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Detective No. 27 posted:I remember he was a regular joke on MadTV. That show didn't age well. What do you mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSSHnIZnYSI (I still hold some nostalgic love for MADTv because I watched all of it when I was a kid, this is not one of the <3 parts)
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:John Wick is what kicked off his renaissance, not the Matrix sequels, if that's what you read my post as. John Wick made people realize "holy poo poo, Keanu can actually loving act nowadays!" and turned him from kind of a running joke to a genuine hot commodity. You're joking, right? I think Reeves' acting in John Wick is the worst he's ever done. The action is good though. Snooze Cruise posted:Well, I guess I shouldn't be surpise because Fox did let Allen Gregory aired with its constant rape jokes. Jesus Christ, I forgot about that show. Thanks for reminding me (sarcasm)
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Aug 1, 2017 03:47
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he should direct another movie, Man of Tai Chi was good.
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He should do more VA work too. He was good in that Mifune documentary.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:John Wick made people realize "holy poo poo, Keanu can actually loving act nowadays!" I really don't think that was most people's takaway.
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Seriously? The "I'M THINKING I'M BACK" scene is the most emotion I've ever seen Keanu show.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Seriously? The "I'M THINKING I'M BACK" scene is the most emotion I've ever seen Keanu show. Someone clearly hasn't seen Speed.
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I wouldn't say he's a bad actor, just very average. He's better than your average action meathead, but you're not watching for the acting chops anyway. He's good at being dour and pretending to shoot bad guys.
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He's a dude who knows his limits as an actor, and has stuck to them. There's nothing wrong with that.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Seriously? The "I'M THINKING I'M BACK" scene is the most emotion I've ever seen Keanu show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1okpAj7Fhw Johnny Mnemonic rules
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I wouldn't say he's a bad actor, just very average. He's better than your average action meathead, but you're not watching for the acting chops anyway. He's good at being dour and pretending to shoot bad guys. Keanu Reeves works best in movies with hilariously ridiculous premises, because he's so inherently bland he grounds the film in a realism that the rest of the movie can take advantage of.
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Skwirl posted:Keanu Reeves works best in movies with hilariously ridiculous premises, because he's so inherently bland he grounds the film in a realism that the rest of the movie can take advantage of. He's also really good at looking befuddled at the fantastical events happening around him, which is always a big plus for that kind of movie.
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"Whoa..." The Keanu Reeves Story In a different world he stars in the Transformers movies with anyone but Bay directing. And they are pretty okay.
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syscall girl posted:What do you mean? I remember the George Lucas sketch around the time the prequels came out to be really good. I thought I remembered a ton of talent coming out of MADtv, but looking back it was really just Phil LaMarr and Key & Peele. The reason I remembered there being more talent was that the first time I had that thought, I was like 18 and thought Family Guy (where a bunch of MADtv regulars ended up as voice actors) was amazing.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I wouldn't say he's a bad actor, just very average. He's better than your average action meathead, but you're not watching for the acting chops anyway. He's good at being dour and pretending to shoot bad guys. So you haven't seen My own Private Idaho then? Or Sam Raimi's The Gift?
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BJPaskoff posted:I remember the George Lucas sketch around the time the prequels came out to be really good.
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BJPaskoff posted:I remember the George Lucas sketch around the time the prequels came out to be really good. George Lucas wheeling Oprah around Skywalker Ranch will never not crack me up. Edit: it wasn't Oprah, but their Oprah was great too.
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Babe Watch was a pretty good skit on there but Artie Lange's related cocaine story is one of the funnest things you'll ever hear.
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BJPaskoff posted:I thought I remembered a ton of talent coming out of MADtv, but looking back it was really just Phil LaMarr and Key & Peele. Hey, now, Orlando Jones, Nicole Sullivan, and Will Sasso might not be big name movie stars, but they're still pretty darned talented!
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Aug 1, 2017 04:59
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Andy Daly was on Mad TV and he's like one of the funniest guys ever
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The talent was never the problem, it was that they built the show around breakout recurring characters like "the Asian woman" and "a little boy."
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I liked the cabana lady, she was a good parody of washed up stars
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The sketch where Randy Newman and Rob Zombie write songs for the Star Wars prequels was pretty funny - I still sing snippets of those stupid songs to myself sometimes.
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Aug 1, 2017 05:27
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Will Sasso as Steven Seagal was very funny.
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MariusLecter posted:Will Sasso as Steven Seagal was very funny. Will Sasso as Fred Durst is classic.
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It's probably been over a decade since I watched MadTV but I still know like every line of the Spishak oven for kids sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3BqDf_MbM A lot of Mr. Show people worked on it so it could be good when it wanted to.
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MariusLecter posted:Vincent D'Onofrio would be great as Eisenhorn in a Warhammer 40K movie based on the Eisenhorn series by Dan Abnett. For a second I thought you meant Vince Vaughn and pictured a very different film.
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Guy Mann posted:It's probably been over a decade since I watched MadTV but I still know like every line of the Spishak oven for kids sketch. It's biggest problem was trying to be an edgier/raunchier SNL and relying on recurring characters way too much. It was very funny when it leaned into its performers best abilities.
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LesterGroans posted:It's biggest problem was trying to be an edgier/raunchier SNL and relying on recurring characters way too much. It was very funny when it leaned into its performers best abilities. I always heard MadTV had to rely on the recurring characters so much because they just didn't have the budget and had to keep sticking to stuff that they know kind of work with little set work. This is especially apparent when comparing the variety of sketch/locations of the first couple of years compared towards the end. Will Sasso could make anything funny as Kenny Rogers through....
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Davros1 posted:Will Sasso as Fred Durst is classic. Everything Will Sasso did for MadTV was great. His lumber/builder dude that ended up maiming himself every time was extremely my poo poo back then.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Everything Will Sasso did for MadTV was great. His lumber/builder dude that ended up maiming himself every time was extremely my poo poo back then. Sasso killed Home Improvements Tool Time segments for me with that character. Similar thing happened to me even being able to hate watch NCIS after a few episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV.
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This has always been my favorite Mad TV sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW5VJ4_DLG0
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Also loved MadTV's "The Sopranos" edited for PAX TV.
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If this thread is just posting MadTV sketches now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgBD94cs0T8 Sasso's Gandolfini kills me.
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LesterGroans posted:If this thread is just posting MadTV sketches now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CpAE9c1lN8
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LesterGroans posted:If this thread is just posting MadTV sketches now... I wish I could find the clip of Will Sasso doing De Niro impressions for little kids, and getting really into the Raging Bull impression to the point that he starts taunting the little kid to punch him in the face. That poo poo had me dying.
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MadTV only ever had one good sketch and it was Kenny Rogers' Jackass.
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It was Phil Lamarr talking about how he never got to play the "black" guy on shows and thought Mad TV would be different until he discovered that they hired another BLACKER guy.
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UBS Guy was pretty funny.
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