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Chris O'Donnell rumor about SPIDER-MAN!'!'!'!'
Sigh... I've never reprinted ANYTHING that Ted Casablanca over at E! has put up on the net, but... Frankly I'm scared shitless by this tidbit of gossip he heard about Chris O'Donnell running down the halls at SONY screaming, "I AM SPIDER-MAN!!!" I mean... Christ! This putz has already screwed up that whole Dick Grayson/Robin role. Then, lest we forget, that as the closest character he's played to SPIDER-MAN... D'Artagnan he sucked stool from a leper frog. Sure... in his latest film he's been climbing up the cliff walls in VERTICAL LIMIT, buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttt... come on! YUCK! Not Chris O'Donnell. Can you imagine the horror of blandness you would get when combining the void of talent between Chris O'Donnell and Barry Sonnenfeld.... shivers... Well... Let's pray that Ted Casablanca got this rumor dead wrong. anol na thra, ufs thrad besud doph haredeinda
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Chris O'Donnell as the Wall Crawler? Say it ain't so! I'd go with Brendan Fraser from 'Buffy' before this ever happens.....please, God, have a heart? Harry....please admit that this is just one of those terrible , nasty rumors.....?
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O'Donnell hasn't shown the ability to carry the lead in ANY film. He has been great in SOME supporting roles (Batman 3 and 4 not among them), but won't have the presence to carry Spider-Man. Thanks for applying, please send in the next candidate.
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I normally don't post or even read talk back that much, but I am surprise that I am the only one to post on this so far.
Anyway, Chris O'Donnell as Spidey, is perhaps the worse casting choice ever made in the history of casting.
I remember back when the project started years ago Charlie Sheen was the front runner, and you know what as much as that choice sucks, it would be better then O'Donnel (refered here on out as dumbass)
I don't know who the best choice is to play Spidey, but every time a name comes up, I cringe. I'm not a big Spidey fan, but it is hard for me to see anyone as Peter Parker, and that is really what the role should be cast as, Peter Parker, not Spider-Man.
Take Batman, Keaton was a terrible Batman, but a kick ass Bruce Wayne.
Thanks to masks, and special effects I can believe that shrimpy Keaton was Batman.
With the exception of Superman, you really need to cast the real person rather then super hero. (That is why Christopher Reeve was the best superman, he was believable as both characters.)
Spidey is different, because you never see his face. So they should work on finding Peter Parker, and let somebody like ILM worry about finding Spiderman.
I highly recommend an unknown for the cast, because I can't picture any one else.
It might not matter, because Barry Sonnenfield with fuck it up. (You know as I wrote that line, I though what it would be like with Will Smith as spidey. You know he wouldn't be all that bad, just ditch the director and bring back Cameron.)
On a related note, the rumors of the Daredevil project moving again has me excited.
Fincher was rumored for Spidey, but I think Daredevil would be more up his alley.
As far as the casting of Daredevil goes, Brad Pitt as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, either Carrie Anne Moss or Famke Jensan as Elketra, and Jame Earl Jones or Russell Crowe as Kingpin.
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Before everyone gets all worked up again over rumors about this movie, think of the source - one of the lamest networks on television and overheard screaming in a hallway. If this movie even ever does get made, it won't be starring this guy. And personally, no matter who stars or directs, I'm not expecting anything to get excited about anyway - too many FX to overshadow any story that may come about.
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This is the worst rumor since Sony was going to give Devlinerich Spidey to write/produce/direct!
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My spider-sense is going like fucking mad. I know that something is terribly wrong. O'Donnell is probably a good guy and I even like some of his movies (give him, some credit) but he doesn't have the strength nor the depth to play a superhero. Giving this movie to Sonnenfuck-up and O'Donnell would be slap in the face to all die hard Spidey fans. This can't happen. As I have stated many times before, let Edward Norton take the role (coerce him, bride, make him to it by any means necessary), he's Peter Parker. If the Sonnenfeld/O'Donnell rumour is anywhere close to being accurate, someone run to Stan Lee, tell him what's about to him and watch him get really fucking pissed and clean house. Stan doesn't take shit from anyone!
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Hey there. For gods sake, first barry sonnenfeild now Chris O'Donnell? SAY IT AINT SOO!!!
I'm a big spidey fan, this is more like something I'd wanna see:
Tim Burton Directing.
No teen heart-throb, somebody like Johnny Depp would be much better (if he cut his hair first). Maybe Matt Damon, er, actually, I dont know about that. An unknown would also be good.
Danny Elfman does the score.
ONLY SOME cgi. I want Matte Painting!
A dark tone (like batman/batman returns)
Have it be either about peter becoming spiderman and fighting off a cool enemy (lizard? oc? hobgoblin? kingpin?) or have it about the failed space mission involving venom and maybe carnage (it could be made really scary like this. 'failed space mission comes back to earth with strange black goo' etc. but with tims touch, it could be freakishly good)
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If 'they' let that fucking frat boy be Spider-Man, may God be merciless on their souls. I will now go take a shit in protest.
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Oh, I think Venom's a second-movie villain -- you have to introduce the hero before you can introduce the doppelganger. (Case in point: "Superman II.") Venom's appeal lies in being a sort of evil flip-side to Spidey, and that sort of self-reference needs to come well after the origin story is told. I'm hoping for Doc Ock or the Green Goblin myself.
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...but i quite liked o'donnell as robin in 'batman forever'. (of course, in 'B&R' he licked the sweat from a dead dog's nuts, but so did everyone except clooney.) but he's too old for 'spiderman'
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Burton would be a bad Spider-man director. We don't need a dark, menacing Spidey. We're not talking about Batman here kids, Spider-man is completely different. All of Burton's films lack action and are very "talkie". Look at Sleepy Hollow, a good film but it lacks excitement and should have been much more creepy considering the subject matter. His Batman films were BORING! Even Burton himself admitted this recently in an interview. He said he wishes he would have put more action in both films he directed.
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IF the Chris O Donnell rumor is true, is that really so bad? Peter Parker is a wise-ass college kid anyway.. O Donnell almost has the look and way about him. I don't know... I'd take just about anybody as long as this movie finally gets made.
Personally though, I always thought that Freddie Prinze Jr had the perfect look for the web head (Lanky and youth).
Also, is Barry S so bad? I really enjoyed the Adams Family movies as well as MIB (Although Wild Wild West was DOA).
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...but is he funny? Or am I the only person who thinks that's vitally important for Spider-Man?
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..Ever since this movie has gotten out of legal trouble...there have been nothing but god awful rumours floating around it...Usually there are good ones mixed in with the bad...but damn't these are all bad....I for on think this franchise is going to be cursed....It's a suit movie...their big money maker....ALl though I hope I'm wrong...I don't think they're going to allow anything but a paint by the number script, and a well known actor in the lead...
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or Kevin Spacey as GG.
I agree with Norton as Parker or the kid in Buffy.
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Barry Sonenfeld can't direct. Chris O'Donnel can't act. 0 + 0 = 100 million dollar summer blockbuster event. The studios must and cannot fuck this one up like they did Batman and Spawn and Hulk and every other comic to screen thing. To all the suits out there, how about you do your punkasses a favor and listen to me. Get John Woo or Sam Raimi to direct this film. I know Raimi has some free time now that Hercules is off the air. Cast Freddie Prinze Jr. as Spider-Man. He's younger than O'Donnel and makes a more convincing Peter Parker. Get Natash Lyonne to play Gwen Stacy. Get Denise Richards to play Mary Jane. Make the first villian Kingpin. Daniel Benzali would play him for peanuts. This movie would be both cool and make a ton of dough. Suits, whaddaya say?
