The Secret to ASJ Mind-Editing
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aliassmithjonesObviously, most of us prefer the original Hannibal Heyes to the imposter later substitution. That being said, how does one go about enjoying the final season of ASJ? Is there any way for a Heyes-loving man or woman to even watch the later shows?
To truly get that ASJ experience, one should watch the entire show, including the later episodes. But how can you get through the shows without that little voice in your head whimpering for the real Heyes? There are several methods.
The most common method is simple denial - that's not Heyes, but his cousin, who also happens to be named Hannibal. Hannibal Heyes is actually quite a typical name back in Kansas! The original Hannibal Heyes was granted amnesty first, and Kid Curry didn't want to mess that up by hanging around him after he was free and clear, so he took up with his cousin instead. The trouble with this method is that it's about as believable as the above explanation. Your brain just won't buy it.
Another method is not to watch it, but just turn the sound on in the background. That works even less than the not-watching-anything-but-Pete-episodes method. Roger Davis sounds nothing like Heyes - let's be honest, his voice is lovely and deep, but listening to ASJ episodes just makes it sound like the show's narrator is reading all of Pete's lines, and your mental editor stops short and goes "WTF?"
The best method is as follows.
1. Choose an episode. This way you know ahead of time roughly what's going to be going on, and your mental editor is already planning the way Heyes will work in the show. You need to do this soon enough after watching the Petepisodes that your mental editor has a fresh stock of Petexpressions and Pete-mannerisms to draw upon.
2. Pull up a window to an ASJ website if you are watching on your computer, or pull out your handy copy of the ASJ book if you have a DVD player. Have plenty of photos of the original Heyes that you can quickly shift your eye to, if your mental editor's focus slips.
3. Start the show. You should have the volume a little lower than you normally set it, so that you can more easily ignore the voices if you need to.
4. Pay attention to the camera shots so you can anticipate.
4.a. On long shots, focus your sight on the Kid, and let Heyes stay in your peripheral vision.
4.b. On close up shots of Heyes, focus on any object in the background, or just to one side of Heyes.
4.c. In last resort, focus on your additional photos in the book or online window.
5. Watch and listen with only part of your attention - this is the key to the entire method - at all times, point out to your mental editor that "it's really the original Heyes there, I'm just not really watching very closely, so it might not look like him sometimes."
6. Allow your mental editor to swap Original-Pete-Heyes forImpostorSubstitution-Heyes. Again, if you experience any difficulty, give your editor another of the Original-Heyes photos to look at for a moment.
7. With the rest of your attention, show the mental movie that would have resulted had Pete made this episode.
To truly get that ASJ experience, one should watch the entire show, including the later episodes. But how can you get through the shows without that little voice in your head whimpering for the real Heyes? There are several methods.
The most common method is simple denial - that's not Heyes, but his cousin, who also happens to be named Hannibal. Hannibal Heyes is actually quite a typical name back in Kansas! The original Hannibal Heyes was granted amnesty first, and Kid Curry didn't want to mess that up by hanging around him after he was free and clear, so he took up with his cousin instead. The trouble with this method is that it's about as believable as the above explanation. Your brain just won't buy it.
Another method is not to watch it, but just turn the sound on in the background. That works even less than the not-watching-anything-but-Pete-episodes method. Roger Davis sounds nothing like Heyes - let's be honest, his voice is lovely and deep, but listening to ASJ episodes just makes it sound like the show's narrator is reading all of Pete's lines, and your mental editor stops short and goes "WTF?"
The best method is as follows.
1. Choose an episode. This way you know ahead of time roughly what's going to be going on, and your mental editor is already planning the way Heyes will work in the show. You need to do this soon enough after watching the Petepisodes that your mental editor has a fresh stock of Petexpressions and Pete-mannerisms to draw upon.
2. Pull up a window to an ASJ website if you are watching on your computer, or pull out your handy copy of the ASJ book if you have a DVD player. Have plenty of photos of the original Heyes that you can quickly shift your eye to, if your mental editor's focus slips.
3. Start the show. You should have the volume a little lower than you normally set it, so that you can more easily ignore the voices if you need to.
4. Pay attention to the camera shots so you can anticipate.
4.a. On long shots, focus your sight on the Kid, and let Heyes stay in your peripheral vision.
4.b. On close up shots of Heyes, focus on any object in the background, or just to one side of Heyes.
4.c. In last resort, focus on your additional photos in the book or online window.
5. Watch and listen with only part of your attention - this is the key to the entire method - at all times, point out to your mental editor that "it's really the original Heyes there, I'm just not really watching very closely, so it might not look like him sometimes."
6. Allow your mental editor to swap Original-Pete-Heyes for
7. With the rest of your attention, show the mental movie that would have resulted had Pete made this episode.
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Date: 2011-04-24 02:31 pm (UTC)This is a fanfic community, not a religious order!
As I've said before in other posts, any contribution to fandom is a contribution, and should be cherished!
You've got a point about the edginess creating good slash. I think Roger and Ben had a lot of competitiveness, whereas Ben has always admitted he admired Pete as a fantastic actor, so he never felt he could compete on an equal level with the man. I also agree that Roger was a talented actor in his own right, and that he and Ben did have interesting chemistry together.
I -- along with many ASJ fans -- just happen to prefer Pete-Heyes *smirk* The Pete-Ben chemistry owed a lot to Pete's sheer presence - he loved touching other people, peering into their faces to see their reactions, and generally making sure that they "got" whatever he was going for. This created a more intimate Heyes, one that seemed closer to the Kid than Roger's Heyes did. Not going to shoot or bonk your head, just not gonna budge that Pete was one of the most talented actors of our generation.
Did you note the lovely Roger Photo I had in the ASJ rec BTW?
As an aside ... 0.o you're an AUSSIE!! I shall now bother you mercilessly for my Aussie velyr character to make sure his language is proper!!! I have a veritable treasure chest of comments he should make for various occasions to prove he's really Aussie.