As many of you know I have a very talented sister, Stacy. She’s been doing theater and acting since high school. She double majored in theater and English! She’s amazing.
I first saw her act in some high school play. I couldn’t remember what it was but she played a kid who got hit by another kid. She acted very well and I was actually quite scared for her as she had to fall off a chair. I felt like getting up on stage and punching the kid who hit her but I new it was an act and she did it perfectly.
Since she’s had a few minor things going on but I can’t help wonder what she could have done if she had the opportunities. A few key roles I would have loved to see my sister play, just to name a few, are:
- Lumen Pierce – Dexter (season 5) – Julia Styles sucked playing this role. She was too bossy, too pushy, too needy, and too like not playing the part well. It just felt like 10 Things I Hate About You (a movie which I loved) but it was the same acting. My sister could have done this sooooo much better.
- Jessica Hamby – True Blood (all seasons) – I felt like Deborah Ann Woll played this role well but I know my sister could have been better. Most actors on True Blood (except for a few) did not do southern accents. Even Anna Paquin only did a southern accent sporadically. The only two characters I can think of in that show that really did the southern accent like all the time were Arlene (Carrie Preston) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten; who is fucking Australian!). My sister could have totally done a southern accent.
- Kate – Drinking Buddies – I did not like Olivia Wilde in this role. It just didn’t ring true to me. It felt like she was overacting a lot of the time. My sister could have played this role. I could have seen it done better by her.
I wanted to watch one of the movies I had on VHS the other night. It turns out my VCR I had since I was like 14 had died. I’m not 100% sure it was the VCR but it’s not like I can go buy a new one.
In light of this I have decided my VHS days are over. I have quite a few movies on VHS I have to rebuy on DVD. I hate that. One of the reasons I don’t want to buy a blu ray player. It’s pretty not cool that we have to keep buying the same movie over and over because they switch formats. I’m glad one format won in the blu ray vs HD war.
Anyway, here’s a list of all the movies I had on VHS. I’ll probably try to sell all of them for like $20 on craigslist or something this next week.
- Star Wars Trilogy (originals, episodes 4-6)
- Star Wars Trilogy (digitally remastered, special edition, episodes 4-6)
- Planet Of The Apes (old, all movies, movies 1-5)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (old, all movies, movies 1-3)
- Indiana Jones, Raiders Of The Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade
- Isn’t She Great
- Niles Loves Daphne (a tape I made with all the great moments of Frasier and Niles & Daphne)
- mini tape to VHS adapter (for my old camcorder)
- a head cleaner (LOL, remember those?)
- Not Another Teen Movie
- Drowning Mona (the movie I wanted to watch)
- Jurassic Park
- Fatal Attraction
- Ordinary Decent Criminal
- The Great Gatsby
- Big Business
- Clue (already bought DVD)
- Bad Company
- Dick
- Mr. Holland’s Opus
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- 9 To 5
- Driving Miss Daisy
- The X Files (movie, first one)
- South Park Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
- Junior
- What Lies Beneath
- Presumed Innocent
- Austin Powers (first one)
- X Men (first one)
- Last Action Hero
- The Sting
- Grumpy Old Men (first one)
Ahh, VHS. You were so good to me. I don’t have any way to record shows now… not like I have done it in years. On Demand has covered me in that department. We don’t have TiVo or DVR or whatever. But, I guess I won’t miss you.