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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Aug 27, 2022 11:41:36 GMT -5
I doubt there was much risk of Tom Green becoming a huge movie star, but "Freddie Got Fingered" seems like he wanted to make SURE he never became a huge deal in Hollywood.
I enjoyed it since it was the 90s and I still thought Tom was the funniest dude alive, but the only time I can ever remember hearing my Mom swear was her reaction to this movie
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Aug 27, 2022 11:43:42 GMT -5
Norm McDonald's career never really took off after SNL did it. It's not like he went away, he just never had that big mainstream hit. Dirty Work and Screwed were some solid comedies, but it seemed like they KEPT giving him Sitcoms that never really panned out.
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 27, 2022 12:03:14 GMT -5
Norm McDonald's career never really took off after SNL did it. It's not like he went away, he just never had that big mainstream hit. Dirty Work and Screwed were some solid comedies, but it seemed like they KEPT giving him Sitcoms that never really panned out. I'm not much of a comedy fan, I find most comedians or comedy actors not funny at all but Norm was awesome. Dirty Work I only saw once in theaters and it was great. Screwed I've watched a few times since it came out. The whole thing is just perfect. It's comedy that doesn't look its nose down on the viewer, they are in on the joke of how silly this thing is. Also, whoever wrote Amanda Rollins out of SVU effectively ending Kellie Giddish's employment on the show, I'm hoping to see their name on a "career killers" thread at some point. The show was originally intended to be a cast ensemble, not the Olivia Benson Show and I think Kellie Giddish along with Ice-T and Peter Scanavino really changed this show over the last 5-10 years for the better. I'm hoping the decision changes to keep her.
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Post by tirtefaa on Aug 27, 2022 23:40:17 GMT -5
I doubt there was much risk of Tom Green becoming a huge movie star, but "Freddie Got Fingered" seems like he wanted to make SURE he never became a huge deal in Hollywood. I enjoyed it since it was the 90s and I still thought Tom was the funniest dude alive, but the only time I can ever remember hearing my Mom swear was her reaction to this movie Freddy Got Fingered is the kind of movie you enjoy more by watching with someone who doesn't like Tom Green.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 28, 2022 0:23:04 GMT -5
The problem with guys like Mike Myers is that they stuck with comedy long after people had got sick of seeing them in those roles. Instead of making "The Love Guru", Myers should have switched to more dramatic roles. "54" showed he certainly had the talent for it.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 28, 2022 5:10:07 GMT -5
By his own admission, Thunderbirds killed Jonathan Frakes' movie directing career.
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Post by schma on Aug 28, 2022 5:16:16 GMT -5
I doubt there was much risk of Tom Green becoming a huge movie star, but "Freddie Got Fingered" seems like he wanted to make SURE he never became a huge deal in Hollywood. I enjoyed it since it was the 90s and I still thought Tom was the funniest dude alive, but the only time I can ever remember hearing my Mom swear was her reaction to this movie Freddy Got Fingered is the kind of movie you enjoy more by watching with someone who doesn't like Tom Green. I'd heard from so many people how amazing and funny he was (didn't have MTV so I couldn't judge for myself). I went into Freddy got Fingered genuinely expecting to enjoy it. It was dumb and ridiculous, but not in the entertaining way I'd expected.
