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GOSSIP GIRL/TRAVELING PANTS Girl Blake Lively To Play Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan’s Boss And Love Interest In GREEN LANTERN!!

Published at:  Jan 10, 2010 3:41:11 AM CST





I am – Hercules!!

Carol Ferris, “Green Lantern’s” hot-stuff aerospace heiress with the jones for handsome test pilot Hal Jordan, will be played by 22-year-old Blake Lively, the tall blonde girl from “Gossip Girl” and those “Traveling Pants” movies. Here she is playing an employee of NASA:



Director Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale,” “Edge of Darkness”) begins principal photography on “Green Lantern” this March, working from a rewrite by Michael Goldenberg (“Contact,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”).

The hiring of Goldenberg is particularly good news. An earlier draft of the script had been co-authored by a trio of TV writers with little movie experience, namely “Jack & Bobby” vets Greg Berlanti (“Eli Stone”), Marc Guggenheim (“FlashForward”) and Michael Green (“Heroes,” “Kings”).

Ryan Reynolds (“Wolverine,” “The Proposal”) plays Jordan and his new title-character alter-ego, a rookie intergalactic cop with a “power ring” that can do nearly anything he wills it to. In the DC funnybooks, Green Lantern has served a member of the Justice League alongside Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Flash.

Warner Bros. is looking to release the live-action feature June 17, 2011.

Find the story that will appear in the Monday edition of Variety here.






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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:33:32 AM CST

    BIG LOB

    by gibsonusa returns

  • Jan 10, 2010 1:37:19 AM CST

    I would have got Alexa Davalos.

    by the_genteel_gentile

    But I'll give Miss Lively a chance.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:44:16 AM CST

    She seems a bit too young

    by iamnicksaicnsn

    but apparently she wowed them during her audition. We shall see.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:45:02 AM CST

    Will she be a burnette for this?

    by lang the cat

    And will she be Star Sapphire.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:46:31 AM CST

    Blake Lively is so stupidly hot...

    by animorganimate

    I am NOT a tall, blonde kind of guy...but Blake Lively makes we so bulgy in the pants. She's the only reason I watch the occasional Gossip Girl with my wife, and then ask for some "couple time" directly after.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:50:00 AM CST

    Blake Lively for "Big Lob!"

    by triple_j_72

    No? heh...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:53:18 AM CST

    Bulgy in the pants?

    by lang the cat

    Jesus, you could have said she makes you harder than differential equations. You could have said she keeps your passion's pogo stick ahopping. You could have said she makes your salmon swim upstream. You might have said she reinflates your bounce house. But NO. You went with bulgy in the pants. I guess she does make you stupidly hot.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:55:47 AM CST

    Excuse me, I have to pick my wife off the floor

    by lang the cat

  • Jan 10, 2010 1:57:03 AM CST

    This seems like the Kate Bosworth mistake again

    by beane2099

    Kate is a good actor, but she simply wasn't old enough for Lois Lane. And for that matter Katie Homes was a low point in Batman Begins for me too (for me, not everybody). Maybe Blake will be different. Either way, I need to see the words, "Filming wrapped up today" attached to a Green Lantern story before I believe this movie is actually coming out. (But, it's a step.)

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:00:20 AM CST

    Harder than differential equations

    by beane2099

    I like that. I'm totally stealing that and adding to my personal repertiore, sir.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:03:53 AM CST

    As long as she's wearing butt floss

    by nippleeffect

    it's ok with me

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:03:55 AM CST

    Isn't Ryan Reynolds like 40?

    by ribbons

    So it's a 40-year old male superhero with a 20-year old female love interest? That... sounds about right, by Hollywood standards.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:07:58 AM CST

    Robert Knepper as Sinestro.

    by the_genteel_gentile

    Perfection.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:11:09 AM CST

    Butt floss?

    by lang the cat

    Guys, don't post while watching Skinamax. Type with both hands (after washing, please). If this movie is going to work, she will need to be a good actress first, a sexy, naughty little girl, second.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:17:55 AM CST

    The casting thus far is TERRIBLE

    by kal reeve

    Ryan Reynolds is a complete cheeseball and this chick seems thoroughly vapid. The Lantern Corps deserves so much better than these second-raters.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:18:39 AM CST

    Ryan's 33 years old.

    by donduck

    He doesn't even look like he's he's in his 30s either. And Blake looks older than her age.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 2:19:50 AM CST

    why is there a spoiler box around this story?

    by palooka_boy

    the entire story is in the headline?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 2:31:31 AM CST

    Jason Statham as Major Force

    by chocolatejesusman

    Nuff Said

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 2:45:42 AM CST

    A guy with a magic ring...

    by didntpulloutintimecop

    I once saw a cartoon were he used the ring to make a spaceship for him and his pals. A transparent, green glowing spaceship... And people complain about Thor...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:00:47 AM CST

    Yay, the meaningless bland love interest is cast!

    by industrykiller!

