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Arnold in X-MEN' Rumor Alert!
Hey folks, Harry here. Now... I don't know what's a going on here, but according to this article up in the Toronto Star.... Our Man Arnold, seems to be poised to feature into the X-MEN movie. My problem is... Colossus was not in the last draft I saw (though I hope he is in the movie!) and if he isn't... Who the hell would Arnold play? And if he is in the movie.... What has that done to the budget of the film? Didn't Bill Mechanic just give a speech about not hiring actors at the price range of Arnold? But hey... That didn't seem to stop Fox from putting THE SINEATER in turnaround because they wanted bigger NAMES.... Sigh... Ya know... Sometimes it's just best to sit back and watch and see how this all plays out. Here's the scoop... If anyone finds out anymore details... Let me know... ok? Cool.
Toronto Star Newspaper, March 26, Page D2, Stargazer column.
(it's the biggest newspaper in Canada)
This column reports on stars only when they're in town, so
it's safe to assume they got their info from local sources
and not the net. Says that Arnold Schwarzenneggar will be
in Toronto in JULY to film X-Men with Angela Bassett. Further
goes on to say he may buy the vacation pad owned by Kurt Russell
and Goldie Hawn in one of our scenic outlying areas (Muskoka).
Arnold in town? Cool!!
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I heard that Arnold will be playing Wolverine! "Ya, you've been tahminated! Schniketty-schnik!" Jawohl!
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I *heard* from a very unreliable source that he was cast as Magneto, not Collosus. This makes a little more sense to me, anyway.
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Mar 26, 1999 12:19:15 PM CST
Schwarzenegger has signed on, Stallone should be next. YES!!!
by abking
Like I was saying a few months ago to you FUCKING SHITHEADS that didn't believe me when I said (predicted) that Arnold could be in X-MEN, go shove your head up all your asses. Arnold will be in X-MEN according to The Toronto News. It is only a matter of time before you hear STALLONE get casted. Harry, can you PLEASE find out for me if Stallone is being rumored to also join the cast in the BIGGEST MOVIE OF SUMMER 2000(Minority Report, go somewhere else).
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What would you rather see......
(A) Arnold dragging down this film to a series of lame tag-lines ("Everybahdy chillll") ala Batman Forever or....
(B) Casting Silent Bob as Colossus?
Nah, seriously, could Hollywood please expell Arnold to the Negative Zone where he would float harmlessly for all eternity and we don't have to deal with him and weak-ass mugging? F Jackie, Bababooey.
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Mar 26, 1999 12:28:26 PM CST
I Want To See Arnold Admit He Can't Act And That He Suck- Part 1
by vincent vega
Arnold is the worst actor in the histoy of film, I don't know what kind of moron goes to see a film because it has him, anyone see 'The Eraser'? Bad, just horrid, and bad script with a shitty plot designed to put Arnold in situations after situation involving a bomb and a big breasted chick. Arnold's only good films have come from Cameron, and those weren't that good. 'Junior' sucked, and proved just how bad he is. 'Batman And Robin' was by far the most embarrassing thing to come out of WB's in years! What is it with these shitty action stars who can't act- Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, and more recently Nick Cage. I don't even know what happened to Nick, he used to be a great actor, with Raising Arizona and Leaving Las Vegas, his ass was beutiful, but like all high paid actors, he gave up on good films and decided to make films that appeal to a young male audience. Arnold has never been good though, he sucks. Mel Gibson's problem is that he steals movies from there director, then makes it contrived and shitty. I want to cut Bruce Willis every time I see that shitty smirk he puts on his face, it's as if he's saying- 'ha ha you paid 7 bucks for this shit. You wasted two hours of your life.' Arnold is the worst though, NO ONE in the history off film has ever made so many bad movies, Ed Wood could act better on his worst day. Fuck Arnold, and if he's going to be in X-Men, I won't be seeing that movie, I won't be seeing anything that guy is in.
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Yeah, right. Anyway, let's all hope Arnie has the intelligence to NOT be in this film. You know he won't be in the ensemble cast of heroes, so the only role for him would be Magneto - and that would suck. I used to think Rutger Hauer would be best, but now I'm thinking of Christopher Walken.
P.S. I hope that Wolverine casting thing from yesterday was bogus. Back in the mid-Eighties, Marvel officially pegged Wolvie at 5'2" and he is definitely supposed to look like he's middle-aged (I still like Elias Koteas for this...)
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I rememnber back when I was just a young boy and would thrill at the adventures of the x-men. Through their Inferno and Dark Pheonix Saga. This was the best X-men material, and after reading the hundreds of talk backs( so much that I actually have a headache), all I want is for Bryan to at least get a fraction of those feelings translated onto the screen and take the movie seriously, because one thing I don't want to see is a bunch of mangled, cheap, spandex crap.
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I could be way off (and I probably am) but the only role I can see for Arnold is Magneto. Jim Lee always drew the guy like he was built like an ox. Either that or he'll play Kitty Pryde with a little computer enhancement.
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I could be way off (and I probably am) but the only role I can see for Arnold is Magneto. Jim Lee always drew the guy like he was built like an ox. Either that or he'll play Kitty Pryde with a little computer enhancement.
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I dont know a thing about the X men, and I have no intrest in this film. Anyway, I think by tommarrow the number of talkbacks will be off the charts. Harry, you will be able to line them up from Austin to Toronto.
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Mar 26, 1999 1:02:40 PM CST
SCHWARZENEGGER will make X-MEN the next BILLION dollar movie; ca
by abking
You FUCKING LOSERS better SHUT THE FUCK UP. I am going to love to make all you naysayers eat SHIT. When Keaton was cast as Batman and all the naysayers were booing at the casting, the teaser trailer sure made them SHUT THE FUCK UP. The X-MEN teaser trailer WILL make all you losers EAT, well you know. I just can't wait for STALLONE to join SCHWARZENEGGER in this film to make it complete. Hey, maybe Fox can let Cameron executive produce the film. For the losers that think Arnold has to utter on-liners, who says there are going to be on-liners in the film. You DICKHEADS sure don't have faith in Bryan Singer. Remember, he did give us APT PUPIL and THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Schwarzenegger would be perfect for Colossus or Magneto. For the homosexual that said Arnie is not a box-office draw anymore, Schwarzenegger is still one of the TOP BOX-OFFICE STARS. He will draw millions overseas and make X-MEN challenge EPISODE ONE.
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... Please take your medication, Mr. King... that is all.
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Mar 26, 1999 1:21:31 PM CST
HARRY, please find out if the Arnold rumor is true and find out
by abking
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Just what color is the sky in your fantasy world, Mr King?
