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Topic: Vin Diesel = Dork? Huh? (Read 16897 times)
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Strazos
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schild
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It must be tough living in a hole.
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Kenrick
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Well hey, I didn't know it either.
Very interesting.
But stupid.
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schild
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Hmmmm. Well then.
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Strazos
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Well hey, I didn't know it either.
Very interesting.
But stupid.
Hence the thread placement. |
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MrHat
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Wasn't he responsible for making Butcher Bay fun?
I also think he had lots of input into the story behind Riddick.
And he's a giant fucking nerd. He's what we all could be if we were beefcakes.
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Signe
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Vin Diesel. He's the one who's not The Rock, right?
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Shockeye
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Vin Diesel. He's the one who's not The Rock, right?
Right. He was not in "The Rock" as well. He also wasn't in "The Hot Rock" or "Rocky". I'm pretty sure he was also not in "School of Rock", "Rock Star", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "3rd Rock from the Sun". I did not see him in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" either. I'm not sure about "Picnic at Hanging Rock" or "Detroit Rock City" since I never saw those. |
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Signe
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Was The Rock in any of those?
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Was The Rock in any of those?
Which one was he again? |
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Signe
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I just googled him and his name isn't The Rock at all. He is called Dwayne Johnson. Why do I get him so confused with Vin Diesel?
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MrHat
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I just googled him and his name isn't The Rock at all. He is called Dwayne Johnson. Why do I get him so confused with Vin Diesel?
Because they're both shiney. |
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Sobelius
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My avatar is a shot of Vin in the shower from an ad for Vodka, I think....when his phone number showed up on the net due to a certain celeb hack, I was soooo tempted to be a total fan boi and call him....to talk DnD of course :P
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Strazos
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I thought it was so priceless that Vin Diesel, a guy who is supposedly ubah-cool, was explaining DnD mechanics to Conan, who's a dork...
I wonder if he still plays, heh.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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I thought it was so priceless that Vin Diesel, a guy who is supposedly ubah-cool, was explaining DnD mechanics to Conan, who's a dork...
I wonder if he still plays, heh.
Bet Schild could get him to come post here.. |
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schild
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My avatar is a shot of Vin in the shower from an ad for Vodka, I think....when his phone number showed up on the net due to a certain celeb hack, I was soooo tempted to be a total fan boi and call him....to talk DnD of course :P
I always wondered what your avatar was. Now I wish I hadn't (not safe for, well, not safe). I want a larping video with him in it. Playing a finger wiggler w/ a 19 strength. |
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Llava
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If I recall, I heard that the tattoo he had over his stomach in XXX was actually his D&D character's name.
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Signe
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If I recall, I heard that the tattoo he had over his stomach in XXX was actually his D&D character's name.
Some of you people know way too much about celebs! I'm sure I don't want to know what any more of them have all over their stomachs! |
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HaemishM
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Vin Diesel owns the development company that made Butcher Bay, and was heavily involved in it's production in some vague way. He is an ubah geek for sure. He may not can act, but he LOOKS cool doing what he does, could kick my ass, and likes geek things. He's watchable in movies, even movies that would otherwise be complete shit (Fast and the Furious, XXX), much like the Rock (except nothing can make The Scorpion King watchable).
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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(except nothing can make The Scorpion King watchable).
The unrated director's cut with the copious boobies certainly helped me watch it. |
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Abagadro
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(except nothing can make The Scorpion King watchable). I disagree:  |
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stray
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But is she the one showing her tits? I might watch it for that.
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« Last Edit: March 08, 2005, 08:55:43 AM by Stray »
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ahoythematey
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Nothing, not even the coolness that is Vin Diesel's geekery, could make me watch A Man Apart.
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stray
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I seem to recall a post here a while back when Return of the King won at the Academy Awards, about how nerds had finally been "vindicated"...or something like that. It was quite sad, actually.
