way too many men for a supposed lesbian. And D'Anna was not a lesbian either, unless there's something about Baltar we don't know.

On Battlestar she played a cylon infiltrator, who happens to enjoy threesomes, men, women, anything goes

In other words, you don't know the difference between lesbian/homosexual and bisexual?

 

[Lonemagpie]

I think he's charming enough. It's not his fault it's a bit of a one note character on a superficial show.

That sounds about right. He seems personable enough, and there are a *lot* of worse actors out there

 

[sidious618]

But "Mulder was supposed to be bored" is not really a defense. Well, maybe it's a defense for Duchovney but certainly not the show.

Why? Mulder was bored except when working on a case as he had no life, no friends and no girlfriends until Scully came along. The point of him was that he was a man who was so cut off from the world that all he had was his obsession and dry humor. It's Scully who brings him to life and vice versa to an extent.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

But "Mulder was supposed to be bored" is not really a defense. Well, maybe it's a defense for Duchovney but certainly not the show.

Why? Mulder was bored except when working on a case as he had no life, no friends and no girlfriends until Scully came along. The point of him was that he was a man who was so cut off from the world that all he had was his obsession and dry humor. It's Scully who brings him to life and vice versa to an extent.

Just because it's accurate to the character doesn't mean it's not boring.