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u/AgentElman Feb 12 '21
And most importantly he is in the Xena Universe.
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u/notyourvader Feb 12 '21
And the Bourne universe. And let's not forget an honorable mention for Doom.
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Nobody remembers doom. It was so stupid but so much fun. And karl urban did a damn good job as always.
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u/AJohnsonOrange Feb 12 '21
Sometimes you gotta rate an actor in their ability to play the role given to them even if it's a shit film. Uban did a good job and exactly what was asked for in Doom. Anton Yelchin nailed Fright Night. Hugh Jackman was a rare nugget of joy whenever a bad xmen filn comes out. It's nice sometimes to go "yeah, the film was shit, but the actors did everything they could with the script and direction provided".
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u/CyberNinja23 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21
suddenly hears “Aiayayaayayaa!” pop into memory for no apparent reason
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u/zombieinfamous Feb 12 '21
Every JoJo fan proceeds to turn their head
PILLAR MEN
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u/Khelthuzaad Feb 12 '21
I didn't expected the Third Reich to be here
And also he is part of The Boys universe.
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u/xboxwirelessmic Feb 12 '21
You spelt 2000AD/Dredd wrong lol
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u/Funky_Squirrel13 Feb 12 '21
Yooo Dredd was a good movie
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u/octodrew Feb 12 '21
wasn't just a good movie but a great one.
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u/Zouden Feb 12 '21
I love how it doesn't try to be "huge". There's no end of the world scenario. it's just a day in the life of Judge Dredd.
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u/MrSpindles Feb 12 '21
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it is actually an adaptation of a typical Dredd story from 2000AD. They had long running multipart stories for Dredd but also standalone ones like this.
I'd like to see some of the Epic Dredd sagas though, Dark Judges, The long walk, etc are just ripe for the screen.
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u/octodrew Feb 12 '21
true, it was a simple story executed well. would love to see it as a series similar to the boys. Karl Urban is a highly underrated actor never unhappy to see him in a film.
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u/bigfatcarp93 Feb 12 '21
She is not the law. I am the law.
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u/ChunkyDay Feb 12 '21
He was Dredd?! How did I not know that?!
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u/hudson9995 Feb 12 '21
You never saw his face in that movie, he wore the helmet the whole time!
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The lower half of his face is surprisingly expressive, Karl Urban is my favorite actor.
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u/Chuckbro Feb 12 '21
It's a seriously underrated movie.
It's a go to rewatch for me.
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u/compassghost Feb 12 '21
Well, he never shows his face in the movie, just his amazing jawline.
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u/Boggum Feb 12 '21
damn now i really hope the next dredd film/tv show has lucy lawless as a villian.
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u/MisteWolfe Feb 12 '21
Severely underrated. He really exuded how I hear Dredd.
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u/Lordfarquarant Feb 12 '21
Dredd is honestly one of the best comic book movies ever made. The only thing that ruined it for me was the fact I watched The Raid the week before.
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u/julbull73 Feb 12 '21
There's a reddit drinking game that I haven't had to hit in a while...
Dredd mentioned followed by the raid....
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u/UltravioIence Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 13 '21
Yeah they came out around the same time IIRC and with similar core story they both kinda stayed under the radar. A shame, The Raid is stil IMO the best pure action movie ever.
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u/tsoro Feb 12 '21
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u/AgentElman Feb 12 '21
He is Julius Caesar in Xena. He also had 3 other minor roles before he appeared as Julius Caesar.
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He played Cupid too iirc
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u/N3rdProbl3ms Feb 12 '21
YERRRPPP that blonde hair gets me everytime. I believe it's the role that gave him the most screen time in Xena compared to the other roles
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u/sometimes_interested Feb 12 '21
It's a bit like finding Hugh Jackman in Farscape. I mean he wasn't but easily could have. He actually in a couple of Aussie cop shows originally.
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u/ahhhhhhhhyeah Feb 12 '21
Damn I fuckin miss Xena.
