boooeee
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Dana Plato
Not for how high she rose, but rather for how low she sunk.
Went from being one of the stars of a very popular sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes (did I get the apostrophe right?), to....
...appearing in low budget hard core porn, getting married to some trailer park deadbeat, and eventually dying from a drug overdose.
Very sad.
On a less tragic note:
Cary Elwes - Had a promising start as the Wesley in the Princess Bride. Seems to have made exclusively bad decisions since then (except for maybe "Glory"). He starred in what is still the worst film I ever paid money for to see in the theatre: "Robin Hood : Men in Tights".
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Oscar for "Jerry Maguire". Now we get "Boat Trip" and "Radio".
Not for how high she rose, but rather for how low she sunk.
Went from being one of the stars of a very popular sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes (did I get the apostrophe right?), to....
...appearing in low budget hard core porn, getting married to some trailer park deadbeat, and eventually dying from a drug overdose.
Very sad.
On a less tragic note:
Cary Elwes - Had a promising start as the Wesley in the Princess Bride. Seems to have made exclusively bad decisions since then (except for maybe "Glory"). He starred in what is still the worst film I ever paid money for to see in the theatre: "Robin Hood : Men in Tights".
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Oscar for "Jerry Maguire". Now we get "Boat Trip" and "Radio".
Monketi Ghost
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boooeee said:
*Groan* I can still recall sitting in the theatre, ten minutes into that, ducking my head and feeling ashamed to be seen watching it lest anyone I knew was there.
I had thought, "It's Mel Brooks, it'll be funny!" ...and it was so embarrassingly, badly unfunny...
kookbreaker
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No Answers said:
You'd think that after three attempts at making fun of Robin Hood, Mel might get it right.
specious_reasons
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Marc said:
Mark Hamill's work in LucasArts games is excellent. And I agree with you about his Joker.
I give his live acting gigs a C but voice acting an A.
Brown
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Whoopi Goldberg won a best supporting actress Oscar for one of the funniest performances of the decade in "Ghost," went on to do... "Star Trek."
Joel Grey won a best supporting actor Oscar for giving a "wow" performance in "Cabaret," and went on to do... "Star Trek."
Louise Fletcher, whose performance as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" earned her a best actress Oscar, went on to do... "Star Trek."
F. Murray Abraham, absolutely perfect in the role of Salieri in "Amadeus" and who won an Oscar for the role, went on to do... "Star Trek."
Joel Grey won a best supporting actor Oscar for giving a "wow" performance in "Cabaret," and went on to do... "Star Trek."
Louise Fletcher, whose performance as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" earned her a best actress Oscar, went on to do... "Star Trek."
F. Murray Abraham, absolutely perfect in the role of Salieri in "Amadeus" and who won an Oscar for the role, went on to do... "Star Trek."
Mr Manifesto
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Anyone remember Margot Kidder? How about Sissy Spacek? Karen Black? (okay, that last one was a joke... She NEVER had a career)
Just saw today a CNN article on his career.specious_reasons said:
Monketi Ghost
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Brown said:
Both Goldberg and Fletcher's roles and performances were outstanding. I'm sure they made quite a nice sum for these roles; not sure how you can call these two "career death-rolls".
Brown
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Actually, Goldberg's and Fletcher's work on the show was some of their best. In my view, Goldberg is better as a serious actress than she is as a comic actress, and the "Trek" writers gave her some of the best lines in the whole series. As for Louise Fletcher, it's a pity that she couldn't bag "meatier" roles in movies or TV, but many fine actresses have had similar problems.No Answers said:
A sidelight: There's a fun game to play while watching television called "Who's Done 'Trek?'" The idea is to identify people in movies who have played at least one role on "Star Trek," or any of the spinoffs, or any of the movies. It's quite surprising how many people have worked in the franchise. You can even see 'Trek' veterans in some classic movies, like "The Maltese Falcon" or "The Robe" or "The Manchurian Candidate" or "The Deer Hunter." (Aside from Fletcher, "Cuckoo's Nest" had at least two other actors who would go on to do "Trek.")
uneasy said:
Just between you and me... most of the acting in the original "Star Wars" movies was horrible. Those must be the most overrated movies of all time, which is why I love Eddy Izzard's spoof of them in the "Circle" and "Dressed to Kill" stand-up shows.
Marc said:
Very interesting. I must say, he probably could have made literally millions from prostituting himself to his "Star Wars" character, and he didn't. Can you imagine how much "Star War" geeks would pay for a toy lightsaber signed by the REAL Luke Skywalker, for instance?
Perhaps he should start a club with Bill Watterson and Gary Larson, who also refused to cheapen themselves and their creation ("The Far Side", "Calvin and Hobbes") despite tons of money that was thrown at them to do just that.
Then they should go and beat the s--t out of Jim David ("Garfield") and James "Scotty" Duhane...
Brown
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That's Jim Davis and James Doohan.Skeptic said:
Hopefully, there aren't two guys out there named David and Duhane checking themselves into emergency rooms wondering what they heck they did to make someone so mad.
Actually, I think Mr. Doohan is not doing too well these days. I saw him on a recent program, and he was not his spry self.