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Written by James M. Tate / 1/24/2023 / No comments / action , arnold schwarzenegger , eighties , jim brown , maria conchita alonso body count , paul michael glaser , richard dawson , science-fiction , stephen king , yaphet kotto

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 'THE RUNNING MAN' RICHARD DAWSON

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</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZk9K5vPNmZtNfkhXjlMknxqnL4eGDUQJyCGcEFKYLXXbr31kWEsn0epHBDDfS4j6Yhp-hj3LFos124YK5u-yndbHpAyWw62oBd_5H08va132z2NAFB9rGkbulBSnyqXpUZHZPuFX6qlc8_FskjJ4WDnoCJwVKuq1H4t_eENcT7xSK4UwY6gf9Nm0Jg/s2052/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-30%20at%202.03.24%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="2052" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZk9K5vPNmZtNfkhXjlMknxqnL4eGDUQJyCGcEFKYLXXbr31kWEsn0epHBDDfS4j6Yhp-hj3LFos124YK5u-yndbHpAyWw62oBd_5H08va132z2NAFB9rGkbulBSnyqXpUZHZPuFX6qlc8_FskjJ4WDnoCJwVKuq1H4t_eENcT7xSK4UwY6gf9Nm0Jg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-30%20at%202.03.24%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Richard Dawson & Arnold Schwarzenegger in THE RUNNING MAN 1987 Score: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There was a stretch between the first two TERMINATOR films when Arnold Schwarzenegger could do no wrong... and even his wrongs were right as this bizarre story. from a novella by Stephen King, is set in the future where a lethal game show, hosted by Richard Dawson’s Damon Killian, amazes crowds in a murky future where there’s only rich or poor...<br>
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Schwarzenegger’s good cop Ben Richards, having been framed for multiple murders he didn’t commit, breaks out of prison, seeks clues to prove his innocence, and not long after meeting his eventual love interest Maria Conchita Alonso, he's sson captured and – along with two men he escaped with (including Yaphet Kotto) – is forced to take part in the RUNNING MAN: a game show pitting contestants in death matches with random adversaries, called “Stalkers,” within various underground mazes... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 'THE RUNNING MAN' RICHARD DAWSON

Richard Dawson & Arnold Schwarzenegger in THE RUNNING MAN 1987 Score: **** There was a stretch between the first two TERMINATOR films w...

DIRECTOR RICHARD FLEISCHER SECONDS 'CONAN THE DESTROYER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvN6Oz59QxHJ2TWQxDflfLnTV2BurMU6kC-tS3aj6MLYPznPYZ4lWiQRF1BtrKZIhgY7K9yzrkplbpB258m_uznKyaOrixFYqG3i8asgzcuD9ONDEmQy2qa6Vs1N1Pbn8qCxZ5M3I_sx9j32s0UsTdyGOyiPJKGOwIr2UF_KCdrIfPDCL2d1WkySIjw/s2241/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="2241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvN6Oz59QxHJ2TWQxDflfLnTV2BurMU6kC-tS3aj6MLYPznPYZ4lWiQRF1BtrKZIhgY7K9yzrkplbpB258m_uznKyaOrixFYqG3i8asgzcuD9ONDEmQy2qa6Vs1N1Pbn8qCxZ5M3I_sx9j32s0UsTdyGOyiPJKGOwIr2UF_KCdrIfPDCL2d1WkySIjw/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: CONAN THE DESTROYER Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>John Milius's CONAN THE BARBARIAN was a passion project for the ruggedly raucous auteur, who loved Robert E. Howard's short stories but with Oliver Stone's overlong and brooding, revenge-driven Spaghetti Western-inspired script, there was hardly anything Howardesque about it despite becoming a rabid cult phenomenon...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And journeyman director Richard Fleischer's far more mainstream and conventional and therefore fan-maligned CONAN THE DESTROYER, replacing exploitive ultra-violence with a more family-oriented, comic book inspired, horse-ridden road movie appeal, actually embodies Howard's original Gothic tales by simply involving a constant handing-off of adventurous tasks and battles that includes good old fashion pre-computerized monster suits and, shot in Mexico, while the landscapes look a bit too clean, the interior sets are both lavish and formidable... <br></p><span></span>

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DIRECTOR RICHARD FLEISCHER SECONDS 'CONAN THE DESTROYER'

Title: CONAN THE DESTROYER Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 John Milius's CONAN THE BARBARIAN was a passion project for the ruggedly raucous au...

