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!
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.
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.
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. 🤣
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.
Haha, yes I did. It got criticism for whitewashing. That's not on Herz that's in the producers. She did as fine a job as of expect anyone to do, but it's a pretty robotic role.
As a fan of the 1995 Ghost in the Shell I didn't like my first viewing of this remake but have since realised it was because of my own expectations. Now I watch it as a different film and enjoy it a lot more.
Yes, I find with any remake or reboot, you have to be ready to abandon preconceptions of what you wanted or expected. Fan service is good and bad. There is no point in a remake where it is all the same. Generally, of it's a ground breaking classic, the remake is bound to disappoint. It can never be as groundbreaking or original, by definition. Subverting expectations can be good but it requires reference to the original, that the original can stand on its own without
Ghost in the Shell was horrible. She played the Major as a completely different character than the original. Scarlett Johansen plays a really good seductive spy, but that's all she plays. Major Kusanagi was ace.
For me, I found the bits that were most a copy of the anime to be most disconcerting and disappointing. What they did differently was more interesting.
I did like Major, I didn't like Dr ouelet but I like Juliette binoche. It was a bit stilted. Michael Pitt was a bit one note and underwhelming but it might also be the concept has dated since the original.
The actor for Major is currently in foundation, of that's your jam.
I love Foundation. It's one of the few times I've seen something that they've diverged so much from the source material yet made an enjoyable story that is still recognizable.
I haven't read it, which seems to be a bonus. Those that have, hate it as it's different to their expectations. Same as we're discussing, different art. I enjoy it but some of it is a bit off, like the acting is stilted and the motivations are contribed. It's beautiful and interesting and thought provoking though. I just wish they'd settle on a tone and storyline that they could run with
I have read the Robot and Foundation books, including the newer prequels (and sequels? Its been a while), and I found the show intensely boring, which is really saying something. Plus a robot fucking kills someone in like episode 4 which is like the literal antithesis to what Asimov wrote.
You're discrediting the great chemistry between Will Smith's character and Sonny, which means you're missing out on a good chunk of the movie experience.
Oh, that chemistry is great, but I don't think he plays the investigator part well, especially when trying to follow the clues left by Dr Lanning. Will Smith's style is very off the cuff and anti-authority, and while that works in MIB where there's the very strict Agent K to play off of, I don't think he works as the sole driver of a light mystery. Sonny and Spooner's interactions are fantastic, but they're usually driven by Sonny giving exposition. Spooner is usually just running from things as they unfold.
All in all, not a bad performance (there were plenty of objectively worse ones), but I don't think it does the movie any favours. There are plenty of great things about i, Robot, but Will Smith is not one of them in my opinion.
I don't particularly like his acting style, completely outside anything he does as a person. iRobot and Men In Black are some of his better roles, but like Jeff Goldblum or Eddy Murphy, he can only play himself. I don't think it works in iRobot that well though, but that's more of a casting choice than bad acting.
I agree he's pretty one note but I do think it works for that and Men in Black. He's a detective in both so yeah, not a lot of range, but it was more subdued from wacky to just sarcastic in I, Robot. I do like sarcastic jerk as a character type which may say something about me.
Yeah, in MIB he has Agent K to play off of. MIB 3, where he's the sole driver of the narrative, was a weak entry partly because of this.
He has plenty of good movies and is an objectively good actor, but I think his style needs to be used well, and i, Robot doesn't quite hit it. Maybe if Dr. Calvin was a stronger character rather than a worrywort and source of romantic tension, I'd like his performance more.
i recently saw post about alan tudyk indicating he was cast aside because will smith had to be lead of irobot, and they saw ALan was the better actor for that movie, he seems kind of pissed about it(this came out at the same time that resident alien was cancelled). will smith pulled a "ROCK,johson" to become the lead.
wasnt she in the original fantasitc 4 movies? Jessen ackles worked with her, and he said she was btch in the set(it was interview) im guesisng thats why she isnt in anything anymore.
they tried to make chris hensworth all sciency sound, in thors ragnorok, when they were referring to the "spatial phenomenon, he doesnt fit that role at all.
Oh I liked Jensen Acjles in Dark Angel, he brought charm and comedic wit to it. Yeah apparently there was some tension but nothing major, just usual work stress
If you see actors and artists which really are scientists, or simply scientists in the real world, you know that you can't suppose nothing by the aspect or how freaky (s)he is.
