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Published on Monday, July 7, 2003 - 5:51pm |
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So Brad Pitt has signed to play CAPTAIN AMERICA right'
Hey folks, Harry here... Seems a lot of folks are hopping on this Brad Pitt has signed onboard CAPTAIN AMERICA story that's come out of SKY NEWS' gossip fella Neil Sean (me neither), who claims to have spies saying that Brad Pitt has signed onboard to play CAPTAIN AMERICA. They even seem to quote Brad Pitt as saying, "I wanted to make an all-out family movie - something that all ages can go to. And as a child it was my favourite comic."
Given I make it a quasi-religious task of following what is going on with CAPTAIN AMERICA... I knew that last I heard it was tied up in a "RIGHTS ISSUE" and was at no point in development until that hurdle was cleared. Got the drop on this story 2 days ago, but waited till today to find time after the holiday weekend to call Avi Arad to see what was going on with the star-spangled one.
"So Avi, what's this Captain America - Brad Pitt thing?"
"Harry, I don't even know where they are getting this stuff from? As you know we are doing nothing with Captain America right now till we clear up the 'Rights Issues'. We want to do some amazing things with CAPTAIN AMERICA, but till everything is clear we are concentrating on other projects as you know."
I told him about the SKY NEWS piece and he said that he had been being called by the press about the rumor and he has been giving no comments, but that Brad Pitt is most definitely not signed on to play CAPTAIN AMERICA right now. Apparently he's never talked with Pitt about it, but that if Brad wants to play Captain America, Avi would definitely talk with him about it, but as of now... there isn't anything to talk with him about because till the rights are cleared it is essentially wasted breath.
Ok... so Brad Pitt isn't playing CAPTAIN AMERICA, there is no script, no director and no film set up because the 'Rights Issues' are still being worked out and as we all remember on SPIDER-MAN, these things take time. Lots of time.
Alright... so that aside... what do I think of BRAD PITT as Captain America?
If you remember or have ever even seen the original origin story art by Simon/Kirby that appeared in CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 in March of 1941... btw the first MARVEL (then TIMELY) hero to debut in his own titled comic... Well the beanpole like Steve Rogers prior to his Super-Serum injection actually bore more than a passing resemblance to Brad Pitt in body type and physical appearance.
HOWEVER - how on earth they'd pull off the Captain America physique on Brad Pitt without filming the origin story 2 years prior to the main body of production, which would require astonishing weight and mass gain and complete body form type change.... or do the CG or Make Up route... It's just complicated and very intense physical difference. Of course - Rick Baker could probably kick its ass best. The main thing is Brad's contemporary sounding voice and lack of authoratative command and presence... which could all change when we see his Achilles in TROY next summer.
However, we don't have to seriously think about this right now, because it ain't happening folks. And that's the real scoop...
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Reader Talkback
so? by ThunderballX | Jul 7th, 2003 05:55:45 PM | captain america is one of the
gayest superheroes ever. by blckmgk13 | Jul 7th, 2003 05:56:11 PM | First...? by Big_Timmy_C | Jul 7th, 2003 05:56:21 PM | Since when has getting the
body type right... by oneragga | Jul 7th, 2003 05:56:22 PM | Captain Pitt? Ummm, No. by ErichRino | Jul 7th, 2003 05:57:15 PM | And that's the real scoop? by The Colonel | Jul 7th, 2003 05:57:42 PM | oh and before anyone
whines.... by blckmgk13 | Jul 7th, 2003 05:58:10 PM | First! by EntryNmbrV | Jul 7th, 2003 05:58:39 PM | And I saw the last version.... by Sela5 | Jul 7th, 2003 05:59:35 PM | Strangely enough, Thomas Jane
would've made a perfect Cap,