ELLIOTT GOULD IN ROBERT ALTMAN'S NEO NOIR 'THE LONG GOODBYE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzlN60-CDD26JhjHwXuECcvqSnOjPKRnpp1l3UwDDe-kctzoVLCCP5i4JX18KxfVASSK-7gVFdyxPTnVP2f6Untb-UW861LId_xNFHiuyd0kc7pgU7iIbZm4HdCLzYrE5FLJZ7nz5cSe3RZ7HTA7LmPoUdmafk7gxXlPI0Ig-mNGCEf2MtkeuJnlhXw/s1686/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-09%20at%204.16.37%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzlN60-CDD26JhjHwXuECcvqSnOjPKRnpp1l3UwDDe-kctzoVLCCP5i4JX18KxfVASSK-7gVFdyxPTnVP2f6Untb-UW861LId_xNFHiuyd0kc7pgU7iIbZm4HdCLzYrE5FLJZ7nz5cSe3RZ7HTA7LmPoUdmafk7gxXlPI0Ig-mNGCEf2MtkeuJnlhXw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-09%20at%204.16.37%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE LONG GOODBYE Director: Robert Altman Year: 1973 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Former Noir legend Sterling Hayden is technically the most important character in Robert Altman's Neo Noir THE LONG GOODBYE, based on a Raymond Chandler novel where the tough-handsome gumshoe Philip Marlowe is turned into a lazy, hippie-friendly slob in Elliott Gould, perfectly cast against type and at his very best... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Particularly a scene where he and Hayden's Roger Wade... hired by Wade's mesmerizing trophy wife guarded by a grouchy doberman within a Malibu, California colony home... share an afternoon drink at the couple's Malibu beach-backyard, and it's here Wade learns that Marlowe's not such a "ding-a-ling" after all...</p><p><span></span></p>

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ELLIOTT GOULD IN ROBERT ALTMAN'S NEO NOIR 'THE LONG GOODBYE'

Title: THE LONG GOODBYE Director: Robert Altman Year: 1973 Rating: ***** Former Noir legend Sterling Hayden is technically the most importan...

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER RETURNS IN 'TERMINATOR: DARK FATE'

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER RETURNS IN 'TERMINATOR: DARK FATE'

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton in the YEAR: 2019 TERMINATOR: DARK FATE not only brings back beloved originals Linda Hamilton (...

