Abhimanyu
-
Posts
5,216 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Abhimanyu
-
-
have you seen the young ponce they got for Supes, Abhi?
The one they cast as him, you mean? Yes I have. Horrendous. Terrible. Horrible. It's like an insult to the memory of Christopher Reeve.
To be fair, I've never seen him in anything that could showcase any talent he may possibly have but the guy's one of those MTV teen idol type guys on the lines of Ashton Kutcher and Hayden Christiansen. He could possibly pull off the look - theres something about his physical appearance that does remind me of Reeve. But from what I've seen, the guy has little acting talent and very little presence. Also, he looks way too young to me. He doesnt have that look that a guy who's been around as much as Superman is supposed to have. He could possibly have played 'Young Clark Kent' in the first Superman movie. That he could have done. I just have my reservations about him as Superman. But let's see.
-
I don't know....Even though some of us (myself near the top of that list) have made comic books into our lives, I think that comics are meant to be one of those "small pleasures" in life.
We have?? I dont know about that, Christian - nearly all of us seem to have pretty full lives and lots of interests (you included). I know comic books definitely arent My life. Though they do make it a whole lot better :)
Rogan, all the small pleasures you listed seem to be sensual not intellectual. All my intellectual pleasures are big ones like reading/movies etc so I won't list them.
Small pleasures:
The smell of new books, the colour of Guinness, the sensation you get when you run your hand along very fine silk, finding stuff in my mailbox (i know how u feel, Rogan), late afternoon CLEAN sunlight (the kind you find outside cities in certain parts of the world - Northern India and England being the best examples for me) filtering through windows.
I know I have more, will list them as they occur to me. I like this thread.
-
He's already working on a comics script. he's got more than one talent - he can write very well too. He's already had his stuff published in a bunch of sci fi webzines which is a start. He's doing this noirish fantasy comic thing that is part Gaiman, part Frank Miller with a little bit of P Craig Russell thrown in. Should be working out good. He's been drawing for years and is as perverse in his taste as I am, so he keeps drawing dark, gory, fantasy/horror/sci fi stuff - original as well as characters taken from movies/games/comics/books.
Though, you know, the Hellblazer script thing may not be a bad idea. Will look into it when we both have time this winter vacation.
-
As long its not bloody McG. In that case the movie will end up being a ninety minute trailer with a cut every two seconds and a vacant looking model in every scene. That man has to be one of the most talentless mainstream filmmakers I've seen. Music video style does NOT always translate well to film features. Someone should tell him that.
-
"The big, badass Pooka thread"?!
I just want to see the "big assed Pooka thread"....sigh....
;)
Pooka will be sad if you say she has a big ass
-
very good, Abhi! reminds me of the early Swamp Thing rendition of the laughing magician... Your brother is very talented... i love the detail he pays to clothes as well as handa and face...
yeah, thats what it reminded me of too, and some of the earliest Delano issues somehow. This is a quick one, I'll post his more elaborate ones once they're ready. He's great with charcoal.
-
Tim, you must get this a lot and it must be irritating but I dont care :D
Can you look at this sketch and tell me what you think? My brother did it.
http://hellblazer.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=196
He wants to go into comics illustration and covers and obviously this is a next to impossible industry to become part of, but at least this way he gets a few opinions. Yay for the internet. This is just a quick one he did - he said he's working on a more elaborate one which I will post later.
-
my brother's sketch of Constantine at the following link. The scan was too big to upload directly here
-
Today I'm having a total slacker day. And I'm loving it.
I love my job and all that, but it's a lot of hard work and at the end of the week, I'm beat. So today I slept in until nine and then indulged myself with a facial mask and a loooooong shower.
It must be a REALLY hard job if you call waking up at nine SLEEPING IN. My god.
-
I think the Hellblazer Clarice would be a perfect mate for dr. Lecter...
no way, Hannibal has good taste in women <Rogan-esque pun intended>
He goes for the good looking types - Clarice in SOTL and Francesca Neri in Hannibal.
-
Today I didn't do any work whatsoever.
