Big on Small Screen Small on Big [Archive]

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 05:42 PM

Don Stugots wrote: david carusso Except "Session 9" was a good pretty good flick that has a pretty strong cult following.I would say Parker Stevenson.  He was a big star after "The Hardy Boys" but wasn't able to translate that into movie success.

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 05:46 PM

epo wrote: Tom Selleck<img src="http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/csdart/images/Magnum,%20PI%20-%20Tom%20Selleck%20(250w).jpg" border="0" width="250" height="168" />I'm gonna disagree there too.  He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles.  Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.

HBox

01-07-2007, 05:51 PM

Tenbatsuzen

01-07-2007, 05:53 PM

And, if it wasn't for some bad timing, Selleck would have been Indiana Jones, not Ford. Shelley Long. And HBox, "Dead Heat".

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 05:54 PM

<img src="http://miragestudio7.com/blog/images/renzo_piano_henry_winkler.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="288" />... except "Night Shift" is a toss-up...

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 05:56 PM

Joshua Jackson<img src="http://www.dawsonscreek.com/gallery/pacey/assets/pacey.jpg" border="0" width="336" height="444" />

epo

01-07-2007, 06:00 PM

MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too.  He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles.  Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures.  I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle".  That was about the talking babies.

epo

01-07-2007, 06:01 PM

MadMatt wrote: Joshua Jackson Is it early to call that one?   Was he ever a "big TV star" anyways?  Come on ... it's Dawson's Creek.  Plus he was pretty good in "Bobby" despite some average at best writing.

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 06:03 PM

epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too.  He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles.  Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures.  I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle".  That was about the talking babies.  There were no talking babies in "3 Men.."  you're thinking of "Look Who's Talking."  And the other movies were popular.  They weren't blockbusters, but they did respectably well.Long story short, I don't think you can count Selleck as a big screen failure.  He may have under-performed, but he wasn't a complete failure.  Not like Matt LeBlanc...

lleeder

01-07-2007, 06:05 PM

epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too.  He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles.  Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures.  I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle".  That was about the talking babies.  3 men was not talking babies it was an ensemble cast. Look whos talking was talking babies.

Dan G

01-07-2007, 06:06 PM

epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too. He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles. Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures. I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle". That was about the talking babies.  I haven't seen 3 Men and a Baby in a really long time, but I don't remember the baby ever talking. I just remember the supposed boy ghost that appears on screen for no apparent reason.

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 06:07 PM

epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: Joshua JacksonIs it early to call that one?   Was he ever a "big TV star" anyways?  Come on ... it's Dawson's Creek.  Plus he was pretty good in "Bobby" despite some average at best writing.I liked him in "The Skulls" and "Cursed" too, but neither of those two did very well.  You may be right - it may be too early to call.  But it is fair to say he isn't as popular as one might have expected after the success of Dawson's Creek.

epo

01-07-2007, 06:07 PM

MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too.  He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles.  Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures.  I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle".  That was about the talking babies.  There were no talking babies in "3 Men.."  you're thinking of "Look Who's Talking."  And the other movies were popular.  They weren't blockbusters, but they did respectably well.Long story short, I don't think you can count Selleck as a big screen failure.  He may have under-performed, but he wasn't a complete failure.  Not like Matt LeBlanc...My bad.  Good catch.  My point was those movies didn't need Selleck to sell & he was awful in them.

MadMatt

01-07-2007, 06:10 PM

Dango727 wrote: epo wrote: MadMatt wrote: epo wrote: Tom SelleckI'm gonna disagree there too. He has had several big, or marginally big, movie roles. Some of the more notables are:Runaway High Road to China 3 Men and a Baby Lassiter Mr. BaseballSure, he might not have been as BIG a star as some expected, but he has had several hits and solid career longevity.They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures. I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle". That was about the talking babies.  I haven't seen 3 Men and a Baby in a really long time, but I don't remember the baby ever talking. I just remember the supposed boy ghost that appears on screen for no apparent reason. It's a cardboard cutout of Ted Danson that's in the background of one scene.  It was a promo standup for his character (the actor), but the lighting and angle make it look like a ghost/person hiding in the background.