TRIBUTE INTERVIEW W/ DRUMMER & ACTOR MICKEY JONES

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Archived Mickey Jones Interview from 2008</u></td></tr>
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If
 you’ve seen Mickey Jones once, you’ve seen him a thousand times, only 
you might not realize it. Mickey is a character-actor that has appeared 
in so many films and TV shows (and even some commercials) that it’s 
impossible to name everything he’s done, at least not in two or three 
paragraphs...<br>
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If you’ve seen a tough biker in a film or show – or a random
 badass with a thick beard who can kick the piss out of anyone at any 
given moment – that might just be Mickey Jones.
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But his acting talents aren’t limited to 
tough-guy/biker-villains. He has played sensitive, intelligent 
characters as well. The bottom line: Mickey Jones is the epitome of a 
character actor… He’s done pretty much everything.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>w/ Michael Ironside in V THE FINAL BATTLE</u></td></tr>
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His
 career began as a drummer. He was behind the skins during the 
groundbreaking 1966 Bob Dylan concert where crowds booed Bob for going 
electric. He also played for a band called “First Edition” with Kenny 
Rogers on vocals. But it was in the late seventies when Mickey, tired of
 the road, branched into acting.</div>
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And he hasn’t stopped since.</div>
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<b><u>INTERVIEW</u></b></div>
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<b>What was your favorite TV  movie that you appeared in and why?<br>
      </b>My
 favorite TV movie was actually the  min-series "V: The Final 
Battle". Working with my best friend, Michael  Ironside, was the 
best. We became life-long friends and it was also the  highest rated 
mini-series in the history of television.</div>
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<b>One of my favorite character-actors  is Paul Koslo whom you appeared in several shows with… When did you first work  with him?<br>
      </b>Paul
 Koslo is one of our very best actors. We first worked  together and 
became friends on a pilot called, "Down Home".  I  was very new to the 
business and Paul sorta held my hand. He is the best.</div>
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<b>What was your favorite  theatrical movie that you appeared in and why?<br>
      </b>My favorite theatrical  movie was "The Fighting 
Temptations". It was exciting to get up  early and go to work on this 
film. Everyday was great fun. I will never  forget that job.</div>
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<b>Along with Dennis Burkley you  have been a biker in many films – have you two ever been in the same project?<br>
      </b>The
 only time Dennis  and I worked together was in the Kevin Costner film, 
"Tin Cup". We  used to go up against each other all the time but this 
was the only time we  actually worked together.</div>
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<b>What are some of the other  actors who you’ve played in Biker movies with (fellow “Biker role actors”)?<br>
      </b>Big Bill Smith  [William Smith], Charlie Dierkop, John Quade. It's hard to remember all of  them.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>with Chevy Chase and John Diehl</u></td></tr>
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<b>When did you realize you  wanted to switch from musician to actor?<br>
      </b>I dreamed of being an actor when I was  8 years old but I
 did not believe that this kid in Texas would ever have the  
opportunity. I was at the movie with my dad when I was 8 and remember  
asking myself, "I wonder how you get to do that?”<br>
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It seemed so far  
away. After I moved to Los Angeles and got to know a  number of actors 
and people in the business, I then believed I could do it. I  say, 
"Never give up". I was tired of going to the airport  everyday on 
concert tours. I just had to get off the road so I gave up a  great 
career to try and get in a business that I loved but starting at the  
bottom.</div>
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<b>Was acting always something  that came natural to you?<br>
      </b>I think so. I never studied. I went to one  acting class 
with Jeff Corey, one of the best acting coaches in the business  who 
told me: "You don't need the class, you are a natural actor". I  think 
he was right.</div>
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<b>Who are some of your favorite  musician-turned-actors?<br>
      </b>I can't think of anyone except Rueben Blades.</div>
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<b>Who are some of your favorite  actor-turned-musicians?<br>
      </b>NONE! I think actors are all wannabe musicians.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey Jones in TOTAL RECALL</td></tr>
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<b>You worked on a memorable  scene with (Governor) </b><b>Arnold</b><b> Schwarzenegger in “Total  Recall” – how was it working with </b><b>Arnold</b><b>?<br>
      </b>Arnold
 is the classiest guy  I have ever met, let alone, worked with. I love 
Arnold. A few weeks  after I got home from Mexico City, where we shot  
"Total Recall", I got a large envelope in the mail with the return  
address reading, SCHWARZENEGGER. I guess the post office knows where  he
 lives. Inside were several photos of Arnold and me doing scenes  
together. He signed them and sent them to me. He did this jest 
completely  unsolicited… A CLASS ACT!</div>
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<b>In
 the movie “V: The Final  Battle”, when one of the good guys (Michael 
Wright as “Elias Taylor”) finally  casts the deciding-vote to nuke the 
aliens, your character “Chris” holds up his  hands and does a silent 
round of applause – it’s hilarious and a scene I love  to re-watch. Was 
that improvised or scripted?<br>
      </b>That silent applause  was just my way of saying THANK 
YOU for doing the right thing. It was  not scripted but it was the right
 thing to do as “Chris Farber”. </div>
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<b>You appeared on the TV series  “V” (which 
came out after both miniseries) for two or three episodes, and then  
Michael Ironside (“Ham </b><b>Tyler</b><b>”) leaves the show… Question:  Was your part on that show as a special guest because of Ironside’s  departure?<br>
      </b>I was supposed to be a regular just as Ironside 
was. After  he knew that I was not going to be a regular, he decided to 
leave the show as  well. The miniseries was great but the weekly series'
 budget was cut to  nothing and there was no production value there. The
 series was an  embarrassment. It was time to go.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Arnold faces Mickey in TOTAL RECALL</u></td></tr>
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<b>What was your first acting  gig? Were you nervous filming it?<br>
      </b>My
 very first acting gig was in the Steve  McQueen film, "Tom Horn". I was
 a little nervous but the role I  got was great. It was the guy that 
Steve shoots down in the street later  in the movie after he shoots the 
guys foot at Brown' Hole. The assistant  director switched my role with 
one of the drivers that was his buddy. I  was relegated to playing the 
guitar at Brown's Hole. I was pretty  heartbroken. I got screwed on my 
first film.</div>
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<b>You have a classic cameo with  character-actor John Diehl in National Lampoon’s "Vacation" opposite </b><b>Chevy Chase</b><b> – any special or funny  memories of that shoot?<br>
      </b>National
 Lampoon's "Vacation" was early in my  career. When I read that script, I
 actually laughed out loud alone in my  room. I had no clue it would 
have the impact it has. I cannot go through  an airport without someone 
coming up to me and asking to say my lines from  "Vacation", you know, 
"ALL OF IT BOY". We shot that in  Cayenta, AZ. A few years ago,  I was 
on the Kyle Petty Motorcycle Ride Across America. We stopped in Cayenta 
 for gas and I pointed out our shoot location to Richard and Kyle 
Petty. It  was right across the street. Pretty cool to go there again.</div>
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<b>Were there any acting jobs that didn’t go that great?<br>
      </b>I can't think of any  of my jobs that did not go 
great. If it had gone bad, I would probably  been fired. The only 
situation where I loved the film but not the actor was  “Tin Cup” with 
Don Johnson.</div>
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<b>You’ve been involved in many  fight scenes in films – do you do your own stunts?<br>
