Meat guest stars in House - Page 4

**RadioMaster** · 07 Apr 2009, 10:50

just watched it, I thought the idea of House not accepting the truth was good, really fit in with his character I think. (from only ever having seen two or three episodes)

vrg · 07 Apr 2009, 17:04

I won't post a spoiler, as this thread is avoiding that. But I agree with Zina - it is a dark episode, and the regular House fans should watch it in sequence.

Meat was great; he underplayed the character beautifully.

The rest of the episode steals his thunder quite a bit.

**RadioMaster** · 07 Apr 2009, 17:14

underplayed?

vrg · 08 Apr 2009, 00:37

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

underplayed?

He played the character and Eddie was a low-key guy; there wasn't any of Meat Loaf super-intensity; just an average guy going through a very tough time.

**RadioMaster** · 08 Apr 2009, 09:35

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Originally Posted by vrg

He played the character and Eddie was a low-key guy; there wasn't any of Meat Loaf super-intensity; just an average guy going through a very tough time.

That's true, but I thought in this case that was rather disadvantage(sp?). While he's used to play over the top characters like the lizard, bob paulson, etc his performance of this rather quiet character seemed a little....wooden...to me... especially compared to Hugh Laurie who did an outstanding acting job in this one...

Pudding · 08 Apr 2009, 10:38

I just watched it and that it was a great episode, even though I don't watch House.

Meat played his character really well and didn't underplay anything in my opinion, he played it spot on. I'd really like Meat to do more TV drama shows.

Pud

Sarge · 08 Apr 2009, 16:42

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

While he's used to play over the top characters like the lizard, bob paulson, etc his performance of this rather quiet character seemed a little....wooden...to me... especially compared to Hugh Laurie who did an outstanding acting job in this one...

Well, he plays an inpatient, what do you expect?

I like the fact that that character doesn't have any "Meat Loaf" traits, it wouldn't have fit. That appearance gave him the chance to prove that he actually is an actor, not just some typecasted guy.

**RadioMaster** · 08 Apr 2009, 17:28

basically I agree, I thought it was a good idea at first too, but, I cant help it, his performance seemed a bit static to me.
Maybe I'll have to rewatch it, or maybe it's just that this has been completely different to anything else he's done lately (actiiing wise).

vrg · 08 Apr 2009, 20:14

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Originally Posted by Pudding

I just watched it and that it was a great episode, even though I don't watch House.

Meat played his character really well and didn't underplay anything in my opinion, he played it spot on. I'd really like Meat to do more TV drama shows.

Pud

Thanks, Pud; by underplaying I meant what Sarge said - no super-intense Meat Loaf traits showing, so in essence he underplayed himself, and stuck to the character.
I, too, wish he would do more dramas. From what he said, he keeps getting scripts, but not many appeal to his character acting sense. This House obviously did.

vrg · 08 Apr 2009, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

That's true, but I thought in this case that was rather disadvantage(sp?). While he's used to play over the top characters like the lizard, bob paulson, etc his performance of this rather quiet character seemed a little....wooden...to me... especially compared to Hugh Laurie who did an outstanding acting job in this one...

The House character is very over-the-top; Meat would have to have a role that would be equally as intense to match House himself. Now, THAT would be some episode!

mszee · 08 Apr 2009, 20:20

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Originally Posted by vrg

The House character is very over-the-top; Meat would have to have a role that would be equally as intense to match House himself. Now, THAT would be some episode!

Maybe that's why they are supposedly singing together now...to get it all out....

Just like RJ, I can't say that I've enjoyed Meat's performance greatly...

Vickip · 08 Apr 2009, 20:59

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Originally Posted by mszee

Just like RJ, I can't say that I've enjoyed Meat's performance greatly...

I was just the opposite ... I'm not a House fan (I've only seen bits and pieces of it once before this week). I really enjoyed Meat's performance, but I didn't like the rest of the show.

Meat is an excellent actor, and I too would love to see him do more dramatic roles like this in the future.

Vicki

**RadioMaster** · 08 Apr 2009, 23:57

by the way, was I the only one who felt this was sort of similar to his role in dead mans gun?

snowy · 14 Apr 2009, 21:38

Three pics of Meat in House!

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3376646912/nm0001533

Elijah's way · 15 Apr 2009, 06:27

Meat was really good in that show

CarylB · 15 Apr 2009, 10:46

I think Meat's a very good actor. Since he moved back to LA and has had more and better roles in different films he's shown the depth and breadth of his skill in a variety of characters he's played. The Lizard was an over-the-top role, and the bible quoting Red in Black Dog .. but his role in Outside Ozona wasn't .. nor in Everything That Rises, or his imo best role to date, Fred in Focus, and there was nothing "over-the-top" in the heavy but restrained menace of Sheriff Dogget .. nor the psychopath in Blacktop, where he entered as an affable and easy-going trucker and one watched his character unravel.

