John Amos Poll
Added 2024-10-15 17:57:24 +0000 UTCIn memory poll for John Amos - upon research I see a lot about ROOTS the TV series but he was in tons of movies, too.
Die hard 2 & Coming to America is on the channel.
Comments
How is Beastmaster not an option?!?!? Classic 80s fantasy
Anais Hilator
2024-11-05 00:28:03 +0000 UTCBeastmaster is the only option. Please redo the poll
Stephanie Chapman
2024-10-20 19:53:50 +0000 UTCFor Madea you have to start with Dairy Of A Mad Black Woman that's the first Madea movie
Mr Marvelous
2024-10-18 05:02:53 +0000 UTCComing 2 America was dumb. I turned it off after about 30 minutes. I hope you don't have to watch that one.
ssb031
2024-10-17 22:34:01 +0000 UTCI was going to pick Coming 2 America but to be fair the James Earl Jones winner kind of annoyed me. The Hunt for Red October is a great film but James Earl Jones has like 2 scenes. That said I canβt do that to John Amos.
Mike Gibson
2024-10-16 17:14:43 +0000 UTCThe poll should be weighted for the people old enough to remember him prior to the 21th Century... to avoid any mention of nonsense like Madea anything. With that being said, Let's Do It Again is the only viable option.
Vincent
2024-10-16 07:56:07 +0000 UTCFYI Let's do it again is the sequel to uptown Saturday night
J E D
2024-10-16 04:48:21 +0000 UTCThat whole show is spectacular! Makes me want to watch it all over again.
CinWin
2024-10-16 03:40:46 +0000 UTCOhhhh Lordyy! And I just misread YOUR post and my jaw hit the floor when I thought what you thought! LOL
CinWin
2024-10-16 03:39:56 +0000 UTCI would LOVE to see alllll of those shows on the channel! Of course, we'd all be about 20 years older by the time she finished them. LOL
CinWin
2024-10-16 03:38:01 +0000 UTCThat's a great idea!
CinWin
2024-10-16 03:35:36 +0000 UTCYep, and we can get a little more James Earl Jones in C2A.π
CinWin
2024-10-16 03:31:56 +0000 UTCComing 2 America is a fitting choice.
Cosmic Slice
2024-10-16 00:01:56 +0000 UTCEnjoy Coming to America 2, I guess.
Joe Blankenship
2024-10-15 23:21:10 +0000 UTCOut of these choices, Let's Do It Again would be the best choice for a tribute to John Amos. Vanishing Point would be great at some point, but his role is so small he was not even credited when it came out. Seeing how Coming2America is winning, I guess this will be like the James Earl Jones "tribute" since he's in like 2 scenes but at least he's an actual character so yay?
Vicious Trollop
2024-10-15 22:49:47 +0000 UTCFrom this list, Let's Do It Again is the movie he's in the most. I know it has Bill Cosby, but it also has Sidney Poitier, who directed it as well.
Vicious Trollop
2024-10-15 22:41:10 +0000 UTCMy only problem with Vanishing Point is he's barely in it. He was uncredited in it initially & he doesn't even have a name in it. I would love to watch it on the channel, just not as a John Amos tribute.
Vicious Trollop
2024-10-15 22:34:48 +0000 UTCYes, Ashleigh needs Conan first, then all the other ones that came after.
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:32:11 +0000 UTCMaybe you didn't hear it. I heard it in a number of places. Sorry you didn't. John Amos was more than character actor, and even if he was, so?
Vicious Trollop
2024-10-15 22:31:20 +0000 UTCThese were my two choices of the bunch.
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:31:19 +0000 UTCI want her to have like a 60's and 70's Disney movie thing like a Friday of old Disney movies.
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:30:45 +0000 UTCWe didn't get Convoy... we aren't getting Vanishing Point = (
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:29:17 +0000 UTCActually Beastmaster made me appreciate Conan
Blu
2024-10-15 22:28:55 +0000 UTCI love this and wish it was the one that would win... terrible deficit in 70's movies in Ashleigh's viewings.
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:27:33 +0000 UTCGonna get the Beastmaster someday, but to fully "appreciate" it, I think she needs to watch Conan first.
Travis Taylor
2024-10-15 22:26:14 +0000 UTCLet's do it Again and Beastmaster!!!!!
Tom Castro
2024-10-15 22:25:30 +0000 UTCBeast Master!
Blu
2024-10-15 22:13:27 +0000 UTCLetβs do it again! I own this movie! Best example of his acting. Plus itβs got the best soundtrack!!!
Alyssa Cartwright
2024-10-15 22:03:25 +0000 UTCYou know if I can laugh AND pray in 90 minutes, I consider that money well spent - Doug (Tom Hanks) on black jeopardy. Roots is a mini-series and would be a project for several Wednesdays in Black History Month. Let's Do It Again would be my choice except Cosby. I do have some interest in Coming 2 America.
Curtis Martin
2024-10-15 22:02:11 +0000 UTCI think Roots is the best option. Depending on when you start it, it could be part of Black History Month.
Neil Brass
2024-10-15 21:30:22 +0000 UTCI'm 40. And I'm well aware who he was. He died 2 months ago and hardly anybody said a word.
