Indeed, while Tim Oliphant's beautiful Raylan Givens is undoubtedly the well-deserved star of the show, I find myself yearning for more screen time for Boyd/Walton. I even find my eyes locked onto him rather than Oliphant when they share a scene.
Maybe it's just me. Am I just attracted to quasi-sociopathic bad boys?
Seems like there may be an argument for that considering my other new favorite is one who can only be described as an unapologetic badass, dangerous, scary and probably certifiably crazy character for whom torture is just another day at the office... his name is Guerrero from Human Target. Played by the great Jackie Earl Haley. The boy can play a crazy. Anybody see the Watchmen?
In it he plays Rorschach. My favorite line...when he finds himself in prison, and the convicts are messing with him, they imagine he is frightened by them. But after he destroys a bully with a cafeteria tray...he shouts/growls:
"I'm not locked in here with you....you're locked in here with ME!"
The fact that he's a pretty little guy....yet totally comes across as the scariest guy in the joint definitely adds to the mystique. Anyway. Guerrero in Human Target has pretty much the same vibe...he's just more outwardly in control so he can pass in polite, well, in non-psychotic, society.
Oh...and if you're watching SUPERNATURAL, (like I told you to at least a couple of years ago...but do you listen?) I'm crazy for Soulless Sam. I mean, I love sweet puppy-eyed normal Sam, and really missed him while he was gone, but cold, hard, horny, merciless, ruthless Robo-Sam is....just.....wow! All damned 6'4" of hard-bodied, 20-something of him. And while he's not a secondary character, he is definitely a sociopathic one.
Should I be concerned? It's just harmless fantasies, right?
Too much information? Hey, it's been awhile since we talked. I'm just trying to catch up.
The Gunslinger
There is definitely a draw to the bad boys. They have passion and that's why. You're not gonna marry one, but they are fun to play with. ;) ~~ Skiri'ki
ReplyDeleteI just got into "Human Target" a coupla months ago,but the last 2weeks it's been pre-empted by some lame-fest called "American Idol"....ARRRRGH! I'll check out "Justified".Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was into AI for one season....the one of the great David Cook, on whom I had a serious fangirl crush. But I'm over it now...and I must say, American Idol just doesn't have the same fascination. I checked it out this week for the first time, and the only possible person of interest is the low-voiced cowboy country singer. What are the chances he wins? But my, my is he good.
ReplyDeleteStrangely, he's kinda smirky...and in some weird way reminded me of George Dubya. That can't be good, right?
I like these gritty shows. I checked out Justified and am definitely hooked. Will have to check out Human Target next. I love Sons of Anarchy, too. Been watching Supernatural from the beginning. Bad boys, badass cars and guns. What more does a girl need? ;) ~~ Skiri'ki
ReplyDeleteDon't care for the shows you mentioned - Supernatural got lame fast, coudln't deal with Justified (The protagonist is an anti-hero, and almost psychotic himself, based on the pilot), Human Target seemed OK, but formulaic the one time I watched it, so - boring.
ReplyDeleteBUT, the characters? The actions, the intent, they are MASCULINE - and most males in America are all but castrati. Pathetic - but we're being conditioned by what we see on TV, are taught in school, and bullied into by religion. These rules and behaviors are enforced fiercely on anyone who obeys (nice guys and good men, if you will), and thug life niggas wit attitude get away (sometimes literally) with murder.
About the time they hit my age (for my generation), they have a "revelation" moment, like Saul on the road to Damascus... And the "Nice Guy" is destroyed hard and fast, leaving a bitter, angry, sometimes vicious husk. We played by the rule for decades, we got shit on, now we're tired of not even getting pity f*cks... and the girls have triple-digit notch counts, and we're supposed to be satisfied with the leftovers?
Our balls drop, hard, and we turn pretty hard and nasty... In one sense, too little too late.
We turn a blind eye to women needing help; won't do anything extra, like bail her @$$ out at work; no more buying drinks, paying for the date - she earns as much or more, let HER ask US out, let HER pay her way. No reason to protect or provide, we've been kicked in the balls a few too many times.
Much like Uncle Sam WRT government. Abuse the dog enough, you get bit...