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You WILL cast Nicholas Bredon, You WILL cast Nicholas Bredon, You WILL cast Nicholas Bredon.....
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...but only one superhero per actor, and you've used up yours.
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Nuff said.
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Even though it would upset the purists and die-hards, how about Chris Rock as Spidey? Think about it - he's got the wise-ass attitude, he could play the astonished-to-smug angle of a man discovering his newfound powers, and he would certainly draw a crowd. (For those who would dismiss him because of his usual language and racial-tinged humor, remember that this will be a PG or PG-13 rated film, and these would be toned down.) Personally, I see Rock as an unlikey yet wildly entertaining choice - you need a personality to overcome the glossy FX.
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Ok, stop me if you've heard this one. A studio head walks into a boardroom filled with corporate suits, and says "That Batman & Robin movie nearly killed the comic book movie genre! We have to stray as far away from it as possible! Make people forget about it! Give the people something fresh! Hey, get me that kid who played Robin! He'll be perfect as Spidey!".... Ok, so my delivery isn't perfect, but it's still the biggest joke I've heard in a long time. It's just so hard to believe (So much so that I don't). What's next? News from Michael Musto of the Village Voice?.... If they are going to cast an older actor for ol' Webhead, Nicholas Brendan is my choice, but I'm hoping they'll cast someone younger. I'd rather see the highschool, final stages of puberty sufferin' Spidey.
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When I write that Spider-Man should be "funny," I certainly don't mean campy-Batman-Joel-Schumacher-silly-funny. I just mean that, in my experience of the character in the best Spider-Man comics, Mssr. Parker uses a sort of gallows-humor wit to make fun of himself, his enemies, and his situation. In my reading of Spider-Man (and good Lord, looking over this entry, I think I'm getting WAY too analytical re: this character), Peter Parker's wisecracking is his defense mechanism against a world that frequently deals him a lousy hand -- losing Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy, having crappy luck with women and money and blustery employees, viz. etc. ad nauseam. When Parker is portrayed that way, it just WORKS for me, y'know? He's one of the few superheroes who's more interesting out of his costume. I agree with another poster who wrote that this movie will most likely be more advertising and marketing vehicle than good story -- and unfortunately that makes the casting of whiter-than-white Chris O'Donnell a very real possibility. A waste of a good character, I say. Now if you'll excuse me, I've posted three or four times in this "Talk Back" tonight and I really need to get a life.... Avaunt!
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Chris O'Donell? God No! I always see Talk Backs with raving geeks, but at last we have a good idea...I second Wes Bentley as Peter Parker! Excellent choice!
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...I must admit: Along the lines of what I wrote above, Chris Rock is a damned interesting choice.
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uhhhh... wait a minute, I'm 34th.
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I don't know about you but I don't feel like subjecting little kids to Chris O'Donnell's package for 90 minutes with Mr. Wild Wild West behind the camera. We all know Chris O'Donnell's a homo. He played Robin as a faig in those two shits Schumacher laid. Now he doesn't want to marry Renee Zelweger. Fuck, I'd marry that broad in a second. Ofcourse, I'd also marry Madboy's mom which ain't saying much.
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While we're all throwing out casting ideas.... how about Jeremy Davies, the scardey-pants soldier from Saving Private Ryan? He'd be great... He's got a vulnerability to him that lends itself well to Parker, and I feel he could, potentially, have a dashing, charismatic air about him that would work perfectly for the role. I always pictured Spidey as a bit of a swash-buckler in the suit, and a charming geek out of it. I think Davies could do both quite well.
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GAG MY WITH A SPOON.....
BETTER yet SHOVE THAT FUCKING SPOON WAY DOWN THERE BECAUSE AFTER READING THIS RUMOR< I AM GOING TO UP-CHUCK MY THANKSGIVING DINNER THAT WAS EATEN THREE DAYS AGO!!!
CHRIS "NO TALENT" O'DONNEL SUCKS! WHY HARRY DO YOU POST SUCH WEIRD ASS SHIT THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO MAKE US ALL PUKE???? -
I kinda like the idea. Let's make the entire cast black while we're at it. Ving Rhames will play the Green Goblin. The slave/maid from Gone With The Wind will play Aunt May. Janet Jackme will play Mary Jane. Spike Lee will direct. The plot: Spider-Man is about to get married but Taye Diggs walks in on his marriage and reveals his diary which contains excerpts from his affair with Mary Jane. Then him, Omar Epps and Chris Rock proceed to chill, down a couple of Colt 45's and reminice back on their days growing up in The 'Wood.
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Ok, some people have said it, but i must agree, Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy) is my choice for Spidey. Let's see, he plays Both Peter Parker (the dork) and Spiderman (the comic) every week on the show. Everyone who says Wes Bentley, i would say, these two look alike, and we know what Brendon can do handling both comedy and drama week in and out. As for Prinze, the only thing he has going for him is "the look", the talent is non-existent. Nicholas Brendon all that way!
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Chris O'Donnell can't act? Am I the only one who saw Scent of a Woman? He was great in that. Let's see any of you wanna-be thespians share the screen with Al Pacino and come off as good as he did in that movie. There's talent there. I agree he's too old for Peter Parker, but that's no reason for blasting him like this. Some of you are blaming HIM for ruining Robin? There is only one man responsible for ruining Robin, and that man is Joel Shumaker. Batman & Robin was his movie (and from the looks of it, his fantasy). O'Donnell had nothing to do with it. Frankly, I'd take Sonnenfeld over Burton for Spider-Man. Spider-Man just isn't Burton's kind of character. Everything about Peter Parker is positive, from the way he delt with his uncle's death to the light-hearted way he approaches crime-fighting. Who wants to see a brooding, melancholy wall-crawler? This character is not Hamlet. I know why Harry doesn't want Sonnenfeld (he actually bothers to give an explanation after he screams how much he hates someone), but it seems everyone else just fell in line without giving any of their own reasons for resisting him. I can think of directors I'd rather have (I thought Woo or Rodriguez were better suggestions) but give me something more than "I hate him." I'm starting to be convinced that the only person some of you think are capable of writing, directing, producing, and staring in this movie is yourself.
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Chris O'Donell was excellent in eXistenZ (a VERY underated movie).
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Fuck that Freddie Prinze Jr.!!!! What a joke! Did you see that WING COMMANDER crap! I hate that guy, along with Ryan Phillipe aka shithead.
Anyway, I'd go for either Edward Norton or Ben Affleck!!! Between the two? Affleck of course. He has the "smart ass" thing down to a tee-- which is how the comic books have always been. Also, he has the build and the range to be great. I think he would be THE choice.
Also, why the hell do so many people think the film should be dark??? It's not Batman. Not every superhero flick needs to have that dark tone because it becomes a cliche!
I'm not a gay man... but why use arrogant words like "fag" and "homo"? Grow up you idiot! And for your info in case you were serious... he is married and has a kid. -
Will Friedle of "Boy Meets World" and "Batman Beyond"... He's young, lanky, funny (though you can't tell from the scripts on "BMW") and has proven he can do the smartass cocky young hero thing on "Batman Beyond". He doesn't have to look JUST like Peter Parker... and I bet he'd work cheap, unlike some of the actors we've mentioned before.