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Mar 26, 1999 1:28:11 PM CST
A message to this BIG FAG MOTHERFUCKER "Vinvent Vega"...
by harry stamper
First, Arnold will be a good Magneto, because a ggod hero need a very ggod villan ( like Batman I and II ). Second, Mr. Vincent, you are a homossexual that love Nick Cage's butt, so, take your another fag friends and GET ARE OUT HERE! Bruce Willis is the best action movie star off all times! You're just one more fag. Just make me a favor, and Fuck yourself.
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I seems to me that it's more possible that Arnold would be up for the Magneto role. Ie German
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Doesn't anybody get tired of this crap?
Let me see if I've got this down:
Studio exec A- 'Hey, you know what the kids are into today, '_____'(insert comic name here; i.e. Blade, X-Men). Let's fetch that property!
Studio exec B- You know, you're onto something there. Let's find us some hot director of the hour and cast Arnold Stalloneaschwartzenngawillis along with a couple of kids from one of those WB shows, slap Garbage onto the soundtrack and green light this fucker!
Studio exec A- Right on!
Exec-in-training- What about the script?
Studio exec A- Never use that word in this office!
...and then the fanboys post on the sites how awesome the shoot is going and how cool the costumes look and how they'll bet you people will line up for weeks. I'm sorry to be so pessimistic, I love movies as much as everybody else, but don't you ever get tired of this monotonous runaround? You would have to be blind to not see that this is what's happening to 'The X-Men', and I'm afraid to say it already looks like what's happening to, or I should say going to happen to 'Spiderman'. And still we wait with baited breath... -
Arnold in the X-men wont work. Why? Well lets face it, X-men is about a team, and there is no way that Arnie is ever going to play only one of a team. Don't get me wrong I think he'd make quite a good Colossus, but I think the only way he'd get involved is in a major role, probably as the main villan. There in lies the problem, he just couldn't play Magneto - look at the mess he made of Freeze. Does anyone really think he could play such a complicated character as Magneto. I for one don't.
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I could be wrong about this, but I believe that Titanic is the only film with a combined gross of over a billion dollars. There might be a couple others (T2, Jurassic Park), but I think Titanic is the only one. TPM will be in the billion dollar club unless it is really bad, which I doubt. X-men has absolutely no shot at joining this club. None. X-men has a niche market, a very small niche market at that. Arnold ups the possibility for box-office, but not by a whole lot. Titanic and Star Wars had broad appeal across demographic groups, whereas X-men has very little appeal. I have nothing against comic book readers, but you are a small group. This is not meant as a slam, but it is just a fact. For a movie to be as successful as some of you think it has to have the ability to be a 'date movie'. A movie that women wouldn't mind seeing in mass. Not gonna happen with this flick. I loved The Usual Suspects, but between that movie and Apt Pupil there was a combined domestic gross of under $30 million. If no stars get attached to this film, it might make $50 million domestic, and that's about it.
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God.... Not Arnold!!! Not Stalone!!! Not Willis!! Not any of these guys. Can we please have a cast of acrtors and actresses with some sembalance of acting skill in this movie???
The problem is that Arnie is capable of taking a good script and completely ruining it with his delivery, or taking a bad script and making it worse...
Doesn't the studio understand that putting in a BIG NAME star will really take to focus of the movie off the group of Mutants and end up making much of the movie about the individual characters? That isn't what the X-Men was all about. Sure, some characters where stronger than others, but the team of mutants was always the main focal point.
This won't happen if they put someone like Arnold in the film in any capacity. Even if the script rocks, his presence alone turns people's attention to him and away from the team.
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A USC teacher pal of mine (Bryan Singer's alum) told me that Bryan said he would like to see Ahnold pop up in a quick cameo, maybe Cable. He doesn't want Ahnold to play a big role or alter the script they're working on in in major way, but just serve as a fun tribute to the fans who know a lot of the mythology backstory.
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...Bruce Willis. Now hold on, don't roll your eyes yet. Wayyy back in 1990 there was this Epic comic called Meltdown: Havok and Wolverine. Incredible art and a character driven storyline, pretty adult scripting too. Well, the whole time Logan's runnin' around Mexico lookin' for Havok he's in a ruddy old tank top, kinda like Willis in Die Hard. I don't think the character could be a stretch for Willis and he is capable of acting, look at 12 Monkeys. Anyway, I never could see how he gets grouped in with one trick ponies like Sly and Arnold. Okay, now rip me apart....
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There are soooo many actors out there on the stage and working bit parts in movies that can act circles around the 'big three' and the current up-and-comers. They just need their big break. Do you think that the cream rises to the top in Hollywood? Hell no! Watch-- just because 'Varsity Blues' made a wad o' dough, somehow the execs are going to credit that to James Van der Bleech, and hence, now we're stuck with him for another four or five movies. It takes forever to get these weenies out once they get in. Example: James Spader, Molly Ringwald, the Corey's, etc. You get it, right? Give others a chance for the love of all that is holy and just in this universe. Retire the Arnolds. Limit Neve Campbell to just one speaking line. Do not reference the WB as a 'talent goldmine.' Oh yeah, the "You are a fag" comments-- Siskel would be proud. Dorks.
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I give up. Arnold will be very bad in this movie as he's bad in every movie that doesn't require him to basically terminate something. And why, PLEASE TELL ME WHY, "fag" is the best insult people can come up with. It's great to disagree--that's one of the things that makes posting to this site fun. But Geez-Lou-Fucking-eez, people. Fag? Get your homophobic head out of your fucking ass and grow up. You can disagree with someone without calling names and without resulting to pejoratives that not only show your low level of intelligence, but are also hurtful to a great many people. I feel like someone's fucking mother here.
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I have an idea. How about disallowing all movies based on previously existing books, movies, comics, tv shows, video games, etc. and letting all of the talented, aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters have a try on getting new material produced without rehashing some much-loved material in another genre. No more remakes. Never again shall the phrases "inspired by" or "based on" or "stolen from (ala J. Cameron & the first Terminator film)" be used, at least not during this proposed period wherein nothing shall be made based on anything but the writers' imaginations (with the possible exception of the Neuromancer movie that's being made because William Gibson deserves huge pay checks from a box office smash for giving the world such great novels...and after the debacle that was Johnny Mneumonic, the idea of making films based on is materials is a dubious one). Originality. I don't give a rat's ass if they do cast Arnold or Stallone or some other over-rated, over-paid beefcake actor. Just please, please, please give us something new. Please. I'm begging here.
