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MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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uuuh Bubba Smith in all of those Police Academy gems..... |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| OJ Simpson. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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For performance its CLEARLY Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
But Arnold still takes the cake. The guy actually had a great range. Action movies, comedies. And he made some really GOOD movies by any standard. Twins was a great comedy. True Lies was a good one. Terminator is a classic, and thats a trilogy. Conan also. Nobody can touch Arnie. |
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shetan
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: In front of my PC.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Kurt angle...
Olympic gold => actor in wwf  hehe |
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Don Calliente
Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Location: SEOUL
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
For performance its CLEARLY Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
But Arnold still takes the cake. The guy actually had a great range. Action movies, comedies. And he made some really GOOD movies by any standard. Twins was a great comedy. True Lies was a good one. Terminator is a classic, and thats a trilogy. Conan also. Nobody can touch Arnie. |
How much had you drunk Jinju when you wrote this...?
Arnie is as wooden as his.. erm... perfectly sculpted torso. They guy was a great b'builder, but an actor with 'a great range...?'
I dunno, but people like Brad pitt (laugh all you want, but look back at his careeer) Ed norton, Jack Nicholson, (early) de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ralph Fiennes are people that spring to mind when that phrase is mentioned, sh#t, even Tom Cruise (magnolia, Interview, be kind now..) would come a hundred places higher than Arnie on a 'who is a major hollywood actor with a great range?' survey.
Sorry jinju, but as a movie lover, I couldn't let that one lie.... |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Calliente wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
For performance its CLEARLY Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
But Arnold still takes the cake. The guy actually had a great range. Action movies, comedies. And he made some really GOOD movies by any standard. Twins was a great comedy. True Lies was a good one. Terminator is a classic, and thats a trilogy. Conan also. Nobody can touch Arnie. |
How much had you drunk Jinju when you wrote this...?
Arnie is as wooden as his.. erm... perfectly sculpted torso. They guy was a great b'builder, but an actor with 'a great range...?'
I dunno, but people like Brad pitt (laugh all you want, but look back at his careeer) Ed norton, Jack Nicholson, (early) de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ralph Fiennes are people that spring to mind when that phrase is mentioned, sh#t, even Tom Cruise (magnolia, Interview, be kind now..) would come a hundred places higher than Arnie on a 'who is a major hollywood actor with a great range?' survey.
Sorry jinju, but as a movie lover, I couldn't let that one lie.... |
NONE of them were atheletes.
Im not saying ARNIE had great range, but that he was in many genres of SUCCESSFUL movies.
Comedy - Twins, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop
Action - Terminator, Total Recall, Red Heat, Running Man, Predator, Commando
Fantasy - Conan movies, Red Sonja
He was even in a really good documentary - Pumpin Iron.
Now, those were good, successful movies for their genres. And Arnold was the STAR in each of them. Can you think of ANY former athlete who was a star in big blockbusters, and as many as Arnie? Pretty much all end up being bit players and jokes. Arnie was the lead man, and he did all in his second language. |
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Don Calliente
Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Location: SEOUL
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| Don Calliente wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
For performance its CLEARLY Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live.
But Arnold still takes the cake. The guy actually had a great range. Action movies, comedies. And he made some really GOOD movies by any standard. Twins was a great comedy. True Lies was a good one. Terminator is a classic, and thats a trilogy. Conan also. Nobody can touch Arnie. |
How much had you drunk Jinju when you wrote this...?
Arnie is as wooden as his.. erm... perfectly sculpted torso. They guy was a great b'builder, but an actor with 'a great range...?'
I dunno, but people like Brad pitt (laugh all you want, but look back at his careeer) Ed norton, Jack Nicholson, (early) de Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ralph Fiennes are people that spring to mind when that phrase is mentioned, sh#t, even Tom Cruise (magnolia, Interview, be kind now..) would come a hundred places higher than Arnie on a 'who is a major hollywood actor with a great range?' survey.
Sorry jinju, but as a movie lover, I couldn't let that one lie.... |
NONE of them were atheletes.
Im not saying ARNIE had great range, but that he was in many genres of SUCCESSFUL movies.
Comedy - Twins, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop
Action - Terminator, Total Recall, Red Heat, Running Man, Predator, Commando
Fantasy - Conan movies, Red Sonja
He was even in a really good documentary - Pumpin Iron.
Now, those were good, successful movies for their genres. And Arnold was the STAR in each of them. Can you think of ANY former athlete who was a star in big blockbusters, and as many as Arnie? Pretty much all end up being bit players and jokes. Arnie was the lead man, and he did all in his second language. |
Ha ha, sorry man I skim read the post and didn't notice the part about having been an actor...
DOH!
Ten stupid points stamped on my card.... |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| jinju wrote: |
NONE of them were atheletes. |
And neither was Arnold.
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| Now, those were good, successful movies for their genres. And Arnold was the STAR in each of them. Can you think of ANY former athlete who was a star in big blockbusters, and as many as Arnie? Pretty much all end up being bit players and jokes. Arnie was the lead man, and he did all in his second language. |
If the category is former body builders turned actor, Sean Connery is a better actor than Arnold ever was. But that's a separate thread. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| Mohamed Ali did a few roles. |
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slashnunn
Joined: 11 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Burt Reynolds played football in college, and he rules! |
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Don Calliente
Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Location: SEOUL
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Vinnie Jones was a footballer and is er... a sh%t actor with only one facet.
Grrr I'm 'ard I am!!!
Anyone rate another ex athelete truned actor lamer than Vinnie...
Hulk Hogan could be a competitor... but he's so damn likable.
I mean... - he's THE HULKSTER.
Yeah, screw you Vinnie, you suck used nappies. |
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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Alex Karras--Blazing Saddles; Webster
Fred Dryer--Hunter TV Series
Ed Marinaro--Hill Street Blues
Bucky Dent--The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders made-for-tv movie
Merlin Olsen--Father Murphy
Lance Armstrong ("Dodgeball"), Kelly Slater ("Baywatch"), Cam Neely ("Dumb and Dumber"), Dan Marino ("Ace Ventura, Pet Detective"), Randall "Tex" Cobb ("Raising Arizona"), Lawrence Taylor ("Any Given Sunday"), Bernie Williams (jazz music), Wayman Tisdale (jazz music), Marty McSorley ("Con Air"), Julius Erving (The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh"), Howie Long ("Broken Arrow"), George "The Animal" Steele ("Ed Wood") and Alex English ("Amazing Grace and Chuck"). |
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parisny
Joined: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Steven Seagal's Brain
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| Eric Cantona |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: |
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The Rock...
Arnold is definitely the gold standard like Jinju already explained but the Rock has been quite successful and may perhaps surpass him... |
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