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Chris Farley was great as part of an ensemble, like on SNL or his smaller parts in movies. I liked Tommy Boy but I'm not sure he was ever "carry an entire movie" funny.
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Lurdiak posted:It just kinda feels like he got pushed because people missed John Candy. Nah, he got the rub because comedy needs big fat guys, and a big fat guy willing to throw himself through tables for laughs is a gold mine. And say what you will of Chris Farley, he's a better big fat guy than any of the modern big fat guys.
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Hell for that matter outside of Wayne's World Mike Myers and Dana Carvey don't have a single funny movie between them. It's not like Farley was any worse than his costars.
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purple death ray posted:Hell for that matter outside of Wayne's World Mike Myers and Dana Carvey don't have a single funny movie between them. It's not like Farley was any worse than his costars.  
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purple death ray posted:Hell for that matter outside of Wayne's World Mike Myers and Dana Carvey don't have a single funny movie between them. It's not like Farley was any worse than his costars. Eh, I'll give Mike Meyers the first Austin Powers movie, it was fun. Edit: I actually almost mentioned this too, I remember enjoying it well enough, but I also haven't seen it in 15 years, so I kind of assumed it didn't hold up so well.
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Ghostlight posted:Who are you now? I am the grim spectre reminding you of how you're so so old, apparently.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYM00rolrU&t=30s TwoPair fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 23, 2017 |
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purple death ray posted:Hell for that matter outside of Wayne's World Mike Myers and Dana Carvey don't have a single funny movie between them. It's not like Farley was any worse than his costars. Yeah outside of those two timeless classic Wayne's World comedies, they didn't have any good comedies. Except Austin Powers, which people still quote to this day, and So I married an Axe Murderer, which is a cult classic. So aside from those 4 insanely funny movies, Mike Myers wasn't in any good comedies. Dan Carvey's career is indeed very sad, though.
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Mar 23, 2017 16:59
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Lurdiak posted:Dan Carvey's career is indeed very sad, though.
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I will grant half a chuckle at the first Austin Powers, but the axe murderer movie is bad, sorry. And averaged out over his entire career you have to include the Love Guru and Cat in the Hat which almost cancel out the Wayne's World movies on their own, and that's before you even get to Shrek or the Austin Powers sequels. purple death ray fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Mar 23, 2017 |
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Mar 23, 2017 17:03
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Thaddius the Large posted:I actually almost mentioned this too, I remember enjoying it well enough, but I also haven't seen it in 15 years, so I kind of assumed it didn't hold up so well. I haven't seen it in a long time, but it's the only time Mike Myers's Scottish accent has been hilarious.
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Mar 23, 2017 17:04
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purple death ray posted:but the axe murderer movie is bad, sorry
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He shouldn't have refused to do that Church Lady movie.
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purple death ray posted:I will grant half a chuckle at the first Austin Powers, but the axe murderer movie is bad, sorry. Oh come on, you can't start counting bad movies against a comedian's career, Steve Martin and Leslie Nielsen were in a ton of awful poo poo.
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Mar 23, 2017 17:21
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Lurdiak posted:Oh come on, you can't start counting bad movies against a comedian's career, Steve Martin and Leslie Nielsen were in a ton of awful poo poo. Yeah, you judge an artist by their best work. (Which is why Frank Miller is still aces in my book. )
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prefect posted:I remember liking "Tommy Boy", but "Black Sheep" was blah and "Beverly Hills Ninja" was fuckin' terrible. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Christian-Bale-Calls-Chris-Farley-Beverly-Hills-Ninja-His-Favorite-Movie-All-Time-118417.html
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Lurdiak posted:Oh come on, you can't start counting bad movies against a comedian's career, Steve Martin and Leslie Nielsen were in a ton of awful poo poo. But neither of them did a Master of Disguise.
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Lurdiak posted:Yeah outside of those two timeless classic Wayne's World comedies, they didn't have any good comedies. SomeBODY once told me that Mike Myers was in an excellent series of Smash Mouth music videos. That person was a liar.