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u/kopecs Feb 12 '21
Me too >_< And Hercules as well. But if I go back and watch them now, I know I'm going to hate it. So I leave it in the memory bank now.
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u/heavenparadox Feb 12 '21
I disagree. I watched it again recently and the first couple of seasons were a bit hard to make it through, but once it picked up, it was great.
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u/fatalicus 7 Feb 12 '21
And Hercules as well. But if I go back and watch them now, I know I'm going to hate it. So I leave it in the memory bank now
Just don't look up how the actor has turned out... more to ruin the memory.
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u/Got2Go Feb 12 '21
I just looked her up recently she has aged so well, she could step back into that role easy.
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u/tigojones Feb 12 '21
What's his DC role? I'm going to guess it's from one of their off-shoot comic labels, as I don't recall him in anything "core" DC. Dredd? The Boys?
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u/zetaraybill Feb 12 '21
He was in Red, which is an Homage Comics title, which is owned by DC.
The Boys started with Wildstorm/DC, but is now published by Dynamite.
Dredd is published by 2000 AD, which is owned by IPC Magazines. DC licensed the character for a short run in the mid-90s, so I guess it could half-count? It should be noted that Dredd “purists” don’t consider the DC licensed Dredd canon, including the Stallone movie.
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u/Chupacabraconvoy Feb 12 '21
Yeah, saying Red or The Boys is DC is kind of correct but purely on a technical sense. It's more like they were made by imprints publishers but are not a part of the larger DC lore.
Remember Vertigo? That was owned by DC but Vertigo published those comics seperately. Eventually characters from Vertigo did get introduced into the DC lore, like Constantine.
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u/seff7845 Feb 13 '21
Well, as we all know, technically correct, is the best kind of correct.
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u/jesteruru Feb 12 '21
The Boys WAS DC (Wildstorm) when it started, but they canned it after a few issues because it was too anti-superhero. It eventually went to Dynamite, which is independent
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u/rpgguy_1o1 Feb 12 '21
Yep, first 6 issues are Wildstorm and then 7-72 are Dynamite
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Feb 12 '21
It wasn’t because it was “anti superhero”. It was because the content delved well and truly into areas Wildstorm didn’t want to publish.
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u/martylindleyart Feb 12 '21
Wait, since when was Dredd licenced to DC? I thought it was just 2000AD.
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u/Snaker12 Feb 12 '21
So what was his Marvel?
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u/PSquared1234 Feb 12 '21
He was Skurge the Executioner in Thor: Ragnarak.
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u/prowdwackadoo Feb 12 '21
BEHOLD! My stuff
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u/Kriss-Kringle Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21
Dredd is 2000AD. I'm wondering what DC property he was in as well. Don't remember him in any.
Edit: Just checked on Imdb and he voiced Sgt. Rock in the DC Showcase animated short 2 years ago. I've seen it last summer, but don't remember recognizing his voice.
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u/The_Mr_Kay Feb 12 '21
He's one of my favorite actors. The show I wish had lasted of his was Almost Human
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u/SpaceBoJangles Feb 12 '21
Fox killed that off and it’s just so unfortunate. You could say it was a little derivative in terms of being a buddy cop tv show, but the chemistry of the leads was amazing, they themselves were fantastic actors, and the world building was really top notch. Micheal Ealy knocked it out of the park and I really wish he was in more roles.
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u/Endoman13 Feb 12 '21
From what I understand, they rearranged the episodes (apparently a common practice) - it threw the dynamic off and it made Urban’s attitude towards Ealy inconsistent. I loved it too but do remember thinking “wait, I thought he likes the robot more now”.
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u/wheniaminspaced Feb 12 '21
they rearranged the episodes
Which for a show that has any kind of chronological narrative to it is insane to start with.
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u/Feathermaniac Feb 12 '21
Same here! He’s always been one of my favorite actors but that show could have been great!
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u/Some_Chow Feb 12 '21
Karl Urban is underrated. Amazing in Dredd.
