Where's Ralph Macchio When You Need Him?
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UPDATED: Monday, February 1, 2010 18:52
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By the way, C. Thomas Howell did a stint on NBC's short-lived "Southland", which is now on TNT.
And his boyish good looks are long gone. It took me a while to figure out who he was; he looks like he's got a good 20 years of heroin addiction under his belt, but there's no mention of that in his bio. Dude looks really rough these days, though.
Mike
Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde
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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
What really killed me with 2 was that not only were they immortal, but they were ALSO from a different planet/future time (take your pick, depending on non- or director's cut).
I mean, WTF?!?!? And then conveniently they omit that McCloud didn't know Ramirez when they met in the Original, yet they knew each other in the past/future/other planet before coming to their respective times.
The first was fine as a stand alone concept, but 2 just f*cked it all up and made it impossible to comprehend.
They were stuck. They made a stand-alone film, that turned out to be a huge cult hit on video, and people started asking for a sequel - which the original made virtually impossible (at least, before the prequel became the norm).
So, while it turned out terrible, I can respect them a bit for trying to do something new (at the very least, you can't call 2 a rehash of the first....though you can say it of the 3rd) with a story that was already over.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...
Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?
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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...
Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?
The Ted McGinley Effect!
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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
I didn't really want to get into 3, but since it's been mentioned...
Look, anything with Michael Ironside is going to suck. Which is sad because I really like him as an actor. But yeah, his presence will ruin everything he's in. How is that for a paradox?
Can't really argue with that. I like Ironside, but he does a lot of crap. I liked Starship Troopers (no, it's not the book, but it makes it's own points) and Total Recall, though.
But point of fact - he was in 2 not 3. That was Mario Van Peebles in 3.... who arguably has an even worse track record than Ironside.
(I am encyclopedic on Highlander stuff - even the stuff I hate)
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Can't really argue with that. I like Ironside, but he does a lot of crap. I liked Starship Troopers (no, it's not the book, but it makes it's own points) and Total Recall, though.
But point of fact - he was in 2 not 3. That was Mario Van Peebles in 3.... who arguably has an even worse track record than Ironside.
(I am encyclopedic on Highlander stuff - even the stuff I hate)
I stand corrected. I totally confused my episodes there. And ok, the reason I hated 3 was because Van Peebles. For some reason I superimosed Ironside over Van Peebles in my head.
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It coulda been worse. Originally Axl Rose was slated to play the villain in 3.
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It coulda been worse. Originally Axl Rose was slated to play the villain in 3.
Of course, it could have made it better! *snicker*
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