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Jeez, I'm not getting back into all this shit again. Arnie IS good... in CERTAIN roles. As ANY of the X-Men? Fuck no. MAYBE, MAYBE as Mr. Sinister or a Cable cameo (but c'mon, if Arnie is Cable, then it's gonna turn into the 'Cable and the X-Men' movie.
So screw all this, when are we gonna see that damn Watchmen movie??
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When I go through talk-back I am often amazed at the name calling and mudslinging that goes on. Ex: If you don't agree with me you're stupid, or gay, or retarded. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it is not necessary to try to hurt someone to express the fact that you don't agree with someone...But when you bitch about someone using the word fag and then proceed with your own vulgarities, you kind of lose credibility. Does one person have the right to call someone a fag? Yep. It's America buddy. The fact that you use profanity dismisses your right to fight the whole 'but what about the children' argument. Gay or not, fag is not offensive to a great many people. No more so than your eloquent choice to use the word 'fuck' on several occasions. If someone resorts to measures like that, let their idiocy stand for itself. Intelligent people can usually tell who the idiots that post are. I expect the hate-mail, so send it.
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I could see Arnold as Magneto, and I can understand doing that as a business decision, but I think that puts the whole project into the "Cheeze Zone" that I had hoped would be avoided. I would so much prefer to use talented actors in these roles, even if they didn't look 100% right for the part. Wouldn't a truly great actor like Anthony Hopkins be much better as Magneto?? Picture him going head to head with Xavier (Patrick Stewart from what I've heard). That would make for a great movie. Instead, I fear that we're in for a schlockfest.
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Arnold and Stewart will be the "name" (i.e. expensive actors in the flick) and everyone else (probably Wolverine included, I fear) will be some Gen-X friendly, Dimension Films fave pretty face actor. They're doing it to save $ on actors (save The Star)and use it on effects and marketing. Look, it's a comic book film from the distributor of the Star Wars films. It is being made to sell Taco Bell cups and action figures, not tell a touching, well-acted morality play on accepting those who are different. I fear Richard Grieco will be Wolverine in what is sure to be his Travolta-esque comeback role (after Night at the Roxbury). By the way, what do you all think of Corona's story that Crowe has officially passed on the Logan role because it was too similar to Bud White?
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JOHN MALKOVICH.........BUT WAIT, ALL YOU FUCKERS WILL SAY NO WAY, NO ACCENT. DO YOURSELF ALL A FAVOR AND RENT ROUNDERS TONIGHT, GRAB A BAG OF OREOS, AND MARVEL IN THIS WONDEROUS MOVIE. NOT MUCH RANGE FOR JOHN MALKOVICH BUT A DELIGHT TO WATCH. HE IS AN EXCELLENT ACTOR. GIVE HIM SOME LONG WHITE HAIR WITH TWO BIG BRAIDS DOWN HIS SIDES.............
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Juggernaut! how about that then?
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you have a point about the relativity of speech. i personally am not offended by cussing, but i realize others are. i don't think cussing is vulgar or crude, but that's because i'm aware of the etymology of the words we call "cussing." i'm also aware of the etymology of the word "fag" for example. the reason i have a problem with calling names is because it's hateful. OF COURSE people have the right to do it, but i ask that they VOLUNTARILY cease to do so. I can't make them, and I wouldn't want to force them to stop. What I would like to see is people stop calling each other hateful names. I didn't call anyone a name, so i personally don't think my credibility was hurt, though you may, and more power to you.
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they followed up with both Arnie's reps and Bassett's and both denied that either actor was involved with the flick. The Bassett rep sounded pretty certain, unfortunately. They also called Donner's production company but their response was "no comment." Yeearrgh! That can't be good. As I said before, this is going to be a Gen-X friendly. It is after all a FRANCHISE FILM and Fox never met a franchise it didn't like (Aliens, Star Wars, Die Hard, didn't they do Speed?), so look for actors who go well with lunch boxes and t-shirts. By casting Arnie you guarantee an opening weekend (a given in this day and age); by casting Stewart you have a recognizable face from a successful franchise that may have come to an end; and by casting Gen-X pretty faces as our team of mutie heroes, you bring in the teen-dating/Dawson's Creek crowd. Sound summer marketing, I reckon. I don't like it, I want different actors, but Singer may have had to strike a devil's bargain with Fox just to get the flick made. Remember those two long years where it was the same postings over and over again? Then we hear of script troubles with McQuarrie and Soloman's respective drafts. Then -- boom! -- now the talk is Toronto in July and for a summer 2K release (Bill Mechanic's words remember!). I bet the script is troubled (how could it not be, really?) but they need to fast-track this so they have another summer release in case Minority Report is delayed what with MI2's delayed production start and all. Fox can attract a big star with not much on his plate lately (Arnold) who can guarantee at least some business (B&R will, after all, have been 3 long summers before and people have short memories). Throw in Stewart for the Star Trek geek crowd and older women and the literary crowd, and Gen-X/Dawson's Creek faces for the teens. How do we know it was either this or Singer being fired (which I bet is still within the realm of possibility and with Donner stepping in to replace him). As for the Gen-X actors, think it through: Prof. X runs a school for gifted YOUNGSTERS not thirty-something method actors, so Stewart is a mentor. Thirty year olds like Bassett and Crowe don't need mentors! Thus, the X-men cast will be YOUNG (remember the Stan Lee original roster?). I know, I know, just make a goddam New Mutants movie then but trust me this will probably be how it plays out. Singer and the studio probably just wanna make it and fix it all in the sequel.I don't like it either.
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Mar 26, 1999 4:44:36 PM CST
I think if this is true (which I HIGHLY doubt) that he would be
by dennis
He's not a huge guy anymore. He would be well suited to Maggie with his accent as well. I have my doubts -- he had his chance to pull off this kind of character with Mr. Freeze in Batman&Robin, but he will probably just take over the production and insert arnieisms into to script.
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IF there is any truth to this rumor (which I kinda doubt as Arnold has been linked to tons of projects lately), and if it is just a cameo appearance and not a major role, maybe he'll appear as Omega Red. It wouldn't take much to make him look the part and the accent would make sense for that character. It makes a little more sense than Arnold as Magneto.
