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Is RDJ trying to become a 2-franchise actor with Sherlock Holmes? And who else can you name as a 2-franchise actor? - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:32 65
- Vin Diesel must have the record for franchises quit -- nm - Roger More Oct 22, 10:50
- So in conclusion: Somewhat common. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:49 4
  - Common has movie franchises? (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:51 1
    - that's Ludacris -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:52
  - I laughed waaaaay too hard at this. -- nm - David Oct 22, 10:51
  - *snork* -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:50
- Dan Akroyd: Ghostbusters; Blues Brothers -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:49
- Bill Murray: Ghostbusters and Caddyshack. Steve Martin: Pink Panther and Parenthood. (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:47 4
  - but does Caddyshack count as a franchise for Murray if he only did the one? -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:52 1
    - Uhm, sure why not. (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:53
  - Err, not parenthood, but Cheaper by the Dozen. - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:49
  - Dan Ackroyd: Ghostbusters and Blues Brothers -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:49
- Sean Connery, if we acknowledge the wretched existence of Highlander II -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:47 1
  - "How do we get into that room?" --cut scene-- "Oh, we're in that room now" - oblique Oct 22, 10:48
- Chevy Chase: Vacation and Fletch -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 10:46
- Sigourney Weaver: Ghostbusters and Aliens -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 10:46 1
  - Not sure if you can qualify her as the franchise for Ghostbusters though -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 10:47
- Yul Brenner did several Magnificent 7 & Westworld films, but they were not really a franchise -- nm - peglegpete Oct 22, 10:44 1
  - Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry and the Man with No Name ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:45
- Ahnold: Conan, Teminator, the Twins character -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:43 2
  - I'm laughing with you, not at you -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:43 1
    - I'm laughing at him. And at Mop. - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:44
- Sly Stallone would be the father of this wouldn't he? Rambo and Rocky. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:42 2
  - Heh. Even in responding to Mop, we don't pay attention to what he writes. (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:43 1
    - oops. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:44
- Mickey Rooney had the Judge Hardy pix & the 'let's put on a show' pix with Garland -- nm - peglegpete Oct 22, 10:41
- Patrick Stewart -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:40 1
  - though you could say those were ensemble pieces and Stewart wasn't the leading man -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:44
- Eddie Murphy: Shrek, Dr Doolittle, etc -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:39 2
  - Beverly Hills Cop, etc. etc. -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 10:48
  - ooh, could we fit Chris Rock in there, too? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:39
- Matt Damon with Bourne and the Ocean's movies. (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:38
- Mike Myers: Shrke, Austin Powers. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:38
- Tom Hanks - Toy Story and the Dan Brown movies. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 10:37 4
  - and Forrest Gump 2: Gump Harder - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:37 1
    - This time... it's personal. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:39
  - Please don't let him make any more Dan Brown movies. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:37 1
    - And someone tell him to give the hair back to Nic Cage -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:38
- Orlando Bloom in LOTR & POTC -- nm - Will GhostHunting Oct 22, 10:37 4
  - actor, not actress -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:38 3
    - Meryl Streep -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:38 2
      - i loved The Hours II -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 22, 10:46 1
        
        and The River Wilder with Meryl Streep and Ryan Reynolds -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:48
- I'd like to say Pierce Brosnan, but he hasn't followed through on his second franchise yet (Crown) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:36 1
  - The After the Sunset movie was totally ripping off his 2 characters -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:37
- How about Johnny Depp in PotC and whatever-the-hell-Tim-Burton works on? (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:36 1
  - works for me -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:40
- Harrison Ford has 3 - Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 10:35 1
  - Good call. Forgot about those ones. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:35
- Ian McKellen -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:35
- Hugo Weaving! LOTR and The Matrix :-p -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:34 3
  - (+ Transformers!) -- nm - Callisto Oct 22, 10:36
  - The most bankable actor in history! -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:35 1
    - Certainly the most bang for the buck -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:37
- Harrison Ford. -- nm - Callisto Oct 22, 10:34 2
  - You win -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:38
  - *ding*. the father of them all -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:35
- Mel Gibson -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:33 1
  - I was just about to say... I forget Mel. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:35
- Labeouf if Indy continues onward. -- nm - Will GhostHunting Oct 22, 10:33 1
  - Speaking of Indy, does Harrison Ford qualify or is Star Wars not really "his"? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:33
- chris pine, now -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:33 3
  - Ryan Reynolds is gunning for the title with Green Lantern and Deadpool. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 10:34 2
    - the peter principle in action -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:35 1
      - ~/ And then I threw it on the GROUND! /~ -- nm - pixie stand-in Oct 22, 10:35
the ironic thing is that Snyder never could have bought the team if JKC had any semblance of an estate plan -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:31 2
- ironic? as a writer, do you think that is really ironic? how is it ironic? -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:32 1
  - It's like rain on your wedding day. nm - Jim Oct 22, 10:35
Happy Birthday Diva. I was your summer stalker. I thought the AI program would give it away. The cover was my facebook pic when you friended me and - jnine Oct 22, 10:30 5
- I *knew* that collection sounded like you :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 22, 10:38
- GD? -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:36 2
  - spoiler - con_carne Oct 22, 10:39 1
    - Oh, duh. I should have known that. -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:40
- *I'm* aware -- nm - Luke Skywalker Oct 22, 10:31
ST Poll: So far 2009 has the fewest # of albums that have been #1 for more than one week with 6, can you name the artists? - MDH Oct 22, 10:27 18
- MJ -- nm - zork Oct 22, 10:44
- The other two albums: Eminem (2 weeks), Kelly Clarkson (2 weeks) -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:38
- Dame Vera Lynn -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 22, 10:32
- Tupac -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:32
- Michael Buble -- nm - Dano Oct 22, 10:31 1
  - Yes. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:33
- taylor swift, michael buble, jay-z. -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:31 2
  - Yes (9 Weeks), Yes (2 Weeks), Yes (2 Weeks) -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:33 1
    - I didn't even realize that Yes had released so many albums this year. -- nm - Dano Oct 22, 10:35
- elvis -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:31
- yanni -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:28 1
  - Nope, made the Billboard chart though -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:29
- did the BEP album go to #1? -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 22, 10:28 1
  - Yes. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:29
- Black Eyed Peas -- nm - Dano Oct 22, 10:28 2
  - Yes, 2 non-consecutive weeks -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:29 1
    - oooh, the Grover Cleveland! -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 22, 10:30
- nope - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:28
Bookmark in case you get Loosi in Secret Stalker. -- (link) - jnine Oct 22, 10:25 11
- Boise State hoodie = Rat Hair Pick? Makes sense. -- nm - Inighoul Oct 22, 10:28 1
  - Bah! That should have been under Crash's post. -- nm - Inighoul Oct 22, 10:28
- she wants a Boise State hoodie? excellent! -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:26 8
  - Did you see that BSU is giving *24* points in Vegas? - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:28 2
    - I'll give you 10 points. Happy now? -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:28 1
      - Not really, because my boys are probably gonna lose by 30. - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:30
  - you get your spam yet? -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:27 4
    - he is withholding it because he thinks Hawaii will beat Boise State this weekend -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:28 3
      - You'll get your can of Spam� when hell freezes over. - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:29 2
        
