Johnny Mnemonic is a favourite? Even guilty? How?
I liked the junkie dolphin. Also, Johnny/Keanu's collar was neat.
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DavidS - Sep 02, 2004 9:34:17 am PDT #3489 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gandalfe - Sep 02, 2004 9:37:13 am PDT #3490 of 10001
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Johnny Mnemonic is a favourite? Even guilty? How?
Anything with Rollins in it is a de facto guilty pleasure.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2004 9:39:53 am PDT #3491 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm looking at his IMDB entry, and I realise I would need a Jackass exemption for anyone I adore.
DebetEsse - Sep 02, 2004 4:10:38 pm PDT #3492 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
My theory on Keanu is that he can't act very well, but he (or his agent or whoever) is damn good at choosing projects.
I am very fond of Devil's Advocate.
I think Superman as strong but not big is an interesting take on it. It would make him blend much better as CK, and seem a lot more otherworld-ly in his abilities as Supes.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2004 4:12:35 pm PDT #3493 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree it would be an interesting take -- but they're dealing with a franchise that doesn't seem to suffer interesting takes.
Just judging by the Elseworlds Supes I've read -- they really are not willing to jigger the American hero too much.
DebetEsse - Sep 02, 2004 4:21:29 pm PDT #3494 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I quite agree, ita. I don't think people (in the broad, good ticket sales sense) will be very forgiving of the All-American Hero deviating too far from the traditional conception.
It would be quite iconic if the character was re-formed and accepted, and would probably say something about our broader cultural climate. But yeah, I doubt it would be.
Jessica - Sep 03, 2004 5:20:00 am PDT #3495 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My theory on Keanu is that he can't act very well, but he (or his agent or whoever) is damn good at choosing projects.
Reports from ComicCon seem to indicate that Constantine will change your mind about the second part.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2004 5:25:06 am PDT #3496 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My last roommate in college and I are the only people we know who thought that Keanu was perfect in Dracula, because his character -- Jonathan Harker -- is *supposed* to be a wimpy dork.
We based that conclusion on repeated viewings of Nosferatu, for the record.
alienprayer - Sep 03, 2004 5:28:41 am PDT #3497 of 10001
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I have heard nothing about the production, but I doubt I will be able to buy Keanu as the protagonist of A Scanner Darkly. Or Winona as the girl, or Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey Jr as his roommates.
My own theory is that the film was cast by a deaf mute.
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2004 5:30:00 am PDT #3498 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jonathan Harker -- is *supposed* to be a wimpy dork
But was he supposed to be a wimpy wooden dork with a lousy accent?