ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT Interview: Milo Ventimiglia Gets Dark in Pathology, Talks Role In Neveldine & Taylor's Game Comments

RT Interview: Milo Ventimiglia Gets Dark in Pathology, Talks Role In Neveldine & Taylor's Game

by Jen Yamato | April 17, 2008

Summary

Thanks to a career-defining role on a television show about superheroes, Milo Ventimiglia has become a household name. But fans of his wholesome roles on Heroes and Gilmore Girls had better steel themselves for his latest character: a competitive, exacting medical student seduced into a game of sex, drugs and murder in Pathology. Back to Article

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 17 2008 08:33 PM

Holy crap its PETER PETRELLI! and ROCKY'S son!

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dahluzz writes:
on Apr 18 2008 10:49 AM

OK, this has nothing whatsoever to do with this article, but I'm posting this open letter to the RT Staff because something feels really fishy about this whole News system now.

I was thinking about it last night and wondered 'how can jeff giles go from the most featured writer on the site to doing very little writing at all, basically over night?' all RT staffers ever said was 'jeff will still be contributing" or something.

answer this: did Jeff Giles get fired or demoted or whats the actual deal, because i find it really hard to believe that all of a sudden the entire News section changes and he's no longer featured much.

I do recall an article not long ago regarding the new oliver stone movie 'W' in which jeff made some slightly leftist remarks and then had to spend the rest of the thread defending himself (with some help from loyal RT readers). Now it could well be a stretch to think that this had something to do with Jeff not being allowed to do his daily stories, but at this point I'm looking for SOME explanation.

And I think we deserve more of an explanation then 'well we're trying some new stuff out and are continuously updating the site to make as good as possible for all of you.' whatever, that doesn't cut it.

Can you RT staffers see how much you've changed the core of the site? No one is commenting on the stupid external link stories and all that remains as far as RT material is an occasional story but mostly features like interviews, critical consensus, total recall, meet a critic, etc. etc. The features are fine, but the story threads were where people really got into the discussions. We had a strong core community of regular posters and now it just doesn't feel the same.

so RT, I really need you to explain why you've altered not only the aesthetic, but the entire dynamic of the site. It's less personal and frankly, less interesting. This is my go-to site and so i really am curious as why a lot of the fun has been sucked out of it in favor of redirecting us to outside pages.

What happened to Jeff and what are the chances that things will return to the good ole days of putting an RT spin on a specific story, making it humorous and palatable and letting us all sling mud over it?

thanks for your time.

-Dahluzz

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Apr 18 2008 02:25 PM

Hi Dahluzz,

Thanks for the post - even if it's an off-topic comment on my poor little Milo Ventimiglia article.

Not to be dismissive of this or any of your previous posts on the matter, but the News Ticker we just implemented is being worked on, and everyone's comments heard. I'll try to let you know more when I get an update myself.

Jeff Giles is still around, scouring the web for news and adding stories to the ticker every day. I also liked the "RT spin" on news stories and am glad that you miss it. If only more readers missed the old ways (i.e. old RT news was more popular), perhaps we wouldn't have had to change things...

Jeff, Tim, Alex, Sara, and myself are still writing original pieces for RT - but you're right, most of that is interviews, features, and columns (did you see this week's Total Recall??). You will see Jeff's very witty thumbprint on our upcoming Summer Movie Guide in a few weeks.

Since you're very supporting of the old RT news system, here's a question for you: would you rather see only maybe 5 non-original news stories per day, written with an RT slant so you could comment on them, or get maybe 15-20 all-encompassing stories a day, posted as they break?

We realize that the new ticker is not yet ideal (low comment rate, people leaving site through links), but I assure you it's being continually reconsidered. And thank you for your committed involvement in RT.

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jimtrots writes:
on Apr 18 2008 05:40 PM

I like Milo, as he is by the far the best thing on Heroes. By how can anybody be a big fan of Crank and its script? I mean come on, the sex scene involving Amy Smart might have killed her career.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 18 2008 08:11 PM

In reply to this comment (#1693273)
That scene was really funny though.

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dahluzz writes:
on Apr 23 2008 09:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#1692940)
Jen:
"Since you're very supporting of the old RT news system, here's a question for you: would you rather see only maybe 5 non-original news stories per day, written with an RT slant so you could comment on them, or get maybe 15-20 all-encompassing stories a day, posted as they break?"

Honestly Jen, I would much rather see 5 stories a day, selected from the fray by you guys as specific items we should focus in and comment on. I read the stories just as much for comments as i did the content. \

with the new system, you guys are valuing quantity over quality. it's not like you maintained the 5 RT-style stories and then supplemented them with 10 additional breaking stories from across the web (thus giving us more than you did before). No, you guys just ditched all the personality of the old ways in favor of dumping a bunch of stories on us that really have nothing to do with RT.

don't try to tell me that Jeff's writing talents are better exercised by him searching the web for other people's work and then posting it on RT. Please, anybody with half a clue can do that. Yeah, the old ways DID require more effort, but that's what made people care enough to comment.

now we can't even rally around a subject long enough to have a forum discussion before another article or two is thrown into the mix. there's much less selectivity on the parts of the Editors now and the site's less interactive and less fun.

Please accept that this 'improved' news feature is actually a step backwards and reinstate the classic way of delivering us our daily stories.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Apr 29 2008 11:37 AM

Dahluzz,

Again, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I'll bring up your points with the rest of RT editorial.

Jen

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