Happy Election Day! Well, today we have a no-kids day, but the good thing is that I get to come home a bit early and can spend a little more time at TRTM I hope! Anyway, here's today! Todd's so menacing.
It's creepy when he is in Marty's car. Somehow, I totally forgot about that scene. He really was off the deep end here! The doorway on the garage reminds me so much of the stables, I got confused! LOL. Todd's off his rocker with rage at this point, and I am wondering if these scenes were before or after OLTL decided he was too good to let go and signed him? I also forgot that Suede was a bartender at Roadies. LOL.
I do love Max, or at least I did. I love watching him - and it makes Luna bearable. As they talk about the radio show, Todd is at his hotel drinking some beer (LOL) and gets an interruption - he's kicked OUT. Of course, this adds fuel to the fire and....we know our boy won't be able to take it.
Zach continues to try and keep things status quo, but Todd's anger and rage goes too deep - he cannot keep a lid on it and takes everything to heart. And he always was this way, throughout most of his stories. The actor was always true to the character. Take a look though, carefully, as you watch this Todd (I call Frat Boy) and compare him in your head to Lord Heir Todd, or DID Todd - and you can see an amazing maturity and growth as an actor where Roger is concerned. I love it. He was commanding here, but he's even MORE commanding then - it took great co-actors to be on the same screen with him and not get lost, like KDP, FL, SH and KB as well as ES.
"Like it's my fault!" He can't even see that it is. I was waiting for Zach to say it, but instead he tries to calm him down. Zach is just a classic enabler, and I still cannot place what his role really was, but I do find him to be the most callous and unfeeling of the three. I still say, Zach = sociopath, Todd = DID sufferer and Powell = NUTSO. LOL. Watching him here and having watched the future stories, he does go through a miraculous change of heart later on, and DOES learn, which leaves Todd out of the sociopath label. He shows remorse, he learns, and he changes. HOWEVER, this refers to the Todd up to 1998 (jury still out on post-98 Todd, at least for me.)
Oh so THIS is where it started.....there are several times Todd says things during scenes that echo the music in the background. Luna does it in this edit, and I think it's the very first time that it happened. It's a bit corny when she says it, how come it never was when RH did?
I also love the "Todd music" in the background, that they use throughout. It just sets the stage for him. Clearly, these scenes are setting us up for the event in the alley that follows, one of the best-played scenes that Luna ever did....and of course, RH and SH just shine in their crazed relationship.
FAIL: Luna does not see Todd in the back of Marty's car. Marty does not see Todd in her rear view. Luna's drawl is .... well it's just irritating! Between Suede and Luna, and later Dylan, it just gets too much. Though I love Blair, as you all know, I just do not love these these accents at all. Sheesh.
Until next time, sound off! Come on, I am doing all this work on commentary, the least you all can do is chime in and speak to these fab clips also!
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