      </b>I do my own fight  scenes but I do not do any of the motorcycle or car crashes. I let the  pros do that for me.</div>
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<b>Being a very confident and  talkative 
person (you’d mentioned in your Bob Dylan DVD that you could hold a  
conversation with a telephone pole), are you asked by directors to 
improvise a  lot?<br>
      </b>I  would say that the chance to get to improvise is maybe
 25% of the time. Most  directors like you to stick to the script. The 
writers like you to say the  words they wrote.</div>
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<b>Name a few directors that you  really liked working for – and why?<br>
      </b>I
 loved working with John Badham, of  "Drop Zone". No improvising there. 
My favorite was John  Frankenhiemer. He directed "The Train" with Burt 
Lancaster,  "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Ronin" and many more. I love  just 
sitting with him and getting him talking about the early days of the 
business  and the films he directed. Robert Benton directed "Nadine" 
with Kim  Basinger and Jeff Bridges. He won Academy Awards for "Places 
in The Heart"  and "Kramer vs. Kramer". A good old Texas boy.</div>
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<b>Name some of your favorite  actors you’ve worked with?<br>
      </b>Arnold, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Cuba Gooding Jr.,  
Beyonce Knowles, Steve McQueen, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Ironside and
 there  are too many more to remember.</div>
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<b>What gives you the most  satisfaction – music or films?<br>
      </b>Tough question. A few years ago, I would have  said 
music. Today, I think there is nothing better than doing a film. 
However,  I still like to pick up a guitar and play some blues.</div>
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<b>Have you ever worked with character-actor Tracy Walter?<br>
      </b>I can't remember ever  working with Tracy, although he was a  great friend of mine.</div>
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<b>Which of all the characters that you played can you relate  with the most (are most like)?<br>
      </b>I don't think I have ever just played  ME. I try to create a character. I never try just to be me.</div>
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<b>Around what time in your  acting career did you realize that you were really doing well (when the jobs  started rolling in)?</b> In the summer of 1978, I did a guest star role on "The  
Incredible Hulk". After that show aired, I started getting calls like  
crazy. That was the real turning point in my acting career.</div>
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<b>What was the final deciding  factor to go from music to film?<br>
      </b>Like I said earlier, I dreamed of acting since  I was 8 
years old. I had reached a point in the music business that I felt  like
 I had done everything there was to do and I wanted to get off the  
road. I was on an airplane 7 days a week, 10 months out of the year for 
23  years. I wanted off the road. I knew that nothing would ever happen 
for me  while I was on the road, so in 1976 made the decision to get off
 the road and  pursue an acting career. I did it at the right time.</div>
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<b>When people see you on the  street, what movie or show do they mention to you the most?<br>
      </b>When I meet people on  the street they always mention "Vacation", "Sling Blade"  and "Home Improvement".<b> </b></div>
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<b>You usually have a beard but in some shows you don’t… Do certain gigs require you to have a beard or to be clean shaven?<br>
      </b>I will always have my beard. The only shows I can think 
of  without my beard is the first "Incredible Hulk" and  "M*A*S*H". I 
wanted to do "M*A*S*H" so I shaved for  the two-parter that I did. My 
wife called her family in Las Vegas and told them  "to watch "M*A*S*H" 
tonight because Mickey has a real nice guest  star role". A half hour 
after the show was over, her sister called  and said, "We all watched it
 but he wasn't on". They had never  seen me without a beard so they 
missed me.</div>
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<b>You appeared in a great episode of THE 
INCREDIBLE HULK (titled "Ricky", named after your character) where you 
played a mentally-challenged, sweet natured mechanic… Being that you 
usually played tough guys, was this role difficult?<br>
      </b>That
 was a real  challenge and it was the big break of my career. Until 
then, I had only  done one or two line parts. In that script, I had 52 
pages of dialogue in  a 56 page script. On the first day of shooting our
 director told me that he had  read roughly 70 people for this 
role. Most of them read the character as  either a punch drunk fighter 
or a blithering idiot. He loved that I  read the character as a little 
kid in a big body. After the show aired, I  got tons of letters from 
parents and teaches of retarded kids telling me thank  you for not 
making this kid a dummy or a moron. I hit the bull's-eye  with this one 
and it jump started my acting career.</div>
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<b>What kind of roles on film do  you consider the easiest?<br>
      </b>Bikers.</div>
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<b>Which actor do you think  you’ve appeared in the most number of shows with?<br>
      </b>I appeared
 for 8  seasons on “Home Improvement” with Tim Allen. I did several 
"Dukes of  Hazard" as Cooter's cousin, B. B. Davenport and I did several
 episodes of  "The Incredible Hulk”, a different character every year 
after  the 1978 season.</div>
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<b>When you first got into  acting, what acting teacher did you study with and what kind of method (if any)  did you use?<br>
      </b>The only method I use is to learn my lines and try not  to bump into the furniture. A quote from Spencer Tracy.</div>
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<b>Do you like playing villains?<br>
      </b>I love  it. It's what I do best.</div>
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<b>Being an avid golfer… what’s  your handicap?<br>
      </b>I got down to a 12 but today, I am probably a 19 or 20. Getting  older SUCKS!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>with Bob Dylan during the famous 1966 tour</u></td></tr>
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<b>During
 that famous Dylan show  where they yelled “Judas”, who was it who said 
“Play it f---ing loud!” Many  think it was Dylan… Was it?<br>
      </b>I
 know the answer to that. For over 30 years  everyone thought it was 
me. It was not me. In the  documentary, "No Direction Home", Martin 
Scorsese tried to  manipulate the film and sound to make it look like it
 was Bob. IT WAS NOT  BOB!<br>
<br>
If you check it out, the picture and sound do
 not sync up. The  answer is the true answer. In the film, Bob is 
whispering into  Robbie Robertson's ear. The voice shouting, "Play 
F------ Loud  was yelling LOUD. Bob was whispering...<br>
<br>
As I said, the film 
and  the sound do not sync up and here's the kicker. The person 
shouting,  "Play F------ Loud" has a British accent. My belief is that 
it  was one of our stage crew sticking up for us in the moment. We had 6
 road  and stage crew members on the film and I truly believe that is 
the person  responsible. I hate to open whole cans of worms but Scorsese
 got it  wrong. I will stick to that until the day I die.</div>
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<b>What are a few of your favorite Dylan albums?<br>
      </b>My favorite  is "Bringin' it All Back Home", then "Highway 61  Revisited" and of course, the album I played on, "1966 LIVE".</div>
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<b>Tell us a little about your book THAT WOULD BE ME?<br>
      </b>"That
 Would Be Me" took me 15 years to write. For several  years I wanted to 
get a real writer to write the book for me while I told the  stories. I 
finally realized that was never going to happen. I am  stuck with this 
mess and it's up to me and me alone to get this  done. The book has been
 out for a couple of months now and is  doing quite well. A lot of 
musicians are buying the book. If you  would like to check out the book,
 go to my website at <a href="http://www.mickeyjones.com/">www.mickeyjones.com</a>...<br>
<br>
There
 you can  click above and below the book cover, on the red letters and 
that will  take you to my page on the publisher's website. There you can
 read,  "About the Book", "About the Author", a review of the book  from
 a media consultant from San Diego and you can also "Read an  Excerpt" 
from one of the chapters on Bob Dylan. I hope everyone will  check it 
out.</div>

