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What did we ever do to deserve something this cool' Sam Jackson is AFRO SAMURAI!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news of a project that could possibly be the coolest thing ever. On the whole planet of Earth. In the whole Universe, Multi-verse... ever. Sam Jackson as AFROSAMURAI? That concept is... just... wow.
This project, which you can read about over at Variety if you want more info, is going to be adapted to both a live action feature and a cartoon series, where Jackson will also voice the cartoon version of himself.
I don't know about you guys, but I have visions of a live-action CLONE WARS-esque Sam Jackson killing the shit out of bad guys left and right... With the tone of something like SHOGUN ASSASSIN... That's what I want and I hope I get something anywhere near that cool! AFROSAMURAI has just become the title to look for... Although it looks like we'll have to wait for 2007... sigh...
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i DID NOT THINK I CARED.
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Sounds awesome. Jackson has an Oscar coming. He is owed one after Pulp Fiction.
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Firsties: I hope you all die slow long deaths from an enlarged and bloody prostate.
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Aug 03, 2005 3:45:11 AM CDT
Sounds like a perfect role for the idiot who believes he is the
by salvatoregravano
And he always "plays" the same character. It's difficult to be in the Star Wars prequels and be almost as awful as Wooden Christensen, but Jackson managed to.
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Frequent ejaculation reduces the constant irritation which leads to cell mutation and the buildup of fetid jism. I have no worries.
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I still think Hollywood can't direct a 'real' fight/action scene. Just my opinion. You watch Naruto episode 133-135 and that is how Spiderman or X-Men should have moved like in the live-action movies.
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here is a link to the official afrosamurai site... www.afrosamurai.com/
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Aug 03, 2005 3:53:10 AM CDT
"AFRO SAMURAI??? This is awesome!" Ah HA HA HA HA HAAAH... Guys
by man of stool
Seriously.
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I read about this project end of 2004 in a German magazine. I thought that Afro-Samurai will be made would be a well known fact.
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coming to this site and being surprised by geekiness is like drinking your own piss and calling it salty.
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Fucking Jackson cannot act for shit, he hasn't made a single film that stretched him, or even got him to act outside of his "Jules The Bad Motherfucker" role since he made A time to Kill.
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Aug 03, 2005 5:00:15 AM CDT
Outta make a good double feature with Undercover Brother
by archduke_chocula
God knows if this has remotely the same tone but I just had to mention UB.........
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or Chuck Norris in White Guy Ninga!
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This sounds like the sequel to Pulp FIction.
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Way to be excited, Quint! Ever heard of "AFROSAMURAI [sic]" before? Thought not: close your face.
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Aug 03, 2005 5:45:44 AM CDT
Bwahahahaha!!! This news is OLD!!!! Jackson signed on in 2004!!
by negative man
Guy who loves music wanders the furturistic landscape smoking cigarettes and chopping people with a Katana. Well, kudos to the guy who created and sold the idea...
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Aug 03, 2005 6:20:13 AM CDT
If Jackson plays this half as good as he played Mace Windu...
by sith-vol
...it will be half assed. I agree with Kizeesh, nothing Jackson has done merits anything higher on the excitement scale than a big honking MEH. Does it seem to anyone else that this site is slipping into the abyss? I heard about this crap ages ago. I know it may be a slow couple of days for movie news but first an article about the new Bond video game than this recycled piece of tripe. I expected more. Sad really.
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this couldnt be that interesting if they have a cartoon coming out too. Will it be like Samurai Jack where the only thing he chops up is robots? Lame.
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you know he's gotta say "MUTHAFUCKA!!!" at least once when he's in a sword lock with the baddie. The saber lock with Palpatine in ROTS was a highly missed opportunity.
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Quite Possibly
This just in, Jude Law will star in Slightly Receding Hairline Ninjaaaaa. -
Aug 03, 2005 7:44:43 AM CDT
Jackson would do well to actually do some fucking practising thi
by cockknocker
In the prequels he obviously turned up on set and sort of flailed around a bit hoping george could put it right in post. He couldn't and jackson ended up looking like a tit.
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Where vanilla motherfuckers like yourself hang us on trees.
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He helped to ruin one of the key scenes in SITH. He's had good roles in the past. Here's to hoping he can bring back the bad motherf**ker.
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since when did you all turn into such severe Julius haters. "what have you done for me lately" indeed. all you pansies should get on your knees and BOW before the ebony glory who steals almost every movie he appears in, also known as Samuel L. "the man" Jackson.
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Where did all the acting hate come from? I can think of plenty of niche actors. Hmmm... C.Heston, John Wayne, Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise. S.L. Jackson found an archetype character to work with that people liked and he ran with it. Not everyone wants to be a jack-of-all trades.