    Seriously I want to see the numbers on if women actually want to see a tacked on with staples female character in every fucking superhero film. I would hope the demographic isnt that shallow. The love stories in these films are always painful to watch. There are two superheroes in which the female is essential, Spider Man and Supes, other than that cut these characters out completely, it always horribly written and distracting from the real meat and potatoes of the movie, and I HIGHLY doubt this film will be any different considering how superfluous the women in Hal Jordans wife are.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:25:32 AM CST

    Blake Lively should play the girl who sits

    by dingbatty

    on my face.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:39:46 AM CST

    Lively is too hot!

    by damien chowder

  • Jan 10, 2010 3:50:32 AM CST

    Love that shot of her squatting.

    by macready452

    It's like a "Choose your own adventure" fantasy. Is she squatting on my face or my dick?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 3:57:40 AM CST

    Oh, my bad donduck

    by ribbons

    So it's only an 11 year age difference then. In fact, that makes Lively too old for Reynolds!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 3:59:03 AM CST

    I'll Bet Rel Money This Movie doesn't

    by phategod2

    Happen Before The Next Batman Movie and way after Ryan Reynolds quits and does Deadpool. DC can not get there shit together.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:05:41 AM CST

    Love that butt floss

    by darrenspool

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:12:27 AM CST

    Could you dudes post links that are NOT on Hulu

    by bruce of all trades

    Not everybody's from the States.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:20:45 AM CST

    Nice, I see they've already storyboarded a couple scenes

    by codename

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:26:06 AM CST

    CodeName

    by macready452

    nice. hahaha

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:54:07 AM CST

    Hubba hubba hubba

    by the_taste_of_love

    Want to see her. In hot star sapphire gear

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 5:58:23 AM CST

    I tooo

    by optimus122

    Get bulgy in the pants watching Blake..she has great legs and a nice rack. She's cute too and she can act so I have no fear of her ruining the movie. Also, I didn't think Kate Holmes did a bad job in Batman Begins. Its the Tom C stigma that is bringing that girl down in a lot of peoples minds for whatever reason.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 6:21:09 AM CST

    She has a great rack.

    by mr. profit

    Aside from that she isn't a terrible actor at all. She just hasn't been given the right opportunities. But she can now thank Ben Affleck for sending her on her way because apparently she is great in his new movie. http://i50.tinypic.com/67s0le.jpg

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  • Jan 10, 2010 6:23:48 AM CST

    Katie > Maggie

    by mr. profit

    Katie wasn't terrible. People forget everyone loved her before the Tom Cruise stuff in movies like "The Gift". She did a better job than Maggie did. Also Maggie looks like droopy dog and most casual film goers didn't realize she was the supposed to be the same character from part one until after she died.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 6:29:15 AM CST

    Art Clokey

    by travis_crabtree

    This topics Okay But Aint It Cool News would be reporting on ART Freekin' Clokey's Death

    COME ON!!!!! Harry?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 7:08:04 AM CST

    I smell a flop

    by ominus

    do you smell it too?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 7:15:58 AM CST

    Kate Bosworth all over again...sigh.

    by dreadlock holmes

    Why does DC suck so much at casting female leads? Kate "I've never heard of a sandwich" Bosworth in Superman Returns and Katie "Marrying Tom Cruise will be the only thing i'm ever known for" Holmes in Batman Begins both sucked in their roles because Hollywood is obsessed with casting the current "IT" girl instead of the right actress for the job. This role should've been Keri Russell's but i guess they're trying to catch that Gossip Girl audience.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 7:20:18 AM CST

    Eva Green would've been better

    by monkey_king

    Lively is a hottie, I'll give her that, but lets make this cast better than SUPERMAN RETURNS where Courtney Cox should've been Lois, based on her resemblance to Margot Kidder.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:07:16 AM CST

    terrible choice

    by miyamoto_musashi

    agree on the Kate Bosworth comparrisons.
    Pretty girl, needs someone with bit more substance.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:10:12 AM CST

    Mark Strong for Sinestro

    by miyamoto_musashi

    seen him a few movies recently and saw Sherlock Holmes today, thought he woul be brilliant. Though Hugo Weaving is not a bad choice either.
    That being said they would both want a tonne of cash to be in this movie, sadly don't have high hopes.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:14:29 AM CST

