50 Cent as a computer scientist.
Nick Cage in anything
Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.
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thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Fuck right off. He is great in The Pig. He is great in Dream Scenario.
He is MAGNIFICENT in Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
loudwhisper@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
The weather man? I think he fit very well. Same for Lord of War. I know they are both 20 years old, but still.
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I thought he was great and very believable as a dork in Peggy Sue Got Married.
Slovene@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
I haven’t seen the movie but I remember someone talking about Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist as one of the most ridiculous things. Don’t know which movie though.
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
The world is not enough, James Bond. And her name was Christmas Jones so that Bond could make a joke about Christmas coming more than once a year.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
HAHAHAHAHA oh my god that’s so fucking funny.
tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I want to mock Bond girl names but I’m not sure I can come up with anything more ridiculous than Goldfinger’s Pussy Galore.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
She herself refers to how she played a “nuke-ular psychiatrist in a James Bonk movie” in the episode of 30 Rock where she and Tracy are leading a protest of NBC by their fellow idiots. 🤣
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I completely forgot about beer cans that told you how cold they were!
stevethegeek@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you thinking her Bond movie, The World is Not Enough? I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I don’t think she was cast because of her ability to accurately portray a scientist…
Scientits on the other hand… 😏
Slovene@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I don’t know, I just remember that from a youtube vid. 🤷 It could have been cinemasins or some other movie review channel.
creaturefromthebeigelagoon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
James Bond: The World is Not Enough. www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/
She played Dr. Christmas Jones and is still the least believable part of any James Bond movie
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
But was still a fun character and it was a ludicrous but fun movie. At that time, they were leaning into the cheesez rather than trying for gritty, in the Daniel Craig era.
huf@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
the world is not enough, a pierce brosnan bond movie:
“Posing as a Russian scientist Bond meets American nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones cooperating with Russian armed forces in overseeing the dismantling of the site.”Slovene@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Aahhh, remember when Russia was seen as an enemy of the US of A? Pepperidge Farm remembers … 🥲
fargeol@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dolph Lundgren in Expendables shows some unusual skills in chemical science.
And yes, I know that Dolph Lundgren studied chemistry IRL
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
He didn’t just “study” he has a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and received a Fulbright Scholoarship at MIT. Pretty spot-on casting honestly.
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dolph Lundgren can smell crime!
1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
We show it.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Will Smith in anything Sci-Fi 👎 Scarlett Johansson in anything Sci-Fi 👎
Jessica Alba was great in Dark Angel but nothing since then
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Alba was fantastic in Sin City
Slovene@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
You keep ScarJo’s name outta your fucking mouth!
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Independence day was great when it was released. Men in black, too.
Lucy was interesting. Ghost in the machine wasnt as good as the (amazing) original, but was still good.
WR5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do you mean ghost in the shell for Scarlett Johansson?
A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ghost in the Shell was horrible. She played the Major as a completely different character than the original. Scarlett Johansen plays a really good seductive spy, but that’s all she plays. Major Kusanagi was ace.
rainwall@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Jessica Alba went on to make a few hundred millions selling soap, so shes got that goin for her.
Slovene@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Which is nice.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I maintain that Men in Black (the first one) is a masterpiece. Otherwise… yeah.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What?! I, Robot was great!
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn’t one of them.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Honestly, I think iRobot understood the source material better than Foundation.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
Under The Skin was a great sci-fi film with Scarlett Johansson leading
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
i recently saw post about alan tudyk indicating he was cast aside because will smith had to be lead of irobot, and they saw ALan was the better actor for that movie, he seems kind of pissed about it(this came out at the same time that resident alien was cancelled)
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Oh I liked Jensen Acjles in Dark Angel, he brought charm and comedic wit to it. Yeah apparently there was some tension but nothing major, just usual work stress
blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
RFK jr?
Newsteinleo@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Too real man… To real
perishthethought@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park?
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Jeff Goldblum is the worst example, he’s always a scientist!
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
It’s the glasses. They make him a nerd apparently.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Fly!
fargeol@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park!
fartographer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Hold onto my butts!”
- Sam Jackson horking down another ciggie
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The one that instantly sprung to mind was Denise Richards as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.
Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
There’s a lot of people in this thread proudly sharing how they stereotype and have preconceptions about people that they don’t actually know. And them their justification is that everyone should be a two dimensional single issue character archetype with literally no conflict or contradictions. Have you people even met any adults, especially professionals and academics, that aren’t your parents or your teachers?
