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Shitting on Steven Segull movies will never not be funny.

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[–] yesman 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Their should be a word for the type of actor that can't slide into supporting rolls as they age and become parodies of themselves. And it's not just action stars. Kevin Costner has been trying to lead an epic Western for like 40 years.

[–] MothmanDelorian 4 points 1 day ago

Costner did lead several westerns and a few were good. Segal has always been a joke.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 1 day ago

Didn't Costner lead Yellowstone, which was insanely successful, and has Harrison Ford leading a new spin-off?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He’s so powerful that he doesn’t need to stand up. Even Bruce Lee had to use his legs. Steven could remotely kill a bad guy in the USA with his psychic powers while having a burger with Putin in Russia, he’s the powerfulest.

[–] InternetCitizen2 6 points 1 day ago

All events are non fiction too

[–] elbucho 12 points 1 day ago

He's actually gonna be starring in a John Wick spinoff soon. Looks pretty dope.

[–] Jumi 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ah, so you discovered Space Ice... have fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His Seagal stuff is pretty funny, but the rampant misogyny he mixes in is incredibly outputting.

[–] Jumi 0 points 1 day ago

Then don't watch him?

[–] gofsckyourself 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do all the videos use the same schtick of 'movie voiceover' voice for the entirety of the video?

[–] Crampon 2 points 1 day ago

As funny as the clips are. The voice got old after 12 seconds.

[–] Jumi 2 points 1 day ago
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I never really watched many action movies growing up, so I had never seen any Steven Seagal films, but I did know of him and mentally put him at the level of like Van Damme. In the last few years I've become aware that he's pretty much a complete joke, and basically always has been. But I don't think he was recognized as such at his peak popularity, was he? Did people always think he was cringe or were his films and performances actually received with earnest appreciation and applause? Despite how awful, full of exaggerated machismo and lazy they are.

[–] MothmanDelorian 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Van Damme is a much better actor and was extremely fuckable in his heyday which cannot be said for Segal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My first exposure to him was a movie where it seems like he was parodying himself and played with the concept of being past his prime

It was really well done, his acting was fantastic and I enjoyed it, despite probably missing a lot of context

[–] MothmanDelorian 1 points 1 day ago

He did a show called Van Damme Van Johnson whose premise was he was a secret agent and all the action films were cover for his work. It was great but like everything on Prime in the early days nobody watched it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

wow good call, I laughed out loud a lot during that, I'm definitely watching the rest of that channel.

[–] InternetCitizen2 2 points 1 day ago

Its a good watch