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Posted Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 - 13 Comments »

Scared For A Minute

Reading a Variety.com story,. I saw a link,

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  1. jeffmcm says:
    May 31, 2006 at 4:29 pm

    Sort of the same way Tom Arnold was telling everybody that he was going to be in True Lies 2 for a solid decade?

  2. sky_capitan says:
    May 31, 2006 at 9:52 pm

    I’m waiting for Battlefield Earth 2. I still remember John Travolta talking about it when the first one opened.
    And Michael Bolton and his movie where he was going to play a lawyer
    Or Garth Brooks and his ‘Chris Gaines’ movie…
    Or Sharon Stone wanting to direct Basic Instinct 3.
    still waiting and looking forward to those.
    Was there anyone less funny than Tom Arnold at his ‘peak?’

  3. jeffmcm says:
    May 31, 2006 at 10:07 pm

    You mean the 1996 trifecta of Big Bully, The Stupids, and Carpool?
    Yes: Carrot Top and Chairman of the Board.

  4. Me says:
    June 1, 2006 at 7:10 am

    I’d love to see Tom Arnold in True Lies 2 (he was great in the first one) as long as it’d be directed by Cameron. At this point, I’d be happy to see Cameron do anything that doesn’t have to do with documentaries on underwater exploration/recovery.
    And I’m almost scared to say this, but I thought Arnold gave a helluva good and grounded performance in Happy Endings (granted, the movie was too scattershot to really be described as good, but still…).

  5. adorian says:
    June 1, 2006 at 7:26 am

    It’s not just the subject matter and star attached to it, it’s the classical language angle…Some of it will be in Punic? With subtitles? One doesn’t know whether to giggle or groan.
    Mel Gibson, what hast thou wrought?

  6. KamikazeCamelV2.0 says:
    June 1, 2006 at 10:53 am

    I liked Carpool when I saw it at age 11. But, er, I can’t imagine liking it now. True Lies is a great movie though, non?

  7. brack says:
    June 1, 2006 at 12:50 pm

    well we got Cameron’s “Aquaman” to look forward to.
    oh, wait…

  8. Lynn says:
    June 1, 2006 at 3:56 pm

    :: snorfles at brack ::
    I love big epic movies, but this seems like a bad bad idea, even to me.
    WTF do you do with the ending of Hannibal, anyway? Didn’t he, like, go into voluntary exile years after the last big battle, and die of suicide when the Romans tried to find him? Not exactly a big heroic moment.

  9. oldman says:
    June 1, 2006 at 8:06 pm

    Ohhh, that Hannibal! I thought you meant Silence of the lambs part deux!

  10. KamikazeCamelV2.0 says:
    June 2, 2006 at 12:43 am

    Have you seen new pictures of Vin? He’s packing on the pudge.

  11. sky_capitan says:
    June 2, 2006 at 9:29 pm

    So you’re saying Vin is turning into the new Steven Seagal? Pudgy tough-guy
    And… I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Chairman Of The Board. I think Carrot Top, circa 2006, would make an excellent Batman villain, because his look scares the HELL out of me.

  12. Chucky in Jersey says:
    June 3, 2006 at 8:40 am

    Liz Smith is a servant of four masters — Harvey Weinstein, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Jackson, and Madonna.

  13. Cadavra says:
    June 3, 2006 at 12:40 pm

    Six. You forgot Liza and Barbra.

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