50 Cent as a computer scientist.
Steven Seagal playing Wesley McClaren, a doctor and former government research immunologist in this masterpiece:
Imagine trying to rent a mediocre Gibson movie and accidentally getting a shitty Seagal movie instead!
You didn’t like it? I thought it was really good.
I hated all the white washing Mel does though…
Like an 18th century southern planter with freemen africans working his farm. Sure ok Mel
Or that he was a steward for first nations? Ya I found out about that man
I need my money back for the rental plus $100k for having you do that to me! Lmao!
I wonder if space ice had reviewed it
To be fair, he’s just as unbelievable playing anyone with an average IQ.
you take that back or he will snatch every motherfucking punani
Without even standing up
Omg, I forgot.
He’s doing some some serious science in that one for about 1:30 minutes. A rare cerebral moment in his filmography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pueLyUlJFTc&t=4023
As a microbiologist, I can confirm much of my job has been staring at and gently fingering chemistry glassware diagrams.
Oof, this was extremely painful to watch. I hadn’t seen this actor actually acting in anything before and didn’t realize how bad he was…
And you still haven’t seen him acting.
You forgor?
I forgor. :(
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Steven Seagal in ANY MOVIE! Horrible actor and he’s even a “master in martial arts” and still is horrible and a laughable actor in movies trying to “showcase” his talent. Haha!
Anyone remember, “Belly of the Beast” hahaha. (BTW he wrote it!) it’s embarrassing!
Nick Cage in anything
Fuck right off. He is great in The Pig. He is great in Dream Scenario.
He is MAGNIFICENT in Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. He is playing Nick Cage after all.
Nick has had a great comeback recently. And I love it.
He was great in “The Rock”.
He was awesome in Face Off. Never knew he could pull off such a great John Travolta. I almost thought they just switched the roles between the two actors. Though John Travolta’s Nick Cage was kinda weird.
Agreed, whether people like him or not, it doesn’t take away from him being a great actor.
He was great in Adaptation. Strange film meets strange actor, a perfect match.
I’m trying to find a quote but essentially John Travolta didn’t know how to approach this movie and then he saw Nic Cage being, well, Nic Cage and he was like, ‘oh it’s that kind of movie’.
The weather man? I think he fit very well. Same for Lord of War. I know they are both 20 years old, but still.
Those two movies were fantastic. Army of One is another great.
I thought he was great and very believable as a dork in Peggy Sue Got Married.
I haven’t seen the movie but I remember someone talking about Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist as one of the most ridiculous things. Don’t know which movie though.
The world is not enough, James Bond. And her name was Christmas Jones so that Bond could make a joke about Christmas coming more than once a year.
HAHAHAHAHA oh my god that’s so fucking funny.
Dr. Christmas Jones: Doctor Jones. Christmas Jones. And don’t make any jokes, I’ve heard 'em all.
James Bond (deadpan): I don’t know any doctor jokes.
I want to mock Bond girl names but I’m not sure I can come up with anything more ridiculous than Goldfinger’s Pussy Galore.
I love American Dad’s spoof of it
https://animated-character-database.fandom.com/wiki/Sexpun_T'Come_Smith
Sexpun T’Come
Pooshy
She herself refers to how she played a “nuke-ular psychiatrist in a James Bonk movie” in the episode of 30 Rock where she and Tracy are leading a protest of NBC by their fellow idiots. 🤣
I completely forgot about beer cans that told you how cold they were!
Are you thinking her Bond movie, The World is Not Enough? I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
Scientits on the other hand… 😏
I don’t know, I just remember that from a youtube vid. 🤷 It could have been cinemasins or some other movie review channel.
James Bond: The World is Not Enough. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/
She played Dr. Christmas Jones and is still the least believable part of any James Bond movie
But was still a fun character and it was a ludicrous but fun movie. At that time, they were leaning into the cheesez rather than trying for gritty, in the Daniel Craig era.
Dolph Lundgren in Expendables shows some unusual skills in chemical science.
And yes, I know that Dolph Lundgren studied chemistry IRL
He didn’t just “study” he has a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and received a Fulbright Scholoarship at MIT. Pretty spot-on casting honestly.
Dolph Lundgren can smell crime!
RFK jr?
Too real man… To real
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park?
Jeff Goldblum is the worst example, he’s always a scientist!
