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    Image of Arceus Arceus
    05/10/09

    In reply to Schizophrenic Jekyll Movies From The Same Studio?
    The only upcoming version I'm interested in is the Broadway musical adaptation.


    [www.imdb.com]

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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    05/10/09

    @Arceus: Eww. No.


    It saddens me deeply that there are only like three examples of mainstream scifi musicals, and one of them is J&H.

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    Image of icelight icelight
    05/10/09

    In reply to Schizophrenic Jekyll Movies From The Same Studio?
    For some reason, io9 editors seemed fixated on the idea that schizophrenia means having multiple personalities. Charlie did the same thing when talking about mentally ill superheroes last week. Schizophrenia is defined as constellation of symptoms including delusions, magical thinking, paranoia and a loss of emotional response. What you're thinking of used to be called multiple personality disorder, now named "dissasociative identity disorder", which really only involves a person believing he or she is more than one person. Mr. Hyde's rather violent personality would be something else entirely; known as antisocial personality disorder, it describes the violent, empathy lacking figures often referred to broadly as "sociopaths" or "psychopaths". None of the three conditions have any relation to each other.
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    05/10/09

    @icelight: Good catch! He might have meant to imply that the studio was schizophrenic for having multiple Jekylls, which would be closer to correct (colloquially, anyway), but Jekyll himself is definitely not schizophrenic.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/10/09

    @icelight: And fixation on a false idea is yet another. :)


    But, seriously, thanks for the correction. Whether it's called MPD or DPD, it'd be nice if people didn't use schizophrenic when they mean MPD/DPD.


    DPD: different personalities.

    Schizophrenic: voices in your head, etc.

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    Image of austin316gb austin316gb
    05/10/09

    In reply to Schizophrenic Jekyll Movies From The Same Studio?
    I'm not sure Keanu can pull it off. He's only really got one dimension to his acting, which works if he's a robot, or a pissed off demon hunter or 'the one' however as someone who would have to pull off two very different characters? Nah. Dr. Jekyll yes, Mr. Hyde? Definitely not.


    If anyone on here hasn't see Moffat's Jekyll, it really is recommended. James Nesbitt, who I'm not a big fan of, was utterly compelling as Jekyll and scary as hell as Hyde. Plus Michelle Ryan was in it.

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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    05/10/09

    In reply to Schizophrenic Jekyll Movies From The Same Studio?
    The Moffat version is amazing. I think my only sadness about Moffat getting tapped for Doctor Who showrunner is that it ensures that we will definitely not be getting a second series of Jekyll. Sad face.
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    Image of Davio Davio
    05/10/09

    In reply to Schizophrenic Jekyll Movies From The Same Studio?
    I seriously doubt that guy's ability to do justice to one of the oldest and most complex characters in literature.
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    Image of tehdahl tehdahl
    05/10/09

    @Davio:

    Are you kidding? The guy's a master.

    Right behind Nic Cage.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    05/10/09

    @tehdahl: I'd rather see Kevin Costner as Captain Ahab. He'd be perfect.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: actually that would be pretty awesome. He was surprisingly creepy in Mr. Brooks, where he played a serial killer. Even though the movie wasn't great, he was really very good and murderous.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    Not sure why most people here are so anti-Keanu. I thought he was perfect as John Constantine and I hope he reprises his role.
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    Image of Solipsistic Nation Solipsistic Nation
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    I'm not a Keanu hater. I think he's a perfectly workman-like actor. Give him a role and he'll get the job done. But he's not a great actor. Maybe Constantine doesn't require a great actor. Constantine just needs someone who is embittered and cynical as, ah, hell.


    That said, I really did not enjoy Constantine the movie. Gave the DVD to a friend immediately after watching it who then donated it to our local library. I suppose if I had never read Hellblazer I might have enjoyed. But I did read it and so the comparisons to the source material was inevitable. And Constantine the movie came up short. Very short.


    I think this is why adaptations of comic books always fail. They simply can't live up to the emotional investment I have in the series and characters. The only ones that have worked is Iron Man (who I had no emotional investment in) and Darkman and The Incredibles (which are movies about comic book characters that don't exists so again, no emotional investment).


    Final note: my fantasy casting for Constantine would be Rutger Hauer circa 1986, minus the accent.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/22/09

    @Solipsistic Nation: Sting circa 1985. That's who Alan Moore had in mind when he created the character.
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    Interesting, the first one came out around the same time as Sin City, and I always thought it was the better movie, and overlooked because of all the fuss over Sin City's gritty/pretty design.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    No love for Tilda Swinton?
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    04/22/09

    @Ashimippopotamus Ashis Ashconfused Ashby Ashall Ashthe AshA...: My favorite role of hers, seconded by her stint in The Beach. I prefer to see her doing these types of long shots than her business-suited renditions in Mike Clayton and Burn After Reading.
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    Image of jenndavo jenndavo
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    Now, now. It's hard to complain about Keanu in a movie that also featured Shia The Beef.
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    04/22/09

    @jenndavo: no no no no NO!
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    I loved Constantine, and thought Keanu did a good job. I also recall reading that this was Keanu's favorite movie character, so my hopes are high for a sequel.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    04/22/09

    In reply to Constantine 2 Not Abandoned Yet
    Peter Stormare was a great devil. I even didn't mind Keanu in the first one. Cautiously looking forward to this.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/22/09

    @Belabras Ate My Baby!: I'm with you on that - I didn't mind Constantine. I've never read the comics though.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    04/22/09

    @Belabras Told Me To: I dunno. I thought Satan should be cuter. Probably because of the Lucifer comics, but I thought they should have made him creepy/cute not just creepy.


    I still think it was pure genius casting to have Gavin Rossdale as Balthazar and Tilda Swinton as Gabriel.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    04/07/09

    In reply to Keanu Reeves Is A Passenger In Cosmic Love Story
    Did anyone check out the 2007 Black List? Really, really interesting read. Like a solid third have been made/are in production now.
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    Image of 4ndreVV 4ndreVV
    04/07/09

    In reply to Keanu Reeves Is A Passenger In Cosmic Love Story
    on a vector, this discussion reminded me of the beautiful short film by michael radford "addicted to the stars"


    and i'm with voloxnomad on hesitating to consider the fabric of the rampant and often rabbid anti-Keanury...

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    Image of volvoxnomad volvoxnomad
    04/07/09

    @4ndreVV: thank you for sharing this link! awesome awesome little story!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/07/09

    @volvoxnomad: I enjoyed it as well. Thanks, 4ndreVV!
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    04/07/09

    In reply to Keanu Reeves Is A Passenger In Cosmic Love Story
    Still waiting not so patiently for another "Constantine" movie. HINT HINT
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/07/09

    @bonniegrrl: Ewww. Really?
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