What did they do to you!? The original one from the movie was so dainty and cute... loved her voice and just the character as a whole... the one from FOX was made to be some gothic clown remix of Harley Quinn... so so sad....
Also... is it weird to anyone see Reeve in Penny Dreadful (who I LOVED) and then seeing him play Riff Raff? Not that he did a terrible job.. it's just weird lol
Ashford was miscast in that role. She has scary talent and I think would have made a brilliant Magenta. Ivy Levan could have made a better Columbia, resurrecting the pixie like performance made famous by Nell Campbell.
Yes!! The new one was masculine and dull. Columbia is supposed to be a cute little firecracker with charisma and spunk! Not some angsty Hot Topic employee.
I kinda liked the blue tongue, because it helped me imagine a back story for the character. It was blue because she had a lollipop 24/7, and it seemed it was a narcotic lollipop. A theory given much weight when she was going hysterical, but calmed down like a baby with a pacifier the instant Magenta stuck the lolly back in her mouth. The 'lifeless' delivery of her lines was because she was drugged out of her mind. Later on before the floor show we see her again without the narcotic lolly and she has enough presence of mind to rant at Frank. Not sure if that's really where Annaleigh was going with it, but I think she acted the part pretty well.
Did she say she was in love with Frank at the end of the original RHPS? I don't remember that but haven't seen the original in awhile. ...and forgot why Frank hated Eddie.
"By the way, All just married hermself. Mono marriage is finally legal in Italy."
I honestly think she was one of the best ones in the bunch, much better than Magenta and Riff-Raff, to say the least. She added something fresher to the character. Plus her part in Time Warp was pretty great.
When your trained and seasoned actors you can critic performances. Columbia was the BEST part of the dumpster fire and close second for Janet. She added something fresh yet with enough nods to the original. Don't comment if you are not trained.
It's called an s7. Worst spellcheck in history. Do your research. And, Cardinal Rule of the interwebs: you go grammar nazi in a thread; Your argument is forfeit.
She was miscast in this, point blank. You can both argue grammar and spelling all you want, but it doesn't "forfeit" anything, or change the fact that she didn't fit the role at all. You don't need to be a trained actor to see that.
Cardinal Rule of Rocky Horror fans is that we can over-ride any other Cardinal Rules.
And how "trained" an actor do I have to be to critique a movie? I didn't go to The Juilliard School but I have been acting since 1967. Plus, audience opinions matter as well, obviously!
What did they do to you!? The original one from the movie was so dainty and cute... loved her voice and just the character as a whole...
I totally agree! I've always had such a crush on Columbia and they just ruined her.... Luckily I can go back and watch the blue ray of the original and fall back in love with the REAL Columbia...
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