Comments on: Cool Stuff: Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/ Blogging the Reel World Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lutje http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-355623 lutje Thu, 29 May 2008 13:56:12 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-355623 Hello iam a realy great fan from ranst by antwerp belguim. Steven Seagal is a realy great man and one fantastic actor and awonderfull good musian ,that man making very good movies,and i see his trealer whippet pistols and that is a very good movie. Steven Seagal is a very good action man . Ihope that Steven Seagal comming to antwerp . lovely kisses and take sensei. Sincerely. Lutje Hello iam a realy great fan from ranst by antwerp belguim.
Steven Seagal is a realy great man and one fantastic actor and awonderfull good musian ,that man making very good movies,and i see his trealer whippet pistols and that is a very good movie.
Steven Seagal is a very good action man .
Ihope that Steven Seagal comming to antwerp .
lovely kisses and take sensei.
Sincerely.
Lutje

]]> By: Vern http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-308409 Vern Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:48:35 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-308409 I am the Vern who wrote the book and I can confirm that it is not an attack on Seagal. The main thesis of the book is that Seagal is an auteur with a distinct voice and set of themes going through all of his movies even though he only directed one of them. I know that cover they made kind of seems like it's making fun of him, but I hope that will lure in some people who will be broadsided by my passionate pro-Seagal stance. Of course I discuss many of the funny aspects of the movies, but that's part of why I love them. For the record I consider his most badass to be OUT FOR JUSTICE but ON DEADLY GROUND is kind of the most interesting to me and most rewarding balance of awesome and absurd. I am the Vern who wrote the book and I can confirm that it is not an attack on Seagal. The main thesis of the book is that Seagal is an auteur with a distinct voice and set of themes going through all of his movies even though he only directed one of them. I know that cover they made kind of seems like it’s making fun of him, but I hope that will lure in some people who will be broadsided by my passionate pro-Seagal stance.

Of course I discuss many of the funny aspects of the movies, but that’s part of why I love them. For the record I consider his most badass to be OUT FOR JUSTICE but ON DEADLY GROUND is kind of the most interesting to me and most rewarding balance of awesome and absurd.

]]> By: Seagalogy: A Study Of Ass Kicking http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-307569 Seagalogy: A Study Of Ass Kicking Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:48 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-307569 [...] Amazon Product Page via Slashfilm [...] [...] Amazon Product Page via Slashfilm [...]

]]> By: If Yiu Want To Know About Steven Seagal’s Film History « eddiebear http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306977 If Yiu Want To Know About Steven Seagal’s Film History « eddiebear Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:55:37 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306977 [...] 27, 2008 · No Comments Somebody has written about it. The cover describes the book as “an in-depth study of the world’s only aikido instructor [...] [...] 27, 2008 · No Comments Somebody has written about it. The cover describes the book as “an in-depth study of the world’s only aikido instructor [...]

]]> By: Mitch http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306917 Mitch Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:33:13 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306917 Bryan seems to have hit the right note here and most of the others making comments seem to have missed the point of Vern's tome completely. I haven't read it yet. just pre-ordered it, but am aware of the style and wit of Vern from AICN and I rest easy knowing that this isn't a hatchet job on Seagal: Vern actually wants his films to get better and seems to get that Seagal offers something, even in some of his worst efforts. And recently he seems to be improving ( contractual obligations over?);I really liked Pistol Whipped and thought that it was a couple of heartbeats away from being a good film. My view is that Vern has not written this book to lambast Seagal but is trying to illuminate the strange pleasure that is to be had from watching his films and to nurture a cherished hope that one day, maybe, just maybe, Seagal will give us something beyond the just nearly good and maybe, just maybe, lurch into a weird greatness. Bryan seems to have hit the right note here and most of the others making comments seem to have missed the point of Vern’s tome completely. I haven’t read it yet. just pre-ordered it, but am aware of the style and wit of Vern from AICN and I rest easy knowing that this isn’t a hatchet job on Seagal: Vern actually wants his films to get better and seems to get that Seagal offers something, even in some of his worst efforts.
And recently he seems to be improving ( contractual obligations over?);I really liked Pistol Whipped and thought that it was a couple of heartbeats away from being a good film.
My view is that Vern has not written this book to lambast Seagal but is trying to illuminate the strange pleasure that is to be had from watching his films and to nurture a cherished hope that one day, maybe, just maybe, Seagal will give us something beyond the just nearly good and maybe, just maybe, lurch into a weird greatness.

