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I'm going to assume there are two reasons neither The Rock nor Vin Diesel are playing Conan--they don't want to, or they were casting young. Because either of them would have rocked it, and Dwayne especially is one of the few actors I can see with the same physicality as the Guvernator at the time, but owning it and looking comfortable, which Arnold did not.
Plus either of them act better than Schwarzenegger did.
don't want to, or they were casting young
Good point. RAH wrote a ton of Conan stories: if they cast young, they can do another whole series of movies.
Mike Tyson did something else really funny recently
Spoof on The King's Speech, with the King swapped out with George W, and Tyson as the therapist - I think it was on Jimmy Kimmel's after-Oscar special. It was pretty darn funny.
That's the one, Dawn! Thanks.
Plus either of them act better than Schwarzenegger did.
On the downside neither of them would be able to mutilate the pronunciation of the word "lamentations" as spectacularly. IOW, I totally agree.
Plus either of them act better than Schwarzenegger did.
You know the best part about the Govenator's acting? Being able to tell your kids "it's not a tumor" just like he did in Kindergarten Cop. That plus quoting Scar "life's just not fair" are a couple of the up-sides of parenting.
Question I can't answer:
Does Empire Strikes Back stand well on its own as a movie?
My instinct is to say "Yes," but it's hard to imagine why you would watch it and not the other ones.
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I think a person could view ESB without seeing the first. It has a strong beginning, middle, and end and relationships are established early in the film. I think it is probably better on its on than Return of the Jedi - in which 50% of that movie relies on nostalgia.
But it ends all cliffhangery.