Dr.Mayim Bialik (Neuro-biology, neuro science)
Prof.Dr. Ville-Petri Friman (Microbiology, Gitarrist and singer of a Death Metal band)
Prof.Dr, Misha Lemeshko (Quantum physik, director of the Lemeshko group, YouTube scientific channel)
etc,
50 cents a computer scientist?Why not? Computer science is almost pretty absurd in movies
How about Dolph Lundgren. The Russian boxer from Rocky 2 has a MS in Chemical Engineering and Fulbright scholarship from MIT.
Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years) has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and had graduated summa cum laude from UCLA for her BS.
Graffin obtained his PhD in zoology at Cornell University and has lectured courses in natural sciences at both the University of California, Los Angeles and at Cornell University.
I would have thought you'd pick the more obvious example of Dexter Holland, from the Offspring, who has a PhD in molecular biology. Apparently the line "Gotta keep 'em separated" from Come Out and Play was inspired by two chemicals that he had to keep separated.
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
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
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.
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 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.
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?
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!
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.
He was very suited to the action and comedy stuff in the show, but there's just something kinda gormless about his face that made him mathing out and frantically writing sums on the floor seem more unbelievable than the muppet space opera going on around him.
I always though with Farscape, spending time in that universe and interacting with all the mental space shit (plus all the stuff with his brain) made Crighton justifiably unhinged. He plays it fairly straight in the first few episodes.
I recently watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so James Franco as the scientist/dad. Like seriously, we’re rebooting such a classic and James Franco is the best we could come up with??
Honestly, that one I can't agree with. While none of them are in scientific fields, James Franco is a rogue scholar who holds 4 MFAs and 2 PhDs. They could have picked MUCH worse and less educated people. He also avidly researches science and technology as he pursues the craft of writing science fiction.
Ice cube in whatever the fuck he's doing in the war of the world rehash on prime. From the trailer it just looks like ice cube is reacting to chat about mid af cgi videos
It’s not a statement of actors, but I’ll take any chance to share Kyle Kinane. He had a bit where he basically tears apart all the main actors in The Fast and the Furious franchise and it’s amazing. Hopefully this fits within the thread rules.
Eh Charlie day is funny as fuck and Pacific Rim is fucking giant robots punching giant monsters, the fuck you need believable scientist in there, my god.
Henry Rollins in Johnny Mnemonic. Dude had to play a super nerdy doctor, basically a wet noodle. Let's cast a guy with a nine inch neck and could actually water his way through most of the bad guy minions.
No, you are very wrong. Tim Curry could be anything wanted to be, and I believe a transvestite scientist is definitely within the realm of possibilities.
Did you just have that in the chamber expecting different comments? The overwhelming number of comments here are white, male actors. In fact, so far, only 3 women have even been mentioned.
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notso@feddit.org · 105 pts · 360d
Steven Seagal playing Wesley McClaren, a doctor and former government research immunologist in this masterpiece:
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 360d
Imagine trying to rent a mediocre Gibson movie and accidentally getting a shitty Seagal movie instead!
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 360d
You didn't like it? I thought it was really good.
I hated all the white washing Mel does though....
tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 360d
Like an 18th century southern planter with freemen africans working his farm. Sure ok Mel
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
Or that he was a steward for first nations? Ya I found out about that man
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d
I need my money back for the rental plus $100k for having you do that to me! Lmao!
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
I wonder if space ice had reviewed it
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 359d
To be fair, he's just as unbelievable playing anyone with an average IQ.
pyre@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d
you take that back or he will snatch every motherfucking punani
JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 358d
Without even standing up
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 360d
notso@feddit.org · 12 pts · 360d
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
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 360d
As a microbiologist, I can confirm much of my job has been staring at and gently fingering chemistry glassware diagrams.
Slovene@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 360d
You forgor?
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 360d
Slovene@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 360d
💀
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 2 pts · 359d
Rut-roh
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 358d
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!
thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org · 73 pts · 360d
Nick Cage in anything
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 45 pts · 360d
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 42 pts · 360d
hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de · 40 pts · 360d
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.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 360d
He was great in "The Rock".
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 360d
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.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 359d
Agreed, whether people like him or not, it doesn’t take away from him being a great actor.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 359d
He was great in Adaptation. Strange film meets strange actor, a perfect match.
TheBat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
loudwhisper@infosec.pub · 15 pts · 360d
The weather man? I think he fit very well. Same for Lord of War. I know they are both 20 years old, but still.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
Those two movies were fantastic. Army of One is another great.
