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The only reason that the Bengals coach ain't fired yet, is that he made that team halfway decent, since before he got the job they sucked really bad.
Burfict went undrafted due to character concerns, and if he wasn't so good at football, he'll be in prison.
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Well, Rice was on the decline and leaked his personal texts with the Ravens ownership to the media, which most likely caused him to blackballed.
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Nowadays we hear lots of reports of sexist/misogynistic comments that actors or entertainment figures have supposedly made. Often times, these reports are blown way out of proportion, or the thing that's been said is actually pretty trivial. That's not always the case, however.
Enter Dirk Benedict, washed-up star of The A-Team and the original Battlestar Galactica. When the re-imagined series of Battlestar Galactica was announced, one of the big changes from the original show was that Starbuck (the character Dirk played in the original series) was now a woman. At first, Dirk seemed to be okay with the decision to make Starbuck female. There's a video of him having a friendly chat with Katee Sackhoff (the new Starbuck) and passing her a cigar as a "passing of the torch". He was even offered a few roles in the show, but turned them down.
About a year after the miniseries which started the new show aired though, Dirk penned an essay titled: "Starbuck: Lost in Castration". In it, he referred to Sackhoff's character as "Stardoe" and it continues on into one of the most sexist rants I've ever read. Here's a choice passage:
"Men hand out cigars. Women 'hand out' babies."
And here's the whole thing if you fancy a read.
It didn't stop there either. When confronted by a female fan at a convention on his sexism, he said the following:
"I meant everything I said. It was when men ruled the world. It was better [...] You know, we used to have a woman on the show? Remember that? She was actually the fifth 'pop' on the A-Team bubble. The network wanted her, but we got rid of her because she was annoying and because she was a pain and the network didn’t want to deal with her. It was better back then. She was useless and we didn’t need her. That was what it was like back then. It was a show full of guys, there weren’t any women."
It's a good thing this guy hasn't had a career since the 80s, because if he did, it would almost certainly be over.
Enter Dirk Benedict, washed-up star of The A-Team and the original Battlestar Galactica. When the re-imagined series of Battlestar Galactica was announced, one of the big changes from the original show was that Starbuck (the character Dirk played in the original series) was now a woman. At first, Dirk seemed to be okay with the decision to make Starbuck female. There's a video of him having a friendly chat with Katee Sackhoff (the new Starbuck) and passing her a cigar as a "passing of the torch". He was even offered a few roles in the show, but turned them down.
About a year after the miniseries which started the new show aired though, Dirk penned an essay titled: "Starbuck: Lost in Castration". In it, he referred to Sackhoff's character as "Stardoe" and it continues on into one of the most sexist rants I've ever read. Here's a choice passage:
"Men hand out cigars. Women 'hand out' babies."
And here's the whole thing if you fancy a read.
It didn't stop there either. When confronted by a female fan at a convention on his sexism, he said the following:
"I meant everything I said. It was when men ruled the world. It was better [...] You know, we used to have a woman on the show? Remember that? She was actually the fifth 'pop' on the A-Team bubble. The network wanted her, but we got rid of her because she was annoying and because she was a pain and the network didn’t want to deal with her. It was better back then. She was useless and we didn’t need her. That was what it was like back then. It was a show full of guys, there weren’t any women."
It's a good thing this guy hasn't had a career since the 80s, because if he did, it would almost certainly be over.
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I'm just amazed at the lack of self-preservation instinct there, I mean, on some level you have to know, regardless of your politics, that SAYING that kind of stuff is career suicide, especially in the Twitter/FB era. I guess that goes to show you just how fragile and full of loathing their worldview is that they can't keep quiet about it when SURELY they have to know they're inviting a shitstorm. Or are they just so deluded, they assume everyone else feels the same way and will flock to their defense?
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How about a former celebrity horror cow? Random Task (Joe Son) from Austin Powers.
He's currently serving life for a long list of crimes horrifyingly this one stands out:
After raping and tourturing this woman this charming fellow had this to say:
Since he's been in prison this hasn't stopped him, He's now facing 1st Degree murder charges because he killed another inmate.
He's currently serving life for a long list of crimes horrifyingly this one stands out:
wikipedia said:
After raping and tourturing this woman this charming fellow had this to say:
Joe Son said:
Since he's been in prison this hasn't stopped him, He's now facing 1st Degree murder charges because he killed another inmate.