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Am I the only one who noticed this detail? C'mon this'll probably be a weak ass Hollywood action flick geared for teenagaers, what I mean is - yet another blown opertunity.
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Aug 03, 2005 8:13:51 AM CDT
Jesus you fucking people... it's news to some of us, ok?
by uncooked_meat
And pretty fucking cool news, at that.
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Sorry I couldn't make out what you were saying there, must have been the several inches of Sam's dick in your mouth...
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Seriously many years ago I wrote a script called SOUTHERN FRIED SAMURAI thus my talkback name.It took place in the 70's.It starts off with a one armed black samurai with a huge afro half dead surrounded by ninjas.It flashes back and tells how he got that way.I wrote it in late 91-92.Its funny because I even had Jackson in mind after seeing JUNGLE FEVER.A friend of mine in the bussiness tried to pass it around.I told him just pitch it as SUPERFLY meets SHOGUN ASSASSAN but nobody was interested.I just thought it was funnny after I heard about this project...peace
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...but Ghost Dog would kick his Big Kahuna Burger-eating ass.
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Guys, you can forget all about blood and arterial spray. Quit dreaming about some afro LONE WOLF AND CUB. This will be one for the kids.
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Holy shit that looks bad.
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Bullshit Mr. Hand Man!
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Sam Jackson can only play Sam Jackson. I enjoyed Pulp Fiction but can't believe this one hit wonder can still find work.Leave it to Lucas(that would make a good sitcom)to make him a Jedi.
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Aug 03, 2005 10:58:27 AM CDT
You can also get predisposed to prostate cancer from a diet high
by shan
... just so you know, Sarge.
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"Sam Jackson is in EVERYTHING" (he's in a porno). FINALLY, a movie that actually could use Vanilla Ice and his classic, "Go Ninja." Fuckin right doggie.
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Aug 03, 2005 11:35:03 AM CDT
He may play the same character over and over a la Tom Cruise, bu
by terry_1978
Not for anything recent, but for early work back in the Jungle Fever days.
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when this first broke it was heralded as 'a revolutionary mix of hip hop and samurai action' hmmmmmm..... wonder where i've seen that before (cough) plagurism!
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Aug 03, 2005 11:52:00 AM CDT
Clint Eastwood plays the same character and everyone fellates hi
by i dunno
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I for one have never had my tongue on Clint's pimp stick.Although after viewing Mystic River, I would greatly like to chop it off and feed it to Sean Penn.
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Does he possess the power of The Glow?
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Aug 03, 2005 12:07:34 PM CDT
Sam Jackson is like Sean Connery, they do the same character and
by big bad clone
but damn if you don't like seeing them onscreen.
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Shitting on Samuel L Jackson? You guys have truly reached a new plateau of faggotry...
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I went to the web site and my first impression was, this reminds me of Samurai Champloo.
I also agree they should get someone else to play the part. The character on the web site looks more like the black guy from Enter the Dragon than SLJ. -
SHO' NUFF!
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Aug 03, 2005 1:18:11 PM CDT
R.C.'s opinion: One word perfectly pontificates my reaction
by r.c. the "wise"
I've got the perfect tagline:
Evil better watch it's muthaf*ckin back or Samurai Sam Jack will be forced to attack!
or how about
Say what, say what again, I dare you, no I double dare you muthaf*cker, say what one more god damn time and I'll be force to go kamakazi on your ass!!! -
Aug 03, 2005 1:24:41 PM CDT
R.C. opinion II: What's with you pussyies? Hating on Samue
by r.c. the "wise"
I'd tell you guys to get a life, get laid, or get paid, but since that shit's never going to happen to the majority of you punks I just say GO FUCK YOURSELVES!
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Aug 03, 2005 1:36:47 PM CDT
I like Jackson, but I think Fishburne would make a better Samura
by batutta
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Aug 03, 2005 1:59:05 PM CDT
Mace Windu was the second most annoying character next to Jar Ja
by thirteen 13
There is just something about a Jedi walking, talking and frowning like Shaft that was real annoying. It was one of the many things that was annoying for the 3 movies that passed themselves off as prequels. Yeah sure the shaft act works in movies like "Shaft" or "Pulp fiction". Doesn't work for Star Wars though. Aaahh well. Too late now.
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Hasn't the whole inner city samurai thing been done before?
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Or did I just overread them?
