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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 06:58 PM
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I don't see Arnold coming back into movies as a major star again
Edited on Wed May-18-11 07:00 PM by quinnox
Ok, he still looks good, but come on, the guy is in his 60s, and his huge musclebound body days are far behind him. He is maybe half the size body wise he was back then. I can't see him being an action star at this stage in his life. What is he going to do in movies, serious drama roles? LOL, please.

I don't see any kind of major career for him in the movies, at least no longer in front of the camera, maybe he is going to become a big producer or director or something not in front of the camera, maybe thats what he means by getting back into the business.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:01 PM
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1. Mel gibson dissagrees
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:05 PM
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4. Mel Gibsons movie career is in the toilet
Come on, everyone knows that, he is finished in Hollywood after this current controversy happened to him.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:21 PM
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17. Hardly
Edited on Wed May-18-11 07:23 PM by Egnever
He has a movie in the theaters now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321860/

And another out in a couple months

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567609/
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:23 PM
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18. Yeah and it made like 104,000 dollars the first week
Mel Gibson is done, no one wants his jew hating ass any were near them.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:28 PM
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24. And yet he has another due out in a month or two.
Odd how he can make so many movies when no one wants his "jew hating ass"

Sadly it seems plenty are more than happy to continue working with him. I doubt Ahnold will be any different.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:39 PM
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34. also what Mel Gibson did would be seen as worse
while a guy cheating on his wife would not be anything to hold someone back in hollywood. so if people including big names like Jodie Foster are still willing to work with Gibson the same would be true with ARnold.

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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:26 PM
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19. And in talks for another.
Interesting that both of those have female directors. I guess he still has friends in the business. He won't miss my moviegoing dollars, I'm sure.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 09:33 PM
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36. wrong spot
Edited on Wed May-18-11 09:34 PM by DefenseLawyer
oops
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:27 PM
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29. Edge of Darkness was a good movie
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:02 PM
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2. He's toxic now
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:18 PM
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14. WARNING! :-)
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:34 PM
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25. I'm 63
and don't have the size he does but if thats a real picture of Aunold then my body puts him to shame and I've never lifted weights just spent a lifetime working my ass off. maybe theres a place for me in the movies, huh :-)
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:07 PM
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27. Flabberlanche!
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:02 PM
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3. He will end up
At Faux with Jon Voight, the guy from cheers and that dude for the partidge family.
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StarburstClock Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:06 PM
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5. I've spent years deeply contemplating this very thing, NOT!
But I'll rec the post to see how far it actually goes for the hilarity of it!
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:09 PM
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7. lol, it is kind of a current event happening in the news...
Please, for sure don't take it too seriously! lol
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:08 PM
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6. He's a lousy actor.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:09 PM
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8. That is ageism. Why do you think someone in their 60s
could not get back into action films? Sylvester Stallone is stilling going strong at 65.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:10 PM
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9. Stallone is kind of a freak
I mean, look at the guy, he has been carved up like a Thanksgving turkey by plastic surgeons.
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:27 PM
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22. Acting is possibly the most agist profession there is. Always has been.
I think it's legal, too.
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Keith Bee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:12 PM
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10. Unrec
Who gives a shit???
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:15 PM
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11. Maybe he will do comedy...
He's certainly done a few of those in the past.. Kindergarten Cop, Last Action Hero, Jingle All the Way..
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:19 PM
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15. "Honey I Knocked Up the Housekeeper"
Coming soon to a theater near you.
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StarburstClock Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:26 PM
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20. LOL! "The Ladies of the Mansions"
or "The Most Pregnant Loser".
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:17 PM
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12. I don't believe he has the "CHARACTER ACTOR"
attraction. How often would there be a need for an Old lumpy Austrian who has only played Barbarians (and happens to be one), in a movie?
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:18 PM
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13. Did you see Stallone in that last Rambo movie?
The guy was 62 or something and looked an action figure. It's crazy what training (and drugs) can do for a person these days.

I think Schwarzeneggar would still be a huge box office draw, personally. The last thing people remember him for is True Lies, and that movie is widely loved.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:33 PM
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31. Thank you. There are people here who think those in their
'60s are ready for the retirement home.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:19 PM
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16. A 60+ Live Action Hero??
I thought the reason he got into poleetix was cause his value in Hollywood had dropped. Supporting roles, yes, but I don't see him as a marquee draw any longer...womanizing or no womanizing. The movie medium has changed since 1990. He's got as much box office appeal as Chuck Norris and Steven Segall...and haven't seen them packing in the theaters for a long while.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:27 PM
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21. I won't see it, either. n/t
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:27 PM
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23. He looks botoxed
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HappyMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:35 PM
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26. He was a crappy actor.
Now he's a toxic crappy actor.


He would do better to stay behind the scenes, and just leave us alone.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:20 PM
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28. maybe he could do a porn like 'Who's Nailin' Palin?'
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:32 PM
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30. He's supposedly making a new Terminator movie.
Read this somewhere a few weeks ago, before his personal life became news.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:36 PM
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32. a lot of foreigners like him so i think he might do ok
i went to a wedding in the UK around the time he was running or became governor and this relative thought it was cool to have him as governor.

of course a lot of people in California thought the same also.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:39 PM
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33. His fan base is dudes, sorta young dudes. What about Woody ALLEN?1!1
Woody's steaming all aHEAD!1
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 10:00 PM
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39. I like Woody Allen. nt
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 09:25 PM
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35. Wonder what his Q Score is right now . . . .
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 09:34 PM
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37. I see a food processor infomercial in his future
"Get this choppah, right now!"
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 09:36 PM
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38. I'm sure he'll get roles on some really low budget
stuff, like the original movies on SyFy channel that for the most part suck.
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 10:25 PM
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40. He looks good? REALLY?
Edited on Wed May-18-11 10:26 PM by blueamy66
He's done.

He fucked with the Kennedys.

Amen.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 10:41 PM
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41. if arnold makes money, he's in. if not, he's out. hollywood is pretty simple.
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Rageneau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 10:50 PM
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42. Jack Abramoff is going to finance a movie with Arnold and OJ about the life of Duke Cunningham
It could happen.
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