Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
  6. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane!

Even though his career subsequently found a second life in comedy, he’d been a serious actor for decades before this, so I think it counts.

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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
  6. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane!
  7. John Gielgud - Arthur
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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
  6. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane!
  7. John Gielgud - Arthur
  8. Michael Caine - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

And he’s very good in it, too.

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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
  6. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane!
  7. John Gielgud - Arthur
  8. Michael Caine - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  9. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
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”Serious Actors" in Comedic Roles

  1. Robert De Niro - Meet the Parents (and sequels)
  2. Spencer Tracy - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  3. Maggie Smith - Murder by Death
  4. Humphrey Bogart - We’re No Angels
  5. Alan Rickman - Galaxy Quest
  6. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane!
  7. John Gielgud - Arthur
  8. Michael Caine - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  9. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
  10. David Warner - Time Bandits

Pass.

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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlise Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.

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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
  6. Nicolas Cage - had teeth pulled for Birdy. They were baby teeth that needed to be removed anyway, but the film role was the incentive to do it when he did, and he did it with no anesthetic.
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
  6. Nicolas Cage - had teeth pulled for Birdy. They were baby teeth that needed to be removed anyway, but the film role was the incentive to do it when he did, and he did it with no anesthetic.
  7. Joaquin Phoenix - lost a lot of weight and muscle tone to achieve his look in Joker.
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
  6. Nicolas Cage - had teeth pulled for Birdy. They were baby teeth that needed to be removed anyway, but the film role was the incentive to do it when he did, and he did it with no anesthetic.
  7. Joaquin Phoenix - lost a lot of weight and muscle tone to achieve his look in Joker.
  8. Tom Hanks - packed on weight for the early scenes then looked emaciated later in the film Castaway
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
  6. Nicolas Cage - had teeth pulled for Birdy. They were baby teeth that needed to be removed anyway, but the film role was the incentive to do it when he did, and he did it with no anesthetic.
  7. Joaquin Phoenix - lost a lot of weight and muscle tone to achieve his look in Joker.
  8. Tom Hanks - packed on weight for the early scenes then looked emaciated later in the film Castaway
  9. Tilda Swinton - In Suspiria she played three different roles , two of which required extensive makeup and prosthetics , including an elderly gentleman (with a full frontal nude scene!), and a grotesque Helena Markos.
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Actors who went through dramatic changes for a role

  1. Charlize Theron - Gained 30 lbs, dyed her hair, and shaved her eyebrows for Monster.
  2. Christian Bale - Gained 40 pounds, and shaved his head, to portray Dick Cheney in Vice.
  3. Robert De Niro - Gained weight to play the older Jake LaMotta and trained extensively as a boxer to play him as a young fighter in Raging Bull
  4. Dustin Hoffman - extensive makeup to play his aged character in Little Big Man
  5. Natalie Portman - shaved her head for V for Vendetta
  6. Nicolas Cage - had teeth pulled for Birdy. They were baby teeth that needed to be removed anyway, but the film role was the incentive to do it when he did, and he did it with no anesthetic.
  7. Joaquin Phoenix - lost a lot of weight and muscle tone to achieve his look in Joker.
  8. Tom Hanks - packed on weight for the early scenes then looked emaciated later in the film Castaway
  9. Tilda Swinton - In Suspiria she played three different roles , two of which required extensive makeup and prosthetics , including an elderly gentleman (with a full frontal nude scene!), and a grotesque Helena Markos.
  10. Chris Evans bulked up nicely for Captain America.

Why are we afraid of AI again?

  1. The Terminator
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Why are we afraid of AI again?

  1. The Terminator
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Why are we afraid of AI again?

  1. The Terminator
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. Demon Seed
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Why are we afraid of AI again?

  1. The Terminator
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. Demon Seed
  4. Westworld

The best line I’ve heard re: AI is that we shouldn’t worry about artificial intelligence, instead we should be more concerned about natural human stupidity,

-“BB”-