Rondette posted:

He was 33! Is it me or does he like at least 10 years older than that....why did everyone from the eighties look so much older?

hawowanlawow posted:

been reading about Lawrence Tierney's time on set for Seinfeld as Elaine's dad, The Simpsons as the Try-and-Save security guy, and Reservoir Dogs as the boss. I would say that guy didn't age well, but turns out he was a batshit crazy abusive drunk for his entire career.

He tried to steal a knife from Jerry's apartment set, got mad when the audience laughed at his lines, and Larry David would threaten the cast and crew to bring him back for another episode because everyone was terrified of him. He got into a fistfight with Tarantino, hated Michael Madsen for no reason, and bullied Chris Penn into accepting lawn furniture he didn't need while stealing random poo poo off of restaurant tables. The Simpsons writers were so afraid of him they would hide under their desks when he was around, and the driver who took him in refused to take him back home. Basically his grumpy old crazy guy roles were not an act.

Rondette posted:

We were watching this old, if the time video about Douglas Adams and I was staggered when I looked up his age at the time this was filmed.

He was 33! Is it me or does he like at least 10 years older than that....why did everyone from the eighties look so much older?

Jedit posted:

Less good medicine, more smoking and drinking, and men didn't care so much about their appearance back then. One of the English teachers at my school in 1985 was a friend of Douglas Adams who had met him when they were at university, and he didn't look 34 by modern standards either.

mind the walrus posted:

1. Imagine the loving balls on being that guy's agent in the 90s and getting him comedy gigs.

2. There's a terrifying alternate universe where he played the Judge in an adaptation of Blood Meridian and ended up getting arrested in the process.

Elissimpark posted:

1. He also appeared on modern Star Trek. Twice. In TNG and DS9.

2. He would have made a great Glanton, but would have been too old.

Mr Interweb posted:

https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1643986134320685056?s=20

lots to chew on here, but what's especially funny about this is that girl boss peach isn't remotely a new thing. she was a playable character in smb2, had her own title with super princess peach, and repeatedly saved the mario bros. in every single one of the 90s cartoons.

Kit Walker posted:

I think it's just a thing with characters who were written to be kind of annoying but were played by actors who were clearly very attractive people. See also Fran Drescher in The Nanny

Mr Interweb posted:

https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1643986134320685056?s=20

lots to chew on here, but what's especially funny about this is that girl boss peach isn't remotely a new thing. she was a playable character in smb2, had her own title with super princess peach, and repeatedly saved the mario bros. in every single one of the 90s cartoons.

Arivia posted:

On TNG he was playing extremely to type as a gang boss, and even then he still went after Wil Wheaton. No idea how he got invited back for DS9 (where he played an alien arms dealer so still kinda of his type).

Wil Wheaton posted:

Lawrence Tierney, who played Cyrus Redblock, was infamous around Hollywood for having much in common with the tough guys he played in the movies. I had an encounter of my own with him just outside Stage 16 (affectionately known to all who worked there as Planet Hell) while we filmed this episode.

"Hey," he said to me one afternoon between scenes, "do you play football?"

I was 15 at the time, and weighed 95 pounds . . . if I was soaking wet and carrying a ten-pound weight.

"Uh, no," I said.

He leaned into me, menacingly.

"Why the hell not? What are you, some kind of sissy human being?"

I panicked, certain that he was going to beat the poo poo out of me because I was more comfortable throwing 3d6 than a pigskin.

"I'm not strong enough to play football!" I said.

"Well, maybe you wouldn't be so weak if you played football!" he growled.

An assistant director arrived just in time to call us to the set and save me from certain death.

Blue Moonlight posted:

For anyone interested, tracked down the story from Wheaton (a quote with slurs is spoilered):

Angry Salami posted:

I'm not convinced he was ever actually cast for anything, I assume he just showed up on sets and intimidated people until they agreed to give him a part.

AceOfFlames posted:

It really boggles me how Tierney kept getting work despite literally EVERYONE who ever worked with him having a horror story about him.

Mr Interweb posted:

https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1643986134320685056?s=20

lots to chew on here, but what's especially funny about this is that girl boss peach isn't remotely a new thing. she was a playable character in smb2, had her own title with super princess peach, and repeatedly saved the mario bros. in every single one of the 90s cartoons.

Splicer posted:

For a woman who says women should be meek and submissive she sure does express a lot of opinions.

Splicer posted:

For a woman who says women should be meek and submissive she sure does express a lot of opinions.

I AM GRANDO posted:

Being a hispanic nazi also does not seem like a combination for career or really overall longevity.

I AM GRANDO posted:

Being a hispanic nazi also does not seem like a combination for career or really overall longevity.

grittyreboot posted:

I really hate this one dea people have that you have to be this tortured, toxic piece of poo poo to make great art. Every biopic spends 90% of it's runtime showing the main character ruining the lives of his loved ones, but then he plays that one song everybody loves, so all is forgiven. Which given what we now know about Hollywood, I think it makes sense that producers would be drawn to those kinds of stories.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Jobs, that is a good repudiation that you have to be an rear end in a top hat to make good art.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Alien: Covenant, that is a good example of how you have to be an rear end in a top hat to make good art.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Assassin's Creed, that is a good repudiation that art made by assholes is good.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, The Snowman, where Fassbender plays a guy named Harry Hole .

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Inglourious Basterds, that is a good movie because a lot of Nazis die in it.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Angel, that is a Michael Fassbender movie.

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender hole, in his rear end, that is a good example of how you need an rear end in a top hat to make poo poo

Kit Walker posted:

muscles like this! posted:

There's a Michael Fassbender movie, Shame, that is a good repudiation that you have to be an rear end in a top hat to make good art.

fartknocker posted:

DreadUnknown posted:

Did you hear the latest? Micheal Fassbender poops from his rear end in a top hat! Film at 11!

DreadUnknown posted:

Did you hear the latest? Micheal Fassbender poops from his rear end in a top hat! Film at 11!

Croccers posted:

Yeah the game where you touch the screen to change her emotions at will (for the most part). Ok sure they worked in solid cartoon logic way, like Cry on a plant to make it grow, Rage to break through stuff but like why not make it Luigi? The game was pretty decent aside from that.

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They did call it Vibes though and this was back in 05. When did Vibe check and Vibes become a cool term?