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This almost reminds me more of the assblasted comments George Lucas has made since the new Star Wars. He may be some kind of sexist but he sounds more angry and jealous that the reboot was better than the original.
I don't know if you remember the original Battlestar Galactica but it wasn't that fucking good.
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No mention of Josh Trank? His antics on the set of Fantastic Four (the one from last year) have already become infamous.
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That movie was a complete clusterfuck on every level.
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Trank has already earned comparisons to Michael Cimino, the guy that did The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate. Yet another case of what happens when a prima donna gets carte blanche to do what he likes behind the camera.
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Details, please.
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In a nutshell: general uncommunicativeness/rudeness on set, several serious arguments with the cast, showing up for shooting drunk or high, causing damage to the estate that Fox rented out for him, throwing a temper tantrum about the production on 4chan, etc.
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I'm not sure directors count here, but the tale of Michael Cimino's behavior on the set of Heaven's Gate is legendary, and if I get the time I'll write up a post about it.
(If that never happens, find yourself a copy of the Medved Brothers' Hollywood Hall of Shame; and yes, I know about Michael Medved's politics. These books are good in spite of them.)
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Trank was seen as a really talented up and comer, but I reckon this completely killed his career.
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The new one however was superb, Dirk was really sour especially considering Richard Hatch (Apollo in the old Galactica, and Tom Zarek in the new series) was a fan favorite who's carrier got a second wind once he reapaerd in the series, he had fun with his roll as well.
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Since directors apparently can count now (even though it was a lolcow who brought it up), here's what happened with Michael Cimino and Heaven's Gate:
* Given that The Deer Hunter was a big success, United Artists had given Cimino total creative control on the film he was set to make for them. This, as anyone who knows film history knows, almost never leads anywhere good.
* Cimino's dedication to his vision was such that six days into the project, they were five days behind schedule. He insisted on a ton of retakes - and not of important scenes, of stuff like the main character cracking his whip (which took 52 takes to get just right).
* And it wasn't just the retakes that he had to get just right, either; when he thought that one of the streets on the set looked too narrow he ordered both sides of the street torn down and rebuilt.
* The film is also partly the reason why "No animals were hurt in the making of this film" has to be placed at the end of movies. The American Humane Association alleged that a ton of animals were killed in the movie, and though the people involved denied much of it, some people admitted they accidentally blew up a horse.
* When Cimino wanted to shoot a prologue set at Harvard, they wouldn't let him shoot there. Neither would Yale, so he went over to Oxford to shoot it. This was about the only part of the film that came in on schedule.
* And to top it all off, the film's original running time was nearly five hours long - with a battle sequence an hour-and-a-half long. They managed to get him to at least cut another hour out of the film to make it a little more bearable.
* And there are more bits of the story that I haven't even written here...
This was the main reason why the New Hollywood period ended. It's hard not to see why.
* Given that The Deer Hunter was a big success, United Artists had given Cimino total creative control on the film he was set to make for them. This, as anyone who knows film history knows, almost never leads anywhere good.
* Cimino's dedication to his vision was such that six days into the project, they were five days behind schedule. He insisted on a ton of retakes - and not of important scenes, of stuff like the main character cracking his whip (which took 52 takes to get just right).
* And it wasn't just the retakes that he had to get just right, either; when he thought that one of the streets on the set looked too narrow he ordered both sides of the street torn down and rebuilt.
* The film is also partly the reason why "No animals were hurt in the making of this film" has to be placed at the end of movies. The American Humane Association alleged that a ton of animals were killed in the movie, and though the people involved denied much of it, some people admitted they accidentally blew up a horse.
* When Cimino wanted to shoot a prologue set at Harvard, they wouldn't let him shoot there. Neither would Yale, so he went over to Oxford to shoot it. This was about the only part of the film that came in on schedule.
* And to top it all off, the film's original running time was nearly five hours long - with a battle sequence an hour-and-a-half long. They managed to get him to at least cut another hour out of the film to make it a little more bearable.
* And there are more bits of the story that I haven't even written here...
This was the main reason why the New Hollywood period ended. It's hard not to see why.
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Wasn't he popping Xanax like candy?