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RussellFromTheUK	The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 7:40 AM EDT This is a thread dedicated to the one and only Richard T Jones who plays James Ellison In TSCC. Please post any comments, news,views, or pictures regarding him afterall this is his thread :P. And remember "He's not my boy!" lol :D Post reply 6 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
Claire.Young	1. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 9:01 AM EDT I'll start off. I really liked him in season 1. It was fascinating to watch Agent Ellison slowly uncover the existence of Terminator's. Basically, a somewhat normal person gradually discovering a hidden world. His Christian faith was woven into the story very well, never over done or trivialised. Post reply 4 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
ResistanceFighter	2. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 9:02 AM EDT "This is a thread dedicated to the one and only Richard T Jones who plays James Ellison In TSCC. Please post any comments, news,views, or pictures regarding him afterall this is his thread :P. And remember "He's not my boy!" lol :D" Ellison was cool, even though I hated him for digging up Cromartie. He was right in the end, though. Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
triple8parts&repair	3. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 9:14 AM EDT I really liked Richard T. Jones' character James Ellison- an integral part of the show- believable acting- well done. Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
wilson_low	4. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 9:43 AM EDT "I really liked Richard T. Jones' character James Ellison- an integral part of the show- believable acting- well done." This. I was really intrigued when i first watched the Pilot. He just did it so well, especially when he interacted with John Henry and Catherine Weaver in Season 2 Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
RussellFromTheUK	5. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 11:05 AM EDT He changed a lot after the pilot. As soon as John, Cameron, and Sarah time jumped he became a different person as the events in his life such as his divorce and child loss played a major part to the development of the character. Richard showed this brilliantly as the show progressed as he transformed the man who was sarcastic and demeaning in the Pilot to the calm,curious, and trustworthy Ellison that followed. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
thecrusadingknight	6. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 11:19 AM EDT Richard T. Jones was an excellent character. A complicated guy with a strong moral center, and quite a backstory. I wish we could've seen more of him dealing with the divorce and loss of his child, and the role of 9/11 in all of this. The religious angle of the character worked very well. The Terminator movies defiinitely had their allegories and nods to Christianity, but TSCC through Ellison, expanded on it. A provocative and very cool parallel. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Tha_Master	7. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 12:23 PM EDT "Richard T. Jones was an excellent character. A complicated guy with a strong moral center, and quite a backstory. I wish we could've seen more of him dealing with the divorce and loss of his child, and the role of 9/11 in all of this. The religious angle of the character worked very well. The Terminator movies defiinitely had their allegories and nods to Christianity, but TSCC through Ellison, expanded on it. A provocative and very cool parallel." I agree especially with the religious part. It's a hard thing to combine faith and sci-fi like that, just look at BSG where it failed IMO. It would have been great to see him in season 3 when confronted with Weaver again. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
thecrusadingknight	8. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 1:49 PM EDT "I agree especially with the religious part. It's a hard thing to combine faith and sci-fi like that, just look at BSG where it failed IMO. It would have been great to see him in season 3 when confronted with Weaver again." The best was in Demon Hand, the dialogue between Silverman and Ellison that referred to a machine's hand as "The Hand of God" disturbing and powerful. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
FrenchFanofTSCC	9. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 2:00 PM EDT feel like you , it was his best scene ! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
ResistanceFighter	10. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 2:34 PM EDT "The best was in Demon Hand, the dialogue between Silverman and Ellison that referred to a machine's hand as "The Hand of God" disturbing and powerful." IMO, his best scene was when the HK attacked and they went down the stairs and Catherine said "Mr. Ellison, to the basement!" and he looks back like he was looking at Satan himself! edit I have never seen anyone that scared. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
TXfan	11. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 10:12 PM EDT "Ellison was cool, even though I hated him for digging up Cromartie. He was right in the end, though." That pretty much sums up how I feel about him as well Post reply Do you find this valuable?