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 358d
I thought he was great and very believable as a dork in Peggy Sue Got Married.
Slovene@feddit.nl · 65 pts · 360d
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.
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 98 pts · 360d
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.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 20 pts · 360d
HAHAHAHAHA oh my god that’s so fucking funny.
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 360d
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.
tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 360d
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.
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 359d
I love American Dad's spoof of it
https://animated-character-database.fandom.com/wiki/Sexpun_T%27Come_Smith
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 359d
Pooshy
TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 51 pts · 360d
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. 🤣
Some highlights from that episode.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
I completely forgot about beer cans that told you how cold they were!
stevethegeek@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 360d
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...
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 360d
Scientits on the other hand... 😏
Slovene@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 360d
I don't know, I just remember that from a youtube vid. 🤷 It could have been cinemasins or some other movie review channel.
creaturefromthebeigelagoon@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 360d
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
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 360d
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.
fargeol@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 360d
Dolph Lundgren in Expendables shows some unusual skills in chemical science.
And yes, I know that Dolph Lundgren studied chemistry IRL
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca · 68 pts · 360d
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 360d
Dolph Lundgren can smell crime!
1hitsong@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 360d
We show it.
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 40 pts · 359d
RFK jr?
Newsteinleo@midwest.social · 6 pts · 359d
Too real man... To real
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 36 pts · 360d
Will Smith in anything Sci-Fi 👎 Scarlett Johansson in anything Sci-Fi 👎
Jessica Alba was great in Dark Angel but nothing since then
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 39 pts · 360d
Alba was fantastic in Sin City
Slovene@feddit.nl · 35 pts · 360d
You keep ScarJo's name outta your fucking mouth!
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 360d
Independence day was great when it was released. Men in black, too.
Lucy was interesting. Ghost in the machine wasnt as good as the (amazing) original, but was still good.
WR5@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d
Do you mean ghost in the shell for Scarlett Johansson?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 359d
Haha, yes I did. It got criticism for whitewashing. That's not on Herz that's in the producers. She did as fine a job as of expect anyone to do, but it's a pretty robotic role.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 359d
As a fan of the 1995 Ghost in the Shell I didn't like my first viewing of this remake but have since realised it was because of my own expectations. Now I watch it as a different film and enjoy it a lot more.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 359d
Yes, I find with any remake or reboot, you have to be ready to abandon preconceptions of what you wanted or expected. Fan service is good and bad. There is no point in a remake where it is all the same. Generally, of it's a ground breaking classic, the remake is bound to disappoint. It can never be as groundbreaking or original, by definition. Subverting expectations can be good but it requires reference to the original, that the original can stand on its own without
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
Ghost in the Shell was horrible. She played the Major as a completely different character than the original. Scarlett Johansen plays a really good seductive spy, but that's all she plays. Major Kusanagi was ace.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 359d
For me, I found the bits that were most a copy of the anime to be most disconcerting and disappointing. What they did differently was more interesting.
I did like Major, I didn't like Dr ouelet but I like Juliette binoche. It was a bit stilted. Michael Pitt was a bit one note and underwhelming but it might also be the concept has dated since the original.
The actor for Major is currently in foundation, of that's your jam.
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
I love Foundation. It's one of the few times I've seen something that they've diverged so much from the source material yet made an enjoyable story that is still recognizable.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 359d
I haven't read it, which seems to be a bonus. Those that have, hate it as it's different to their expectations. Same as we're discussing, different art. I enjoy it but some of it is a bit off, like the acting is stilted and the motivations are contribed. It's beautiful and interesting and thought provoking though. I just wish they'd settle on a tone and storyline that they could run with
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
I have read the Robot and Foundation books, including the newer prequels (and sequels? Its been a while), and I found the show intensely boring, which is really saying something. Plus a robot fucking kills someone in like episode 4 which is like the literal antithesis to what Asimov wrote.
rainwall@piefed.social · 12 pts · 360d
Jessica Alba went on to make a few hundred millions selling soap, so shes got that going for her.
Slovene@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 360d
Which is nice.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 360d
I maintain that Men in Black (the first one) is a masterpiece. Otherwise... yeah.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
What?! I, Robot was great!