had h by Chastain-86 | Jul 7th, 2003 06:07:54 PM | For once im not dissatisfied
over a star/ super hero
pairing! by iamarayya | Jul 7th, 2003 06:08:54 PM | HULK Still floundering by trite | Jul 7th, 2003 06:10:25 PM | The First Rule About Captain
America... by Boris the Blade | Jul 7th, 2003 06:12:48 PM | That's an idiotic move by AlwaysThere | Jul 7th, 2003 06:13:21 PM | LewisBlack by trite | Jul 7th, 2003 06:18:39 PM | Cap Rights by septimus_p | Jul 7th, 2003 06:19:06 PM | Does Pitt have an A on his
forehead? by ZSmooth | Jul 7th, 2003 06:21:23 PM | Steve Rogers by septimus_p | Jul 7th, 2003 06:24:14 PM | Doesn't need to be muscle
bound. by riskebiz | Jul 7th, 2003 06:27:21 PM | I am offended... by ChickenGeorgeVII | Jul 7th, 2003 06:30:19 PM | Maybe I spoke too soon by ChickenGeorgeVII | Jul 7th, 2003 06:36:27 PM | Brad has a beer, and cheats on
Jen! by mbaker | Jul 7th, 2003 06:37:24 PM | Thomas Jane as the Punisher? by flint1976 | Jul 7th, 2003 06:41:29 PM | Harry, Cap doesn't have to be
Hulk-like after taking the
super s by Blue Devil | Jul 7th, 2003 06:48:15 PM | They'll never make this
movie... by Batutta | Jul 7th, 2003 06:57:16 PM | AGE by TomVee | Jul 7th, 2003 06:57:52 PM | What??? by lackofdisbelief | Jul 7th, 2003 07:03:49 PM | it's possible by Terry_1978 | Jul 7th, 2003 07:05:14 PM | THANK GOD PITT ISN'T IN CAP by PumpyMcAss | Jul 7th, 2003 07:17:36 PM | TAIN AMERICA by PumpyMcAss | Jul 7th, 2003 07:18:28 PM | Lackofdisbelief.... by Sergio Kidmark | Jul 7th, 2003 07:18:29 PM | Age old question by DyslexicHeart | Jul 7th, 2003 07:22:28 PM | Holy shit that is some
disjointed crap I just wrote
down. Damn by PumpyMcAss | Jul 7th, 2003 07:23:05 PM | Captain Pitt? by NubtheSquirrel | Jul 7th, 2003 07:24:31 PM | Sounds good to me by 007-11 | Jul 7th, 2003 07:31:38 PM | I COME FROM THE FUTURE AND I
HAVE A HUNCH by T-MACK 1.01 | Jul 7th, 2003 07:38:30 PM | WIZARD actually wanted a live
action SIMPSONS movie starring
Tom by Ordell Robbie | Jul 7th, 2003 07:43:48 PM | As long as they bring back
Albert Pyun and have Red Skull
cut of by Declan_Swartz | Jul 7th, 2003 07:50:56 PM | Harry... by JiggamanSpence | Jul 7th, 2003 07:50:56 PM | Cap Casting by The2%Nation | Jul 7th, 2003 07:52:06 PM | QUESTION FOR THE HEADGEEK: by Ordell Robbie | Jul 7th, 2003 07:52:34 PM | Brad Pitt is one of the
greatest actors of our time if
he wants by Eyegore | Jul 7th, 2003 08:09:28 PM | Neil McDonough. That's who
you need. by Nordling | Jul 7th, 2003 08:16:10 PM | Correction blckmgk13... by A Winner Is You | Jul 7th, 2003 08:19:02 PM | Re: THANK GOD PITT ISN'T IN
CAP by Trik | Jul 7th, 2003 08:31:15 PM | I'm having a 'rights issue'
too.... by Cabron | Jul 7th, 2003 08:31:57 PM | Now is definitely not the
right time to bring Captain
Jingoism i by EL Duderino | Jul 7th, 2003 08:32:32 PM | Nothing Against Brad Pitt... by CHEWBLACCA | Jul 7th, 2003 08:33:34 PM | This is simple by UberSpectre | Jul 7th, 2003 08:46:26 PM | I'd rather have Reb Brown
back! by Moriarity Report | Jul 7th, 2003 08:48:10 PM | Hey screw you by CharlieNSF | Jul 7th, 2003 09:02:08 PM | Aaron Eckhardt for Captain
America. by superninja | Jul 7th, 2003 09:05:53 PM | The problem is that CAPTAIN
AMERICA and SUPERMAN don't fit
in an by FrankDrebin | Jul 7th, 2003 09:10:00 PM | Yowzah. by radio1_mike | Jul 7th, 2003 09:17:23 PM | Donal Logue should play
Captain America by TheForeverMan | Jul 7th, 2003 09:21:13 PM | Yep. Aaron Eckhardt for
Captain America. by the G-man | Jul 7th, 2003 09:21:31 PM | Cap kicks ass, much like his
namesake by scythe1138 | Jul 7th, 2003 09:24:36 PM | I'd love to see this happen. by Devil'sOwn | Jul 7th, 2003 09:29:32 PM | i love when harry has to do
these kinds of stories by ZO | Jul 7th, 2003 09:34:33 PM | As long as the film itself
doesn't turn out like the
laughably b by IndustryKiller | Jul 7th, 2003 09:41:18 PM | Fuck Captin America by Mr Funktastic | Jul 7th, 2003 09:48:28 PM | Pitt goes in for a prostate
massage... by jakebanzai | Jul 7th, 2003 09:56:46 PM | And Harry... by Mr Funktastic | Jul 7th, 2003 09:58:16 PM | Yeah...I love it too by RickDeckard2019 | Jul 7th, 2003 09:58:54 PM | Oh...and Nurse Capt.
