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BURT REYNOLDS RIP Sept 12, 2018 23:35:06 GMT

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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2018 23:35:06 GMT

Sept 12, 2018 19:08:53 GMT dirtypillows said:

Sept 12, 2018 10:58:58 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

I haven't seen Hustle, but it looks interesting. I like Robert Aldrich and the other cast members. The thing with Reynolds for me, and while I acknowledge his on-screen persona and charisma, there was something about him that just rubbed me up the wrong way. I find him handsome, but not sure if I find him exactly attractive. He was a real ladies man more than anything and many men would have wanted to be him for this reason. I also feel much of the success of Smokey And The Bandit, was due to Sally Field's presence as well. While her and Reynolds were in a relationship, she tended to make all the right moves regarding her career onwards.

I think Boogie Nights is ok. It has been yonks since I last saw it and again, in spite of the praise he got, I wasn't that sold on Reynolds as being anything special. I think 1997 was a pretty ho-hum year for film and the film was also being celebrated for it's 70's era presentation as well. I liked The Ice Storm better and my choice for picture of the year. I also liked P.T. Anderson's Magnolia more than Boogie Nights.

Toasted Cheese, I always liked Burt Reynolds pretty well. And thought he was quite gorgeous, especially without the moustache. And he was a good actor to, have to give him credit. But what you say is interesting because one of my best friends always said that even though he liked Reynolds well enough and found him to be attractive and sexy, there was something about Reynolds that he didn't feel right about and it was hard to put his finger on. I think maybe Burt was just a tad arrogant, but I liked him anyway.

But, for the record, I think Tom Selleck was even sexier and more handsome than Reynolds, but not quite so charismatic. Which goes to show how relevant charisma is. But to give Reynolds his niceness props, I read before (from more than a couple sources, I have a huge collection of vintage fan magazines from the 70s) he took a younger (and every bit as handsome and sexy) Robert Urich under his wing. I always thought it was interesting and
touching kind of relationship with maybe a little bit of "keep your competition close to your side", with a dose of envy and then probably more than a dose of good will and affection, because everybody has some generous impulses in them and, IRL, Robert Urich seemed like a super sweet person who would attract kindness in others, anyway. For better or for worse, Mr. Urich seemed to have very little ego and he always gave off that nice guy
vibe on his tacky, but fun show, "Vega$", whereas Robert Wagner seemed to me and my nine year old, already inquisitive mind, like a sleazebucket on his ridiculous, but equally fun "Hart to Hart". My favorite character on that show was Freeway, by far. I love the episode where the villain puts some secret formula in the dog food that makes people's pets turn vicious and kill, and Freeway is the foil. God, what a dumb show!

I don't know much of Robert Urich, but what I had seen him in, he appeared to have no pretense and was super cute. I would rate him over Reynolds and Selleck in the looks department, but like you said, not quite as charismatic. He looked like a real puppy dog sofite.

I enjoyed Hart To Hart and my little cousin and I used to pretend to be on H2H adventures when we were kids. She loved Jennifer Hart. It was a dumb but fun show and had that nice soft and easy-going Charlie's Angels vibe to it.