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Nov 29, 1999 1:17:07 AM CST
Chris O'Donnell wasn't in eXistenz but the jury is still out as
by jake the snake
I agree, eXistenz was very cool. Cronenberg is a TRUE original. I'd have to say that was the best Virtual Reality movie this year including The Matrix. Crash was good too. In all seriousness, I'd like to SEE DAVID CRONENBERG DIRECT SPIDER-MAN. It'll be just like the Fly accept the insect/man becomes a hero instead of a villain. That would be soooooooo cool and I know all the near-sighted suits and fanboys will hate that idea.
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Your thinking of Jude Law BIG DIFFERENCE!
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Yep, Nicholas Brendon is absolutely the guy to play Peter Parker. He's got the looks and we already know he can play a geeky guy who cracks wise. Something else - in the one or two episodes of Buffy where he's taken off his shirt, I've noticed he's packin' a few muscles. And yet, you'd think he was this skinny goofball given his usual unkempt appearance on the show. How perfect is that for Spider-Man? Brendon actually has the build to wear the Spidey suit without a stunt double ('cause Spidey should have a slightly muscular build - the Ditko/McFarlane look won't translate well to live-action), and still look appropriately geeky as Peter Parker. If they're able to make this movie within a year or two, while Brendon can still pass for a high school student, he's the clear choice. And hey, Hollywood bigwigs, note that he wouldn't require a bloated Jim Carrey-esque salary! Thus, the money is saved for the special effects! And getting a good scriptwriter, of course...
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Flog me with Spidey webbing...what was I thinking? In my previous post (see 2nd posting above) I said 'Brendan Fraser' of "Buffy"...silly me....I know it's Nicholas Brendan....got my Brendans mixed up!....Wow! Everyone must of woke up after I posted! Interesting comments...Stan Lee, where are you? Don't let this movie die the way 'Captain America", "The Fantastic Four" and "Howard the Duck" did along with those lame ass TV versions of 'Spider-Man', 'Dr. Strange', 'The Incredible Hulk'....Stan, are you listening? Ah, maybe you just don't care anymore, huh?
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What are you guys snorting? It must be some pure, uncut,laced, white-as-snow shit or otherwise you wouldn't be suggesting this no-name, no-talent "Buffy" veteran. What's next? James Van DerBeek as Anakin? Britney Spears as Mary Jane(that actually might work)? Nicholas Brendon and the entire cast of Buffy, including that punk bitch Sarah Michelle Gellar, all suck. Shame on you for making such a dastardly suggestion. I thought Neil O'Donnell was bad but this is ridiculous. You guys all suck. Your ideas are like shit. They stink up the place and never seem to go away.
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Nov 29, 1999 2:01:09 AM CST
In My World... (You hunt elk around the ruins of Rockafellar Ce
by cyrus
I don't think Chris O'Donnell is right for Spider-Man. He's too much of a pretty-boy, he wouldn't quite be believable as a nerdy geek as Parker. Here's my Top 5 Spidey candidates:
1. Ben Affleck - He may have to put on a bit of weight, but I think he has the look and humor for the part. I can see him working...
2. Edward Norton - The only problem here is he might look a little too old if they do the origin with Peter Parker in his late teens.
3. Matthew Perry - I agree with Alex here, I can really see him fitting the sarcastic aspects of Spidey, I would be more than happy if he got the part.
4. Matt Damon - Judging from the trailers for The Talented Mr. Ripley and his versatility he could do it... but what would be even better is if he would be cast as Venom in the sequel... He fits Eddie Brock perfectly... And he might be able to go up against Affleck as Spidey, heh heh... I think this could really work.
5. Mark Wahlberg - This is to throw someone out who I haven't seen mentioned. He would fit the geeky persona of Parker, (See The Big Hit) and he definitely has the build... He might be too old... Thoughts?
I think the director situation could be alot worse than Barry Sonnenfeld... I would much rather see Fincher, (too bad he turned it down!!) Cameron, Wachowski Bros, Proyas, Raimi, Bay (The Rock was good and we know we'd get some great action at least) Spike Jonze or an up and coming (Marc Romanek) young guy... It would be alot worse if they chose Emmerich, Schumacher, or a slew of other hacks... Sonnenfeld can do comic book adaptions well (MIB) and maybe he could get Spidey right... however he better use Doc Ock and not some damn made up character if it's true he wants a mad scientist villain. If any suit is listening... PLEASE, keep it true to the comic origin story and don't fool with the best batch of villains around... Make the fans happy and you will have a 300 million dollar summer event film... -
Wow...I never thought of Jeremy Davies for the role of Spidey...but he's perfect! Speaking of Spidey...do you really think they would choose Chris for this role? He's really on the way down. The Bachelor? mmmhmm. I say screw Barry for director, lets make him the villain! How cool would it be to see that. One last thing...NO BEN AFFLECK!-Alex
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Nov 29, 1999 2:36:06 AM CST
Only if his fatass, annoying sister Rosie plays "Spiderpork"!
by uncapie
Then you could have both of them in it and it would still suck!
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The word i heard is that Sony is grooming Heath Ledger to take the role of ol Spidey...
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Nov 29, 1999 2:38:32 AM CST
An opinion that I am sure is going to have other posters consign
by photon_wordsmith
I LIKE THIS IDEA!!!!!
There. I said it. I liked Chris as D'Artagnan, I liked Chris as Dick Grayson / Robin.
Depending on the supporting cast - now, I'm thinking Sarah Michelle Gellar as Mary Jane (she has the right hair colour for the late, lamented Gwen Stacy - but I won't go there.); Matthew Lillard (Scream, Hackers, Wing Commander) as Flash Thompson. (whoever said Russell Crowe as Kingpin is nuts - Patrick Stewart as Kingpin is my call); I'm open for suggestions for Aunt May - the late Jessica Tandy would have been perfect. Anyway; I know I'm going to get flamed for this, and the truth is I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!!! I love this idea. -
Like the guy who plays PETER PARKER really matters!!! Parker is a major loser and so is Chris O'Donnel--it's typecasting! And O'Donnel didn't fuck up Robin...the Batman films have been ruined by horrible scripts and dreadful S&M costume design! The only important issue concerning a Spider-Man movie is the script and the director. The whole Spider-Man concept is just SO silly and potentially juvenile that it's going to take a really great director to keep everything balanced. I don't think ANY Spider-Man movie will work; some ideas should just stay in the funny books, folks!
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Aw man. Chris O Donnell. Kind of a jock boy, huh? One of those guys, you know the guys, in high school who beat you up and were REALLY in denial about their true sexuality. Touching each other in what all hoped would be interpreted as a manly display? Yeah. He's one of them. He's a Flash Thompson, that's what he is. He's the guy who would beat up on Peter Parker. There aren't enough special effects in the world to make me believe that HE'S a friggin' underdog.
Who suggested the Buffy guy? He'd be good. I can see that happening. He's got big ears that Buffy guy, but I can see him. He's mr. "Nice once you get to know him" where Chis O Donnell is mr. "Nice as long as you don't get to know him."
What else was said? Oh, the notion that Stan Lee is some kind of Take-Charge No-Nonsense manly man when it comes to Marvel Liscencing. Who said that? Have you checked your crack supply? Someone might be slipping you the old Laundry degergent and lye instead of your usual extra-stregnth crack, there. Withdrawal is the only reason I can think of for any person to say that Stan Lee is, at this point, anything less than a head in a jar wired to say "Yes, Give me the money." or "Excelsior" every time you press a button. But I'm sure most other non-crack type people are aware of this.
