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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM fingerpainter, Shawn Levy to helm THE FLASH!
Hey folks, Harry here... My instant reaction to the name SHAWN LEVY and THE FLASH was, "WHO?"
That prodded me to IMDB. THE PINK PANTHER, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN... NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM...
This was my second reaction, "WARNER BROTHERS - What the fuck? You were showing so much promise, so much coolness. Christopher Nolan.... Bryan Singer... SHAWN FUCKING LEVY? Are you fucking kidding me? Have you seen his turd-buckets? They're so bad, the flies stay away..."
Then as this wave of RATIONAL RAGE washed over me - I could see what they were thinking. With BATMAN BEGINS and SUPERMAN RETURNS - there was a segment of the audience that felt those films were just too serious. That they were not "COMIC" enough. This caused me to see RED - and not the scarlet of our speedster's costume.
Then I thought - well... My fave FLASH comics were always entrenched in the Silver Age run he ran. Though technically - I really loved the old school Golden Age version of the character. That said - FLASH was a "lighter" character. That doesn't mean he was fucking RETARDED though.
As an audience, we generally have no reason... AT ALL, to think that this was a good idea. There's a chance that Shawn Levy has been biding his time serving mentally challenged execs that want films like THE PINK PANTHER and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM... and that he's been desperate to get his hands on something substantial - with which to prove his mettle. Perhaps he's a Gore Verbinski - waiting to explode from his MOUSE HUNTS with a grand adventure.
Well... at least I liked MOUSE HUNT. This is a project that just went from "CAN'T WAIT FOR..." to "OH GOD, PLEASE DON'T SUCK LIKE THE WARNER HERO FLICKS OF OLD!!!"
Let us pray.
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Reader Talkback
Man. by George Newman | Feb 5th, 2007 09:41:17 AM | Ben Stiller as the Flash. by SkidMarkedUndies | Feb 5th, 2007 09:42:25 AM | Just imagine... by Franklin T Marmoset | Feb 5th, 2007 09:42:30 AM | Owen Wilson, Come On Down. by Sean38 | Feb 5th, 2007 09:44:19 AM | Total by QuinnTheEskimo | Feb 5th, 2007 09:45:12 AM | Dammit by QuinnTheEskimo | Feb 5th, 2007 09:49:45 AM | If Flash moves too fast for
the eye to see ... by chrth | Feb 5th, 2007 09:57:34 AM | It's true: Levy is a better
director than Goyer by LaudnerGomez | Feb 5th, 2007 10:00:03 AM | THIS YEAR'S LITTLE FASTEST
MISS SUNSHINE ALIVE!!! by Err | Feb 5th, 2007 10:05:47 AM | Nobody's going to prove their
mettle with the FLASH by mistergreen | Feb 5th, 2007 10:05:51 AM | Ouch by El Scorcho | Feb 5th, 2007 10:06:44 AM | Oh. oh no no no no no by jimmy rabbitte | Feb 5th, 2007 10:10:27 AM | abomination by Err | Feb 5th, 2007 10:10:41 AM | You know... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 10:12:39 AM | Mouse Hunt by blacklodgebob | Feb 5th, 2007 10:13:18 AM | Batman was built to sell video
games? by QuinnTheEskimo | Feb 5th, 2007 10:16:52 AM | WTF by QuinnTheEskimo | Feb 5th, 2007 10:18:03 AM | Unless it's a superhero named
