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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Banshee
Tom_Rocks — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 06:19 PM)
I have actually never watched a single episode of "
BANSHEE
" at all but I am a very BIG fan of Eliza Dushku (I have been since she was on "
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
") and based on what I have read and heard. It seems to me like she really played quite a character on this show and gave an excellent performance in it. I think that that is Awesome! -
Tom_Rocks — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 11:43 PM)
"but my all time favourite scene of hers would still be the bikini montage in The new guy"
Oh, I think that It Has Got To Be Against The Law to look as Beautiful as Eliza Dushku did in that movie and still does even now. -
Speasha8 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 01:24 AM)
She didn't play a particularly impressive character on this show. Her main characteristic was that
she smocked crack
. But if you are a really big Eliza fan, you should enjoy her on this show. She is more less doing her usual shtick and maybe you will enjoy the show as well, just like Buffy it lives in its own heightened world with a strong emotional core and even better fighting sequences. -
mgreen9715 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 05:23 AM)
Sorry, but I respectfully disagree.
She tried too hard to be this sexy,rough and tough FBI agent on this show. Easily the worst character on the show this season. I can picture her looking in a mirror figuring out the best way to look seductive. -
LisaSA_555 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 01:58 PM)
She looked like she was posing every other scene.
I really think she got better later on, and there was none of that posing in the finale. That was her best episode, in my opinion.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. -
Cotton-mouth — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 05:26 PM)
Her best scene was when she was relating to Hood that Kim Newton (Lilith) knew nothing about Rebecca's killing. That scene looked very natural and spontaneous. I do think her intro so marred how people were able to receive her thereafter. As for the crack/crystal meth whatever scenethat was the Veronica Dawson's portrayal nadir.
Wow. Everybody is so angry.- Ma'am, you cannot be back here.
- Why not? Everybody else is.
- Bunker, take this woman up front, please.
- Stay put, Bunker.
Special Agent Veronica Dawson. Violent Crimes.
Yeah, that always seems to suck the air right out of the room.
I take it you're Sheriff Lotus. - And you are? - Kai Proctor.
Mr. Proctor, I am truly sorry for your loss.
The way Dushku waved her hands around during that scene felt so unnatural and disingenuous. Even her whispery tone seemed so mirror rehearsed.
She did get slightly better by the finale. Her interaction with Knobhead was just painful to watch. Yet, afterwards her banging at the sacrificial table where she nearly bit it, was actually very good. Mixed bag this character. I blame the hodge podge way the finale season was handled. Clearly there was more intended than what we got, and 8 episodes with too much spent on the brotherhood and Watts Trump Rally and the stupid a$$ parole board stuff, really abridged this character's presentation which sadly damaged her rapport with audience.
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LisaSA_555 — 9 years ago(May 27, 2016 09:34 AM)
Her best scene was when she was relating to Hood that Kim Newton (Lilith) knew nothing about Rebecca's killing. That scene looked very natural and spontaneous.
I think she had some good moments before then (but also some bad ones, in addition to her intro), but as for the finale, I thought her interview with Lilith was good, and everything flowed from there.
I do think her intro so marred how people were able to receive her thereafter.
Yep!
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. -
Tom_Rocks — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 02:43 PM)
Well, I think that it is definitely really great to see Eliza Dushku be able to play such a dark type of character just based on the way you guys have described her. The closest character that I have ever seen her play to that is "Faith" on "
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
". -
theboxingcannabyte — 9 years ago(May 27, 2016 04:43 PM)
She was really great on this show, so much so that I could see her as a spin-off from this series and I would DEFINITELY had been for the show shifting directions to having her, Job, and Hood leaving Banshee after it ended and continued with a "series 2" in Washington DC and abroad with maybe some storylines going back to Banshee.
There was also this ex neo nazi named Bunk who would probably be really good ina miniseries or spin-off that takes place in Banshee. had the show been likeTWD-big i could totally see that having happened. -
Joxerlives — 9 years ago(June 02, 2016 02:11 AM)
Yeah she could start every episode as she starts doing crack/meth whatever and tells her story as she walks back and forth in her 6" stilettos while posing with every other step. It'll be a sure hit.
I'd watch it! But then I'd watch ED read the phone book -
Tom_Rocks — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 11:37 AM)
"I could see her as a spin-off from this series"
LOL, I actually still (after all these years now) want to see Eliza Dushku do a Buffy Spin-Off series with her character "Faith" from that show being the Star. Heck, they could call it "
FAITH - THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
".