My first completely free day in years. Instead, I sat in front of the television and casually flicked channels, going cross-eyed and staring blankly into space.
I'm sure I can find some work to do tomorrow...
Today, I watched Intermission, Brotherhood of the Wolf and The Silence of the Lambs back to back, accompanied by two friends, 12 pints of Guinness (between me and one other guy), several bags of beef jerky and Doritos. It was great even though I've watched all but the first movie before.
Now I have to work. Ugh.
-
Abhimanyu -
Maybe it is my initial Flash intro that sends your Netscape into it's swivel dervish.
Here, try this direct URL to my main page -
http://www.timbradstreet.com/abouttim/index.shtml
And beware your audio volume. I've asked my web sloth repeatedly to tone that thing down but it seems he will get around to it when Madagascar Fruit Tree Bats fly outta his caboose.
Not sure why Netscape wouldn't open my site though. We've tested it on multiple web browsers, both mac and PC versions, Netscape included and it opens fine with mine. Is it possible that you have customized your settings because you have had such a problem with security issues? Could be the answer but the problem has been noted and reported.
How curious. I have a pic of McMahon on my wall as well, though I prefer live rounds to the dry firing. Come to think of it, I haven't really heard my neighbors clunking around recently . . . and there's this odd smell coming from their apartment. I thought it was just their cooking (Hungarians), but I don't think Goulash smells of festering meat.
Tim, the direct link produces the same result. I guess I'll just wait till your web sloth gets round to upgrading the website.
Ah, see, my dry firing technique is a steal from Preacher. Ancient voodoo technique of some sort. It seemed to work pretty well on ruining Cassidy's life.
And who is this Ethel Merman? Am I being compared to her??
-
Sounds perfect to me. Except the Rogan bit. He deserves a better part, Abhi! Think of all the facial expressions he could throw in... awesome.
So do your homework again on that bit.
Ah, but Rogan seems happiest playing Clarice!! And he points out that his physique is only suited to that role........us casting directors must think of everything.......
-
I say nice and completely harmless things about girls on this thread and I get tossed. Red does it and he's still Here!!!
<sulks in corner>
-
Has it occurred to anyone that WB may be pulling a Constantine-esque con on us?? On premiere day we will find out that Constantine is played by Paul Bettany with Vinnie Jones as Chas, that the movie is shot on location in London, with the colonial sections of Calcutta standing in for a baroque Hell (with me as a zombie extra). Screenplay by Mike Carey and Jamie Delano. Directed by David Fincher/Danny Boyle/Alan Parker/take your pick. Slickevil for set security. Rogan in his Joker makeup losing 60 lbs like Christian Bale to play Clarice. Soundtrack by Trent Reznor. Rachel Weisz can stick around. It'll be rated NC-17 for an intelligent script, pervasive profanity and perverse amounts of gore.
they will show us this movie on premiere day and laugh and laugh and mock all those who doubted them. Then they will watch the word of mouth spread, see the movie make a billion dollars, sell the rights to HBO in a fit of stupidity. HBO will go on to make a multiple Emmy award winning ten season TV series out of it. With this board as paid consultants.
And all this would have been very Constantine. Make us look the other way and wham, hit us when we least expect it
..........
:(
yeah, i know
-
Wow, comprehensive reply, Tim, thanks.
Please do talk to your web genius. I use Netscape Navigator which I have found to be lot more stable than Internet Explorer and a LOT more secure. Using IE leads to a ton of spyware descending on to my system. I really would like to take a gander at your site.
About the immortalization factor, I would love to be the only kid in Calcutta with his name on a Hellblazer cover. I may come off as a simpering fanboy but so be it. I have a pic of McMahon pinned to my wall that I dry fire a revolver at EVERY day in my jealousy at his getting his name in a Hellblazer issue.
But seriously, fair enough - if you ever need any sort of help re: India I'm your simpering fanboy. I will jump at the chance.
