Weekend Thoughts
Watching late-night TV yesterday, trying to stretch my hamstrings post-yoga and wondering how Karina is faring (she's away in SF), I was also given to wondering what is the deal with actor Michael Ironside and his choice of films.
Yes, Scanners is a cult classic and Total Recall was a good commerical film to be attached to, but why nothing with better depth or more breadth in film selections? I think the guy is a decent actor. And yet films like Highlander II, Red Scorpion II and Starship Troopers don't crowd the mond of fine cinema. Although never flying, looking at Ironside's filomography, it would seem that Highlander II (in '91) might have been the career kiss-of-death.
All this comes as his appearance on screen in the horrible and yet delightfully campy "Bloodsuckers" came as a groaning mild surprise.
Yes, Scanners is a cult classic and Total Recall was a good commerical film to be attached to, but why nothing with better depth or more breadth in film selections? I think the guy is a decent actor. And yet films like Highlander II, Red Scorpion II and Starship Troopers don't crowd the mond of fine cinema. Although never flying, looking at Ironside's filomography, it would seem that Highlander II (in '91) might have been the career kiss-of-death.
All this comes as his appearance on screen in the horrible and yet delightfully campy "Bloodsuckers" came as a groaning mild surprise.
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