# Is it me, or is Seth Rogan over exposed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126 "2011-09-13T02:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/1 "2011-09-13T02:12:18Z")
Whoever his agent is needs to take a vacation. I really think Rogan’s career could go the way of Colin Farrell’s, who was also way over exposed, and has almost vanished from movies. He now has 50/50 coming out with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and I couldn’t be more meh about it. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/2 "2011-09-13T02:28:50Z")
Here’s his starring roles in full-length films: 2007 Knocked Up Superbad 2008 Pineapple Express Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2009 Observe and Report Funny People 2011 The Green Hornet Paul (Voice) 50/50 Take This Waltz Doesn’t seem to be too much, about 2-3 a year. He didn’t make anything big in 2010, Green Hornet was back in January, Paul was just a voice, and Take This Waltz lloks like a small indie movie. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/3 "2011-09-13T02:31:48Z")
Not so exposed that you can spell his name right. Seth **Rogen**. I personally don’t find him entertaining, so naturally to me he is overexposed. If I liked him, I’d be happy with his level of activity. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/4 "2011-09-13T02:34:07Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Here’s his starring roles in full-length films: > 2007 > Knocked Up > Superbad > 2008 > Pineapple Express > Zack and Miri Make a Porno > 2009 > Observe and Report > Funny People > 2011 > The Green Hornet > Paul (Voice) > 50/50 > Take This Waltz > > Doesn’t seem to be too much, about 2-3 a year. He didn’t make anything big in 2010, Green Hornet was back in January, Paul was just a voice, and Take This Waltz lloks like a small indie movie. In this day, 2 a year (or more) is a lot. A hell of a lot. Actually, damn near double what most actors do. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/5 "2011-09-13T02:36:25Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Not so exposed that you can spell his name right. > > Seth **Rogen**. > > I personally don’t find him entertaining, so naturally to me he is overexposed. If I liked him, I’d be happy with his level of activity. Oops. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/6 "2011-09-13T02:44:42Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > In this day, 2 a year (or more) is a lot. A hell of a lot. Actually, damn near double what most actors do. Yeah, I don’t think so. Looking through popular actors on Wikipedia over the recent decade, and I would say generally anywhere between 1 to 3 a year is about normal. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/7 "2011-09-13T02:47:19Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Yeah, I don’t think so. Looking through popular actors on Wikipedia over the recent decade, and I would say generally anywhere between 1 to 3 a year is about normal. 1 and 3 is a big spread. 1 a year would seem normal. 2 a year is, well, double that. Get the picture? So name names, who else does starring roles in films twice a year? I’m not talking walk on parts, either. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/8 "2011-09-13T03:31:47Z")
Well, my standard for “big name actors” is Ocean’s Eleven so: George Clooney 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 Syriana 2006 The Good German Film Jake Geismar 2007 Michael Clayton 2007 Ocean’s Thirteen 2008 Leatherheads 2008 Burn After Reading 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009 Up in the Air 2010 The American 2011 The Ides of March 2011 The Descendants 1.85 movies per year. 2007 Ocean’s Thirteen 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2008 Burn After Reading 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 Inglourious Basterds 2010 Megamind 2011 The Tree of Life 2011 Moneyball 2012 Cogan’s Trade 2012 World War Z 1.66 movies per year 2005 The Brothers Grimm 2006 The Good Shepherd 2006 The Departed 2007 Ocean’s Thirteen 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum 2009 The Informant! 2009 Invictus 2010 Green Zone 2010 Hereafter 2011 The Adjustment Bureau 2011 Contagion 2011 We Bought a Zoo 1.7 movies per year Yeah, Rogen is doing slightly more, but comedies don’t take nearly as long to film as the kind of movies these guys make. But I think saying he’s overexposed by doing a whole extra movie a year is a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/9 "2011-09-13T03:33:11Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > So name names, who else does starring roles in films twice a year? I’m not talking walk on parts, either. [ul][li]Johnny Depp starring roles in 2011[/ul][/li]Jack & Jill The Rum Diary Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rango [ul][li]Matt Damon starring roles in 2011[/ul][/li]We Bought A Zoo Contagion The Adjustment Bureau [ul][li]Jude Law starring roles in 2011[/ul][/li]Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Hugo Contagion There were even more smaller roles. And those were just the first three actor pages I went to on Wikipedia. And I only used 2011: I could find even more examples of a bunch of past years where actors had a shitload of movies. A bunch of films per year for a famous actor during their prime isn’t anything strange. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/10 "2011-09-13T03:33:58Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Whoever his agent is needs to take a vacation. I really think Rogan’s career could go the way of Colin Farrell’s,who was also way over exposed, and has almost vanished from movies I saw two movies in theaters with Colin Farrell _this week_. He doesn’t seem to have vanished very well. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/11 "2011-09-13T03:34:34Z")
I like that Matt Damon always ends up being the standard “name an actor” actor. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/12 "2011-09-13T03:37:17Z")
But the difference is that Rogen isn’t naturally funny and doesn’t really play an interestingly different character from film to film (Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are interesting enough onscreen that they can make it work). His success is a total mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/13 "2011-09-13T03:37:46Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I like that Matt Damon always ends up being the standard “name an actor” actor. Probably because Matt Damon is fucking awesome. > [@dropzone](#): > > But the difference is that Rogen isn’t naturally funny and doesn’t really play an interestingly different character from film to film (Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are interesting enough onscreen that they can make it work). His success is a total mystery to me. The fact that Rogen is appearing in a bunch of films seems to contradict that. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/14 "2011-09-13T03:38:15Z")
Damn, I am wrong on so many levels (and even got his name wrong). Sigh, sometimes you take the stupid shovel square to the face. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/15 "2011-09-13T03:45:35Z")
Look at Natalie Portman. She had five movies released within a six month period: _Black Swan_ - December 3, 2010 _No Strings Attached_ - January 21, 2011 _Your Highness_ - April 8, 2011 _Thor_ - May 6, 2011 _The Other Woman_ - May 17, 2011 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/16 "2011-09-13T03:48:41Z")
His agent, whoever he or she is, sold their soul to the devil. It’s the only logical conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/17 "2011-09-13T03:54:52Z")
For the record, Damon and Portman seem way over exposed. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/18 "2011-09-13T03:56:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But the difference is that Rogen isn’t naturally funny and doesn’t really play an interestingly different character from film to film (Clooney, Pitt, and Damon are interesting enough onscreen that they can make it work). His success is a total mystery to me. Maybe that is part of it, in that his character really is pretty much the same time and again. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/19 "2011-09-13T04:27:07Z")
People feel they can _relate_ to Rogen’s characters. This is all there is to it. It’s not that they’re particularly interesting, deep, or funny, but that they seem “real.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126/20 "2011-09-13T05:08:43Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > The fact that Rogen is appearing in a bunch of films seems to contradict that. If you look at even the previews of that bunch of films, no, it doesn’t. He appears to play the same, boring nebbish IN EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-seth-rogan-over-exposed/596126.md?page=2)