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Coolness Test: Sam Jackson VS. John Travolta

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Old 08-03-05, 02:36 PM
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Coolness Test: Sam Jackson VS. John Travolta

Okay...honestly, we all know this is no contest. But me and my girlfriend were talking about this, and I have to set her straight. She says John Travolta, I say Sam Jackson. To make things fair, we'll use Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta at their absolute COOLEST.

Who do you think is the coolest? Give reasons why if you are passionate about such an important subject.
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S. Jackson all the way, he's a jedi too
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Samuel L. Jackson is one cool motherfucker.No contest IMO.
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Samuel L. Jackson is a bad mother fucker. His wallet says so.

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William Fudd, come out of hiding and tell us why you voted for Travolta. We have to know.
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Originally Posted by Miyazaki
William Fudd, come out of hiding and tell us why you voted for Travolta. We have to know.
Haha, he thought it was a secret ballot, I'll bet!

I cannot vote, because I don't know that either one of them is cool. They've both played cool characters, but I haven't seen coolness from the actors themselves.
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neither. Sam Jackson gets some "cool" roles, but I don't think he's a badass.......and John Travolta is a loser.
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Because I've seen Saturday Night Fever and I'm not a fan of Sammy One-Note, who not only failed at being a cool Shaft(!) but totally, completely fucked up being a cool Jedi.
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I was thinking toss-up, but then I realized that Sam Jackson never appeared in any of these films:



So he definitely has the edge.
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Travolta loses coolness points for wearing a wig. He was on Letterman with a Caesar haircut, and then a few nights later he was at the Oscars with long slicked back hair.



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Originally Posted by NatrlBornThrllr
Samuel L. Jackson is a bad mother fucker. His wallet says so.

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Couldn't have said it better myself.
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There should be a "Neither" option.
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Sam. I know you said each of them at their coolest, but it's hard to seperate Travolta from some of the terrible roles he's been in. Sorry John
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Battlefield Earth. Nuff said!!!
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Samuel is pretty damn cool... well, except for the infamous "camel toe" pic

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Originally Posted by fryinpan1
Travolta loses coolness points for wearing a wig. He was on Letterman with a Caesar haircut, and then a few nights later he was at the Oscars with long slicked back hair.
Wow. I've never seen those pics before.

Well...case closed.
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Originally Posted by scott shelton
Wow. I've never seen those pics before.

Well...case closed.
Those pics are from a David Lee Roth "famous people who wear hairpieces or plugs" message board thread (Travolta is on page 16). I found that page through IMDB.com around the Travolta long hair one week, short hair a few days before fiasco.
http://www.diamonddavidleeroth.com/f...4&page=1&pp=30
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Neither. Samuel L. Jackson plays the same exact character in every movie he's in and yet he's never cool. John Travolta only has a little bit more range than Sam does but "cool" is not the word I would use to describe him.
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personally, I think neither. but Travolta is so not cool, that I voted for Jackson by default.
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Travolta gets cool points for banging Kelly Preston and being in a John Woo film... but he still isn't cooler than Sam "the Man".
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Sammy Jackson IS cool...

John Travolta can only ACT cool...
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Can Sam Jackson dance? Hell No, that dance he did in JUNGLE FEVER ain't shiiit!
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Sam Jackson. The dude was just kickass in 187.


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