Why Do We Love Nathan Fillion?
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While this was certainly post Buffy, my first exposure to Nathan Fillion is apparently a unique one: Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.
He's very popular because most people aware of how acting works and what it takes to be a really good actor realize that he has those talents.
I'm not necessarily saying I'm smarter than anyone who doesn't like him, but now it's out there and unfortunately I'm left too tired to recant it.
It's mostly to get eyes looking at you.
What? I didn't say that was a bad thing so that means I'm not a hypocrite then right?
PS. Indeed! The game is afoot!
I'm not necessarily saying I'm smarter than anyone who doesn't like him, but now it's out there and unfortunately I'm left too tired to recant it.
It makes people feel cooler and more important. Like denying the holocaust or saying that Jersey Shore is a deep commentary on the lives of lesser people.SpiderJerusalem said:
It's mostly to get eyes looking at you.
What? I didn't say that was a bad thing so that means I'm not a hypocrite then right?
He would be an utterly fantastic Wonder Woman that would be topped by none.Aurgelmir said:
If the man is an excellent Wonder Woman he can be an excellent anything.Aurgelmir said:
PS. Indeed! The game is afoot!
The guy is a rare breed of a very versatile actor who won't be nailed down to any stereotype. We know him as Malcolm Reynolds and yet I am not sure we entirely know everything about Mal. Mal is cavalier and a crusader, yet since the war some may say a piece of him died. I don't feel that. There is so much depth that Nathan has put into Mal that you can sense that Sergeant Reynolds wants to come out and tell the Alliance to go take a long walk out a short airlock. And yet Captain Reynolds feels his comfort zone being aboard Serenity with his crew. There is a lot yet to be told to that story.
In Serenity we saw the good ol' Sergeant come out and do a good deed for the people of the system but oh so quickly the Captain took over when the deed was done.
(I missed Buffy so can't comment on his character there)
In Castle, which I have just begun to watch, (working on first season right now) I sense a care-free character who feels rather bulletproof and yet enjoys doing something more than just writing books. Anybody who sends me spoilers on later seasons will receive my ire, but I have a feeling Castle is gonna be due for his wakeup call and I just hope nobody else gets hurt in the process.
In movies and shows we grow attached to those characters we see resemblance in ourselves or who we might aspire to be. Or perhaps fear we may become. Nathan so far has shown a diversity of characters, so it is only the easier that more people can find a certain attachment to the man through any of the characters he plays. And since he is only just hitting his prime, there is still so much potential to the man. I can't wait to see what comes next.
In Serenity we saw the good ol' Sergeant come out and do a good deed for the people of the system but oh so quickly the Captain took over when the deed was done.
(I missed Buffy so can't comment on his character there)
In Castle, which I have just begun to watch, (working on first season right now) I sense a care-free character who feels rather bulletproof and yet enjoys doing something more than just writing books. Anybody who sends me spoilers on later seasons will receive my ire, but I have a feeling Castle is gonna be due for his wakeup call and I just hope nobody else gets hurt in the process.
In movies and shows we grow attached to those characters we see resemblance in ourselves or who we might aspire to be. Or perhaps fear we may become. Nathan so far has shown a diversity of characters, so it is only the easier that more people can find a certain attachment to the man through any of the characters he plays. And since he is only just hitting his prime, there is still so much potential to the man. I can't wait to see what comes next.
The guy is a charming, charismatic, funny, handsome, rich, famous, friendly...the list just goes on. I get excited any time I see a Fillion project coming out of the woodwork. I wouldn't praise him for his dynamic range in character, but when a guys as cool as he is, why change it?
Did anyone watch 2 Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place? My 2 favourite male actors in the one show! Ryan Reynolds and Nathan Fillion. It was just one big ball of awesome!
Did anyone watch 2 Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place? My 2 favourite male actors in the one show! Ryan Reynolds and Nathan Fillion. It was just one big ball of awesome!
I think Empire magazine's website described him best. They called him a 27 percenter, you can't explain it but anything he's in gets 27% better just because he's there.
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@Aurgelmir:
Okay, you three beat me to it, but up until this fourth page, I was surprised that no one else was mentioning the show 'Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place'. At least there are some of us out there who were watching that show when it aired. Too bad you can't buy it..
@Sheinen:
@Aurgelmir:
Okay, you three beat me to it, but up until this fourth page, I was surprised that no one else was mentioning the show 'Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place'. At least there are some of us out there who were watching that show when it aired. Too bad you can't buy it..
"a crime novelist who (for some insane reason) is allowed to tag along behind a bunch of cops for inspiration."
Wait, Fillion did "Murder, She Wrote"?
Wait, Fillion did "Murder, She Wrote"?
Heh. It was ALSO my first exposure to Ryan Reynolds, and one of the reasons I try and follow his work. Btw, have you seen Ryan Reynold's "The 9"?Sheinen said:
Nathan Fillion?
I'm guessing he's from Firefly?
I honestly have no opinion about the man. He's just...there. No "love" at all.
I'm guessing he's from Firefly?
I honestly have no opinion about the man. He's just...there. No "love" at all.
its simple: Firefly.
We love him because we love anything associated with Firefly, which was taken from us too soon by the cruel and fickle tv execs.
We love him because we love anything associated with Firefly, which was taken from us too soon by the cruel and fickle tv execs.
Anyone watch the new episode of Castle?
He speaks Chinese and references Firefly again.
He speaks Chinese and references Firefly again.
Oh, that is an awesome way to describe it.Matthew Wilson said: