People who have become cooler

RollieFingers · 15-05-2014 01:12AM

ardle1 wrote: »

Leonardo Dicaprio.
Niall Quinn.

Only Michael Owen is more painful to listen to on commentary than Niall Quinn!

orangesoda · 15-05-2014 01:21AM

Joseph Brolly, he was relatively unheard of outside ulster 10 years ago and now he's on documentaries and what not

porsche959 · 15-05-2014 02:01AM

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Kylie. Through much of the 90s she was a bit of a joke. Mebbe a guilty pleasure for teenage boys. Then she pulled on those gold hotpants for Spinning Around, and she was suddenly cool. If I sat down and thought about it, I could nearly work out the weekend in 2001 that she became naughty rather than naff.

Must disagree on timings. Kylie was uncool in late 80s for sure but became officially cool in 1994 with the release of this excellent single:

That track was being played in too-cool-for-school nightclubs (and not just gay clubs) in mid 90s and was getting regular play on (the then) cool MTV.

There was also this duet with Nick Cave in 1996 or so:

2001's 'Spinning Around' merely sealed the deal, but Kylie was cool even in the nineties.

carraig2 · 15-05-2014 02:09AM

How about me????

porsche959 · 15-05-2014 02:14AM

L'Enfer du Nord wrote: »

E.g Marc Bolan/T Rex regarded as a bit of a joke by serious mussos in the early seventies.

Must admit, wouldn't have known that. Always assumed Bolan was epitome of cool.

The Backwards Man · 15-05-2014 02:17AM

I've just remembered doing a solo version of the locomotion for the school concert in fish fifth class of national school

porsche959 · 15-05-2014 02:19AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've just remembered doing a solo version of the locomotion for the school concert in fish fifth class of national school

That's interesting, 'cos I remember **** over a Smash Hits poster of Kylie in third year in secondary.

Memories! :cool:

AlwaysAnyTime · 15-05-2014 02:22AM

Gary busey

Crazy=cool

Orim · 15-05-2014 02:26AM

DainBramage wrote: »

yea he changed around, good agent or movie choices. but proved himself as dallas buyers club shows

I find the recent turnaround on MacConaughy funny. He began his career as David Wooderson, one of the coolest people in film and went on to deliver a fantastic performance in A Time to Kill.

He did some some dreck all right but checking his imdb shows that it's not as much as people make out.

porsche959 · 15-05-2014 02:26AM

AlwaysAnyTime wrote: »

Gary busey

Crazy=cool

Yes yes yes

ardle1 · 15-05-2014 02:28AM

Sporty Spice.

Ihatecuddles · 15-05-2014 02:44AM

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

ryan101 · 15-05-2014 02:48AM

Johnny Cash

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 15-05-2014 02:50AM

mauzo! wrote: »

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

Yeah, but then they miscast him in the new Godzilla film and now he's back to uncool again.

SterlingArcher · 15-05-2014 02:50AM

mauzo! wrote: »

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

What? Hal was one of the best tv characters ever. He was cool then cool now. No temperature change there what so ever. As for Godzilla? he is getting paid , stacking up. Gets a season pass.

Ihatecuddles · 15-05-2014 02:59AM

SterlingArcher wrote: »

What? Hal was one of the best tv characters ever. He was cool then cool now. No temperature change there what so ever. As for Godzilla? he is getting paid , stacking up. Gets a season pass.

Hey I loved him in MITM, but he was not cool as Hal, funny sure, but definitely not cool. Both as the character and actor.

Now he's cool, I won't be watching Godzilla though, so he gets a pass for that.

Sunglasses Ron · 15-05-2014 09:37AM

I've no idea, but funnily enough in a bit of an opposite to this thread I was only thinking of how in the last few years Will Smith has turned from fresh prince king of cool to insufferable cardboard cut out celebrity gobshi'te. Playing the archetypal pushy celebrity parent on the career of his awful troll doll daughter, he socialises with the Kardashians, and, most unforgivably, he has flirted with/ donated to Scientology. You wouldn't catch Samuel L or Clint Eastwood at that type of carry on.:p

snaphook · 15-05-2014 09:55AM

Golfer Nick Faldo.

Similar resurgence to Steve Davis from the Snooker.

Was one of the dominant players in the eighties/nineties but was never a favourite with the media. Regarded him as cold, aloof with an arrogant personality. The Steve Davis to Seve Ballesteros' Alex Higgins.