    Hiring anyone from the cw shit shows is a mistake

    by alienindisguise

    Those bitches are the kiss of death for any project that requires real acting.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:25:37 AM CST

    So...The Girl Who Sucked on SNL and Can't Act?

    by crow3711

    Okay....well I'll just continue to pretend its Keri Russell. Including when I see the movie.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:27:43 AM CST

    I've always liked Keri Russell

    by canuck815

    and always tell myself she's gonna come up and get some role that gives her a boost. Sad to see her get passed on. Guess she's stuck with more Brendan Fraser shit

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:35:34 AM CST

    Beane2099...

    by dreadlock holmes

    It's like we're sharing the same brain this morning. Weird...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:40:16 AM CST

    Why the whining about GL's powers?

    by zinc_chameleon

    Hal is a test pilot, with superior visual and kinesthetic ability. Of course he's going to visualize the power of the Ring! And I love the idea that he's too untrained to handle its power, and he endangers himself and others when he tries. This gives Sinestro a true cause to be a believable villain; the one who says "I told you so" when GL screws up. As long as Reynolds plays him as a real person (ala RDJ) and not a cheeky overgrown adolescent.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:00:47 AM CST

    Bosworth Syndrome and Dark Hair

    by kentbutabi

    I agree 100% - this is a bad cast thus far. And will Carol be blonde then?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 10, 2010 9:03:00 AM CST

    Shame they couldn't get a burnette.

    by falafalguy

    I'm starting to get the feeling this will be the next Batman and Robin.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:03:31 AM CST

    I'm skeptical

    by nostairway

    I just hope that we're not getting another Jessica Alba as Sue Storm scenario. With all the acresses in Hollywood they couldn't find a brunette for the role? I just have to have faith in the brilliant Martin Campbell that he saw something there. He did cast Eva Green for Casino Royale, after all.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:33:08 AM CST

    I have to admit, I'm starting to get worried.

    by darth_kaos

    When Martin Campbell came on board, I said 'alright, we have the only action director in holloywood who can also carry a storyline" I was happy.Then, Ryan Reynolds....that one was real hard to swallow. I got over that and accepted it in hopes that they would surround him with stronger actors. Well, now they cast a CW actor in a very serious role. Like everyone else is saying...Kate Bosworth all over again.Now my hopes for this movie have went down big time. Good old' WARNERS BROTHERS is about to fucked up another superhero franchise. Geeez, I would hope they learned something from Marvel, or at least from Nolan's Batman movies. Eva Green would be perfect. Overall, I still trust the director and hope he delivers the GL movie we all want. I'll judge once I see a Trailer.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:37:49 AM CST

    Man! That's what I call a blow job, Blake.

    by cookylamoo

    You're cast!

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:47:41 AM CST

    LATINON REVIEW HAD THIS FRIDAY!!!!!

    by james_o'nasty

    And why is she taking a dump in the pic? They just edited the poo out..

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:50:34 AM CST

    Doesn't anybody else think that DC...

    by half-baked-goggle-box-do-gooder

    ...simply saw the success of a second-tier marvel character - "Iron Man" to you - and said, "Hey - Why don't WE do that?"

    Voila: "Green Lantern". The question now is whether or not the goobers at DC stumble into a lucky combination of casting synergy and a dead spot in the movie scheduling slate.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:20:03 AM CST

    Bruce of all Trades

    by shermdawg

    Given both Hulu and NBC's player aren't available outside the US, and the fact you can't find most non-Digital Short SNL clips on YouTube, this is just something ya gotta deal with.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:35:25 AM CST

    Good choice. I'll tell you why...

    by thrillhouse77

    Think about it: Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire is literally just a pair of tits and a pair of legs.

    Is there a better pair of tits and legs working in Hollywood today?

    I rest my case.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:39:09 AM CST

    Traveling Pants mention

    by philipmarlowe

    2 weeks after underpants bomber...too soon.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:47:34 AM CST

    Dammit!

    by radiozombie

    Warner's continue to miscast pretty much every DC Franchise they own with very few exceptions. They should have ported the cast of Smallville over to the big screen and told a real Superman story with the last Superman film written by someone who knows the characters and the mythos. We'd be on at least the second sequel by now. Come to think of it, why don't they give the Hal Jordan part to Tom Welling? And I would have dyed Elisha Cuthbert's hair and put her in a tight business suit to play Carol Ferris...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:05:12 AM CST

    How do you not cast Eva Green?

    by shakingthebush

    Its a no brainer, she looks exactly like her, shes an actual actress and shes so much hotter. Bad call.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:15:58 AM CST

    The Bosworth curse?

    by thot

    Maybe. Hope not. I was pulling for Keri Russell. Hope DC doesn't screw yet another property up. Marvel continues to kick their asses.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:33:15 AM CST

    Here's Blake Lively explaining the Green Lantern Movie..

    by thanos0145

    Well, its like about this pilot guy whom I'm like his boss and he finds this like pink guy who like gives his ring to like my employee. And like he become like this space cop and the ring gives him like powers that like are controlled by his like will.Is Rothman working at Warner Bros.? The role should've went to Eva Green or Keri Russell. Blake Lively is a hottie but not Carol Ferris.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:41:03 AM CST

    RadioZombie

    by robots in das guys

    You lost me at "Smallville".

