Ooo Burn!
August 12th, 2008 by park
Since I am on a tv-show kick, I thought I might also mention a new favorite for me now. I never take time to catch it on its regular schedule, but Burn Notice is another new series on USA. I caught most of the first season, mostly because of my appreciation for Bruce Campbell, but after watching a few, it grew on me. The cast is fantastic, and the writing is pretty sharp. Oh yeah, and if you miss McGyver, check it out. There’s alot of that feeling of inventiveness you got from that show as well. I swear, it feels like they asked G. Gordon Liddy to come be a technical advisor. (From the way I hear it, the man can kill you with a look and a paper clip.)
So yeah, great show, check it out. But it makes me think of something I have heard over and over. Alot of times you hear about celebrities and their behavior when the cameras are off. Most of it is heresay, heard it from a guy who heard it from a guy, right? Well, here’s the thing, I’ve met a bunch of them, they are pretty normal (except for maybe a coke habit or something) they just get irritated with all the retarded fanboy questions. Fair enough, after all how many times do you REALLY want someone to ask you to quote a movie you did 1000 years ago and barely remember shooting?
Well, in the past I’ve often heard some bad things said about Bruce Campbell. Now, having said that, I’ve heard some REALLY impressive stuff as well. He seems to genuinely love his fans. And he (by admission in his book) hates those who get infected with what he refers to as “the spores” of Hollywood. I have had some very reliable people tell me he was very very nice to them at book signings. And then the next book signing, he was completely asinine. Hell, everyone has a bad day right?
The thing is, I’ve often heard his reputation on the convention circuit is…less than stellar. And I have checked around with various friends in various parts of the country. It gets hard to tell if he just doesn’t want to do them anymore, or if he’s just been getting a good line on some work that happens to crop up after agreeing to go. No one seems to hold any ill-feelings, but I get the impression that no one wants to ask him out very often because of his propensity to cancel on them after they’ve made the announcement. Or worse, he isn’t terribly thrilled about signing autographs. I hope what I have heard is untrue. Or at least unfortunate circumstances.
Burn Notice is giving Bruce an exposure he isn’t used to though. They are mostly middle-aged people who enjoy a more intellectual pursuit show, but are tired of (as he put it) cop shows, damned lawyer shows or hospital shows. So it’s not sci-fi or fantasy. But I’ll say this, as an actor…he really shows off some goods in this one. Let’s hope it does better than Brisco County, and he gains a new group of fans who are at least half as devoted as his Evil-Dead fans.
I like to think I fall into that weird multi-level fanboy group. So go watch the show already, I believe it airs on Thursday nights on USA.