And he made a great confused meatball. Until he became obsessed with his "brand".

The slow fall of The Rock is painful. Maybe because I haven't actually watched enough of him to know why people think he deserves it.

He is what he is. He's egotistical, but what do you expect of someone obsessed with his physique and popularity? So is Schwarzenegger and people love him. Johnson doesn't shy away from self-effacing roles, and I like his ability not to take himself too seriously. He always turns in the performance he's paid for. He is always promoting himself, which I find annoying but I just don't pay attention to him.

I think he's nailing the assignment, but if anything, he's facing audience fatigue, and people are just not excited to see him any more. I'd be there for a new Riddick movie, though, and he's great in comedic roles. I honestly can't remember if I saw the last Fast and Furious movie, and I don't care.

Edit: confused my meatheads.

The Rock is cooked.

With the exception of Polynesian-specific roles like in Moana, Bautista can play every character the Rock can, and so many more.

I know it's wrong but I got strong rock in the jungle vibes from the predator with backpack movie

The last thing I saw him in was Ballers.

The best part about Ballers was Rob Corddry.

I'm sorry, do you think Dwayne Johnson played Riddick?

Dwayne “Vinn The Diesel” Rock

Oops. He's also interchangeable with Vin Diesel. I thought about Fast and Furious and got my meatheads confused half way through. Vin is the same but takes his work less seriously.

I've also had a couple of mimosas today.

The Rock is cooked.

"Dwayne Johnson's net worth is estimated at $800 million as of 2026."

The dude knew he was typecasted but grew rich doing it. Can't really fault him for taking on work offered and promoting the shit out of it. I only wish other former wrestlers like Bautista were offered more roles, I really liked his role in Blade Runner 2049.

I can't remember the difference between the two either.

Sigh, I wish I was so well cooked.

He doesn’t even act. He’s just there

I fucking loved the Journey movies though idk why they stopped

The robot backpack?

I would settle for half as well cooked.

Let's be honest, 0.1% of that would be life changing for anyone reading this

0,1% of $800M = $800K, life changing for sure.

Can you smell that the Rock is cooked?

More like “well done”

Guess they stopped believing

Bautista is great in Knock At The Cabin

Bautista was great in the TV show See

I don't think it's really about the movies. He always knew his success was temporary and just pumped out movies while he was still getting high paying roles. A lot of them were very entertaining, but everyone knew there was limits to how long that formula could keep going.

His public persona suffered quite a hit after the whole DCU thing I think. He really wanted to be Black Adam, but that character starts off as a villain. That was an issue, because Dwayne Johnson always has "I don't lose any fights" in his contracts. So obviously he can't be a movie villain, because the villain isn't supposed to win. So they skipped straight to where he is a hero, without the build-up, and everyone learned that his contracts require him to never lose a fight, which makes him come off as an ass, unlike his public profile prior to that.

Then he stages some kind of DCU coup which I'm not sure how he has the chops to do, and spends a lot of political capital on getting Henry Cavill back as Superman, but immediately after the whole DCU leadership is upended and all of that is scrapped. I don't know how that affected his industry connections, but I doubt it was in a positive way.

TL;DR: Everyone knew Dwayne Johnson wouldn't last, including himself, which is why so many movies with him were pumped out while he was still on top. Then he lost some popularity among fans and execs due to some DCU stuff.

Yeah, I cpuld be a raw version of that and be fine.

The last Fast and the Furious movie sucked. Everyone felt like they were being held at gunpoint to be in that film except Momoa and Cena, and I think both were fresh to the franchaise. Their scenes were the only worthwhile ones.

That said, it ended on a cliffhanger so they kind of need to make at least one more.

Rock slop

mimosas

Jason Mimosas?

Idc let the guy live his best life. He can be passibly funny, I'm not watching these movies to be intellectually simulated.

I really like that guy. I guess he's been busy with marvel.

Except hes a fascist.

Is he? Well fuck. Why?

They failed to hold on to that feeling

Are there any that don't suck? I never saw any.

Most of us would be delighted if the wish were for a simple hug.

I'm partial to Danhausen's "Rock the Dwayne Johnson"

Rich people tend towards entitlement then progress to full fascism. It is a easy trap to fall into with having your ass kissed 24/7 and other already fascists slowly lead you that way.

It sucks, but human nature.

I actually enjoyed the first two as casual action flicks.

The first one is fantastic. 2 is also very good. Toyko Drift is great if you can get over a 24 year old actor playing a high schooler. 5 is a good as an over the top action movie. The rest get progressively worse the newer they get.

That sure makes it sound like 800 million is a lot more money than any one individual should be worth while folks are homeless, starving, and dying without care.

The early ones are pretty good. They start to really go off the rails around 5 or 6, but they were still kind of good fun action with cars. Starting at like, 7 or 8, they started really dunking.

Probably the most annoying bit is how literally every villain ends up becoming a redeemed hero, its stupid.

Hes been quoted saying "today's cancle culture, woke culture really bothers me" I'm paraphrasing. He says he feels talking about politics is bad for him. I get not wanting to talk about politics, but, if youre not for trump you would come out and say it because no one would ever want it to be a question. And hes just a dick in general.

Bautista would not have worked in The Other Guys. He's too good an actor.

Tokyo Drift is great.

Not to be confused with Slop Rock, the musical genre.

Guess I shouldn't be surprised, all of these people put on a fake demeanor for the cameras and it's not authentic.

This sounds like a reasonable take to me. Not wanting to publicly talk about politics makes a person a fascist?

There are two reasons someone wouldn't disclose their personal politics. One is they are in danger. The other is they are the danger.