Actor’s tattoos come and go for different roles
BY R.D. Heldenfels Akron Beacon Journal (MCT)
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Q. Does Alex O’Loughlin from “Hawaii Five-
0” really have those tattoos on his arms? I saw
him in “The Back-Up Plan” and he did not
have them. Are they only for his television
character?
A. O’Loughlin, who plays Steve McGarrett on
the CBS show, is significantly inked even
when not playing the crimefighter. Fans have
been talking about his tattoos going back at
least to his breakthrough role on the vampire
drama “Moonlight” in 2007-08. A report on
Buddytv.com at that time said he was “inked
on each forearm, on each shoulder, over his
right nipple and one on his lower back.” He
has added additional temporary tattoos for
some roles, and covered them up for others.
Q. There was a show on Fox in 2010 called
“The Good Guys” with Bradley Whitford and
Colin Hanks that was canceled after the first
season. Are there plans to release this series on
DVD or Blu-ray? It’s available on
Amazon.com and iTunes for download, but I
would like to have it on disc if possible.
I can’t understand why some shows that
don’t even play out 10 episodes come out on
disc right away while others like “The Good
Guys” who had 20 episodes still are not
released.
A. TV shows – and movies, for that matter –
do not get to DVD or Blu-ray for a variety of
reasons. Science-fiction and fantasy shows
tend to end up on video, no matter how few
episodes were made, because the audience for
that genre will buy almost anything that
becomes available; other shows, where the
demand is not so certain or proves limited, do
not do as well, and even some long-running
series stopped coming out on DVD after their
first sets were poor sellers.
At the same time, even some beloved shows
don’t make the move because of some kind of
rights issue, such as getting permission to use
certain music, or the cost of obtaining those
rights.
Finally, the way of the future appears to be
not disc but through online providers and
downloads. “The Good Guys” has gone into a
lot of online venues. Besides the two you
mentioned, it is also on Netflix.
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