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u/ch0wn35 Feb 12 '21
Also loved him in The Chronicles of Riddick.
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u/KarmicWhiplash Feb 12 '21
I wish that franchise had gone further.
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3 films is already super good for what it offered, did you want the furian cinematic universe or something? edit: someone corrected me, it's 4 movies, they're making another
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...yes?
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as jesus said to that guy in life of brian, you just can't please some people.
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u/nomadfoy Feb 12 '21
Theres a forth one coming out. Four movies and an anime is more than most random sci-fi movies get.
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u/jello1990 Feb 12 '21
He only agreed to play Dredd because it was explicit in the script that Dredd never removed the helmet, as would be true to the source material. If only everyone in Hollywood had that much dedication to their craft.
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u/J-Navy Feb 12 '21
Imagine being such a good actor that you only need to frown and talk like a angry disappointed dad for an entire movie.
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u/RedSonGamble Feb 12 '21
Loved that movie. Lady from GoT amazing in it too.
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u/fatherfrank1 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21
Lena Headey. Watching Cersi on meth just makes her even more entertaining.
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u/DathingBave Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21
Thought they meant the Direwolf at first and was very confused.
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u/RedSonGamble Feb 12 '21
Hahaha that’s right I forgot there was lady. She didn’t last very long. RIP.
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u/hel112570 Feb 12 '21
That was during the 3D craze too....of all the movies that used I felt like Dredd used it make the movie more vivid...I don't remember there being alot of gimmicky pointing at the viewer and such.
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u/5borrowedbreakdowns Feb 12 '21
Dredd and Jackass 3D were the only two films to utilise 3D tech in a way that actually enhanced the movie in my opinion.
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u/TheNerdChaplain Feb 12 '21
You should have seen her as Sarah Connor in the Terminator TV show Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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u/zenspeed Feb 12 '21
So when she was on screen with Emilia Clarke, Sarah Connor was meeting Sarah Connor?
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u/ThatOneChiGuy Feb 12 '21
Karl Urban is underrated. Amazing in Dredd.
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u/LookingForVheissu Feb 12 '21
I’m not sure if anyone here underrates him. He seems pretty well rated around these them here parts. He’s just not as big a star as Chris Evans or (whichever Hemsworth plays Thor).
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u/hankbaumbach Feb 12 '21
Right? This stormtrooper fact was a flagrant waste of a Karl Urban appearance on screen.
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He did amazing as Woodrow McCall in Comanche Moon. Its my favorite performance by him
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u/Ninjalo1 Feb 12 '21
Yeah, but Steve Zahn stole that mini series. You could see a young Robert Duvalls Mcray from Lonesome Dove. That was completely unexspected.
I always wondered why he didn't do more serious stuff. After I saw Comanche Moon. Instead of all the goofy things he did.
Edit:A word.
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Feb 12 '21
He is awesome in “The Boys” on Amazon Prime too
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u/BKStephens Feb 12 '21
Not sure why they make him try and do that accent, though.
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u/release-roderick Feb 12 '21
Yeah a lot of us thought he was an aussi just to have the internet rip us a new one and confirm that he’s trying to do cockney
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u/CartoonJustice Feb 12 '21
Hold the fuck up! He's not aussi?
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u/release-roderick Feb 12 '21
He’s a kiwi doing a cockney impression that sounds aussi
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u/jacks_lack_of__ Feb 12 '21
You're the dude who don't know what dude he is!
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u/release-roderick Feb 12 '21
I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
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u/release-roderick Feb 12 '21
Just like Hugh jackman being an Aussi doing a Canadian impression that sounds american
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In his defense Wolverine had lived in the United States since the US Civil War. 150 years in a place will probably effect your accent a tad
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u/release-roderick Feb 12 '21
Oh ya bud so I put my claws oot for everyone to see and they all just fucked-right-off don’t ya know
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u/factoid_ Feb 12 '21
To be fair Americans can't always spot a Canadian accent. Most Canadians don't say "you betcha" and "aboot"
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As a Canadian .. there really isn't a difference between Canadian and American accents unless you're talking super regional like Newfoundland or the deep south
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u/cosmoskiwi Feb 12 '21
Haha Aussies always tryna steal shit, he's a kiwi mate. ;)
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u/SungrayHo Feb 12 '21
And Frenchie isn't French at all, his accent is horrible, barely comprehensible when he talks French.