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:42:50 AM CST

    Depends on Time Frame for how old she needs to be.

    by shutupfanboy

    I got the feeling that Hal was older then her by at least three years especially in New Frontier. The problem is if there is a sequel she is going to need some acting chops to carry the Star Sapphire role. Its not like any of the other female love interest roles in comic books, she has a real development and has to give the sense she can kick ass too. I am hoping they do a Blackest Night movie, but the shit for that to happen is decades away.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:58:13 AM CST

    Sisterhood of The Traveling Green Lantern?

    by jamie mcbain

    I'm surprised that no one posted that yet!

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  • Jan 10, 2010 12:27:11 PM CST

    "Thanos0145"

    by darth_kaos

    Awesome! LOL!

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  • Jan 10, 2010 12:27:56 PM CST

    DAMN, they fucked up with this casting!

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    How can you not go with Keri Russell or Eva Green, or even Jennifer Garner for that matter!Anyone who don't believe this will be another Kate Bosworth incident needs to get real!What a shity way to start off a franchise!Say goodbye to the potential of GL being the SW franchise of Superheroes Movies!

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  • Jan 10, 2010 12:42:18 PM CST

    So does this mean...

    by red ned lynch

    ...Harvey got his bj or that now that she's got this gig she won't have to give him one? I always loved old GL. I mean what's not to love about a guy who shoots a giant spatula out of his secret ring to slap out a fire? Always loved that his weakness was another color, too (I know it used to be wood but yellow was much better...maybe the movie could include some not comics code approved, Van Wilder style hijinks in a urinal). It would be hard to do a good Green Lantern movie. Although I don't hate Ryan Reynolds, casting him as Green Lantern tends to indicate that either the movie is taking a lighter tack or you'll get the Daredevil dissonance of a leading man who couldn't live comfortably with the tone of the movie he was starring in. Blake Lively is clearly being groomed for leading lady status. The publicity push for her relatively small role in the Private Lives of Pippa Lee and plenty of insider buzz (I am not JettL, but this is out there) would suggest there are some movers invested in her getting her turn in the box. That suggests that her casting in this part may be more about advancing her career than serving the best interests of the movie. She may well turn in a good performance, but it still isn't a good sign for the movie. I'll still hope for the best here, because I wasn't joking when I said I've always liked old GL, but the tea leaves aren't spelling out a promising story.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 12:42:59 PM CST

    Malkovich signed as the Vulture

    by jaysin420

    http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/marvelmovies/news/?a=13630

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  • Jan 10, 2010 12:53:26 PM CST

    I smell a Daredevil-level failure.

    by royston lodge

    Ryan Reynolds?
    Wasn't Ha Jordan the one who stayed sane while a prisoner of war by building a replica of the camp in his mind, in realtime, brick-by-brick, so to speak?
    I simply do not get that level of gravitas from Ryan Reynolds.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:09:05 PM CST

    Cobie Smulders is a hot brunette

    by poutineforeveryone

  • Jan 10, 2010 1:09:36 PM CST

    RedNedLynch haha, i read that same Blind item...

    by dreadlock holmes

    Yeah if she didn't get this role she would've had to give Weinstein a handjob or blowjob or whatever. So on that note, i'm glad she got the part. Fuck Weinstein that fat fuck.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:10:32 PM CST

    Although I'd rather see Smulders as Wonder Woman

    by poutineforeveryone

  • Jan 10, 2010 1:17:16 PM CST

    Dreadlock...

    by red ned lynch

    ...it's always weird when someone's career starts getting manipulated like this. You'd like to hope it doesn't all boil down to someone like Harvey Weinstein wanting to take them to a hotel room.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:28:39 PM CST

    So The Vulture is going to be

    by nippleeffect

    limp wristed and semi-lispy, eh?
    Yeah, I always got that vibe off the char...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 1:36:17 PM CST

    She's pretty cute

    by jsscript2007

  • I know who I would have as the GL love interest but with Reynolds as GL, I wouldn't want to see her good talent wasted

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:12:47 PM CST

    I agree.....

    by jamie mcbain

    Keri Russell would have been really great, for the part.