        you'll get your potato when you fess up your real name and address - crash davis Oct 22, 10:30 1
        
        Hmmm. This hasn't gone the way I planned it. (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:32
*wonders if skagnetti watched last night's South Park* -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:20 1
- Skags are the most common creature to kill in Borderlands btw. nm - Jovian Oct 22, 10:25
From a quick backboard skim: Happy b-day Deevs and Don Homer to Don Homer! (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:20 2
- ditto - it's fun when a friend has their kid on your birthday -- nm - JenBro Oct 22, 10:52
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:23
Looks lke Moncton will be ground zero for the Canadian zombie outbreak -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 10:19 4
- I hope the moncton moose are prepared! -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:22 2
  - i don't see how calling musubi a disease ridden canadian is going to help -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:23 1
    - Hey, I'm not Canadian! (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:25
- I think that makes Shaun closest. We'll have to wait and see if he posts asking for brains -- nm - Roger More Oct 22, 10:21
from b2 - pip./dano, y'all have your dancing shows confused. - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:19 3
- awww - thanks! I need to start watching it again -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:21
- Ah. I only watch the one with real dancers. -- nm - Dano Oct 22, 10:21 1
  - i only watch dwts - you're missing out on what the real male dancers do on there. -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:24
Need one more person willing to commit to 2 to 3 hours of a Halo achievement quest tonight. - crash davis Oct 22, 10:19 6
- crash, maybe we should just go for a firefight medal - tRuMaN Oct 22, 10:28 1
  - yeah, if we can't get 4, I say lets get our revenge on Chasm Ten - crash davis Oct 22, 10:30
- What time? (Can I just be target practice?) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 10:23 1
  - about 9 eastern, it requires the ODST disk though -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:25
- can't commit for that period of time yet -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:19 1
  - well, when are going to start work on your Vidmasters? -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:27
before seeing P&R i would have said that Louis C.K. was a rapper -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 22, 10:18 7
- I saw him do standup up here a couple years back. He's been my favorite comedian (well, him and Brian Regan) for awhile now. - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 10:23 1
  - I have tickets for him in a couple of weeks. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:24
- especially considering he directed Pootie Tang. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:19 2
  - He did? Seriously? (nm) - musubeafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 22, 10:26 1
    - yeah, he was a writer for the old Chris Rock show. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:27
- I would have assumed clothing designer -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:19 1
  - Sounds like a fried chicken stand -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:29
Ika. Anyone know what the "Speedserver" is? -- nm - GWAA Oct 22, 10:18 2
- A server on .org that goes 4X faster. It has a limited life, it ends in november I think -- nm - Guigue Oct 22, 10:19 1
  - Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse *takes a drag from a cigarette* -- nm - Speed Server Oct 22, 10:21
*roams the ST halls carrying a grape Big Quencher* - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:17 4
- ::hits the bottom so it splashes up on you:: -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:18 3
  - no! that's not how it goes!! -- nm - big time shamu Oct 22, 10:18 2
    - millions of people, living as foes. maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 10:21 1
      - mental wounds not healing, driving me insane, I'm going off the rails -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:24
David, are you available for Vidmaster Endure tonight? -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:16 1
- never mind, just saw your B2 answer -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 10:17
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- "Did you see that?" - kelly Oct 22, 10:19 1
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- Somewhat related: That "ghost" video you posted a few weeks back is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:17 4
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    - I think so. Youtube no worky at work. -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:20 2
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        Heh. Yes. -- nm - Inighoul Oct 22, 10:23
- That's just how my grandma told me she'd come back! -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:17

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