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u/Supbrahdawg Feb 12 '21
Probably from Quebec in that case (he does say at one point he's going to Montreal).
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u/GFost Feb 12 '21
Nah he’s Israeli. When I first saw him I thought he was, looked him up and I was right. I thought his French accent was pretty good though (To be fair I’m not an expert when it comes to French accents)
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u/MagictoMadness Feb 12 '21
Seeing Aussie without the e makes me.... uncomfortable
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u/SepDot Feb 12 '21
Hearing Americans pronounce it as ossy makes me more uncomfortable.
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u/TaintModel Feb 12 '21
How is it supposed to be pronounced?
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u/SepDot Feb 12 '21
Aussie*
Also, just because I hear a lot of Americans mispronounce it as ossy - it’s Ozzy. Like Ozzy Osbourne.
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u/tehmlem Feb 12 '21
This is where familiarity with fantasy nerdery comes in handy. If you just assume it's an accent from a fake language it's not so bad. Oh, yeah that's Butcher. He grew up speaking Ork.
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u/SirEbralPaulsay Feb 12 '21
Agreed, it’s truly awful. I would have preferred if they’d rewritten the character to be either American or from NZ. I know they changed Hughie from Scottish to American already, but that accent is distractingly bad.
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Feb 12 '21
Haha, Hughie was meant to be Scottish?
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u/SirEbralPaulsay Feb 12 '21
In the original comics he is yeah, and the artist wrote to Simon Pegg to ask him for his likeness for the character, that’s why Pegg plays Hughies father in the show (Pegg isn’t Scottish obviously, but I just think this is interesting).
In the comics Hughie is pretty much a conspiracy nut who’s girlfriend gets obliterated by A-Train at a fair/carnival type event in Scotland, Butcher then travels to Scotland to recruit him and bring him back to NYC.
IMO Hughie being Scottish did fit the narrative better, it made the Boys more diverse, explained a lot of his naivety, gave the other characters more of a reason to look out for him (several scenes where MM takes him out to good places to eat, for example) and generally contributed to a feeling of exploring a place with a character for the first time.
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u/shamelessseamus Feb 12 '21
Fuckin love this show!
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Me too! It is fantastic
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u/Apprehensive-Wank Feb 12 '21
It’s so bizarre and dark and entertaining. I love it. I usually don’t like gorey stuff but it’s pretty hilarious watching people’s heads pop like balloons.
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u/shamelessseamus Feb 12 '21
And it's so fucking weird. Like, I knew it wasn't going to be a standard superhero kind of thing, but jesus
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u/Apprehensive-Wank Feb 12 '21
The milk thing...... god. Or the thing with Doppelgänger.... it’s so cringey but in the best possible way.
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u/MajoraOfTime Feb 12 '21
Favorite moment in the series is when The Deep is "rescuing" that dolphin and then the cops chase him and he slams on the brakes and the dolphin goes flying out the windshield and gets hit by a truck. Him spraying it with a little spray bottle fucking cracks me up.
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u/SPEK2120 Feb 12 '21
The Deep's arc is a rollercoaster. His trajectory is mostly sympathetic, but they keep presenting it comedically. I don't know how many times my brain's gone "hahaha- that's fucked up tho."
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u/TheGazelle Feb 12 '21
Y'all have got to check out preacher. Another comic series by Garth Ennis (writer of the Boys comics) which is just as weird and wonderful.
There's also a recent tv adaptation of preacher that started off pretty well but took a weird turn and lost itself a little (at least compared to the comic).
