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FunkNotPunk
08/02/09

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All of this talk of the new "Mel Gibson" (regardless of who is in Mad Max) is silly... it's simple. Gerard Butler IS the new Mel Gibson - IF he picks his future rolls right. He's definitely an Mellodramatic, Epic action star thing (300), he takes a beating really well (RockNRolla), he has the accent, he's funny (current stupid movie excluded), and there is just something about him that reminds me of Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon movies.

All that said, Renner in Hurt Locker was badass... he could do a role in Mad Max easy. But as others have said, I think the real Mel should come back, Hollywood misses him (whether they know it or now).
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Asha L Kydd
08/02/09

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I'll be okay with Renner being the new Mad Max just so long as they rough and dirty him up for the roll.
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Howtobeweird
08/02/09

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I still don't see why Mel Gibson himself can't be Mad Max. He's the perfect age right now to do a story that's set 20+ years after the last, where the world is even bleaker, and Max is even grizzlier. It practically writes itself.
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ThisDudeRufus
08/02/09

@Howtobeweird:I don't see it saying that Renner will actually be Max, just that he'll be in it. Maybe a passing the torch, training thing. Maybe he'll be a grown-up Feral Kid.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/02/09

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I'lll echo everyone's sentiments here that Renner is an great actor with lots of 'star' potential (based on what I saw of him in 28 Weeks Later, The Assassination of Jesse James, and Hurt Locker) and anyone who gives a shit about Mad Max should be immensely grateful that he's being looked at for the role.

The guy is also one my shortlist of people who could and should play Captain America.
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Infernorhythm
08/02/09

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I'm a huge Renner fan, and I love the Hurt Locker (and the Unsuals, I miss that show...), but I'm just not a fan of Mad Max. I'd rather see him in something else.
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rek
08/02/09

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If he plays Max or Max Jr he better have a very convincing Aussie accent.
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mekki
08/02/09

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Forget Mad Max. I want him for the rumored biopic of Steve McQueen. He'd be perfect.
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Lamar Henderson
08/02/09

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Jeremy Renner starred in a recent, short-lived series on ABC called The Unusuals -- a really good show, sort of "Hill Street Blues Lite." At first, he seemed rather week next to Amber Tamblyn, but over time it was clear that he was the real star of the show. His acting was clean and subtle, and it was clear that he was the anchor for the whole series. I think he can handle Mad Max easily.
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XxL3THALxX
08/02/09

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I thought he was good in 28 weeks later. Lets face it Mad max is not Shakespeare.
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DuckofDeath
08/02/09

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Anybody whose seen 'The Hurt Locker' could tell you this guy can play a badass without a problem. Considering that Mel Gibson wasn't that big of a guy when he played Max, I don't see Renners' size as being an issue. I'd rather have a great actor than a mean-looking bodybuilder in an action role anyway.
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Dirk Anger
08/02/09

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shouldn't he look a bit more... rugged? unless it's a prequel, as every other movie seems to be these days
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rek
08/02/09

@Dirk Angry: That photo isn't from the screen test.
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Dirk Anger
08/04/09

@rek: PFFFF... somebody should punch him in the face repeatedly, then let him toast in the desert for a couple weeks, then punch him again, to make him look like he could kick ass
But them, Jensen Ackles gives the same impression, and yet he can be pretty badass in supernatural, so I guess that depends on whether or not he's a good actor, which I don't know because I haven't watched anything with him on it.
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Partially Bigoted Zealots
08/02/09

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I saw 'The Hurt Locker' last weekend and even though he's "meek" looking, Renner played managed to play a badass in the film without being one dimensional. The character is an adrenaline junky in Iraq, and easily could've been played off as a shallow, action hero. But Renner played the emotional scenes -- adjusting to home life, living in a hell hole, and brought a fair amount of tension to defusing a bomb -- just as well. He's a damn good actor and they certainly could do worse picking someone for Mad Max.
An just an aside, 'The Hurt Locker' is a damn good all around film. Well acted, well directed, well shot. Check it out, best war movie in years.
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Eridani
08/02/09

@Partially Bigoted Zealots: Great review! I am going to have to pick that up. I've loved everything I've seen Jeremy Renner in - which hasn't been nearly enough.
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FrankenPC
08/02/09

@Partially Bigoted Zealots: In the Hurt Locker, Renner proved you don't need a chiseled face or WWF abs to be 100% BAD A$$!!
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Chip Overclock
08/02/09

@Partially Bigoted Zealots: I agree with the comments here: THE HURT LOCKER was a great movie, and Renner played a great character.

Okay, here's where I kinda go off the deep end.

One of my favorite movies is THE RED SHOES, the 1948 ballet film that (IMO) is about being so obsessed with your job that you sacrifice your life for it.

And I think that's where THE HURT LOCKER is coming from too: Renner's character is not only a adrenaline junky, but he's obsessed with the fact that he's so good at his job, that ordinary life -- including life with his (ex) wife and his young son -- doesn't hold any interest. He is, in a sick kind of way, Corporate America's wet dream: a worker willing to sacrifice everything, his home life, his relationships, his life, in order to have a chance to prove once more that he's the best. It rings of a core value in American Culture.

Yeah, that's right: I'm comparing THE HURT LOCKER with the THE RED SHOES, where the prima ballerina sacrifices her marriage and her friendships to dance the ballet "The Red Shoes", from the Hans Christian Anderson story about the shoes that wouldn't let the ballerina stop dancing. Just like Renner can't stop risking his life to defuse bombs.

Don't make me go one about how another favorite film, DARK CITY, is bout how Christianity supplanted polytheism in the ancient world.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/02/09

@Chip Overclock: Yea, I saw Renner's character as being more desperate than 'badass'.

War trivialized everything back home, so the only emotional connection he now gets is the constant threat of dying on the battlefield.
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Anekanta - Go Play!
08/02/09

@Chip Overclock: Please, do go on about Dark City. I've never thought about it like that before and I'm intrigued.

I guess Murdoch does take on a chosen one kind of air, and fights the collective intelligence of the strangers. I always thought about it gnostic terms... Murdoch's soul evolved to the point where he could challenge the demi-urge of the strangers and their machine, but I suppose it is less of a demi-urge and more of a poly-urge.

It always reminded me a little of the theme of the Crystal Man in A Voyage To Arcturus; although Dark City is considerably less weird.
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FrankenPC
08/03/09

@Chip Overclock: I think I love you :D
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LegalizeRoofies
07/10/09

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I could support the coop, not JT, because well, he's JT, and Reynolds already has a superhero locked down, give some other dudes a chance.
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DeepFriar
07/10/09

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As an overly interested fan - I vote "No" on all. Up with Fillon
How come Green Lantern wears the ring on the outside of the glove? That's always bothered the heck out of me
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jordan.greenhall
07/10/09

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Never underestimate Timberlake. Post N'Sync (and Disney) he was way out in the wrong zone, but his SNL stuff and touring with the Flaming Lips shows that this guy has some mojo and it just might be the right kind.

For the record, my favorite is the Hal Jordan from New Frontier - that requires an entirely different actor.
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