The story of Street Fighter: The Movie

[Queequeg]

Yeah, but Hipsters think van Damme is cool.  So that doesn't really work. 

They only think he is cool ironically.

Hipsters can't do irony.

[The Larch]

In Van Damme's defense, after reading that he jackhammered Kylie Minogue during the shoot, my opinion of him has gone up a bit.

That you would have to be a fool to not want to do it is true. But to actually be able to do it...nice.
Did she mean: I can't get Van Damme Out of My Head?

Yeah, he managed to appear quite non-douchy when admitting to an affair. Then again if he went around boasting about nailing vintage 1994 Kylie he'd get high fives from most of the world's male population anyway.

[Valmy]

I presume he is saying that ironically.

[alfred russel]

I saw a Pauly Shore interview once where he commented that van Damme was the biggest douche he worked with. When they did MTV spring break, van Damme was late, acted like a prima donna, on TV went on a big speil about how much he loved his wife, and later Shore saw him hooking up with two spring breakers in a car.

[Admiral Yi]

It sure hurt his cred when he got his ass kicked by a nudie bar bouncer

[celedhring]

I saw a Pauly Shore interview once where he commented that van Damme was the biggest douche he worked with. When they did MTV spring break, van Damme was late, acted like a prima donna, on TV went on a big speil about how much he loved his wife, and later Shore saw him hooking up with two spring breakers in a car.

He seems to have a quite douchebag-ey reputation, a lot of people that worked with him speak quite badly of the experience.

[Razgovory]

I saw a Pauly Shore interview once where he commented that van Damme was the biggest douche he worked with. When they did MTV spring break, van Damme was late, acted like a prima donna, on TV went on a big speil about how much he loved his wife, and later Shore saw him hooking up with two spring breakers in a car.

He seems to have a quite douchebag-ey reputation, a lot of people that worked with him speak quite badly of the experience.

Well he is a Belgian.

[Queequeg]

So he's a Francophone but his name is Flemish? Belgium is weird.

[celedhring]

So he's a Francophone but his name is Flemish? Belgium is weird.

First name's "Jean Claude", which is as French as it gets. Van Damme is actually a stage name too, although IIRC his real surname is also Flemish-sounding.

[Admiral Yi]

So he's a Francophone but his name is Flemish? Belgium is weird.

I've met quite a few people like that.  I think Brussels in particular is mostly deracinated Phlegms.

[derspiess]

I've met quite a few people like that.  I think Brussels in particular is mostly deracinated Phlegms.

Yeah.  Weird thing about Brussels is that they all *look* French. 

[Valmy]

Yeah.  Weird thing about Brussels is that they all *look* French. 

Lucky them.

[Admiral Yi]

Also, Squeelus, with that accent how could you be surprised he's francophone? 

[Queequeg]

I've been hearing van Damme's voice since I was a kid, long before I knew anything about the linguistic divide in Belgium.  Also, I don't know quite what a Flemish accent sounds like. 

[Admiral Yi]

I've been hearing van Damme's voice since I was a kid, long before I knew anything about the linguistic divide in Belgium.  Also, I don't know quite what a Flemish accent sounds like.

But presumably you know what a French accent sounds like.  This, combined with your stated ignorance of the linguistic divide, makes it even more likely you would think Van Damme is francophone.

Pretty shaky logic for a Chicago Boy.