There are worse choices than Sonnenfeld. Satan springs to mind. I think that a spider man movie that makes you go insane when you watch it and claw your eyes out with your bare hands could be worse than watching a sonnenfeld spider man movie.
Maybe Stan lee lovin' Detergent Crack guy would disagree with me.
Finally, I've seen a pattern in the way this sort of thing works. The suits make a dumb decision. All the dorks of the world unite and say "This is a dumb decision, suits." The suits find out about this and have a meeting behind their wall of lawyers, then come out and say: "Were doing this anyway. Bite our Armani clad asses in unison, geeks"
Then the marketing department makes whatever piece of waste they're doing into a hit just like everything else.
My solution. Reverse psychology. Everybody say it's a great idea. That'll throw them off guard. Make 'em think.
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I'm a fan of Nicholas Brendan on "Buffy" (not so much in person), but I don't see Peter Parker as being that much of a loser. Yes, that's the face he presents the public, but then so does Clark Kent. I think I'd go for Wes Bentley for this... more of a quiet irony than a defensive smartass humor. Bentley would also be great in a "Batman Beyond" feature, but my first choice for that would still be Jason Behr of "Roswell."
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First off, I'd like to say that I'm working on a term paper (or I'm supposed to be at least) and this is a great deterrent. Secondly, all of the other names mentioned are crap. Norton is the one true Spider-man. Now people say that he's too old but he's not. He could be made to look younger. As for the story, well I've decided to write the script myself during X-mas break. Here it goes, I've grown up on Spidey but was never satisfied with the original. Granted it was the best of all Amazing Fantasy's, but the radioactive spider bite works only to justify a super cool hero. Now my story has Peter, a confused Graduate science student at NYU, kind of nerdy and living with Aunt May (Betty White minus a couple of pounds), he's already Spider-man and we hear (but not see the action, only headlines in the paper) about the capture of the Rhino. Meanwhile... Kingpin (played by Daniel Benzali in an absolutely brilliant casting suggestion) assembles the Sinister Six (I know that all you "real" fans know who they are) to commit a grand caper. Spidey deals with love, inner conflict and his obsession with protecting Aunt May. I can't stress enough that Edward Norton (by far and away our generation's best actor) must play Spider-man. He can nail this role. Long live Ed Norton!
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God I hope they don't let O'Donnell try to play the web-slinger. He is so bland! The man that this project needs is Kevin Smith favourite JASON LEE. He has the right look for Parker and has the attitude for the role. Plus I also heard that Jason is Stan Lee's nephew. If not Jason then Ed Norton or Xander from Buffer will do. Even Paulie Shore is better than Chris O'Donnell.
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Ok every one....when you sleep tonight...pray to the God of movies...that Chris does not make it...and that John Cusack will. He would be great at it!
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Ok...It might be interesting to have Chris O'Donnel as Spiderman but Chris just doesn't fit the look of our fave neighborhood spidey....Altho it might explain how the heck Spiderman has teamed up with just about all the Superfriends when he's in the Marvel universe and they're in the D.C Universe!...Sheesh!...Just how does he do that??...I mean well Batman even knew who he was when they teamed up a couple years ago in the comic Batman/Spiderman!... Like Spidey said"Im just waiting for a call from Superman"...I just can't see him as Peter Parker/Spiderman...Couldn't they get the guy who does the voice of Spiderman on the animated series??...He at least looks like him!
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This is who should play the role......he was funny in can't hardly wait....has that certain sense of humor.....and can pull off the geek qualities...plus he is young...he is this character.
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My God. What a weird site this is.
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You guys should stop watching t.v. all the time and go see a movie for a change. I'm getting sick of seeing Nick Brendon's name mentioned in every talkback. This guy is 28 years old and still can't act. He has zero movie experience and his career highlight was his supporting role in the straight-to-video-"classic" Children of the Corn 3! The guy can't act! Xander is nothing like Peter. Xander is dumb and a total geek. Peter isn't really a geek, but just a guy who isn't interested in sports or stuff most people his age are interested in. He's more the outsider(think Cusack character in Say Anything). Here are the actors who would be great as Peter Parker;
Jake Gyllenhaal (October Sky- http://home.sprintmail.com/~burrell/)
Wes Bentley(American Beauty- http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Film/2413/ab12.JPG)
Chad Christ(Gattaca & Jawbreaker- http://www.latalent.com/TalentCards/Chad.htm)
Nick Stahl(The Thin Red Line & Disturbing Behaviour-
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/4760/nick.jpg)
Jason Schwartzman(Rushmore- http://hometown.aol.com/gabyraimi/jsbee.jpg)
And no subtitutes! Chris is way too old and will never happen since Peter is going to be seventeen in the movie. Sigh of relief. Boat Drinks from Jimmy the Saint(www.spidermanhype.com) -
Okay if this rumour turns out to be true then I need no further proof that the apocalypse is indeed upon us. I'll see you all in Hell...is it hot in here or is it just me?
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Matt Lillard would be Terr-freakin-ific as "Harry Osborne" (sic?). You need someone a bit more thuggish as Flash... He's a character more like "Biff" from the Back to the Future flicks, or Anthony Michael Hall's character in "Edward Scissorhands". Unfortunately, no young names are coming to mind.
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Jimmy, i think we've been over this before. I'm sorry if poor Nicky's past included Children of hte Corn 3, most actors have crap roles in their past that they aren't too proud of. He's a fine actor that week in and out portrays his character with both dignity and a wild abandon at the same time. He's a constant performer on that show. People who say he's a bad actor either hate the show, or have never watched it. As for jake and wes and the rest, they've had one or two movies each, nick is on a tv show considered by most to be one of the best things on, he works with one of the greatest creative minds in the business today on a weekly basis (and don't even try to blame joss whedon for the mess that was the buffy movie or alien 4) So nicky had the misfortune that befalls many young actors in their early careers, he got a lucky break by getting the challenging and amazing role that is xander harris on buffy, and i think it's high time he got a chance to at a great movie role, which my hope it that this spiderman movie will be. Oh and Psycho Beach Party, it's based on a play, it's supposed to be wacky.
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Nov 29, 1999 11:32:57 AM CST
How can O'Donnell play Spidey and play football at the same time
by powerslave
You meant Chris, not Neil, right? Why oh why does Edward Norton's name come up for every movie role on this site? He's good, but I hardly think he's suited for every role under the sun. Expand your horizons. Use your imaginations. There are thousands of actors out there. And besides, they'll probably go with an unknown. The 'Spiderman' name will be enough to sell the movie; they don't need stars. Personally, I don't care who directs, but I'm secretly hoping it is Sonnefeld. The whining and moaning over an alleged rumor overheard in a fast-food restaurant has got everyone in an uproar. If Sonnefeld actually does direct, these could become the funniest talkbacks of all time.
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I just wanna clear some things up here. The Spider-pork you all speak of was actually "Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-ham" (yeah I have no life. What of it?! :)) And I agree with Pharcyde that Neil O'Donnell would be a lousy choice for Spider-man. He's struggled ever since he went to the Super Bowl with the Steelers. And CHRIS O'Donnell is almost as bad a choice. While we're at it, has anyone considered Rosie O'Donnell? Just kidding.