To me each role is played to show the character he wants to bring to the screen .. from Wishcraft to Learning Curves .. Hole in One to Fight Club .. Crazy Love to Trapped .. and the storyteller in the Ballad of Lucy Whipple. And of course the passionate over-the-top on stage performer Meat Loaf, who bursts on stage to lift us to a different place :)

Imo Meat's "intensity" is what he applies to each and every role .. what we see on screen is the product of that, whether it is a quiet and thoughtful man, a larger than life villain, an unravelling psychopath, a menacing bigot abusing his power, or a guilty one who has to run with the crowd .. He has said he was asked to "overplay" the drug baron Lizard .. but to me he plays each role with thought and skill to bring a particular character alive, and in more recent years he's had quite a variety and has shown just how versatile he is. He has that ability that not all actors have to let you see what a character is thinking when it's at odds with what they are saying .. he's sound ..

Caryl

**RadioMaster** · 15 Apr 2009, 11:35

let me ask you something. Honestly, without any ulterior motives: Do you personally think Meat Loaf is the best actor in the world? I'm just curious...

CarylB · 15 Apr 2009, 11:56

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

let me ask you something. Honestly, without any ulterior motives: Do you personally think Meat Loaf is the best actor in the world? I'm just curious...

oh here we go again ..

Let me ask you something .. why do you ask this question? Because I'm curious as to why almost anything I post seems to result in this kind of response from you.

Did I say Meat was a better actor than anyone else? Did I even infer that? No. I believe I said he was a very good actor. I then went on to say why.

This is a thread discussing Meat Loaf in his role in House and was covering his skill as an actor. So I replied .. talking about my opinion of his acting.

Were this a thread about Alec Guiness I would have talked about his skill and the roles that illustrated it. Were it about Derek Jacobi, or Meryl Streep I would have done the same. But this is a Meat Loaf site and the thread is about Meat .. so I posted about him and his acting.

I don't post that Meat's "the best actor in the world", nor the best singer in the world. I happen to think he's a very good actor, arguably one of the best stage performers ever to grace the stage and certainly one of the best in my lifetime, and he's MY preferred stage performer. But then I'm a fan .. which is why I come to a Meat Loaf fansite and post about Meat's work .. not surprising imo ..

Something else I'm curious about. Were you one of the people I sent a free Meat concert Tshirt to?

Caryl

**RadioMaster** · 15 Apr 2009, 12:51

there is absolutely no need for a response like this.
All I did was ask a completely reasonable question, because I wanted to understand the way you are thinking about Meat Loaf's acting.
I expected something like this, that's why i specifically stated I was asking this without any ulterior motives.
oh and by the way, you still havent answered my question.

CarylB · 15 Apr 2009, 13:22

I said:

"Did I say Meat was a better actor than anyone else? Did I even infer that? No. I believe I said he was a very good actor."

and:

"I don't post that Meat's "the best actor in the world", nor the best singer in the world. I happen to think he's a very good actor, .."

which imo IS an answer to your question.

There is no-one I would state is "the best actor in the world" .. it's simply a statement I could not make. However, you wanted to understand my thinking about his acting? I believe I illustrated my initial post with examples of his roles in a variety of films to show very clearly how I see Meat's strengths as an actor, without any suggestion that he was the best in the world, so found your question rather unnecessary, given I didn't imply that in any way ..

But you did not answer mine

Caryl

RSG · 15 Apr 2009, 17:54

This episode was so sad!

Pudding · 15 Apr 2009, 22:54

I can see a --->

slapped on this thread soon

Pud

batcity · 16 Apr 2009, 00:23

got it downloaded.. watching it tomorrow if i can find the time!!!

JanT · 19 Apr 2009, 10:52

We can watch it here online in the UK at

http://www.freeonlineepisodes.net/ho...e-explanation/

Have no idea if it works anywhere else in the world. Since it's a .net site, maybe it will.

JanT · 19 Apr 2009, 10:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

by the way, was I the only one who felt this was sort of similar to his role in dead mans gun?

Nope... I thought EXACTLY that same thing.