]]> By: Dr. Bardou http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306443 Dr. Bardou Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306443 I suppose that in this book Steven Seagal is not in the best light. Still, the critic wrote the book. I think sometimes he tried to blacken the name of actor. I suppose that in this book Steven Seagal is not in the best light. Still, the critic wrote the book. I think sometimes he tried to blacken the name of actor.

]]> By: bryan http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306379 bryan Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:44:48 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306379 It's not at all a gimmick; Vern (no last name) has been working on this for years, and he takes it (relatively) seriously. He's a smart guy and he's got a style and voice unlike any other film writer out there. He posts regularly on AICN, and here's his website: http://www.geocities.com/outlawvern/. Also, in a previous edition of the book I believe David Gordon Green wrote an introduction. Full disclosure, I was voting member of his 2006 World Badass Committee. It’s not at all a gimmick; Vern (no last name) has been working on this for years, and he takes it (relatively) seriously. He’s a smart guy and he’s got a style and voice unlike any other film writer out there. He posts regularly on AICN, and here’s his website: http://www.geocities.com/outlawvern/.

Also, in a previous edition of the book I believe David Gordon Green wrote an introduction.

Full disclosure, I was voting member of his 2006 World Badass Committee.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306360 Anonymous Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:21:52 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306360 352 pages is a lot for a gimmick. I'll be interested if it's actually funny and interesting throughout. 352 pages is a lot for a gimmick. I’ll be interested if it’s actually funny and interesting throughout.

]]> By: adam jackson http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306315 adam jackson Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:37:18 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306315 Just ordered it. Just ordered it.

]]> By: Allynd Dudnikov http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306276 Allynd Dudnikov Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:40:54 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306276 I just pre-ordered this. I just pre-ordered this.

]]> By: Buchempfehlung: Seagalogy « tous et rien http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306230 Buchempfehlung: Seagalogy « tous et rien Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:55:55 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306230 [...] Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal widmet sich auf 352 Seiten dem einzigartigen Aikidoka/Schauspieler/Musiker Steven Seagal. Seagalogy ist laut Autor Vern “… a book that will shake the very foundations of film criticism, break their wrists and then throw them through a window”. [via /Film] [...] [...] Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal widmet sich auf 352 Seiten dem einzigartigen Aikidoka/Schauspieler/Musiker Steven Seagal. Seagalogy ist laut Autor Vern “… a book that will shake the very foundations of film criticism, break their wrists and then throw them through a window”. [via /Film] [...]

]]> By: Must… preorder…. now! - Post - D-Blog http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306155 Must… preorder…. now! - Post - D-Blog Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:41:56 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-306155 [...] /film szu='http%3A%2F%2Fdmay.net%2Fblog%2Fmust-preorder-now%2F'; [...] [...] /film szu=’http%3A%2F%2Fdmay.net%2Fblog%2Fmust-preorder-now%2F’; [...]

]]> By: Freddie http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-305973 Freddie Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:21:57 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/27/cool-stuff-seagalogy-a-study-of-the-ass-kicking-films-of-steven-seagal/#comment-305973 I'm a fan of Under Siege but that's about it. I wish this book would have been done and the Muscles from Brussels.. Jean Claude Van-Damme. Now there is an actor! I’m a fan of Under Siege but that’s about it. I wish this book would have been done and the Muscles from Brussels.. Jean Claude Van-Damme. Now there is an actor!

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