It’s the glasses. They make him a nerd apparently.
I’ll like how he licked his lips.
Stupid sexy Goldblum.
Behold me favorite T-shirt
I’ll raise you the shower curtain I have in my master bathroom. My wife loves Jeff Goldblum.
The Fly!
Isn’t that from Buckaroo Banzai? Wasn’t he still a scientist in that one?
Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park!
“Hold onto my butts!”
- Sam Jackson horking down another ciggie
The one that instantly sprung to mind was Denise Richards as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.
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Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Dude is supposed to be an archeologist but he’s too busy breaking & entering into sacred temples while trampling artifacts to get his dirty hands on some golden relic for profit. Smdh
Okay but that’s more of a failure of character writing than a failure of casting.
You’re comparing archeology today with the field’s rather sorted past rooted in imperialism. They point out this issue in several, if not all, of the movies. This issue also comes up multiple times in the latest game. Nobody is denying that Dr. Jones is an outlier and a rogue amongst his peers. That conflict is like that core of the character’s motivation throughout. He’s a hero of western imperialism fighting fascist imperialism. We tend to view ALL imperialism in a negative light today (as it should be), but that certainly wasn’t the case when we were fighting literal Nazis.
i know many white centrists who are not at all against western imperialism. id argue most white american centrists (and all right wingers) are in favor of western imperialism
To be fair, it’s all he’s got going on. His life is in ruins.
Ice cube pulled off being a modern social media user in the new war of the worlds themed ad, he didnt even know how to leave the house
That was the full-length Amazon ad, right?
isnt that movie just a giant amazon ad.
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Mark Wahlberg in The Happening.
He also played as an inventor in one of the transformers movies.
I believe he’s a slightly retarded HS teacher.
There’s a lot of people in this thread proudly sharing how they stereotype and have preconceptions about people that they don’t actually know. And them their justification is that everyone should be a two dimensional single issue character archetype with literally no conflict or contradictions. Have you people even met any adults, especially professionals and academics, that aren’t your parents or your teachers?
I mean, I guess Mark Wahlberg could be a teacher, but he’d be one of the ones that gets arrested for something after a year or two.
Because he would be dancing around in his underwear with no shirt to his hit with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch! Lmao! He’s not believable in anything let’s be honest!
Alexandra Daddario in the AMC show The Mayfair Witches.
She ostensibly plays a brilliant brain surgeon. She starts experiencing some spooky witch and demon-related goings on.
She meets up with a guy working for a paranormal research group. He tells her in no uncertain terms “Do not leave this magically-protected apartment. You are in great danger.” She agrees.
Five minutes later she walks out of the apartment onto the street. She immediately wanders into a New Orleans street party, is handed an open drink from a stranger, drinks it, and whoopsy daisy gets magically roofied into a demon-engineered hallucination of her dead mother.
Brilliant. Brain. Surgeon.
I worked with a few PhDs in the past. PhDs do not equal common sense.
As a hiring manager in IT for decades, I learned early: do not hire PhDs
They can write a paper about why the program does not work. They are not willing to sit down roll up their sleeves get intimate with a debugger and make the program work.
I’ve known some incredibly stupid doctors though. They’re extremely good at their field but anything outside that? Horrific!
Ben Carson, though RFK makes Ben’s stupid appointment look inspired.
I was just thinking of two doctors I met in person but yes, some of them in the news as well!
The one I remember the most had some really…interesting ideas about food safety and only stopped some of them when I pointed out food safety knowledge has been furthered since her grandmother’s time. Just like. You know. Medicine has.
After increasingly cussing the TV as the level of stupid rose higher and higher, we made it to the part where magic purple witch spray was used. I paused the TV and my girl and I just looked at each other, we were done.
Also, who the fuck writes in a fucking basement in New Orleans? Not motherfucking Anne Rice. So stupid.
We’re finishing up the second season of Interview with a Vampire. Other than a bad Southern accent in the first season, it’s excellent and super queer. Highly recommend.
That’s bad writing not bad casting.
Wow, I didn’t realize it was Hugh Jackman playing that role until today.
I love that movie so much
Not scientist but Ludacris is like a master fucking hacker in Fast and Furious right, that’s very not believable.
it has to be Mark Wahlberg in the Happening I think as the most unbelievable “scientist” casting and then followed up by misunderstood actual genius engineer in Transformers.
