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luanna801 · 2 years

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Jack Seward Portrayals, Rated According to Strong Jaw and Good Forehead

Aka, a post that exists because I think it’s hilarious that the only physical description we get of Jack is “the lunatic-asylum man, with the strong jaw and the good forehead”, and, as Lucy has decreed that these are the only characteristics of his that matter, I will be rating his portrayals accordingly.

Please note that I have seen some of these adaptations and not others, and I definitely have Opinions about which I prefer, but that is not what this post is about! How much I like the adaptation overall, or even its portrayal of Jack Seward in terms of writing or acting, is not what we’re talking about here. These ratings will be SOLELY on the basis of Strong Jaw and Good Forehead, and as such I will be expecting to see full DCAU Superman jaw action, and... uhhhh...

... Look, I’ll be honest, I have no dang idea what a ““good forehead”” is supposed to look like. Or at least, I didn’t when I started writing this post. This was a journey, friends, and I hope you’ll join me on it.

1) Gustav Botz in Nosferatu (1922)

This is Off-Brand Discount Dracula because F.W. Murnau didn’t legally get the rights to the book, so Dr. Seward is called Professor Sievers here, but he’s still recognizably the same character and gets a couple of his iconic scenes with Renfield. What he does not get, sadly, is his strong jaw and good forehead. I think the scruffy hairstyle and beard aren’t helping, but this actor isn’t really bringing the jaw-and-forehead action regardless.

1/10, a very disappointing start to the list.

2) Herbert Bunston in Dracula (1931)

In this version, Seward is Mina’s dad (???) and thus considerably older than his book counterpart, but this doesn’t automatically disqualify him! Older gentlemen can have strong jaws and good foreheads, too! And honestly, I don’t think we’re doing too badly here. His forehead is certainly high, which... I guess is good? And his jaw is definitely decent. I can kind of imagine this being not too far from what book!Jack Seward would look like a few decades down the line.

6/10

3) Charles Lloyd-Pack in Horror of Dracula (1958)

This man has the furthest thing from a strong jaw I’ve ever seen, and he has Donald Trump’s hairstyle. ABSOLUTELY no to all of it.

0/10

4) James Maxwell in Dracula (1968)

James Maxwell!! I loved you as Henry VII in Shadow of the Tower!! I honestly think he’s a great casting choice, but that will NOT be biasing my rating here. And unfortunately, the feathered 70s bangs are keeping me from accurately assessing whether he has a Good Forehead(TM), and after careful consideration, I’ve decided that he leans more toward “pointy-chinned” than “strong-jawed”.

5/10

5) Mark Burns in Count Dracula (1977)

Okay! Now we’re getting closer! Decent jaw, good cheekbones (not technically part of what we’re rating, but feels relevant) and he has a nice square forehead. A good effort overall!

6/10

6) Donald Pleasence in Dracula (1979)

... Aaand, here we go again. You guys. You guys literally could not have gotten this more wrong if you tried, could you.

1/10

7) Richard E. Grant in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Okay, I have to admit, this guy has a GREAT forehead. Like, I literally couldn’t have told you what a “good forehead” is until I saw him, but now I understand everything. I get why Lucy would have felt the need to comment on it! Look at it! It’s IMMACULATE. If Francis Ford Coppola got nothing else right, we have to give him this.

His jawline is also fine, maybe a bit more oval-faced than what I’d typically think of as “strong jaw”, but I have to rate this one high purely for the forehead excellence.

9/10

8) Tom Burke in Dracula (2006)

I actually think he comes the closest to having a Strong Jaw of any of the actors we’ve looked at so far. His forehead, on the other hand, is kind of a milquetoast effort. In fairness, it’s all going to be downhill there after Richard E. Grant. If we could somehow combine them, would we have the perfect physical embodiment of Jack Seward?

(... That sounds like the kind of Mad Scientist-Curious question Jack Seward would ask himself and make readers raise their eyebrows for the next several centuries, honestly.)

