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The article doesn't mention his starring role in "Real Genius", a comedy about life at Caltech. One of my favorite movies. He managed to outshine Tom Cruise in

The article doesn't mention his starring role in "Real Genius", a comedy about life at Caltech. One of my favorite movies. He managed to outshine Tom Cruise in "Top Gun". I've enjoyed his movies. Well done.

riffraff 2y ago
Also "Willow", one of mine, and IMO one of the best fantasy movies Hollywood ever produced. And of course the iconic role in "Top Gun", and the silly but classic "Top Secret" As the article notices, he really had a wide range. Probably my favorite actor of his generation.
- fuzzythinker 2y ago
  Willow is one of the most ignored, underrated movies ever.
  - autoexec 2y ago
    It did eventually did get a series, although I guess the series was let down and there are people who wish it had been ignored a little longer. It's absolutely a classic though. It's a shame that the genre isn't as popular as it used to be.
    - theshrike79 2y ago
      The series was so bad that Disney took it down from their streaming service. It did get on a bunch of "most watched" lists, and it wasn't grimdark like all fantasy needs to be nowadays.
      - benterix 2y ago
        I'd argue it's much easier to make an iconic movie (you shoot and statistically at some point you hit) than a good series based on it (you already have the expectations set high, you need to surprise so as not to bore but keep consistency with the overall mood etc. - a very demanding task).
- kayge 2y ago
  And don't forget Doc Holliday in Tombstone, such a great role
WalterBright 2y ago
Fun fact: Caltech wouldn't let the director film RG on campus, as they thought it showed Caltech in a poor light (quite wrong about that!). But the director did hire Caltech students as extras, as the director put it, the costume director could not duplicate the look of them. The student pranks and such in the movie actually happened, except the last one and the voice of god one.
abrkn 2y ago
Amazing movie! His physical comedy acting was really special
28304283409234 2y ago
"Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"
- joefearnley 2y ago
  This quote has lived in my brain since I was 7.
- xnx 2y ago
  An excellent prompt to test AI image generators
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Bluestein 2y ago
"You are unsafe ..."

riffraff 2y ago

Also "Willow", one of mine, and IMO one of the best fantasy movies Hollywood ever produced. And of course the iconic role in "Top Gun", and the silly but classic "Top Secret" As the article notices, he really had a wide range. Probably my favorite actor of his generation.

fuzzythinker 2y ago
Willow is one of the most ignored, underrated movies ever.
- autoexec 2y ago
  It did eventually did get a series, although I guess the series was let down and there are people who wish it had been ignored a little longer. It's absolutely a classic though. It's a shame that the genre isn't as popular as it used to be.
  - theshrike79 2y ago
    The series was so bad that Disney took it down from their streaming service. It did get on a bunch of "most watched" lists, and it wasn't grimdark like all fantasy needs to be nowadays.
    - benterix 2y ago
      I'd argue it's much easier to make an iconic movie (you shoot and statistically at some point you hit) than a good series based on it (you already have the expectations set high, you need to surprise so as not to bore but keep consistency with the overall mood etc. - a very demanding task).
kayge 2y ago
And don't forget Doc Holliday in Tombstone, such a great role

WalterBright 2y ago

Fun fact: Caltech wouldn't let the director film RG on campus, as they thought it showed Caltech in a poor light (quite wrong about that!). But the director did hire Caltech students as extras, as the director put it, the costume director could not duplicate the look of them. The student pranks and such in the movie actually happened, except the last one and the voice of god one.

abrkn 2y ago

Amazing movie! His physical comedy acting was really special

28304283409234 2y ago

"Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"

joefearnley 2y ago
This quote has lived in my brain since I was 7.
xnx 2y ago
An excellent prompt to test AI image generators

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Bluestein 2y ago

"You are unsafe ..."