Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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Jesse - Mar 18, 2005 7:35:21 am PST #259 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The thing about WW having to be white -- is Bullseye not a "known" enough character for it to matter? What about the current Ving Rhames Kojak thing? I'm not saying it's likely, but I don't think it's impossible. Of course, a non-white WW still wouldn't lead to Gina Torres getting the part.


Sean K - Mar 18, 2005 7:35:37 am PST #260 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Well, at the very least, it doesn't look campily homoerotic.

Though I can see the potential for Liam Neeson and Christian Bale to bring a sort of master/student homoerotic pain to it.

I would be okay with that.

Just no Bat Shark Repellant.


Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 7:36:27 am PST #261 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Though I can see the potential for Liam Neeson and Christian Bale to bring a sort of master/student homoerotic pain to it.

Oh.

GUH.

Broken now.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2005 7:38:23 am PST #262 of 10002
"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

Why couldn't they have waited to get rid of the campy homoeroticism until a few movies after Christian Bale joined the franchise?


Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 7:39:26 am PST #263 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I'm still in a Liam Neeson/Christian Bale place. Because Liam Neeson/Peter Sarsgaard in Kinsey = HOTTTTT.


§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 7:40:56 am PST #264 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

is Bullseye not a "known" enough character for it to matter?

Not Bullseye -- Kingpin. And probably not, although I did hear people bitch about the PCness (of casting a black guy as a criminal -- so right).

Matt, do you need it to be campy? Can't it just be fraught?


Jesse - Mar 18, 2005 7:44:21 am PST #265 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Not Bullseye -- Kingpin.

Oh yeah, der.


Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 8:02:13 am PST #266 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Bat Sheet. In other words, Oh Dear God YES.


Jessica - Mar 18, 2005 8:09:35 am PST #267 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

With Christian Bale in the mix, any homoeroticism will more likely be filled with angst than camp. Which is just fine with me.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 9:02:01 am PST #268 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I think if I don't get to see this cast perform this show, I might wind up considering my life completely wasted.

I Googled Spamalot reviews, and they seem pretty unanimously and enthusiastically positive. I think I feel the same way Sean does on this, but I may have a good ticket source (not that they'd be cheap).