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ORIGINAL CONAN THE BARBARIAN

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ORIGINAL CONAN THE BARBARIAN

year: 1982 starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones creator: Robert E. Howard director: John Milius At one point, when Arnold ...

WEDNESDAY EARLY REVIEW OF TERMINATOR GENISYS

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WEDNESDAY EARLY REVIEW OF TERMINATOR GENISYS

year: 2015 rating: *** While this rebooted sequel of the TERMINATOR series feels like a strategic opportunity to delete the fourth film,...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/15/2014 / No comments / 2014 , action , arnold schwarzenegger , ensemble , harrison ford , jason statham , mel gibson , sylvester stallone

SYLVESTER STALLONE HEADS UP THE EXPENDABLES 3

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It wasn’t long ago when Jason Statham, Randy Couture and Terry Crews were the young EXPENDABLES… But now it seems, they’re all old timers…<br />
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Thanks to Mel Gibson’s dirty rotten Stonebanks, a founding member of the titular mercenary team who went rogue in a bad way. Following a gallant introduction of a jailbreaking Wesley Snipes, the group, blundering a mission intruded upon by our new lead villain, is considered sloppy and over the hill. So Sylvester Stallone’s Barney Ross seeks out a whole new group of gung-ho dynamos, all kids in comparison to the old (but some still kinda young) familiar faces. <br />
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It’s always fun seeing characters being introduced in this sort of drawn-out montage fashion: With the help of Kelsey Grammer’s soldier-salesman, Barney hires the young warriors, all taking part in various fights and exercises, visually pronouncing each member’s skill... <br />
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This leads to the first of two missions to kill and/or capture a lecture-spouting Mel Gibson, thriving with energetic dialogue to make up for his initial lack of hands-on action… Most of that goes to Barney and the kiddos, wherein Statham, Dolph Lungren and the newly resurrected Snipes take a reluctant, shortlived sabbatical.<br />
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Filling out the elder positions are Harrison Ford as a benign CIA head 
who winds up getting dirty along with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s passive 
coordinator, and yet another pointless Jet Li walk-on. Meanwhile, a 
motormouth Antonio Banderas, trying way too hard for comic relief 
status, winds up even more annoying than he’s supposed to be. And yet, despite the surrounding ensemble, Ross, given his personal vengeance for Gibson's heavy, seems more in it for himself... Rambo would be proud!  <br />
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The action sequences are involving enough, and between gunplay there’s the usual pulpy banter rooted in 80’s action nostalgia when sarcastic one-liners, limitless ammo and tons of testosterone meant pretty much everything. So if mindless doesn't matter, you won't be disappointed. But anyone expecting a fleshed-out espionage thriller, which this attempts to be, should have known better.

2014, action, arnold schwarzenegger, ensemble, harrison ford, jason statham, mel gibson, sylvester stallone

SYLVESTER STALLONE HEADS UP THE EXPENDABLES 3

year: 2014 It wasn’t long ago when Jason Statham, Randy Couture and Terry Crews were the young EXPENDABLES… But now it seems, they’re ...

Written by James M. Tate / 4/01/2014 / No comments / 2014 , action , arnold schwarzenegger

ARNOLD IS BACK AGAIN IN SABOTAGE

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<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Back when Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in TRUE LIES, there’s an appearance by Charlton Heston, a brief nod to the top action star of years gone past… And it’s ironic that Heston, in a passive, throwaway role, wasn’t much older than Arnold, playing an active leader of an elite DEA squad, is now… So much for a cozy-cameo retirement...</span></span><br />
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And just to mention <i>one more</i> nostalgic Arnold flick: In COMMANDO his former military squad is killed off within the first five minutes, and this is the entire plot of SABOTAGE, in which Arnold’s John “Breacher” Wharton loses his unit, one by one, to an unknown cartel after they rob a safe house. <br />
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Breacher’s group consists of a small handful of rowdy men, chock full of stripper-loving testosterone and spouting the dumbest dialogue heard from an ensemble cast... And it's not entirely a boy's club...<br />
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As Lizzy, an over the top, drug-spun wild card you wouldn’t bring home to mother, father, or even a drunk uncle, actress Mireille Enos stands out while most of the dudes, including Josh Holloway and Sam Worthington, all seem very similar: one can only hoot, holler and curse so much and remain a distinguished, memorable character. Even when several turn up dead, it's hard to feel much of anything.<br />
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In the lead, Arnold gives a subdued performance, sharing the stage with deadpan Federal Agent Caroline (Olivia Williams), having to deal with the roughneck unit and witnessing grotesque crime scenes that she, like the audience and unlike Breacher, aren’t familiar with: Through her eyes we experience most of the shock and intrigue. <br />
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There's an abundance of standard handheld camera shots that are never too shaky nor distracting from the suspense, while the pivotal deaths are creative flashbacks occurring simultaneously within the investigation during each aftermath. And finally, after a mysterious 11th hour whodunit "twist" plays out, a showdown separates Arnold from the rest of the cast: violently quenching a vendetta subplot like the good old days.