Family Comedy Man.. by Zarles | Feb 5th, 2007 10:21:49 AM | As long as Ryan Reynolds is
The Flash who cares. by gusborwig | Feb 5th, 2007 10:22:15 AM | All Things Considered by aceillk | Feb 5th, 2007 10:22:20 AM | STOP MAKING COMIC BOOK MOVIES
ALREADY ! by Pound Sand | Feb 5th, 2007 10:23:01 AM | Singer is next to get the axe! by matthooper8 | Feb 5th, 2007 10:23:39 AM | Sounds like Warner want a
Fantastic Four vibe... by Dr_Zoidberg | Feb 5th, 2007 10:26:30 AM | The press release said, by Cymbol | Feb 5th, 2007 10:34:59 AM | I'm waiting for the Goyer
haters... by rbatty024 | Feb 5th, 2007 10:36:20 AM | ShawnLevy=RobZombie=MichaelBay
... by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 10:47:00 AM | Gore Verbinski by Fried Gold | Feb 5th, 2007 10:48:22 AM | "Did Alex Proyas retire from
filmmaking?" by hif4life | Feb 5th, 2007 10:52:25 AM | The Flash is a Goof by EyeofPolyphemus | Feb 5th, 2007 10:53:58 AM | 2 things! by boyblue | Feb 5th, 2007 10:56:06 AM | Batman Begins was a really
good example to follow by Spandau Belly | Feb 5th, 2007 11:02:46 AM | Torture Pwn by Err | Feb 5th, 2007 11:04:29 AM | The adventures of Captain Cold
and Lieutenant Lukewarm by Pound Sand | Feb 5th, 2007 11:09:30 AM | FYI, Stephen King's DarkTower
comic comes out tomorrow. by Nice Marmot | Feb 5th, 2007 11:10:05 AM | re: EyeofPolyphemus by Err | Feb 5th, 2007 11:11:09 AM | Action centerpiece of the
film! by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 11:11:28 AM | Action centerpiece of the
film! #2 by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 11:12:35 AM | To:Err... by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 11:17:02 AM | Action centerpiece of the
film! #3 by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 11:17:39 AM | I guarentee one stupid special
effect that will be used by Err | Feb 5th, 2007 11:19:05 AM | Bring back John Wesley Shipp by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 11:22:22 AM | Batman series by Philvis | Feb 5th, 2007 11:24:40 AM | If you're going to make a
superhero a joke... by rbatty024 | Feb 5th, 2007 11:32:22 AM | BEHOLD! My Robotic Clone...
of TIM STORY! HAHAHAHAHA by Harry Weinstein | Feb 5th, 2007 11:38:59 AM | Fingerpainters gotta eat!! by boba_rob | Feb 5th, 2007 11:39:59 AM | Those movies weren't too
serious! by porterdsgn | Feb 5th, 2007 11:45:51 AM | look at the grosses of night
at the museum... by warpspasm | Feb 5th, 2007 11:48:59 AM | It's not hard to figure out
what they were thinking... by Freakemovie | Feb 5th, 2007 11:50:22 AM | YUP by THE KNIGHT | Feb 5th, 2007 11:50:37 AM | jack black by hif4life | Feb 5th, 2007 11:51:27 AM | SHAWN LEVY GOT TO EAT by tacitblue | Feb 5th, 2007 11:58:06 AM | So that explains... by SkaBadger | Feb 5th, 2007 11:58:57 AM | Kidding about the Jack Black
thing... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 12:01:28 PM | I just got off the phone with
John Titor and... by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 12:02:40 PM | Tell him the dream is over... by Wonderboys | Feb 5th, 2007 12:05:13 PM | FINO!! FINO!!FINO!!
FINO!!FINO!! FINO!!FINO!!