Funktastic is ready for his
medication. by jakebanzai | Jul 7th, 2003 09:59:16 PM | The "Rights Issue" that they
never explain is that Joe
Simon is by Andy Travis | Jul 7th, 2003 10:22:27 PM | Funktastic... uugh. by Devil'sOwn | Jul 7th, 2003 10:26:57 PM | The first rule of THE AVENGERS
is you don't talk about THE
AVENG by Sherlock_Holmes_ | Jul 7th, 2003 10:37:23 PM | Brad Pitt as Captain America
taking over a hot air ballon
ride by Tao Of Dumbass | Jul 7th, 2003 10:40:05 PM | Captain America a gay
character? You're letting
your gay bias s by Chastain-86 | Jul 7th, 2003 11:12:03 PM | Captain Afghanistan, Captain
Iraq, Captain Iran, Captain
Syria, by Regis Travolta | Jul 7th, 2003 11:18:59 PM | Actually, Travis, the "rights"
issue goes deeper than what
you'r by Commando Cody | Jul 7th, 2003 11:19:36 PM | Screw Cap -- where's the Thor
movie?? by Johnny Ahab | Jul 7th, 2003 11:34:02 PM | This movie would be cool if it
had the Falcon in it and he
turne by Uncle Stan | Jul 7th, 2003 11:36:34 PM | Cody, I agree. I
over-simplified things, but
regarding Simon and by Andy Travis | Jul 8th, 2003 12:06:07 AM | What? LIL LULU first damn
it!!! by bsboy | Jul 8th, 2003 12:15:02 AM | Um, yeah, Harry, that's great.
Hey, where's the story about
JAM by LlGHTST0RMER | Jul 8th, 2003 12:16:24 AM | Charlie NSF you are hilarious! by Smeg For Brains | Jul 8th, 2003 12:19:29 AM | Ribbons, re: Who should play
Captain America by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 12:27:50 AM | Sergio Kidmark by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 12:40:26 AM | wow.... ignorance reaches a
new high today... by blckmgk13 | Jul 8th, 2003 12:50:17 AM | Remember Burton's Batman???!!! by rogerconnery | Jul 8th, 2003 12:50:30 AM | The Gayest SuperHero is..... by Nicky Butane | Jul 8th, 2003 12:51:32 AM | BTW... by rogerconnery | Jul 8th, 2003 12:52:12 AM | Blind Americans/Cap Sucks by WoodyStiffer | Jul 8th, 2003 01:04:42 AM | Geez, what the hell is wrong
with you fuckwits? by DarthSnoogans | Jul 8th, 2003 01:11:37 AM | No prob, Travis, I knew what
you meant...I just wanted to
flesh by Commando Cody | Jul 8th, 2003 01:12:43 AM | This Board... by WoodyStiffer | Jul 8th, 2003 01:15:44 AM | PS: all you Cap naysayers and
anti-US, anti-Bush people can
knee by Commando Cody | Jul 8th, 2003 01:19:55 AM | Welcome to Camp central. by Seth_Isurus | Jul 8th, 2003 01:41:28 AM | Marv Wolfman, Joe Simon, Stan
Lee...who's next? by Andy Travis | Jul 8th, 2003 02:19:37 AM | What, are they going to
RE-MAKE Albert Pyun's wretched
version o by FD Resurrected | Jul 8th, 2003 02:30:05 AM | BUSH LIED, AND AMERICANS DIED by Ye Not Guilty | Jul 8th, 2003 02:37:06 AM | Captain America? They're
making a film about George
Bush? by TheGinger Twit | Jul 8th, 2003 02:47:19 AM | I can see all the empty
cinema's right accross the
globe on this by TheGinger Twit | Jul 8th, 2003 02:54:05 AM | Blkmgc13, Ye Not Guilty,
jigga420 and all their ilk are
waiting by allegos | Jul 8th, 2003 02:54:26 AM | Rob Schneider should play CA by jules windex | Jul 8th, 2003 03:10:18 AM | Jim Caviezel or Johnny Depp
