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   "jack"  wrote in message   
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   On Jul 20, 11:00 pm, Starkiller™  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:27 -0500, "catpandaddy"    
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   > >"StarkillerT"  wrote in message   
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   > >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:34:57 -0600, "Joetheone"   
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   > >>>"StarkillerT"  wrote in message   
   > >>>news:ib1246p2dao9koh886o9gn41ogtpf8pe2s@4ax.com...   
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   > >>>> It's just plain weird to see Gaius Baltar(James Callis) playing a   
   > >>>> 1940s era American scientist and speaking without the British accent.   
   > >>>> Which for me make the new episodes even more surreal than they are   
   > >>>> intended to be.   
   > >>>> Callis does play his part quite well though. His accent just barely   
   > >>>> slips through a few times.   
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   > >>>It ended up being just a bad American accent, almost as bad as   
   > >>>Bamber's.   
   > >>>Wish they would have given him the zoot suit for BSG, though. It's a   
   > >>>good   
   > >>>look for him.   
   > >>>And I think I'm going to enjoy him in this role. Looks like a good   
   > >>>season   
   > >>>for Eureka.   
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   > >> Indeed. A lot of todays younger actors just look like they're wearing   
   > >> a costume when dressing for a 30s or 40s era role.   
   > >> Callis' wardrobe person did a good job of making him look like he   
   > >> belonged in that suit.   
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   > >What is it that makes the difference? Does a real 40s suit look fake on   
   > >camera, so that they need a not-quite-authentic version which looks "on   
   > >film" to be more authentic than the real deal itself? Like using dry ice   
   > >because real fog photographs with too smokelike an appearance to be   
   > >convincing or something like that?   
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   > A lot of times it is the fit of the suit. I've seen a few where the   
   > suits are kinda baggy as todays male actors are on average more   
   > slender than their preedecessors back then. The difference is not as   
   > much the suit itself as far as authenticity goes but how the actor   
   > wears it and how it fits.   
   > And then there are subtle things like Callis has the more defined   
   > jawline as did a lot of folks in that era whereas a lot of todays   
   > actors have the more soft rounded off jaw and chinlines.   
   > Put 32 year old Ashton Kutcher in a suit like that and he looks like a   
   > kid wearing his dads clothes.   
      
      
   > I think a lot of young guys look like kids playing dress-up when   
   > wearing more mature suits, especially three-piece ones.  Somehow, all   
   > that cloth just needs a more adult look to the face.  Also, business   
   > attire fell out of fashion as an everyday look back in the Sixties.   
   > Most young guys will wear a suit on a regular basis only after they   
   > get their first office job.  And blue-collar guys maybe will put one   
   > on for special church occasions.  They're just not used to wearing   
   > them.   
      
           Work construction (sheet metal). I own one ugly brown coat and   
   slightly mis-matched pants - my funeral suit. "Dress up'' is a good pair of   
   blue jeans and a clean shirt with a collar.   
           Who REALLY needs more that THAT?   
      
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