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I hope I come across a wee bit more intellegent than the many many posters above me for I am not going to use any derogatory language in this post at all. Arnold couldnt pull this movie off to save his life and neither could Sly. Face it, they can do good Action movies but Comic book movies? nahhh....personally I aint gonna worry about whos playing who in what role when the only news chunk comes from a less-than-accurate canadian Newsrag in the middle of the Frozen tundra. Nope...It is my prediction that this movie will suck goats through a small straw and that 95% of the people posting here will see it anyway. So whats the big deal? you people have wasted time and money on turkey flicks before, this wont be the last time either...remember Virus? remember Wing Commander? (I aint seen those turkeys yet either hah) get in line, we've all waited for "X-MEN" the movie for a long time and we will all be dissappointed in it. I personally think that the X-MEN comicbook is quite possibly **THE** stupidest excuse for a super hero team comic book ever written (not bad art though)"super hero team" comics 1)do NOT translate well into live action films 2)are for comic book collecting whining geeks and fanboys that wouldnt know a decent comic if it jumped off the shelf and bit them in the nose! I hate super hero team comics. I hate W.I.L.D.cats and X-MEN and all the other Super Team spin-offs. The Super heros that I like best dont have super powers at all (like Batman and Daredevil) Sure how thought provoking is it when a Super Villian is hell bent on destroying the world gets toppled by a team of Super Herso with different super powers beats the villian's super powers? Lame. If any one of you can defend "the X-Men" as a viable scourse of comic book entertainment...without bashing me, then email me.
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Nightcrawler! He's elfish looking, young enough, and can do a Dutch/German accent (remember Witness?). I'm stickin' to my guns on this Gen-X casting notion, too. Fox will want to tap into that teenage angst "I'm different and I hate the world" slant the X-men has. Besides, cast twenty-somethings in it and you'll get a lot more mileage from them and their pretty faces four films and eight years down the line than you will by casting Bassett or Crowe. Okay, maybe Bruce Willis will be Wolvie (it is after all 20th Century Fox of Die Hard fame here) to pad the opening weekend and make for Planet Hollywood tie-ins but everyone else will be 30 and under. But if Wolvie is gonna be 30 or younger, who the hell really could play him but an unknown? What about Joaquin Phoenix? Sorry about all the long postings but it is one boring friggin' day at work today.
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That's what this thing is turning into! Jesus Christ. As far as I'm concerned the action movie has been dead since the day Hong Kong went back under Chinese rule. If you don't believe me, go to a video store that's pretty well stocked in Hong Kong films (okay, easier said than done) and rent as many as you can. Only then will you realize that Hollywood has been sucking every shot, gimmick etc. dry from abroad. And what's with these guys saying that Arnold or Stallone (interchangalbe mongoloids) are the kings of action? Give me a Jackie Chan or Jet Li any day of the week. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now. But first see these movies to see what REAL action is: Full Contact, Fist of Legend, Drunken Master 2, Bullet in the Head (as a matter of fact, any of Woo's HK movies starting with a Better Tommorow on) And pretty much anything with the following people invovled: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, Ringo Lam, Yuen Woo-Ping, Samo Hung, etc.
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He may not have shown the depth with previous roles, but let's face it: it all comes down to the script. If they kept the character dark and brooding, with very little dialogue, and don't dig too deep into his past. If the movie is going to focus around the origins of the X-Men themselves, there will be little time to focus on the villian. We're talking about a team of six different people, all with different origins here. The main focus will be on Wolverine/Cyclops/Jean. And Angela Bassett is SO WRONG for STORM. They need to pick a young girl to jive with the ages of the rest of the characters. The entire cast should be between 25-30 with the exception of Magneto, Prof. X and Wolverine.
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OK, I'm not a huge comic fan, and this list is pretty much off the top of my head. I realize it will NEVER happen, but I just thought I'd throw it out there. If this is to be a good movie, Arnold, Sly, and Bruce should stay the fuck away. Also, they should do away with all the cheezy accents (southern, German, Russian, etc). They're OK to read, but they would all sound ridiculous if spoken, especially if they weren't the actors' real voices. OK, here goes:
PROFESSOR X-Patrick Stewart (PERFECT choice. I can't imagine anyone else doing it)
CYCLOPS-Kevin Spacey
JEAN GREY-Jodie Foster
MAGNETO-Christopher Walken/David Bowie
WOLVERINE-tough call. I can't think of anyone new, but I think Russell Crowe would do a good job, even if the height and age are all wrong.
GAMBIT-Edward Norton
ROUGE-Juliette Lewis/Heather Graham
JUBILEE-Angelina Jolie/Katie Holmes (if they're gonna stick a role in for the kids, this is it)
CANNONBALL-Edward Furlong
NIGHTCRAWLER-Chris Rock/Dave Chappelle (yes, I know Nightcrawler isn't really black, but a white actor would look straight-up stupid under all that face paint)
COLOSSUS-Vinnie Jones (yeah, the accent's wrong, but he would be dope in this role)
SABRETOOTH-Rutger Hauer
STORM-Angela Basset/Pam Grier
ICEMAN-Vince Vaughn
BEAST-Kenneth Branaugh/Kevin Kline/Bill Murray
CABLE-Harvey Keitel
BISHOP-Samuel L Jackson/Jim Brown (barring them, how cool would a Mr T cameo be?)
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I admit it - I like Arnie (ok what i mean is I really want to a T3) but if you think that X-men is going to come anywhere close to Episode One then I've got a bridge to sell to you.
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I liked someone 's suggestion of Gabriel Byrne for magneto. How about Jeremy Irons? Jurgen Prochnow maybe? Jonathan Pryce? Malkovich would be Ok, too. Christopher Plummer is old enough to have been a kid during WW2. Alan Rickman?! What about irons for Prof X? Duvall maybe? Treat Williams for Logan? Wes Studi or Danny Trejo for Wolverine? Viggo Mortensen or Robert Patrick? Ron Eldard or Campbell Scott for Cyclops (Eric Stoltz maybe?). And why can't I shake the strange feeling that Claire Danes or Mark Wahlberg are gonna end up in this movie?! And with Angela Bassett seemingly out of the running for Storm, I wonder if those Vanessa Williams rumors are gonna resurface.
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Gee, and I thought Arnold gave the best performance in Batman and Robin. Of course, that's saying absolutely nothing.
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On a physical level, yes, Arnold would be perfect for Magneto, just as Patrick Stewart would've been for the role of Mr. Freeze. A bigger problem for Arnold and this movie could be that Arnold would be playing a concentration camp survivor, and what with his Dad being a card carring member of the Nazi party during the war, that might not sit too well with some people. Something to think about.
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In my opinion... the coolest Magento in history could only be played by... Jeremy Irons. I mean, that dude can do any accent in the world, and he can be evil. Hell, in the Lion King, he was just a cartoon, but he was still kind of scary. And, he even looks a little like Magneto.
