THE DEFENDERS OF EARTH in
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021)
››› Julian Lewis Jones as King Atlan
››› Francis Magee as The Ancient King of Men Arthur Pendragon
››› Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta
DOES NO ELSE KNOW THAT VICTOR AND JEROME WERE ON GAME OF THRONES?!
That’s right, folks, Francis Magee aka Victor Rodenmaar Jr. was on Game of Thrones, he played Yoren in S1-S2, a brother of the Night’s Watch and a recruiter for them as well. He made easy friends with Tyrion Lannister, Robb and Ned Stark, and eventually Arya Stark. He got along with Tyrion due to the fact that unlike his comrades, Yoren had a sense of humor. Imagine Victor but cool. And later on *spoilers if you haven’t seen the show*
when Ned’s put in public for execution and Arya managed to escape the Lannister guards, he sees her in the crowd and nods his head to Yoren to try to get her to safety. He does. And he holds her close and shields her ears when her father is executed.
Immediately after he cuts off Arya’s hair and instructs her to pretend to be a boy called Arry for her own safety whilst they travel back to the North. He planned on taking her to her brother Robb who became the current Lord of Winterfell following their father’s death.
Yoren is also the one to give Arya the idea for her infamous ‘list’. Her own hit list of people she’s planning on killing which she recites every night before going to sleep. It becomes so important to her ritual that she can’t even sleep before reciting it completely.
and as for Eugene Simon aka Jerome Clarke? He played Lancel Lannister, a cousin of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister for S1-2, and S5-6.
He originally was just King Robert’s cup bearer and I think he was his squire? Can’t remember fully but I do know that whilst Jaime was out of King’s Landint, Lancel was the one keeping Cersei satisfied if you know what I mean. And yes, they’re cousins, and Cersei fucks her brother Jaime, this isn’t brand new or quite shocking, it’s pretty standard GoT. He’s even involved for killing the king as he kept supplying him with wine and alcohol during a hunt, a boar got to him and he couldn’t drunkenly defend himself.
Then he gets blackmailed by Tyrion for a bit S2 for fucking Cersei. Gets kicked back home too by the end I’m pretty sure. though we get to see him in armor for a bit:
Then comes back on S5 looking like this:
He becomes a very religious zealot as he believes he is ‘redeemed’ in the eyes of their gods, the Seven and he just gets very faith involved, even trying to ask Cersei, the Queen Mother, to absolve her sins by being honest about her incest with him (and her brother). She laughs him off very easily and even tries to use the other followers that the new Septon, the High Sparrow, has accumulated to her own gains by getting rid of her sons new wife, Margaery Tyrell, by having her brother Loras arrested for sleeping with men.
By S6 it gets progressively worse, not only did Cersei get what she wanted, her son’s wife, Margaery, gets taken away as well because she knew her brother was involved with men and ‘did not inform the church of these indiscretions’ so she has also sinned. But then Cersei gets a taste of her own medicine and she gets imprisoned too as Lancel has told the High Sparrow everything and he even gets this fucking carving on his forehead.
Cersei gets her revenge in a big way if you’ve seen the show.
I was underwhelmed by Series 1 of KIN, a by-the-numbers gloomy Irish crime drama leavened only by the presence of Clare Dunne and Ciarán Hinds. However, after enduring the agonizing season finales of FOR ALL MANKIND and MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS, I thought some basic storytelling competence would be a worthwhile change of pace, so I reluctantly put on Series 2 of KIN.
Unfortunately, I quickly realized that writer Peter McKenna had decided to liven things up with a veritable container ship load of intensely toxic masculinity, in the form of Francis Magee as newly released family patriarch Bren Kinsella, who immediately seeks to put the Clare Dunne character in her place while urging all the other male characters to outbursts of brutal macho horseshit. I guess it's livelier than S01, but if this brand of "Just be a fookin' man!" masculinity squicks you, S02 is like having diesel exhaust pumped directly into your home. Magee's character does make Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen seem less unbearable than in the first season, but at what cost? Worse, the plot is still straight from the Planet of Gloomy Crime Drama Clichés. It might be more endurable if it had even one original idea, but I'm still waiting.
This reminded me a lot of Fool’s Gold, which also stars Matthew McConaughey. It’s funny, but it doesn’t focus on the comedy. It’s more of an adventure movie than a comedy. Steve Zahn, as he usually does, plays the bumbling sidekick, providing most of the comedy. Honestly, if I see Steve Zahn in the cast list, I’m much more likely to watch the movie; I just think he’s a funny guy. Obviously, this movie isn’t up there with the likes of National Treasure or James Bond, but it’s definitely enjoyable.
Sex/nudity: 1/10 (some hugging and kissing)
Language: 2/10 (there is some, but it’s mostly mild profanities)
Violence: 5/10 (fighting, shooting, strangling, blood and lesions shown, dead bodies shown, explosions)
Just noticed that Michael’s father, Bren, is an earring-wearer. 👀
If Bren - who called Frank a “windy c*nt” who looks like “a hairdresser” (sorry, he’s a nasty piece of work, but I still can’t help laughing at that one *coughs*) - can get away with wearing an earring, then I have to ask, where’s Michael’s??
I, for one, vote that Mikey ought to break out an earring from time to time! 😎☝️
Then You Run (Serie 2023)
#LeahMcNamara #LiseRisomOlsen #RichardCoyle #FrancisMagee #CillianOSullivan #ChristianRubeck
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SerieJahr: 2023-
Genre: Thriller
Hauptrollen: Leah McNamara, Lise Risom Olsen, Richard Coyle, Francis Magee, Cillian O’Sullivan, Christian Rubeck, Vivian Oparah, Yasmin Monet Prince, Darren Cahill, Welket Bungué, Isidora Fairhurst, Leander Vyvey, Carl Shaaban, Famke Janssen …
Serienbeschreibung: Eigentlich wollten Tara (Leah McNamara) und ihre drei Freundinnen Stink (Vivian Oparah), Nessi…