My ultimate to play TC in a film version
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My ultimate to play TC in a film version
Probably because there's obviously so much of him in the character, whenever I envision TC I always see Stephen Donaldson himself. Even the physical description seems pretty close. May be a bit old for TC in the first chronicles now, but SRD is *exactly* how I imagine TC would look now. So in trying to get actors who fit that look, someone mentioned Harrison Ford in an earlier post, who would be close-ish, but you probably need someone who appears a bit taller & gaunter. What about Jeremy Irons?
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Gotta say too old there too.
I'm sticking with Robert Downey, Jr.
I'm sticking with Robert Downey, Jr.
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Not to argue with the author, but I can't see Hopkins doing it. He's a fine actor, but I don't see the required desolation in Hopkins' eyes.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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Have you seen Less Than Zero?
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Yes; read the book, saw the film; thought it was plenty stylish, but none of the novel's shock value. Yeah, Downey's a fine actor, but so is Hopkins; I don't think the desolation is just "there" in his eyes--more like part of the overall act/feel; it's something I think Hopkins could/can do just as easily as Downey or better.
Eh, different strokes. Don't get me wrong, Hopkins is a damn fine actor (better than Downey), but I just can't picture him pulling off TC's range of emotion.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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My choice is always Christian Bale. And now that he's shed 60 for his new movie he really is guant! I always get a kick out of other fans at Cons and our fellow Elohimfesters when they first meet SRD and whisper to me, "OMG he is Thomas Covenant!". (then they always cast a quick glance at his right hand, for some reason... 
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No doubt about Donaldson. I never really got that 'till I got my hardbacks a couple of years ago and finally saw what he looked like.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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And he's gained weight again for Batman Begins. But yes, perfect choice, danlo.danlo wrote:My choice is always Christian Bale. And now that he's shed 60 for his new movie he really is guant! I always get a kick out of other fans at Cons and our fellow Elohimfesters when they first meet SRD and whisper to me, "OMG he is Thomas Covenant!". (then they always cast a quick glance at his right hand, for some reason...
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Re: My ultimate to play TC in a film version
Every time I see a picture of SRD, I think "This is Covenant." The look in his eye, particularly in the pic on his website - I think this is the look Covenant gave people after returning to his own world after TPTP - the look of someone who's seen or suffered too much, and knew something nobody else could, but was finally content with a job well done. *shrug*Ossie wrote:Probably because there's obviously so much of him in the character, whenever I envision TC I always see Stephen Donaldson himself. Even the physical description seems pretty close
BTW, isn't there already one of these thread going somwhere... and isn't it, like, 60 pages long... "We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
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Someone didn't like the name "Lord Foul," I suppose...but Saturn? That seems silly to me. Ah, well...we knew that any Covenant movie would end up being blasphemous to the fans...this would just be the first sign of it.
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Yeah, but Foul's not exactly Satan either... Yeah, yeah, evil incarnate, blah blah, but I see them as two different concepts, and if somebody puts such an overused spin on foul, I'm gonna be pretty sad.
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
Darkman for TC
I agree with Danlo
I am editing this as I just remembered who I think would be quite good at being TC: Check out ALIAS on ABC Wednesday night - the guy who plays Agent Vaughn - MICHAEL VARTAN.
Since I had to take a look at Batman to see what Christian Bale looked like I happened to remember Liam Neilson - if he was only made to look a bit younger. We already know he can be made to look like he is in despair with Darkman. I think he would be my pick ...My choice is always Christian Bale. And now that he's shed 60 for his new movie he really is guant! I always get a kick out of other fans at Cons and our fellow Elohimfesters when they first meet SRD and whisper to me, "OMG he is Thomas Covenant!". (then they always cast a quick glance at his right hand, for some reason... )
I am editing this as I just remembered who I think would be quite good at being TC: Check out ALIAS on ABC Wednesday night - the guy who plays Agent Vaughn - MICHAEL VARTAN.
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