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ARNOLD IS BACK AGAIN IN SABOTAGE

year: 2014 rating: ***1/2 Back when Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in TRUE LIES, there’s an appearance by Charlton Heston, a brief nod to...

Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2013 / No comments / arnold schwarzenegger , eighties , photobreak

PHOTOBREAK: TERMINATE NEON NOIR

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PHOTOBREAK: TERMINATE NEON NOIR

TERMINATOR Film Noir elements: nightime shadows... the stalked damsel... the tortured hero... the evil menace... "F--- you Film N...

Written by James M. Tate / 10/18/2013 / No comments / 2013 , action , arnold schwarzenegger , jim caviezel , prison , sylvester stallone

SLY & ARNOLD BREAKOUT IN ESCAPE PLAN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 cast: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D'Onofrio rating: **  </td></tr>
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Sylvester Stallone is Ray Breslin… When Ray goes to prison, which happens quite a lot, he doesn’t sit around playing solitaire. Upon perpetual scrutiny, everything about the interior turns mathematical… His job is to find the weak points and escape… <br />
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There’s an old Tim Conway flick where he and his buddy are imprisoned, part of a secret mission for the governor... When the governor dies, the boys become actual inmates: Same thing happens here, kind of. Breslin is given a classified, high-paying gig from the CIA to test a prison that doesn’t register on the map... Where the inmates aren’t even listed… They’ve been “disappeared” from the earth…<br />
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He winds up in a mysterious location called The Tomb (the film’s original title) where an abundance of cubicle, glass-structured cells are leveled throughout a cold, mazy warehouse (imagine Hannibal Lecter in a giant version of a Star Trek multi-layered chess set)… There’s simply no way of escape and, worse yet, the warden knows nothing of Ray's agenda.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arnold S.</td></tr>
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The main device of ESCAPE PLAN is the pairing of Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Instead of an EXPENDABLES style cameo, Arnold plays second-fiddle, a graying-gruff inmate named Rottmayer, who, like James Garner in THE GREAT ESCAPE and Morgan Freeman in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, is the go-to guy providing “favors.” He also spouts a limited amount of exposition about this strange, impenetrable purgatory. Leading to several twists along the way… the biggest one revealed much too soon.<br />
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In the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE fashion there’s an abundance of intricate dialogue – mostly Ray’s narration, centering on the prison routine and vulnerability. This also becomes a hindrance to the story. With so much explanation it never feels like the characters are actually stuck in a dire circumstance. Meanwhile, Arnold’s lackluster performance and an embarrassingly overboard Jim Caviezel, who makes Donald Sutherland’s hissing LOCK-UP warden seem tame, doesn’t help matters.<br />
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Take away the science-fiction aspect of a modernized, futuristic detention center and you’re left with a below-average prison flick that a few gut-wrenching mess hall brawls can’t save… The overblown, over-explained PLAN exceeds the rushed, anticlimactic ESCAPE...   <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Hell, we should have teamed up in the early 90's... Damn our giant egos."</span></td></tr>
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SLY & ARNOLD BREAKOUT IN ESCAPE PLAN

year: 2013 cast: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D'Onofrio rating: ** Sylvester Stallone is Ray Br...

Written by James M. Tate / 1/18/2013 / No comments / 2013 , action , arnold schwarzenegger , luis guzman

