[Atlas Sneezed]

He also did a fine job portraying the patriotic, buzz-cut, Marine Corp, Sousa-playing, steely-eyed-missle-man, Apollo hero Flight Director Gene Kranz, in Apollo 13, another casting against type.

These Hollywood loons need to learn that they are not necessarily good at anything besides playing "pretend."

[Alex Murphy]

He also did a fine job portraying the patriotic, buzz-cut, Marine Corp, Sousa-playing, steely-eyed-missle-man, Apollo hero Flight Director Gene Kranz, in Apollo 13, another casting against type.

Ed *had* been one of my favorite actors because of his work in that film, and in The Abyss - but mostly because Gene Kranz is a personal hero of mine, and any guy who plays Gene Kranz can't be all bad, right?

Wrong.

Like you, Deb, I can't watch Eddy anymore (and I'm not staring at his body parts, so get that thought out of your mind right this instant). I'll never give up my DVDs of Apollo 13 and The Abyss, but I'm tired of Eddy's chromium cranium reflecting the Left's highbeams into my eyes. Ed comes off my "must watch" list.