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[hectic]

Yeah I've seen/read a bit about those LARPers, whatever turns them on is fine with me but I always felt that there was a fundamental disconnect between what they are experiencing and the spectacle itself. This is the problem with not living in the future that sci-fi promised us…

[LandoCal126 0]

I am heading out to NJ in an hour or two so that Vinneus can cut my mop off… Goodbye Hair! I hope that you will serve someone else as well as you have served me!

[Giles]

Dont do a Samson on us Lando…G

[DrPat]

Please don't get the NJ special   I'm originally from NJ by the way.

[deadendpro]

its guido related…

[LandoCal126 0]

Let's just hope it does not turn out that way! But I have full faith in Vinneus' skills!

[Beatle]

vinneus will do a good job…have fun*

[hectic]

Nice and random

[hectic]

I just watched In Hell (Van Damme film) by accident, it was so shit it was good.

[hectic]

[shoque]

@hectic:

I just watched In Hell (Van Damme film) by accident, it was so shit it was good.

you could say about all of his movies, couldn't you?
the same goes for steven seagal, dolph lundgren etc…

i was quite impressed by lundgren's biography though.

That's what wikipedia says about him:

He graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology. He has a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney (1982). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship  to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983, but quit after two weeks to pursue acting. He speaks more than five languages: Swedish, English, German, French, Spanish, some Japanese, and some Italian.

[hectic]

Yeah, never judge a (huge) book by its cover

[Guest]

shoque, it's amazing how many brainy celebrities there are. Matt Damon is a Harvard dropout. Reese Witherspoon ? Stanford grad. Natalie Portman ? Harvard. Hugh Laurie ? ("Dr. House")…graduated from Cambridge. You see -- these people were not connected before their celebrity -- they got into those schools through sheer brain power and became celebs either after graduation or even before (i.e. Matt Damon didn't feel it was neccessary to finish up at Harvard after "Goodwill Hunting"). They are smart people. On the other hand, in the US, if you are a politician's or multi-millionaire's child -- you can buy yourself a seat at those schools and there are countless examples of those as well.

[shoque]

Well, actors like Matt Damon or Natalie Portman play sophisticated and demanding roles, Dolph Lundgren definitely doesn't.

My point was though that a guy who plays a role in a brainless movie such as Universal Soldier is astonishingly intelligent. Quite a contradiction, isn't it?

[Guest]

@shoque:

My point was though that a guy who plays a role in a brainless movie such as Universal Soldier is astonishingly intelligent. Quite a contradiction, isn't it?

Ahhh…so that was your point. Quite a contradiction indeed...

[Beatle]

good morning..sitting here wondering about landos new hair style….

[Seul]

Check out 'JCVD' with Van Damme - it's like Stallone's 'Copland'… Excellent flick(s)...

[hectic]

Yeah I heard that JVCD was a cut above his normal dreck.

[Seul]

If anyone wants a cheap copy on DVD, my local videostore has some copies. Free shipping.  Make sure you have a regionfree DVD player though…

[shoque]

Yeah, my friends told me that there is ONE good movie with jean-claude van damme, that must be JCVD then. Thanks for the offer Seul, but I will check out my videostore AKA the internet first.