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The reason why I keep bringing up Children of the Corn is because it is Brendons only experience doing a movie. And he was terrible. I actually saw several episodes of Buffy to see who this Brendon guy was, because his name was often mentioned for the role of Peter and I have to say I wasn't impressed. The only thing that makes his character stand out are the dialogue. He's a decent actor at best, but definately not a good actor. If he was such a great actor why hasn't he ever made a decent movie? And don't give the that crap that he wasn't given the parts he deserved because Psycho Beach Party is hardly Shakespeare. You say;"As for jake and wes and the rest, they've had one or two movies each, nick is on a tv show considered by most to be one of the best things on" You do know that's bullshit. Buffy was ignored at the Emmy's for good reason; it's a kid show. A well-written kid-show; but it's still a kid-show. Sure some of the viewers are over twenty, but there are also people who still collect comics at the age of fourty. So? Jake(six movies) and Wes(also six) have more movie experience at the age of eightteen and twenty-one than Brendon(only four) at the age of twenty-eight! Jake already played the lead in a big-studio movie(October Sky) and even received Oscar-buzz. Critics raved about his performance;"It's got some good things in it, such as Gyllenhaal's engaging performance as the rocketboys's wide-eyed leader."-Glenn Kenny(Premiere) Wes Bentley is Hollywood's hottest new star and his performance in American Beauty is also considered to be Oscar worthy;"Certain scenes in American Beauty simply belong to the young, up-to-now-unknown actor Bentley. He exudes both intensity and bizarre good humour.."-Kenny(Premiere) Wendon is only the writer, so he doesn't work with Brendon on a weekly basis and working with talent doesn't make you talented.
"(and don't even try to blame joss whedon for the mess that was the buffy movie or alien 4)"
Glad I didn't have to bring it up myself. I was surprised though that you didn't bring up the issue that even though Brendon is ten years too old for the role he still looks like he's a highschool kid. Let me close this message with this thought; Nick Brendon maybe an adult who acts like a teenager, but Peter Parker should be a teenager who acts like an adult. Always nice talking to you and give my best to the Brendon triad. Boat Drinks from Jimmy the Saint(www.spidermanhype.com) -
OK, let's try to be rational. I'm a fine one to talk after exploding on Sonnenfeld the other day. But...after some reevaluation, I realized that Sonnenfeld isn't a hack or a bad director. He's made some great films. Particularly MIB, which was the total opposite of WWW. Smart humor, good action and great effects. However, I still don't think he's the right guy for Spiderman. He's better with more comedic elements. As for O'Donnell, all I can say is "NO!" He is not the right choice at all. He is chunky and has a face like a potato and speaks in a squeaky, whiny voice that sounds more like Peter Brady than Peter Parker. But, this is just a rumor. So let's cross our fingers and pray. What about Ray Park? Granted Spidey's not British, but maybe we could work around the accent. Plenty of others have. Bob Hoskins in "Roger Rabbit", Kenneth Branagh in "Dead Again". Just a thought. As for directors, I can only say: Wachowski, Wachowski, Wachowski.
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All this sound and fury... sad, really.
It's too bad nobody in Hollywood is smart enough to say, "Let's take half the budget that a live-action Spider-Man movie would cost, hire the best damn animators and voice-talent we can get, hire someone to write the screenplay who understands and loves comics AND DO A KICK-ASS BIG-BUDGET ANIMATED MOVIE!!!"
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...was Chris O'Donnel as Robin. Desptite the efforts of Joel Schumacher and Akiva Goldsman this guy was a terrific Robin in BATMAN FOREVER. He wasn't very good in B&R but hey....it was BATMAN AND ROBIN , the worst superhero movie ever made.I'll agree withHarry that he was a bad D'Artangan but it was also the absolute worst version of The Three Musketeers ever made. Give the guy a break. If you were an actor just starting your career would you have the clout to tell Schumacher,'No Joel. I don't want to be in your campy piece of shit.'? Even the old Adam West show was better then Schumacher's BATMAN movies ( certainly funnier ! ) but is that Chris O'Donnel's fault ? He gave the ONLY performance in BATMAN FOREVER that wasn't camp. How he managed to sneak a real performance past Joel Schumacher who was obviously directing his cast to be as awful as possible is almost miraculous. He even tried to do a good job in BATMAN AND ROBIN but come on... Joel and Akiva were stacking the deck against everyone the second time around !!! That's my big problem with Schumacher by the way. I can forgive a director who tries to make a good movie and fails but that's not what happened with Joel's Batman movies. Joel tried to make an intentionally BAD MOVIE and suceeded beyond his wildest dreams. Unlike Harry , I don't think Herr Schumacher should be forgiven for ruining the Bat franchise because he did it on purpose but let's not blame it on a young actor just starting out. My problem with O'Donnel as Spider-Man is that he's too old. Not for the first movie but for sequels.
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First off, there has never been a great Batman film - all except B&R have good elements, but they are all villain-heavy with no sense of what Batman is all about - that goes for Burton and Shitmaker (hey, Joel - glad you finally did your gay movie with DeNiro - now leave the superheroes alone)... As for Spidey, Jet Li can handle both sides - make his mother Asian - he's still Peter Parker, he still has troubles as Peter Parker, and he KICKS ASS as Spiderman - c'mon, you know I'm right - Nicholas Brendon is good as wisecracking Xander, but he doesn't have the weight to pull off PP...
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Calm down, Spider-fans, calm down...this is news from E!, home of the Hollywood Biography. (Which is not a necessarily terrible show, just trashy.) It's probably not true, but so what if it is? O'Donnell is not the worst actor in the world, nor is he the worst actor for this part. He was good in Scent of a Woman, School Ties, Circle of Friends and, yes, Batman Forever. He may not have the comic timing needed for the said sarcastic wit of Spiderman, but that can be worked on and I'm sure he could pull off pitiful loser as Parker. I agree there are better choices, though. Ever since someone first suggested Brenden from "Buffy" for the role, I've watched the commercials and looked closer at his image on my can of Barg's rootbeer (Buffy can series). He could do it...he can carry some quality comedy writing. If you're worried about the action...well, I hate to break it to you, but those are stunt doubles in the Batman suits and they'll probably be stunt doubles in the Spidey suits as well.***Bottom line, don't worry about the actors...worry about the writing and the director.
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O'Donnell, in this role, would suck even more than Monica Lewinsky's vacuum cleaner !
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Shitcan O'Donnell, a one-diemensional character like Dick Grayson's about the most he can manage-he was OK in 'Scent of a Woman'-but not GREAT. Like most of these Hollywood films, while watching some pretty-boy, poster model do 'better than you expect' in a role, I still always come away wishing that someone
'else',i.e. a decent actor would have gotten that role, (that means you Brad and you Tom...). I reckon for Parker it has to be Ed Norton, the man can be ubergeek and superhero, as well as a man struggling not only the responsibilties of adulthood but also the gift of 'spider strength'. Maybe after Fight Club he'll get a shot? But O'Donnell? Please.... -
I must say that they couldn't have found a more boring and uninteresting guy to play spidey, they need someone more challanging and daring...my sister could have cast this guy...hell anyone could have done this...spidey could have been sold on the caracter alone...they really don't need that big a "name" to do it. 'Nuff said.
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I agree with DrippyBits...this is just dumb!!!