for DOCTOR STRANGE by Monkey_King | Jul 8th, 2003 03:25:11 AM | I LOVE AMAERICA, I WOULD LOVE
CAPTAIN AMERICA but the fact
is BU by silentbobafett2 | Jul 8th, 2003 03:45:50 AM | Who gives a shit? by Sheamus | Jul 8th, 2003 03:54:47 AM | Pitt's too easy-going for this
role... by phasmatrope | Jul 8th, 2003 04:04:44 AM | Given that Thomas Jane is sooo
gay and he`s playing Punisher,
Pi by chien_sale | Jul 8th, 2003 04:28:26 AM | Captain Britain by Lord Ted | Jul 8th, 2003 05:05:13 AM | Why oh why oh why by Lord_Moon | Jul 8th, 2003 06:31:57 AM | Howie Long as Captain America by Hovitos2k | Jul 8th, 2003 06:57:24 AM | Not To Sound Like A FAG by WILPOWER | Jul 8th, 2003 08:24:39 AM | Pitt is good at playing whack
jobs. Get Aaron Eckhart by Son Of Batboy | Jul 8th, 2003 08:32:28 AM | Captain America and the Axis
Of Evil by NERD FIGHT | Jul 8th, 2003 08:43:11 AM | not again by cfmustang | Jul 8th, 2003 09:04:58 AM | Bring back Matt Sallinger!!!! by Nice Marmot | Jul 8th, 2003 09:20:50 AM | Lieutenant (pronounced LEFT
tenant) Britain by earthworm | Jul 8th, 2003 09:21:00 AM | Captain America? Brad Pitt?
Who are you people? by WeedyMcSmokey | Jul 8th, 2003 09:28:31 AM | Our country could use a decent
patriotic movie like CAPTAIN
AMER by SpyGuy | Jul 8th, 2003 09:30:48 AM | It is simple by cfmustang | Jul 8th, 2003 09:31:02 AM | The only "paranoid fantasies"
were the WMD by 007-11 | Jul 8th, 2003 09:34:01 AM | Here's a thought, maybe they
shouldn't make this by numberface | Jul 8th, 2003 09:34:29 AM | C'mon - Bush isn't evil. Most
morons are reasonably cheery
folk by WeedyMcSmokey | Jul 8th, 2003 09:43:41 AM | Impeach Bush NOW! by Ye Not Guilty | Jul 8th, 2003 09:44:05 AM | James Marsters for Grand Moff
Tarkin in Episode III !!! by TheAFLACDuck | Jul 8th, 2003 09:54:26 AM | Harry you are a pompous shit
eating prick by FTF5 | Jul 8th, 2003 09:56:33 AM | Well, if SOMEBODY'S got to
take over the role from Peter
Fonda, by rev_skarekroe | Jul 8th, 2003 10:04:57 AM | Other patriotic films by SpyGuy | Jul 8th, 2003 10:13:07 AM | Captain America set in WWII
could be great if done right by Lost Skeleton | Jul 8th, 2003 10:16:54 AM | Kalifornia America by flight0001 | Jul 8th, 2003 10:17:54 AM | Actually, I just thought of
it: Woody Harrelson could do
this. by Chastain-86 | Jul 8th, 2003 10:23:20 AM | test by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 10:45:33 AM | Tinfoil Hat Alert! by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 11:02:47 AM | Captain Britain by Captain Dobie | Jul 8th, 2003 11:11:07 AM | No Way, That Guy's A Fag! by thecomedian | Jul 8th, 2003 11:15:12 AM | ERIC BRAEDEN IS TONY STARK by Goon Bighead | Jul 8th, 2003 11:44:00 AM | CASTING FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA by WoodyStiffer | Jul 8th, 2003 11:45:09 AM | Anti-American by WoodyStiffer | Jul 8th, 2003 11:48:42 AM | Obscure Reference: Okay, you
hate us, we know by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 11:50:48 AM | I finally figured out why
these boards keep getting