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, I guess Mark Wahlberg could be a teacher, but he’d be one of the ones that gets arrested for something after a year or two.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because he would be dancing around in his underwear with no shirt to his hit with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch! Lmao! He’s not believable in anything let’s be honest!
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Alexandra Daddario in the AMC show The Mayfair Witches.
She ostensibly plays a brilliant brain surgeon. She starts experiencing some spooky witch and demon-related goings on.
She meets up with a guy working for a paranormal research group. He tells her in no uncertain terms “Do not leave this magically-protected apartment. You are in great danger.” She agrees.
Five minutes later she walks out of the apartment onto the street. She immediately wanders into a New Orleans street party, is handed an open drink from a stranger, drinks it, and whoopsy daisy gets magically roofied into a demon-engineered hallucination of her dead mother.
Brilliant. Brain. Surgeon.
thedruid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I worked with a few PhDs in the past. PhDs do not equal common sense.
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As a hiring manager in IT for decades, I learned early: do not hire PhDs
They can write a paper about why the program does not work. They are not willing to sit down roll up their sleeves get intimate with a debugger and make the program work.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve known some incredibly stupid doctors though. They’re extremely good at their field but anything outside that? Horrific!
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ben Carson, though RFK makes Ben’s stupid appointment look inspired.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Dude is supposed to be an archeologist but he’s too busy breaking & entering into sacred temples while trampling artifacts to get his dirty hands on some golden relic for profit. Smdh
xylol@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Ice cube pulled off being a modern social media user in the new war of the worlds themed ad, he didnt even know how to leave the house
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Mark Wahlberg in The Happening.
razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Charlie Sheen as an astronomer in The Arrival.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not scientist but Ludacris is like a master fucking hacker in Fast and Furious right, that’s very not believable.
it has to be Mark Wahlberg in the Happening I think as the most unbelievable “scientist” casting and then followed up by misunderstood actual genius engineer in Transformers.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Matt Damon in any of his space movies.
unknown@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The guy who played John Chriton in Farscape.
He was very suited to the action and comedy stuff in the show, but there's just something kinda gormless about his face that made him mathing out and frantically writing sums on the floor seem more unbelievable than the muppet space opera going on around him.
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
individual@toast.ooo 2 weeks ago
Sandra Bullock ; the net
rustyfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
George Clooney as
Batmananything other than George Clooney.choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Channing Tatum as a NASA scientist in “fly me to the moon” was just painful.
Eshrekshion@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring, the Chilean in Breaking Bad. His Spanish was not Chilean at all and there are hardly any African Chileans (especially not in the era during which he was supposedly in Chile).
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Samuel L Jackson has been a scientist a couple times and none of them made sense.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Racism and sexism on display with this post and comments. cmon, be better.
unknown@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echos. They gave her glasses and a blazer and it was not convincing.
I've met computer nerds who look like 50, but I haven't seen the media the image is from so maybe his acting sucked, idk.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 weeks ago
That guy they got to play Stephen Hawking in ST:TNG
hactar42@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Tara Reid as an archaeologist and museum curator in Alone in the Dark. In fact the only good thing about that movie was the soundtrack.
DearMoogle@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I recently watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so James Franco as the scientist/dad. Like seriously, we’re rebooting such a classic and James Franco is the best we could come up with??
Moonweedbaddegrasse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t think you can beat oceanographer Debbie Gibson in Megashark v Giant Octopus.
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Entire cast of tbbt, incl. Hawking.
notso@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Steven Seagal playing Wesley McClaren, a doctor and former government research immunologist in this masterpiece:
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Imagine trying to rent a mediocre Gibson movie and accidentally getting a shitty Seagal movie instead!
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You didn’t like it? I thought it was really good.
I hated all the white washing Mel does though…
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I need my money back for the rental play $100k for having you do that to me! Lmao!
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wonder if space ice had reviewed it
blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
To be fair, he’s just as unbelievable playing anyone with an average IQ.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
you take that back or he will snatch every motherfucking punani
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Omg, I forgot.
notso@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
He’s doing some some serious science in that one for about 1:30 minutes. A rare cerebral moment in his filmography: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pueLyUlJFTc&t=4023
Slovene@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
You forgor?
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Steven Seagal in ANY MOVIE! Horrible actor and he’s even a “master in martial arts” and still is horrible and laughable actor in movies trying to “showcase” his talent. Haha!
Anyone remember, “Belly of the Beast” hahaha. (BTW he wrote it!) it’s embarrassing!