15 Apr 2009, 10:46	#91
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	I think Meat's a very good actor. Since he moved back to LA and has had more and better roles in different films he's shown the depth and breadth of his skill in a variety of characters he's played. The Lizard was an over-the-top role, and the bible quoting Red in Black Dog .. but his role in Outside Ozona wasn't .. nor in Everything That Rises, or his imo best role to date, Fred in Focus, and there was nothing "over-the-top" in the heavy but restrained menace of Sheriff Dogget .. nor the psychopath in Blacktop, where he entered as an affable and easy-going trucker and one watched his character unravel. To me each role is played to show the character he wants to bring to the screen .. from Wishcraft to Learning Curves .. Hole in One to Fight Club .. Crazy Love to Trapped .. and the storyteller in the Ballad of Lucy Whipple. And of course the passionate over-the-top on stage performer Meat Loaf, who bursts on stage to lift us to a different place :) Imo Meat's "intensity" is what he applies to each and every role .. what we see on screen is the product of that, whether it is a quiet and thoughtful man, a larger than life villain, an unravelling psychopath, a menacing bigot abusing his power, or a guilty one who has to run with the crowd .. He has said he was asked to "overplay" the drug baron Lizard .. but to me he plays each role with thought and skill to bring a particular character alive, and in more recent years he's had quite a variety and has shown just how versatile he is. He has that ability that not all actors have to let you see what a character is thinking when it's at odds with what they are saying .. he's sound .. Caryl Last edited by CarylB; 15 Apr 2009 at 10:54.

07 Apr 2009, 10:50	#76
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	just watched it, I thought the idea of House not accepting the truth was good, really fit in with his character I think. (from only ever having seen two or three episodes)

07 Apr 2009, 17:04	#77
vrg Super Loafer Join Date: 30.10.2005 Location: Just outside Manhattan Posts: 671	I won't post a spoiler, as this thread is avoiding that. But I agree with Zina - it is a dark episode, and the regular House fans should watch it in sequence. Meat was great; he underplayed the character beautifully. The rest of the episode steals his thunder quite a bit.

07 Apr 2009, 17:14	#78
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	underplayed?

08 Apr 2009, 10:38	#81
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	I just watched it and that it was a great episode, even though I don't watch House. Meat played his character really well and didn't underplay anything in my opinion, he played it spot on. I'd really like Meat to do more TV drama shows. Pud

08 Apr 2009, 17:28	#83
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	basically I agree, I thought it was a good idea at first too, but, I cant help it, his performance seemed a bit static to me. Maybe I'll have to rewatch it, or maybe it's just that this has been completely different to anything else he's done lately (actiiing wise).

08 Apr 2009, 23:57	#88
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	by the way, was I the only one who felt this was sort of similar to his role in dead mans gun?

14 Apr 2009, 21:38	#89
snowy Super Loafer Join Date: 21.04.2006 Location: Herts Posts: 292	Three pics of Meat in House! http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3376646912/nm0001533

15 Apr 2009, 06:27	#90
Elijah's way Soul Auctioneer Join Date: 26.06.2005 Location: Muscle Shoals, AL Posts: 1,529	Meat was really good in that show

15 Apr 2009, 11:35	#92
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	let me ask you something. Honestly, without any ulterior motives: Do you personally think Meat Loaf is the best actor in the world? I'm just curious...

15 Apr 2009, 12:51	#94
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	there is absolutely no need for a response like this. All I did was ask a completely reasonable question, because I wanted to understand the way you are thinking about Meat Loaf's acting. I expected something like this, that's why i specifically stated I was asking this without any ulterior motives. oh and by the way, you still havent answered my question.

15 Apr 2009, 13:22	#95
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	I said: "Did I say Meat was a better actor than anyone else? Did I even infer that? No. I believe I said he was a very good actor." and: "I don't post that Meat's "the best actor in the world", nor the best singer in the world. I happen to think he's a very good actor, .." which imo IS an answer to your question. There is no-one I would state is "the best actor in the world" .. it's simply a statement I could not make. However, you wanted to understand my thinking about his acting? I believe I illustrated my initial post with examples of his roles in a variety of films to show very clearly how I see Meat's strengths as an actor, without any suggestion that he was the best in the world, so found your question rather unnecessary, given I didn't imply that in any way .. But you did not answer mine Caryl

15 Apr 2009, 17:54	#96
RSG Mega Loafer Join Date: 27.07.2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,296	This episode was so sad!

15 Apr 2009, 22:54	#97
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	I can see a ---> slapped on this thread soon Pud

16 Apr 2009, 00:23	#98
batcity Guest Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 751	got it downloaded.. watching it tomorrow if i can find the time!!!

19 Apr 2009, 10:52	#99
JanT Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.06.2006 Location: Blackpool Posts: 2,232	We can watch it here online in the UK at http://www.freeonlineepisodes.net/ho...e-explanation/ Have no idea if it works anywhere else in the world. Since it's a .net site, maybe it will.