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[jufonuk]

Bolo Yeung is the best

 

[Rival]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/27/europe/vladimir-putin-steven-seagal-award-intl-scli/index.html

Perfect timing.

 

[SJRB]

Nobody has disappointed me more in my life than Steven Seagal has. Not even Santa.

Dude was a legend to me when I was a kid. Hard to Kill, Above the Law, On Deadly Ground and of course Under Siege were dope as fuck. I thought he was a martial arts god. I had the movies, I owned that documentary of him teaching Aikido in Japan, studying the moves. It just looked so sick.

Then I started learning Aikido myself and I was like eh.... Wait a minute. That's not how Aikido works, this shit is useless in an actual streetfight. So image shattered.

Then it turns out he is an insanely unlikeable guy. Like a total douchebag. Asshole to other cast and crew, overwhelmingly unpleasant character. Image shattered again.

Then the fucking weird pro-Russia stuff, the dumb depute sheriff show, the shit music, the faux spiritual nonsense. The guy is a neverending disappointment.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I bet Van Damme could have beat his ass back in the day. Then again, Van Damme got beat by that biker guy who had no martial arts training as far as I know.

 

[sono]

I like his films where he saves the good guys from the bad guys

 

[bender]

I thought he was a martial arts god.

It's okay, most kids don't know better.

 

[Soltype]

He was putting out legit movies in the late 80s early 90's. His first 5 films were pretty decent, this revisionist history of him never being a draw or entertaining is bullshit. If you were watching movies back in the day, you more than likely wanted to go see at least on seagal flick.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Vladimir Putin signs a decree honoring US actor – and Russian citizen – Steven Seagal | CNN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to honor the American actor Steven Seagal with the state Order of Friendship.

amp.cnn.com

Perfect timing.

Putin and Segal

Putin and Macron

 

[SJRB]

It's okay, most kids don't know better.

 

[NickFire]

I can't tell what is better. The "out of breath cause a guy flipped himself over" gif, or the "third base coach suffering a stroke" gif.

 

[Bragr]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/27/europe/vladimir-putin-steven-seagal-award-intl-scli/index.html

Perfect timing.

Wow.

"The former action hero backed Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and has supported its invasion of Ukraine. He visited the occupied Donbas area last summer."

"In an interview on Russian television last year he spoke of an existential threat to Russia from Ukraine."

 

[Darkmakaimura]

My cousin's husband actually played a major part in creating On Deadly Ground.

 

[SJRB]

 

[LegendOfKage]

Not only a nutjob it seems..

Pronouns in her bio, and a recent tweet about "manspreading" in her feed. Meanwhile Sorbo is a conservative Christian, which means both of them are probably going to be biased against each other. Not calling her a liar, and maybe this is all true, but it also wouldn't surprise me if "pressure me into sex" and "publicly shame me on set when refused" turned out to be "hit on me several times and then made fun of me after I did something dumb."

Or yeah, like I said, maybe it's all true. I'm not going to judge either party, because it's impossible to tell.

 

[jason10mm]

While I agree aikido is mostly useless, Seagal was ALWAYS the biggest guy in the room, so when a 200+ guy starts finger twisting little dudes it does kinda work. Plus his early stuff was mostly sweeps and chops when he got serious. I always liked his floaty gun handling as well

 

[LegendOfKage]

Nobody has disappointed me more in my life than Steven Seagal has. Not even Santa.

Dude was a legend to me when I was a kid. Hard to Kill, Above the Law, On Deadly Ground and of course Under Siege were dope as fuck. I thought he was a martial arts god. I had the movies, I owned that documentary of him teaching Aikido in Japan, studying the moves. It just looked so sick.

Then I started learning Aikido myself and I was like eh.... Wait a minute. That's not how Aikido works, this shit is useless in an actual streetfight. So image shattered.

Then it turns out he is an insanely unlikeable guy. Like a total douchebag. Asshole to other cast and crew, overwhelmingly unpleasant character. Image shattered again.

Then the fucking weird pro-Russia stuff, the dumb depute sheriff show, the shit music, the faux spiritual nonsense. The guy is a neverending disappointment.

It's funny. Someone who could have been a 90s action movie star for several years and then faded away into obscurity has instead become an absolute legend, but for all the wrong reasons.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Him, Gerard Depardeu, and Kevin Sorbo - all turned out to be arseholes.

Oh no, what did Kevin Sorbo do?

 

[Fuz]

Although...

Spoiler

 

[MacReady13]

He made 45 absolutely terrible movies in 19 years.

Incorrect. He has been in a few good films.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Oh no, what did Kevin Sorbo do?

Nothing compared to segal. Some alleged harassment. He's very Christian and conservative which is the problem some people have with him.

 

[Aggelos]

Seagal is the kind of scumbag/douchebag that belongs to the Harvey Weinsten club.
I can't believe I used to watch this dirtbag's films back in the '90s (well some of them to be frank).

 

[chromhound]

Russia can keep him

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Nothing compared to segal. Some alleged harassment. He's very Christian and conservative which is the problem some people have with him.

Some crazy people would say that that’s worse!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I entered the thread just to see if the carrot gif was posted.

Big Chungus in the flesh

 

[Winter John]

Nothing but lies, falsehoods, misinformation and slander. Sensei is a great man. A man of action. A man of wisdom. A poet. A lover. An artist. He has spent his life with whores and lepers. Just like Jesus. When he ascends we'll look back and think, Oh Christ, we did it again!

 

[winjer]

This guy was probably the biggest scam in martial arts, since Frank Dux.

 

[SJRB]

This guy was probably the biggest scam in martial arts, since Frank Dux.

 

[winjer]

 

[Fools idol]

theres long been a rumour that he alao hired male prostitutes while filming in thailand, not for himself, but to watch them fuck girls.

Big ol' cuck lol

 

[pesaddict]

Apprently shit his pant when Gene la belle chocked him out

 

[pesaddict]

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtube.com

 

[Artoris]

Apprently shit his pant when Gene la belle chocked him out

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[jufonuk]

He is a fucking eyebrow actor anyway

But yeah most importantly he is a PoS

I'm so glad I was crushing on Cynthia rothrock back in the 90's and watching the classic JCVD films.

 

[SJRB]

Ralph watched late-stage Seagal so you don't have to.

Especially interesting if you're thinking "well how bad an actor can he really be?" Because brother, you have no idea.

 

[Soltype]

On a related note, his energy drink is easily one of the worst tasting things I've ever drank. It was like they used worm medicine as the drink base.

 

[Outlier]

Now there's a true Smegma Male.
Guy just didn't give a damn about how he effected people around him.
Wow.

 

[8bitpill]

His fucking dye job

 

[Mr Hyde]

Stephen Tobolowskys story about Seagal is probably the best. Absolutely hilarious. It's on the set of the Glimmer Man, with Keenen Ivory Wayans. Corroborates with Rob Schneiders story about the spiritual epiphany Seagull had.

 

[Signal Rockets]

I mind of that too.

The guy's a beast.

 

[pramod]

It's a top 20 for me, easily.
And yes that scene... back when everybody at school had to watch the same film on a Friday night I'm sure that scene was responsible for a good portion of the male continent discovering masturbation for the first time.

Pretty much the only thing i remember from that movie. And the line "im just a cook."