Submitted by singleguy79 t3_z4ubuh in television
kmsae t1_ixswfu7 wrote
Reply to comment by Mister_E_Phister in Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Prequel Series Wraps Production by singleguy79
Not a fan of Marky Mark but both Ted movies slapped! Looking forward to this.
BrianOhNoYouDidnT t1_ixt2wub wrote
I am of the same mind about marky mark but for one exception. His performance in The Other Guys is a master class of chewing the scenery. He hollers every one of his lines at the top of his lungs for the entire film. I thought it was a john waters movie because of the performances. Everyone was great but he really surprised me. Like Jason Statham in Spy, delivering jokes with perfect comedic timing. Sorry I’m way off topic.
S3simulation t1_ixt89ga wrote
I love how he can’t understand his girlfriend is a ballet dancer and not a stripper “You shouldn’t be in this club dancin for dollars”
BrianOhNoYouDidnT t1_ixt9caf wrote
Learning to dance ballet just to bully a kid. But still not understanding anything about it.
S3simulation t1_ixtajtq wrote
It’s interesting to me how the Other Guys was sort of the start of Adam McKay’s transition to the more political themes he’s been exploring with his career
BrianOhNoYouDidnT t1_ixtf7y5 wrote
It makes me miss Eva Mendes. It also rekindled my Michael Keaton crush.
CompetitiveProject4 t1_ixxiqrc wrote
It’s definitely the precursor to The Big Short given the Other Guys’ ending credits which gave a fun intro to how financial fraud works
S3simulation t1_ixxjqlt wrote
I do hope he and Will Ferrel are able to reconcile, he did Will kinda dirty
CompetitiveProject4 t1_ixxkawz wrote
I agree but I’m not sure I would ever take a time machine to change it if the path led to them producing “Succession”
The combination of a UK and US comedy genius definitely led to some incredibly funny but truly high art.
Brownie_McBrown_Face t1_ixu4l4n wrote
You learned to dance like that sarcastically?
MrBoliNica t1_ixt77c8 wrote
Other guys was his first comedy. I remember being surprised at how funny he was. Wouldn’t be shocked if he really gave it his all as a way to prove himself in that genre
1PantherA33 t1_ixuwk5y wrote
The big hit was a comedy.
JeffTobin55 t1_ixvu94d wrote
It may have been a joke, but it wasn’t much of a comedy
Kind-Strike t1_ixt871r wrote
Dude I laughed so fucking much in that movie, I even drooled on myself at one point.
The "I'm a peacock you gotta let me fly" and the whole screaming about the millennium falcon just damn near had me dead.
BrianOhNoYouDidnT t1_ixt924e wrote
I laugh so hard at that line even before they explain that peacocks don’t fly. I’m not so clever so hearing that fact made it even funnier to me.
Kind-Strike t1_ixxfoj2 wrote
Dude the tuna, I forgot about the tuna and the lion, they scene was so perfect
kmsae t1_ixuzbrq wrote
So true. Forgot about the Other Guys. Also enjoyed him in that role.
WinterSon t1_ixtqofc wrote
He's terrible in everything besides the departed
Gh0stMan0nThird t1_ixt0zdr wrote
Honestly I think Seth Macfarlane is incredibly funny and talented but he suffers from spreading himself too thin across all his shows, which makes them all come across as mediocre.
SmashedPumpkin30 t1_ixt1z6m wrote
He doesn't usually. He does a show until bored and leaves them to others. Family Guy for example he hasn't wrote or managed for years. Just does the voices and collects mad cash.
Djinnwrath t1_ixt67ol wrote
There's also a sharp dropoff in quality after season 10 (his last season of FG)
cb00sh t1_ixtrk6m wrote
It was a dropoff after season 3
Djinnwrath t1_ixtsa16 wrote
Whether there was or wasn't doesn't validate or invalidate the point I made.
xenongamer4351 t1_ixuzmja wrote
Season 1-3 was just peak comedy. 4-10 fell off but was still very funny. After 10 I have no idea how people still watch family guy.
Loganp812 t1_ixvwmhs wrote
FG went downhill long before Season 10. S10 is just the point where it basically went on life support.
Djinnwrath t1_ixvxyij wrote
Whether that's true or not is irrelevant to the point I made.
MrBoliNica t1_ixt7jnr wrote
He still produces family guy doesn’t he? Between that and the voices, it’s not like he has no clue what’s going on with that show lol
TheSeventhAnimorph t1_ixt95y6 wrote
Not sure how much involvement he actually has as a producer now; TV shows that change to a new showrunner after the original creator has left entirely usually still give the creator a producer credit in basically an honorary sense. (I'm not saying that is necessarily the case there, but it happens fairly often.)
Pool_Shark t1_ixujid8 wrote
Credits are most of the time negotiated by agents so it’s part of the deal. For family guy he created the show so he will always have his name on the credits and collect a check even if he ditched the voice work and someone else replaced him
hungry4pie t1_ixwlp2i wrote
American Dad got better when he stopped being involved in the writing
Loganp812 t1_ixvwi99 wrote
He also suffers from having his head stuck up his own ass.
JediLion17 t1_ixta6y5 wrote
Well the good news is Marky Mark isn’t in this. It takes place when John was a kid, or at least a teenager.
simplepleashures t1_ixumtgz wrote
Why does everyone keep calling him “Marky Mark” it’s been like 25 years since he went by that
WhiskyAndWitchcraft t1_ixu3agu wrote
I didn't make it through the first 30 minutes of the first one. Found it incredibly unfunny.
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