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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [QB] Twats. [i]Corporal Hudson...[/i] That's PRIVATE Hudson! Philistine. [i]Bill Paxton whose certainly not vanished into obscurity and whose career has gotten better in both quality and quantity and has branched into directing with "Frailty"[/i] I didn't say he vanished, I said he slid from the silver screen. Off the top of my head, Paxton had only five prominent roles after [i]Aliens[/i]: [i]Titanic[/i] (which I disqualify for being a sappy love story that sucked from here to the next dimension), [i]U-571[/i] (which I disqualify for grossly distorting historical facts), [i]Vertical Limit[/i] (which was a so-so action flick), [i]Apollo 13[/i] (which I disqualify for exhibiting overt patriotism), and [i]True Lies[/i] (which at least had him don some of his Hudson idiosyncrasies). So there. B) [i]I don't see anything in that challenge saying that the actors had to maintain the same quality in there subsequent body of work (which is a very subjective discussion anyway), merely that they didn't vanish into obscurity, of which I have sited numerous examples of actors in huge trilogies (or quadrilogies et. al.) who didn't vanish afterwards.[/i] If you don't maintain the same quality in your work, you're either kicked out of Hollywood or you're exiled to B-movie land. That's obscure enough for me. B) [i]Sigourney Weaver did quite a few successful films...[/i] [i]Galaxy Quest[/i] was a niche (but hilarious) comedy, [i]Heartbreakers[/i] another light comedy, [i]Jeffrey[/i] idem dito (though seeing Stewart as flamboyant queer was worth the entry fee alone), and [i]Conquest of Paradise[/i] an overblown drama that mucked up history and whose only saving grace was Vangelis' soundtrack. But, yes, Weaver's a good character actress, I won't deny that. [i]Even Michael Biehn managed to slip into some great movies...[/i] [i]The Rock[/i] and [i]The Art of War[/i] were hardly what I'd call "great movies" (the fact that I like mindless action notwithstanding), [i]Terminator II[/i] doesn't count because he was in it for less than two minutes, and [i]Clockstoppers[/i] was a kiddy family film. You can do better. B) [i]I think all of those would certainly qualify for the original premise of the actor not "vanishing into obscurity" after appearing in a huge trilogy or franchise...[/i] But my original challenge was to name a trilogy [b]as culturally influential[/b] and [b]with as large a cast as Star Wars[/b] of which [b]more than half[/b] the members DIDN'T vanish into obscurity. You should know, you quoted it twice. B) Now, I already made an exception for Rickman, who (and I'm going to risk my neck here) would have gotten where he is without [i]Die Hard[/i] on his resume, presumably. That also goes for Lee and McKellen, who were both powerhouse actors years before they were cast as Saruman/Dooku and Gandalf/Magneto, and I don't have an inkling of doubt that they will be remembered for their lifetime achievements rather than their individual LotR/SW roles. SOOO... again you are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't make me destroy you. B) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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