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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 8709025" data-attributes="member: 57112">I think she was thinking specifically in their respective roles in the Aliens and Robocop franchises.I think the point could be made that Weller is the more expensive hire, and that you get Henriksen when you can't afford Weller, which is certainly a key aspect of the &quot;X is the poor man's Y&quot; characterization. That said...with this framing in mind, the answer in unequivocally Henriksen. Weller's contributions to the genre, outside Robocop and one massive-flop-turned-cult-classic, pale in comparison to Henriksen's. There's just no comparison.e: It's worth pointing out that, as has been mentioned multiple times, Henriksen is simply the better actor, respective career arcs nonwithstanding. Which I don't think you can say for any of the example pairs presented in the OP. Even the ones who are no slouches in the acting themselves, like Plemons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 8709025, member: 57112"] I think she was thinking specifically in their respective roles in the Aliens and Robocop franchises. I think the point could be made that Weller is the more expensive hire, and that you get Henriksen when you can't afford Weller, which is certainly a key aspect of the "X is the poor man's Y" characterization. That said... with this framing in mind, the answer in unequivocally Henriksen. Weller's contributions to the genre, outside Robocop and one massive-flop-turned-cult-classic, pale in comparison to Henriksen's. There's just no comparison. e: It's worth pointing out that, as has been mentioned multiple times, Henriksen is simply the better actor, respective career arcs nonwithstanding. Which I don't think you can say for any of the example pairs presented in the OP. Even the ones who are no slouches in the acting themselves, like Plemons. [/QUOTE]

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