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Reynolds just flopped his belly onto the table and his agent nearly cried. #greenlantern
11/03/09
i heard Jake Gylenhall say that after Prince Of Persia he plans on getting fat, tired of working out all the time #greenlantern
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Hal's a born and bred ace combat pilot, so obviously when he thinks 'flight' or 'space battle' he'd envision doing it in a fighter jet.
And that's why Kyle as an artist/cartoonist always comes up with really outlandish constructs/solutions to help him with challenges. #greenlantern
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It's one of the long-established fundamental for how the rings work and are used.
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Also, kind of creepy "cool kid" in Shakespeare-High School as the Joker, over sexed plastic surgeon as Dr. Doom, murderous skin head as Bruce Banner, albino hitchhiker in desert as Peter Parker, Ice Pirate as Hellboy, crazy coked out dude from Ally McBeal as Tony Stark... all these turned out for the better. Acting is their job and they tend to take it seriously. We should reserve judgment.
EDIT: I also forgot about ginger kid in Bad News Bear as Rorschach. :)
11/02/09
frat bro space cop is not something i want to see. you took great actors and slimmed them down to roles you saw them as. ryan reynolds is not a great actor (the guy from nip tuck who played doom is also bad. and please dont mention fantastic 4 ever) he is not:
heath ledger
ed norton
robert downey jr
or
ron pearlman
he isn't even up to eric bana.
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This was exactly the same response the "gay cowboy joker" got. Reserve your judgement and judge the movie on its merits.
Though frankly overconfidant test pilot doesn't sound a long way from frat boy anyway... #greenlantern
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@GreyHammer:
Ryan reynolds is awesome he made blade 3 tolerable and smokin' aces, he's funny sarcastic and enjoyable line delivery, and to say Ron pearlman is a good actor is like saying Harrison fords as Han Solo, is a an exploration into a man torn apart between his friends and his love of FUCKING MONEY! most of these roles are very one sided characters so acting has little to do with it.
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@thorshammer: evidence? #greenlantern
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The guy took the easier way up by staring in mainstream comedies and romances, but he also has been trying to expand his range as of late by picking up lots of side roles and projects with different genres and credible actors/ directors.
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I was so painfully wrong.
@Dash_Stryker: Fantastic Four sucked. So bad. But Julian MacMahon made it bearable. Still not the Dr. Doom I want to see but at least he got the cold, vanity down. #greenlantern
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I mean, 'cause on the one hand, you're getting whacked in the head.
On the other hand, it's a dildo, so it's like ten times as embarrassing. #greenlantern
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By contrast, only Mr. Fantastic is as easy a target for sexual jokes... #greenlantern
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I love how Hollywood thinks all of a sudden that sci-fi and super hero movies aren't realistic enough. Some of the greatest sci-fi films of all time were made decades ago. Now, years later with huge advances in what would have been considered rather far fetched technology at that time, we start dumbing down science in movies because "the masses can't handle it."
Part of the allure of Hollywood films is the suspension of disbelief. If anything, I enjoy a movie that can take me to another world without everything being necessarily realistic moreso than a movie that restrains itself within the confines of my actual worldview because it becomes that much more fantastic.
I don't know, maybe that's just me. #greenlantern
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I love when directors explain the premise of a well-known superhero, which they were obviously unfamiliar with prior to their involvement in the project.
"So he's this guy, and he pretends to be this boring clumsy reporter, but really he's an alien from the planet Kryptonite, and he's way way super-strong, and really really fast. Oh, and he can fly, too." #greenlantern
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After all he's being interviewed by Empire and not Wizard.
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Too bright, and it's "Highlighters in Space". Too dark and it's "Snot Amongst the Stars"
Still think it should be Nathan Fillion. #greenlantern
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And I'll say that I still think Fillion would make a better Guy Gardner than a Hal Jordan. #greenlantern
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Hell I'd like to see them both sling the green together back to back. #greenlantern
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For Hal Jordan I think we need a mature-type guy and of course, NOT Ryan Reynolds.
Edit: Mature as in age, not necessarily attitude.
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#magicspacering
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Psh. Americans don't care about special effects. They care about convoluted mythology and "galaxy police."
*eyeroll*
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@Moff: Batman disagrees. #greenlantern
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Also I think later in the story Bats gives him another one too...
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Also, hire Nathan Fillion as the star instead. He's cheaper and he'd be better in the role. #greenlantern
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