Oh look, I found a picture.

Wasn't that the same day we shot The Vasquez Flyer?  No, Brian wound up getting...something else.

Yeah, the mic line-in to the recorder got yanked out somehow.

See, this is where we differ.

I am not glad you didn't end up buying that model and displaying it in your room.*

*mostly because I wouldn't have been embarrassed when the director was in your room, and would have gotten the full, hilarious story of how he stormed out in disgust

You had the director in your room?!?!

...Did they put out?

Last edited by Faldor (2011-09-12 15:25:47)

has this commentary died? I cna't find it any more...

I still debate buying one...

Great find, Teague.

And a pet theory of mine: Watch the movie again. Tony Shalhoub is playing a dumb guy/developmentally challenged/whatever, dumb guy. Backstage, he's not doing a crossword, he's doing a picture matching game in an activity book. He brings a bag lunch in an over-sized grocery bag to a gig. He's not phased by the gel bullet travel because he doesn't understand anything so it's nothing new. He parrots what the engineering team told him just like he repeats his dialogue for the show ('you never missed a line'). There are lots of little jokes to find with my interpretation (if you didn't already think so).

I like my pet theory as a new way to look at the character, rather than  suggesting it was their idea. I find the character much more funny thinking of him as profoundly stupid. It also makes the way he navigates the world and the things he accomplishes in the movie much more of an achievement.

I read Teague's linked article and fully understand he's planned as a pothead. That's why he's always snacking and we just never get to see him light up since it's PG. I don't think he is playing stoned, though. Or not well. And, the script isn't backing the idea, either. The key line that breaks it for me is that Tim Allen specifically states that he never missed a line. The referenced Kung Fu comment said that Carradine was spouting all kinds of crazy stuff instead of following the scripts. I think the character as originally written, the inspirations they drew on, and the final performance are all pretty different. That said, why not have some fun looking at the characters in a new way?

Alexander Dane is an alcoholic. Or, in counseling for anger issues. Gwen did/did not have a sexual affair with Jason. Guy Fleegman is a small-time porn star. Any of these things and more ideas you can come up with will change your point-of-view. I'm just suggesting one I find compelling and funny which adds to the experience.