I bet Louis CK has looked again at his notes for his planned (say.. Feb 2019) email-list-only web-exclusive stand-up comeback special and thought "Too soon..".
― piscesx, Monday, 20 August 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
I mean the whole thread feels like it kind of anticipated the revelations at one level
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, August 19, 2018 6:44 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it wasn't exactly a surprise
― flappy bird, Monday, 20 August 2018 06:20 (five years ago) link
yeah, i was kind of looking fwd to the vidal film also
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 20 August 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U0SUsXrgCM
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 August 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
Honestly, I couldn't get past the first few seconds of that bizarre video. What are the most ill-conceived comeback attempts ever? Up there with Jian Ghomeshi and Anthony Wiener, for sure.
― clemenza, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/v3Lmdm0.jpg
― rip van wanko, Monday, 31 December 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
Great takedown from Nathan Rabin:
Despite Spacey’s conception of himself as a lovable leading man, the oily probable sex criminal was typecast as a bad guy, a villain and a supporting player early in his career for a very good reason. He’s an extremely unlikable performer. As an actor, Spacey just doesn’t naturally convey arrogance and intelligence: he conveys the intimidating, belligerent, badgering intelligence of someone who knows exactly how smart they are and is a total asshole about it. That’s what made Spacey’s casting in The Usual Suspects so inspired: Spacey’s brilliant assholes use their ferocious intelligence as a sometimes deadly weapon. They act as if the rules that govern the actions of mere mortals do not apply to them because they’re smarter, sharper, better, more evolved and civilized than the rest of us.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:44 (five years ago) link
Fantastic piece, though I don't think it's a takedown - more like a dissection (vivisection?). The graf you excerpted is otm, he was fantastic in the roles he was typecast in. Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:51 (five years ago) link
I saw K-Pax in theaters, even at 9 I knew it was shit. Bicentennial Man was kinda the same thing, and that was much more sad and creepy.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:53 (five years ago) link
It has its moments -- I like Rabin -- but, boy, is it long.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 03:58 (five years ago) link
Just the idea of him doing an impression of Jack Lemmon is nuts.
He did it a lot on talk shows, it was excellent. (I saw the two of them on Broadway doing O'Neill.)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 04:22 (five years ago) link
I didn't know that, never really kept up with him. I posted before reading the whole thing and yeah it's too long.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 04:27 (five years ago) link