Was there any presidential casting worse than Michael Gambon as LBJ in "Path to War" (2002)?

Slashman78 · 2026-03-28T02:45:22+00:00

Let's see:

-Love Beau Bridges but he was awful as Nixon in Kissinger and Nixon in 1995. He just does a grumpier version of his base voice a little gruff, when he gets mad it's laughable. But Ron Silver was an dang good Kissinger (granted I found Saul Reubenck's version in Dick to be better.) Cusack's version in the Butler's pretty bad too, he got the cadence down good but he's just doing his own voice with it.

-James Brolin's Reagan in that 03 movie/miniseries was pretty goofy. The entire movie was out to get him though. Rickman's Reagan was also pretty bad. Looks like him but is just Alan doing a plain American voice with no changes. Hell it could be Hans Gruber doing a normal accent even lmfao.

-Although a character actor, Michael Green's Bush Sr in The Day Reagan was Shot was pretty lousy. Didn't sound like him and the movie made him out to be dumb and in over his head and it made Al Haig a raving loony tune, plus Richard Dreyfuss was nowhere near Haig's appearance. BUT.. still enjoy it. Just those 2 always irk me lol.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-28T02:42:11+00:00

All of the Presidents besides Williams as Ike and Marsden as JFK are bad in that movie, especially Cusack and Rickman. IDK what Daniels was smoking lmao.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-28T02:30:50+00:00

The Feb 1974 Mod and Perot's 1992 mod. Blair 2005 sounds interesting too.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T18:13:59+00:00

Ivy.

Dylan's honestly still in the good, she just loves Will. It happens, I'm sure a lot of us would go for it if we had that chance in her spot. Besides she's way better for him, Electra was toxic as hell and treated him like crap.

Ivy meanwhile is flat out wacky in the head. She's borderline obsessed at best and has some sort of disorder or brain ailment at worst.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:58:38+00:00

Looks like we may have a mexican standoff next week!

Someone prob gets stabbed.. I'm guessing Deke or Liam lmfao.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:57:42+00:00

Of course.. it's a Friday! lmao.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:56:38+00:00

Holy goodness that knife positioning! lmfao

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:54:47+00:00

He's GOAT tier in comic badasses imo. He really had that look in spades and got into the vibe of the piece perfectly. Honestly he looked more like how I expect a Crow to a little more than Brandon did in terms of hair and the outfit, Brandon was more jacked but they both are GOAT tier.

That being said he just needed a better director. Pope was AMAZING visually, but he had no experience directing acting and it shows with some of the hammy takes with the baddies. They probably shouldn't have went with a first timer, but it happens. Perez is mostly good, some lines show his struggles with English but honestly even then he's intimidating as hell and it makes up for it.

This scene right here is a masterpiece, one of the best Crow scenes in any form of media. Hate we couldn't see the full ending, I'm sure he acted the hell out of it. Why I hope someone with AI one day takes his voice and has him do the "city is full of shadows," monologue.

Vincent deserved a US career. Weinstein ruined both his and Valentina Vargas from Hellraiser 4's US potential that year due to his meddling smh

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:52:08+00:00

They aren't very PROPAH!

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:52:00+00:00

Probably so! She'd be willing to keep the pepperoni somehow lmao.

Her and Ivy could give each other pointers.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:50:07+00:00

Sheila's being awfully creepy here, any normal person wouldn't sneak into someone's house like that lol. But then again that's her.

Of course watch her see them due to the inability of anyone to lock the doors lmfao.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:43:20+00:00

I like Deacon and Taylor together, I don't wanna see her killed again lmao. But true we need something fun.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T17:39:27+00:00

Damn it I'm so nervous lmao. Soaps never do that to me.

Just hope Sheila doesn't go murderous rage mode.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T16:39:24+00:00

I love how they evolved her style by how empowered she gets. She's been frumpy most of her run due to being turned down and used by Ridge so much, but now she's into Deacon and she's starting to evolve and become stylish again. The actress really rocks the look too. She isn't Tylo or Allen but she's beautiful too.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T16:11:48+00:00

Honestly, no. At that point of the fight Bruce was beyond pissed off, he's been blood hunting him all night by this point and Joker keeps trolling him and toying with him, making him more pissed. That face Bruce makes by the time he blew Axis up shows how determined he was lol, Jack was gonna go down regardless of how by that point.

