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#93976
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Cartoons!
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I have very fond memories of watching "Tiny Toons", "Taz-Mania", "Batman: The Animated Series 1" (1992-1995) and the X-Men animated series that ran on Fox in the early 90s around the same time as the first Batman series (the 2nd one, subtitled "Gotham Knights" did not appeal to me as much). I also have a fondness for "Superman: The Animated Series" (despite the change in animation styles that resulted in Superman looking like he was carved from a block of wood) and when I can I watch "Justice League" (even though for every good episode there's a crappy one to go with it and the animation, essentially a brighter take on the animation of Superman's animated series, still pales when compared to the animation of B:TAS 1). The old GI Joe, Transformers, Thundercats and He-Man shows also hold a warm place in my heart.

From the anime ring I've enjoyed Dominion: Tank Police, Slayers, Gunsmith Cats, Riding Bean and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040.

Shows I couldn't stand, well... I was not particularly fond of the Spider-Man series that aired on Fox in 1994. I mean seriously, Madam Web, what kind of crack were they smoking when they thought her up and that ridiculous plotline with Spider-Man saving all these multiple realities?

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#93385
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What if someone else had played Obi-Wan instead of Alec Guinness?
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And if David Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome, Rabid, 1986-The Fly) had directed, we probably would have heard Vader and Luke having a philosophical debate over "the flesh".

LUKE: "Father, you must re-embrace the flesh!"
VADER: "I have no further need for the flesh."

LUKE: "Father..."
VADER/ANAKIN: "Son... you were right about the flesh."
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#92659
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Comic book movies - who says yes and who says no?
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There have been a couple of Fantastic Four cartoons (one of which featured an annoying robot named Herbie in the place of the Human Torch because TV censors were afraid that HT would encourage kids to light themselves on fire in an attempt to "Flame on!"), the most recent of which was a series back in 1994 that ran for two years at 7:30 AM on Saturday mornings (Fox 45) back to back with an animated "Iron Man" cartoon. Former Superman voice Beau Weaver was the voice of Mr. Fantastic and Chuck McCann was the voice of the Thing; I forget the other two voice actors. The show sucked in its first season (crappy animation, crappy plots, crappy song) and rocked in its second season (better animation, better plots, better music).

They can release their new Fantastic Four movie whenever they want; it's gonna suck.

Who should play Captain America? I heard Brad Pitt was in talks for it, but I think that was only a rumor. James Caviezel might work (he seems to have a knack for portraying stalwart characters), though it would require that he dye his jet black hair blonde (and after his long, hard and ultimately fruitless campaign to get the role of Superman in Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" he may have sour feelings towards superhero films).

Did anyone catch the "Batman Begins" super bowl TV spot?

In other news, I hear that Daniel Day-Lewis has agreed to play Jor-El in Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" and that Famke Janssen will play Superman's birth mother Lara while Eva Marie Saint plays his Earth mother Martha 'Ma' Kent. Kevin Bacon is also signed on to portray John Corbin/Metallo. The plot - as it were - picks up where 1980's "Superman II" left off (ignoring Superman 3 and 4), in which the people of Earth start hating Superman (exit the late Christopher Reeve, enter 25 year old Brandon Routh) because he was so late to saving them from General Zod (who's going to appear in the form of Jude Law) and because he left at the end of that famous fight to lure General Zod and his cronies away; a depressed Superman decides that he can't live up to the expectations of us stupid Earthlings so he exiles himself to the Fortress of Solitude. Six years later some new threat shows up (presumably Metallo) and this prompts Superman to come out of retirement and fight for truth, justice and all the rest. So far I still think the only thing this movie has going for it is Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. I'm not a die-hard Spacey fan but I think he's a good choice for Luthor and I hope and pray to god that he doesn't do it the way Gene Hackman did it. Part of me would like to give Brandon Routh a chance as Superman/Clark Kent, but I really don't like a lot of what I've heard about this movie... plus Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane?! I mean what the Hell are they thinking?! I was against casting a 20 year old actress from the get go but if they had to go 20s, I was hoping they'd at least pick Claire Danes (she was easily one of the more talented actresses in the line). Bryan Singer may be a skilled director but I'm losing confidence in him.

Plus... if Superman's been living in exile why not hire an older man? I mean that takes a big chunk out of the work of having to make him look older than he naturally is.

And why would Daniel Day-Lewis even look at this script? He's never shown any interest in the fantastical stuff before, so why start now with a half-assed relaunch of the Superman movies? How could this guy who claims he can only do roles he feels he can totally devote himself to, who turned down the role of the brooding Aragorn in the Lord of the Ring movies, see any potential for real acting in this movie?
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#92383
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Sequels that should never be...
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And hopefully no more "Matrix" sequels, despite how hard it would be after "Matrix Revolutions" you know there's someone out there who probably thinks there's still money to be cranked out of that franchise. "Star Trek" also seems to be pretty much fried at this point.

Can you imagine Mel Gibson doing "The Passion of the Christ 2: The Revenge of Jesus"? I can see it now - Jim Caviezel come back from the dead and ready to whip them Romans and make them suffer the way they made him suffer.

Do you think they should stop making James Bond films?