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I’d put Meet the Parents in this category as well.
I think it could be interesting if he did put in a huge effort (maybe even with the help of these new weight loss drugs) to slim down and revisit his Nico Toscani character as a sequel to Above the Law.
Beyond that, it would be cool to see him appear (uncredited) in a small cameo for a big budget movie....playing either a bodyguard, assassin or henchman. Have him show some acting chops though...beyond just being a grunting tough guy.
Here's an example of a story it could be cool to see him in: As an aging assassin, 3 decades loyal to his boss, he is deployed as part of a team to take out some key figure. When they show up and take the guy out, the guys' daughter comes in the room and sees them. The team moves to take her out as well, but Segal's character neutralizes them and saves her life. From that point forward, they're on the run. And the only way to save their lives is for Segal to take out his longtime boss/friend.
This is pretty cliche and cookie-cutter, I know. But in the hands of the right Director (like Tarantino), it could be interesting. Slim him up, let the beard and goatee be greying....and direct some decent acting out of him. Show a vulnerable side of him, and make him likeable.
Except that Bud kinda looked like a gorilla.
I disagree.
We can’t have the show end before we see Kumiko.
It’s been an interesting arc, watching Jimmy transform into a cowboy, given how he started out.
I think it's that he's just not very intelligent, and just falls lockstep into Hollywood groupthink. In those circles, it's fashionable to just blindly hate on Trump. They all feel (or at least felt) like they were on the side of the cool kids, and wanted to be in the cool kids club. Guys like Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Fallon, Deniro, Springsteen......they all think if they hate on Trump, they will get cheered on and worshiped by the cool kids club….like they’re speaking out for the people or something. In reality, they are misguided, brainwashed idiots....following groupthink to their detriment.
If you ever listen to Deniro trying to back up his hate with actual thoughts and rationale, he doesn't come across as being very smart. I don't know why so many people give any creedence to these Hollywood idiots. Many of them don’t seem very smart or have any perspective at all about the common man.
What if someone challenged a young Tyson....and Tyson had the same reply? Would he be ridiculed, or would he be considered a confident badass? Double standard? It's all part of the hype surrounding fights. It drums-up the intrigue. They're probably already trying to hype up that fight......and that kind of cockiness and retort is exactly what fight hype is all about.
I’ve seen every season, but didn’t notice a difference (other than all of the kids look a bit older).
What’s wrong with her face?
He writes so many macho roles for himself because he feels he's a macho guy in real life.
For a time back in the day. I think he actually believed he could box!
(Just like how Jason Statham actually believes he knows martial arts--beyond choreographed, MOVIE martial arts)
I think the suspicious timing of the power grid outage will generate (pardon the pun) a full-on investigation. Especially since Kaycee made that call. An investigation is the last thing that hit firm wanted. But you're right, sometimes you just need to go with it and not nit pick, in the name of compelling stories.
Someone needs to drudge up all Kimmel's Man Show misogyny and cancel his effin ass. The guy is a hypocrite and an asshole.
Johnny and Jay stayed neutral. Dave was neutral for a while. But toward the last 10 years of his run, he turned into a far left a-hole. I hate to say that, because I've always been a huge fan of Dave's....but he definitely turned into a liberal db.
Colbert, Kimmel, Meyers and now Fallon.....are such liberal, biased assholes and haters, they're too stupid to even realize they alienate 50% of their potential audience. Instead, they use their platform to push their liberal agenda. They think they're in the cool kids club. Such idiots. Naive....biased.....idiots.
His rants have very little to do with trying to be funny. If he were trying to entertain, he wouldn't say things on a daily basis that will offend 50% of his audience. What he does in his daily rants is based on his utter HATRED of Trump.....and his agenda to try and talk everyone else into hating Trump. He is an even worse asshole than Colbert.....and someone should dig up some clips of him from The Man Show being a homophobic, misogynist buffoon. He is a hypocrite and I'm sure guys like Adam Carolla regret ever working with him.
He's always good in them.
The films themselves might not always be good, but Liam is just a very good actor. and has great screen presence.
He has earned the right to do whatever he chooses.
I still love the tradition and institution that is SNL, but yes….they are effin biased.
I think Arnold eventually became a caricature of himself. He was never much of an actor, and that thick accent (along with his musculature) sort of pigeonholed and typecast him into a specific category. He cashed in on that for a long time, and was good in those kinds of roles. Plus, he was likeable and had good screen presence.
However, as he aged and no longer stood out as having a superhuman physique, he started to lose his draw. Combine this with questionable role selections (his "Last Action Hero" was like Stallone's "Throw Momma from the Train"). Mix in the fact that he had some bad press (for his extra-marital affair)....he took time off to enter politics....and the action movie genre he was used to had begun to shift and "evolve", and that explains why he lost his mojo.
The really odd wildcard in all of this is that THICK accent, which never diluted over time. That contributed to the fact that, whenever you saw Arnold on-screen...you saw the iconic action star, and not the character he was playing. At least Stallone could fall back to his franchises. But Arnie couldn't slip into character roles or drama. Action movies were his thing...and few few actors can carry that kind of career into their older years without also having some great acting chops (and fortunate genes), like Ford, Connery, Neeson, and to a certain degree, Mel.
Broderick is a great comparison. His revival came via the theater/Broadway…..but yes, he also was at risk of being typecast in the boyish/affable type that you just couldn’t picture in leading man roles.
He has always been a very likeable actor who played likeable, affable young men in his roles. When he hit his 30's and 40's....he still had the look and persona of a likeable, vulnerable young man, but was a veteran actor who probably did not want to be typecast that way.
And at that age, he wasn't going to be a good fit as a leading man, or an action star....which left him in the character actor/supporting roles lane. He does just fine in his choices and performances--he's a professional. But he doesn't have a ton of range....primarily because we all like him best as Daniel, and always view him as such when we see him on screen. Like it or not, he is typecast.
All that said, he has made a great career out of being Daniel, and the Cobra Kai comeback was a brilliant idea. People love nostalgia (when done right). William Zabka, as well, is just brilliant in how he portrays a middle-aged Johnny.
He made a promise to Richard Donner. I’m sure he doesn’t take that lightly.