Boyd Holbrook
The Fugitive 1.03 -Run!
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I need you to search every farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, doghouse, fashion house, house band, house elf, House MD, Disney's House of Mouse, House Ethics Committee, House Targaryen, and Cody In The House.
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As a 30 something millennial, I just watched “The Fugitive” and sequel for the first time. I’m not generally into action movies, but it’s Dad’s b-day, and movies is what we do.
My main thought is this:
This 1993 film is responsible for NCIS and all other modern law enforcement as “found family” tv shows.
Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) calls his younger agents his kids.
He gets vengeful when they are hurt.
He is hard on them and pushes them, but also get incredibly soft when they need a moment to collect themselves.
He praises them when they do something well “Good job young man” “Get this kid a round” ect.
And that is before we get into their banter. The banter says without any back story that these people have been working together forever, and know what their friend is about to do. They talk like they hate each other and obviously have each other’s back and bicker like siblings.
One character is obsessed with clothes, and it’s not the female. One has the soft face that gets them in doors and it’s not the female. One gets shit done, always, and it’s the female. One just seems to always be after everyone’s lunch. These were full fleshed characters that could have easily been one line flat background extras. I can’t recall a similar movie where they weren’t.
Honestly? I was watching both these films for the Marshals way more than for the plot, and actively cheered out loud when the whole team pulled up in the sequel. “They kept them! Yes!”
I guess what I’m saying is everyone always quotes the big speech about checking “every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse…”
What they ought to be paying attention to, and quoting, are lines about tacky suits and the girl being the boss’s favorite.
That’s how you write secondary characters.
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