As for the rest of the X-guys... well I always thought that no-name actors would be best, but hey... you gotta make the flim appealing to the rest of the population who aren't avid fanatics of the X-men.
Oh, and I always kind of thought Dennis Quaid would kick ass as a Gambit... hint hint
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Crap, I can't believe it was posted... Wow. :)
And aardvark, I'm pretty sure the Toronto Star is the biggest newspaper in Canada. Toronto is the New York of Canada, the largest and one of the most important in the country. If the paper is not the biggest, then it has to be top 3.
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What a great idea! Arnie would be an excellent Juggernaut! I'm serious, and I've been a hardcore True Believer since X-Men 250 (hey, I didn't buy comics before then!) up until about the time Claremont left... well, actually, just after X-Cutioner's Song, when even Nicieza left... anyway, nothing wrong with Arnie in the big brown box; who knows, maybe Singer's presence is inspiring the Big Names to sign on WITHOUT eating the film's whole budget.
...and I know you're all laughing, and yes, his movies have been some Wet Ass(tm) recently, but Willis certainly does have the edge and attitude to be a believable Wolvie. I just don't know if I buy him as "agitated"... but think of the tone of voice used to say "Yippie Kay-Eh, M*therf*cker" to deliver the lethal punchline: "Not your day, Bub."
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If anyone wants to see (I MEAN REALLY SEE) Logan in action on film, please RUN TO YOUR LOCAL VIDEO STORE, and rent a film called ONCE WERE WARRIORS. It stars a gentleman by the name of
TEMUERA MORRISON. Remember that name, and start suggesting him instead of all these COMPROMISES for a true portrayal of WOLVERINE. Watch this film and see what true RAGE is. Honestly,
fellow talk backers, you'll feel the same as I do in saying that he was TRULY BORN TO PLAY WOLVERINE. I dare even say that he DESTROYS GLENN DANZIG AND RUSSEL CROWE WITH ONE GLANCE!!! He has the build, the height, the accent (CANADIAN sounding enough), the mannerisms,...SHIT RENT ONCE WERE WARRIORS, AND LET'S SEE ABOUT GETTING THIS FILM CAST TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL COMIC!!! PEACE TO ALL. -
Well, there's only one role that Arnie would be capable of playing in my mind, and that is of Juggernaut (someone already mentioned that, but no one paid attention to him, so it's my turn now). Think about it, he's big, dumb, and unstopable. Personally, I'd like to see him out of this movie if at all possible, because I think his acting is a shitstain that we may never get out of our culture. As a distant second, he might be tolerable as Cable (or at least look the part), but I want him out. And to address something else, "fag" is in fact an insult to most of my gay friends, and I would of course prefer that we keep to the non-prejudiced, not-so-junior-high/grade-school insults of "fuckstick", "asshole"; "cockknocker", "asshole", "son of a bitch", "stupid shit", or some other variation. "Gay" or "fag" or "homo" are incredibly immature, and just make you sound stupid. Even the unoriginal "fucker" is a step up. Now, back to the movie. I think Jeremy Irons would be the perfect Magneto, or perhaps Chris Walken. I'm not sure though. I read the comics for about half of my life, and I own every one of them between 150-330, and Arnie is horrible for Magneto. Magneto should be tall and thin, and a forboding presence. He should also be a sympathetic character as well...I liked Magneto better than most of the heroes. I would prefer that they tap new talent, instead of relying on big names. And I would also prefer them to be young actors, considering that the X-Men are members of the Xavier school. X-Men has always been about the alienation of those who are different, focusing on high school age students. I find it ironic that we're engaging in stupidity about "fags" as we talk about this movie...remember the term "mutie"? The movie is about TOLERANCE, not stupidity, for fuck's sake! Try showing some yourself. -Loki
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The only Marvel movie I can see getting made right is if Tom Cruise takes on an alcoholic IronMan. ps I still want to see Spider-Man on the big-screen.
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Yes, Arnie would be a great Collosus. For all of you nay sayers spouting off about how bad he was in batman, well your right. he was bad, but the franchise was fucked up by schumacher not arnie. Anyone who has ever read the comic will tell you that Arnie was born for the role, Peter Rasputin speaks softly and carries a big stick. Sound familiar? Arnie in Terminator? Collosus just has some feeling in him and hollywood movies usually ignore this quality in big super hero films anyways. Problem is, as some have pointed out, X-MEN is a team, not an individual which arnie is. He can not be magneto, the captain from Das Boot can play him!!
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Okay, I could see Arnold as Colossus, and that actually wouldn't even be bad (big guy, Eastern European accent, few lines because Colossus isn't talky), but don't you think people have learned? Between Batman and Robin and Eraser, I think Ahnold's days are numbered in Hollywood. And on the possibility of him playing anyone else in X-Men, who else could he play? Magneto? He's too young, and not a good enough actor to pull it off. Wolverine? He's too tall, not Canadian, and not a good enough actor to pull it off. Cyclops? No, for a variety of reasons. The only other character he could be is maybe Omega Red, and that would be kinda cool.
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The Toronto Star is a useless Rag. Equal to the Inquirer. Now if the National Post or Globe and Mail report it, that's a different story. Ofcourse I would HOPE that those papers would save their ink for stories WORTH reporting... As for the New York of Canada remark... no, Toronto is the Toronto of Canada, maybe SOME of you American's need to get outside your own borders (if only intellectually) every once in a while.
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Wolverine - Gary Sinise
Cyclops- Ron Eldard
Magneto - Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas (?)
Prof. X- Patrick Stewart
Storm - Angela Basset
Beast- Ving Rhames
Jean Grey - Julianne Moore
Psylocke - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Jubilee - Wynona Rider
Gambit - Harry Connick Jr. (well, he's from Louisiana, good e nuff)
Morph- Steve Buscemi
Rogue- (rumored to already be going to Sarah Michelle Gellar) -
One of Nature's (or in this case, Bryan Singer's) horrible mistakes. It fits the dictionary definition of mutant quite nicely. I wish Bryan had the clout to cast Ahnuld as one of the non-X-men mutants, the ones who didnt really have any powers and just kinda hung around in the sewers. It would almost be worth paying him what he would ask to see him reduced to that. Or to see him as an anonymous pool hall thug who catches Logan at a bad time and gets to taste some adamantium. Ahhhh.... that would be just too cool.