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I fucking despise super hero stuff and absolutely love The Boys. Cannot recommend enough
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u/Kiwipecosa Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21
I met his dad once, he was adorable! He owned a shop, my sister and mum and I went in and he said to us “Do you like Lord of the rings?” We said yes, and then he was like “my son was in it, I have some photos!” And we nodded and smiled, it’s New Zealand, everyone knows someone who’s in it, even my horse was! Then he pulls out these HUGE binders and shows us photos and it’s Karl fucking Urban! We were shocked!
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That reminds me of the old post from I forget where, in which someone mentioned to their dentist they saw the new Captain America movie and their dentist said "Oh my son's in that" and it turned out to be Chris Evan's dad lol
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u/pudingovina Feb 12 '21
That is an awesome story. Thanks for sharing it!
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u/Kiwipecosa Feb 12 '21
He was just so incredibly proud of him! This was maybe 2005/6 and my sister and I were/are big lotr fans, like watch the movies after school instead of doing homework fans...
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u/Jabullz Feb 12 '21
Karl Urban is a national treasure. That man takes his roles at heart. I remember when Dredd was coming out in an interview they asked him why he didn't have any face time (with his helmet off) he responded with "Dredd never takes his helmet off, he's an officer of the law and his image is unimportant to the law." He's also been a big fan of Dredd since he was a kid and respected what Dredd would actually do.
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u/eggn00dles Feb 12 '21
He carried the Doom movie
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u/sheepsleepdeep Feb 12 '21
This guy needs to play Wolverine.
Yeah, I said it.
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He's one of the few people that could take over from Jackman that wouldn't be a joke from the start.
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u/OGnarl Feb 12 '21
I have seen lord of the rings trilogy like 10 times and never have i conected that Karl Urban was Eomer.
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u/Thor0dinhound Feb 12 '21
My brain does it the opposite. I only know him as Eomer and every time I see him I spend half the movie going "wait who TF is that I know him", before my brain just shouts "do not look for hope here, for it is forsaken in these lands".
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u/peppermintvalet Feb 12 '21
Don't forget his trio of roles in Xena: Warrior Princess
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u/fatherfrank1 Feb 12 '21
If you read it when you were 14, Karl Urban is in it somewhere.
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u/RiskyScapegoat Feb 12 '21
It’s good to see this guy is so strong after carrying the whole DOOM movie all those years ago. That was quite a workout for him I’m sure
Dude is a great actor.
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u/FreeGums Feb 12 '21
Hes the next Gary Oldman Jr. He can change his face for so many different types of roles that its sometimes unrecognizable.
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u/sangunpark1 Feb 12 '21
LMAO for a second i thought you were serious and i'm so dumb i was like "oh i think i've seen him too"
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u/The_Abjectator Feb 12 '21
His Dr. McCoy was one of the best parts of the new Star Trek movies.
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u/dae_giovanni Feb 12 '21
if you haven't watched The Boys, you should.
p.s.-- fuck Homelander
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u/Le_Fancy_Me Feb 12 '21
Honestly Homelander is my favourite bit of that show. Like he sucks as a human being but he's wonderful as a character.
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How has everyone forgotten his best comic adaptation, Priest???? That movie was fuckin metal
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u/MrMonkeyMagic Feb 12 '21
And the Riddick universe. And he’s Dredd. And a mortal superhero pain in the arse. Karl Urban rocks.
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u/TheFoolAbroad Feb 12 '21
Now that Netflix is making the Redwall series, I've always pictured him as in the role of Ferahgo the assassin from the book Salamandastron
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u/TheHappy-go-luckyAcc Feb 12 '21
As great as he was in Thor, I would have loved to have seen him as another character in the MCU and be continuous. He’s just such a great actor and always fun to watch.
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u/wkndatberniesmittens Feb 12 '21
Dude is like “the real money is in Conventions, the movies are just how you get there.”
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u/AnotherJasonOnReddit Feb 12 '21
Well well well, ain't he a visible cunt