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Sir Sean Connery was a selective actor (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 77 points 7 months ago (19 children)

That reminds me of how Will Smith turned down Neo in The Matrix because he thought Wild Wild West was the safer bet.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Ouch

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Honestly though, I agree with him. WWW definitely is the safer bet on paper. But safer doesn't mean foolproof, and the risky ventures sometimes are the most profitable. Making the worse move doesn't necessarily mean you made the incorrect one.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Have you heard Kevin Smith's story about WWW?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    I haven't and would like to be enlightened.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (3 children)

    You're going to enjoy this, I think (ignore the titles of the videos, this is definitely what @maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone was referring to, and the context makes the bit about WWW so much better:

    https://youtu.be/Wo2KB1dEDdk
    https://youtu.be/53hMYw8LX60

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks! I'll check it out now.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, but in the third act he got to fight a giant spider. Do you know anything about spiders? They're the fiercest killers in the insect kingdom.

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