7/10

9) Matthew Beard in Dracula (2020)

Okay, I have never seen this adaptation and never plan to, but purely in terms of looks? Dang. I’m impressed. This guy has a GREAT look for Jack Seward. Nice forehead, nice jaw, but I’m going to briefly break my own rule and note that I really like his look as a whole. The hair is great, the intense broody emo boy vibes, the sense that he might just be very sad or might be about to snap entirely at any moment? Chef’s kiss.

... Knowing what I do about this adaptation, there’s a decent chance I’d hate the actual writing if I ever saw it, but that just makes it good that I haven’t!

9/10

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kwebtv · 7 months

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Count Dracula - BBC - December 22, 1977

Horror / Drama

Running Time: 155 minutes

Stars:

Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula

Frank Finlay as Professor Van Helsing

Susan Penhaligon as Lucy Westenra

Judi Bowker as Mina Westenra

Jack Shepherd as Renfield

Mark Burns as Dr. John Seward

Bosco Hogan as Jonathan Harker

Richard Barnes as Quincey P. Holmwood

Ann Queensberry as Mrs Westenra

Sue Vanner, Susie Hickford and Belinda Meuldijk as Dracula's Brides

#Count Dracula #TV #BBC #1977 #Horror #Drama #Louis Jourdan #Frank Finlay #Susan Penhaligon #Judi Bowker #Jack Shepherd #Mark Burns #Bosco Hogan

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letterboxd-loggd · 10 months

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The Maids (1975) Christopher Miles

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#the maids #1975 #christopher miles #glenda jackson #susannah york #vivien merchant #mark burns #jean genet #jean genet's the maids

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mariaangels · 1 year

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Mark Burns Bryce Canyon , Utah

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wtffundiefamilies · 2 years

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He was defeated, but...these are the people who are out there.

#mark burns #donald trump #'family values'

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callese · 2 years

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#mark burns #this is amerikkka #lgbtq history

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lostryu · 2 years

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It is like deeply concerning to me that there are zero popular news outlets covering Mark Burns who was running for South Carolina’s 4th Congressional house seat. The man literally talked about trying LGBT+ people for treason and executing them. He is calling for genocide. It’s so funny that no one wants to address this.

#lgbt #politics #important #awareness #lgbt issues #tw: homophobia #tw: transphobia #mark burns

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audiemurphy1945 · 2 years

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The Charge of the Light Brigade(1968)

#film #the charge of the light brigade #1968 #vanessa redgrave #mark burns #david hemmings #tony richardson #60s #vintage #...

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arcticdementor · 2 years

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#malcom kyeyune #twitter #screenshot #erin reed #mark burns #south carolina #black southern televangelist

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noartnowritingsorry · 2 years

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So in the ever growing ranks of just foaming right wing nutters running for office, we have a new hate filled rant from THIS asshole...Mark Burns. Gotta love the ones who take pages straight from Joseph Goebbels playbook and, in the true fashion of modern Republicans who love projecting, start labeling everyone else nazis for not supporting their agenda of hate and terror. Burns tries to claim there is no such thing as trans youth...they’ve just been brainwashed by their evil parents, and those parents should be jailed. Likewise any teacher that even acknowledges the existence of anyone, anywhere, that isn’t straight and cis. Because that’s “grooming” and “indoctrination”. Those teachers are trying to mentally prepare todays kids to be tomorrows “shock troops in the death squads”. He should be summarily dismissed. Laughed at. Never given enough traction to even make it onto a ballot. The terrifying thing is he won’t be. His words will resonate with exactly the wrong crowd, violence and death will be sure to follow. This isn’t his first attempt to stoke ever greater hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community, he’s been doing it for years. That he’s still being given a platform is a testament to how far this country still has to go to unironically call itself “free”.

#Mark Burns #Homophobe #Transphobe #trash human #LGBTQA+#trans rights are human rights

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badmovieihave · 3 months

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Bad movie I have Nightmare Worlds I have to break this set up so you well see this box 2 or 3 times it has Eternal Evil 1985, Evil Brain from Outer Space 1966, Frozen Alive 1964, Fury of the Wolf Man 1972, Good Against Evil 1977, House of the Living Dead 1974, How Awful about Alan 1970, Idaho Transter 1973, The Lost City part 1 (1935), The Lost City part 2 (1935), The Lost World 1925, Maciste in Hell 1925, The Manster 1959