dc20willsave Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Lindsey Lohan: Hear me out on this one. This is mainly to see the decline of a person's career. Start our with The Parent Trap, a film where she showed quite a bit of promise. After that, we have Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, two films that she helped carry and made her a person to watch. Sadly, time and a drug addiction would not be kind to her and we got I Know Who Killed Me and The Canyons. Edited May 18, 2016 by slothian Film covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Look, I apologise for what I said about Singing in the Rain. Let's not escalate things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Plus, having already covered Jodie Foster, you could compare the 1976 version of Freaky Friday to the 2003 remake. Edited December 7, 2016 by slothian Covered both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Look, I apologise for what I said about Singing in the Rain. Let's not escalate things... That actually had nothing to do with it. This was mainly saying it might be cool to look at an actor or actress who's career took a nosedive. Lohan just was the first that came to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Tick Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 I tried to come up with actors who played a wide range of roles  Gary Oldman.... Played Dracula, Beethoven, that cop in the professional  Daniel Day Lewis.... An Irishman, a western oil tycoon, adopted son of a Mohawk chief  Jeff Bridges.....the dude, frontier gun for hire, tron guy  Ben Kingsley... Gandhi and the scariest a hole ever in "sexy beast"  Charlize Theron.... Quoted as desiring to play unusual roles, but not sure of the range of things she has done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 An idea for your December episode: Do something a little different and instead focus on an actor, focus on a fictional character, in this case, Santa Claus or Father Christmas. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Or Scrooge for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Tick Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Kevin Bacon: Some thoughts on films he was in: footloose (pretty much the same premise as swing kids, so Pandy's thoughts should be interesting), Tremors, Apollo 13 (which I'm guessing you guys have both seen), and there must be other good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I've seen the first half of Apollo 13 but for some reason, I didn't continue watching once they were actually in space. Lord knows why. Still, Bacon's always an excellent choice, particularly when staving off a hangover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 In light of recent news, you guys have to do Robin Williams ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm down with making him the subject of the next free slot, which would be our October episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I've moved suggestions for Robin Williams movies to its own thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Having listened to the Dick Tracy episode of Earth-2.net The Show, I hereby nominate Charles During! Some good choices; The Sting, Dog Day Afternoon (unless you want that saved for Pacino), North Dallas Forty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Doc Hopper is not a guaranteed Year 2 pick, but I'd be interested to give some of those films a go. I am acutely aware that, so far, we've barely covered any films released earlier than 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 It might make a good Tranquil Tirades episode as a bad mix of Natural Born Killers and American Psycho, but one of his final films, Scavenger Killers, might be...ummm...interesting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Ben Affleck: Despite doing numerous strong roles over the years, why did a bunch of a-holes decide to get up in arms over "Bat-fleck?" It's a question worthy of two brits capable of asking the hard questions. Starting out by doing films for one of his best friends (Chasing Amy, Dogma) Affleck would become a star, mind you he would also spend those years with his relationships being all over the tabloids. Of his three major flings, he did a movie with each of them (Shakespeare in Love, Gigli, Daredevil). For awhile, it looked like he hung up his acting hat, going to directing. Obviously, that didn't last and his would put in three of his strongest performances to date (The Town, Argo, Gone Girl). So yeah, maybe he is worthy of scorn, maybe some idiots on the internet are overreacting? Who knows? Â Robert Downey Jr.: How does a man go from being a pariah to the highest payed actor in the business? Many of his early roles were a little generic (Air America, Johnny Be Good) but then he would do a movie where you could see that, yeah, he's talented (Less Than Zero, Chaplin). Then, he kinda just fell to the wayside, doing a few memorable roles here and there (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Wonder Boys) until Marvel saved him from obscurity (Iron Man). Since then, he's made the most of a career revival, doing both major money roles (Sherlock Holmes, Tropic Thunder) and critical acclaim (The Judge, Tropic Thunder). Â Kate Winslet: She's a fucking awesome actress. Sure, she was in Titanic but so was half of Hollywood! She started out with some hugely memorable roles (Heavenly Creatures, Sense and Sensibility) and then when most actresses of her age would be content to be in a dumb romantic comedy, she kept seeking out the challenging prestige roles (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Reader) with the occasional flirting with the main stream (Divergent). Â Meryl Streep: The most prolific actress of the last three decades. The woman that could read the phonebook and get an Oscar Nomination for it! Where does one go with her? Difficult leading roles (Sophie's Choice, Doubt, The Iron Lady)? Numerous supporting parts (The Devil Wears Prada, She-Devil, Adaptation)? Or maybe her occasional drift into the mainstream (Mamma Mia, Into the Woods, The Bridges of Madison County)? All we know is that the longer you wait, the more movies she does and gets nominated for. Â Angelina Jolie: Remember when she was creepy and there were rumors she might like her brother in the wrong way? How far a career can go! Coming to prominence with films where she expressed her sexuality and an innate desire to push boundaries (Girl Interrupted, Gia), Ms. Jolie would becomes something of a box office draw (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mr. & Mrs. Smith). More recently, she's normalled out and but she can still unsettle us (Changling, Maleficent). Â Ewan McGreggor: The difference between the beginning of Ewan's career and more recently is that you're less likely to see his penis on film these days. Back in the day, it was everywhere (Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine) but that's not to say that that's all that caught out attention. The dude can fucking act (Moulin Rouge!, Big Fish). He's wandered into the mainstream, all thanks to George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, The Island) but no one's perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Taylor LautnerThe Adventures of Sharkboy and LavagirlTwilightAbduction or Tracers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted May 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Taylor Lautner The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl Twilight Abduction or Tracers ....I hope the Winona Ryder episode didn't upset you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I think it would be awesome to do an episode featuring an actor with mostly bad work output and decide if they could do better. Maybe Taylor Lautner wouldn't be that bad of a suggestion. So would Michelle Rodriguez, Channing Tatum, Elizabeth Berkley, etc. I'm not including Nic Cage on there because, I think we can all agree, a Nic Cage episode is probably going to require a format break just because of the Eldritch TERROR that is his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'm serious. For my money, he was one of the two best actors in the first Twilight, and I think he can have a career beyond those movies. That said, it would be interesting to view a role from before Twilight and a movie he's done since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I gotta disagree with Tatum being in there. He's got Jump Street and a bunch of Soderbergh movies, and he's doing Tarantino and Coen Brothers flicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 ...wow. That's the point I know how tired I really am. I write down Channing Tatum when I was thinking of Kellan Lutz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Has Denzel Washington seriously not been suggested yet? Malcom X, Philadelphia, Remember the Titans, Glory, Training Day... Edited May 13, 2017 by slothian Now covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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