He began working in the US media as a commentator and had a personality transplant and has won plaudtis and fans for his humour, anecdotes and depth of knowledge.

AdolfHipster · 15-05-2014 10:00AM

I used to be Cool, but then they changed what Cool was. Now what I thought was Cool isn't Cool, and what's Cool seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too!

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 15-05-2014 10:02AM

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Will Smith has turned from fresh prince king of cool to insufferable cardboard cut out celebrity gobshi'te.

Apparently he is not liked by many of his co-stars. The Black community are also not supposed to be happy with him for starring in The Legend of Bagger Vance when his career was on the up and could have afforded to turn it down. Playing a "Magical Negro" is supposed to very taboo for black stars that have successful careers.

Apparently, Ethan Hawke, who was good friends with Denzel Washington after having just made Training Day with him, made some remark about that in the toilets and if you take a quick look at this clip where Denzel is receiving his Oscar for TD, you'll first notice that Will Smith is not in his seat (and they have to use a picture of him instead) and then you'll see (at the 55sec mark) Ethan Hawke looking a little shook, with a big bruiser on his face, which wasn't there when he arrived at the Oscars that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKDfyFjQtc

Smith had just finished shooting Ali and so would have been well capable of a throwing a punch.

Course, may all just be a rumour and the story about Smith's kid having an ear infection and the bruise just mere lipstick from Thurman is the real truth, but I'm not buying that, as Hawke was as white as a sheet and can't see Will Smith missing his chance in the spotlight because of a child's ear infection.

Sunglasses Ron · 15-05-2014 10:08AM

AdolfHipster wrote: »

I used to be Cool, but then they changed what Cool was. Now what I thought was Cool isn't Cool, and what's Cool seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too!

Being a hipster was never cool :pac:

Motivator · 15-05-2014 10:12AM

umop.episdn wrote: »

I'd rather he was dead to be truthful

Wow. Who knew being a multi millionaire & shagging models with big tits could make people wish death on you? I'm sure James, as he lays his head down in his multi million dollar house cares what someone on boards, most probably a roadsweeper or something similarly unskilled & unfashionable, thinks.

I now wish death on you for being so much of a loser.

duchalla · 15-05-2014 10:15AM

JohnTravolta went from being cool in the 70's (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) to uncool in the 80's (insert any movie he did during the 80's), back to being cool in the 90's (Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty). Dunno how you'd classify him nowadays....

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 15-05-2014 10:18AM

duchalla wrote: »

JohnTravolta went from being cool in the 70's (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) to uncool in the 80's (insert any movie he did during the 80's), back to being cool in the 90's (Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty). Dunno how you'd classify him nowadays....

How dare you. Blow Out was a gem of a movie.

The likes of Perfect and Look's Who's Talking killed him though, you're right.

Sky King · 15-05-2014 06:22PM

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Being a hipster was never cool :pac:

No it was cool before it was cool.

pickarooney · 15-05-2014 06:32PM

Robson or Jerome. Whichever is in Game of Thrones

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-05-2014 07:22PM

snaphook wrote: »

Golfer Nick Faldo.

Similar resurgence to Steve Davis from the Snooker.

Was one of the dominant players in the eighties/nineties but was never a favourite with the media. Regarded him as cold, aloof with an arrogant personality. The Steve Davis to Seve Ballesteros' Alex Higgins.

He began working in the US media as a commentator and had a personality transplant and has won plaudtis and fans for his humour, anecdotes and depth of knowledge.

Is that all just put on for the cameras though, even when he captained the European Ryder Cup team there were rumblings that he was still as unpopular as ever with the players.

With Davis I get the impression that he is a genuine nice guy.

cactuspaw · 15-05-2014 09:52PM

Robert Downey Jnr. In fairness he is a great Ironman.

Frank Lee Midere · 15-05-2014 09:57PM

Motivator wrote: »

Wow. Who knew being a multi millionaire & shagging models with big tits could make people wish death on you? I'm sure James, as he lays his head down in his multi million dollar house cares what someone on boards, most probably a roadsweeper or something similarly unskilled & unfashionable, thinks.

I now wish death on you for being so much of a loser.

Maybe he is a nuclear physicist?

umop.episdn · 15-05-2014 11:33PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Maybe he is a nuclear physicist?

No, just a music lover.

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