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The Toronto Star is a rag but Globe & Mail and the National Post are not? Let me guess, you love Mike Harris and his goose-stepping cronies in parliament, right? You think the massive bed shortage in our Ontario hospitals is a good thing given that it'll save you a few dollars at the end of the year and that those punks in elementary school deserve to be crammed into 35+ students to a teacher classrooms. To hell with you. If you want a relatively unbiased report, choose the Star. If you want stories that are first cleared by corporate sponsors, then pick up the National Post. And as for the "you Americans" crack and obnoxious "it's the _toronto_ of canada" remarks, I'm left to wonder why such a Canadian patriot is using an America Online account. Typical right-wing hypocrisy. You're an embarrassment to our country.
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I wanna abridge the dream cast I posted earlier. Someone just suggested Julianne Moore as Jean Grey. I like this idea even more than my idea of Jodie Foster; I wish I'd thought of it. I don't think Arnold would be a good Juggernaut just because I can't see him intentionally playing an agressively stupid character. Plus, he just doesn't seem to me to be capable of playing a part in an ensemble cast. I think Juggernaut should play a small role in the movie, with Magneto being the main adversary. With that in mind, I think a pro wrestler should play Juggernaut. Paul Wight, Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Taz all spring to mind. It may sound stupid, but Andre the Giant kicked some serious ass in his relatively small role in the Princess Bride. The thought also just struck me that Bruce Campbell would make a very cool Gambit.
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Don't know if you heard or not, but Andre aint among us any more, so playing Juggernaut probably conflicts with his schedule.
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and cmon now, Bruce Campbell would make a very cool anything. :) You could cast him as Yoda's taller younger brother and he'd kick ass.
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Hey, Randall, thanks for your scintillating and insightful remarks. Yes, of course I know Andre the Giant is no longer with us (even tho he'd still probably be a better Juggernaut than Arnold). You'll notice that I was simply using him as an example of a wrestler who was good in a peripheral role in a mainstream movie (in case anyone tried to use "Suburban Commando" or something as evidence that wrestlers shouldn't act). Yes, Bruce Campbell would be cool as just about anyone, but I think the whole irreverent attitude makes him a perfect fit for Gambit in particular.
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FINALLY! FINALLYFINALLYFINALLY!! !!!! Dutch, you just made my fuckin' week, man. At last there's somebody out there who knows what's up. This is to all the folk who take the character seriously: Wolfe, Angus, Epsilon, Womprat, F.O.A. Ted and Lane "The Talk Backingest Bastard on site" Meyers. No offense to the other posters, but y'all are sniffin' some industrial strength glue. The only name actor who can come close to doing the character justice is Russell. If they need a bonafide star to open the flick, he's the only one (other than height, can anyone tell me the difference between Plissken and Logan character-wise? Didn't think so). MAYBE Willis. Maybe. But if you want the real deal, the closest you'll get is a New Zealand actor who gets his Rage on better than anyone: better than James Caan's Sonny Corleone, better than Nicholson's "Shining" ass (yes, I said it. Got beef? Bring it on), and better than Crowe in "Confidential". ONCE WERE WARRIORS.
See it.
See it.
See it.
And as for Mags, check the past TB's for the low down on CHARLES DANCE: Murphy's "Golden Child", "White Mischief", he's got the chops. (WM also has Greta Scacchi in various states of undress. Money well spent) "Michael Collins", he's got the build. All we need is Stewart, N'Bushe Wright and Dylan McDermott (to those who suggested him before, you got the vibe, people. Outstanding.) And we're ready to roll.
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Ain't gonna dis you, you're obviously a fan, but chew on this a while:
Stallone
A John Woo film
THE PUNISHER
Woo's always wanted to work with him, makes sense don't it? How 'bout this,
Schwarzenegger
A Devlin/Emmerich Big, Loud, Forgettable but Fairly Entertaining Piece of Trash
THOR
Get the chick from Xena for Sif, Max Von Sydow for Odin, Richard E. Grant (the actor that SHOULD have been the Joker) for Loki and hell, Matthew Broderick (though Bill Pullman would be the smarter choice) for Don Blake. You could even throw in Suzy Amis from Titanic as Jane Foster.
Happy? Good. Now will you please CHILL?
*And for the Thor/Punisher fans, don't kill me, okay? What do you think the chances are of a "serious" film being made from these charcters? Honestly?
Tavis B.-- Right idea, wrong actor. Billy Zane's your man, Cruise ain't tall enough. THAT'S the hero Cameron should do. Can you imagine the GEAR in that sonuvabitch? DAMN!!! -
DOES THIS MEAN ANGELA BASSETT IS STORM??? THAT WOULD ROCK!!!
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My Dark Tower Cast:
Roland: Clint Eastwood...duh
Jake: I hate to go with current mainstream, but Jake Lloyd.
Susanah/Odetta/Detta: Tyra Banks
Eddie Dean: Adam Storke (Larry from "The Stand")
Young Roland: Edward Furlong
Cuthbert: Now, before you rant, stick with me here...Macaulay Culkin. I think he could pull him off.
Alain: Elijah Wood
Susan: Kirsten Dunst
and Randall Flagg: Jamey Sheridan (Flagg from The Stand)
In my opinion this would work as a 4 month endeavor for an ABC mega series, seperating each of the four books into 4 parts, then airing one of those 4 parts every Sunday. January could be "The Gunslinger", Feb could be "The Drawing of the Three", March could be "The Waste Lands" and april could be "Wizard and Glass". Each of the 16 "episodes" could be 1-2 hours long, and if you get Stephen King to write the screenplays and produce you will have one hell of a series. This is King's best work in my opinion, and it troubles me that none of them have ever been made inot movies after almost every other book of King's has seen the Silver Screen or ABC television. -
Arnie in THE X-MEN ?
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ABking is back and I MUST appologize. I was the one who started all the "FAG" insults. I'M VERY SORRY if I hurt anyones feelings. Next, CUTHBERT 51, Obi-one doesn't wear anything. He likes everything to hang out freely. I read EVERY post above me. I saw all your comments on my idol, Arnold (my other idol being Sly of course). I agree with some of you that Schwarzenegger would make a KICK ASS Cable. God, TERMINATOR is CABLE. The other character Arnold would do great as is COLOSSUS. Do I really need to give reasons for that? NO!!!! Arnold is too smart a man to act a freak like JUGGERNAUT. Ralph Muoller (Conan tv show) would make the BEST JUGGERNAUT (he's very tall and can act dumb)... REMEMBER fellow talkbackers, I never wanted to get into arguments with any of you. I just feel that STALLONE and SCHWARZENEGGER should be a part of a live action X-MEN movie (that is my strong opinion, I KNOW ALOT OF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME). Cutherbert 51, of course if my prediction came through, I'm going to bring it up. CLARK THRONE, where did you hear that John Woo wants to badly work with Stallone? That is one of my ultimate wishes. I would do anything to see Stallone star in a action movie directed my the man himself. Arnold in a THOR movie??? It would have to be someone like James Cameron to direct it for the film to be any good. Sometimes I can't believe you people can't imagine how GREAT the X-MEN movie would be with Sly and Arnold. Just imagine the trailer to EPISODE ONE with Sly and Arnold doing there action thing. It doesn't have to be stupid people. Picture this: the trailer show's a fast burst of action scenes, like EPISODE ONE, with Magneto's mutants at war with the X-MEN. Then you see Arnold for a brief second as CABLE shooting his puls weapon in the fight. Then you see Sly as Logan with the other X-MEN, fighting in the war. COOL!!! By the way, Jeremy Irons would make the best Magneto.
