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Looks Like They’re Starting To Cast THE GREEN HORNET!

I have no faith in Seth Rogen... by Karl Childers	Sep 24th, 2008 06:53:31 AM
None, whatsoever.
thomas jame by Mr_X	Sep 24th, 2008 06:53:56 AM
cast that man, he's criminally underused!
that would be thomas jane by Mr_X	Sep 24th, 2008 06:54:23 AM
damm my fat fingers
Britt Reid is Thomas Jane by Mr_X	Sep 24th, 2008 06:56:56 AM
and i have faith!
Britt Reid is not Thomas Jane by Mr_X	Sep 24th, 2008 07:00:34 AM
Damm you seth rogan!
Jame from Serenity by MattInTheHat	Sep 24th, 2008 07:01:28 AM
He needs his own show. "If wishes was horses we'd all be eatn' steak."
To obtain a special dialing wand, by Karl Childers	Sep 24th, 2008 07:02:59 AM
please mash the keypad with the palm ... now.
Quick! Click Post Talkback before drf'r950u by MattInTheHat	Sep 24th, 2008 07:07:23 AM

Do we need another hero? by MattInTheHat	Sep 24th, 2008 07:16:45 AM
The Hollywood movie machine keeps digging up these comic dudes. With average movies now approaching astronomical costs of between 5-10% of the USAs daily deficit do they think they are going to actually make a profit? I mean, how many people would actually go to a Green Hornet movie - I think it will be more Hulk than Ironhomie/TDK.
Well, we haven't tired of Ben Stiller yet... by Hamtaro Hentai	Sep 24th, 2008 08:05:05 AM
But then again, he's actually funny sometimes.
Green Hornet will be sidelined once The Spirit fails by gruntybear	Sep 24th, 2008 08:07:29 AM
And trust me, "The Spirit" will fail - like "Speed Racer" sized fail.
Laughing at the Rogen haters by MrSensitive	Sep 24th, 2008 08:10:27 AM
Remember when everyone and their dog said Heath Ledger would suck as the Joker in "Dark Knight"? It might be a good idea to actually wait until the movie's out before ripping Rogen for doing a bad job, but I guess some people can't wait to hate.
Tired of Rogen by Speed Fricassee	Sep 24th, 2008 08:27:41 AM
Can't stand that non-funny fucker.
Rogan in the Green Hornet by Mr Slippy Fist	Sep 24th, 2008 08:45:36 AM
Will play the same character yet again. Really, does this guy do anything else except playing a dork? The only thing that changes is the movies he is in, but he still plays the same character in every one of them.
Erstwhile by DrManhattansUnit	Sep 24th, 2008 08:50:22 AM
means "former". Is Sanchez not the editor anymore?
If you guys are seriously saying Seth Green is talentless-- by The Gospel According to Bastardface	Sep 24th, 2008 08:50:41 AM
There's no hope for you. The guy is a great actor, very naturalistic, and yes he may be playing to type... but he is also a brilliant writer. I mean come on. The guy wrote Superbad and Pineapple Express, and was superb in Knocked Up. I'm a fan. And I'm not a fickle like you guys seem to be.
Ugh, Seth Rogen. Rogen. by The Gospel According to Bastardface	Sep 24th, 2008 08:51:27 AM
Shesh. Between Green, Rogen and McFarlane there's too many funny Seth's out there.
"brilliant writer" by Karl Childers	Sep 24th, 2008 09:09:22 AM
hahahahahaha. There were lesser know 80's teen hijinx movies back in the day that were actually better than Superbad and/or Pineapple Express.
Seth rogen=flavor of the month by alienindisguise	Sep 24th, 2008 09:15:30 AM
He's awful. Dropping f-bombs and smoking dope doesn't make him funny nor does it make him an actor. A hack in every sense of the word.
Karl by The Gospel According to Bastardface	Sep 24th, 2008 09:18:14 AM
So you hated all his movies, then? I feel sorry for you lot. I really do.
Will Seth Rogaine pull a Michael Keaton by Samuel Fulmer	Sep 24th, 2008 09:27:42 AM
or perhaps a Billy Zane?
"here were lesser know 80's teen hijinx movies back in the day.. by MrSensitive	Sep 24th, 2008 09:40:47 AM
...too bad Karl couldn't remember one of them.
Nerdy Tidbit by RosebudsTheSled	Sep 24th, 2008 09:55:45 AM
Wouldn't be kinda cool to somehow make reference to the fact that the Lone Ranger was Britt Reids grandad? (I'm pretty sure this was the connection)...subtley do it, just kind of an insider bit
Rogen... he was the protagonist of Knocked Up, yeah? by James_O'Nasty	Sep 24th, 2008 09:58:02 AM
I hate that fat cunt... hack douche-nozzle.
I saw the pilot for EAST BOUND AND DOWN... by FuckMichaelBay	Sep 24th, 2008 10:04:07 AM
...that was some hilariously demented shit. Imagine a redneck version of a Wes Anderson film on crack.
Please DON'T CAST Danny McBride! by DrPain	Sep 24th, 2008 10:54:53 AM
I F'ing hate that guy, he's annoying and is a one note comedian on screen. He's exactly the same guy in every movie (in way too many by the way). And some want him to be a leading star? LOL, what a joke. He can't act and is fugly. Michael Pena is alright, but that casting news is getting me worried. Does Stephen Chow have any say in this movie beside Rogan and the studio? This casting was quick, I don't see Pena fitting in this movie, heck, i'm still trying to convince myself to accept Seth as Hornet. Please give Chow more creative control yesterday and don't start getting all of Seths' comedy buddies in there. I want a cool, martial arts hero action film, not Pineapple Express 2.
