Comments | mj_12: Belly Of The Beast

mj_12

Belly Of The Beast

Feb 05, 2008 09:09

When I did the first of these, I really wasn't expecting to continue. I just couldn't sleep. Now that it seems to be developing I'm wondering if I should have started at the beginning. Gone through them in sequence. Tried to identify the exact moment in his career when things went so terribly, terribly wrong. My gut feeling is somewhere between ( Read more... )

seagal

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theorybitch February 5 2008, 14:18:03 UTC

I am in awe of your synopsing skills. I can't believe there's a Steven Seagal movie with a ladyboy fight AND where they call on the Buddha who does some magic... isn't the Buddha all about non-attachment to things? Like winning?

You're actually making me want to watch it.

mj_12 February 5 2008, 16:43:58 UTC

well, non-attachment is certainly crucial to liberation, but there is also the notion...heh...of delaying one's own liberation until others have been freed from samsara...hehheh...so in this sense seagal can be seen as a Bodhisattva figure who...HAHAHAHA I can't do this with a straight face, sorry

gloriamunty February 5 2008, 15:41:49 UTC

2:30 not long

As soon as I stop laughing, I'll go on reading... any minute now...

gloriamunty February 5 2008, 15:43:15 UTC

OMG THE SCREENSHOTS

mj_12 February 5 2008, 16:40:18 UTC

there was one I couldn't get without a blur, but the double is almost certainly asian

gloriamunty February 5 2008, 17:19:23 UTC

His ponytail is curly!

gloriamunty February 5 2008, 17:20:17 UTC

Not saying that Asians don't have curly hair. Just that Steven Seagal doesn't.

toddius February 5 2008, 15:53:09 UTC

I want to make some sort of decision tree, "Which Steven Seagal Movie am I watching?"

mj_12 February 5 2008, 16:39:03 UTC

Is it set in Romania? Y/N

Is it filmed in Romania? Y/N

toddius February 5 2008, 16:45:52 UTC

I mean, clearly, you can do this already.

sample questions, just from what I gleaned from your live-blogs:

Does he do his own fighting?

Is his Wife murdered?

Is his partner murdered?

Is he a past or present member of an intelligence service?

Does he have a daughter?

toddius February 5 2008, 16:47:10 UTC

should really attempt to construct a Seagal movie questionairre so that there can be a precise taxonomy of his films. I don't think i'd make you count corpses or anything, though.

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mj_12 February 5 2008, 20:33:26 UTC

from what I've read of seagal, I find this to be utterly non-shocking