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* Mike Myers was one of the bigger stars of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' at the turn of [[The Nineties]], especially after a movie based on the ''[[Wayne's World]]'' sketches he toplined was a hit. The sequel and ''So I Married an Ax Murderer'' weren't as successful, but a few years after those he struck gold with the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film and [[Acting for Two|his two highly quotable characters in it]]. Though not a box-office blockbuster, it proved so successful on the video market that the 1999 sequel ''was''. His star rose even higher after he voiced the title character in ''[[Shrek]]''. But he developed a reputation for being egotistical and tough to work with, walked out of a planned movie adaptation of the ''SNL'' "Sprockets" sketches, and the ''Austin Powers'' sequels were met with frostier critical reactions (primarily due to [[Refuge in Vulgarity]] and [[Sequelitis]]) than the original had. A [[Star-Derailing Role]] came with his critically roasted turn as ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'' in 2003, which was so terrible that [[Franchise Killer|Dr. Seuss' estate has prohibited any more live-action adaptations of his works]], and it was his last live-action leading role for five years. In the interim he continued with the ''Shrek'' franchise, but ''that'' went into decline with the third installment. 2008's ''[[The Love Guru]]'' was intended as a comeback vehicle but bombed spectacularly. With the ''Shrek'' saga closing out quietly in 2010, and no leading roles in the pipeline, early hopes that he would be the second coming of [[Peter Sellers]] have proven unfounded. |
* Mike Myers was one of the bigger stars of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' at the turn of [[The Nineties]], especially after a movie based on the ''[[Wayne's World]]'' sketches he toplined was a hit. The sequel and ''So I Married an Ax Murderer'' weren't as successful, but a few years after those he struck gold with the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film and [[Acting for Two|his two highly quotable characters in it]]. Though not a box-office blockbuster, it proved so successful on the video market that the 1999 sequel ''was''. His star rose even higher after he voiced the title character in ''[[Shrek]]''. But he developed a reputation for being egotistical and tough to work with, walked out of a planned movie adaptation of the ''SNL'' "Sprockets" sketches, and the ''Austin Powers'' sequels were met with frostier critical reactions (primarily due to [[Refuge in Vulgarity]] and [[Sequelitis]]) than the original had. A [[Star-Derailing Role]] came with his critically roasted turn as ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'' in 2003, which was so terrible that [[Franchise Killer|Dr. Seuss' estate has prohibited any more live-action adaptations of his works]], and it was his last live-action leading role for five years. In the interim he continued with the ''Shrek'' franchise, but ''that'' went into decline with the third installment. 2008's ''[[The Love Guru]]'' was intended as a comeback vehicle but bombed spectacularly. With the ''Shrek'' saga closing out quietly in 2010, and no leading roles in the pipeline, early hopes that he would be the second coming of [[Peter Sellers]] have proven unfounded. |
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* [[Martin|Martin Lawrence]] was one of the fastest rising comedian stars of [[The Nineties|the '90s]]. His sitcom, ''Martin'', was incredibly popular and then in 1995 he starred along with Will Smith in ''[[Bad Boys]]'', which was the [[Star-Making Role]] for both actors.<ref>For extra irony, Lawrence was actually the top billed actor at that.</ref> Unfortunately, real life drug issues and a sexual harassment suit would cause the ending of the popular sitcom. On the film side, while [[Will Smith]] went on to star in other [[Men in Black|smash]] [[Independence Day|hits]], Lawrence stuck with acting in comedies that only produced lukewarm responses (the first ''Big Mamma's House'' film and ''[[Wild Hogs]]'' arguably being exceptions). |
* [[Martin|Martin Lawrence]] was one of the fastest rising comedian stars of [[The Nineties|the '90s]]. His sitcom, ''Martin'', was incredibly popular and then in 1995 he starred along with Will Smith in ''[[Bad Boys]]'', which was the [[Star-Making Role]] for both actors.<ref>For extra irony, Lawrence was actually the top billed actor at that.</ref> Unfortunately, real life drug issues and a sexual harassment suit would cause the ending of the popular sitcom. On the film side, while [[Will Smith]] went on to star in other [[Men in Black|smash]] [[Independence Day|hits]], Lawrence stuck with acting in comedies that only produced lukewarm responses (the first ''Big Mamma's House'' film and ''[[Wild Hogs]]'' arguably being exceptions). |
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* ''Food Fight'' (the animated movie, not the Trope), was something the director and the CEO of Threshold had ''big'' hopes for. They claimed this movie - which both critics and audiences found a shoddily made, rushed, unfunny, insensitive, inappropriate and offensive piece of garbage, some actually claiming it was the worst animated movie ever made - would make them "the next generation Pixar'. Seriously. Currently, [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again| Threshold doesn't even mention it anywhere on their website.]] |
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== Examples that ''did'' hold up == |
== Examples that ''did'' hold up == |
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