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If you're going to put Bruce Campbell in a comic book movie, then let it be the role he was born to play, Plastic Man.
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I don't know what villians they plan on using...seem to remember Magneto being mentioned...But,
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Please, guys. Stop all the gay bashing. Like Matthew Shephard's tragic death was not enough. Anyway, X-Men I gave up in the ninth grade. To the way above post, Yes I read Havok/Wolverine:Meltdown. I miss the quality of 80's comic. Every now and then I dig up ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN, DARK KNIGHT, WATCHMAN, JON SABLE: FREELANCE, and Gaiman's SANDMAN - and I cry. Then I put 'em back in dusty old boxes in the closet. I turn out the flourescent lights on my adolescence. And then I pick up a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Peter Carey. And I feel okay. I still miss the guys at the Keith's Comics/Moondog's shop. I guess I'll go to my friend's show of Chekov's "The Cherry Orchard" or I'll read that "Hit & Run book on Jon Peters/Peter Guber and Sony debacle.
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Billy Zane as IronMan? Ha! Nobody would come to see it.(Remember The Phantom) Who cares if Cruise is not tall enough(Keaton), he has the power to get the movie made. Not only will the fanboys flock to see this flick, so will couples and action fans.
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I'm sick of people pointing out Micheal Keaton as a sign that we should cast any fuckstick into a comic book movie. Yes, he was good in it, and yes, people thought he would suck. But that doesn't mean that any person that is despised would be perfect for the role. The truth is, Schwarzenegger has overstayed his welcome by a long shot. He's never been that talented to begin with, while Keaton has a fair amount of talent. To put it into mathematical terms, A=B does not mean C=B. (sorry to bring in math, but I couldn't figure out anyway to put it). I want to see this movie when it's made, but I'm very afraid that it's going to suck, especially if Arnie is in it. -Loki
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The Phantom may not have done well at the box office but Billy Zane was not bad in it. In Demon Knight he was a riot. I think there are quite a few heroes that he could do a pretty good job portraying on the big screen. I don't want to see Tom Cruise as Iron Man or any other hero. The only role Tom Cruise can play is the role of Tom Cruise. In every role I've seen him in he seems to be the same. Cocky pilot, cocky bartender, cocky race car driver, cocky vampire, etc. To be fair I haven't seen all of his movies but in the movies I have seen he seems to be playing the same guy. Maybe he'd surprise everyone like Keaton did in Batman but he wouldn't be my first choice even if he can fill seats in the theatres.
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The public knows Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man, they dont know Tony Stark. I like Billy Zane, but be realistic, the only way an Ironman movie would get made is if you got Tom Cruise to do it. I'll agree with you about his pretty-boy status, but he did suprise people playing Lestat- even Anne Rice! ps. X-men is a turkey in the making.
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If Arnold is in it, I'm hoping that the part that he's playing wasn't written for him. What I mean is, I hope he has some meaningful dialogue (ie more than one-liners) and I also hope he doesn't dominate the screen time. I'd like to see him as Cable, if he's in it at all. And if Cable is in it, I'd like to see it as a 5-minute role, talking with Prof. X about using the school for another group of mutant teenagers, calling them X-Force. (this would make an X-Force movie a possibility in the future, if there's ever any interest.) As for the regular X-men, I'd like to see the original team leading the newer X-men (Wolvie, Nightcrawler, Gambit, Rouge, etc) against Magneto (and possibly the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants) don't tell me they couldn't do some great special-effects things with characters like the Beast, Iceman, Nightcrawler, Pyro, and
Angel('s wings.) I thought the hair on the Gorilla in Mighty Joe Young looked pretty good. Imagine what old Hank McCoy could look like on the Big screen, or Iceman, all iced-up. I don't realy know who should play who right now, but I just want to say:
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Damn it, people! Arnold made those Terminator movies for us! Arnold helped Cameron get his start. Eraser was a GOOD movie. Batman and Robin was bad because WB made it bad. ARNOLD WILL BE BACK. Sure, his best role was as a robot, ahem, but he was also very good in True Lies! Now, about Sly and Arnold being in the same movie... I don't think it will happen. If it was going to, it already would have. I think it's because Arnold is WAY taller than Sly! Sly wouldn't like that showing up on-screen! My personal wish is to see Arnold and Sly in a big-screen, movie adaptation of the classic Nintendo game CONTRA. Now THAT would be cool! Oh, and by the way, no one gives a SHIT about X-Men, so it's gonna bomb. Sorry.
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My casting choices would be David Bowie as Magneto, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Val Kilmer as Cyclops(with a much tinier ego than in the comics, cartoon), Gary Sinise as Wolverine, Drew Barrymore as Rogue and Simon Le Bon as ICe MAn. I think that Bryan should concentrate on meking a big-screen superhero team, quite different from any of the X comics ever seen. Just as you have an animated Batman, a comic Batman, a TV Batman and a big-screen Batman.
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I personaly think that Adrian Paul from the Highlander Tv show would be an excellent choice, the man can act, he is rather built and he has that bad-ass aura about him. Lorenzo Lamas from from the show renegade might also be another good choice.
