Anthony Simcoe out of makeup.
Anthony Simcoe
out of makeup.
Somehow, he’s
less imposing
this way.
Jason lent me the entire Farscape Season 1 DVD set. There are so many discs that they take up an entire drawer in our coffee table, and so I have no idea when I’ll be able to return them to him. But I’m going to watch every single one, and after listening to the commentary tracks for the first two episodes, I’m afraid I’m going to have to take in every commentary as well. (That’ll be four hours per disc, so, 44 hours for Season One.)
The commentaries are just that good. Especially the Aussies, Claudia Black and Anthony Simcoe — they are fascinating (the discussion of the vocal and accent choices is particularly engrossing) and hilarious. (I think if you’re born in Godzone, you get a double-helping of sass at birth.) On the topic of removing the “Sesame Street” from the puppets: (Black) “What would Kermit never do? Oh, I know, bite someone’s arm, and then swallow the flesh. Brilliant! Let’s use it.” Or: (Simcoe) “It was my favorite line in the whole thing. I just wanted to get out there—‘Pilot, prepare for StarBurst.’ It’s like, YEAHH!”