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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:58
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I just tried to watch The Cable Guy again.  Jim Carey.  How did he get away with it for so long?

EDIT: Also Carly Fiorina, Lee Iacocca and countless politicians and CEO's.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:28:48
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I just tried to watch The Cable Guy again.  Jim Carey.  How did he get away with it for so long?

EDIT: Also Carly Fiorina, Lee Iacocca and countless politicians and CEO's.

Back then I thought "The Cable Guy" was a very surprisingly decent film in an otherwise shameless barage of shit with all the Ace Venturas, Liar liar, The Mask and what have you.  In fact I have cause to think he is a talented actor, he just sold himself very cheaply to begin with and then it was too late to get taken seriously.

By the way I love the subject of this thread.  My nomination is ... Alanis Morisette!! I mean, I know it didn't last that long, but at one point she had the whole world fooled.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:05:17
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Cable Guy was shite, Ace Ventura was ace.

Mark Walberg, he just looks angry or confused in every damn movie. He is not a good actor.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:19:31
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Cable Guy was shite, Ace Ventura was ace.

Mark Walberg, he just looks angry or confused in every damn movie. He is not a good actor.

No.  It's really not shite.  People just went in expecting stupid slapstick comedy and funny faces ala Ace Ventura.  The cable guy is not even a comedy.  It's a great movie.  You just need to meet someone like that to really know what it's like Nyaa

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No.  It's really not shite.  People just went in expecting stupid slapstick comedy and funny faces ala Ace Ventura.  The cable guy is not even a comedy.  It's a great movie.  You just need to meet someone like that to really know what it's like Nyaa

It's just weird and disconcerting that movie.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:01:55
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I missed half the references in cable Guy because I didn't know the shows he was doing his thing about.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:02:49
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As per the thread itself, maybe that Kardashian big ass woman. She's everywhere and she doesn't do shit.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:59:23
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I really liked the Cable Guy movie. It was more a disturbing reflection of society at the time then it was a slapstick comedy.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:00:57
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How can anyone not like Alanis Morriset? Such blaspheme.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:54:15
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bugsonglass said:

No.  It's really not shite.  People just went in expecting stupid slapstick comedy and funny faces ala Ace Ventura.  The cable guy is not even a comedy.  It's a great movie.  You just need to meet someone like that to really know what it's like Nyaa

It's just weird and disconcerting that movie.

Precisely.  Which is exactly what it wanted to be.  So it's a good movie.

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:24:24
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Mark Walberg, he just looks angry or confused in every damn movie. He is not a good actor.



It's true. LOL

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:39:26

Surely his rap career is more worthy of suspicion than his acting career. I suppose he's a more succesful actor, though, but at least he's been in good films.

P.S.

The Cable Guy is brilliant.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:50:03
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Jim Carrey? That is the first post? The dude is a legend, no one made me laugh more during my childhood than that man. Plus he is a great actor, he was amazing in Truman Show.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:42:47
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Adam Sandler. Everyone of his new movies annoys me more than the last and still somehow, for some fucking reason someone drags me to them and I end up seeing them all and they have all been horribad.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:53:29

I like Sandler he has made a couple of gems, the Wedding Singer and Waterboy were pretty good. Zohan was hilarious shit, absolutely hilarious.

But yeah he has done a lot of shite.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:30:50
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Adam Sandler. Everyone of his new movies annoys me more than the last and still somehow, for some fucking reason someone drags me to them and I end up seeing them all and they have all been horribad.

Yes lately he has been horrible.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:27:51

Metallica.

Have done nothing worthy of praise since the late 80's.

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Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:37:10

pewdiepie

I just get told to shut the hell up whenever I upload something similar to him.

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Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:16:33

Robin Williams too.

That guy's success is a crime against humanity.

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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:00:32
You guys need to step it up.  You should be in this thread as forum posters for the fail here.  Jim Carey is an excellent actor; just because he was in some crappy movies doesn't make success a shocker.  And Alanis Morissette really?  If you were going to choose singers or bands, how about frickin Black Eyed Peas?  And Robin Williams has some terrific roles - Aladdin?  Mrs. Doubtfire?  Step it up people!

Baffling success?  George W Bush, and by extension, the modern US Republican party.  They've become a parody of themselves and still manage to maintain the support of half the country.

An alternate take, Brian McCabe (hockey player).  He's a defensive nightmare, and is a defenseman.  Nobody seems to pick up on this.

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