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after hearing about your stolen idea, I'm tossing my spec script for "Karate Hottie" (she's the daughter of a master swordsman sworn to peace forced to avenge her father's denial of a Medicaid claim. and she's from Malibu,yo). There's just no way for the little man to get a piece of the big Hollywood pussy pie. Dagnabbit.
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Directa yo' feetsa to Daddy Green's pizza...pizza with soul!!
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I'M NOT YELLING MOTHERFUCKA, THIS IS THE WAY I TALK! Sorry, I know, I'm not Dave Chappel.
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SHOGUN ASSASSIN is a shitty American version of the first two Baby cart movies.
And Afro samurai won't be a cartoon, it'll be an anime series (www.twitchfilm.com: "a new animated show being produced by Japan's Gonzo Animation for America's Spike TV").
Well, it sounds too much Tarantino and shit like that for me...
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Aug 03, 2005 6:15:11 PM CDT
coolest thing ever...not even the coolest thing ive seen today.
by s0nicdeathmonkey
sorry.
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My God people are hating on Sam Jackson and praising Six String Samurai in the same post on this fucking site. You'd rather see some no name Buddy Holly looking weirdo in a lame ass movie than Sam Jackson following the code of the samurai and chopping guys in half? Thats a new low folks, Lets face it Sam Jackson is fucking cool. Just like Robert Dnearo whose name i can't spell right Clint Eastwood,Al Pacino and Burt Mother Fucking Reynolds. If they stuck to only action movies and bad ass roles they would never do wrong in our eyes but they gotta do some shitty things for money every now and then. Bottom line Sam Jackson rules ass.
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you racist motherfu**er. Here's an idea, get educated on other cultures and pull your head out your ass. Your prbably live in one of those damn redneck villes that stares at every black person they see in their town saying to themself "damn another ni**er, ahh there goes the neighborhood". bastard.
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If it's going to be a cartoon series then I doubt ultraviolence is in the script. You don't see Kill Bill playing during the saturday morning toons do ya?
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As it stands this will be pure entertainment and thus awesome. I may beat one off in celebration.
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Aug 03, 2005 8:44:27 PM CDT
Sam Jackson does not play "himself" or the same character in his
by some dude
Mace Windu is not Rufus is not Romulus Ledbetter is not Mr Glass is not Shaft is not shark food is not Ordell Robbie is not Trevor Garfield is not Mitch Henessy is not Rev Fred Sultan is not Zeus Carver is not Jules Winnfield is not Big Don is not Ray Arnold is not Stacks Edward is not Mister Senor Love Daddy. Each performance is unique. Eat a dick.
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Except now we have a skinny blackdude instead of Fatty. Hilarity ensues.
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I think they should make a live action Samurai Champloo with Hulk Hogan as Mugen, "Shit! I forgot to kill him! BROTHER!"
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over Samuel Jackson? My, my. He lost crediblity when he did Star Wars. But then so did everyone else. (And you gents are right, I thought he could act, but since Pulp Fiction, I have seen not a semblance of talent.)
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...ghost dog?
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lol...i thoght i was the 1st one to say that oh well...truth is the same people who are dissing sam would suck chris walken's bag...and that guy plays himself in every movie...these guys are icons get over yourselves you wannabe critics.
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Anyone watching "Hogan Knows Best?" Best show evah. The porn star in the gym was classic.
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And I can't wait for this. Period.
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Also how is saying black people can't use swords racist? Someone once said to me white people can't see the difference in rice. I didn't take offense to that. Whatever Jackson is hard core his best performance to date is Deep Blue Sea. "I WAS EATEN BY A SHARK, A MOTHER F*CKING SHARK" something like that.
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hey Poopflinger, if your being sarcastic you should know better.
...have you ever heard of typecastng?
gary oldman for the better part of his career has played the intensely disturbed constantly...so has sam but sam has made other films that are against type.
just look at caveman's valentine, coach carter...Unbreakable...Eve's Bayou...the red violin...
the thing is jackson has played roles that counter his "badass" archtype but most of you are too retarded and pious to see a graceful, artistic film and would rather watch the expensive trashy b-movie made by paul anderson or some other potential Alan Smithee flick type and complain when it does not match your preconceived notions on what a particular genre or how character should behave.
your all guilty! for paying to see regurgitated plots with unexceptional skill...think about how you waste your money next time you go see something you know is crap.
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I consistently pay to see regurgitated horror films just to give out about them, but it's an enjoyable hobby. I buy the ones I care about, pay in to the ones I can't wait to dissect and eventually piss on (The Descent turned the tables on that old notion though). Guilty as charged. Now with that out of the way, Afrosamurai sounds like a pretty stupid idea seeing as we already had Forrest Whitaker kicking ass and flirting with pigeons in Ghost Dog. But I enjoy Sam Jackson's stuff, so I'll go see it anyway. I just reserve the right to complain about it. On a slightly less related note, Oldman will always be cooler than Jackson. "Bring me everyone." "What do you mean "everyone"? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERYONE!