MrSensitive is correct. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 24th, 2008 10:59:11 AM
I ate my words big time after seeing The Dark Knight. I don't know who else will be nominated for best actor, but Ledger deserves it. Not because he's dead, but because that was one damn fine performance.
Give me a break... by DrPain	Sep 24th, 2008 11:20:55 AM
are you guys say Rogan is in the same league as Heath Ledger!? Please. Rogan has about as much acting range as Albert Brooks. Hell, he IS this generations Albert Brooks, only less talanted.
Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen = shit bomb by Mr Spork	Sep 24th, 2008 11:22:31 AM
Green Hornet starring someone else = possibly not a shit bomb
Dan Reid was Britt Reid's great uncle... by Vlad the Inhaler	Sep 24th, 2008 11:28:41 AM
... and not grandfather. Am I to understand that The Green Hornet is being done as a comedy?? WTF?
some people seem shocked it might be done as a comedy by Bouncy X	Sep 24th, 2008 11:43:31 AM
but thats been the case for a few years now, i forget the last actor but it was another comedian who had been attached to this. i think this is back when rumors of jet li playing kato were swirling. but yeah, this being a comedy wouldnt be a surprise since that seemed to be their plan to begin with. though i think this was around the time the charlie's angels movie came out so maybe their plans changed.
Seth Rogan is the unfunny Jimmy Kimmel by Otter	Sep 24th, 2008 11:45:55 AM
Fat, drunk & stupid is no way produce a Green Hornet movie, son.
Because Superman lll and B&R were so succesful by PapaFreud	Sep 24th, 2008 12:04:21 PM
The Green Hornet was never a comedic property before so why are they turning it in to one now? Especially after THE DARK KNIGHT. Is it because Richard Lester's SUPERMAN 3 and Joel Schumacher's BATMAN AND ROBIN were so succesful?
Rogen was somewhat funny in 40 Year Old Virgin... by Karl Childers	Sep 24th, 2008 12:05:00 PM
Just somewhat. I've seen the overrated Superbad and Knocked Up. Nothing I have seen in these Apatow flicks have made me consider them anywhere near the top 10 comedies of all time like they're made out to be by starved fanboys easily humored by mediocrity. "Less known 80's teen highjinx comedies" I can think of that better any of these flicks? The Last American Virgin, Better Off Dead, to name a few. I'll even throw in the McDreamy doubleheaders of Can't Buy Me Love and Loverboy in there as funnier movies.
This will bomb. by Cory849	Sep 24th, 2008 12:34:09 PM
I hope they make it for a dollar because they might make two.
they are starting this? Great!! by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Sep 24th, 2008 01:01:03 PM
Great now I can divert some of my unhealthy hatred for John McCain and Shia LaBeef elsewhere!! Lets do it!
People like DrPain can eat shit... by MrSensitive	Sep 24th, 2008 02:29:21 PM
Heath Ledger's talent was the same before being cast as the Joker as it was at the end of the filming of "I'm Not There", and people were certain he wasn't right for the Batman movie. Rogen may not knock it out of the park, but it's stupid to say it's not possible.
Who gives a fuck about this movie???????????????????? by crackerfarmboy	Sep 24th, 2008 03:30:13 PM
Seriously? Green Hornet? Who gives a flying fuck?
The guys who write here obviously get paid off. by GQtaste	Sep 24th, 2008 05:01:36 PM
You guys don't even try to hide it anymore. QT, Rod, Peter Jackson, Del Toro and recently Judd Apatow and co. And strangely Shia Labuf is more ubiquitous than Sarah Pallin.
It won't be the same... by TinkerTIW	Sep 24th, 2008 06:29:42 PM
without the late Wende Wagner.
Rogen sucks balls.... by TheWaqman	Sep 24th, 2008 11:59:21 PM
terrible comedian. Actually I can't really call him a comedian. And to the guy relating this to the "Ledger" bashing pre-Dark Knight. FUCK OFF! Ledger was one of the most talented actors at the time (if not the most talented in his age bracket at least). Seth Rogen is just some one-note shite comedian. Fuck him.
TheWaqman nailed it by m_prevette	Sep 25th, 2008 09:11:15 AM
Ledger was a talented, acclaimed actor before TDK - Rogen has yet to show he has anything nearing actual talent, as a writer, Superbad was a pile of shit. How the hell that garbage ever got any praise is astounding, the characters are unlikeable, there's nothing fresh or new in the writing at all. There is more character development in ABC Afterschool Specials. The characters namedrop Orson Welles and the Cohen Bros, and fanboys cream all over it. There is very very little chance this will be anything other than crap.
Right m_prevette...Rogen gets work because of namedropping by MrSensitive	Sep 25th, 2008 10:37:17 AM
You mentioned Orson Welles and the Cohen Bros, how come you aren't getting work in Hollywood? I guess you're not as talented as Rogen is. As for TheWaqman, no one thought Ledger would be good as the Joker until they actually saw the performance. The same wait-and-see rule apply to Rogen, no matter how much wannabe talent scouts bitch about it.

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