    But instead, they went with Blake Lively instead.

    Maybe it won't be a Daredevil failure. Or maybe not.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:28:04 PM CST

    I hate Kate Bosworth

    by cupacakepirate

    so it's only inevitable I'm going to hate Blake Lively. Next thing you know they'll be casting someone from The Hills.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:28:31 PM CST

    Knobules

    by optimus122

    You are seriously gay if you think Bosworth is not hot..she may not have been a good fit for that role but Clint Howard? Eat a dick asshole.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:29:30 PM CST

    Obviously WB wouldn't throw 200 million away...

    by mr. profit

    The reality is that you sometimes have to cast young. Because it's a franchise. Look at how old Maguire and Dunst look now compared to when Spiderman began. They look like shit. Lively is 22. Great looking. And not a terrible actress like Alba. Also comparing her to Kate Bosworth is stupid. Bosworth wasn't too young to be Lois. She was too weak of an actress and she is really boring and plain. She also had zero chemistry with Routh. At least here you have two good looking people who probably will have good chemistry. Also glad she refused Harvey's advances. He is a dirtbag and all one needs to see is Gretchen Mol's career free-fall to see why it doesn't always lead to success. But I will never look at Paltrow, Driver, Binoche, and Thurman the same again since it's obvious that greedy fuck hit them all up if that Blind Item is to be believed.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:31:42 PM CST

    Bosworth

    by mr. profit

    Had a great body in Blue Crush. But by the time Superman rolled along she hopped on the thin is in bandwagon and lost her looks when she dropped that insane amount of weight.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 2:51:13 PM CST

    Bosworth wasn't bad. Twas the fecking movie's bad.

    by damien chowder

  • Jan 10, 2010 2:51:54 PM CST

    Lively will do a great job

    by jettl93

    Yes Martin, myself and everyopne first choice was Eva green, but in the end (just as Green was minutes from signing) we all realized that Green and Renoylds didn't have great chemisty and it was evident by everyone, so it was decided to go with Livley who more matched Renoylds and in the end it will strengthen the movie in a great deal. This film is shapoing up nicely, WB has invested alot into this, they are setting it up as a their next franchise, the lead is played by an actor with wide range and a bopdy lifted from a comic book. one of the best action directors of the last 20 years is at the helm and yours truly did the final script re-write...you can't go worng with all of these things aligning

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:09:36 PM CST

    Nooooooooooooooo.

    by coffeeshopthirtysix

    Seriously? This is an awful move.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:18:41 PM CST

    This is not Green Lantern.

    by skidmarkedundies

    This is 90210. Why can't they make an adult film starring adult actors? Really!! How hard is it: Nathan Fillon for Hal, Lauren Graham for Carol Ferris, Dennis Haysbert for John Stewart, Michael Madsen as Kilowog, Jason Issacs or Hugo Weaving as Sinestro, and the voice of Ben Kingsley for the Guardians. There done.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:24:30 PM CST

    What role is Spam Jackson playing?

    by nippleeffect

    Everythings better with Spam

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:29:59 PM CST

    Beverly Hills, Section 28014...

    by kentbutabi

    or whatever section Earth is in...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:52:48 PM CST

    Whatever happened to Rachael Taylor, the hot tech nerd girl

    by avastar

    from Transformers. What about the blonde from Chuck? Blake Lively does nothing for me.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:53:31 PM CST

    A HUGE COCK UP

    by star hump

    Yeah - I can believe this twit runs a fucking aircraft company. Goddamned Hollywood idiots. OK, fanboys, get ready to watch another classic comics character get run thru the shit wringer.

    There's one solution. Stop paying to see these horrid superhero flicks. We've got to hope this stupid trend runs its course soon. It's sad to type that as I'm a big comics fan, but that's just how badly these charcters have been mishandled. Iron Man was the only flick I can recall that was well made. I'm finished with these movies, not that anyone gives a fuck what I think. I'm not the target audience here. It's the CW audience these studio suits are gunning for anyway, and that's fine.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:54:03 PM CST

    Green Lantern sucks anyway.

    by dr. samuel loomis

    I'd hate to be a fanboy right now. lawl and lawl and lawl.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 3:55:53 PM CST

    Mary Elizabeth Winstead! She's lightyears better

    by avastar

    than Lively.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:00:16 PM CST

    Avastar...

    by red ned lynch

    ...good on you for the Mary Elizabeth Winstead love. Maybe Scott Pilgrim will get something going for her because that dance movie is DOA.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:00:46 PM CST

    This Movie was Doomed! When they Casted Ryan Reynolds

    by blackbriar

    This movie will be Shit! Wow! Another actress that can't act worth Dick! Gossip Girl Really!!!...........Sigh.......

