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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[superbadgirl]

*snort*

I've seen that he's apparently shooting himself in the foot for taking a paying gig on SPN (don't ask me how - haven't figured that part out), but not that he can out-act the whole cast ... yet. Of course, I've got a tiny flist. Chances are good I'll not see a thing.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Probably you won't see a thing. ;-)

Er...how can being on a hit show on a smaller network that gets a fair amount of press be *bad*, I ask you? Where is the logic in that? It's paying...should he volunteer his time? He does need to work and has a family to support.

[superbadgirl]

The nearest I can figure the logic is this: I don't like this show and think it's horrible, therefore it truly is a horrible show and this is Bad for Shanks because now he will be tainted by this five minute guest spot on such a horrible show.

Bwha?

[nialla]

Perhaps they're still stuck on the idea that he should be a leading actor in movies and shouldn't waste time with TV shows? Have they not noticed the massive number of movie actors now "slumming" in TV series because they want a regular paycheck?

[superbadgirl]

I think it's more that they don't like SPN (all the amoral killing (as opposed to all the amoral crap that goes on in shows like 24 or Burn Notice - that is no problem) and apparently a severe dislike for JP), therefore it must certainly be bad for Shanks's career. Yeah, I don't get it, either.

The logic did make my head hurt even more.

[nialla]

I always felt Supernatural had the underpinnings of a morality play, so amoral stuff is just part of the deal, just like in most shows. But at least the boys tend to at least try to be on the side of good. Well, until the side of good turns out to be not so good anyway.

Don't try to follow their logic. A winding, twisted path you'll find, and you'll possibly be followed around by a troll.

[superbadgirl]

Yeah, exactly. I guess some people view it as indiscriminate bloodshed, which I boggle at, myself. It might have gotten worse for a bit there, but hello - apocalypse. Lucifer wiping out an entire town is not an act condoned by the good guys.

I still find it rich that this guest spot is such a huge mistake, where his spot on 24 or Burn Notice (both shows based somewhat more in reality than SPN, and with plenty of immoral killing) were not The End of the World for Shanks's Career.