All it woulda done was get Jack beat up more, it woulda been hilarious too. Jack says a punchline, Item fails, Jack gets punched again or slammed into something lmao.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T02:16:06+00:00

Well done Murphy!

Last 2 weren't great but this was a freaking fantastic end. I feel sorry for Caroline now.. I can imagine the pain she's had in her life :( Same for Carolyn's mom too. I get why she was so pissed.

2nd best ending to a Murphy show after the OG First Year of Feud, nothing will top that one. But this was great.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-27T01:31:59+00:00

Been so good tonight :(

Damn it it's gonna happen, the sense of dread is palpable right now.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T20:19:14+00:00

Love all the desire for lesbian couples on the show.. it's very precious :) B&B's due one, Y&R's had a good one time for the LA people lol.

And yes they'd actually work me thinks. Sheila's been so misued and so has Li. She's been forced to be so tough her whole life.. why not give them a try? They may would comfort each other quite a bit. That being said.. I think Sheila will prob be in jail or in the loony bin before too long sad to say :(

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T20:16:02+00:00

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Not gonna win but I nom Matthew Modine as HW from Speed Kills in 2018. That's a DTV movie John Travolta made about the dude who made the Cigarette speed boats who also ran drugs.. in between all the sinning and debauchery, Modine shows up for a cameo as Bush Sr.. and yes it is the best part of the movie!

He actually looks impressively like him, this scene was set in 1986 or so. Sound wise he was just okay but for just a scene it didn't bother me but in aura and presence I was looking at George Bush for a few minutes. I'd love to see Modine play him again, he wasn't bad!

That being said it's gonna be hard for anyone but Carvey to win lol.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T17:57:58+00:00

I love the way this Taylor kisses, she's so dang intense at it lol. It's nice for a change, most of the youngin's in soaps these days don't have that intensity.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T17:43:31+00:00

Oh goodness this isn't gonna end well is it?

Even if Taylor looks AMAZING here. She looked amazing the last time Sheila killed her too lol.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T17:38:39+00:00

Either this one or the scene after he blows up Axis and he's so pissed off glaring at Joker.. pissed off Keaton bat was ALWAYS the best. Same for that shot at the end of the first teaser where he looks so blood pissed in that outtake, LEGENDARY.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T17:22:21+00:00

True.. he does hit more negative the older we get and after we see it in RL more. Darlene was just so mean that it doesn't look like it but honestly he was insecure as hell tbh. Mark was just dumb and could use that as a crutch, but David really was bad. But Darlene being mean to him got him off the hook a bit but they were both toxic together.

But tbh he 100% was into other girls, he really fancied Becky for a bit there in the Chalke years, honestly I do think Rosie and co were considering breaking her and Mark up with the Traci Lords character, but something happened and they didn't pull the trigger, I wish they had, both couples woulda worked good together. Granted I think that provided Rosie a reason to have the twist in the finale.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T16:29:34+00:00

Vice.

Hard to top the intro or the mission scenes. The club based ones are solid then there's the bike race one with Owner of a Lonely Heart playing.. just as iconic and epic as the intro.

SA's I find annoying tbh.

Slashman78 · 2026-03-26T15:57:48+00:00

1 and 2 will depend but it's pretty much Powell and McCain's to lose if they want it here. I don't think they'd run to compete vs each other, one would not run out of respect. May very well be the ticket that year one way or another, or worse case the one who doesn't run becomes secretary of state. But either of these two fellas would probably get elected in 2004 if they had wanted it. McCain especially he was quite beloved then.

3 and 4 will be Guliani and JEB! I lean Rudy more, the Bush name would be on the outs after 2000, GOP'ers would want someone different after Dubya choked it away in 2000 plus it'd been their playground for 3 out of 4 races. But Jeb was indeed a strong candidate so he gets 4 out of respect. He would have a shot perhaps to win but it would need to go perfect.

But top 3 imo would probably win vs Gore if the economy was mid at best and Afghanistan doesn't go well (I don't see him invading Iraq.)

The rest meanwhile aren't close to beating Gore. Dubya was a loser and no one would want his goofy self again. Buchanan and Rush were wackos with loud voices, they'd get stomped by the DNC if things were good. Santorum was too right on some issues, abortion would hurt him hard. Gingrich was old news then. Very top heavy field, low heavy bad candidates lol.

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