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Ever since we heard about this movie 5-6 years ago, the Gang and I have been having the who-will-be-Spidey debate. My number one choice was Brandon Lee (not gonna work now..) but my friends are really sold on John Cusack or their first choice...JAMES SPADER!! Aside from the fact he doesn't have the marketability, you could definitely see him as the brainy-geeky-quiet Peter Parker. I will say that Chris O'Donnell didn't even cross our fucking minds and he shouldn't be crossing anybody else's either.
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If they're going to cast Spidey using a 30 year old. I'd rather see Ethan Hawke or River Phoenix.
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Jude Law. He played a person who was crippled (Gattaca). He played a dude that becomes temporarily crippled (eXistenZ). For the love of humanity, let the dude run around and swing on a web. --------------I just had a disgusting thought. Ethan Hawk as Spiderman.
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Nick said years ago that he wasn't in a rush to do a movie because he had incredible scripts week in and out on tv and there was no need to take something sub-standard. Now i have no idea how Psycho Beach Party will turn out, but i hope he has stuck to his guns. And movie experience means nothing anymore when he works six 18 hour days a week for 9 months a year. TV is harder, most actors will tell you that. And children of the corn was his FIRST acting role. He only started acting about 7 years ago as it is. Did you expect Shakespeare out of Children of the Corn. Sure you can quote great things about Wes and Jake, and if i cared to look, i could find great quotes about Nicky too. He has them. Where you are wrong is that Buffy is a kids show. Buffy is one of the finest crafted shows on television today, it is the ignorant public and media who view it as a kid show. Joss Whedon is not "just the writer" he is the producer, he oversees all on that show. And he has a very close relationship with the stars and writers and complete staff. The buffy movie was taken out of his control, as was Alien 4. I saw october sky, i thought it was boring, and i wasn't too enthralled by Jake. This is called a difference of opinion. Just as there are critics who praise someone, there will be ones that don't. The role of xander could've been just a throw away, and while i don't in any way belittle the writing, it is because of Nicks performance that the character is as multi-layered as it is. As for emmys, every year all the major critics come out and say that buffy should be nominated for all the top honors, it suffers because the old voters can't see the message past the slang and vampires. Now then, Josh and S.A.M., i'm sure that's a movie Jake might like to forget. It also doesn't hurt him that his parents are in the industry. Lastly about Jake, he's not cute. Sorry, i know, girl's opinion here, but Peter Parker has to be cute enough to get the Mary Jane's of the world, and that Jake kid isn't. There is no way i would ever believe he was with a model, unless he was a rock star, cause that whole models and ugly rock star thing always confuses me. And then Wes, well, sorry, he might just be too attractive. I know it's not all about looks, cause if it was everyone would wanna give it to that no talent hack Freddie Prinze Jr., but there is a look for Spidey, and i don't think either Jake or Wes fit it. This is the problem with that X-Men movie, they got great actors, who for the most part, aren't the best choices for the parts.
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How about Jason Lee! He'd be perfect. Very good at wisecracks, plus he'd whoop it up.
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Something everyone seems to have forgotten is that at the beginning of his costumed career, Peter Parker was a total and utter GEEK, labelled a bookworm in every other panel. So putting some buff airhead in as him would be sacriledge (I hope I spelt that right).
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Nov 29, 1999 5:42:37 PM CST
RAY PARK AS SPIDERMAN! Come on guys, we know he looks cool as a
by angry
So there
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Nov 29, 1999 5:44:05 PM CST
Hey, I just realized that by putting my entire thing in the subj
by angry
hehe
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I agree with one of the posters that said Ethan Embry would be good. His work in Can't Hardly Wait and Vegas Vacation was really quite good in that geeky/funny vein. Now, I know y'all are gonna hate this, but IF you're talking sarcastic (maybe even more sardonic) with great comic timing for an actor under 20 years old, how about Joshua Jackson from Dawson's Creek (Pacey)? Now, I'm 25, married, and went to college, so it's not some little Tiger Beat fantasy here. Every time this kid is on screen, he steals the scene (which, surrounded by the caliber of actor on THAT show, isn't too hard). He's really funny, and has the size (seems about 6' and a little bulky) to pull off superhero costumes. The quips coming out from behind the mask would roll off his tongue well.
I don't know about anyone else's opinion, but with the Beek and Katie Holmes getting most of the pub off of that show, it's going to be Jackson and Michelle Williams who are going to have long careers in the biz. And Jackson is going to be a MAJOR star. The kid's talented. Dawson's Creek is by no means classic television, but this kid is undeniably good.
For Kingpin, how's about Oz star/Howard Stern crony/Van Damme asskicker Chuck Zito? Alongside any 20 year old, he'd look HUGE. And he's not a wooden figure onscreen. Barely, but not wooden.
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This is addressing an earlier talkback. Brandon Fraser is in George of the Jungle, not Buffy, which of course is the best show on television.
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I would like to see the scripts send to Brendon. I bet there wasn't one good script. Psycho Beach Party doesn't sound to me like a project so good Brendon couldn't refuse doing. I sounds more like a teen-horror-movie. Of course we can't tell untill after the movie comes out, but untill then we can only discuss his t.v. work and I don't think he could make the transition from t.v. to the big screen. Many better t.v. actors have tried, but failed. Why? Because they didn't have the screen presence or they picked lousy scripts and parts. Brendon is hardly one of the best actors on t.v. so I doubt they would even consider him. "And movie experience means nothing anymore when he works six 18 hour days a week for 9 months a year. TV is harder, most actors will tell you that."That's besides the point. I and many critics aren't convinced that he's such a good actor. I think he's a decent actor, but only in Buffy where he gets great dialogue. All his other work has been awfull. I want an actor who has proven that he's a good actor on the big screen. Nick hasn't proven that yet. "And children of the corn was his FIRST acting role." Wasn't Married with Children his first acting job? And he was in his twenties when he made Children of the Corn and he was awfull. Jake was sixteen when he made October Sky and he was brilliant. "i could find great quotes about Nicky too." But probably not by critics as respected as Premiere's Glenn Kenny. Show me some. "Where you are wrong is that Buffy is a kids show. It is the ignorant public and media who view it as a kid show." Hollywood views it as a kids show(and that's all that matters) so they'll probably won't give the part to Brendon. Joss Whedon isn't the director. A very close relationship means in Hollywood meetings once a month. Maybe you didn't like October Sky, but it was criticly acclaimed and made a decent profit. Sure it's a difference of opinion, but what matters here is who's opinion is viewed as important. Not yours, not mine; but the critics and other directors. That's why I mentioned the Oscar buzz, because directors loved Jake's performance and they are the ones who hire him. Xander multi-layered? Are we talking about the same WB-show? All the aspects of Xander's character is through the writing. It's Whedon who made Xavier work, not Brendon. There are thousand actors in t.v. land who could do the job just as good or even better. The critics like the writting in Buffy, but that has nothing to do with Brendon. It's not that I don't think the show sucks(I like it), but it's how Brendon is viewed as an actor. Maybe the writting could get a nomination, but never Brendon. Gyllenhaal made Josh and S.A.M when he was 13. Brendon made C.o.t.C 3 when he was 24. Big difference. And Gyllenhaal's performance in S.A.M. was pretty good. "It also doesn't hurt him that his parents are in the industry." His parents were never big shots and were as struggling as Brendon was. About your girls opinion; I don't care if Jake is cute. Peter shouldn't be a heartthrob. He's no Hunchback and that's enough. Jake looks like Peter and he's good-looking enough to get a girlfriend like M.J.(remember this is Hollywood). I think we are never going to agree when it comes to this though. "And then Wes, well, sorry, he might just be too attractive."
