Quote: | I totally disagree that Scott has to prove he is not a one hit wonder after GG. He had guest staring roles on popular sitcoms and the episodes he was on became some of the most popular episodes. He showed his dramatic acting skills in Saw and he showed how funny he could be in Little Big League. I think Scott has more than proven he is a versatile actor. We are all thinking that the right people are not seeing him but maybe he is happy with who is seeing him! | I don't want to get too far off topic but SP's resume prior to GG does not prove he is bankable post GG. And AiA happens to be the expected failure most tenured TV stars face after coming off a hit. Even LG can't rest easy knowing the offers will roll in and her resume is a lot stronger than SP's. He has only been on ONE successful TV show as a regular. He does have a lot to prove. Especially since GG, while a critical success, was on the WB and never garnered the viewers on par with the big 4.
He did do well in SAW but I think he has hit that franchise at a bad time. DLB has moved on and will not be doing the next two installments. But I agreed with the sentiments of the reviewers that his performance was strong and well acted but in terms of a SAW movie. It wasn't so great. As I said before I think it's good he took two roles that were very un-Luke like but AiA was not a good fit. I think they could have done a much better job with his character but it seems even the writers didn't like him to actually write him something new. The whole fake tan gag and makeover was practically verbatim to a scene from "Kath & Kim" which is an Austrailan series that is being retooled for the US this fall.
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I think we are all missing something in Aliens because it seems like Scott really thought it was wonderful and so did the critics.
| What is SP supposed to say? He needs to "sell" the show in order to keep working. And I never understood why some critics embraced this show. And not all did. SP's remarks in that IGN article mention those that didn't as "missing the point". I don't feel they did or the viewers did either. They did not actually achieve what they set out to do. It was not insightful or edgy it was pretty cliche and they overused common stereotypes to the point that it was not funny. I think they took a very conservative tack with the show and as a result it fell flat. These types of "Shock"coms won't work unless they really push the envelope [kind of like Earl] and they never did IMO. The critics who lauded AiA early on based it on that type of a show but they never actually got there. And unlike most other networks they had plenty of time. They were lucky to get 18 eps. They should be thanking the WGA for that gift.
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