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 360d
There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn't one of them.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 359d
You're discrediting the great chemistry between Will Smith's character and Sonny, which means you're missing out on a good chunk of the movie experience.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 359d
Oh, that chemistry is great, but I don't think he plays the investigator part well, especially when trying to follow the clues left by Dr Lanning. Will Smith's style is very off the cuff and anti-authority, and while that works in MIB where there's the very strict Agent K to play off of, I don't think he works as the sole driver of a light mystery. Sonny and Spooner's interactions are fantastic, but they're usually driven by Sonny giving exposition. Spooner is usually just running from things as they unfold.
All in all, not a bad performance (there were plenty of objectively worse ones), but I don't think it does the movie any favours. There are plenty of great things about i, Robot, but Will Smith is not one of them in my opinion.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
Look I don't particularly like him as a person but it's hardly a controversial opinion to say he's a good actor. That was one of his better roles imo.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 359d
I don't particularly like his acting style, completely outside anything he does as a person. iRobot and Men In Black are some of his better roles, but like Jeff Goldblum or Eddy Murphy, he can only play himself. I don't think it works in iRobot that well though, but that's more of a casting choice than bad acting.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
I agree he's pretty one note but I do think it works for that and Men in Black. He's a detective in both so yeah, not a lot of range, but it was more subdued from wacky to just sarcastic in I, Robot. I do like sarcastic jerk as a character type which may say something about me.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 359d
Yeah, in MIB he has Agent K to play off of. MIB 3, where he's the sole driver of the narrative, was a weak entry partly because of this.
He has plenty of good movies and is an objectively good actor, but I think his style needs to be used well, and i, Robot doesn't quite hit it. Maybe if Dr. Calvin was a stronger character rather than a worrywort and source of romantic tension, I'd like his performance more.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 360d
I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Only if it's taking me to a 24 hour showing of I, ROBOT BITCH! Sorry that was aggressive.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Honestly, I think I, Robot understood the source material better than Foundation.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 359d
i recently saw post about alan tudyk indicating he was cast aside because will smith had to be lead of irobot, and they saw ALan was the better actor for that movie, he seems kind of pissed about it(this came out at the same time that resident alien was cancelled). will smith pulled a "ROCK,johson" to become the lead.
wasnt she in the original fantasitc 4 movies? Jessen ackles worked with her, and he said she was btch in the set(it was interview) im guesisng thats why she isnt in anything anymore.
they tried to make chris hensworth all sciency sound, in thors ragnorok, when they were referring to the "spatial phenomenon, he doesnt fit that role at all.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 359d
Oh I liked Jensen Acjles in Dark Angel, he brought charm and comedic wit to it. Yeah apparently there was some tension but nothing major, just usual work stress
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 358d
according to jensen, she was going through a breakup or relationship problems, and was coming on to HIM, im guessing it was sexual tension.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 359d
The one that instantly sprung to mind was Denise Richards as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 358d
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 34 pts · 360d
If you see actors and artists which really are scientists, or simply scientists in the real world, you know that you can't suppose nothing by the aspect or how freaky (s)he is.
Dr.Mayim Bialik (Neuro-biology, neuro science)
Prof.Dr. Ville-Petri Friman (Microbiology, Gitarrist and singer of a Death Metal band)
Prof.Dr, Misha Lemeshko (Quantum physik, director of the Lemeshko group, YouTube scientific channel)
etc,
50 cents a computer scientist?Why not? Computer science is almost pretty absurd in movies
Adalast@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 359d
How about Dolph Lundgren. The Russian boxer from Rocky 2 has a MS in Chemical Engineering and Fulbright scholarship from MIT.
Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years) has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and had graduated summa cum laude from UCLA for her BS.
Those are my favorites.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d
Rocky 4, but yes
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 359d
Add Dexter Holland to the list. Lead Singer for the Offspring
pedz@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 359d
And Greg Graffin from Bad Religion.
wet_bones@lemmy.4d2.org · 5 pts · 359d
...and Milo Aukerman (Descendents), who went to college (and became a molecular biologist).
BigPotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
He wanted that suburban home after all.
moakley@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 359d
I would have thought you'd pick the more obvious example of Dexter Holland, from the Offspring, who has a PhD in molecular biology. Apparently the line "Gotta keep 'em separated" from Come Out and Play was inspired by two chemicals that he had to keep separated.