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but he just can't act (wooden face like this shitty DMX).
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please don't desecrate the amazing anime by making some half-assed attempt at live action with Sam-I-El.
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Sam Jackson's best role is nowhere even close to being as good as Oldman's worst role.Come on; Sid Vicious,Serious Black, Jim Gordan-there's three roles that are better examples of acting than anything "Shaft" has done.
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Sam Jackson's not supposed to be a Shakespearian Thespian, he's supposed to be cool. Which is what he is. If 'Afro Samurai' is meant to be next years Million Dollar Baby, then sure he's probably the wrong choice. But by the sound of it, Afro Samurai is meant to be cool, ergo Sam Jackson is the best choice, with Lawrence Fishburne a close second.
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Sam Jackson was one of my favorite actors after Pulp and Jackie Brown, but since then all of his movies have been very average or shitty! He's a cool customer but his acting skills are overrated. His range goes no further than playing the cool badass!
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In a film called BLACK SAMURAI!It was made in the 70's and was cheesy as hell.It was directed by Al Adamson who usually only made cheesy movies which is why I love him.The film shouldve been like the book series it was based on,BLACK SAMURAI by Marc Olden.Theres like 8 books in the series.I got them off ebay years ago pretty cheap.Good reading if your into that whole vintage sleaze explotation type of thing...peace
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Fuck all y'all. Don Cheadle is the man, be it a porn star with an 8-track jones, a true-to-life hero from Rwanda or the cop-with-a-secret from Crash, he is the by far the best homeboy in the business right now. Jamie Fox can eat a dick after Sam Jackson has sucked the marrow out of that bone. Don C. for me!! And yes, this site is starting to get lame (more lame?) and behind the times...what are some other geek-type-sites do you, my fellow talkbackers, recommend???
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don cheadle is too good for afro samurai. if he was to do a hero type of movie he would do better as Mike LeRoi.
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It's a stereo type, alveit a stereotype I've never heard of before. Saying white people can't tell the difference between rice isn't because the white devil has been opressing everyone ever since we stole black powder from the Chinese and built superior weaponry. Besides, just because Sam can't weild a lightsaber doesn't mean that black people can't use swords. It's like saying white guys can't dance. Damn. Ok maybe white guys can't dance. Well Justin Timberlake can dance so there. But he's probably gay so I guess he doesn't count. There now I threw out some homophobia in there for you too.
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well i gotta admit most of the time sam did not use his saber too well but hey did he get trained like mcgregor or hayden?
somehow i doubt it, hopefully in this next movie sam can get the training that lucas failed to make important.
btw...stereotypes are not automaticaly a symptom of racism...it could be classism, prejudice or some other bias other then race...i think some of these folks don't like sam because they are all a bit disenchanted by his repetative roles but are too racist to truely enjoy movies where black people are the main characters. -
...by the way oldman sucked in lost in space and jackson rocked in pulp fiction.
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shit am I too tired to react to this... sorry. Peace.
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you just did.
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Aug 05, 2005 12:38:55 AM CDT
Holy spinach popping psycho koi trailing a twelve-inch string of
by neosamurai85
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You know, I was looking him up on IMDB and I realized something... I ain't seen half the shit this man has cranked out. So I got to ask, how many of the people that keep saying he is a one trick pony have? I mean, He certainly has played around with the same character a lot in some films... but all og them. Oh and Meremoth... Did you just say gay people can't dance? WTF??? Oh and liljuniorbrown, I mostly agree with you... except with Robert De Niro. I don't want to see him just do action films. I want him to get off his ass and be the badass motherfucking actor he really is. The guy that could be anything in his youth. Age used to mean deep roles... Lion and Winter kind of stuff. But De Niro keeps fucking around with the Fockers! I've got no problem with Action De Niro. Heat... Ronin... gold. But man... Raging Bull... that's what I miss. Peace.
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Sam Jackson can do a nunchaku routine then flip and conk himself on the head. Then get up and stagger through the rest of his routine. That can be the whole movie.
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They play alot of them on Cartoon Network after 9pm. Because not all cartoons are for kiddies anymore. Get with the new millennium, y'know?
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Neosamurai85...slow your roll before you hurt your role.
Darkfalz_stop being an attention whore, it does not suit someone with dark as their moniker.
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That cracked me up!!!
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correction being an attention whore does not suit anyone.
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