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Re: How talentless IS...?
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Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:17:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Steve Lane writes:
> > With all this anti - Micheal Crichton bile going around I can't help
> > thinking that we should fix Steven Segal's wagon first. Is their a martial
> > artist with less acting talent and a worse on-screen persona than him?
> > I wouldn't like to see their films if their was. How do his "films" keep
> > getting made? Does anyone PAY to see them? HAS anyone seen, ANY of them?
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> Steve, I think you posted to the wrong group. This group is for debates--NOT
> undeniable truths! Segal is so unbelievably awful that the best thing you can
> say about him is that Under Seige didn't suck quite as bad as his other films,
> but Segal himself was still terrible. The only (and I mean only) redeeming
> thing about Segal (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is that he doesn't kid
> himself into thinking he's an actual actor.
The only good thing about Under Siege is Tommy Lee Jones. I should note
that Segal is at least a better actor than the bimbo in that movie (damned
with faint praise <g>).
I liked Segal in Executive Decision - I got to cheer when he died!
> For comparison, I present Kevin Costner as Exhibit A. Worse, Costner
> imagines himself not only as an actor but as a worthwhile social commentator.
> When did he last release a film that wasn't dreadful? Certainly not Revenge, or
> A Perfect World, or The Postman, or Waterworld, or Tin Cup, or For the love of
> the Game, or Robin Hood, or The Bodyguard, or 3000 Miles to Graceland, or JFK
> (which wasn't especially foul--just an Oliver Stone agenda film). I'm thinking
> Dances with Wolves, and even that was overlong. And how many baseball films
> are we going to let this hack make before someone pulls the plug on him?!
I liked him in Silverado, but that was about it. He's about the most wooden
actor in existence.
Bruce
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| (...) Jones is always a treat. I don't think Ms. Eleniak did too badly, considering that the part was only written with two things in mind. Anyway, it's not like the role (or the film) allowed deep character development. (...) I couldn't remember (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I never saw the film but when it came out and it was on the movie review shows I remember really liking the fact that they killed him off right at the start of the movie :-) Steve (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Steve, I think you posted to the wrong group. This group is for debates--NOT undeniable truths! Segal is so unbelievably awful that the best thing you can say about him is that Under Seige didn't suck quite as bad as his other films, but Segal (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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