And how can the fact that Vin Diesel is a D&D geek move him from being on someone's shitlist to being on their Top 10 list? That too, is quite sad. Are nerds that desperate for role models and mainstream accomplishments?
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Paelos
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Are nerds that desperate for role models and mainstream accomplishments?
No, it's just nice to notice when the mainstream and nerdery intersect. |
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Sobelius
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It's also noteworthy that Diesel a) is not the characters he plays and b) is a geek who doesn't look like spent 25 years living in his parents' basement eating leftover pizza hut pizza crust. Maybe he can mix his DnD interest with movies and star in the next Dungeons and Dragons movie...
O.o
yes...I know we've almost all tried to blot out that travesty from our collective consciousness, but it will always fester like a boil on the brain because we were scarred by a villain done up in blue lipstick...and Marlon Wayans...and the vacuousness of Thora Birch...and Jeremy Irons chewing the scenery until his gums bled from the splinters...oh the humanity!!
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"A world without Vin Diesel is sad." -- me
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Marlon Wayans' death almost made up for the rest of the train wreck. My buddy stood and cheered when his character got offed, to my total amusement and the consternation and anger of the rest of the dupes who were dumb enough to pay good money to see that steaming pile of excrement.
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Shockeye
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Marlon Wayans' death almost made up for the rest of the train wreck. My buddy stood and cheered when his character got offed, to my total amusement and the consternation and anger of the rest of the dupes who were dumb enough to pay good money to see that steaming pile of excrement.
Give me the old CBS Saturday morning cartoon and I'll be happy. Thanks. And yes, I did have the action figures. |
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Strazos
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And how can the fact that Vin Diesel is a D&D geek move him from being on someone's shitlist to being on their Top 10 list? That too, is quite sad. Are nerds that desperate for role models and mainstream accomplishments?
Well, first of all, I don't do the whole "role model" thing. Secondly, I forgot something... [/sarcasm] I personally kinda always thought he was a douche, but not really anymore. Oh yeah, my "Top 10" list is a very loose term....I'm like the anti-movie buff, and as such, being on My Top 10 means shit. Hell, the last movie I saw in theatres was either "Mean Girls" or "Ghost in the Shell: Innocense"...I forget which. |
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stray
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And how can the fact that Vin Diesel is a D&D geek move him from being on someone's shitlist to being on their Top 10 list? That too, is quite sad. Are nerds that desperate for role models and mainstream accomplishments?
Well, first of all, I don't do the whole "role model" thing. Secondly, I forgot something... [/sarcasm] I personally kinda always thought he was a douche, but not really anymore. Oh yeah, my "Top 10" list is a very loose term....I'm like the anti-movie buff, and as such, being on My Top 10 means shit. Hell, the last movie I saw in theatres was either "Mean Girls" or "Ghost in the Shell: Innocense"...I forget which. Cool enough. Didn't know if you were being serious or not. Btw, I think I came off a bit rude in that post, so if I offended anyone, I apologize. |
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Strazos
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Btw, I think I came off a bit rude in that post, so if I offended anyone, I apologize.
Agreed.  I still don't like his acting...but I like Him now a lot more than before. EDIT: Ghetto campus keyboards, FTW. |
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« Last Edit: March 08, 2005, 07:49:09 PM by Strazos »
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murdoc
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Supposedly he's gay too.
So he's a geeky gay action-hero.
Odd mix imo.
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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Sobelius
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The gay rumors will haunt him just because he's beefy and smart. Would be cool if he was, but the odds are mighty slim. He's probably straight -- not that there's anything wrong with that. We just all have to remember that straights are people, too, and not make them feel bad just because of who they are attracted to.
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"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire
"A world without Vin Diesel is sad." -- me
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stray
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I'd say a good percentage of the action-hero types are gay and dorky. He's not unique. Spend some time in the drama dept. or a casting office : Meet your future heroes.
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« Last Edit: March 09, 2005, 01:37:17 AM by Stray »
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Signe
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He plays D&D. He's gay. Will the good news ever stop coming?
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