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Post by MothersLove on Apr 10, 2011 16:50:04 GMT -5
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Apr 10, 2011 20:27:08 GMT -5
Oh, God!
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Post by lastsonofzod on Apr 10, 2011 21:54:41 GMT -5
You rang? Looks like a nice casting pick....though the last I heard the role was going to Strider from LOTR...Whoever they pick, I do hope that they put Lex in this film in some capacity, and actually build him up as a villain before they put him center stage. The movie Lex's haven't terribly endeared me terribly thus far.
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Galeforce
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Post by Galeforce on Apr 11, 2011 1:15:11 GMT -5
I actually liked Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. He was charming and vicious and condescending all at the same time. As opposed to Kevin Spacey's who got the vicious and condescending down but completely left out the charm.
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Post by melkathi on Apr 11, 2011 3:06:12 GMT -5
If it isn't about our zod I'm not interested
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Apr 11, 2011 9:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lohr on Apr 11, 2011 13:54:10 GMT -5
So dunno if any of you guys watched Boardwalk Empire on HBO, but that guy played one twisted, messed up dude. Don't care what role he plays in any movie...he's kinda pigeonholed himself in my head.
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Post by KenpoJuJitsu3 on Apr 11, 2011 14:05:16 GMT -5
This will be interesting. I'll have to be sure to watch without my nostalgia-visionTM glasses on.
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 12, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5
Oh, God! No, ZOD ;D *seriously can't believe any didn't catch this before now*
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Apr 12, 2011 16:25:31 GMT -5
Oh, God! No, ZOD ;D *seriously can't believe any didn't catch this before now*Wait, wait, wait... Are you saying that you did not spot my reply post until you posted or are you saying that it took you 33 years to spot E. G. Marshal's Oh, God line in the movie? If the later, maybe I really should have posted this clip sooner. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDFop0aqYQ
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Post by lastsonofzod on Apr 12, 2011 19:39:25 GMT -5
I actually liked Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. He was charming and vicious and condescending all at the same time. As opposed to Kevin Spacey's who got the vicious and condescending down but completely left out the charm. I suppose it comes down to a matter of personal taste, but Hackman's Luthor never really worked for me. I actually credit Micheal Rosenbaum's portrayel as the Definitive modern Luthor in film (Though the animated portrayels of him beat that out hands down) just because he's the only one that takes the modern element to task of making Lex a real, three dimensional person. For me, what makes modern Lex interesting is that he recognizes the evil that he commits, the wrongs that he does, but rationlizes it on the basis of being for the 'greater good.' The movie Lex's on the other hand are just uniformly unsympathetic villains, who almost systematicly try to kill billions of people over money. Also, I liked Hackman's Luthor too much to take him seriously as a villian. He makes genocide sound like a day at Disney World If you want to see the definitive Luthor, pick up the Man of Steel trade paperback, or watch Superman Allstar. They both show him as he should be. Superman Doomsday's Luthor is okay, but a little too crazy for my tastes. He almost treads into Spacey Territory with his Superman fixation. But hey, we're talking Zod, not Lex. General Zod has honestly never had a portrayel outside of Superman 2. Terrence Stamp did it first, did it best, and has had no significant challenger since. Smallville's portrayel is just sort of sad by comparison. I would like if they did Zod again, to show off just how dark he can be...SM2 was a bit too camp to show Zod really tearing apart a city, or threatening humanity. In that respect having a twisted person playing him gives me hope that he can come off dark enough for what Zod deserves. As an aside, I flat hope they completely ignore Smallville's take on Zod. trying to humanize a ruthless tyrant didn't work out nearly so well as doing Lex's origin. It just left me feeling like the character was weaker in the telling.
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Apr 12, 2011 20:23:32 GMT -5
I actually liked Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. He was charming and vicious and condescending all at the same time. As opposed to Kevin Spacey's who got the vicious and condescending down but completely left out the charm. I suppose it comes down to a matter of personal taste, but Hackman's Luthor never really worked for me. I actually credit Micheal Rosenbaum's portrayel as the Definitive modern Luthor in film (Though the animated portrayels of him beat that out hands down) just because he's the only one that takes the modern element to task of making Lex a real, three dimensional person. For me, what makes modern Lex interesting is that he recognizes the evil that he commits, the wrongs that he does, but rationlizes it on the basis of being for the 'greater good.' The movie Lex's on the other hand are just uniformly unsympathetic villains, who almost systematicly try to kill billions of people over money. Also, I liked Hackman's Luthor too much to take him seriously as a villian. He makes genocide sound like a day at Disney World If you want to see the definitive Luthor, pick up the Man of Steel trade paperback, or watch Superman Allstar. They both show him as he should be. Superman Doomsday's Luthor is okay, but a little too crazy for my tastes. He almost treads into Spacey Territory with his Superman fixation. But hey, we're talking Zod, not Lex. General Zod has honestly never had a portrayel outside of Superman 2. Terrence Stamp did it first, did it best, and has had no significant challenger since. Smallville's portrayel is just sort of sad by comparison. I would like if they did Zod again, to show off just how dark he can be...SM2 was a bit too camp to show Zod really tearing apart a city, or threatening humanity. In that respect having a twisted person playing him gives me hope that he can come off dark enough for what Zod deserves. As an aside, I flat hope they completely ignore Smallville's take on Zod. trying to humanize a ruthless tyrant didn't work out nearly so well as doing Lex's origin. It just left me feeling like the character was weaker in the telling. Funny that you mention Micheal Rosenbaum as your fav Lex. He's my fav Flash from JL & JLU (animated). And Clancy Brown is my fav Lex. And the episode that shows of both of their talents best is the one called - The Great Brain Robbery. It's on YT. Pick you copyright infringed version for yourself. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Great+Brain+Robbery+1%2F3&aq=fI love this episode, but if nothing else, how The Flash, as Lex, proves he is evil, is, IMHO, comedy gold. But then again, I have been told that I am easily amused. Or, if you don't have time for the entire episode, check this clip out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYOuuRmQp0
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Post by AngelOfCaine on Apr 13, 2011 12:22:38 GMT -5
Neither, i was just quoting the very end of THIS clip
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Post by Zed Brightlander on Apr 15, 2011 13:46:19 GMT -5
Neither, i was just quoting the very end of THIS clip D'oh! If course you were. { slaps bald forehead } I forgot why I posted my original remark. Double D'oh!!
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