Shanks on SPN? Will he Raise Their Game?

[gategrrl]

And how long will it be, I wonder, for Michael Shanks fans to start claiming that he's going to "raise the game" of the actors on Supernatural?

Michael Shanks' Fans? Please don't go down that asinine road. It just makes you look like jerks and completely ridiculous. Don't go there. If you do, you are total asshats.

 

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[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

There was some insistence that Mr Shanks, who I admit was darned good as Victor on Burn Notice, "raised their game" on that show. Excuse me? Raise the game on *someone else's show*? I think not.

Oh-and the same thing goes for Smallville, although I don't watch that show. To claim that a guest actor consistently "raises the game" of actors who are own their own show takes a lot of chutzpah. It infers that other actors are all lazy schmoes, when that's furthest from the truth.

It was only RDA that was sitting on his lazy acting rear on SG-1.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I think I heard that going around about Burn Notice, though I don't watch that show.

However, I do watch SV. I will admit that SV doesn't have the best stories and the acting isn't something that knocks you out of the park, but on most days SG-1 wasn't much different. They are fun shows, you know? Decent stories, decent acting, and lots of fun.

But to say a guest raises their game? I dunno. That bugs me. Most actors on any show work hard. Some get lazy - and we saw that for ourselves - but most people treat their jobs with professionalism. I didn't know people were saying that about SV >:(

I'm biased, of course, but if anyone says that about SPN I will be even more floored, considering how I feel the writing and acting, while not perfect, is some of the best I watch on TV right now.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen anyone say it *yet*. I hope that silliness died with Burn Notice. Yes, even MS got lazy (as did *everyone* else) on SG-1 for a few seasons there.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I don't see how a guest star could ever "raise the game" for the core cast. He just wouldn't be there long enough, you know?

I thought MS did a great job of fitting in seamlessly with BN, but I think the core cast was always pretty damn good, even when they had a guest star of lesser quality.

Some people are just obsessed with how absolutely perfect they think MS is. I do like his acting quite a lot, but c'mon.