FARK.com: (7509970) Remember when Christian Slater was hot? Neither does America. The onetime A-lister found a new basement in the box office this year with his presumably horrible horror flick, Playback

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		Remember when Christian Slater was hot? Neither does America. The onetime A-lister found a new basement in the box office this year with his presumably horrible horror flick, Playback (newser.com)		88
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L.D. Ablo		2012-12-30 01:12:36 PM

Warning: Obnoxious auto-play video in link. I couldn't turn it off, either.

One Bad Apple		2012-12-30 01:16:01 PM

Didn't he only get those jobs early in his career because his mommy was a casting agent ?

Apos		2012-12-30 01:19:52 PM

I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

poonesfarm		2012-12-30 01:51:14 PM

Apos: I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

One word: Kuffs.

Apos		2012-12-30 02:01:33 PM

poonesfarm: Apos: I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

One word: Kuffs.

"Kuffs" had its moments and it's a certainly a masterpiece compared to the rest of his filmography. Interview With A Vampire seems to be the best of the bunch(probably because of minimal screen time).

mattharvest		2012-12-30 02:20:10 PM

Ahem, HEATHERS.

poonesfarm		2012-12-30 02:22:08 PM

Apos: poonesfarm: Apos: I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

One word: Kuffs.

"Kuffs" had its moments and it's a certainly a masterpiece compared to the rest of his filmography. Interview With A Vampire seems to be the best of the bunch(probably because of minimal screen time).

Eh, it gets bonus points for Milla. I will admit I have a soft spot for Pump Up the Volume and Gleaming the Cube.

DeltaPunch		2012-12-30 02:26:11 PM

C'mon people, obviously Tremors was his best film.

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coco ebert		2012-12-30 02:44:04 PM

poonesfarm: Apos: I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

One word: Kuffs.

Oh wow, I remember I went with a bunch of my girlfriends to that movie opening night and the cinema was PACKED with young girls like us, screaming whenever Slater appeared on screen. So embarrassing.

Lsherm		2012-12-30 02:48:14 PM

I still have a soft spot for Broken Arrow because of that underground nuclear detonation scene.

Also Heathers. He was perfect in that.

AdolfOliverPanties		2012-12-30 04:02:56 PM

He was great on My Name Is Earl.

AdolfOliverPanties		2012-12-30 04:26:23 PM

I read the article. This movie was shown on ONE screen. Why bother? Should've gone straight to DVD.

slayer199		2012-12-30 04:58:34 PM

You can only impersonate Jack Nicholson so long before it gets old.

IMHO, Heathers was his best flick.

JohnAnnArbor		2012-12-30 05:00:56 PM

"Sad" tag would be more appropriate.

hamsack		2012-12-30 05:04:42 PM

HempHead		2012-12-30 05:05:14 PM

Am I the only one who liked his tv show "the forgotten"?

GungFu		2012-12-30 05:05:59 PM

How easily people forget:

El Brujo		2012-12-30 05:06:37 PM

I watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves again last year. I hadn't seen it since I loved it when I was a kid.

Holy crap is that movie awful.

gwowen		2012-12-30 05:06:43 PM

Heathers and Pump Up The Volume were genuinely good teen movies.

GungFu		2012-12-30 05:08:29 PM

GungFu: How easily people forget:

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Gergesa		2012-12-30 05:09:48 PM

I'll bet that alone in the dark was worse than playback.

Keller		2012-12-30 05:10:03 PM

I still enjoyed Pump Up The Volume, and not just for Samantha Mathis...

starhunter		2012-12-30 05:12:55 PM

I watched this on Chiller (or Syfy??) late one night. It wasn't the worst thing I've watched on that channel, though I wasn't paying attention the whole time. Christian Slater was one of my first crushes. I miss you Christian.

Lionel Mandrake		2012-12-30 05:13:04 PM

slayer199: You can only impersonate Jack Nicholson so long before it gets old.

IMHO, Heathers was his best flick.

These.

EddieFC		2012-12-30 05:13:17 PM

AdolfOliverPanties: I read the article. This movie was shown on ONE screen. Why bother? Should've gone straight to DVD.

I think that has to do with some weird SAG rule that states a movie has to be released domestically before it can qualify for international distribution. It's the same reason Zyzzyx Road only made $30

Dialectic		2012-12-30 05:16:05 PM

Gotta say this:

The boy was certainly connected 'cause his family ties. He started out making good movies and it has been going down as the years go by. I remember I was going out with this chick and she loved him back in the Nineteen Hundred and Eighties. Sucks to be him now!

StopLurkListen		2012-12-30 05:19:15 PM

slayer199: You can only impersonate Jack Nicholson so long before it gets old.

Yet directors seem to want "youthful sarcasm". In "How to Train Your Dragon" I kept wondering why the director wanted the Hiccup character to channel Christian Slater doing his Nicholson impression. And "Rise of the Guardians" seemed to do sorta the same.

