Movie Actors

[nanook2k3]

Bad-assed kenpo guy. I thnk his movies are only available on VHS. But, they are pretty COo.oOL.

He's probably best known for "The Perfect Weapon"

I see him every few months or so - I'm a student at one of his American Kenpo schools. He's just unveiled his new "Kenpo 5.0" system that gets rid of some outdated stuff, and incorporates a lot of new grappling techniques.....but we're still essentially a no-rules-streetfighting art when you get right down to it.....heh

 

[Conan Stevens]

Want more action movies?

You're about to get them - Thailand is ramping up it's production for overseas sales after the success of Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong.

How do I know - I am THE main foreign actor living in Thailand right now

Check out my website for some more info:
- I also wrote the script for this one



Bangkok Adrenaline has a world champion Parcour fellow doing a street chase with


Plenty of other great talent here working too - most of the guys left Hong Kong after working with Jackie and live and work here now

 

[Tanizaki]

You're about to get them - Thailand is ramping up it's production for overseas sales after the success of Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong.

I have never heard of these movies, although one of them has the same name as a soup, so I assume it is about cooking?

How do I know - I am THE main foreign actor living in Thailand right now

I thought you were inspirational as "Big Security Guard" in Bodyguard 2, and I can't believe Million Dollar Baby got Best Picture over Man-Thing.

Plenty of other great talent here working too - most of the guys left Hong Kong after working with Jackie and live and work here now

I heard that just as your career in baseball is just starting when you move from America to Japan, one's career in action films is just starting to rise when moving from Hong Kong to Thailand.

 

[Conan Stevens]

Thanks but the part in Bodyguard 2 is very minor - I won't be doing that again but I needed the introduction to certain people.

Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong - search on Google they are big successes for Thailand and known by most Martial arts movie fans.

There are a lot more things comign out of Thailand over the next few years that will be worth watching.

 

[Tanizaki]

Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong - search on Google they are big successes for Thailand and known by most Martial arts movie fans.

I did. $20 million worldwide gross for each movie doesn't exactly strike me as the overseas success you claim it was. Kindergarten Cop made 10 times more than that, and that was in 1990 dollars. Maybe you should put some little kids in the screenplay you wrote. That will make it box office gold.

There are a lot more things comign out of Thailand over the next few years that will be worth watching.

At only $20 million worldwide, who saw the other two films you mentioned?

 

[Streamline]

what happen to nathan jones? He's not the muscular machine that was on TV a few years ago.

 

[SmithMachine]

Ong bak was sick, he does some of the most crazy **** in the movie...dont know who the actor was but he was of the chain

 

[Conan Stevens]

what happen to nathan jones? He's not the muscular machine that was on TV a few years ago.

Nathan is still huge but he is standing next to me in the photo which removes the usual height difference you see in photos with him.

Also the lighting was crap and the pic was taken on a camera phone plus Nathan isn't shaved but believe me in person he is massive walking aroundwith the Thai staff on the movie.

Also Nathan says he doesn't like to keep on all that mass all the time "as all the really big guys keep dying young" - .


The Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong actor (the protector and other names in various countries) is Tony Jaa.

 

[Conan Stevens]

At only $20 million worldwide, who saw the other two films you mentioned?

At $1.5 million to make Tom Yum Goong and less for Ong Bak this qualifies them as huge successes in an entrepreneurial sense + these successful movies have opened the doors and generated a lot of interest in Thailands booming movie industry, and allowed them to already sell some other movies.

Success? Yes.

Powerkids is probably the next DVD release due and yes it has kids as you mentioned - Tony Jaa's students - so that was a good idea you had

 

[Tanizaki]

At $1.5 million to make Tom Yum Goong and less for Ong Bak this qualifies them as huge successes in an entrepreneurial sense + these successful movies have opened the doors and generated a lot of interest in Thailands booming movie industry, and allowed them to already sell some other movies.

It's great to have a high profit margin but the public doesn't care about the bottom line. No one walked out of Braveheart wondering about the cost/earnings ration of it. However, that was not my question. I did not ask about profitability. I asked about who the hell saw it in the first place.

Booming movie industry? The vast majority of people on this planet could not name a Thai film if their lives depended on it. However, there is nothing wrong with being in a niche market.

I assume Powerkids is a direct-to-DVD release? It's not even on the IMDB. Oh, how booming!

 

[Typhon]

You don't have to be an ass all the time you know Tani. If Thai films are quickly increasing their revenue and exposure then good for them, it's a bit unfair to start comparing them to Hollywood movies with massive marketing budgets. Their industry is booming, it's just not close to the level of US films yet, that's all

Hollywood movies are dull, bland, generic and made to get more popcorn & nacho eaters through the doors.

 

[Tanizaki]

You don't have to be an ass all the time you know Tani. If Thai films are quickly increasing their revenue and exposure then good for them, it's a bit unfair to start comparing them to Hollywood movies with massive marketing budgets. Their industry is booming, it's just not close to the level of US films yet, that's all

Do you have any knowledge of the "booming" Thai movie industry, or are you just trying to give emotional support to Conan? While I am sure he appreciates it, he does not need it because he is SEVEN FEET AND 320 POUNDS OF THE HOTTEST FOREIGN ACTOR IN THAILAND! (har)

Hollywood movies are dull, bland, generic and made to get more popcorn & nacho eaters through the doors.