Fallon

01-07-2007, 06:16 PM

Looks real to me!<img src="http://www.vetty.com/ghost3.jpg" border="0" width="399" height="390" />

Marc with a c

01-07-2007, 06:32 PM

the one on the right<img src="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/0/00/Nytaxi3.jpg" border="0" width="250" height="170" />

tele7

01-07-2007, 09:18 PM

What?  He was big on the small screen.<img src="http://static.flickr.com/51/113942327_c25445969e_m.jpg" border="0" width="240" height="240" />i stink

Kevin

01-07-2007, 09:22 PM

James Gandolfini.. He has not really done anything great except for being Tony.... On second thought you could say that for the entire cast of the Sapranos.

PapaBear

01-07-2007, 09:27 PM

HBox wrote: <img src="http://sbritt.com/images/joe-piscopo.jpg" border="0" width="191" height="271" /> My mother posted this pic once...ONCE!!!

A.J.

01-08-2007, 02:54 AM

cougarjake13

01-08-2007, 02:35 PM

Bossanova wrote: Jimmy Smits i dunno about himhe was in the last 2 star wars movies si he's not a complete bust like david caruso

cougarjake13

01-08-2007, 02:39 PM

MadMatt wrote: <img src="http://miragestudio7.com/blog/images/renzo_piano_henry_winkler.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="288" />... except "Night Shift" is a toss-up...what about waterboy ???

cougarjake13

01-08-2007, 02:40 PM

epo wrote: They may have been "big roles" but honestly they were all miserable failures.  I'll guarantee the only one that made money was "3 Men" but in no way was that a "Tom Selleck vehicle".  That was about the talking babies.  nope you're wrongjohn travolta in look who's talking was about talking babies

Enabler

01-08-2007, 03:11 PM

Jennifer Aniston Jimmy Fallon

Doctor Z

01-08-2007, 03:22 PM

<hr size="1" /> Big on Small Screen Small on Big<hr size="1" /><img src="http://www.yardflex.com/archives/biggie-smalls-bob-marley-videoklip.jpg" border="0" alt="biggie smalls" title="biggie smalls" width="315" height="243" />

Tall_James

01-08-2007, 03:40 PM

A.J. wrote: <img src="http://www.nndb.com/people/238/000026160/kirk-cameron-sm.jpg" border="0" width="230" height="289" /> What...no love for "Left Behind" AJ?  Prepare to spend eternity in Purgatory unless you accept Kirk Cameron as your personal savior.

JustJon

01-08-2007, 04:24 PM

Joshua Jackson - was in Mighty Ducks firstHenry Winkler - Scream

cougarjake13

01-08-2007, 04:26 PM

JustJon wrote: Joshua Jackson - was in Mighty Ducks firstHenry Winkler - Scream i was gonna mention that the fonz was in scream but imdb says uncredited and i dont really remember him in the movie

Team_Ramrod

01-08-2007, 04:29 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: JustJon wrote: Joshua Jackson - was in Mighty Ducks firstHenry Winkler - Scream i was gonna mention that the fonz was in scream but imdb says uncredited and i dont really remember him in the moviePrinciple of the school who called for the curfew....he got hacked up

Team_Ramrod

01-08-2007, 04:31 PM

<img src="http://ca.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9FJqiRC8KJFNRUAJ9r2FAx./SIG=14r13jmoh/EXP=1168392642/**http%3A//us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_home/er__the_complete_third_season/erseason3_bigboxart.jpg" border="0" width="298" height="400" />Aside from Clooney take your pick of the original cast of ER

cougarjake13

01-08-2007, 05:57 PM

Team_Ramrod wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: JustJon wrote: Joshua Jackson - was in Mighty Ducks firstHenry Winkler - Scream i was gonna mention that the fonz was in scream but imdb says uncredited and i dont really remember him in the moviePrinciple of the school who called for the curfew....he got hacked upshit if he had speaking lines then why no credit ??