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BACK FOR 'THE LAST STAND'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 2013 cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Stormare rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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Resembling a leathery komodo dragon weathered by a dry desert wind, the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger is <i>back</i> in action...<br />
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Having departed show business during a slight downturn in his cinematic popularity – END OF DAYS was forsaken, BATMAN AND ROBIN a travesty, and TERMINATOR 3 let down die hard franchise fans – the <i>body builder turned movie star turned California Governor</i> plays if safe as the aged Sheriff of a small town bordering Mexico who, on his day off, and along with likable yet clumsy deputies, takes on an infamous drug cartel leader driving a souped-up corvette at demonic speed.<br />
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Half of the film sets up the antagonistic Cortez, a young cocky killer who escapes from Federal Agent Forrest Whitaker and heads to the open highway – but it’s sleepy-eyed Peter Stormare who provides a more accessible villain/henchman. This before the important stuff gets started…<br />
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With an exception of meeting each member of the good guy/bad guy teams, it’s all about exposition and commentary before the “big game,” providing Arnold’s Sheriff Ray Owens little to do in the meantime. We get to know his underlings and their shortcomings more than realizing his own skills and capabilities. But soon enough we learn the underrated Owens has a violent past, and settled into this current cushy job as a form of semi-retirement (could this be a nod to his political excursion?). <br />
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There’s one decent action scene bridging the inevitable showdown, pitting the underdog lawman against the first wave of dirt-stomping villains. Here’s where the movie plays its hand in a steady pace, juggling a high octane action with parody of ultra violent fare.<br />
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The direction is steely and calculating, and though there’s an overabundance of gunshots and explosions some good suspense comes out of it. That is, even when the pace slows down, the clock is still ticking. <br />
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A lot has changed in a decade thanks to (or no thanks to) computer enhancement. When someone gets shot you can see the blood and guts like cans of soup exploding. The car crashes are right in your face, often resembling a gritty video game in the process. While the humor is hit and miss, a lot of the one-liners attempting to levitate the unrelenting bloodshed are contrived and miss whatever target they're aimed at.<br />
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Arnold, as part of an ensemble cast, isn’t the entire canvas – many of the players, including Luis Guzman as a witty deputy and Johnny Knoxville as a loopy gun-ho hick – provide paint along the way: each practically equal in the HIGH NOON-like proceedings.  But Arnold's Ray Owens is the man in charge simply because he’s built to last, and this is his town. <br />
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So if THE LAST STAND doesn’t succeed in giving Schwarzenegger a worthy comeback, it’s definitely proof he still fits cozily into his old pair of shoes, which, for an already limited niche actor, is about all he can ask for.

2013, action, arnold schwarzenegger, luis guzman

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BACK FOR 'THE LAST STAND'

year: 2013 cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Stormare rating: ***1/2 Resembling a leathery komodo dragon weathered by a dry desert wind...

Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2011 / No comments / arnold schwarzenegger , comedy , dyan cannon , kris kristofferson , nineties , tv movie

CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcV2MFEv3yERK4hpXap4GsChTyUQtYyhD9eP8NrKYWZoiCbhYGVzxcvJbyjM30q7EwGZUz4CztoDHJ_ZI_tYHAfqTGdgXglwjJJwYkLlblBFchmgeDb9ChYMbnbSbBZFnEPX2I7M8urIJ/s1600/268664_1020_a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676069812918834610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcV2MFEv3yERK4hpXap4GsChTyUQtYyhD9eP8NrKYWZoiCbhYGVzxcvJbyjM30q7EwGZUz4CztoDHJ_ZI_tYHAfqTGdgXglwjJJwYkLlblBFchmgeDb9ChYMbnbSbBZFnEPX2I7M8urIJ/s200/268664_1020_a.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year: </span>1992<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating: </span>*1/2<br /><br />Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one bad dude. He’s a barbarian, a commando. Gunning down villains, chopping off heads or hunting down frightened damsels: it doesn’t matter because he’s cool, he’s mean, he’s tough… And he’s the director of Christmas in Connecticut. Okay, what’s wrong – very, very wrong – with this picture? Just about everything. Dyan Cannon's the star of a popular cooking show who, pushed by a finicky, uptight and horrendously over-the-top movie producer Tony Curtis, feigns knowledge in the ways of the kitchen – when she’s really a shallow actress living in New York City. Then there’s Kris Kristofferson as a backwoods county Sheriff, famous for saving a boy’s life. Thus Curtis gets an idea to put Cannon and Kristofferson in a holiday special taking place in her fictional country home replete with a bogus family, each member unfunnier than the next. All this is to trick Kristofferson but there’s absolutely no reason he needs to be fooled, nor does it matter when he – or the viewing public when the show goes live – finds out the truth, making the entire TV movie a dull, predictable mess… Posing the question: What on earth was Arnold thinking? And as for his career as a director: after this, he wouldn’t be back.

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CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT

title: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT year: 1992 cast: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree rating: *1/2 Arnold Schwar...

Written by James M. Tate / 6/15/2011 / No comments / action , arnold schwarzenegger , christian bale , franchise , post-apocalyptic , science-fiction , sequel , tens

TERMINATOR: SALVATION

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAllEjzg3_lMNGaxyFPCFahZ8d7kqIC-yTcK20cog6n2tfFaXiz6pT1rqeF7_hymwXxhTkYjpKRVbaVeKo4MP467eA1-BdW3VOwdpkSAIQdC8LeWf6L-KrVvBS_P-xZQ1Qps4VfFZZsk-/s1600/Terminator_Salvation_new_poster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618525448042450626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAllEjzg3_lMNGaxyFPCFahZ8d7kqIC-yTcK20cog6n2tfFaXiz6pT1rqeF7_hymwXxhTkYjpKRVbaVeKo4MP467eA1-BdW3VOwdpkSAIQdC8LeWf6L-KrVvBS_P-xZQ1Qps4VfFZZsk-/s200/Terminator_Salvation_new_poster.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 194px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> TERMINATOR: SALVATION<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 2010<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> **<br />
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At one point, about thirty minutes in, as human survivors are being chased by a giant Terminator resembling something out of THE TRANSFORMERS franchise… thus giving birth to a lot of smaller machines, some riding motorcycles… it seems this movie isn’t so terrible. A lot of banal action within a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape which, in most movies look cheap but the computer effects give it a punch, or two. Then something happens. Actually, a lot of things: those being completely convoluted plot-points… But let’s start from the beginning: diving right in with John Conner, played by Christian Bale, who’s basically Rambo of The Resistance, fighting Skynet machines that brought the Earth to nuclear ruin. He’s out to save the world but first his father,  Kyle Reese… who, played by Michael Beihn in the first film, impregnated mom while protecting her from that Arnold Schwarzenegger guy (making a computer generated cameo). If Reese dies, so does Connor. And Reese himself, a teenager played by Anton Yelchin… channeling Beihn’s over-the-top acting style perfectly… is on the run with a mute child and a muscular mystery man: Sam Worthington as Marcus, an intriguing character at first but as we learn more about him the movie hits a wall, the action taking a backseat to Marcus’s origin (is he human or robot?); and Conner, at this point residing in the peripheral, is melodramatically torn on what to do next. Meanwhile, the audience just wants some kickass rage against the machines, or a more involving, and less complicated, basis on which it occurs.

