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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 02/08/2008 : 12:21:02 AM
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[url]http://www.movieweb.com/news/60/24760.php[/url]
At least they are not trying to pull a G.I. Joe on us and calling it the Justice League of United Nations.
I'm glad they had the forsight to include a Super Model in the cast. What could possibly go wrong?
[Al Bundy] OH! GOD!!![/Al Bundy]
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 05:41:49 AM
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From what I saw, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm aren't gonna have anything to do with this thing, right?
I smells a disaster in the making. |
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R. Dittmar
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
420 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2008 : 07:25:56 AM
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| Who the heck is this Common (?!) guy they got to play the Green Lantern? Is he really famous enough to require only one name? |
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CDiehl
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2008 : 10:53:08 AM
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He's a rapper. Yeah, they picked a rapper to play the Green Lantern, because apparently there are no professional black actors available.
You know Grand Funk, don't you? The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The ... adequate drumwork of Don Brewer? |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2008 : 1:52:25 PM
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The smell of Jabootu is strong with this one.
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Originally posted by CDiehl
He's a rapper. Yeah, they picked a rapper to play the Green Lantern, because apparently there are no professional black actors available.
I've started to notice a trend with movies and maybe it's just me. There are a definite raft of black films that are mainly targeted at black audiences. There always have been some, but the trend is towards more. On the other hand, more of the "mainstream" films have either fewer and less consequential black characters or they, as in this case, hire a rapper. Is the sense of Hollywood that in general blacks don't care for the types of films of that whites like and therefore it makes more sense just to market films for blacks and not worry as much about casting blacks for films that don't interest the general black populace?
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 9:29:04 PM
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Not sure. I've always wondered at the wisdom of making movies targeted for basically only 12% of the American population, a lesser percentage of which will likely even pay to watch the movie at all.
Of course, capitalism being what it is, I suppose if such a move wasn't profitable it wouldn't be made. |
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twitterpate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 10:22:05 PM
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| Yeah, but we're talking about Hollywood here. I don't quite see them as using informed judgement to replace ego and self-interest. |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2008 : 4:48:44 PM
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Most of the ones made though are either comedies (seemingly half use Martin Lawrence) or dramas. Those types are fairly cheap to make especially when you're using cheap talent.
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 02/10/2008 : 08:33:47 AM
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"Megan Gale ....certainly has the right look for the part of Wonder Woman."
My, my. What are they implying with that statement??
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