mmcintyre comments on Chuck Norris, Walloping Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I don't know how old you are but it seems you're confusing Chuck Norris with Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Richard Gere or somebody like that. He was in a lot of B-movies in the 80s, I'll give him that.

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago* (6 children)

I don’t know how old you are but you’d know that Chuck Norris and all those others were in similar standing during those times.

You’re applying fame now to fame then.

I love when people online pull the age card like it makes them privy to special knowledge.

Like I said: Chuck was a piece of shit right winger when he died. He was also extremely famous in the 80s.

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[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I'm in my 50s, and I didn't say he wasn't famous. I was saying he wasn't the guy everyone wanted in their movies. He was in a bunch of B-movies. He was famous as a karate guy that made the leap to movies. Crappy movies. And he was a pretty crappy actor as well.

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[–] Sideshow_B00b@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

Almost 50 here, and I concur. Chuck Norris was niche even in the 80s compared to true A listers like Stallone, Schwarzenegger or, a bit later, Bruce Willis. As I recall he was like a cut above Jan-Michael Vincent or something.

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip -2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Lol. Ok, young man.

Was Bruce Lee famous? Who’s this guy he wanted to star in his movie?

Anyway, you’re obviously so old and wise. You can have the last word about Chuck Norris, buddy.

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