bogged down by JasonDkEldar | Jul 8th, 2003 11:52:33 AM | Oh no, WoodStiffer by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 11:57:50 AM | Actors for Cap...plus IDEA!!! by oneragga | Jul 8th, 2003 11:57:55 AM | With all that said by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 12:14:50 PM | Oneragga by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 12:16:52 PM | Poor McCarthy? Are you
shitting me? by 007-11 | Jul 8th, 2003 12:17:22 PM | Hey Sergio Skidmark! by MakeMineMarvel | Jul 8th, 2003 12:17:53 PM | I'm serious - poor McCarthy by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 12:30:35 PM | Brad Pitt..could pull it off by zathras34 | Jul 8th, 2003 12:31:20 PM | But as to the matter at hand .
. . by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 12:31:56 PM | How about we never bring up
the election of 2000 ever
again? by 007-11 | Jul 8th, 2003 12:32:51 PM | Well vikingkitty, since you're
so much braver than the rest
of u by 007-11 | Jul 8th, 2003 12:35:22 PM | JasonEDlak - or whatever, i
can't recall - and Make Mine
Marvel, by WeedyMcSmokey | Jul 8th, 2003 12:35:29 PM | Bush should stop covering
Klinton's ass and let the 911
commissi by BannthisUcommies | Jul 8th, 2003 12:40:42 PM | another movie based on a
kiddie comic book... by MisterGrimloch | Jul 8th, 2003 12:43:36 PM | Frankly, I'd be willing to see
an interesting take on the
Star S by mortsleam | Jul 8th, 2003 12:45:29 PM | OK. Here's one example. by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 12:51:20 PM | Awww, VikingKitty has a wittle
cwushy-wushy by GypsyTRobot | Jul 8th, 2003 12:53:46 PM | McCarthy was often
correct--there was communist
infiltration goi by the G-man | Jul 8th, 2003 12:54:56 PM | Thank you, G-Man by vikingkitty | Jul 8th, 2003 01:04:35 PM | Now that I have puked up my
breakfast (thanks a lot,
Harry!) fro by WarDog | Jul 8th, 2003 01:09:32 PM | Actually, Achilles was the
Captain America of his time. by Uncle Sam | Jul 8th, 2003 01:10:14 PM | Tyler Derden as Capt America by Knobules | Jul 8th, 2003 01:40:14 PM | Homeword Bound III by chicanana | Jul 8th, 2003 02:00:50 PM | Why do they have to make EVERY
comic book ever made into a
movie by merindo | Jul 8th, 2003 02:19:17 PM | ..I forgot Batman earlier by merindo | Jul 8th, 2003 02:25:02 PM | comic movies by chicanana | Jul 8th, 2003 02:34:44 PM | Matthew McConnahey is the
perfect actor by MADMIKE | Jul 8th, 2003 02:37:17 PM | Cap America/ Tom Hanks by chicanana | Jul 8th, 2003 02:42:22 PM | Why is Marvel making crap
comics into movies? by gimme_coffee_now | Jul 8th, 2003 02:43:22 PM | Don't be horrible to
Americans... by Fitzcarraldo | Jul 8th, 2003 02:49:42 PM | Wolverine didn't have to be
Buff - Why does Captain
America by DemonsDream | Jul 8th, 2003 03:13:40 PM | so this is the news of the
day...... by Rome&BrianGarage | Jul 8th, 2003 03:30:54 PM | Captain America! Hell yeah! by morGoth | Jul 8th, 2003 04:00:14 PM | Mr T As Captain AMERICA!!! by Bong | Jul 8th, 2003 04:35:30 PM | Eventually the should just do
a whole Marvel Universe movie by spider15 | Jul 8th, 2003 04:51:45 PM | This isn't about money, oil,