Dultas@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 359d
Brian May from Queen has a PhD in astrophysics. He quit his PhD when Queen started seeing success. Went back and finished in like 2007 IIRC.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
I guess I should have read a little further down before throwing his name in the pile.
silasmariner@programming.dev · 11 pts · 359d
I would also drop this dude, because he's pretty fly (for a white guy); https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland
Yeah ok not an educator or a particularly famous name in the sphere, but a PhD don't come for free
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 359d
This guy too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May
silasmariner@programming.dev · 1 pts · 359d
True, but I find his narrative arc less compelling
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 359d
perishthethought@piefed.social · 32 pts · 360d
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park?
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 40 pts · 360d
smeg@feddit.uk · 37 pts · 360d
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 360d
It's the glasses. They make him a nerd apparently.
teft@piefed.social · 17 pts · 360d
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 360d
I'll like how he licked his lips.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 25 pts · 360d
negativenull@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 360d
Behold my favorite T-shirt
statlerwaldorf@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 360d
I'll raise you the shower curtain I have in my master bathroom. My wife loves Jeff Goldblum.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
The Fly!
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
smeg@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 359d
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
fargeol@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 360d
Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park!
fartographer@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 360d
"Hold onto my butts!"
- Sam Jackson horking down another ciggie
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 359d
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
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 359d
Okay but that's more of a failure of character writing than a failure of casting.
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 18 pts · 359d
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.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 359d
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
darkpanda@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 358d
To be fair, it’s all he’s got going on. His life is in ruins.
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 359d
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.
thedruid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 359d
I worked with a few PhDs in the past. PhDs do not equal common sense.
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d
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.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 359d
I've known some incredibly stupid doctors though. They're extremely good at their field but anything outside that? Horrific!
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 359d
Ben Carson, though RFK makes Ben’s stupid appointment look inspired.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
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.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 359d
"some "? It's practically a prerequisite for medical school.
Machinist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d
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.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 358d
That's bad writing not bad casting.
xylol@leminal.space · 25 pts · 360d
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
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 360d
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 360d
That was the full-length Amazon ad, right?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 359d
isnt that movie just a giant amazon ad.
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 360d
Mark Wahlberg in The Happening.
scytale@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 360d
wildcardology@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
He also played as an inventor in one of the transformers movies.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
I believe he's a slightly retarded HS teacher.
razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 360d
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 360d
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
Wow, I didn't realize it was Hugh Jackman playing that role until today.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 359d
I love that movie so much
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 24 pts · 359d
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?
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 358d
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.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 358d
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!
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 359d
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.
unknown@piefed.social · 21 pts · 360d
The guy who played John Chriton in Farscape.
He was very suited to the action and comedy stuff in the show, but there's just something kinda gormless about his face that made him mathing out and frantically writing sums on the floor seem more unbelievable than the muppet space opera going on around him.
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
I always though with Farscape, spending time in that universe and interacting with all the mental space shit (plus all the stuff with his brain) made Crighton justifiably unhinged. He plays it fairly straight in the first few episodes.
Adalast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Ben Browder, he has a bachelor's degree in Psychology.
choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com · 20 pts · 360d
Channing Tatum as a NASA scientist in "fly me to the moon" was just painful.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 360d
individual@toast.ooo · 19 pts · 360d
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 360d
individual@toast.ooo · 5 pts · 360d
massacre@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 360d
You haven't met enough computer scientists.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 360d
0ops@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 359d
Watch me
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 360d
Matt Damon in any of his space movies.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
Thank you!
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 359d
Naw, he did a great job as Mark Watney.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
How about Elysium?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 17 pts · 360d
Samuel L Jackson has been a scientist a couple times and none of them made sense.
Nycto@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 360d
Hold on to your butts.
rustyfish@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 360d
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 6 pts · 360d
I dunno; I thought he was pretty convincing. I mean, the man had a Bat Card and everything.
Machinist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
George Clooney has done some real life Batman shit. He started the Satellite Sentinel Project. using some of his millions. Org's website is https://thesentry.org/
He rents satellite time and surveils African warlords providing warnings for villages of incoming armies.
rustyfish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
George Clooney became famous because he played a doctor.
Moonweedbaddegrasse@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 360d
Don't think you can beat oceanographer Debbie Gibson in Megashark v Giant Octopus.
deadcream@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 360d
Easy. Christopher Judge in Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark.
