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One of the highlights of my Noobz set visit was meeting Casper Van Dien. During our interview, he was super funny and charming. My buddy Justin and I were surprised when Casper hung out with us for a bit after the camera stopped rolling. It was a fun chat that spanned a wide variety of topics: New York vs. New Jersey, getting rattlesnake boots in Thailand, air pollution in Manila, martial arts, and more. I even texted Cliff Bleszinski on his behalf. Ha!
Hanging out with him was especially cool for Justin since Starship Troopers is one of his favorite movies of all time. My mark-out moment was when Casper said, “You on Twitter? What’s your handle? I’ll follow you.” This was awesome because he actually did it himself…right in front of me…on his BlackBerry. Usually these things take place through intermediaries.
Casper introduced me to his (gorgeous) daughter, India Oxenberg. She plays a member of the girl-gamer team in the movie. It turns out that she’s pals with the excellent Chris Cross, one of my favorite peeps in the gaming business. That was a cool coincidence.
Anyway, I know that a lot of you are still big marks for Michael Dudikoff. I’m going to use today’s column to encourage you to drop him as your favorite action star and replace him with Casper Van Dien. He completely rules!
lol, i'm more of a Bruce Campbell guy
Can you get a walk on role in the movie? Cause if you do, then you'd be eligible for six degrees of kevin bacon
lets see if we can do this….
Raymond Padilla is in Noobz with Casper Van Dien
Casper van Dien was in Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is in Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino
Al Pacino was in Heat with Robert Deniro
Robert Deniro was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon
5 is the best i could do off the top of my head
I'm actually closer to Kevin Bacon through Sleepers. This guy I used to drink and play darts with had a small role in that movie. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557850/
I was in a movie called Gone The Way of flesh with my brother, Jesse Fitzgerald.
Jesse is in the upcoming Gone The Way of Flesh 2 with Ron Jeremy.
Ron Jeremy was in 54 with Tony Devon.
Tony Devon was in Telling Lies in America with Kevin Bacon.
So I'm not that far either.
such a "one upper", Nate…lol
For more about Casper check out : http://www.facebook.com/StarshipTroopersNetwork
Very nice guy! (he's wearing SSTNetwork tee in your photo)
Is it just me… or am I now tied for the RPad.tv title?
Now… we need a PPV.
I think you'll pull ahead by Monday. The stats aren't live and BB is on the road. Seize the opportunity!!!
ladder match?
I'd prefer Hell in a Cell.
You may have won the battle, but the war is far from over!
Like Thundercracker said, Bruce Campbell is pretty cool; but I prefer Snake Plissken (Kurt Russel).
You mean Jack Burton.
I actually have that movie on my instant que and have been meaning to watch it. I prefer Snake though.
You mean Cubby.
Damn man that is sick and a nice picture of you all. Casper still looks young and healthy.
Yeah, he's pretty ripped and energetic. He's probably my #2 man-crush right now behind Claudio Castagnoli. Ha!
I thought your #1 man-crush was Pacquiao.
-M
Not really. I don't particularly like his boxing style. I'm more into what he means to the Filipino people. My favorite boxers ever were Aaron Pryor and Pernell Whitaker. More recently, I was a big De La Hoya fan.
on a boxing segue
Joe Frazier is gravely ill with cancer and will be dead very soon, per ESPN
(sad face)
Always really liked Smokin' Joe
N8R has tied BigBlak for the comments lead!!! Wonder who will be on top when the stats are compiled tomorrow…. This is way more compelling than the BCS standings.
Will BigBlak crumble like his Patriots Defense in the 4th Quarter?
Or will he just ahead in final 10 sec like Baltimore did to the Steeler defense?
Man, I was watching the Steelers/Ravens game tonight and towards the end of the fourth quarter, I remember thinking to myself: "Man, I hope N8 isn't watching this."
-M
The worst part is… it was totally legit. Flacco and crew played the HELL out of that drive with awesome clock management and beat us straight up. I have nothing to point at and call bullshit.
It was a pretty awesome game all in all. Steelers/Ravens is always good for that.
Flacco's eyebrows weird me out. He looks like Nic Cage's mongoloid younger brother.
It took me a ridiculous amount of restraint NOT to post some really awful things on my Patriots fan family members FB pages tonight. But my friends in PA who love the Eagles won't get off so easy if they lose tomorrow night!!
Well you know they said it was my last ride man! Yesterday when I finished hanging and banging. When I jumped on the Harley man. As I went thru the intersection. As I headed for the mountains, some of the nonbelievers in the gym said "See ya later N8R man! This is your last ride." It ate me alive brothers. When I felt the fury. As I ripped. As I tore this shirt, as I headed for the sunset man. I looked down brothers. And as the sun beamed off the gold in my eyes, I realized that sooner or later, you gotta live and die and you gotta face the truth. And for you Big Blak, it's time to face the truth brother. Because when I think about what you and I have to do man. What I have to do is nothing. All I have to do is merely beat a seven foot four 550 pound giant. But Big Blak, you've gotta face the truth brother. In its purest form man. The purest truth there is man. The training, saying your prayers, eating the vitamins. And to beat me man, You've got to beat every little N8Rmaniac, every little N8ster in the world. Everyone that plays it straight. All the ones that don't take any shortcuts brother. And they usually say "If the dirty air don't get you, the politicians will." But in this case. It's going to be N8Rmania. And the reason it's going to get you man, it's the purest form of the truth there is. And I can't wait to see you go down at the feet of N8Rmania in front of dozen plus on RPad.tv. What you gonna do Big Blak when the real truth, the 9 inch pythons and N8Rmania runs wild on you?
I'm guessing Hulk Hogan. When did he say all that? Is that when he fought Andre the Giant?
-M
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