Jean Claude Van Johnson

[essguy_]

Anybody else watch this? I had almost zero expectations when I watched the pilot but was pleasantly surprised. The entire premise is absurd - Van Damme plays himself as an older, washed up action star - who in reality was always a black ops operator ("Jean Claude Van Johnson") using acting as a cover. He comes out of retirement to pursue the love of his life - resuming his deep cover-role as an action movie star while working for a secret government organization. In the pilot - he ends up working on a movie that is a politically correct update of Tom Sawyer (complete with a woman as either Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn (I wasn't paying attention) and "N-word Jim"). Lots of funny bits, including a running gag about Time Cop vs Loopers. Also a lot of sendups about Van Damme's lack of any real acting ability. Anyway, I thought it was worth the 1/2 hour - will probably watch the next couple episodes to see if the writers can maintain the pace of jokes.

 

[Mr Deeds]

Where did you see this. Sounds funny Id like to have a look

 

[cancowboy2001]

Amazon Prime

Here's the trailer

 

[shack]

For those of you too young to know that Van Johnson was a well known actor:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...6a988418cc&cbn=EntityAnswer&cbi=0&FORM=IARRTH

 

[essguy_]

For those of you too young to know that Van Johnson was a well known actor:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...6a988418cc&cbn=EntityAnswer&cbi=0&FORM=IARRTH

Yeah - he was one of the central characters in “The Caine Mutiny” which had one of Humphrey Bogart’s greatest roles Captain Queeg.

I thought the name JC Van Johnson was a play on Van Dammes dick. Eg: the time he got a stiffee on live European TV during a dancing with the stars type segment.

Anyway, watched some more and it’s pretty funny. Eg: N-word Jim has a fling with Van Johnson’s love interest so Van Damme complains to the director that N-word Jim’s name is offensive. The director has no clue why but eventually agrees - so fires the black actor and replaces him with a Chinese Kung fu star. (The Tom Sawyer re-make is morphing into an ultra violent low budget action flick set in the 1800’s - “From the vision of Mark Twain.... Get HUCKED!”)

 

[HobbyHorse]

Looks like a lot of fun. Trailer is excellent.

 

[Master Baiter]

I watched the pilot. It was funny. I'll watch a few more episodes and see where it goes.

 

[essguy_]

Watched the rest. Pretty good, although the first few episodes are much funnier than the last. Hope it gets picked up for another season.

What I really hope is that somebody will actually make the movie within the tv show: Huckleberry Finn (played by Van Damme) along with his sexy lover (Tom Sawyer, played by a hot blonde actress), and loyal sidekick “C-word Jim” (played by a Chinese Kung Fu movie star, who replaced “N-word Jim” because the name was offensive and to increase the Asian marketing appeal). It’s a sendup of a typical Van Damme film - filmed in Bulgaria with a stoned director and low budget. Huck Finn is an action hero, fighting slavery with his spinning kicks and the magic glowing paintbrush (likely a time machine) of sexy Tom Sawyer. Get HUCKED! Totally insane.