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Post by willywonka666 on Apr 3, 2024 7:07:42 GMT -5
Saw a thread like this on Reddit talking about Youtubers who in the poster's opinion started out entertaining, but reached a point where they went in a different direction and things seemingly fell apart.
I realize this is all subjective and personal opinions are welcome, but also interested in those that the masses usually share the same opinion of.
Also-any that got back to where they once belonged?
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Apr 3, 2024 7:14:08 GMT -5
Lars Ulrich: "Hey guys, what if I replaced all my snares with beer kegs?"
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Apr 3, 2024 8:35:36 GMT -5
Sylvestor Stallone after Cliffhanger.
The magic was gone and he was seen as a relic from the 80s in the late 90s early 00s.
Swung it back to legendary status with Rocky Balboa, Creed and Expendables (albeit law of diminishing returns)
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 3, 2024 8:48:43 GMT -5
We'll see if he can pull it back, but Will Smith.
The young, cool, smart mouth guy you'd want to party with, could also handle dramatic roles like Ali.
Then around the mid 2000s the laughs became more forced, trying to be what had come naturally. His dramatic roles became, well joyless. The energy, the fun just gone.
The slap was a big turning point in the perception of him as a human and personality, but you look at his filmography... dude had been pretty out of it for quite a while before that, relying on that goodwill from the 90s.
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Post by tirtefaa on Apr 3, 2024 9:11:53 GMT -5
Al Pacino - he used to be an actor who didn't yell all his lines. I'll never understand how he could go from a movie like Scarecrow to becoming a parody of himself in every movie he's done since the late 70's, with the exception of Carlito's Way.
Harrison Ford - I guess ego gets in the way of things, along with age...but at one time despite being an action star, he also did a lot of great serious movies, but once he did The Fugitive, he just sank back into action star, and anything serious he's otherwise done has been pretty much phoned in.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 3, 2024 9:19:42 GMT -5
We'll see if he can pull it back, but Will Smith. The young, cool, smart mouth guy you'd want to party with, could also handle dramatic roles like Ali. Then around the mid 2000s the laughs became more forced, trying to be what had come naturally. His dramatic roles became, well joyless. The energy, the fun just gone. The slap was a big turning point in the perception of him as a human and personality, but you look at his filmography... dude had been pretty out of it for quite a while before that, relying on that goodwill from the 90s. Todd in the Shadows actually reviewed Will's last album like a week after the slap and kinda pointed out the same thing. There were like 3 fun songs on the album and then a bunch of really bitter and angry tracks to fill out the rest.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 3, 2024 9:22:39 GMT -5
Mick Foley, he got lost in Cleveland once.
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Post by jm on Apr 3, 2024 9:25:48 GMT -5
Eddie Murphy. Just..........just Eddie Murphy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 3, 2024 9:26:40 GMT -5
Mick Foley, he got lost in Cleveland once. Jericho couldn't find his way to the ring once too.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 3, 2024 9:33:43 GMT -5
We'll see if he can pull it back, but Will Smith. The young, cool, smart mouth guy you'd want to party with, could also handle dramatic roles like Ali. Then around the mid 2000s the laughs became more forced, trying to be what had come naturally. His dramatic roles became, well joyless. The energy, the fun just gone. The slap was a big turning point in the perception of him as a human and personality, but you look at his filmography... dude had been pretty out of it for quite a while before that, relying on that goodwill from the 90s. Todd in the Shadows actually reviewed Will's last album like a week after the slap and kinda pointed out the same thing. There were like 3 fun songs on the album and then a bunch of really bitter and angry tracks to fill out the rest. Love Todd, that might be one of my fav Trainwrecords, it's just weird and unsettling from him.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Apr 3, 2024 9:47:29 GMT -5
Eddie Murphy. Just..........just Eddie Murphy. Its weird because every once in awhile he’ll do something like Bowfinger, Dolemite is My Name or Life (an underrated gem) and you’ll get excited that he’s back and then he’ll disappear or do a couple terrible movies to follow up. The man sacrificed an Oscar to promote Norbert, for heaven’s sake. He’s super rich and seems fairly content in life which is great but the days when he was seen as the funniest human being on the planet seen distant now.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 3, 2024 9:59:34 GMT -5
Eddie Murphy. Just..........just Eddie Murphy. Reminds me of the Making of Beverly Hills Cop 3... where John Landis thought the script was terrible but figured Eddie being Eddie would save it. But Eddie refused to do anything funny because this was an older and wiser Axel... so Landis would basically do a setup for Eddie to do something and he'd more or less walk around it. The most obvious example of this in the movie is when Axel tries to get into the park and he's told he has to pay... in BHC 1 or 2, Eddie would have done his fast talking joke style to find a way to walk in or find a convoluted way around the situation... in BHC 3? He just pays the entrance fee and that's it.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Apr 3, 2024 10:23:38 GMT -5
Lindsey Lohan was absolutely massive coming off of hits like Mean Girls, Herbie and Freaky Friday, then fell into the cliched trap of young Hollywood not knowing how to transition into adulthood and everything went off the rails. She seems to be past her issues, and she's working steadily again but man, what could have been had she not lost so many prime years.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 3, 2024 11:22:24 GMT -5
As great a movie as it is, the warning signs about Pacino were present in Heat.
DeNiro is more nuanced and vastly superior.
Will Smith started to wane post 1997, which may have coincided with another major event in his life that occurred that year.
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Post by thechase on Apr 3, 2024 11:26:13 GMT -5
Adam West, but he basically made an art form out of being typecast as Adam West and is now best remembered as Adam West.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Apr 3, 2024 11:33:53 GMT -5
Peter Jackson
Lord of the Rings is one of the best trilogies ever, King King I didn't enjoy as it was too long but it's well regarded. Then it's been downhill from there--District 9 was good, TinTin was OK, then The Hobbit which got worse with every film and then the mess that was Mortal Engines.
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Post by Big BosskMan on Apr 3, 2024 11:45:15 GMT -5
Amanda Bynes.
A loooooong way from Hollywood these days, but if she's happy and well, more power to her.
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Post by chrom on Apr 3, 2024 11:51:51 GMT -5
Adam West, but he basically made an art form out of being typecast as Adam West and is now best remembered as Adam West. That's the problem when everyone only acknowledges you for a role you did 30 years ago. BTAS did a great episode based of that with him.
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Post by tafkaga on Apr 3, 2024 11:53:27 GMT -5
Kevin Costner. He won a bunch of Oscars for Dances With Wolves, had a string of hits like Robin Hood and The Bodyguard that made him one of the most popular leading men in Hollywood. Then came a string of epics, e.g. Wyatt Earp, Water World, and The Postman that just bombed hard and practically turned him into a punchline for the next several years.
Seems like he's won back a lot of respect over the last 10-15 years by choosing his roles more wisely. Big hits like Hatfields & McCoys, Yellowstone, and a number of more low key starring vehicles that critics liked, even if they didn't break any records.
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Post by Stu on Apr 3, 2024 11:58:51 GMT -5
"Stars who 'Lost their way,'" or another thread that makes us feel old.
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