I thought I heard Constantine's look was inspired by David Bowie. I wanted Paul Bettany to play him in the movie. sigh.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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Laga - Sep 02, 2010 2:09:32 pm PDT #13295 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2010 2:13:26 pm PDT #13296 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought I heard Constantine's look was inspired by David Bowie
Nope. Definitely unquestionably Sting.
Moore describes the creation of Constantine as being drawn from a number of "really good ideas... about serial killers, the Winchester House, and... want[ing] to draw Sting in a story." Calling these disparate strands a "big intellectual puzzle," Constantine was the result of "fit[ting] it all together." Initially created "purely to get Sting into the story," by the time of the 1985 San Diego ComicCon, Moore stated that "[i]t's turning into something more than that now."
Laga - Sep 02, 2010 2:16:04 pm PDT #13297 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Now I'm confused, was it Sting or David Bowie who had the walk-on role in Yellowbeard?
Atropa - Sep 02, 2010 2:17:22 pm PDT #13298 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I thought I heard Constantine's look was inspired by David Bowie
Nope. Constantine = Sting. The vampire that Constantine deals with in the Hellblazer issue that Gaiman wrote = David Bowie.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2010 2:20:34 pm PDT #13299 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
was it Sting or David Bowie who had the walk-on role in Yellowbeard?
According to IMDB, Bowie.
Laga - Sep 02, 2010 2:22:35 pm PDT #13300 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The vampire that Constantine deals with in the Hellblazer issue that Gaiman wrote = David Bowie.
Ohh, maybe that's where I'm confused.
Atropa - Sep 02, 2010 2:25:10 pm PDT #13301 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh wait, I'm mixing things up again. Gaiman didn't write the Constantine vs. vampires issue.
Amy - Sep 02, 2010 2:29:25 pm PDT #13302 of 30002
Because books.
I've heard it's not politic to say so, but since I didn't read the comic, I loved Keanu as Constantine. I also don't care for Sting outside of his looks, though, so there's that.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2010 2:35:57 pm PDT #13303 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy, take my word for it. You're unexposed.
The character doesn't have anything to do with Sting outside of his looks, as far as I know anything of Mr. Sumner. He's irretrievably bitter and wry and funny and scarred in a way that...well, maybe Keanu pulled it off in the second half of the movie, but I sure didn't see it before I crapped out.
DebetEsse - Sep 02, 2010 4:16:35 pm PDT #13304 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The movie wasn't a bad movie. It just wasn't John Constantine.