kingmob

So no one cared about the "acting"?

 

I thought the acting was pretty much suited to the style and content of the movie. The one major objection I did have in that regard was that the queen's Rousing Monologue was severely lacking in rouse-factor and they should've picked someone that could have delivered it better.

I so agree, totally underwhelming speech. It was pretty nice to see Theron get gutted though, that'd rouse me.

That's not what I'm saying.

 

What I am saying is that Zack Snyder, as evidenced by his two films, thus far has shown that he is a "style-over-substance" kind of director. I think he'll make Watchmen look good, but that the film overall won't be any good because Snyder is not a strong storyteller, his scriptwork is suspect, character development weak, and dialogue laughable.

 

You're saying that Watchmen will be poor because 300 had little substance. I'm saying that the source material had bugger all substance itself, so it's hardly fair to judge how well he'll adapt Watchmen based on that. Especially since he's not actually doing the script work this time around.

It looks like James knew exactly what you meant and his retort is dead-on.

Mark agreed with me in another thread today, and here I am agreeing with James. I must be stoned!

I have a wee crush on Pooka

300 was sold out a day in advance so I went to Pan's Labyrinth instead. Wonderful movie, incredible monsters and creatures, devilish step father, amazing cinematography.

I can't remember the last time Moore let me down. And if he did, I have a lock on my bedroom door. Win-win.

Or Bradstreet's upcoming coffee-table book on vacuum cleaners.

Zing!

My friend got Lost Girls from her boyfriend for her birthday. I'm 6th in line to borrow it! Woohoo!

I was traveling through South Carolina once... don't ask why... and its big tobacco country and u can smoke anywhere. anyway I'm eating in Burger king and of course i'm wearing a pair of black wide legged jeans and I'm wearing a shirt that says I'm really a lesbian. The local rednecks are all giving me the dirty looks while a munch down on some rancid grub. When this old windbag from California comes in and sees me smoking. she starts yelling and screaming to the management and the old daft guy in corner gives the lady a toothless smile and lights a cigarette, he even gives one to his fifteen year old grandaughter. The lady almost had a heart attack... When I shout you aint in kansas anymore dorothy.

 

Everybody gives me the wink on the way out...

So why were you traveling through South Carolina?

I checked and I'm at about 80th place. For me to move up 5 notches would take hundreds of posts. I'm staying where I am for a long time, I just want to pass that bastard Tim Bradstreet!

Thanks, James, you're always there to help a brother out. Morrison, not Ellis, wrote the Invisibles! And here I chose kingmob for a handle.

The point was, the link to Ellis site has a similair chick writing Ellis in lipstick all over her bare torso. I am hoping Ellis is cool enough to call her a retard and speed away in his Ferrari. Make better sense?

That's why I said I don't know if my post is even making sense, see. Apparently I still have enough awareness to realise how little awareness I have.

I best take some more DMT afore I get into any real trouble.

I was looking up John Hurt on the wiki after I heard he was in 1984:

Co-author and illustrator David Lloyd embraced the adaptation. In an interview with Newsrama.com, he states: "It's a terrific film. The most extraordinary thing about it for me was seeing scenes that I'd worked on and crafted for maximum effect in the book translated to film with the same degree of care and effect. The "transformation" scene between Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving is just great. If you happen to be one of those people who admires the original so much that changes to it will automatically turn you off, then you may dislike the film — but if you enjoyed the original and can accept an adaptation that is different to its source material but equally as powerful, then you'll be as impressed as I was with it."

I don't want what he's having if it makes me see Aliens in everything!

It's a great board with some very intelligent people, and don't be afraid to speak up. I did and the floggings were quite bearable.

Slavers from Punisher MAX was a great arc as well. I'd add that to the important Frank yarns lately as well.

LOL

My girlfriend made me a t-shirt with three panels of the Invisibles, Mob in Volume III, he shows up at a crowd of teenage fan girls, one pops open her top and says she'll do anything he wants. He asks her IQ, she says 120, and he drives off with 'forget it, retard'

Go Team Ellis!

I don't even know what my posts are getting at anymore...

Ouch! Remind me not to fuck with James...

I'll make a sigil and masturbate until you do so.

Uh... let me see if I understand this... if Andy gets your name into a panel of the upcoming Hellblazer, you will stop masturbating? For how long?

 

And what if Leo Manco just does a muddy photocopy of part of the cover of #114, and pastes that into the panel — will that count?

 

I can edit a Wikipedia page; but then, so can anyone.

If leo manco does anything for me, I'd be pretty flattered.

I doubt I could stop with the wanking anyway, but you need some method to get that sigil into the ether, so it was more of a 'I will masturbate more than usual with my sigil and then go back to regular frequency, sans sigil, after I'm immortalized'.

Although now that you mention it, if Andy pulled through with a reference, it'd be worth a serious long-term go at abstinence from the sisters. I'd definitely give it some consideration.

Based on the many previous occasions when our tastes have clashed, you probably already think I'm just a bitter ranting hater-of-everything anyway. ;)

 

Glad you enjoyed it, though. No, seriously.

Just for the record, these many occasions you refer to, I know I'm the white trash of this community. At first I was so impressed by the place that I kept my tastes to myself, but after a few months, I said what the hell, it is either eternal silence or play the fool. And when I do have the idea that someone is being an elitist hater, I just have to post and compare my anoerexic two-or-three sentence message to the lucid and usually well-crafted responses I get.

