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    Vin Diesel's Biggest Supporter Pulls Out Of xXx 3. Poor Xander.

    Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    In reply to Vin Diesel's Biggest Supporter Pulls Out Of xXx 3. Poor Xander.
    Sigh... I guess xXxxXxxXxxXxxXxxXxxXxxXxxXx won't be the same after all. Yes, I cubed xXx.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/10/09

    In reply to Vin Diesel's Biggest Supporter Pulls Out Of xXx 3. Poor Xander.
    I've always enjoyed Cohen's films with a grain of salt and occasionally he's really good/bad like with xXx and Fast and Furious but too often he is a big budget Uwe Boll as anyone who has seen Dragonheart or Mummy 3 can attest to. Wait... they both had dragons hrm. Maybe that's the problem!!!

    Wait, no Stealth had no dragons and was still a pile of shit even with super planes and Jessica Biel.

    Point is. This franchise can continue but hand it off to someone like the Crank guys to just go crazy with it because that is all that made xXx2 enjoyable.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    06/10/09

    In reply to Vin Diesel's Biggest Supporter Pulls Out Of xXx 3. Poor Xander.
    It's all karma for xXx - you can't go around thinking you can take out James Bond as the world's #1 spy just because you've got a go-go-gadget muscle car, Xtreme sports, and some pop culture references...
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @AngryEddy: Yeah, you need to have tons of double entendres and bone tons of chicks, too.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    06/10/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Even then, there are no guarantees you'll best Bond.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @AngryEddy: Damn that British accent! DAMN IT ALL! All my hard work has been for nothing!
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    06/10/09

    @AngryEddy: I thought Bourne already did that...
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @Illogic: Well, Bourne jacked his cars, jerryrigged some of his devices, and instead of having pop culture references, he beat the shit out of them...


    @AngryEddy: My dad knows every single 007 movie, and he still refuses to acknowledge the existence of Timothy Dalton.

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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    06/10/09

    @AngryEddy: But EVERYTHING's better with pop culture references. Just look at the Shrek sequels and all it's animated ilk, and...


    Oh, wait. Those were all crap.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @TemporalSword: Yeah, but those kinds of movies do great at the box office due to their at-the-moment appeal. Which is probably why studios have to keep releasing new ones in order to keep the public aware. My friend works at Dreamworks and he says they pretty much have the graphics down to a grindmill level now, and they're just working on the jokes. Sigh. Go Pixar!
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    06/10/09

    In reply to Vin Diesel's Biggest Supporter Pulls Out Of xXx 3. Poor Xander.
    They already did "The Magnificent Seven in the olden days". Little film called Seven Samurai. Perhaps some of you have heard of it?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @Aidan_: And then it went full circle with the anime Samurai 7... with MECHS!
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    Image of Jeremy Linden Jeremy Linden
    06/10/09

    @Aidan_: Akshully, isn't "The Magnificent Seven" the "Seven Samurai" in the Western Days?


    The Kurisawa movie came first, right?

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/10/09

    @Jeremy Linden: @roninpenguin: Grr, Kurosawa.


    Them Samurai don't even use GUNS!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/30/08

    In reply to Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie
    It's easy. He was killed, and they gave him some of Claire's blood.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/30/08

    In reply to Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie
    FUCK YEAH!!! nuff said.
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    Image of nachtwulf nachtwulf
    10/30/08

    In reply to Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie
    Well, in my opinion, there are very few actors that make you forget that they are the actors playing the part. This is not to say that they're good or bad actors, simple that it takes a special performance to allow an actor... any actor... to transcend their identity and become their role. Vincent Price was a excellent actor, but he was always "Vincent Price." Sir Anthony Hopkins, and actor of similar range and quality however was "Hannibal Lector" (Or for a more up-to-date counter point, Heath Ledger *was* The Joker as opposed to Jack Nicholson *playing* The Joker )


    Now, I happen to be among the minority that likes Vin Diesel. The man takes/creates roles within his range, and kudos to him for doing so. I don't think you'll ever see him playing Hamlet. Riddick, Toroop, and Xander Cage are his "meat-n-taters" roles and he's smart enough to know to play to his strengths.


    If only others in Hollywood would figure that out *coughcoughSETHROGENcough* 8D

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    10/30/08

    @nachtwulf: I don't think you're in a minority. I like Diesel.
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    Image of reverendskinner reverendskinner
    10/30/08

    In reply to Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie
    Third, I'm afraid, but the second Diesel XXX. Perhaps all his movies should be his name with the movie name following as a subtitle with sequel subtitles following as a sub-subtitle. For instance:


    Vin Diesel: XXX 3: Right To Bear Arms.


    The sub-subtitle of course could refer to both his use of arms in the movie (although actual gun use seems fairly rare in his roles) and his massive, shaved-bear like arms.

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    10/30/08

    @reverendskinner: Yes you are correct. FTFY.
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    Image of Themindtaker Themindtaker
    10/30/08

    In reply to Vin Diesel To Make Another xXx Movie
    I enjoy vin diesel as much as the next guy (ok, a lot more) but what exactly makes xXx sci-fi? I mean, it's got ocassional spy-tech, but I mean...it just feels like a bit of a stretch.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    10/31/08

    @Themindtaker: Dude, he has a website. It's the FOOchur.
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