Current mood:	annoyed
Current music:	Lucy in the Sky With Diamons - Hyde

"Want me to draw a picture to better explain it? Maybe make a tutorial video? "
I've been searching around for wank concerning the casting of Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in the movie version of Hellblazer (that's being called simply Constantine) that's coming out this September. The last few weeks? Nothing...but I have finally found something. In the beginning, sadly enough, there was mostly agreement of the "OH LORD, NO!!!!" kind, but recently there's been some discussion at that favored spot of wank, IMDb:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0360486/board/nest/1207890

And here are some choice bits sampled here for your amusement. I'm just sad I couldn't get more because a good chunk has been taken out by the mods there.

from Junglejaneface:
Yeah well no comic book films will be as well done and as faithful as the new marvel movies but hey, Keanu Reeves, Now he can Kung Fu everyones arse.
I hate you all. Negative Film critics should have their families set on fire.

from Fafne:
Keanu Reeves IS the perfecy Constantine. ... Just kidding! I'll slit my f**ing wrists if this movie is ever made. Not that I wouldn't like to see a Hellblazer movie. Just not by people that make an american non smoking twat out of him. Arrrgghh!!

from Stonefly2:
You're all very pathetic. You continue giving names of British actors when everyone knows that the character will be an American and it has been given long time ago to Keanu. There's nothing you can do about it. Sorry. Surely Keanu will be a great Constantine, because he's an actor very commited to his work. Don't judge his acting in the film before seeing the movie. That's something very stupid from you.

from HighwayMonkey:
Nah, what's stupid is having a property completely slaughtered and then someone who doesn't know what they're talking about (you) tell people who do know what they're talking about (me) that they're overreacting.
No one's blaming Keanu. He obviously lacks the motor skills to properly butcher a property. But that doesn't mean I'm going to **** daisies that he's in it.
I can still disagree with casting choices, even after the roles are set, and it's stupid of you to think otherwise. John's fifty as well. I don't know how many damn times I have to say that here before you people finally understand it. He was born on May 10, 1953. Want me to draw a picture to better explain it? Maybe make a tutorial video?

Sting, Ewan MacGregor, James Marsters (who's name is mispelled at least four times in various posts), Tim Roth, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Keifer Sutherland, and other actors wander in and out of the discussion, being dismissed as too old, too young...and sometimes there's a lovely argument over what country they came from. Add in a minor discussion on Highlander, Patrick Stewart, and some mournfully deleted hate, and you can't help but TRIP over the fun.

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	pooka 2004-02-10 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Keanu Reeves IS the perfecy Constantine. ... Just kidding! I'll slit my f**ing wrists if this movie is ever made. Not that I wouldn't like to see a Hellblazer movie. Just not by people that make an american non smoking twat out of him. Arrrgghh!! I...I don't know what to mock first. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2004-02-10 06:41 am UTC (link)
	This reminds me of all that Lupin wank. Although HP always has that non-stop whining before the movie comes out. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2004-02-10 07:09 am UTC (link)
	Did they ever cast the Lupin movie? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-02-10 07:36 am UTC (link)
	I meant Lupin from Harry Potter. ^^;;; But from what I heard last, they were looking at Jim Carry as Lupin the Third. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2004-02-10 07:38 am UTC (link)
	perfect (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-02-10 07:40 am UTC (link)
	I think so too. ^^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	amand_r 2004-02-10 08:12 am UTC (link)
	Holee crap. A Lupin live action movie? I think I may swoon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2004-02-10 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Will they also cast Renee Zellweger as Fujiko? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-02-10 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Not sure. I haven't heard about it again in ages but I remember the mentioning of trying to get Jim Carrey and then something about... I think... Ben Stiller. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	visp 2004-02-11 01:41 am UTC (link)
	They need someone more curvaceous, and brunette - maybe Catherine Zeta-Jones. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-02-11 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	She would indeed be excellent, but in the Lupins I've seen, Fujiko was always a blonde. Does that vary? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: visp 2004-02-11 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Must be, because I remember her as brunette. Ah well, she's the sort who changes her style often. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-02-11 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	That I can see. And yeah, CZJ is all kinds of hot. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	liarliar 2004-02-10 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Live action? Live action movies always suck! And Jim Carrey's a wanker! ...er, not that kind of wanker. [/wank] (That was fun. But it could be addictive.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dafnap 2004-02-10 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Sting! Hee! I'm sorry, just, they know the story behind that, right? I mean, they gotta... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	hephaestoschick 2004-02-10 07:15 am UTC (link)
	yeah, they do. It starts even more fun when they argue over whether he has any acting ability, and then there are the people who DON'T know about that and go "what the hell are you talking about? STING?" Love the icon, BTW. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sagralisse 2004-02-10 07:24 am UTC (link)
	Does it have something to do with an erection? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hephaestoschick 2004-02-10 07:40 am UTC (link)
	no. The character John Constantine was originally created by Alan Moore and modeled off of Sting. We're just being all penis-metaphor-y cause...I dunno. Just happened. Then again, this is Conjob we're talking about so... BTW, dafnap, I friended you...cause you have shiny pictures to look at, I like your icon, and you appreciate Xander in an eyepatch. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sagralisse 2004-02-10 08:16 am UTC (link)
	Okay, never mind. The other Sting thing today was an erection thing. This would be different. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kijikun 2004-02-10 07:26 am UTC (link)
	ears perk up Highlander? (Reply to this)