FINO!! by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 12:10:15 PM | finky089 by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly | Feb 5th, 2007 12:13:23 PM | I still say Superman Returns
was too serious by BizarroJerry | Feb 5th, 2007 12:16:19 PM | Put Terry Gilliam on the film by finky089 | Feb 5th, 2007 12:18:57 PM | finky089 has the line of the
day. well done. by chrth | Feb 5th, 2007 12:20:42 PM | For a sucessful Green Lantern
movie... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 12:21:08 PM | Who cares about the Flash? by ye olde shiza | Feb 5th, 2007 12:22:02 PM | YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS! by Kubla_Khan | Feb 5th, 2007 12:24:09 PM | Hal Jordan's Green Lantern by OtisSpofford | Feb 5th, 2007 12:24:59 PM | best line ever about the by arctor | Feb 5th, 2007 12:26:26 PM | It's crazy what you can get
being a studio shill by IndustryKiller! | Feb 5th, 2007 12:33:11 PM | Supes and The Tick by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 12:33:50 PM | Where's JDanielP when you need
him? by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly | Feb 5th, 2007 12:37:49 PM | Messi... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 12:45:57 PM | FLUSH MAN. by Gilkuliehe | Feb 5th, 2007 12:46:06 PM | Just take a dump, put some
flames on the turd and film by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz | Feb 5th, 2007 12:49:25 PM | Shawn Levy = the new Brett
Ratner by SpyGuy | Feb 5th, 2007 12:51:10 PM | A fuckup of Tom Rothman-like
proportions! by FilmCritic3000 | Feb 5th, 2007 12:53:01 PM | I know what WB was thinking... by erikharrison | Feb 5th, 2007 12:56:12 PM | I wonder... by FilmCritic3000 | Feb 5th, 2007 12:59:44 PM | "Retarded","..challenged" by The True Priapic | Feb 5th, 2007 01:01:20 PM | Fuck Off! by darquelyte | Feb 5th, 2007 01:02:18 PM | IndustryKiller! by one9deuce | Feb 5th, 2007 01:05:48 PM | Best idea since My Super
Ex-Girlfriend by The Ghost of Marcus Brody | Feb 5th, 2007 01:06:00 PM | Mention anyone from the JLA... by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 01:09:36 PM | Get Ang Lee by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 01:10:32 PM | Steve Martin as the flash... by Rue The Day | Feb 5th, 2007 01:13:24 PM | Get Rob Zombie by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 01:17:54 PM | WB Raped my Childhood.... by kdoc13 | Feb 5th, 2007 01:21:36 PM | Get Rob Zombie (cont.) by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 01:22:14 PM | Oh, and Green Lantern... by kdoc13 | Feb 5th, 2007 01:22:42 PM | Hey DL Long... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 01:22:47 PM | Flash paper by ye olde shiza | Feb 5th, 2007 01:35:36 PM | Hey! There's no need to knock
Mousehunt. by instant_karma | Feb 5th, 2007 01:36:36 PM | Get Joel Schumacher by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 01:38:44 PM | Get Paul W.S. Anderson by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 01:54:06 PM | Messi, you're right...I read
that DLL's post wrong... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 01:59:17 PM | Get Tarantino by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 02:01:40 PM | Three VERY IMPORTANT things... by Rakafraker | Feb 5th, 2007 02:11:42 PM | Get Kevin Smith by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 02:13:52 PM | No,seriously... by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 02:15:41 PM | Get Ben Affleck by TORTURE PWN | Feb 5th, 2007 02:16:51 PM | Don't get me started on
X-Men... by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 02:20:48 PM | How can you not like a hero
who wears white gloves? by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 02:23:48 PM | Will someone please give Ye
