I'm in a sort of Marvel loop at the moment. I can't stop watching the films, even though I've seen them all before more than once!
Last night watching Marvel movies I even forgot about The Outer Limits on TV, never mind Vampire Lovers and Squirm, which is one of my fave schlockers [my daughter got me the actual cinema quad poster for Christmas]. If that wasn't enough last night Castle Freak had an airing on the telly [Horror Channel], although I don't know if it was the modern remake or the scary original.
I blame Thanos and his infinity stones for distracting me like this. He must have a TV stone!
Watching The Avengers: Age of Ultron again I remembered that Ultron is voiced by one James Spader, so I blame Spader too!
Spader is an actor I associate with the Eighties. A strange eccentric, almost awkward young actor back in the day. He was never really going to be a leading man say in the vein of Tom Cruise. More like a Buscemi or a Torturro.
I recall Spader mostly for his role as the cocky upstart in Jack Nickolson's Wolf, in which Jack pees all over his shoes in the Gents, perhaps the most understated werewolf warning in moviedom but one that made me chuckle.
I also saw James Spader in more risque flicks like Crash and Secretary, in which his awkwardness was properly at home I would say.
He was a symbols expert in a sci-fi film way back but I forget the name. He had to decipher hieroglyphs in a scene reminiscent of the discovery scene at the start of Prometheus.
Anyways, I'm sure James has done more than this. He's the same age as me and it was fun to hear him again in Ultron.
Do you like James Spader readers?
He deciphered the symbols in Stargate to get the gate working.
ReplyDeleteWas it Stargate? Thanks Kev. Blimey, I remember that film now but only the ancient Egypt bits. I get it mixed up with the \Fifth Element. I can still see the boxed Stargate toys on the shop shelves being discounted about 6 months later. I got a couple for my toy stall at the time. Wish I'd have got more now.
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