DD or Gangalf - who is greater?

[Katie]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  kemper mentor <kempermentor@> wrote:
> >
> > >  Tonk_op:
> > >  So THIS is how we got stuck with Gambon.
> > 
> >...
> > 
> > >  I still wish they had tried harder to get someone else.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Kemper now:
> > Gambon does suck, but so did Harris.
> > McKellen kicks ass!  And, after the outing, Ian would've 
> > been a perfect DD with Alan and Daniel as his apt pupils.
> > 
> > Kemper
> > 
> 
> bboyminn:
> <<snip>> 
> As a second best, I think Patrick Stewart would have certainly
> been better than Gambon. It seems as if this is nothing but
> a job to Gambon. He comes, he works, he collects his check,
> and he goes home. In a few interviews, he has made some very
> insensitive remarks regarding fans and the franchise. That 
> more than anything told me he doesn't care about these movie
> or his character, it is merely a process by which he earns
> a paycheck. Sad really.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>

***Katie: Patrick Stewart would have been delightful as DD! He's got 
that magical quality, plus, he's able to be silly and quirky. I 
loved him on Extras a few seasons ago - he can be very playful and 
mischievious. He also has the Captain Picard calm-through-any-storm 
quality that is shared with DD.


I agree about Gambon. I always liked him, before this. I loved him 
in Sleepy Hollow, especially. But, if you're going to do a cult 
thing, like HP or LotR...you have to accept that it's a cult thing. 
I mean, Peter Jackson made everyone read LotR before the films were 
made. I think that made such an incalcuable difference to the 
essence of the books coming through in the films. I can't believe 
Gambon hasn't read the books. Ugh. Makes me like him as DD even 
less. 

Katie