Sigh, have you seen American Beauty? He was perfect as the nerdy-seeming son and I think he could pull the part of Peter nicely. And The X-men; well let's wait untill the movie opens untill we are going to trash it. Boat Drinks from Jimmy the Saint(Chairman of the Board) -
Nov 29, 1999 7:15:57 PM CST
FIRST SONNENFELD, NOW O' DONNELL!!!!!!???? Mr. Angry up there is
by sexualchocolate1
Now, I obviously gotta lot more to say about the subject than him. (heh heh heh!!! That was a joke!) Anyway!!!! First of all, about O' Donnell and the roll of Spider-Man. Alls I gosta say is....... THAT REEEEEAALLY BLOWS!!!! It's bad enough that theres even TALKS about the possiblity of SONNENFELD in the directors chair for this movie. O' Donnell already reaked as a superhero in the last two bat-flicks, so Sony should know better!!! Now beside all that, I gosta agree with that Angry dude up there! Ray Park would be the best Spidey ever!!!! As we all know he sure fucking rocks those fight scenes! We've all seen him kick Neeson's and Mcgregor's ass in "The Phantom Menace", and kick was sooooo cool in "Sleepy Hollow", this guy is BEYOND perfect for the roll! Plus he looks cool in general. I swear Park could kick O' Donnell's ass ANY DAMN DAY!!!!! Ray makes O'Donnell look like a lil' choir boy!!! ( I got that from "End of Days") Acually O' Donnell was a choir boy LONG before Ray came along. The final thought, WHAT THE F*CK IS WRONG WITH ALL THESE STUDIOS, AND PRODUCERS, AND SCREENWRITERS, AND DIRECTORS NOW DAYS!!?! THEY ARE RUINING THE WHOLE GENRE OF SUPER-HERO MOVIES BY WRITING THE DUMBEST SCRIPTS, CHOOSING THE DUMBEST ACTORS (like O' Donnell as a GREAT example!)AND.....STUFF!!!! And I know you all agree with me fully........... *sigh*
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Did anyone ever see Ravenous? That had good direction. Fuck Barry. Fuck O'donnel. I dont feel like talking too much tonight. Yippee
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Now I don't know what age Peter Parker will be in the script, but if he is anything from a senior in high school to college senior, I'd say you have to go with Tobey Maguire.
He's can play quirky and awkward, yet still be charming enough to bag a babes like Gwen and MJ.
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To me it is not all that important that the actor look exactly like the comic book verison. It is more about the character's emotions and how he cares them selves.
Ok, according to the comic book world, Kingpin, is huge, white and bald. Well, hell I could shave my head, and I'm their guy.
Kingpin to me is cold and intelligent. James Earl Jones could do that, as could Russel Crowe. (JEJ pulls off the huge part too.)
Think of Michael at the end of the Godfather Part II. In my eyes, that is how Kingpin should be played. Ice cold, always thinking. For god sakes, he killed his own brother.
Russell Crowe is the most intense actor working today. He reminds my of Al Pacino.
Crowe, as an actor could get the character of Kingpin, so what if he doesn't look a thing like the comic.
Peter Parker, is not a stud, he is a wimp with incredible powers. Over the years, he has become to accept his powers, and he has lost the wimp vibe about him. The best choice I have heard is Ethan Embry, or Edward Norton.
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Look, the guy's no Pacino, but let's face it -- the Robin role from day one has been written as crap! How are you supposed to play crap well? O'Donnell is fine in the right role, and miscasting is no reason to ream an actor. Harry, this tirade on first Denise Richards and now on Chris O'Donnell isn't going to win you any fanboy praise -- they're easy targets.
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Peter Parker: Jake Gyllenhaal,
Gwen Stacy: Kirsten Dunst,
Aunt May: Gena Rowlands,
Uncle Ben: Phillip Baker Hall,
Doc Ock: Bob Gunton,
The Green Goblin(Norman): James Caan,
The Green Goblin(Harry): Scott Hatsosy,
Captain Stacy: Peter O'Toole,
M.J.: LeeLee Sobieski,
Liz Allen: Mena Suvari,
Flash: Dash Mihok,
Betty Brant: Natasha Gregson Wagner,
J.J.: R. Lee Ermey,
Robbie: Albert Hall
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Music: Thomas Newman
Director of Photography; Roger Deakins
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I'd rather not see it at all...people cannot agree on anything these days. Why not let the animators have a shot at it? That's the only way to keep EVERYONE happy. Fincher for Spiderman? Guess what, he doesn't want to DO Spiderman! Thank god Fincher is smart enough to know when something is not his forte. Why can't Spiderman be a coming-of-age story about a nerd that gets superpowers? That's what got all of us to buy the comic in the first place. Tobey Maguire is a brilliant suggestion, especially if they want to make it a serious movie. I also like the suggestion of the guy from American Beauty, but that guy ain't no nerd, let me tell you. I used to like the idea of Nicholas Brendon of Buffy, but it will turn into self-parody -- it will be Xander as Spiderman and nothing more. By the way, that actor that plays Spike on Buffy is severely underrated. Wouldn't Marsden make a great Hobgoblin? Marsen as Hobgoblin, Kevin Spacey as Green Goblin, Tobey Maguire as Spiderman and Mina Suvari as MJ. Oh well, my "dream" cast will change by tomorrow AM. G'night all!
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I truely hope Bollinger has the inside word on the casting choice. If so, Heath Ledger is a bloody good way to go.
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James Cameron would have been perfect for the film. And I agree that if a director does this it should be someone who cares about the character.
I think Ron Howard, Kevin Smith, or even Micheal Bay, would make an enjoyable, faithfull movie.
Personally, I think Nicholas Brenden is my choice for Spidey because he's the best choice of all the actors mentioned. Ed Norton is to old.
He's a FANTASTIC actor-Too old.
Nicholas at least looks young, and he would bring the character to life in my eyes.
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I have three choices for Spider-Man that I would deem acceptable in the eyes of the Lord.
3.Ed Norton
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Does it really matter who gets the part? Regardless of who is cast, everyone here will find 10,000 reasons why someone else should have got the part.
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If you are going to use Barry Sonnenfeld and Chris O'Donnell in your Spider-Man film, then do all of us a favor and don't even make the film. But if you want to make a good film, one that will be regarded as the greatest comic book movie ever made, then listen up. First, dump David Koepp's shitty script. Second, hire people who know the charcter and who are familiar with translating comic book characters to the screen. My suggestions here are Kevin Smith and Sam Hamm. Third, hire Ron Howard as the director of this film because his style meshes perfectly with the characer of the Spider-Man. He has shot movies in New York City before, i.g. Ransom, so he knows how to use the city for filming. Also, he played a character pretty similar to Peter Parker on Happy Days. So I feel he can relate to the character, which makes it more believable in developing the character. Fourth, cast Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, enough said. He has the charm to play Peter Parker and attract Mary Jane. He can also act like a geek as will Peter Parker act like in the beginning of the film. Lastly, he is not a big guy which is what I think the character needs. Spider-Man is not a big muscular guy. He is an everyman who just happen to have super human powers. Fifth, cast Kevin Spacey as the Green Goblin. If you need convincing just watch American Beauty, Seven, the Usual Suspects, etc. Sixth, cast Dominique Swain as Mary Jane. She played Lolita and was John Travolta's daughter in Face Off. Seventh, cast Jon Voight as the Kingpin. If Sony does this, I think they will have the makings of potential blockbuster.
