This site is about two of the most underrated
and over-productive actors of our time; Lance Henriksen, often described
as the king of b-grade horror movies, and Robert Patrick, the liquid
metal man from Terminator 2 (now more well know for his role as Agent
John Doggett on the X Files).
This site will give you a little info on each actor, but is by
no means a definitive source. [ Check out some of the site on the
links page ] It's mainly
a place for me to voice my opinions about Lance and Robert. I put
this site together for a bit of fun. Please do not take offense
at any of the comments I make - it is all in jest I assure you.
I hope you will get a laugh out of it.
So how did all this come about then?
As the "real" millennium drew closer I was eager to revisit the
Millennium TV series. I found only a handful of episodes
on video and enjoyed them thoroughly. Inspired, I searched the web
for info on Millennium's lead, Lance Henriksen. I was surprised
to find that he had starred in more than 70 films and had been acting
for 3 decades. Armed with a print out from the IMDB
I hit the video store on a mission. Luckily the local video store
has a special deal - 5 weekly's for $5.50. I was surprised at how
easy it was to find 5 Lance films!
I would like to point out that I was NOT a fan of action
films, and was disappointed when I discovered a lot of Lance's back
catalogue could be found in the "action" section. I had purposely
stayed away from Action films, lest I have a tele-visual encounter
with Jean Claude van Damme or Dolph Lundgren. ewwww.
Despite being anti-Action, I found myself enjoying these films,
laughing at the dialogue, and the size of the weapons. I can now
predict the plot of any low-budget Action film within the first
five minutes and have become finely attuned to lapses in continuity.
Such trivial pursuits take my mind off the lack of plot, and poor
acting that inevitably goes hand in hand in with the low-budget-Action-film.
Over the course of a year or so I watched every Lance film I could
find. I think I've seen just about all of them now, and am eagerly
anticipating his new films.
I'd never been a Robert Patrick fan until he appeared as Agent
John Doggett in the X Files. Now I know he's not replacing
Mulder, but he might as well be, and anyone that can do that just
has to be good. I was impressed with the character of Doggett,
such a breath of fresh air. Sometimes I didn't even notice Mulder
wasn't there. And when he was there, it only highlighted how good
Doggett is. I think Robert Patrick's acting has a lot to do with
that.
Now that the current X-Files season is over, I'm left with a hankering
for more Doggett. I guess Robert Patrick will do in the interim.
I have recently started watching his back-catalogue. The first one
I watched was Zero Tolerance and I thought to myself - this
is just like a Lance film, in fact that could be Lance, riding a
Harley and shooting at bad guys....
And so it begins...