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[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 112 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Nick Cage and John Travolta in Face Off

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

Fucking beat me to it. LoL!!!

[–] PM_ME_SNEKS_IN_HATS@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This has been bothering me for like 10 years and it has to come out now even though it’s only kind of relevant to the topic.

Spoilers for Face/Off if you haven’t seen it go watch it it’s amazing.

Okay, so Face/Off has the craziest ending to a movie ever. And you’re thinking to yourself “What that the good guy wins in the end and everyone is happy? That’s not unexpected.” But you have to look at the finer details.

After Sean Archer is back in John Travolta’s body at the end and he’s like “I don’t need this bullet scar anymore, it’s cool, I’ve healed.” He goes back to see his family. He walks in the door and his wife and daughter are like “Yay you’re our dad and not some crazy person again yay!”. The following things that happen need to be broken down individually for it to fully be understood how insane it is what happens:

• What is with the weird run your hand down the face thing they do? It’s so bizarre and it’s never explained. His daughter is like “Sorry I shot you…” and he just runs his hand down her face like a weirdo. Why.

• Archer goes “There’s something I have to ask both of you…” and the just brings in some random kid they’ve never seen and is like “he needs a place to live” WHAT?!?! This kid was in a shoot out in a drug den like a week ago. He was raised in a terrible environment. I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to be placed in a normal family or anything, but the kid needs like all the therapy. He’s going to have emotional problems. Are you really ready to deal with all that Archer? Really? Your family just went through a crazy thing and you’re like “Here is a huge responsibility we need to take on now.”

• The daughter says “My name is Jamie” and the DOES THE WEIRD FACE HAND THING! Why do they do that? It’s so weird. Is she like assimilating him into their collective. And he, completely unphased by the hand thing in a show of immense self control, is just says “My name is Adam.”

• Then Archer says “Show Adam to his new room.” And the daughter and Adam run off and then the most insane thing I’ve ever seen in a move happens. Archer looks at his wife and is like “….Okay?” and she goes “nod nod….okay…” and they kiss. End of movie.

To that last point…WHAT?!?!!?!? Am I taking crazy pills or something? This dude just decides that they’re raising a kid WITHOUT ASKING HIS WIFE FIRST!?!?! If I brought home a dog without discussing it with my wife first, she would be pretty pissed but a WHOLE DAMN KID?!?! A kid, who as mentioned, is going to need intense therapy and extra support? A kid who, it would seem, is there only to replace your other kid who died which is whole ‘nother kind of fucked up (see the life of Salvidor Dali).

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

[–] Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not only that, but it comes off as some weird replacement kid for their dead son. The Pitch Meeting is fun

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Wildest TedTalk ever

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Let's do a remake of Rush Hour with Chris Tucker affecting a Hong Kong accent and Jackie Chan in black face. Just to see how the world reacts.

[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago

Indeed. And since Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker became friends, they would probably at least make something fun to watch.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's all about getting the right shoe polish

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[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Honestly I think they would both do well in their new roles.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Andy Serkis is basically everyone, so he'd do a better job of playing Liv Tyler than she does.

Just caught sight of my own face in a mirror - turns out I was Andy Serkis the whole time.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So now I'm picturing a scene with Gollum kissing Aragorn, and I really wish I wasn't.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 7 points 9 months ago

This; there are no more correct answers to OP's question.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

They wouldn't have had to act. Danny DeVito is already a perfect specimen of a man.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 9 months ago

Brad Pitt as Robert Paulson, Meatloaf as Tyler Durden.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sigourney Weaver swapped with the various cats playing Jonesy in Alien. Feline badass ruthlessly combats an alien monster with the occasional jump scare by Sigourney.

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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So…just a normal Friday then.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, I think it implies that they're normally body swapped, and it's weird that they aren't for a day.

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[–] JoeCoT@fedia.io 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan (Short Round) in Temple of Dune. I want a little boy as an action hero while Harrison Ford provides occasional support.

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And this misadventure takes place on arrakis?

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[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 5 points 9 months ago

You may be looking for the Goonies. Conveniently, same actor.

(And I still stand by "pincers of power" although I know it's wrong).

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[–] GONADS125@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago

Nice Cage and John Travolta in Face Off.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone in Last Action Hero.

It's an older movie, but the idea is that a kid gets sucked into an action movie staring Arnold and at one point, he's trying to convince Arnold that world isn't real, so they go to a video rental place to look at the Terminator memorabilia and it's all Stallone.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

The male leads of Twins. The plot isn't changed much.

[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] snooggums@midwest.social 9 points 9 months ago

With the exact same wardrobe in every single scene.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nicholas Cage and John Travolta in Face Off

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[–] starlord@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

Last one;

Sir Stewart and Sir McKellen, X-Men

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nick Cage and John Travolta in face/off

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

R2D2 and Darth Vader.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 10 points 9 months ago

Michael Caine and Kermit in A Muppet Christmas Carol.

[–] livus@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Christopher Walken and Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

“Why am I... the... only one who can see that to solve... crimes... we must use our brains, assisted by reason, using up-to-date scientific... techniques?”

  • Ichabod Walken
[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

It’s not a film, but David Tennant and Michael Sheen in Good Omens.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Lawrence Fishburn and Hugo Weaving in The Matrix

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ed Norton and Brad Pitt in Fight Club

John Travolta and Nic Cage in FaceOff

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How ‘bout let’s do Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon in The Departed?

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[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

James and Oliver Phelps in the Harry Potter films

[–] DABDA@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Do animals count as actors? Turner & Hooch could be interesting with Tom Hanks drooling and running on all fours and Beasley The Dog playing a detective.

[–] starlord@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Carey and Lee Jones, Batman

[–] owatnext@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The lady and the dude in Titanic. (I don't know actors, sue me.)

[–] starlord@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Betany and Downey Jr., Iron Man/Avengers.

Jarvis becomes snarky, sarcastic, and inappropriate. Tony is constantly rolling his eyes and removing the "codpiece enchantments" Jarvis keeps putting on all the Marks.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Woody harrelson and Juliet Lewis in natural Born Killers. I want to see her as the pathological badass in him is the unhinged anger-filled character.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Will Smith and Jaden Smith in “Pursuit of Happyness” at the ages they were at original filming

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Collin Farrell and any non speaking background actor in any of his movies

[–] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

Harsh - but the first of these to make me actually lol

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