Moonweedbaddegrasse@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 360d
I see your Christopher Judge and raise you Tiffany in Mega Pirahna.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
I will not have you disparage the great Christopher Judge in front of me, boy.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz · 12 pts · 359d
That guy they got to play Stephen Hawking in ST:TNG
halloween_spookster@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 359d
You mean Stephen Hawking?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 359d
Yes
nomy@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 358d
Dude couldn't act at all, sounded downright robotic.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 358d
Oh yeah, he was one of those actors that could only play himself one way or the other
Eshrekshion@piefed.social · 12 pts · 360d
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 360d
He wasn’t the scientist.
He was the businessman, his lover was the scientist until the cartel murdered him
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 360d
unknown@piefed.social · 12 pts · 360d
Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echos. They gave her glasses and a blazer and it was not convincing.
I've met computer nerds who look like 50, but I haven't seen the media the image is from so maybe his acting sucked, idk.
TheMadBeagle@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 360d
I had similar thoughts about 50 cent. Haven't seen the media, but it's just a looks think I wotk with people who look like he does in that picture
hactar42@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 359d
Tara Reid as an archaeologist and museum curator in Alone in the Dark. In fact the only good thing about that movie was the soundtrack.
DearMoogle@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 360d
I recently watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so James Franco as the scientist/dad. Like seriously, we’re rebooting such a classic and James Franco is the best we could come up with??
Adalast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
Honestly, that one I can't agree with. While none of them are in scientific fields, James Franco is a rogue scholar who holds 4 MFAs and 2 PhDs. They could have picked MUCH worse and less educated people. He also avidly researches science and technology as he pursues the craft of writing science fiction.
VoterFrog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 359d
He became a rogue scholar, huh? A dark path that leads only to evil scientist.
VoterFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 360d
Ice cube in whatever the fuck he's doing in the war of the world rehash on prime. From the trailer it just looks like ice cube is reacting to chat about mid af cgi videos
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 359d
It's one of those where you just watch the pitch meeting of it instead of the movie
https://youtu.be/2fhLdREPEF4
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 359d
Not "Scientist", but Mark Wahlberg as a science teacher in The Happening and as an inventor in Transformers 4.
Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
Entire cast of tbbt, incl. Hawking.
thebustinater@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 359d
Eiza González, Three Body Problem
vonxylofon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d
I do literally know a few scientists that are this hot, though.
Hagenman@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 360d
It’s not a statement of actors, but I’ll take any chance to share Kyle Kinane. He had a bit where he basically tears apart all the main actors in The Fast and the Furious franchise and it’s amazing. Hopefully this fits within the thread rules.
(https://youtu.be/BfOgjzv-6lc)
pH3ra@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 359d
Ludacris in every Fast and Furious
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 359d
Well, not 1, 3 or 4
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 360d
Anna Kendrick as an astronaut scientist in Stowaway
Charlie Day in Pacific Rim
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d
Eh Charlie day is funny as fuck and Pacific Rim is fucking giant robots punching giant monsters, the fuck you need believable scientist in there, my god.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
You're not wrong, I'm just answering the question lol
psion1369@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
Henry Rollins in Johnny Mnemonic. Dude had to play a super nerdy doctor, basically a wet noodle. Let's cast a guy with a nine inch neck and could actually water his way through most of the bad guy minions.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 359d
Delphia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d
Henry Rollins is a philosopher.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 358d
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
Glasses and nerd clothing and we're good to go.
portuga@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
Some kind of shell bracelet I think is also mandatory
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 359d
This is Keanu in Chain Reaction all day long and all night. See also Keanu in The Watcher for least convincing serial killer.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 358d
Some more
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2014/apr/07/secret-scientists-natalieportman
wet_bones@lemmy.4d2.org · -5 pts · 359d
Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 359d
No, you are very wrong. Tim Curry could be anything wanted to be, and I believe a transvestite scientist is definitely within the realm of possibilities.
varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -27 pts · 360d
List of women incapable of convincingly playing incoming...
More serious: Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson as Batman?
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 360d
Robert Pattinson did batman extremely well.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
And Affleck was nowhere close to the worst thing in those movies...
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 360d
I wouldn't know, I didn't bother watching those.
higgsboson@piefed.social · 3 pts · 359d
Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, yo!
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · -33 pts · 360d
Racism and sexism on display with this post and comments. cmon, be better.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 360d
Did you just have that in the chamber expecting different comments? The overwhelming number of comments here are white, male actors. In fact, so far, only 3 women have even been mentioned.
You look like a fool.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 360d
I do not. But thanks for the being civil.
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 360d
nic cageism is a serious blight on society
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 360d
That too lol