I love him, but take a vacation, Cumberbatch!
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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Dana - Oct 27, 2014 10:29:02 am PDT #27919 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2014 10:33:19 am PDT #27920 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
David Strathairn would actually be my first choice.
Oh I like this and would subscribe to your newsletter. Plus I'm still pissed about how Alphas ended (or not as the case may be - poor Gary).
Atropa - Oct 27, 2014 10:36:24 am PDT #27921 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I really wanted Oded Fehr
Same here.
I love him, but take a vacation, Cumberbatch!
That's my reaction, too. I think he'd do wonderfully in the role, but he's in So. Many. Things.
I haven't looked at Tumblr yet. Has it blown up?
Juliebird - Oct 27, 2014 4:08:33 pm PDT #27922 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm slightly miffed at the trailer for Revenge of the Green Dragon for using a cover of House of the Rising Sun. The lyrics seem appropriate, but the fact that the repeated nickname for Japan was used to advertise a movie about Chinese characters stood out. Did they think "appropriate lyrics and vaguely referencing Asian peoples" was brilliant and acceptable?
Calli - Oct 28, 2014 2:21:39 am PDT #27923 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I haven't looked at Tumblr yet. Has it blown up?
So very much. The wailing and gnashing of teeth flooded my dash for most of yesterday evening, with the, "Wait, not quite" posts coming in just as I was heading to bed.
I think BC would do well in the role, but I really don't need him in every franchise I watch. Oded Fehr was on my short list, too.
Or, you know, a Captain Marvel movie instead. (BC could play Chewie.)
DebetEsse - Oct 28, 2014 7:03:02 am PDT #27924 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Someone on Tumblr said (and I agree) that they really wish BC would take a break from these big franchises and, like, go do a comedy. He's remarkably good at comedy.
Strix - Oct 28, 2014 7:10:06 am PDT #27925 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Actually, I'm quite interested in seeing him in "Enigma" about Alan Turing.
DebetEsse - Oct 28, 2014 7:32:14 am PDT #27926 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I thought Imitation Game was Turing. And, yes, I am, as well.
Strix - Oct 28, 2014 7:40:33 am PDT #27927 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
D'oh! Yes, "The Imitation Game" is the BC one; "Enigma" was 2001.
P.M. Marc - Oct 28, 2014 8:05:38 am PDT #27928 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
someone on Tumblr said (and I agree) that they really wish BC would take a break from these big franchises and, like, go do a comedy. He's remarkably good at comedy.
That was me, I think.
I'm off Tumblr until people stop being stroppy children with a flair for the dramatic, so figure 48 hours or so until the next outrage. I mean, while I think Cumberbatch could play the role in his sleep so it'd be uninspired casting and I want to see him do comedy, damn it, the amount of name insulting and appearance bashing has me wanting to smack the stupid out of people again.
But, you know, I also think there's no way to make a Doctor Strange movie that isn't filled with an epic amount of oh honey no, so, eh. Like, this is the hill that the kids want to die on for diversity in casting? Seriously?
Just... why, pumpkins? Do you even have any familiarity with the character?
(Also, once more, fandom is managing to make some Jewish fans very uncomfortable with their shifting racial classifications of Israeli actors of European Jewish parentage [Fehr, Gadot, Portman] according to fandom's social justice whims and if the actor's ever said anything problematic or viewed as problematic. Though like a few of the FFA people, I suspect most of the people who'd been fancasting Oded Fehr were operating under the assumption that he was Egyptian.)