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:01:10 PM CST

    Can't get on board

    by darth busey

    If doing a DC hero, Ryan Reynolds should be The Flash, not Green Lantern. Martin Campbell rules, though, so he'll have his work cut out for him on this one.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:05:19 PM CST

    that SNL skit

    by awardgiver

    one of the worst I have ever seen. Are all the skits like that these days?

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:10:21 PM CST

    this is the reason superhero movies need nudity

    by macready452

  • Jan 10, 2010 4:18:42 PM CST

    THE END OF LENO!!!

    by skidmarkedundies

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldi_osHhUhk

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:20:58 PM CST

    Totally wrong but it's only a movie, and we all know

    by kabong

    movies are for morons.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:22:33 PM CST

    Off Topic... WTF happened to Script Girl?

    by vomitousmass

    I just noticed she hasn't been around to annoy and, er, titillate for some time now.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:30:15 PM CST

    Blake Lively is my love interest too..

    by shogunmaster

    Met her in Whistler once; really stunning...

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:35:37 PM CST

    VomitousMass

    by shogunmaster

    Scriptgirl finally got a real job writing for a Script Magazine. I've got her 'friend'ed on Facebook. Her real name is Kristina Welles if you want to add her.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:36:31 PM CST

    There was an issue between SG and Harry

    by jettl93

    something to do with site profits and such, d ways a while ago. Not on good terms though

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  • Jan 10, 2010 4:37:01 PM CST

    Blake only has to play 25...

    by zinc_chameleon

    not 32 or 33. She's supposed to be Daddy's smart little girl who is going to take over the company. I met Belinda Stronach last year, whose dad is/was president of Magna Inc, and that's how her life went.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 5:25:03 PM CST

    Martin Campbell has his work cut out for him

    by spyguy

    Still, the man directed GOLDENEYE, CASINO ROYALE and THE MASK OF ZORRO. I think he's earned a little leeway here.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 5:31:28 PM CST

    JettL93

    by mr_incredible

    Yeah, right. Was that before or after she sucked your dick?

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  • Jan 10, 2010 5:47:24 PM CST

    Does GL use the giant green fist

    by xiphos_2

    On his old lady or is he strictly gay and use it on his boy friend?

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  • Jan 10, 2010 6:32:34 PM CST

    How does that comic book end? Does he bang her?

    by ricarleite2

  • Jan 10, 2010 6:43:48 PM CST

    after Dark Knight- let's turn GL into teenybopper bullshit!!

    by darthwaz1

  • Jan 10, 2010 6:43:52 PM CST

    Just wait. There will be a green dildo appear.

    by burnednotice_dude

    Mark my words. It will happen.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 6:45:09 PM CST

    I do not have good feelings about this movie

    by yackbacker

    Aside from Campbell, nothing here makes me think this will be great. It will probably be one of those mixed-bags- great action sequences with terrible character work, etc. But we'll have to wait and see. Lively isn't a good actress and I never bough Reynolds as Hal Jordan anyway, but prove me wrong, and I'll gladly admit it.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 7:05:13 PM CST

    I don't watch gossip girl...

    by antimcgyver

    so i don't know how good of an actress she is. I doubt she's much worse than the chick on chuck tho. The only problem is she has no geek cred. if she showed up on one episode of a JJ abrams or Joss WHedon show, we'd all proclaim this as a hit!!! but since its gossip girl, I'm already inclined to hate her!! in reality, she'll prob. be like every other female lead in a comic book movie: fairly weak T&A, no more, no less

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  • Jan 10, 2010 7:09:37 PM CST

    She's one of those celebrities I only knew by name

    by snootyboots

    I've never seen GOSSIP or PANTS or anything else she may have done. In fact, I may never have laid eyes on her till she hosted SNL. Wasn't expecting much and thought she acquitted herself quite well. Now I know more about her than THE GREEN LATERN.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:17:21 PM CST

    Next news to break:

    by asimovdiedofaids

    Jonah Hill as Pieface. "No, I'm not an eskimo, I just really like Eskimo PIES!" (Yeah, I'm just BSing here, but seeing the casting thus far, it wouldn't surprise me one bit!) I had hopes for this project, but now I can see another Fantastic Four-level disaster pending.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:30:10 PM CST

    Honestly...Green Lantern is a bullshit hero.

    by macready452

    He makes different big shit out of green energy? I hope they really play up the other "lanters" or whatever the fuck. What is this movie gonna be? Hal Jordan snatches a robbers ass in a big green bear trap? I never bought the whole concept. I hope its good but I don't see how. I never subscribed to the character as a comic and I still don't. Blake Lively is the best thing that has happened to this movie so far.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 8:31:04 PM CST

    NOOOOOOOO

    by masked avenger

    Nooooo. Can this be one of those things fanboys undo? Please. Thanks.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:15:41 PM CST

    MacReady452

    by fuzzinate it

    That's kind of why I'm excited for this, though... I can't really imagine how they'll manage the ring constructs in live action. I too hope it's good... And I too can't imagine how they'll pull it off.

