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JZ - Mar 09, 2006 8:33:26 am PST #882 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

My, but he's pretty all shirtless and holding a baby. If someone could photoshop those pictures together with some of the pictures of Vin Diesel shirtless with a baby in his otherwise worthless Disney thingumabob, I might perish of joy.

I don't know if it'd be possible for me to watch a movie with DB and Caroline Dhavernas together and successfully detach them from their Whedon and Minearverse personae. Either one separately, yes, but I'm not so sure about together.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2006 8:43:07 am PST #883 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Speaking of Vin, what's up with the hair?

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ETA, no wonder he shaves his head - with hair he kinda looks like Jeremy Piven's bulkier brother.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 8:47:30 am PST #884 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wonder if that was his hair.


Dana - Mar 09, 2006 8:48:17 am PST #885 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Huh. That's kind of wrong.

But hey, isn't that Peter Dinklage sitting next to him? Because I could go for a movie with Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2006 8:49:23 am PST #886 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I wonder if that was his hair.

Oh, it totally wouldn't surprise me that he's just wearing a piece for the role, but it took me aback when I saw a poster for it in the Boston Phoenix today. I was all "Vin Diesel's the star? Is that him?!???!??"


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 8:50:46 am PST #887 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He's 'acting' this time.

I hope it goes well. I have no reason to doubt he can't act, but he has such a dumb-lug rep based on what seems to be not much more than the size of his biceps, that I can't help but root for him.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2006 8:54:17 am PST #888 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I hope it goes well. I have no reason to doubt he can't act, but he has such a dumb-lug rep based on what seems to be not much more than the size of his biceps, that I can't help but root for him.

If the movie is any good, it should be interesting given the premise. Sidney Lumet's been more on the miss than on the hit side lately, but he's done good work over the years. And, yeah, Peter Dinklage makes thing interesting too.


Aims - Mar 09, 2006 8:55:04 am PST #889 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

He kind of acted in "Boiler Room". I really liked him in that.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2006 8:56:43 am PST #890 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

The only time I remember him playing a dumb lug (albeit a sweet one), was SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Usually I think of him playing a smart lug.


Mikey - Mar 09, 2006 8:57:10 am PST #891 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.

Ultraviolet didn't prescreen for critics. Anyone know how bad it was?
Here's another clue a movie is being foisted on an unsuspecting public. The studio sends a CD-ROM press kit completely unaccompanied by any kind of print materials. So you know, press kits can be more elaborate than even this. (Not my auction, just the easiest pic to find.)

The press kit for Ultraviolet was a CD-ROM unaccompanied by print materials. So just ask your local movie critic what kind of press kit he received.