http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/07/ryan-reynolds-is-the-green-lantern.html

According to the buzz around the Internet, Ryan Reynolds has been selected to portray Hal Jordan in the live-action Green Lantern movie due out in a year or two.

At first, I was a little unsure of the news. I think maybe it's just that I picture Hal Jordan to be a little more square-jawed. But the more I thought about it, the more I like the idea. Jordan is a cocky test pilot and probably a little too sure of himself, which I can see Reynolds playing just fine.

And I like Ryan Reynolds, too. I liked his performance in the Wolverine movie...in fact, I would've liked to see more of Deadpool. Just not what happens to him at the end of the movie. I don't know much about Deadpool himself, but playing him in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is fun. ("I'm the best there is at whatever it is Wolverine does!")

But no matter who they picked, hooray for live-action Green Lantern movie! It's about damn time. My only problem is that this is going to be like the third time we've gone over Hal Jordan's origin story in a movie. The first two being Justice League: The New Frontier and Green Lantern: First Flight (due later this month...squeee!). Granted, they're animated movies, but still. You might even argue for an amalgamated version of the story from Superman: The Animated Series, where Abin Sur gave his ring to Kyle Rayner, who had to fight an already-evil Sinestro. Hopefully, the new GL movies will prove successful, and then they can make sequel after sequel with exotic aliens and awesome special effects.

Labels: Green Lantern, movies

posted by Tim at 4:45 PM

I watched an episode of South Park last night. It was the one where Cartman and Butters take over a PF Chang's because Cartman's afraid of the Chinese taking over the world. But in that same episode is some of the other South Park youngsters being traumatized over George Lucas and Steven Spielburg's handling of the Indiana Jones franchise with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Now, I haven't seen the movie. I was never that big a fan of Indiana Jones. And I've read some stuff online on how many people were disappointed about how certain elements of the movie turned out.

*** Spoilers ahead, in the off chance you haven't seen any Indiana Jones movies ***

But I had a realization this morning. How is it that people complained up and down that Indiana Jones dealt with aliens at the end of the movie, but no one batted an eye when he drank from the freakin' Holy Grail?

I'm not necessarily argueing for the inclusion of extraterrestrials into Indiana Jones folklore, but Dr. Jones has been through some equally fantastic (if not more so) things in his career already. I'm just saying.

Labels: Indiana Jones, South Park

posted by Tim at 3:01 PM

According to today's Sinfest, one of the devil girls' names is Fuchsia. And it's spelled correctly! This made me squeee.

So now I wonder what the other one's name is. Cyan? Aquamarine?

I like the introduction of these devil girls. Not just for the fact that they're there to be sex, make out with one another and corrupt innocent souls. But there's a good bit of characterization going on, as in the recent Expand My World and Why Did You Make Me Like This story arcs...well, really the whole Fuchsia story arc. Ishida usually has these one-off or week-long gags, and there's not a whole lot of continuity, aside from the major personality traits of all of the characters. But here, there's something a little more going on, and I think that's kind of neat.

Labels: Sinfest, webcomics

posted by Tim at 4:50 PM

Okay, so I'm taking a little time to update my Blogger profile, and at the end there's a section to fill in: Random Question. And they must be random, because they're the stupidest questions I've heard. It's one thing to ask about random topics, but these make no sense.

"If you never cut your fingernails, how tall would you be?" Um, fingernail length has nothing to do with how tall you are.

"Why do pennies in your mouth remind you of losing a tooth?" That's not really a philosophical "why" question; I'm sure there's a perfectly valid scientific explanation.

"The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?" I supposed that's a valid random question. It's still stupid, though.

"What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?" I don't have a reason, it's been proven that the Earth is round. What Dark Ages are these people living in?

"You can punch a hole in an apple using a straw. How do you think that makes your milkshake feel?" what

Okay, one more...I could probably do this all day.

"What spells can you cast with magic markers?" Another possible valid question, if one were imaginative enough. Although the cynic in me is screaming "Magic markers are for writing!"

Labels: blogging

posted by Tim at 1:58 PM