So what? Being the biggest foreign star in Hollywood, Bollywood, Hong Kong, etc. would certainly mean something. If you tell someone you're the biggest foreign movie star in Thailand, people say, "Thailand has a film industry?"

The money spent on the movies would be better spent popularizing the flush toilet.

 

[Typhon]

Do you have any knowledge of the "booming" Thai movie industry, or are you just trying to give emotional support to Conan?

I don't have great knowledge of the Thai film industry I must admit but I think you've been a bit unfair in comparing it to Hollywood. I think it should just be judged in terms of its own progress

 

[Tanizaki]

I don't have great knowledge of the Thai film industry I must admit but I think you've been a bit unfair in comparing it to Hollywood. I think it should just be judged in terms of its own progress

Wow, that's quite a backpedal from "Their industry is booming".

I haven't been comparing to Hollywood. Objectively, it is unknown to all but a niche market. That's fine, and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[Typhon]

Wow, that's quite a backpedal from "Their industry is booming".

No it isn't, if it's improving a lot then it's booming, just by its own standards rather than others

 

[Tanizaki]

No it isn't, if it's improving a lot then it's booming, just by its own standards rather than others

Do you have a factual basis for this claim other that Conan's statements? That is the point I am making.

 

[Conan Stevens]

Do you have a factual basis for this claim other that Conan's statements? That is the point I am making.

Do you?

Seeing as I am intimately involved WITH PRODUCTION of Bangkok Adrenaline and as a major actor with the other major film studios I can quiet confidently say that I know what I am talking about.

Also Producers and Investors do not care how many people watch a movie, all they care about is return on investment. If they invest $1mill and get back $10mill then it is a 1000% return in about 12 months - try getting that from your term deposit at the bank.

That is a successful movie as the investors will put the money up again, without the money behind the films nothing else goes.

How many people saw Waterworld? A lot more than Ong Bak yet it was a complete flop in terms of money loss.

Not to be rude but you have little knowledge of the industry that you are arguing about.

 

[Tanizaki]

Do you?

Yes. Remember when I gave the box office figures for the movies you named? Those were facts.

Seeing as I am intimately involved WITH PRODUCTION of Bangkok Adrenaline and as a major actor with the other major film studios I can quiet confidently say that I know what I am talking about.

Could you please define "major actor"? According to the Internet Movie Database, this is your resume:
Conan Stevens

1. The Bodyguard 2 (2007) (uncredited) .... Big Security Guard
2. Île aux Trésors, L' (2007) .... Cascadeurs
... aka Treasured Island (International: English title)
3. Man-Thing (2005) .... Man-Thing
... aka Man Thing (UK: DVD box title)

As a "major actor", can you explain why your most recent appearance is uncredited? I know, you were part of a twist ending, like how Kevin Spacey was uncredited in Seven!

There is way too much direction in the screenplay you wrote, by the way, but I don't guess you pick up much of that knowledge washing up in the Australian pro wrestling circuit. Have you thought about being a Mexican lucha? Nice masks!

Also Producers and Investors do not care how many people watch a movie, all they care about is return on investment. If they invest $1mill and get back $10mill then it is a 1000% return in about 12 months - try getting that from your term deposit at the bank.

That's fine and good, but doesn't answer the question of who the hell saw the movie. There is nothing wrong with the fact that Thai cinema is a niche market, you know.

That would be a 900% return, by the way, but I guess math is not the strong suit of D-list actors in Thailand.

That is a successful movie as the investors will put the money up again, without the money behind the films nothing else goes.

But you're not an investor. The fact that it had a high profit margin doesn't make you any less forgettable.

How many people saw Waterworld? A lot more than Ong Bak yet it was a complete flop in terms of money loss.

At least it had a wisecracking Dennis Hopper. What did Ong Bak have? Not flushing toilets, I'll bet!

Not to be rude but you have little knowledge of the industry that you are arguing about.

Why were you uncredited in Bodyguard 2?

 

[Streamline]

Nathan is still huge but he is standing next to me in the photo which removes the usual height difference you see in photos with him.

Also the lighting was crap and the pic was taken on a camera phone plus Nathan isn't shaved but believe me in person he is massive walking aroundwith the Thai staff on the movie.

Also Nathan says he doesn't like to keep on all that mass all the time "as all the really big guys keep dying young" - .


The Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong actor (the protector and other names in various countries) is Tony Jaa.

Yeah fair enough. I'm just use to seeing him in his best shape.

 

[Conan Stevens]

Sorry for only being a "D-list actor" but it is a hell of a lot better than you are doing.

There is a syndrome that is prevalent in Australia called Tall Poppy Syndrome whereby people of no accomplishment love to tear down those who are making an effort and making something of themselves.

If you care to know why I was uncredited in Bodyguard 2 maybe you should read my blog or even the reply I made to you in another post.

IMDB only updates when movies are released - this can take 2-3 years after the movie is "in the can".

Tani just wants an arguement so at this stage I will just ignore him until he gets involved in the industry and I have to work with him.