Olde Shiza a hug? by SpyGuy | Feb 5th, 2007 02:33:10 PM | Make Geeks Happy = Make Money by Ashlander | Feb 5th, 2007 02:35:22 PM | Green Lantern is perfect right
now because... by rbatty024 | Feb 5th, 2007 02:35:24 PM | Green Lantern: Dennis quaid as
hal jordan by hif4life | Feb 5th, 2007 02:42:58 PM | Hif4life, I used to agree with
that... by Abin Sur | Feb 5th, 2007 02:47:20 PM | dumbing down the comic book
movies by filmfanatic1 | Feb 5th, 2007 02:57:40 PM | I just got off the phone with
Mark Hamill by hadez | Feb 5th, 2007 03:05:26 PM | Give him a chance by Dasher | Feb 5th, 2007 03:07:22 PM | For any douchebag that thinks
running fast is lame by SpyGuy | Feb 5th, 2007 03:16:33 PM | Nothing against Levy by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 03:22:51 PM | Snakes on little miss
sunshine's taint... by Motoko Kusanagi | Feb 5th, 2007 03:23:33 PM | No need to sound the geek
battle cry yet Harry by quadrupletree | Feb 5th, 2007 03:40:29 PM | christ, some people that post
here are lame by hif4life | Feb 5th, 2007 03:43:44 PM | If Dakota Fanning is the
Flash... by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 03:49:04 PM | David Lazarus Long by hif4life | Feb 5th, 2007 04:01:53 PM | I crack myself up by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 04:04:57 PM | I'm ok with Shawn by Maegnarval | Feb 5th, 2007 04:05:07 PM | kdoc13, X-3 was NOT well
directed by oisin5199 | Feb 5th, 2007 04:11:33 PM | I'm not frothy at the mouth by HEADGEEK | Feb 5th, 2007 04:14:36 PM | Shawn Levy Also In Talks for
"The Hardy Men" by Flynn Diesel | Feb 5th, 2007 04:17:00 PM | Neither am i by Maegnarval | Feb 5th, 2007 04:21:29 PM | Harry, any thoughts on 90's
series? by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 04:30:28 PM | Shawn Levy Also in Talks for
"The Hard Men" by Klaus Herzog | Feb 5th, 2007 04:31:53 PM | the Flash is weak anyways by the_shogun_gunslinger | Feb 5th, 2007 04:33:15 PM | And I'm seriously getting
whiplash by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 04:33:51 PM | Awww, thanks BSB by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 05:01:42 PM | Power Girl and JSA movie -
now! by Doctor_Sin | Feb 5th, 2007 05:04:19 PM | thegreekhammer by Mr. Nice Gaius | Feb 5th, 2007 05:04:29 PM | yes, harry, you ARE frothy by omarthesnake | Feb 5th, 2007 05:05:43 PM | Roll call: DC heroes that can
survive a lighter touch by Calico Pete | Feb 5th, 2007 05:06:48 PM | well what did you expect? by hank quinlan | Feb 5th, 2007 05:06:48 PM | The Flash is a weak character
anyway by ewokstew | Feb 5th, 2007 05:19:58 PM | Owen Wilson as the Flash by dastickboy | Feb 5th, 2007 05:23:38 PM | Teen Titans would just about
fit the bill by Snookeroo | Feb 5th, 2007 05:27:41 PM | Hopes for the Flash by el scorcho 12 | Feb 5th, 2007 05:31:36 PM | the Dubya Bee is swinging for
the fucking fences today by hattori_hanzo | Feb 5th, 2007 05:32:21 PM | Superman Returns sucks by Spacekicker2001 | Feb 5th, 2007 05:36:13 PM | Guess we'll have to see who
they cast... by ahdvd | Feb 5th, 2007 05:36:46 PM | Lost Boys sequel? by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 05:39:02 PM | Okay, Harry can we just
get..... by Kai_Mah'gra | Feb 5th, 2007 05:50:27 PM | Give him a break!! by jojo-pimp | Feb 5th, 2007 06:12:52 PM | jeebus night at the museum
wasn't THAT bad by Holodigm | Feb 5th, 2007 06:13:34 PM | Comic book movies are for
little kids by Rupee88 | Feb 5th, 2007 06:14:44 PM | Fuck Jack Black as GL, and
FUCK WB! by Howard the Duck | Feb 5th, 2007 06:17:22 PM | Presto! WB instantly makes THE
FLASH a rental. by Orbots Commander | Feb 5th, 2007 06:45:17 PM | I love AICN TB's... by jimmy rabbitte | Feb 5th, 2007 06:54:21 PM | Sean38 by jimbubble | Feb 5th, 2007 06:55:40 PM | Flash is a comedy, and Goyer