I've been to a couple comic book message boards and generally speaking, the level of conversation is abysmal. Here, however, I have yet to see a versus topic of who is stronger, Hulk or Superman? So next time you roll your eyes, do it with a grin cos I am so on board that I almost roll them at myself. I just. Can't. Help. Myself.

Hi Andy

I propose that somewhere in your run, you make a panel or reference to all the STH posters that say nice things about you in our monthly Hellblazer reviews. I missed out on Tim's gorgeous graffiti-wall cover and this would make my tiny existence worth living.

I'll make a sigil and masturbate until you do so.

Now that my Mob-centric desires are out there, on to John. My favorite Constantine moments, or any comic for that matter, occur when a writer nails a not-so-obvious yet undeniably accurate human trait. I was buying Hellblazer from #1 through Ennis run, then quit comics for years. Before getting the comic monkey off my back, I remember reading and then re-reading Ennis brithday party issue. Peeing on the Phantom Stranger's shoes is great, and I didn't smoke pot back then yet still loved the Swamp Thing contribution, but seeing John face his age in a one shot yarn that rang so true, it really stuck with me for a long time. A similair Ennis work would be the freindship of Cassiday and Jesse in Preacher. When they were in New Orleans I began to pay as much attention to their dynamic as I did to the plot. I didn't understand why at the time, but the relationship I was in and the friends I had at the time seemed very familair as I read and with hindsight, I can now see why. That's all you need to know, if this is making any sense at all.

In short, I hope you can give me one of those moments of actuality. I'm pushing 40 now and unless you are older than you sound, you probably won't be hitting any truths about aging properly. I'm talking the not-so-obvious truths here, remember. I'd like to see one axiom put well onto the page and it would put the action/adventure haters in their place.

I liked your Losers book, you never got my cash but a friend bought the series in the bargain bin and I found the loaners to be tons of fun.

Your wikipedia entry needs editing. Shitty grammar, repetitive sentences, and no meat. Want to write something and we can get it in there for you? Anyone here an editor that can help a brother out? Also, it says on there you are working with Guy Ritchie. Have you met Madonna yet? I bet you'll get some decent industry contacts for scriptwriting out of that deal, eh? Best of luck, and don't fuck up Hellblazer.

PS Post your address and we can send you some decent comic books. Free stuff is free stuff, right? Fuck off, STHers, it'll be a PO Box. Diggle's no fool!

A Dame to Kill For is one of my fav Sin City books, Dwight being my favorite character in the series.

http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/Jol...ct=&abc=abc

Angelina Jolie has been replaced in 'Sin City 2' by Rachel Weisz.

Director Robert Rodriguez is said to be in talks with the British actress to play 'Dame to Kill For' Ava Lord, after his first choice, Angelina, was unable to fit the project into her busy schedule.

The long-awaited sequel to the 2005 movie is rumoured to start shooting in 2008. Jessica Alba, Clive Owen and Mickey Rourke are expected to reprise their roles as Nancy, Dwight and Marv.

Angelina had previously spoken about her excitement at being considered for 'Sin City 2'.

She said: "We've talked about it. I've read the comic and I don't think it's on the way to being made right at the moment, so, when it's actually in production, I'm sure we'll talk about it.

"It was a funny thing though, because the project actually came to me while I was pregnant and I was feeling very maternal, and now there's this sexy, violent, loud film.

"I thought, 'You know after I'm pregnant that will be a nice movie to do.'"

This was an exceptionally good film. Hugo Weaving is proud of it, and I'm proud of him. Natalie Portman, with the exception of the awful SW prequels, moved me in at least two spots close to tears. I bought the original American versions of the comics back in the late eighties (?) and was blown away at my tender young age at the concepts in the book. I've purchased the trade a few times cos I loan it to everyone and sometimes loaners don't come back.

The Wackowski (sp.) Brothers really outdid themselves here. After The third Matrix film made me gag, I decided I wouldn't rent a movie just because they were involved, it was such a let down; thus I was expecting the usual comic to film disappointment. I don't even remember the last time a film had scenes that made my eyes all watery. The delivery of anarchic ideas to post-9/11 North America, complete with martyrs and exploding government buildings was real risk.

Natalie's conversion in V's hideout was handled wonderfully, her shorn head was incredibly sexy, Hugo's performance was stellar considering he had no face to show expression, the effects were spot on, the families watching the TV and finding their inspiration during V's excellent and lucid broadcast... what were the naysayers looking for that wasn't there? Hopefully not accuracy to the graphic novel?

The biggest detractor was the ridiculous villainy of the state. I appreciate that you cannot translate that many supporting villains to a two hour movie, but a giant yelling TV screen was a tad foolish.

I'll fork out $5 to see a sequel, though it sucked terribly.

Wasn't seeing that hot and androgenous Tilda Swinton with angel wings worth a few dollars? Something about her gets me going. If I slept with her, I'd cuddle afterwards, share shortbread cookies with chocolate frosting with her, and have her read me the Hobbit. It'd be sweet.

I also prefer the second BM...

 

 

I usually only go once a day.

Har har!

Ack yeah that was it. Another waste of $5 Canadian.

Half the time I can't even tell if the series is over yet or not. What was the one with the Webcam girl and the suit guy fighting mafiaoso with the giant car fucking mutant?

Did anyone like Ministry of Space?