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Posted by SuperM
 - Jun 03, 2015, 07:22:18 PM
Biehn is the best. He must be in Alien 5 or it will suck
Posted by viendammage
 - May 27, 2015, 03:09:02 AM
Oh man how did I miss this thread?! Love Michael Biehn. He's arguably the star of The Terminator, he's the one who tells you the story, gets to do the cool action and deliver lines like "Come with me if you want to live" as well as maybe the most romantic line of all time, "I came across time for you, Sarah". I mean the story was really about Sarah Connor but if Reese hadn't died, I think Biehn's career could have turned out different. Same with Aliens, great role and performance, especially considering he was brought in over a weekend, but again, he wasn't the main character and is forgotten by the end.

I always thought he was like an American precursor to Christian Bale, i.e. he could play a nice guy but excelled as intense villains. Ever see Timebomb? It's a low budget pre-Bourne Identity but Biehn goes from meek to confused to angry to badass over 90 minutes and it's all pretty convincing. Navy Seals was one of his rare non-Cameron shots at stardom as the studio head had him on his list along side guys like Kevin Costner. A shame the movie turned out to be a solid action flick with a great 80's cast and not much more.

Tombstone and The Rock were also great roles for him. Unlike Arnold or other really driven personalities, Biehn never figured on being a star and that lack of drive hurt him as well as the alcoholism. He definitely made a lot of low budget flicks for cash and even got sued when he couldn't finish one allegedly due to his drinking. But American Dragons, The Ride and Rampage also show he's capable of playing a vulnerable lead who's also physical.

Was great to see him in Planet Terror as well, Robert Rodriguez's introduction shot of him walking into camera was purposely there because Rodriguez knew it was draw a cheer from the audience who knew him from so many cool flicks. Rodriguez has always been very complimentary of him so here's hoping they work together again. He'd fit into any Michael Bay movie as a hardass military or police type but he fumbled his lines on The Rock, being nervous in front of Sean Connery and Nic Cage...
Posted by stephen
 - May 27, 2015, 01:43:44 AM
I Think he's a pretty good actor to be honest.

And I think his turn in The Abyss was fantastic.  Probably my favourite performance of his.

I don't know if he's Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind good, and probably more suited to the roles we know he's good at, but still pretty decent.

I mean he's decent to hold The Terminator and Aliens - granted he's holding those with other lead actors but he holds his own.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - May 26, 2015, 07:34:46 AM
Quote from: pred169 on May 25, 2015, 07:00:42 PMMaybe If he had been around for the recent long sweep of military themed movies he'd be considered an A list actor now since that seems to be his niche.

I highly doubt Biehn would ever be considered A-list. And I say that as a fan of his.
Posted by pred169
 - May 25, 2015, 07:00:42 PM
Quote from: TheBATMAN on May 25, 2015, 06:49:05 PM
I know a guy who worked on the production of the movie Cherry Falls way back when. He said Biehn was an absolute nightmare to work with as he was always pissed on set so he took loads and loads of takes for his scenes and caused huge delays for everyone. His problems with alcoholism have no doubt harmed his career and I seem to recall he came out publicly about it some years back.

There's no doubt he is a talented actor but he's also made some questionable decisions over the years. Someone already pointed out the Usual Suspects and he also made some some sarcastic comments about Sly Stallone when he said the Expendables franchise was always on the lookout for guys like Michael Biehn. I thought that was quite complimentary of Sly, but Biehn obviously didn't think so, so that's another bridge burned.

But when he's on the ball there's no one better at the supporting military guy role.
And that's the thing. Some actors only have that one niche that they are good at. You take jason Statham. Great actor but only in action scenes. He does the strong silent bad ass really well but nothing else. Jim Carey does stupid comedy better than most but put him in a serious role and he more or less bombs it. Numbers was ridiculously boring. Some people are just suited for specific roles. Maybe If he had been around for the recent long sweep of military themed movies he'd be considered an A list actor now since that seems to be his niche.
Posted by TheBATMAN
 - May 25, 2015, 06:49:05 PM
I know a guy who worked on the production of the movie Cherry Falls way back when. He said Biehn was an absolute nightmare to work with as he was always pissed on set so he took loads and loads of takes for his scenes and caused huge delays for everyone. His problems with alcoholism have no doubt harmed his career and I seem to recall he came out publicly about it some years back.

There's no doubt he is a talented actor but he's also made some questionable decisions over the years. Someone already pointed out the Usual Suspects and he also made some some sarcastic comments about Sly Stallone when he said the Expendables franchise was always on the lookout for guys like Michael Biehn. I thought that was quite complimentary of Sly, but Biehn obviously didn't think so, so that's another bridge burned.

But when he's on the ball there's no one better at the supporting military guy role.

Posted by pred169
 - May 25, 2015, 03:34:51 PM
I felt his role in "art of war" was really good. It wasn't an overly proud or dramatized role. So to me it more showed his flexibility as an actor. Movie was ok but I felt his role more made the movie than Wesley snipes role.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Mar 03, 2015, 08:51:05 AM
That game rocked.

Darling: "Listen. This will make you more like Sloan. Powerful but without the side-effects."
Rex: "No Doc. No way. I swore an oath to a special lady."
Darling: "Your... wife?"
Rex: "No. Lady Liberty. She taught me that winners... don't use drugs."
Posted by PsyKore
 - Mar 02, 2015, 11:24:08 PM
Send for a medic so I can kill him too.

It's bedtime for Sloan... and I'm gonna tuck him in... under six feet of dirt

Haha, I loved that game.
Posted by Dustie
 - Mar 02, 2015, 11:19:31 PM
...except for the soundtrack? It oozes with nostalgia.
Posted by Xenomorphine
 - Mar 02, 2015, 10:41:45 PM
Nothing will ever out-do Rex Colt.

Nothing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe2wglYEu0o
Posted by Dustie
 - Mar 02, 2015, 10:00:14 PM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 02, 2015, 06:26:32 PM
Here's the trailer for Asteroid.  A gem from the producer of Predator that propelled Michael Biehn to, um, I don't really know...   ;)

[/url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0KGxZnVMZs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0KGxZnVMZs[/url]

Propelled him through the roof, I suppose.
Posted by Perfect-Organism
 - Mar 02, 2015, 06:26:32 PM
Here's the trailer for Asteroid.  A gem from the producer of Predator that propelled Michael Biehn to, um, I don't really know...   ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0KGxZnVMZs
Posted by Russ
 - Mar 02, 2015, 02:24:52 PM
Oh, Navy SEALS. Man - that was supposed be a totally different movie. I think it was Paxton was talking about it in an interview, it was a very serious script to begin with but then just got turned into a Charlie Sheen vehicle. I saw it in the cinema and was well-excited because Sheen was cool then (and, in a old guy way, still cool today), it had Biehn, Paxton, Rossovitch... it should have ruled. As it was, its pretty generic, good fun, but the Sheen character seems like what he is - something parachuted into the script that doesn't really fit.

For me, anyway, it's still a fun ride for all that.
Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Mar 02, 2015, 02:20:26 PM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 02, 2015, 02:16:28 PMHere is another Michael Biehn classic: Navy Seals from 1990.

"Classic" is seriously pushing it... It's an OK way to kill 90 minutes but nothing more. Considering its cast, it really should've been a lot more fun.

Charlie Sheen and a severely underused Bill Paxton are the best things about it.
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