does not write by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 06:59:36 PM | Actually, James Marsten would
make a perfect by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:07:09 PM | Green Lantern movie introduces
Hal Jordan military by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:18:48 PM | This guy is a Chris Columbus. by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:28:09 PM | Stick it to the man. by Gozu | Feb 5th, 2007 07:29:52 PM | All of you are wrong..... by supergary452 | Feb 5th, 2007 07:30:32 PM | Calico Pete, obviously you
have never read by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:33:19 PM | The Flash IS a weak character by slone13 | Feb 5th, 2007 07:33:28 PM | slone13, I agree with you by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:36:49 PM | I love the "don't steal
movies" trailer by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 07:38:16 PM | I think Spider-Man covered all
of that, CTU Mole. by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:42:36 PM | And two hours of taunting an
incredibly intelligent by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 07:45:08 PM | There are only so many
premature ejaculation jokes. by CTU Mole | Feb 5th, 2007 07:51:37 PM | Quinn The Eskimo by HeWhoCannotBeNamed | Feb 5th, 2007 08:05:24 PM | this is sad news. by yeah i'm a jerk! | Feb 5th, 2007 08:20:30 PM | I just got off the phone with
Casper Van Dien by Fleet | Feb 5th, 2007 08:28:53 PM | BringingSexyBack by Kai_Mah'gra | Feb 5th, 2007 08:57:41 PM | I'm not against making a
lighthearted Flash movie... by rbatty024 | Feb 5th, 2007 09:10:14 PM | As long as he casts the young
FLASH from Smallville.... by wackybantha | Feb 5th, 2007 09:30:58 PM | Levy on a Flash = Flames on an
Optimus by LittleDudes | Feb 5th, 2007 09:51:13 PM | Geeks calling The Flash weak =
Batman Adult Underoos by SpyGuy | Feb 5th, 2007 10:09:52 PM | BSB, don't be givin' them
ideas! by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 10:48:41 PM | The only thing I can think of
that differentiates by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 11:00:42 PM | Gore Verbinski is the "studio
friendly" Stephen Frears by TheSeeker7 | Feb 5th, 2007 11:14:37 PM | Nobody real famous. Then they
start dictating by superninja | Feb 5th, 2007 11:34:27 PM | Warner Brothers by David Lazarus Long | Feb 5th, 2007 11:53:54 PM | Hmm...just checking on the
net, it appears DC is by superninja | Feb 6th, 2007 12:23:40 AM | Say what you want about Levy ,
better than GOYER by Proman1984 | Feb 6th, 2007 12:43:25 AM | The Flash is beyond
salvation... in other news... by Wonderboys | Feb 6th, 2007 01:01:27 AM | seriously by the_shogun_gunslinger | Feb 6th, 2007 04:52:31 AM | I thought about this last
night... by Abin Sur | Feb 6th, 2007 06:57:40 AM | Boo. by beelkay | Feb 6th, 2007 10:25:48 AM | If you think that the Flash is
lame... by Howard the Duck | Feb 6th, 2007 10:34:09 AM | BringingSexyBack by Kai_Mah'gra | Feb 6th, 2007 10:44:38 AM | David Lazarus Long by hif4life | Feb 6th, 2007 11:25:04 AM | HOW about.... by wanna_bannana | Feb 6th, 2007 12:11:04 PM | Studios do not care by MrJJonz | Feb 6th, 2007 01:18:38 PM | Wanna_Bannana by MrJJonz | Feb 6th, 2007 01:20:18 PM | If NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Had
Been Made In The 80s... by Buzz Maverik | Feb 6th, 2007 01:39:06 PM | FLASH could work... by Aznbuddy | Feb 6th, 2007 02:03:27 PM | Messi by MrJJonz | Feb 6th, 2007 02:04:30 PM | MrJJonz by hif4life | Feb 6th, 2007 05:41:57 PM | Buzz is always right, listen
to him. by superninja | Feb 6th, 2007 05:58:40 PM | See, that guy is right about
Waid's and Geoff's Flash by superninja | Feb 6th, 2007 06:04:21 PM |
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