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Bruce Campbell. Bruce Campbell IS Spiderman. Everything about him SCREAMS Peter Parker. Chris O'Donnel on the other hand would destroy it WORSE than he destroyed Robin. Bruce is the man. There are those who know this. Hopefully they have some sort of control over all of this.
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Nov 29, 1999 10:34:36 PM CST
kkrankk says: Chris O'Donnell was just referencing his stupid cl
by kkrankk
Now that that's settled, who should play Peter Parker? Johnny Depp's too old. Ed Norton would be a scream. The Buffy guy would do it for peanuts. I just hope Sony doesn't get cute and cast Will Smith. And while we're making wish lists, I wouldn't cry if Sonnenfeld has to pull out of the project because of a horrible accident that leaves him paralyzed; he helped screw up Wild Wild West, one of my favorite tv shows.
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I like Bruce Cambell as much as the next person, but I think we need a Spiderman who's not in his 40's.
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Jimmy, since you know nothing about buffy let me enlighten you. Joss Whedon is completely hands on, on the set day in and out. He oversees almost all shots, watches all dailies, reads all scripts and rewrites many many of them. He directs atleast 4 episodes a season fully and has his hand in the direction of all the rest. Maybe other people don't care about their work, but Joss i proud of his show, his employees and his cast. That is the truth, the man is a genius and a truely nice caring man who knows what it takes to make a great show. The only reason people think it's a kids show is the name, that is why there are no emmy nods, that is why as you claim most people think it's for teens. Of course the people who think that miss the point entirely, it flies right over their heads. So go on believing that buffy is a second rate kid show. You'd be wrong.
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Running up and down the halls at Sony yelling "I am Spider-Man"???
My only comfort is imagining this shrill little dickweed flailing down the hall like some freaked-out little brat on a sugar high, then cold-cocking himself on some low lying metal water pipe. It's images like these that make me forget the horror that was "Batman and Robin", or "Three Musketeers" for that matter.
By the way, am I the only one that thinks Noah Wyle could work in the role?
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There is only ONE man who can effectively play Spider-Man! An actor who has proven himself time and again! Ladies and Gentleman (and you, too, Jimmy), I'm talking about CHRISTOPHER REEVE!! He was GREAT as Super-Man and--! Huh? What? No shit? Hmmm. Well, maybe he could play IRON-MAN...
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Since Spidey's a totally masked hero, and one that isn't very bulky like other superdudes, you're ONLY casting Peter Parker here; unlike Supes/Bats, EVERY scene with "Spider-Man" in it will just be some stuntman with big-actor voiceover (which is why, money/fame aside, if I were an actor I wouldn't care to take the role). So find some non-megastar, lanky, youngish-looking, charmingly nerdy actor with a bit of an edge, one that'll come cheap to help pay off the assuredly over-the-top FX, and forget about muscles, etc.
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Chris O'Donnell as Spiderman?! He ate crappola as Robin now this? This has to be a load of horse puckey. I'd rather see Spiderman in litigation again than him as the world's greatest webslinger. Next we'll here Joel Schumacher is directing Batman and Robin style! Excuse me while I go watch the classic Spiderman cartoon show.
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Hold on girlfriend; I'm not bashing Buffy here; I never said it was a second rate show. I said it was a well-written kid show. This is not a bad thing or am I trying to put down the show, this is just how the media feels about it. I personally like the show and I was a fan for a while. You don't have to defend your favourite show. Josh Whedon is a great writer and performances are good all around. The fact that Buffy is viewed as a kid show by the general audience and Hollywood is not my fault. And so what it's a kid show? I consider The Simpsons to be a kid show, but that doesn't mean I'm demeaning it or something. Hell, it's one of my favourite shows. I'm just saying that I have seen no proof that Brendon could work on the big screen let alone play a character ten years younger and the lead of a franchise. And to Warrior; You got to admit; it's a pretty cool nickname. I wanted my nickname to be Martin Q. Blank or Sidney Feldman, but somebody beat me to it. I was watching Things to do in Denver while I was on line and I thought; hey I look like Andy Garcia; why not use his name. Hence; Boat Drinks from Jimmy the Saint(Spidermanhype isn't my site, but it's definately something to check out)
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This is a stupid talkback. Some of you actually want the film to be one of those frickin' teen flicks??? Tobey Maguire??? He's a GREAT actor yes... but as Spiderman???? And hey Darth Siskel (or whoever it was)... River Phoenix is dead.
I think this project should be shelved until they get a director that has passion for the project, not someone who's "assigned" to it. It was a great project when Cameron had it in his hands because he had passion for it. He fought for it for years... and then finally said screw it. In my eyes, he was the only choice because of that.
Sarah Michelle Gellar as the love interest???? Again, you want a frickin' lame teen flick.
They should go with a mid to late twenties person. Someone that has range. Someone that will give us a performance. Ray Park??? Let's get real people!! I love SW1 and I loved Park in it. But him as Spidey?? Give me a frickin' break.
All some of you are doing is putting your favorite actor in the role... regardless of whether he is right for the part. I previously picked Ben Affleck. He's not one of my favorites, but I feel he's right for the part. He has the humor. He has the look. He has the build (or at least he did in that meteor movie... what was it called? Just kiddin'). He has the range. He has some box office draw to interest people besides film buffs an comic fans.
Director?? Well, the Wachowski brothers have been approached... and they said that they were interested but they wouldn't delay work on the Matrix sequels.
Again, just find somone with passion for the character and the project. -
Shade, I guess you just have it out for the guy. To be honest, I haven't watched enough of his interviews to evaluate his personality, because he's just too banal. To all those who complain about the proposed actor's physiques -- comics exaggerate everything. It does not translate into the real world. Besides, when Spidey starts off, he's not a MAN, he's a BOY. You're average high-school nerd is not ripped. Once you pull that mask over the face, ANYTHING GOES -- it's called a stunt double. I think Tobey Maguire is the best suggestion yet because 1) he looks nerdy, but 2) he can be cute, which is exactly what Parker is. MJ doesn't like Peter for his looks, she likes him for his personality. She likes Flash for his looks. Nicholas Brendon is a good suggestion, but the character is too similar to Xander on Buffy and I feel that people would see Xander instead of Parker. Mina Suvari is a good suggestion for MJ, because she's got those come-hither eyes that made all you guys dig MJ in the first place. MJ is my least favorite love interest, by the way...anyone who calls a man "tiger" should be shot. I prefer Gwen Stacy, or even the Felicia from the cartoon who later becomes the Black Cat (I thought that was a nice melding of two characters).
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You're not paying attention...he made a character in the script that was an amalgam of the Kingpin and Electro. Do you know what that means? That means Cameron does not understand the importance of the Kingpin character, one of the best villians in the Marvel universe. He felt the need to give him superpowers, when that goes against the very thing that makes him cool. Kingpin is Marvel's version of Lex Luthor. His decision to do that puts into question whether or not he knows how to correctly approach ANY character in the film.
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SO SHUT UP!!!!!!
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YOU SHUT UP! Neither one is right for this. Comics-to-film projects are not for directors with egos, who want to play around with the origin. Period.
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I personally like Chris O'Donnell, I don't think he's half bad. But he was terrible as Robin, and what's the point of him doing Spider-Man? He plays himself in all his films, and he is nothing like Peter Parker or Spider-Man. You either need an actor like him, or someone who can play someone other than themselves.
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