What are you doing here?

Dr. Whom · December 22, 2006, 04:41:53 AM

The chickens in the opening scene in 'From Hell It Came". Never figured what they were supposed to mean. Perhaps the crew got tired of shooing them away.

Mr. DS · December 22, 2006, 12:11:21 PM

Although he's known for appearing in several lousy movies, I was taken by surprise by Clint Howard in House Of The Dead.

TexasCharlie · December 24, 2006, 01:04:26 PM

Hi everybody, I'm new here.

On this topic, any of Iggy Pop's rolls befuddle me.
The especially troubling ones are the rolls he played in Pete and Pete and Snowday which are both kids shows.

Here's a guy who would strip down, roll in glass, shoot up on stage and then OD; and he's on a kids show.

Yaddo 42 · December 28, 2006, 04:44:12 PM

Hey the Brazilian porn star Xuxa went on to be a kids TV show host, so Iggy's acting roles in kids shows and films is less of a transition.

Plus the makers were probably fans and put him in to meet him (Henry Rollins has said he gets calls for auditions for roles and hosting jobs he has no chance of getting from people in the business who are fans quite often) or for the inside joke for parents who might recognize him. But it is like hearing "Lust for Life" on commercials for a cruise line. Wonder how many people seeing or hearing him in these contexts don't know or "get" who Iggy is.

Shadow · December 28, 2006, 06:45:04 PM

Quote from: The DarkSider on December 22, 2006, 12:11:21 PM
Although he's known for appearing in several lousy movies, I was taken by surprise by Clint Howard in House Of The Dead.

I don't think seeing Clint Howard in that film threw me for a loop as much as seeing Jürgen Prochnow did. Or seeing Ben Kingsley in the trailer for Bloodrayne.

TexasCharlie · December 29, 2006, 09:13:48 PM

Quote from: Yaddo 42 on December 28, 2006, 04:44:12 PM
Hey the Brazilian porn star Xuxa went on to be a kids TV show host, so Iggy's acting roles in kids shows and films is less of a transition.

Plus the makers were probably fans and put him in to meet him (Henry Rollins has said he gets calls for auditions for roles and hosting jobs he has no chance of getting from people in the business who are fans quite often) or for the inside joke for parents who might recognize him. But it is like hearing "Lust for Life" on commercials for a cruise line. Wonder how many people seeing or hearing him in these contexts don't know or "get" who Iggy is.

That's pretty funny about Xuxa. Didn't one of the power rangers star in porn before hand too? The stuff we expose kids too :)

Not to harp on "Pete and Pete," but some crazy people pop up in that show: Michael Stipe, Vincent Pastore, Steve Buscemi, Debbie Harry, David Johansen...

Andrew · December 29, 2006, 09:33:50 PM

Quote from: TexasCharlie on December 29, 2006, 09:13:48 PM
That's pretty funny about Xuxa. Didn't one of the power rangers star in porn before hand too? The stuff we expose kids too :)

I think one of the Power Ranges is also under suspicion of murder, for tying a man and his wife to an anchor and tossing them overboard. All to steal the luxury yacht.

EDIT: Yep, found it.

http://www.tv.com/power-rangers/show/1905/story/556.html?tag=story_list;title;2

http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/2444190

Yaddo 42 · December 30, 2006, 08:03:16 AM

One link say he appeared in one episode of "Power Rangers" so he my have only been a child actor who happened to be on the show once.

And Xuxa's porn career was shorter and tamer, by Brazilian standards anway, than I was led to believe, according to Wikipedia. But the article is badly written and slightly fan-ish, and I'm guessing by someone for whom English is a second language.

Bill C. · December 30, 2006, 03:36:47 PM

Wait, hold it.

Jürgen Prochnow was in House of the Dead?

Damn, man...then again...he and Max von Sydow slummed like mofos in Judge Dredd eight years earlier...

Kroogur · December 30, 2006, 04:02:32 PM

Robert Englund in Strangeland
Ossie Davis in Bubba Ho Tep
Pat Priest in The Two Headed Transplant
Michael Caine in Jaws the Revenge

Yaddo 42 · December 31, 2006, 08:33:20 AM

Ossie Davis was a weird one, but he got so into the role, I'm glad he did it.

After some of the paycheck flicks Michael Caine has made, like those late 90s Harry Palmer after the Iron Cutain fell snoozefests, nothing surprises me from him.

Recently, Billy Connelly in that idiotic Garfield sequel threw me and disappointed me. Tried to explain to the others watching that he really was funnier in five minutes on a talk show (he and Dave Chappelle are pretty much the only reasons I'll watch Conan O'Brien) just talking off the top of his head than anything in the whole movie could ever be, but it was wasted on them.

Neon Noodle · December 31, 2006, 10:58:38 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on December 17, 2006, 03:48:33 PM

Joe Besser,who did a brief stint in the 3 Stooges after Shemp passed away,being killed by a deformed Jon Agar in HAND of DEATH! THAT was a wonderful experiance,cuz compared to Curly and Shemp, Joe really sucked.

Your Karma just went up for that

Mr. DS · December 31, 2006, 12:37:03 PM

How about John Ratzenberger (or however you spell it) aka Cliff from Cheers in Motel Hell and I think he is in a small part in Superman.

BeyondTheGrave · December 31, 2006, 02:52:24 PM

I'm watching FlashDance (What I'm bored and its the only thing on TV) and Lee Ving from the L.A. punk band FEAR had a small part.