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Starwatcher
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
Alright, well when "reality TV" hosts or whatnot start penning "reality comics" I'm giving up on the genre for good, on principle.
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bookling
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
No shit. All these years working in bookstores and I never realized that that Gerard Way wrote Umbrella Academy.
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gods-n-clods
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
Oh Hell Yes, writing comics is the toss-away famewhore moneygrab we imagine it as.
Example. J. Love Hewitt's book is about to drop too, and all she had to do was bat those... eyes... at her comic-guy. The thing gets automatic approval no question.
If you see LA/Hollywood Craigslist Creative postings, you can see that comics are the new script pitch.
Definitely not for the love of the medium. True comic fans like Kevin Grevioux, Nic Cage, and the late David Carradine aside, publishers get stars and dollars in their eyes just as quick as any studio. And anybody, actor or shmoe, would love the words "published author" behind their name... picture-books like comics or children's books provide that easier than 1,000-page novels.
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schrodingers-katana
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
Well, these are all almost certainly vanity projects (except for Brea Grant's perhaps, as she lacks the fame to pull this off, so it's likely to be more genuine). That being said, if there's a good story to be found in any of them, I won't be averse to checking it out. Sure, most celebrities should stick to their forte in the long run, but not every actor/actress is a one-trick pony.
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Grey_Area
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
Just like to point out that Gerard Way went to the School of Visual Arts to study comic books and cartooning before the band thing. SVA has a great program, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner taught there and I believe Art Speigleman and Gary Panter are still do.
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
09:14 AM

@Grey_Area: Having said that, I don't think it matters if he did or didn't, just so long as the work stands up on its own merits.

And yes, it definitely does.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
11/19/09

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Cause they see it as an easy way to make a potentially marketable new license me thinks...
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♠ Final ♠
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
I'd much rather see celebrities writing comic books then comic book writers trying to be celebrities (see: Frank Miller, Satn Lee, Mark Millar.)

Umbrella Academy is a brillant book. If you haven't read it pick up either trade. I also liked the only issue of OTC I found at my comic book store.
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Dash_Stryker
11/19/09

In reply to Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones? the term celebrity must be getting used very loosly cuz' I have no idea who these people are.
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Alexis
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: Try watching Parks & Recreation. It's the best show no one talks about.
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spiderweb1986
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: So you've never seen The Office or Heroes, then?
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Dash_Stryker
11/19/09

@spiderweb1986: there is only one person I would consider a star on either of those shows
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syafiqjabar of Mars
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: It's like this: I never heard of Adrian Pasdar before Heroes, but when I go to online forums, people go: "OMG, it's Pasdar from that [dramas I never saw]. Awesome."

I also never knew of John Lithgow before 3rd Rock, and is surprised to learn his forte is playing dangerous mentally-unstable characters.

And Tyrese was in both Transformers movies, so he's already pretty famous.
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Dash_Stryker
11:37 AM

@syafiqjabar of Mars: never saw the first or second transformers

#calendar
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Grey_Area
11/19/09

In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
Uh guys? I think it's pretty obvious what "meaty" role Bruce Cambell will play in the next Spiderfilm.
Yup, Bruce is Black Cat.
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Dirk Anger
11/19/09

In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
Are they out of their minds? sure, she's sexy, but she's also supposed to look like she could kick ass. Not "not look like she could, but she actually can" like in Get Smart, but look kickass. And I'm sorry but this girl doesn't.
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Lassus
11/19/09

@Dirk Anger: I'm not sure I agree. I don't remember Black Cat looking anything but smallish and adorable and not particularly physically imposing. Honestly, there are few casting decisions for female characters who LOOKED like they could kick ass. It's going to cause massive Whedon rending of garments, but I NEVER believed Gellar as a fighter.
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VisibleHand
11/19/09

@Lassus: Well, no, because that was the initial gag in Buffy: here's this little blond horror-movie-villain-bait cheerleader and then about when she should do the trip-fall-die instead its OMGWTFBBQ superninja. Practically the model of "not look like she could, but she actually can".

And yeah, they did show her being ninja-in-training at times, but they had a lot of fun playing with the general disconnect between her appearance (and, often, personality) and her capabilities.
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reddingofish
11/19/09

In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway? In a skintight catsuit? Nope not seein' it.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/19/09

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Anne Hathaway in Black Cat costume? Someones been reading my dream journal.
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
11/19/09

@OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Yup. We appear to be in the minority who approve of Hathaway as Black Cat.

Rawr.
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Darklighter
11/19/09

@CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): I will happily join your club.
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Lassus
11/19/09

In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
If the Black Cat has a PVC costume, I'm totally going to cry foul. A cat is not shiny, and also not the same kind of sexy a vampire is, and THAT PVC worked crazy-awesome.

But not for this character.

As far as the comment below about the casting always being awful, I'd disagree. The casting has been pretty OK (with the exception of Harry Osborn), the writing has been abyssmal. (EDIT: In fact, I liked Maguire at first, but as the series went on, he really seemed like the biggest mistake of all - and I think this IS because of the writing more than him.)

To be perfectly honest, I think that while Johansson does not really strike me as a good Black Widow at all, I really think she actually would have been quite excellent as the Black Cat.
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enderwiggin13
11/19/09

In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
I could get behind Kristen Bell in the role. I've been waiting to get out of the Animus in AC2 to talk to her again.
/nerdcrush
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icy_one
11/19/09

@enderwiggin13: I would get behind Kristen Bell, role or not.
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GreyHammer
11/19/09

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well teh casting for the spiderman movies has always been terrible with the exception of toby mcguire and the guy who plays JJ. its like they cast toby as peter and then the casting department clocked out, leaving the half retarded intern to complete the roster.
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TemporalSword
11/19/09

@GreyHammer: Alfred Molina was perfect as Dock Ock, but otherwise, yeah, the casting left much to be desired.
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cobaltage
11/19/09

@GreyHammer: The guy who plays JJ is the lynchpin of the entire movie series. Tobey Maguire was good, but JJ added the most for the credibility of the movies, IMO.
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Tyrunn
11/19/09

@cobaltage: @GreyHammer: J.K. Simmons played JJ in the Spiderman movies, (credit where credit is due, the guy is a great actor).
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