Crikey, me shield!
Sep. 7th, 2003 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieIt just occurred to me that I haven't expressed an online opinion on the whole "Keanu Reeves as John Constantine and the whole thing being set in LA/New York/American city of choice with a quintessentially British character suddenly becoming American because Hollywood doesn't know any British actors apart from Hugh Grant" controversy.
(and the winner for the longest sentence in an LJ this week goes to...)
Anyway, back to Keanu and the Hellblazer movie. Not happy, Jan. Mainly because to me it's like getting Steve Irwin to play Captain America, and then setting the whole thing in outback Queensland because Steve doesn't do a convincing American accent. Being a cynical British magician with the psychic equivalent of a "Kick Me" sign on his back is what the Constantine character is, and if you change that, then you don't have Constantine, you have a completely different character who happens to have the same name.
Much like with the whole Steve Irwin as Captain America analogy.
"Crikey, me shield!"
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Hopping off now, mainly because Phil's supposed to be calling at some point, and I need to free up the phone. Because my answering service is getting more calls than I do, and I'm the jealous type. ;)
Oh, and I had a good time last night, BTW. Apparently my Inner Girl is a Goth - I pulled off a fairly convincing Child of the Night. ;)
(and the winner for the longest sentence in an LJ this week goes to...)
Anyway, back to Keanu and the Hellblazer movie. Not happy, Jan. Mainly because to me it's like getting Steve Irwin to play Captain America, and then setting the whole thing in outback Queensland because Steve doesn't do a convincing American accent. Being a cynical British magician with the psychic equivalent of a "Kick Me" sign on his back is what the Constantine character is, and if you change that, then you don't have Constantine, you have a completely different character who happens to have the same name.
Much like with the whole Steve Irwin as Captain America analogy.
"Crikey, me shield!"
***
Hopping off now, mainly because Phil's supposed to be calling at some point, and I need to free up the phone. Because my answering service is getting more calls than I do, and I'm the jealous type. ;)
Oh, and I had a good time last night, BTW. Apparently my Inner Girl is a Goth - I pulled off a fairly convincing Child of the Night. ;)
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Date: 2003-09-06 09:22 pm (UTC)*loses his Diet Pepsi, thankfully not on his brand new laptop...*
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Date: 2003-09-07 02:27 am (UTC)Definitely Metaquotes territory here.
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Date: 2003-09-07 05:49 am (UTC)I'm having to stop myself from suggesting more, like ooh!
Howabout for Wolverine?
Hugh Jackman, 6" plus, musical theatre, Australian and... opps.
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Date: 2003-09-07 06:14 am (UTC)There's an icon idea in there somewhere...
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Date: 2003-09-10 12:52 pm (UTC)%_%;; aeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
next you will tell me marlon brando will be the first of the fallen or something. or robin williams. or hell, kevin costner reprising his tights and british accent!!
"crikey, this shield will make an excellent garbage bin lid!"
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Date: 2003-09-10 10:25 pm (UTC)