I agree. Sad, I wish Welling and Erica Durance (Lois) could play the leads in the Superman movie, but I understand why the studio doesn't want to mix the casts. Speaking of, have you seen the "Superman Returns" trailers. The FX look good , but I'm leery of the principals. Routh and Bosworth look way too young for their roles, especially considering that this movie is supposed to take place five years *after* the time of the flicks with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder. I like my superheroes to look in their late '20s rather than barely out of their teens (Spidey being an exception). Bosworth's a good actress, but she doesn't have the tough look Lois is supposed to have. She comes off as kinda frail and helpless. Lois needs to be boisterous and tough--even when she's in trouble. And I'm still trying to figure out why they gave Lois a kid. Again, Bosworth looks so young, it doesn't jibe with trying to pass off this lady as the same character played by Margot Kidder. What? Was sh e 17 or so when she got pregnant?
On a more personal preference note, I fear the return to two old standards: Clark Kent played as a wimpy nerd who's simply the mask for Kal-El, and Superman's return to godlike powers. As you know, the original Superman in '38 was "mild-mannered" but not a klutzy punk as he became over the years. When John Byrne redid the mythos after the Crisis, Clark Kent was pretty cool, a published author and someone the ladies loved. He wasn't a pushover or a wimp that others laughed at. Byrne also had Clark Kent as the real person, with Superman being the mask. I loved that treatment. DC Comics has started reversing that trend recently, with Clark again being the fumbling, stumbling, nerd. Ugh! On the second point, the original Supes of '38 wasn't as strong as he later became. Couldn't even fly at first. Over the years he became a demi-god able to push whole planets out of orbit. That's too much for me, makes the character less believable (yeah, funny!) and makes good stories hard to write. H ow many villains can you craft to challenge a god? John Byrne took it back to basics, with the post-Crisis character being weaker--relatively speaking. The Supes of the recent cartoons is an example of that. I liked that treatment too. DC comics has again reversed the trend, with the powers creeping back up. There's a new mini-series by Frank Quietey (he did New X-Men after the first movie) even listing Supes as being able to lift several *quadrillion* tons! Boooring! -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good Casting. But I bet Welling will not want to have anything to do with larger than live characters after smallville Tracey Keith Johnson wrote: > Vince Vaughn as Racer X??? Who was smoking the crack when that was put > forth? I need to see a CGI treatment of Vaughn buffed up and in the > costume, but I just don't see him as Racer X, unless this is a comedy > like the cartoon. And who will play Speed i wonder? For some reason I > could see Tom "Smallville" Welling doing a suitably goofy Speed. You > need a combination of looks and a kind of earnest, goofy, borderline > simple-minded charm, to play Speed. Welling's got that in spades. I'd > go with Amy Acker (Fred from "Angel") as Trixie (I can't see any other > brunette doing that yell as well as!), and that creepy kid from the new > "Omen" as Spritle. I guess Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles could play > Chim-Chim if he's still living. Dana Delaney for Mrs. Racer, and, I > don't know, Michael Chicklis as Pops Racer? Maybe the dude who played > Pyro in the X-Men movies as Sparky? > Vince Vaughn might be okay for somebody like Inspector Detector, or one > of the villains like Ali Bin Schemer... > > -----Original Message----- > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Said Kakese Dibinga > Sent: Friday, 02 June, 2006 21:46 > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [scifinoir2] Wachowski Bros. Developing Speed Racer? > > > Wachowski Bros. Developing Speed Racer? > > > Source: IGN Filmforce > June 2, 2006 > > The last time we heard anything about Warner Bros.' live-action big > screen adaptation of Japanese cartoon series Speed Racer was about two > years ago. Back then, it was reported that Vince Vaughn was in talks to > star as Racer X in the film, being produced by Joel Silver and Richard > and Lauren Shuler Donner. > > Now, IGN Filmforce has learned that Larry and Andy Wachowski, the > creators of "The Matrix" trilogy, may write and direct the feature film. > > The site says that none of the parties involved would go on record when > asked about the project. > > Racer X is the long-lost but protective brother of the title character, > the young driver who travels from race to race with his family. > > www.onceuponatimeinthecongo.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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