    I think it's the Hal Jordan character, moreso than the power set, that makes Green Lantern work in the comics. He's a little more three-dimensional than most of the secret identities out there.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:18:44 PM CST

    As for the casting ages...

    by fuzzinate it

    Isn't Carol supposed to be significantly younger than Hal? He worked for her dad, then she takes over the company and suddenly the little-girl-who's-recently-become-a-woman has this position of power over him, creating the whole dynamic. I could have that wrong, please correct.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:30:22 PM CST

    Martin Campbell gave us two iconic Bond movies

    by stormwatcher

    that spawned an awesome N64 game. That said, even crap that should be worse, like Zorro, was still better than expected. So I'll reserve judgement till the Trailer. But Lively is hot, and I buy her as an Heiress, what is she supposed to have developed the jet? Anyways, interested.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:35:56 PM CST

    it aint lady macbeth

    by hypeendshere

    she'll be fine.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:52:49 PM CST

    LIVELY AND REYNOLDS CAN TRAVEL IN MY PANTS ANYTIME

    by bringingsexyback

    If you catch my meaning.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 9:53:32 PM CST

    Hey it could be good

    by macready452

    They jsut need to make it totally out there.

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  • ...So Blake, how does it feel to be in a comic book movie? "...It's alright I guess, I like really liked the opportunity to work on something like this, you know." Are you a big comic book fan then? "...Um...sure, I guess. I really loved that Batman movie thingie, you know the one, the one where that guy died or something". You mean the Dark Knight? "No I mean that Batman movie, with that guy who's totally hot". .....uh huh, so what is the appeal then for doing Green Lantern Blake? What brought you to do this? "I liked how it sounded really cool that my girl is going to be someone who is the daughter of a man who owns some airplane company, and she is one day going to take it over. I can totally do that."

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:09:18 PM CST

    The JettL93 retcon....

    by simondunkle

    From the casting rumour talkback a monthish or so ago: "Eva Green has the role locked - by JettL93

    The role has already beene [sic] offered to her and she's just working out minot [sic, you retard] details before signing." Really? So she was going to sign before doing an audition (or even meeting)with Reynolds? When did you realise there was no chemistry? Dude, you're the new Supershadow (but at least he puts some major effort into promoting his bullshit).

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:13:27 PM CST

    WHEN IT COMES TO RYAN MY PANTS TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION

    by bringingsexyback

  • Jan 10, 2010 10:31:48 PM CST

    BLAKE'S PERFORMANCE IN THAT POTATO CHIP SKIT

    by bringingsexyback

    is the very definition of "tour de force". Amazing.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 10:45:55 PM CST

    The casting is getting worse...

    by heckles

    Who rounds out the Lantern Corps? The Jonas Bros? Might have to miss this one.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:06:06 PM CST

    I do think that..

    by donduck

    the casting of Sinestro and Hector Hammond are much more important than the love interest so those would be the 'make it or break it' casting news. If Blake did a good job in her audition, then she did a good job. That's it.

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  • Jan 10, 2010 11:09:51 PM CST

    At least she made it to the audition.

    by macready452

    Right Stuart Townsend?

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  • Jan 11, 2010 1:33:43 AM CST

    IMO if you must cast Ryan Reynolds

    by inkingeekx

    then it should be a Kyle Raynor story and not Hal Jordan. Reynolds definitely has the look and demeanor of Raynor, but I'm having trouble picturing him as Jordan

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  • Jan 11, 2010 4:58:18 AM CST

    Too Bad They Already Ruined By Casting Van Wilder

    by laserpants

    One of the best comics going today and they cast fucking Van Wilder? Really? FAIL.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 5:28:09 AM CST

    This movie won't suck

    by guardian_of_forever

    I read the first draft. It's everything a GL fan could hope for. IMO, they shouldn't have hired another writer to re-write it. The first draft was a great read, and you couldn't tell the writers had such little film experience. Excellent script. This casting concerns me. Carol and Hal are supposed to be around the same age in the script. Reynolds is 10 years older than Lively.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 8:18:28 AM CST

    They cast adults to be teens and teens to be adults..

    by wickedjester

    Why not just actually cast from the right age group? There's no late 20s/early 30s starlets that are hot these days?Reynolds is married to one!No one else available? Or did no one want to touch a DC property that isn't Batman?