Joe Blankenship
2024-10-15 20:28:07 +0000 UTCNot better than the first one but coming 2 America is the best one on here still pretty good
Leon
2024-10-15 20:11:01 +0000 UTCComing to America should not be chosen because he's already been seen in its predecessor on this channel. It would be like watching Die Hard 4 for Bruce Willis. A different movie should be chosen. To that end, since Beastmaster is not on here, I choose Madea. Haven't seen any Madea so don't know how good (or bad) it is.
Wally
2024-10-15 19:20:00 +0000 UTCSadly passed away LEGENDS is what we're doing now.
PieHard13
2024-10-15 19:12:47 +0000 UTCLock Up (1988/89) with Sylvester Stallone SHOULD have been added. Amos plays the lead prison guard and it also starts Donald Sutherland. It's a great film that just doesn't get enough eyes on it nowadays
PieHard13
2024-10-15 19:11:54 +0000 UTCShe hasn't. I'm lobbying for a streak of 80's barbarian/fantasy movies.
David Billings
2024-10-15 18:54:16 +0000 UTCI liked the first 4, but they did get worse as they went on.
Michelle LaMar
2024-10-15 18:50:22 +0000 UTCOh yeah, vanishing point.
Markus L.
2024-10-15 18:49:40 +0000 UTCIf you're going to do Madea do Diary of a mad black woman. But obviously not for this poll.
Michelle LaMar
2024-10-15 18:49:37 +0000 UTCRoots (1971) is really good too!
Cathy L
2024-10-15 18:46:55 +0000 UTCNoooooooo, I cannot believe The Beastmaster (1982) is not on here. It is one of John Amos' more interesting roles and unlike anything else he ever did. I would love to see some support for this one. :)
Echo Moon
2024-10-15 18:43:22 +0000 UTCThe Beastmaster for sure should be on this poll.
thumperworld
2024-10-15 18:42:38 +0000 UTCPlease don't watch any of the "Madea" movies other than the first two. Most of them are hot garbage.
Bastion33
2024-10-15 18:42:17 +0000 UTCThe Beastmaster. Was a good flick with Marc Singer and John Amos.
Shane Plagmann
2024-10-15 18:41:23 +0000 UTCNever even heard of any of these, other than Coming 2 America. Looking them up on IMDB, one might be interesting simply from the number of famous faces you'll see in it, but beyond that from a bottom line channel reaction perspective, Coming 2 America is likely to be the most enjoyable pick for everyone. RIP James Evans, lol. Yes, I have every season of Good Times :)
Renee S
2024-10-15 18:33:16 +0000 UTCYou must be very young. John Amos, was a great actor...PERIOD.
Dawne ~ Island Green Strong
2024-10-15 18:31:14 +0000 UTCStay as far away from the Madea movies as possible. As far as the other movies,most were merely co-star roles. Of these,I went with Vanishing Point.
Richard Stegman Jr.
2024-10-15 18:21:02 +0000 UTCNot familiar with this guy at all, I think I'll abstain
JC
2024-10-15 18:13:47 +0000 UTCThe World's Greatest Athlete. An old Disney picture with Jan Micheal Vincent in which Amos had a sizable role. Disney remade it as Jungle to Jungle. Jan Micheal Vincent now there was a man with some demons. Incredibly good looking with some acting talent. Drank and drugged himself to death. At the end even calling him a shadow of his former self would have been kind.
TheSingulatarian
2024-10-15 18:10:40 +0000 UTCProbably Madea's Witness Protection, I think?
Jassell B
2024-10-15 18:05:56 +0000 UTCWe're doing character actors now?
Joe Blankenship
2024-10-15 18:05:21 +0000 UTCHe appears in Uncut Gems as himself an that is a great movie.
Graham Martin
2024-10-15 18:04:53 +0000 UTCI had to Google him to see who he was. I recognize him, but don't know any of these movies.
Bryan Fritchie
2024-10-15 18:03:35 +0000 UTCShoutout to his work in the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, Roots, and The West Wing.
Alex Ch
2024-10-15 18:03:25 +0000 UTCI haven't seen any of these so I went with Me Time.
Lynette Cummins
2024-10-15 18:02:34 +0000 UTCIf you can stand to see Bill Cosby, "Let's Do It Again" is a great film. Otherwise, "Vanishing Point" is a cool 70s veteran flick.
Jassell B
2024-10-15 18:02:29 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Death Proof -- Vanishing Point!
Cass&Jason
2024-10-15 18:02:13 +0000 UTCMy choice would have been Beastmaster but Iβm not sure if Ashleigh has already done it.
Stewart Shutler
2024-10-15 18:01:54 +0000 UTCJohn Amos was a great actor who gave some of the best and most important TV performances of all time. Unfortunately, he never really got to show that skill on the big screen.
Alex Ch
2024-10-15 18:01:18 +0000 UTC"The Beastmaster" is the first movie I remember him from.
fanofactionflicks
2024-10-15 18:00:22 +0000 UTCAnyone know which of these he has the biggest role in?
Elisa H.
2024-10-15 18:00:02 +0000 UTCMisread this as John Stamos, and I damn near died
Donald Lang
2024-10-15 17:59:01 +0000 UTCHe was awesome in the show The West Wing.
Brandie Woodward
2024-10-15 17:58:23 +0000 UTC