territory... by Devil'sOwn | Jul 8th, 2003 05:02:47 PM | Brad, call Avi... please? by SPY-der | Jul 8th, 2003 05:06:26 PM | By the way, Alpacula, about
Clinton.... by spider15 | Jul 8th, 2003 05:19:30 PM | Love that Headline News by Sugarbear1982 | Jul 8th, 2003 05:35:22 PM | The difference between
Clinton, Kennedy, and FDR by the G-man | Jul 8th, 2003 05:56:14 PM | Paul Walker As Cap, George
Clooney As Iron Man, Tim
Robbins As R by Barron34 | Jul 8th, 2003 06:07:58 PM | McCARTHY DID MORE TO DESTROY
AMERICA THAN ANY SO-CALLED
"COMMUNI by EUROTRASH | Jul 8th, 2003 06:28:53 PM | Michael Keaton sucked ass as
Batman by Snookeroo | Jul 8th, 2003 07:11:38 PM | According to Etalk news by cob_f2f | Jul 8th, 2003 07:27:30 PM | Matthew McConaughey IS Captain
America... by Lil Ze | Jul 8th, 2003 08:29:51 PM | In regards to the Talkback
order.... by Meleractor | Jul 8th, 2003 08:37:54 PM | There's two things in this
world that I can't stand: by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 09:31:40 PM | Oh yeah, and my thoughts on
Cap: by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 09:41:02 PM | Well, 3 things actually by Ribbons | Jul 8th, 2003 09:41:52 PM | Clearing Up "Rights"
Misconceptions by Il Duca | Jul 9th, 2003 12:32:05 AM | It all began when Bush sent
Blair flowers and invited him
to wat by chien_sale | Jul 9th, 2003 01:41:51 AM | I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA DAMNIT! by Jon E Cin | Jul 9th, 2003 02:26:24 AM | JasonDkEldar..... you're
joking?? by TheGinger Twit | Jul 9th, 2003 03:25:41 AM | Hey, don't make
generalisations about a
country you've never bee by earthworm | Jul 9th, 2003 04:02:42 AM | PS by earthworm | Jul 9th, 2003 04:03:23 AM | Once again a movie discussion
goes beserk, but here's the
bottom by Commando Cody | Jul 9th, 2003 06:16:43 AM | Neal McDonough is the only
choice to play Captain
America. by Vegas | Jul 9th, 2003 09:38:36 AM | Funny that people have been
killing and dying over a 2000+
year by Chastain-86 | Jul 9th, 2003 12:40:24 PM | info on Homeword Bound 3 movie by chicanana | Jul 9th, 2003 01:43:22 PM | stupidity by dereks | Jul 9th, 2003 02:57:05 PM | Ribbons, your extended
diatribe was the most
beautifully crafted by Snookeroo | Jul 9th, 2003 03:28:10 PM | That was well done Ribbons by 007-11 | Jul 9th, 2003 04:34:01 PM | Cap as too retro or
optimistic? by jinX | Jul 9th, 2003 04:46:59 PM | you know, if you're going to
dispell a rumour, maybe it's
not th by BEARison Ford | Jul 9th, 2003 08:39:06 PM | To Cap It All by TheGuvnor | Jul 9th, 2003 10:11:58 PM | I'd be okay with Brad Pitt (as
Captain America) if only he'd
imp by JDanielP | Jul 10th, 2003 12:20:17 AM | James Cameron may yet write
AND direct "ALIEN 5" with
Sigourney by JDanielP | Jul 10th, 2003 01:20:49 AM | bush by humanboobtube | Jul 10th, 2003 05:24:10 AM | sounds like a f*cking retarded
idea by mooncake | Jul 10th, 2003 02:20:16 PM | All right, you finks... by DarthSnoogans | Jul 10th, 2003 11:35:05 PM |
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