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  • Jan 11, 2010 8:18:49 AM CST

    Blake Lively

    by refutethehype

    She's a vacuum of personality, just like Sam Worthington. Neither can act out of a paper bag. The only big difference between them in fact is Sam's career should be buried and Lively's should be buried between my legs.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 8:47:31 AM CST

    GL will suck ass!

    by parissun

    If they were going to hire this chick, they should have gone with Kyle's GL version. At any rate, I would have rather seen the black guy, John Stewart. Would have made a more interesting movie. Oh well, my dreams of a good Justice League movie is disappearing fast.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 9:06:29 AM CST

    These movies hardly ever get the female casting right

    by dasher

    Kim Basinger, Halle Berry (twice), Kate Bosworth, Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner....the list of comic-book casting debacles for women is long. While I'm not saying any of them are bad actresses, they were wrong for the parts they were playing. As someone stated earlier, comic-book movies are just looking for the latest "It" girl who will cream the pants of the (mostly) male audience. Name me one time they've gotten an actress in a comic-book movie who gave a good performance and actually fit the part. Well, there were some, I guess - Margot Kidder, Michelle Pfeiffer, Famke Janssen, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Annette O'Toole. But for the most part, they've all been mediocre to bad.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 9:42:05 AM CST

    Her pants need to travel...

    by cletus van damme

    ...up and down my face.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 10:21:25 AM CST

    I will reserve judgement on this movie

    by silentgunman

    Until I see a pirated workprint.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 10:27:17 AM CST

    http://tinyurl.com/Lively-Letterman3

    by mr. profit

    http://tinyurl.com/Lively-Letterman3

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  • Jan 11, 2010 10:28:52 AM CST

    Way too young

    by hst666

  • Jan 11, 2010 10:34:40 AM CST

    http://tinyurl.com/Lively-R-K

    by mr. profit

    http://tinyurl.com/Lively-R-K

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  • Jan 11, 2010 10:46:10 AM CST

    that Green Lantern First Flight cartoon movie was really good

    by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby

    i'd settle for an equally cool follow up to that if the movie turns out the way it seems it will, but still green lantern kicks ass so we'll see

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  • Jan 11, 2010 11:53:08 AM CST

    Gunman, is there a website for pirated workprints?

    by kabong

    Now, watch for somebody to do it.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 11:55:16 AM CST

    Eva Green, bush? How about Ashley Green?

    by kabong

    She's currently making her nude effort to attract attention.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 12:00:31 PM CST

    Skidmarkedundies...

    by inkingeekx

    Had the best casting I've heard yet for this movie. Mayan Fillion WOULD be a perfect Hal Jordan

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  • Jan 11, 2010 12:01:22 PM CST

    Sorr-

    by inkingeekx

    Nathan Fillion

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  • Jan 11, 2010 12:46:00 PM CST

    That SNL skit was beyond stupid. Why would you post that?

    by snake foreskin

    Is it supposed to make Green Lantern fans seek a premature death by defenestration?

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  • Jan 11, 2010 2:26:56 PM CST

    Nathan Fillion as Carol Ferris is a great idea by AsimovLives

    by rene_belloq_12inch_figure

  • Jan 11, 2010 6:46:50 PM CST

    Every Time I Look at Blake Lively

    by akira cowabunga

    I broke my cock ring. It didn't just snap and fall off. It almost put out my eye. She's one of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen. She really should be transporting my spunk around in her hot little box.

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  • Jan 11, 2010 9:40:11 PM CST

    Oh, come on Akira

    by refutethehype

    That box is too good for any man's spunk. She needs my strap-on more than your spunk. I think we can all agree on this.

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  • Jan 12, 2010 12:13:05 AM CST

    NO NO NO

    by akira cowabunga

    That box needs to be the permanent residence for Little Akira. She needs to be stuffed with meat, not rubber. Hot, rigid, throbbing meat.

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  • Jan 12, 2010 2:20:21 AM CST

    ShogunMaster

    by vomitousmass

    Thank you kindly, sir. Not sure I want to go all the way FB friends with her though. That's too much of a commitment! I can't get into a Facebook relationship right now... I just got out of 357 bad ones...

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  • Jan 12, 2010 8:20:29 AM CST

    "Little Akira?"

    by refutethehype

    Is that your pet name for it?

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