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Oh if you quote Austin Powers in 2017 you're an rear end in a top hat who should be punched in the goddamned mouth.
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Rhyno posted:Oh if you quote Austin Powers in 2017 you're an rear end in a top hat who should be punched in the goddamned mouth. Rhyno is exactly like me in every way, except 1/8th as good at posting.
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Lurdiak posted:Oh come on, you can't start counting bad movies against a comedian's career, Steve Martin and Leslie Nielsen were in a ton of awful poo poo. I tend to judge by an average. I'm not saying Mike Myers isn't a funny guy, I'm saying he's got a similar track record to Chris Farley, who you said was never funny. I think they're both funny but have still been in mostly bad movies. God only knows what garbage Farley would be starring in if he was still around. And Steve Martin along with Eddie Murphy make me so sad to think about the movies they did vs the movies they are doing now Or not now per se but like, recently.
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purple death ray posted:I tend to judge by an average. I'm not saying Mike Myers isn't a funny guy, I'm saying he's got a similar track record to Chris Farley, who you said was never funny. I think they're both funny but have still been in mostly bad movies. God only knows what garbage Farley would be starring in if he was still around. Well for one thing, he'd be Shrek.
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Lurdiak posted:Rhyno is exactly like me in every way, except 1/8th as good at posting. 1/6th!
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Rhyno posted:Oh if you quote Austin Powers in 2017 you're an rear end in a top hat who should be punched in the goddamned mouth.
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purple death ray posted:And averaged out over his entire career you have to include the Love Guru and Cat in the Hat which almost cancel out the Wayne's World movies on their own, and that's before you even get to Shrek or the Austin Powers sequels. Compare how Johnny Depp almost singlehandedly showed that you can build a blockbuster movie around a character actor in a character actor role, and the end result of that was Mordechai.
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CapnAndy posted:Quoting Austin Powers? That sort of thing ain't my bag, baby! :punch:
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Halloween Jack posted:Compare how Johnny Depp almost singlehandedly showed that you can build a blockbuster movie around a character actor in a character actor role, and the end result of that was Mordechai. From what I've read, the books that movie was based on sound pretty good.
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Rhyno posted::punch: I think you mean :judochop:
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Rhyno posted:Oh if you quote Austin Powers in 2017 you're an rear end in a top hat who should be punched in the goddamned mouth. Lurdiak posted:Rhyno is exactly like me in every way, except 1/8th as good at posting. Hold still.
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prefect posted:From what I've read, the books that movie was based on sound pretty good.
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Halloween Jack posted:Never read them, but AFAIK they were pretty good over-the-top takes on Wooster & Jeeves. I love me some Jeeves & Wooster, so that's right up my alley. 
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poo poo, it was 1/8th wasn't it. Well that just shows that I haven't watched that poo poo since it came out.
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It's bizarre to me that "he'll never be head of a major corporation" is the Austin Powers quote I see the most on SA, but that might be because I've got the OHSA and schadenfreude threads bookmarked.
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Rhyno posted:Oh if you quote Austin Powers in 2017 you're an rear end in a top hat who should be punched in the goddamned mouth. Or a manager in a call centre. Or am I being redundant?
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I forget which one it was, but the opening to the one Austin Powers movie where Tom Cruise is playing Austin is still pretty funny.
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Anyone want to do a short write up on the time when Grant Morrison tried to link Aquman to King Arthur of the Round Table?
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Anyone want to do a short write up on the time when Grant Morrison tried to link Aquman to King Arthur of the Round Table? Do you mean a literal in character "we're totally related you guys" link, or just a thematic link? Because Aquaman has pretty much always been King Arthur Under the Sea.
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*glub glub* Guys, why are we trying to sit around a table underwater? It'd be just as comfortable just floating in a circle. More so, probably!
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*hand rises up out of the water holding Excalibur* Hey uh, "Lady"? I'm in here with you. And you should put on some clothes maybe. I can see everything.
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