Everytime someone says 'guns, guns, guns' I get reminded of the scene in Robocop with the great man Kurtwood Smith. Are you a gun nut like Lou :D
-
pretty sad. I know its premature to say it but especially after Reeve's death and my revisiting the first 3 Superman movies last week I dont hold out much promise. Of course, I could be wrong. But somehow some teen TV idol for Superman doesnt really make me feel all that optimistic......
-
what'd u mean?? are you guys going to see some sort of sneak preview of the movie?
Or do you mean just come online and post on the movie to celebrate the occasion of being nicely drunk?
-
Tim, despite sounding utterly redundant - I'm a big fan too.
Few things. I wanted to go to your site and check out any art you might have for sale but for some reason whenever i try to enter it, whether through a search engine or a link, it just displays a whole bunch of random characters and URLs on the screen in what looks like a notepad format. Any problems with the site right now?
Secondly, any plans to illustrate a whole issue like the time you did with the Warren Ellis one? That was great.
Thirdly, whats it take to get one's name up on one of those brick walls?
-
-
*with spunk added.
Let's all flirt madly with people on the board while Shouty McMahon is gone. And on all the other threads. Rogan wont do anything, he'll join in :D
-
Today i've been playing moderator/small god.
i also didn't have the guts to come up to a girl i like.
i went to the book fair, and spent 50 euro, (big money to me), but didn't buy a single book for myself... :(
what? who did you spend the money on then? the girl?
I have a ridiculous amount of work due to be done and instead of getting started on it today I ended up watching three episodes of the highly addictive extremely good TV show The Wire (as usual by HBO). I procrastinate to a disturbing and suicidal level.
-
Aye, that was a great movie. I just think it was the feel of it, rather than anything special in the way of screenplay. Normally Alex Baldwin is a creep, in his parts, imho, but the part he plays in that was a blast.
Kinda reminded me of Kevin Klines Otto, in "A fish called Wanda" , which is one of my favourite movies.
Few things as funny as John Cleese prancing about stripping himself naked, while rolling out Russian in his "plummie" voice, ending up with his grudds on his head, and seeing peers peering at him.
B)
Or Kline beating him with a warming pan. :D
Anyone seen last year's The Cooler with Alec Baldwin and William Macy? It's a great little gem of a movie - nostalgic, sad and wonderfully made. Nothing mindblowing but precious in its own small way. And I've Never ever seen Alec Baldwin do a role so well. Which isnt saying ALL that much but still.
-
They did show David kissing his cop boyfriend but like you said.. that was a good six months ago... and after that i haven't seen any kisses between men... and in that episode i could clearly tell that they did censor out the gay sex. They show that he's gay... but the kissing and the sex scenes they cut out.
Shame to hear that Sopranos is heavily censored too... no wonder the show seemed kinda toned down. They also censor any nudity in Sex and the City and they also censor the explicit sex scenes with too much orgasmic sounds.... (Don't watch Sex and the City in front of your mom... trust me... not a good experience)
Abhimanyu... the latest insane act of censorship i have seen is a film called "Kis Kiski Kismat" or some crap to that effect... in that movie Mallika Sherawat has kissed the main guy and shown a lot of cleavage... but in the trailer... they "censor" the kisses... censor them by pixelating the mouth area... and the cleavage is also censored using this pixelating thing... I guess this has happened because Anupam Kher was forced to leave the censor board... now i think it is Sharmilla Tagore again... bunch of repressed fuckers!!!
holy fucking shit, man. No wonder filmmaking as an art is dying in India. A country of a billion plus people and we can't produce any Decent films, let alone brilliant ones. The last good ones I saw are Years old. You have theatres getting burned if the films challenge the status quo. It really is so sad. And not just that, the stupid cocksuckers dont even let the good foreign movies in either. so we have to get rent them at exorbitant prices from monopolizing video stores.......
its Fucked up.
And yeah, six months ago they werent censoring. This started happening over the summer, I think. I guess they had to do it otherwise the shows would probably be booted off the air.
Rogan vs The World
in Bring the Noise
Posted
I am calling Clarice, from Hellblazer, in her present state of appearance ugly, yes. I am afraid I stand in judgment. Call me superficial. Do like the character, though.