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But allow me to explain: I don't disagree that Cruise is a good actor who rarely gets the chance to show HOW good he can be ("Born on the Fourth", etc.). And you're right, the public doesn't know Tony Stark. But we do. That's what I base my pick on: how the character is presented in the text and who can pull it off on film. Stark is supposed to be suave, sophisticated and not a little arrogant (who wouldn't be with all that friggin' money?). Cruise can do the alcoholism and give the character some depth, but, I'm sorry, when you put him in a tux he still looks like he's going to his senior prom. Can you picture him with the mustache? Or more importantly, in the ARMOR? They gotta show a face shot of him changing at some point unless you go with a double all the way. My apologies, I can't see it. Zane can pull off the vibe, the depth and the ATTITUDE and STILL do the armor up right. Take a cue from Buckeye: "The Phantom"? Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier and Jesus Christ put together couldn't save that pile of detritus. CHeck out "Dead Calm", "Sniper", or a little film called "Femme Fatale" for a better idea of what Zane can do. Yes, I do want to see this film, but only if it can do justice to the characters, physically and emotionally. Keaton did an excellent job, but "Iron Man" won't have a lot of shadows and darkness to play around with: It's a guy flying around in metallic tights. I'd give Zane the nod over Cruise for that. Just my opinion. We'll see. And there's a reason I included Cameron with Zane: they've worked together already and this is a character Cameron can REALLY sink his teeth into. He's a tech nut, and there's no more tech-heavy hero than Shellhead. If stars do a superhero project, you usually get some vanity flick disaster like "Dick Tracy". A director (who doesn't star in it) with some affinity for the material is the best hope for it being done well. I'm assuming that for all the hero flicks, a major star isn't enough. Again, we'll see. *And ABKing, read most of the older interviews with Woo and he'll mention how big an effect Stallone's films, especially the early ones, had on him. I believe he refers to their working together as a "dream of mine" at some point. --Sorry. Extended geek out. Now I'm gonna go read the sports section, get hammered and show up at my soul-crushing job hungover to reclaim my maturity. Peace. -
This will SUCK, people. If you think otherwise you're deluding yourself. Simple demographics. For this to be successful (and with the dream casts that you are all floating around it would have to make $100 mil just to pay the bills) you would have to go to the origin story. Sorry folks! Wolverine ain't there! Neither is Colossus, or Nightcrawler, or Kitty Pryde, or Storm! It's Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Ice-Man, Beast, Professor X, and Magneto! And maybe Juggernaut. That's it!
Characters like Gambit, and Bishop, and Wolvie and the others we know and love don't show up until later. First, this would give the inevitable sequel a huge boost, and second, you can concentrate on the characters and story of the first X-Men. But you all demand to see your favorite characters represented in one way or another, and the studio will oblige, and this will end up being one big fucking mess. Mark my words. In 2000 you'll all be e-mailing back here saying the same thing. So far the only successful comic book movies, with the exception of Blade and The Crow, have been the big guns, Superman and Batman. Unless you're a fan, you probably won't know who the X-Men are. Spider-Man is the only one who will make coin back, because everybody already knows who he is. I'm a comics fan, but I realize how limited the appeal really is. -
Forgot Angel in the cast. I wanted to get this out there before you all started in (you probably will already anyway).
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boy, what I wouldn't give for a healing factor and some adamantium claws right about now....
that or a large-scale nuclear weapon to take out the lot of ya....
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Either this is lousy reporting (Perhaps too much Canadian whiskey in the press room?) or Arnold Schwarzenegger's career is in serious disarray.
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Cruise did assemble a great team(Depalma and Elfman) when he produced Mission Impossible.
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I was told (from what I consider to a reliable industry source) that both Angela Bassett and Patrick Stewart have decided against involving themselves with the X-Men project. Can anyone confim or deny this for sure?
I think Martin Landau would make an excellent Porfessor X (shave his head and I think he'd look a LOT like Jack Kirby's original rendition). Has anyone considered him for the role?
And let's also consider the following: It would be nice for Bryan and the powers-that-be to choose actors who not only have talent, but also some history with the characters. Do we know of any actors out there who have been fans of the X-Men and genuinely WANT to do the film for more than monetary reasons?
Something scary: Jaye Davidson as Storm.
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First I'm sure you will be glad to know that as of nextweek I'm Dropping Aol.ca as my ISP (I don't know WHY this keeps coming up, but there we are). Second, frankly the quality of ALL local paper reporting is horrible in this country... MOST of the national stories are simply pulled off the associated or Canadian Press wires and regurgitated onto local pages. So I have little respect for our local papers, and I would HARDLY consider the Globe and Mail to be Right Wing... (ofcourse on the bright side our TV and Radio news is excellent, FAR less sensational than the US). And as for Toronto, I feel Like MOST Canadians across Canada, that for the betterment of Canada and Canadian Unity, that TO should be nuked out of existence (The people can live, but man that city needs a swift kick in the arse). PS Call me Right Wing again and I will get *really* nasty (ask some of the people on this board, some of them have seen me unload on people before...)
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No Arnold. ABKing - you are apparently from an alternate universe where that bit of casting (and Stallone??!!@#)@$(*@) is a good idea. Go back there now. Could we please for once get a comic book movie that is not some ridiculous showplace for mult-millionaire actors who can't really act. Please?
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Lynnbracken, STALLONE would make the ultimate WOLVERINE and SCHWARZENEGGER would make the ultimate COLOSSUS/CABLE!!! X-MEN would be a bigger and more ambitious film with Sly and Arnold involved. Get that through your thick skull. You people aren't thinking clearly. I can imagine how KICK ASS the trailer would be (think EPISODE ONE). I know Sly and Arnold were in the crap fests JUDGE DREDD and BATMAN and ROBIN but that was the director and script writers fault why those two films failed. I know Sly and Arnold were a little to blame but not even they can save a terribly written film. God, I can just imagine if it comes true and Sly and Arnold are in X-MEN how some of you would change your minds about the film once you see how KICK ASS Arnie and Sly would look and how out-of-this-world the trailers would be. Watch these films and you will see why Arnie and Sly should portray these characters: TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2 to see him as CABLE, RED HEAT to see him as COLOSSUS, the three RAMBO films and COBRA to see him as WOLVERINE.
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Lynnbracken, STALLONE would make the ultimate WOLVERINE and SCHWARZENEGGER would make the ultimate COLOSSUS/CABLE!!! X-MEN would be a bigger and more ambitious film with Sly and Arnold involved. Get that through your thick skull. You people aren't thinking clearly. I can imagine how KICK ASS the trailer would be (think EPISODE ONE). I know Sly and Arnold were in the crap fests JUDGE DREDD and BATMAN and ROBIN but that was the director and script writers fault why those two films failed. I know Sly and Arnold were a little to blame but not even they can save a terribly written film. God, I can just imagine if it comes true and Sly and Arnold are in X-MEN how some of you would change your minds about the film once you see how KICK ASS Arnie and Sly would look and how out-of-this-world the trailers would be. Watch these films and you will see why Arnie and Sly should portray these characters: TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2 to see him as CABLE, RED HEAT to see him as COLOSSUS, the three RAMBO films and COBRA to see him as WOLVERINE.
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