I never really watched many action movies growing up, so I had never seen any Steven Seagal films, but I did know of him and mentally put him at the level of like Van Damme. In the last few years I’ve become aware that he’s pretty much a complete joke, and basically always has been. But I don’t think he was recognized as such at his peak popularity, was he? Did people always think he was cringe or were his films and performances actually received with earnest appreciation and applause? Despite how awful, full of exaggerated machismo and lazy they are.
He did a show called Van Damme Van Johnson whose premise was he was a secret agent and all the action films were cover for his work. It was great but like everything on Prime in the early days nobody watched it.
I never really watched many action movies growing up, so I had never seen any Steven Seagal films, but I did know of him and mentally put him at the level of like Van Damme. In the last few years I’ve become aware that he’s pretty much a complete joke, and basically always has been. But I don’t think he was recognized as such at his peak popularity, was he? Did people always think he was cringe or were his films and performances actually received with earnest appreciation and applause? Despite how awful, full of exaggerated machismo and lazy they are.
Van Damme is a much better actor and was extremely fuckable in his heyday which cannot be said for Segal
My first exposure to him was a movie where it seems like he was parodying himself and played with the concept of being past his prime
It was really well done, his acting was fantastic and I enjoyed it, despite probably missing a lot of context
He did a show called Van Damme Van Johnson whose premise was he was a secret agent and all the action films were cover for his work. It was great but like everything on Prime in the early days nobody watched it.