George Costanza!!! - The Burning (1981) Discussion

[–] Eyeball_Chambers 14 years ago

It doesn't matter what role he plays, he's always gonna be George "Cantstandya"

What was funny about this movie was that even though they were at summer camp, all the boys take their shirts off except George, he even went swimming in that jersey.

I think he and the director realized too late that he was in need of a few thousand sit-ups so they just said " you, tubby... go ahead and just swim with your shirt on"

Of course... lots of (fat) kids do it. Although I don't see the point as a wet shirt doesn't exactly hide anything.

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[–] sdietrich719 14 years ago

Actually, Woodstock didn't take his shirt off either...and he wasn't fat.
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[–] Aqua_Fresca 13 years ago

My friend just finished watching this movie, and said Jason Alexander was the only fun character. I can see that.

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[–] chaoslex 12 years ago

I had to drop by IMDb to confirm Jason Alexander was in this film LOL. Almost didn't recognized him because he had hair hahaha

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[–] snow_angel_97 14 years ago

LMAO!!! yeah he was ridiculous.

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[–] BrainGremlin 14 years ago

Are you sure it wasn't just a part of the character?

Allow me to elaborate. The girls didn't seem like they were about to faint around him, so I doubt he was intended to be much of a heart throb. The girls seemed to find him funny or fun, but not like they were particularly attracted. He was one of the nerds, damn it. The way I saw it, he was that one nerd who thinks he's a player. Like Howard in The Big Bang Theory.

I liked his character.

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[–] TheDoubleMurder 14 years ago

I agree with this 100% ^^^

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[–] BrainGremlin 14 years ago

Truth. And I could've gone further.

On another note, how freakin' poorly written wasn't my previous post?! There isn't even a semblance of flow in it. It's almost painful to read.

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[–] plasmic_steve 9 years ago

Agreed. That was the intent and I felt like it made the character more fleshed out and believable.

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[–] RationalGaze 14 years ago

Yeah I don't think he was meant to be a heart throb at all, if anything he was meant to be that tubby friendly guy, that pretty much everyone seemed to like.

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[–] sacred_cow 14 years ago

Pity he wasn't in the raft scene...perfect opportunity to scream "GEORGE IS GETTIN' UPSET!" at the screen in MST3K-fashion.

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[–] SimplemindedSociety 14 years ago

People think anybody who isn't anorexic-looking ,or built like a man, it "tubby"

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[–] Muldwych 14 years ago

This is it exactly. Everyone in 'The Burning' fits a very particular stereotype, and Alexander was playing the easy-go-lucky goofball of the group, in between the snivelling weeds and the aggressive alpha males. I think everyone more or less gave what the script and the direction asked of them.

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[–] kenny5637 14 years ago

I thought he was the most likable character ever to be in a slasher movie. It's not huge praise, but I also wouldn't say it's backhanded, since there's been so many slasher movies.

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[–] strogger 14 years ago

I thought he was in pretty good shape! But still an amusing and pleasant suprise to see him in this. I blinked my eyes thinking is that Holly Hunter?! Quite a curio in light of the careers of some of the cast a crew. Not a bad little horror either.

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[–] trilbynhiss 14 years ago

I thought he was actually quite handsome.

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[–] Mr_Blonde3 14 years ago

He was nowhere near "Fat" I agree with the prior poster, I thought it was one of his most entertaining roles, as he never went over the top. He was funny, and likeable, and I was glad that he lived.

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[–] Hey_Sweden 13 years ago

He could have said to Glazer, "The jerk store called, they're running out of you!"

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[–] TheDoubleMurder 12 years ago

^^ Awesome!

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[–] Son_Of_A_Bitch_Must_Pay 12 years ago

I think maybe they didnt take their shirts off cause they had real hairy chests, we know George does watching seinfeld

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[–] shred-com 12 years ago

Everyone overall seemed to be friends in this one. If anything it was Glazer who nobody could stand. None of the boys could stand him, and Jason/Fisher/The lead guy stood up for Alfred when it came to him, and the girls just seemed to humor him more than anything. So yeah Jason was just playing a guy everyone got along with. Like all the others :).

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[–] House_of_No 10 years ago

He was slightly cute for the time...he had one of the more fully fleshed out characters, you felt you kinda knew him with what little info you had on him, I would have given him more screen time or a death scene or something, he clearly was more talented than many of the cast, and had already been on Broadway that same year in a Stephen Sondheim musical.

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[–] shayneferry 10 years ago

He could have said to Glazer, "The jerk store called, they're running out of you!"

LOL!

I thought he was adorable in this, I thought he was pretty damn cute to be honest! I didn't think he was meant to be a heart throb at all, his character was always cracking jokes, he was definitely the funny guy. Kinda felt bad for Jason - he had such a nice head of hair here and then it must have gone so quickly! Anyway I thought he was adorable, best part of the movie for me!

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[–] Amthermandes 10 years ago

He wasn't trying to portray himself as a teen "heart throb." Just a smooth talking funny kid. But it was funny he was 22 trying to play a teenager ha ha

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[–] audiopinions 10 years ago

Brian Backer is even more ridiculous. He must've been 24-26 when he filmed this and Fast Times. He looks so creepy spying in the woods in this movie and pining away in Fast Times.

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[–] daverindone 9 years ago

Not fat...stocky! I remember seeing the movie on cable and liking Dave's attitude towards everything. He was the kind of guy you could go to get anything, would stand up to anyone, try to help you out, etc. Even when he's yelling "are you crazy!" at Glaser was matched when Kramer tried out his joy-buzzer on George years later.

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