I guess "youthful sarcasm" is every director's go-to characterization when the director is drawing a blank. "Um. Can you make it more 'edgy'? More. Even more. More. OK, every syllable is dripping with ennui and disdain. Now multiply that by 10."

Keywork99		2012-12-30 05:19:47 PM

He was also in The Wizard.

I really don't have anything else to add, except The Wizard is a guilty pleasure.

Complicit		2012-12-30 05:21:18 PM

Dialectic: Sucks to be him now!

Somehow I doubt that.

CarnySaur		2012-12-30 05:25:49 PM

"SLATER?!?"

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yukichigai		2012-12-30 05:28:03 PM

EddieFC: AdolfOliverPanties: I read the article. This movie was shown on ONE screen. Why bother? Should've gone straight to DVD.

I think that has to do with some weird SAG rule that states a movie has to be released domestically before it can qualify for international distribution. It's the same reason Zyzzyx Road only made $30

I would like to know more about this, if its true.

Otherwise... yeah, no wonder the movie made such crap money. It doubtless had zero promotion on top of the single screen opening. No promotion + no opportunity to see it = no money made.

Honestly with that kind of treatment you'd expect it to be a Mike Judge film distributed by Fox.

Drexl's Eye		2012-12-30 05:36:25 PM

Meh, some of his movies were pretty good (and one was great):

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StrandedInAZ		2012-12-30 05:36:40 PM

HempHead: Am I the only one who liked his tv show "the forgotten"?

I really liked it, so I was not surprised when it was cancelled.

Tellingthem		2012-12-30 05:38:15 PM

By far his best movie!
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\but seriously no love for True Romance?

JolobinSmokin		2012-12-30 05:38:19 PM

I'm to busy gleaming the cube to remember what this thread was about.

Tellingthem		2012-12-30 05:39:38 PM

Drexl's Eye: Meh, some of his movies were pretty good (and one was great):

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And that is what I get for not refreshing...haha

bentleypm		2012-12-30 05:45:24 PM

The part in Windtalkers where his head comes flying off was pretty awesome.

enry		2012-12-30 05:52:40 PM

The cameo on West Wing was good....

John Buck 41		2012-12-30 05:53:44 PM

Lsherm: I still have a soft spot for Broken Arrow because of that underground nuclear detonation scene.

Also Heathers. He was perfect in that.

I like Broken Arrow too, but then I'm a sucker for nuke movies. And who doesn't like Heathers?

John Buck 41		2012-12-30 05:57:42 PM

I like the movie, but buying him as a US Representative in The Contenderwas a hard sell.

jeffdo1		2012-12-30 06:08:50 PM

The preview for this movie doesn't look that horrible, was it just a cheap rip off of The Ring?

Mugato		2012-12-30 06:14:37 PM

Apos: Interview With A Vampire seems to be the best of the bunch(probably because of minimal screen time).

That part was actually River Phoenix's but he croaked in front of the Viper Room so Slater took the role and gave his salary to charity. So that was cool.

JayR30		2012-12-30 06:16:21 PM

GungFu: GungFu: How easily people forget:

Came for this. Already covered.

In addition, Very Bad Things, Pump Up The Volume, Gleaming the Cube (don't judge me) and Hard Rain.

Dancis_Frake		2012-12-30 06:21:02 PM

Err, I enjoyed Very Bad Things but maybe that was because Kobe Tai played the hooker.

theorellior		2012-12-30 06:32:18 PM

Keller: I still enjoyed Pump Up The Volume, and not just for Samantha Mathis...

Although I certainly appreciated the view, even as a 17 yo boy I kinda wondered what the director was thinking with that 360-degree camera spin during her topless scene.

bostonowns		2012-12-30 06:39:28 PM

i just met him at a networking event in miami beach. really really nice guy. was with one of the hot hot young art museum employees.

Mugato		2012-12-30 06:44:41 PM

theorellior: Keller: I still enjoyed Pump Up The Volume, and not just for Samantha Mathis...

Although I certainly appreciated the view, even as a 17 yo boy I kinda wondered what the director was thinking with that 360-degree camera spin during her topless scene.

Just GIS's her. She has perky little puppies. Didn't Slater also star with her in some movie were he and Travolta slap each other in the desert?

theurge14		2012-12-30 06:45:00 PM

coco ebert: poonesfarm: Apos: I thought Slater's career had hit rock bottom after the cinematic turd that was Alone In The Dark. Looks like I was wrong.

One word: Kuffs.

Oh wow, I remember I went with a bunch of my girlfriends to that movie opening night and the cinema was PACKED with young girls like us, screaming whenever Slater appeared on screen. So embarrassing.

I can only imagine what happened in there during the scene when Slater puts the black sheets on his bed, with his perfect hair dangling at a jaunty angle.

gingerjet		2012-12-30 06:46:38 PM

wemedge		2012-12-30 06:47:24 PM

While I'm no fanboy of Christian Slater, considering the fact I have never heard of or ever seen a trailer for this movie leads me to think that blame for an abysmal box office is on more than just Slater.

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