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Post by thechase on Aug 28, 2022 7:11:54 GMT -5
By his own admission, Thunderbirds killed Jonathan Frakes' movie directing career.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 29, 2022 3:06:28 GMT -5
By his own admission, Thunderbirds killed Jonathan Frakes' movie directing career. I recently watched the Terry Funk episode, it lead to others. They play pretty fast and loose with the word "fact". Did Bigfoot bang a woman on the moon? Fact. This is based on something that really happened. Citation? f*** you.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 29, 2022 6:16:17 GMT -5
John Romero, Daikatana. He was considered a videogame development rockstar, coming off the amazing run of iD software games, Daikatana ended that.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Aug 29, 2022 6:41:06 GMT -5
I recently watched the Terry Funk episode, it lead to others. They play pretty fast and loose with the word "fact". Did Bigfoot bang a woman on the moon? Fact. This is based on something that really happened. Citation? f*** you. that's crazy. everyone knows he takes women back to Phobos
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2022 15:29:22 GMT -5
I recently watched the Terry Funk episode, it lead to others. They play pretty fast and loose with the word "fact". Did Bigfoot bang a woman on the moon? Fact. This is based on something that really happened. Citation? f*** you. that's crazy. everyone knows he takes women back to Phobos Nah, it happened on the Moon. They have an eye witness:
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 29, 2022 16:28:44 GMT -5
Speaking of, Joel Schumacher with Batman and Robin, which is such a shame because he was trying to make the best of what he could do given all the mandates from Warner. Batman & Robin also pretty much wiped out Alicia Silverstone’s career, especially with all the “Fatgirl” tabloid bullshit she had to endure. Clooney was smart/lucky enough to pivot away from big blockbusters for awhile and do smaller, smarter films to rebuild his credibility. But he got hammered with the “TV Actor Only!”label for awhile after B&R and it could’ve been disaster for him as well.
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 29, 2022 17:06:52 GMT -5
Speaking of, Joel Schumacher with Batman and Robin, which is such a shame because he was trying to make the best of what he could do given all the mandates from Warner. Batman & Robin also pretty much wiped out Alicia Silverstone’s career, especially with all the “Fatgirl” tabloid bullshit she had to endure. Clooney was smart/lucky enough to pivot away from big blockbusters for awhile and do smaller, smarter films to rebuild his credibility. But he got hammered with the “TV Actor Only!”label for awhile after B&R and it could’ve been disaster for him as well. Clooney was fortunate/smart enough to get Perfect Storm and Ocean's Eleven a few years after B&R which both proved he was still a strong box office draw and more or less got the stink of the latter film off of him for good.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Aug 29, 2022 18:44:07 GMT -5
As bad as Batman and Robin was, I think George Clooney, while so-so as the actual Caped Crusader, did a good Bruce Wayne, he felt like he has a natural charisma as him. Whereas Michael Keaton made a good Batman but not a good Bruce Wayne.
If that makes sense.
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Post by schma on Aug 29, 2022 21:05:12 GMT -5
I still remember the robot chicken skit where a fight breaks out at a convention and they try to sneak Joel Schumacher out, only for a nerd to notice and declare him history's greatest villain then attack him.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Aug 29, 2022 21:39:29 GMT -5
Don't forget Chris O'Donnel... I mean he did bounce back kinda with NCIS LA, but other than that his film career went pretty much cold.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Aug 29, 2022 21:46:45 GMT -5
As bad as Batman and Robin was, I think George Clooney, while so-so as the actual Caped Crusader, did a good Bruce Wayne, he felt like he has a natural charisma as him. Whereas Michael Keaton made a good Batman but not a good Bruce Wayne. If that makes sense. I would also argue that Val Kilmer was good as Bruce Wayne. Aside from Bale, I’d say he got that side of the character down better than anyone.
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Post by Display Name on Aug 30, 2022 2:51:02 GMT -5
Speaking of, Joel Schumacher with Batman and Robin, which is such a shame because he was trying to make the best of what he could do given all the mandates from Warner. Batman & Robin also pretty much wiped out Alicia Silverstone’s career, especially with all the “Fatgirl” tabloid bullshit she had to endure. Clooney was smart/lucky enough to pivot away from big blockbusters for awhile and do smaller, smarter films to rebuild his credibility. But he got hammered with the “TV Actor Only!”label for awhile after B&R and it could’ve been disaster for him as well. I saw a screen-worn Batgirl suit in person, around 3 weeks back and could not believe the “Fatgirl” stuff happened. The suit was SO damn tiny.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 30, 2022 3:29:17 GMT -5
As bad as Batman and Robin was, I think George Clooney, while so-so as the actual Caped Crusader, did a good Bruce Wayne, he felt like he has a natural charisma as him. Whereas Michael Keaton made a good Batman but not a good Bruce Wayne. If that makes sense. I think Keaton was a great Bruce in his own right, just, it's less GQ, big time socialite, and more him being charming one on one with people, or some of the moments that people remember less, like him genuinely being sympathetic to Penguin's sob story about trying to find his parents before he wises up to what he's actually after.
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