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TERMINATOR: SALVATION

title: TERMINATOR: SALVATION year: 2010 cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin rating: ** At one point, about thirt...

Written by James M. Tate / 6/13/2011 / No comments / arnold schwarzenegger , arnold stang , comedy , seventies

HERCULES IN NEW YORK

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-MsI2Jc3opUe7ZpiKrGgz1UIjJ96PMAP_d72ItROQZGBK8e5vb_D1Xg6ogjwSvkfT7rEXS2UxzsGic5y6FN5fntuwlAW2RUGRlgZYURApRO8OT3JYV6UDJwDWxeYaS-BeBmnLVM9VMM/s1600/5129676_std.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617936144782268818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-MsI2Jc3opUe7ZpiKrGgz1UIjJ96PMAP_d72ItROQZGBK8e5vb_D1Xg6ogjwSvkfT7rEXS2UxzsGic5y6FN5fntuwlAW2RUGRlgZYURApRO8OT3JYV6UDJwDWxeYaS-BeBmnLVM9VMM/s200/5129676_std.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 157px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>HERCULES IN NEW YORK<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 1970<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***<br />
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The original dubbed version, with Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice replaced by a guy who sounds like he should be doing FM radio voice-overs, is now sadly gone: we now have Arnold's voice that we all know... Arnold is Arnold no matter what film he's in... so the fact he's actually speaking kind of takes away from the cheesiness of the original. But it's still quite fun seeing him playing Hercules who, bored of Mount Olympus and his father Zeus throwing metallic lightning arrows, ventures to New York City where he takes up with nerdy Arnold Stang, his manager in the wrestling circuit, all the while befriending James Karen and his lovely daughter Deborah Loomis, punching-out burly sailors, battling a horribly-costumed bear in Central Park, and fighting not only the mob but the evil god Pluto. Like in all great/bad cult flicks, things flow wonderfully from one situation to the next. And then, before you know it, the movie's done: and you're a much better person for having survived it.<br />
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HERCULES IN NEW YORK

title: HERCULES IN NEW YORK year: 1970 cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen rating: *** The original dubbed version...

Written by James M. Tate / 4/27/2011 / 2 Comments / action , arnold schwarzenegger , john turturro , jsu garcia , revenge , zeroes

COLLATERAL DAMAGE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESqzSkFyzqVR0KytYsR53esl01NB6IsH_h-eJx_TgvY7LRoBkOuxzpKVYEDZj9rIQAZ6Ehc2_2JY2b9KpSbVDgdw8-xvOIB5eF7Y43Sp-GcXc6FZvodKxi3bPQXe0NHqH-3ERTl30PZI/s1600/arnold_schwarzenegger_collateral_damage_002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600457630639912130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESqzSkFyzqVR0KytYsR53esl01NB6IsH_h-eJx_TgvY7LRoBkOuxzpKVYEDZj9rIQAZ6Ehc2_2JY2b9KpSbVDgdw8-xvOIB5eF7Y43Sp-GcXc6FZvodKxi3bPQXe0NHqH-3ERTl30PZI/s200/arnold_schwarzenegger_collateral_damage_002.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" /></a><strong>title:</strong> COLLATERAL DAMAGE<br /><div><strong>year:</strong> 2002<br /><strong>cast:</strong> Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Turturro, Elias Koteas, Jsu Garcia<br /><strong>rating:</strong> ***<br /><br />While the setup - as we're introduced to fireman Arnold Schwarzenegger and his family... a perfect wife and child whom he adores more than life itself - is predictable and melodramatic, it sets the stage for a decent seek-and-destroy revenge flick directed by Andrew Davis, no stranger to bombastic fare. Arnold travels to Columbia to find the guerrillas responsible for the explosion that killed his family, and goes from one compound to another (miraculously keeping a low profile as a six foot white man) and doing what he does best: terminate. On the peripheral is an evil CIA agent keeping an eye on our hero, resulting in <span style="font-style: italic;">two </span>explosive climaxes as Arnie, acting both tough and vulnerable, takes out each tier of villainy. </div>

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COLLATERAL DAMAGE

title: COLLATERAL DAMAGE year: 2002 cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Turturro, Elias Koteas, Jsu Garcia rating: *** While the setup - a...

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