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#298181
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RIP, Lois Maxwell, original Moneypenny 1927-2007
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Just heard -

Canadian actress Lois Maxwell has died. She was 80. The Golden Globe-winning star - famed for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies - died at the Fremantle Hospital in Western Australia, on Saturday evening. Maxwell starred alongside Sir Sean Connery in Bond's first Dr. No, in 1962. She played the role until 1985, when she appeared in A View To A Kill with Sir Roger Moore. She last appeared on the big screen in the 2001 thriller The Fourth Angel alongside Forest Whitaker and Jeremy Irons.

Rest In Peace, Miss Maxwell.
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#297484
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Comics Fans
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
but they took out the most interesting parts of the story the reign of the supermen and the second super girl, the young superboy clone of supes etc.

They left out the Justice League mourning for Superman as well.


i heard the only thing they left intact was the dark superman, lol. hey at least i have the BBC radio drama, which has red leader and biggs from star wars.

I didn't know there even was a BBC radio drama of it. Y'know Biggs from Star Wars was the dad who got mugged in the 1989 Batman opening?


and what is with the horrible voice casting decisions. instead of getting good voice artists that are pros at dubbing cartoons and animation they put anne heche and a baldwin brother in there, huh?

Actually, Adam Baldwin is not related to the Baldwin brothers clan of Alec, Stephen, William, etc. Adam Baldwin is a Baldwin unto himself. As for not simply hiring good, seasoned voice artists - i.e. REGULAR voice actors who are voice actors by trade and not just hired celebrity voices - well, Bruce Timm has always had a kind of obsession with wanting to get TV/film actors to voice DC characters instead of just hiring regular voice actors. Case in point: Mark Hamill as the Joker (man I would pay money to watch him as he records that Joker voice). Other TV/film actors who did voice work in Timm's DCAU include: Adrienne Barbeau (Catwoman/Selina Kyle), Richard Moll (Harvey Dent/Two-Face), Michael Ironside (Darkseid/Frank Miller TDK Batman), Ron Perlman (Clayface/Jax-Ur/Orion #2), Carl Lumbly (Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onnz), James Remar (Manhunter robot/Hawkman-Carter Hall), the late Brion James (Parasite), Dana Delany (Andrea Beaumont/Phantasm/Lois Lane), Clancy Brown (Lex Luthor), Michael Rosenbaum (The Wally West Flash), Miguel Ferrer (Weather Wizard/Aquaman), William Atherton (Dr. Destiny), Jerry O'Connell (Captain Marvel), etc. Every now and then you'd get a regular voice actor/actress in there like Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke, Jennifer Hale, Frank Welker, Neil Ross, but you'd never find Bruce Timm and his guys using someone like Gary Chalk or Scott McNeil.

And look the celebrity voices of New Frontier: Kyle MacLachlan for Superman, Lucy Lawless for Wonder Woman, Jeremy Sisto for Batman, Neil Patrick Harris for the Barry Allen Flash, David Boreanez for the Hal Jordan Green Lantern, Brooke Shields for Carol Ferris. Was it really necessary to hire these big gun actors for roles that voice actors like Michael Donovan and Venus Terzo could easily have done? I honestly don't know.


i mean obviously christopher reeve is dead but they could have had Tom Welling read for the part of superman or at least that guy who did the animated series and last son of krypton.

It was two guys actually - Tim Daly of TV's "Wings" did Superman in the solo Superman series, then George Newbern of various assorted films/TV shows did Superman in "Justice League".


So, has anyone been following the rumors of the proposed Justice League of America film? I hear it's finally confirmed that Australia's George Miller, the man who gave us the Mad Max trilogy and Happy Feet, will be directing, with two new actors younger than either Christian Bale or Brandon Routh as Batman & Superman, with Batman being Superman's "mentor" and also having Batman as the undisputed leader of the JLA while pairing the Barry Allen Flash opposite the John Stewart Green Lantern, with the Martian Manhunter nowhere to be found.
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#297019
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General Harry Potter Discussion
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
even though I thought Rowling, a competent writer, did a really poor job with the Harry/Ginny romance.


I don't know, I think sometimes we mix up "good writer" with "good story teller".

George Lucas is a fantastic story teller. Rowling is a fantastic story teller, but I don't consider her that good of a writer (though not bad either). But there are also certian aspects of her stories that just never come out right. The Romance sections are definitely one of those sections. A middle aged woman writing a story about a teenage boy is a little off. Middle aged women never experienced nor ever will experience what it is like to be a teenage boy. Rowling did her best, but things like the Romances (especially Harry and Cho) and disagreements between Harry and Ron (going for months without talking to each other, what guys do that??) just didn't quite seem right.


Since when is George Lucas a fantastic story teller?

Well, I agree with most of what you wrote, such as the romances not working out quite right.
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#296915
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General Harry Potter Discussion
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For the sake of general discussion, as I'm very much behind, I enjoyed "Deathly Hallows", it ranks as being among my favorites from the books, which include "Stone", "Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Half-Blood Prince" (even though I thought Rowling, a competent writer, did a really poor job with the Harry/Ginny romance).

As for the Order of the Phoenix film, well, it was better than I thought it would be, and I'm saying that as someone who is generally cold hearted towards the films.

I'm wary though for how "Half-Blood Prince" will be put on screen.
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#296591
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Comics Fans
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
is it me or are they trying to do a modern update on the fleicher cartoons look?


Yeah, Superman in fact wore the Fleischer costume for the NEW FRONTIER miniseries. One of his animated shorts is even shown in a theater that a disguised Martian Manhunter visits.
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#296434
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Comics Fans
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
id like to apologize to HAN SOLO VS Indiana Jones. i really though he was joking when he said he saw the dvd.

because i meant watched and because the english language has so many diffrent meanings and inflections for a single spoken word, LOL

seen is not proper english, i should have said watched. LOL sorry about that.


Not a problem dude.
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#295240
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MASH
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Originally posted by: JediSage
I think Futurama summed up this show pretty well: One minute they're tossing out corny one-liners, then they switch to maudlin mode and say stuff like "When will the killing end!?"

Great for it's time, dated now.


I'm inclined to agree.