Because when I told her that Keanu Reeves was going to play Constantine, she thought I meant Constantine the Great.
Dude, lets change the name of the city to Constantinople, not Istanbul...
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DXMachina - Feb 01, 2005 5:28:26 pm PST #8661 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Betsy HP - Feb 01, 2005 6:06:15 pm PST #8662 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You have high-quality friends, Sumi.
I am hoping Constantine turns out to be good. We're due.
Alibelle - Feb 01, 2005 6:17:18 pm PST #8663 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Because when I told her that Keanu Reeves was going to play Constantine, she thought I meant Constantine the Great.
That's what I thought too, when you guys started to talk about it. I figured it was yet another epic historical, to rival Colin Farrell in Alexander, or something. And then I saw the trailer, and understood.
Outings with Lee, outings with Lee, la la la, outings with Lee.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2005 6:26:14 pm PST #8664 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Constantine ad says to me "Matrix meets Devil's Advocate." Which sounds like I'd like it, but not that it would necessarily be good, per se.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 6:26:26 pm PST #8665 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't see Keanu pulling off the world-weary, tired smartass without being somehow blunt. I want it to be magic, but mostly I wanted it to be this.
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 6:57:04 pm PST #8666 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
You have high-quality friends, Sumi.
Well, she really thought what Alibelle thought: that given Gladiator, Troy and Alexander we were in for another sandals and swords historic epic. She had also never heard of John Constantine. I just assumed that she had. (I've only come across him in his cameos in one of the Sandman books that I read.)
Atropa - Feb 01, 2005 6:59:24 pm PST #8667 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am hoping Constantine turns out to be good. We're due.
cue bitter, bitter laughter
Alibelle - Feb 01, 2005 7:05:34 pm PST #8668 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
ita always brings the pretty pretty boy pictures.
Thanks, ita.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 7:52:07 pm PST #8669 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am hoping Constantine turns out to be good. We're due.
I think at least Djimon Hounsou will be good. And what I've heard about the movie's twist on metaphysical cosmology will be interesting to see, though it's nothing like that of DC Comics.
P.M. Marc - Feb 01, 2005 8:28:22 pm PST #8670 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think at least Djimon Hounsou will be good.
Mmm... good point.