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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    No, He`s all wrong for the part ,sinestro is tall ,smart and very arogant (excuse the misspell).

    I know that Jackie Earle Harley is good actor , he made a great Rorschach , despite the rest of the movie . But I think the part is simply wrong for him . #greenlantern
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    Haley's definitely got the insane-looking skull for Sinestro. #greenlantern
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/18/09

    @Starwatcher: I dunno, I really think Sinestro needs an English accent. Which I realize is odd, because he's an alien, but whatever. #greenlantern
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    Oh, and Guy Gardner? Mr. Bruce Campbell (or, alternatively, if he's too old, Will Arnett) #greenlantern
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/18/09

    @Wookie1972: Very good choices, but I think Bruce would be a much better Guy Gardner, Will Arnett is too...wiry. I think Bruce would fill out the roll better, literally. #greenlantern
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    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    10/18/09

    @Wookie1972: I think both of them are too old. Guy Gardner should be one of the younger ones shouldn't he? #greenlantern
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/18/09

    @Guitaratomik: I thought Gardner was around the same age as Hal, maybe even a little older. He became a GL later, but I thought he seemed a little older. Arnett is at most a few years older than Reynolds. #greenlantern
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    Image of MIster_C MIster_C
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    I Haily I truly do, but not as Sinestro #greenlantern
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    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    Yeah, as much as I love JEH, I really don't think he'd make a good Sinestro. Sinestro needs to be more regal and....taller. I've heard both Hugo Weaving and Paul Bettany thrown around as ideas from fans and I think those choices fit much better. You could probably do better than that even. #greenlantern
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    10/18/09

    @Guitaratomik: Considering that the model for Sinestro was David Niven, I think you're closer with Weaving or Bettany than Haley. My first thought was Guy Pearce (also for the Riddler), but another that comes to mind is Hugh Laurie (possibly a little too old). #greenlantern
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    Image of Guitaratomik Guitaratomik
    10/18/09

    @Wookie1972: I think Sinestro should be a bit older than Hal. He should be more a father figure than a brother so Hugh Laurie would actually be pretty interesting. #greenlantern
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/18/09

    @Guitaratomik: Any one of them could pull off the sophistication. Haley... I'm sorry, but he seems to play a lot of seedy characters. #greenlantern
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    10/18/09

    @Guitaratomik: Yeah, Hugo Weaving could pull it off. Love to see him slinging the green. #greenlantern
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet
    i like how this article ninja'd in. guess the otehr one was posted in error?

    anyways i dont see him so much as sinestro, but again i have only seen him as rorshach. i dont want the christian bale rasp treatment on sinestro. #greenlantern
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    Image of Graeme McMillan Graeme McMillan
    10/18/09

    @GreyHammer: See below - I'd accidentally posted a story Meredith had already posted earlier this week, so figured everyone'd prefer something they hadn't already read.

    I do, however, like the idea of me as ninja. ;) #greenlantern
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/18/09

    @Graeme McMillan: ah ok cool. yeah i wondered about that.

    i hope the green lantern production gets ironed out. i have been wanting to see this movie for a long time it seems. #greenlantern
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    Image of Graeme McMillan Graeme McMillan
    10/18/09

    In reply to Rorschach is Not Sinestro... Yet

    To all concerned: Yup, this is a replacement for the duplicate Nathan Fillion/Greatest American Hero post that I unknowingly repeated from Meredith. Lest it be said that I stole a Fillion pic from you, however: #greenlantern
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    12/23/08

    In reply to Last Minute Shopping: What To Do When The Goods Are Gone
    Watchmen sold out? Around here, there's a positive glut.
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    Image of Presidentpez Presidentpez
    12/23/08

    In reply to Last Minute Shopping: What To Do When The Goods Are Gone
    Odds are if they have World War Z they have The Zombie Survival Guide. You should get them Kirkman's The Walking Dead in Trade paperback or hardcover instead.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    12/23/08

    @Presidentpez: More people have been buying Z because of all the press. But Kirkman's is a great suggestion too!
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    12/23/08

    @Presidentpez: Dismember-Me Plush Zombie!
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    Image of Bret Ryckmen Bret Ryckmen
    12/23/08

    In reply to Last Minute Shopping: What To Do When The Goods Are Gone
    Man, for vamp novels, you really couldn't possibly do better than Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt series. First one's called Already Dead and is fantastic.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/23/08

    @Bret Ryckmen: Also the first few vampy books from Anne Rice are pretty damn good. I still think The Vampire Lestat is good fun, though possibly the references to MTV would feel a bit dated.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/21/08

    In reply to Chilling Books to Read and Share in the Darkness of Winter
    Just spotted an error about Watermind. The heroine's boyfriend is a hunky Cajun musician. The underground (coked-out) journalist is a fairly minor character. And the plot takes place in Louisiana during the spring, so not much of a wintry feel.

    But if you ever wanted to read an X-Files story written by Philip K. Dick, Watermind is the book for you.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/22/08

    @Grey_Area: Fixed!
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    12/21/08

    In reply to Chilling Books to Read and Share in the Darkness of Winter
    By the way, if you really crave some seasonal melancholy, try immersing yourself in Tolstoy or Solzhenitsyn.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/22/08

    @Mathmos: Especially Tolstoi's lost scifi novel, "Alien Alienovitch."
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    Image of SuperSally SuperSally
    12/21/08

    In reply to Chilling Books to Read and Share in the Darkness of Winter
    If Twilight made you want to bash your head in because it's a romance novel playing dress up as a vampire novel, then stay away from The Host. I bought it on the recommendation here and was pissed. It's a romance novel dressed up as a sci-fi novel, except here, the main character doesn't even have to pretend to have any sort of agency like Bella Swan did. Oh no! she gets off the hook entirely by being a "pacifist" which means in Stephanie Meyer terms, that she gets the shit beaten out of her by her old boyfriend but still loves him. And has lots of other men who violently protect her. And still yet other men who violently beat her. Oh! And underage romance in this one, too.


    Some of the worst of the romance tropes repackaged with aliens. Enjoy!

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/22/08

    @SuperSally: Sure, if you want pure scifi (whatever that is), you won't like The Host. But there's nothing wrong with enjoying scifi crossed with romance. Genre bending is the stuff of life.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/20/08

    In reply to Chilling Books to Read and Share in the Darkness of Winter
    Golly, I feel bad that I've only read five of the books on this list. Thanks,Annalee,for more stuff to track down. Left Hand of Darkness definitely fits the bill for wintery goodness/depression but I'd also suggest Kim Stanley Robinson's Antartica.

    Season's Greetings Y'all!"


    At this point I will not mention some amazingly bitchin' Xmas stories from Connie Willis and Gene Wolfe.


    But I will later.

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/20/08

    In reply to Chilling Books to Read and Share in the Darkness of Winter
    "A Winter's Haunting," by Dan Simmons. A sequel to "A Summer of Night," but it might actually be better as a stand-alone.
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