dudeitsmario	12. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 12 2009, 10:22 PM EDT He wears nice suits. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
SurfingEagle	13. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 13 2009, 12:43 AM EDT I liked his mellow reaction to everything. I almost forgot about the religious elements of the character. That was a nice ingredient to the whole story. Not overdone like someone else said, and it was really interesting that he used biblical concepts to teach John Henry. That was fascinating. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
RedsBaron	14. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Aug 13 2009, 10:36 AM EDT I thought that Jones did a terrific job in the show. He never overplayed his character, and the interweaving of his faith with the sci-fi elements was generally well done. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
RowenMayfair	15. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Sep 18 2009, 12:25 AM EDT Best scene by far ,damn I forget the episode. . . , but he walks in w/ his cup of coffee. CW looks over w/ John Henry, she ask him "where have you been?" Ellison replies "Sleeping". Not even Ellison in this story could receive a break from his boss. Laughter.Still cracks me up to this day. His character of Mike in "Why did I get married" (Tyler Perry. Billionaire) a complete 180 from the man of faith he played on SCC. T. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Mike70056	16. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Sep 18 2009, 12:33 AM EDT I think the thing I liked best about Jones is that he really played his character's faith well. All too often, these days faith is used to show someone to be crazy or a weak minded character. Ellison was a character that actually managed to ground TSCC. In a greater sense, because looking at what he was finding, through the filter of his faith, lead such a believable gravity to the show's mythos, he simply made the show more real for many viewers. He is an incredible actor. He made a very memorable character. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
RowenMayfair	17. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Sep 18 2009, 12:42 AM EDT "I think the thing I liked best about Jones is that he really played his character's faith well. All too often, these days faith is used to show someone to be crazy or a weak minded character. Ellison was a character that actually managed to ground TSCC. In a greater sense, because looking at what he was finding, through the filter of his faith, lead such a believable gravity to the show's mythos, he simply made the show more real for many viewers. He is an incredible actor. He made a very memorable character. " Agree. I have my issues w/ Faith. But love to hear about it. Its cliche these days to trash it without real base. Too me the scene w/ him and his faith seemed to turn off very many. Maybe it was too mature or cut into someone elses time. Shrugging. I wish they had not written his FBI cred off the character. The correlation between skynet. ziera corp, 3 dots_that_led_to_finding_Kaleba, could have been pretty intense if someone from the inside (government) was now aware of this **** situation. Yeah, he was teaching John Henry manners and such, which was cool and done professionally. The government angle could have been even more interesting. MO. Plus, the public loves that double agent "24" type ** anyway. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Zkyire	18. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Sep 28 2009, 12:37 PM EDT "Agree. I have my issues w/ Faith. But love to hear about it. Its cliche these days to trash it without real base. Too me the scene w/ him and his faith seemed to turn off very many. Maybe it was too mature or cut into someone elses time. Shrugging. I wish they had not written his FBI cred off the character. The correlation between skynet. ziera corp, 3 dots_that_led_to_finding_Kaleba, could have been pretty intense if someone from the inside (government) was now aware of this **** situation. Yeah, he was teaching John Henry manners and such, which was cool and done professionally. The government angle could have been even more interesting. MO. Plus, the public loves that double agent "24" type ** anyway." The problem though, is that if he was still working within the FBI, loads of others would have eventually found out too. He can only get away with not documenting things for a while before others found out. While I have no problem with that, it'd probably change the story in a way the writers wouldn't want to go. I'm not really religious, but I like how Ellison has his faith to fall back on. The problem is, when he was in the FBI he had a certain.. charisma and drive about him. Now, all he has is his faith, whereas before, his faith was just one part of him. And he seems to be more, I dunno,down in the dumps? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
termi-ninja-tor	19. RE: The Official Richard T Jones Thread Jan 21 2010, 7:41 PM EST Richard T. Jones will be guest starring on Bones tonight. Starts in 20 minutes!! http://www.tv.com/richard-t.-jones-guest-stars-on-bones-season-5/webnews/23675.html Post reply Do you find this valuable?

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