	eiviiaru 2004-02-10 08:07 am UTC (link)
	No one's blaming Keanu. He obviously lacks the motor skills to properly butcher a property. Admit it. You laughed. I did, too. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sparkysrevenge 2004-02-10 09:32 am UTC (link)
	i most definitely laughed! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	big_bad_wolf 2004-02-10 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	I had to clean my monitor off ... not like that ... shut up... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snacky 2004-02-10 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	OMG STEP OFF BEEEYATCH! I KEEEEEEEEEEEL U! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

livii
2004-02-10 06:05 pm UTC (link)

Best icon for this topic, ever.

John's fifty as well. I don't know how many damn times I have to say that here before you people finally understand it. He was born on May 10, 1953. Want me to draw a picture to better explain it? Maybe make a tutorial video?

I'd like the tutorial video.

Also funny is I looked up Keanu, and he's 40. Not too big a difference from 50. Hee.

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	smo 2004-02-10 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Also funny is I looked up Keanu, and he's 40. He is not. He IS? OMGWTF. feels old (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	livii 2004-02-10 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, he is - I was pretty surprised, too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nekoneko 2004-02-10 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Watching Much Ado About Nothing just verifies that fact for me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	big_bad_wolf 2004-02-10 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, you were subjected to that too? We should form a support group. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-02-10 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	~~I thought he looked hot with his shirt off, all covered in massage oil.~~ Yeah, he really sucked in that movie. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	misswindy 2004-02-11 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but Denzel and Emma sucked in that too, and few will deny they can actually act. I think Keanu mostly gets a bad rap because ~~he looks hotter with his shirt off than 99.999% of the male population of the planet~~ of his goofy voice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-02-11 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	I think Keanu mostly gets a bad rap because ~~he looks hotter with his shirt off than 99.999% of the male population of the planet~~ of his goofy voice. Yeah, that really fucks the boys off, doesn't it? Kinda like how they're all up in arms because there are now two - TWO! gasp - yaoi DVDs up there on the top shelf with the 19 bazillion hentai ones. (Reply to this)(Parent)

misswindy
2004-02-11 09:39 pm UTC (link)

I don't think that movie is much to go by. He's been good in other films (see: The Gift, River's Edge, My Own Private Idaho, A Walk In The Clouds, Feeling Minnesota) and Much Ado About Nothing has multiple Oscar winners/nominees sucking ass, too. One can't help but think it was the execution rather than the participants that made that one a stinker.

I'm sorry, I'm a big time Keanu apologista. He may have limited range, but he's good at what he does. He got very good reviews in the Chicago stage production of Hamlet and have you seen Little Buddha? He made a credible Buddha! That's like playing an excellent Jesus, you know?

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	nekoneko 2004-02-12 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I don't watch many movies, so all that I have to base Keanu's acting ability off of is... Much Ado abotu Nothing and The Matrix, the first one. I'm sad, I know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	trintrin 2004-02-12 04:11 am UTC (link)
	This is when I bring you ever Reeves movie I own and force you to watch them. ... Wait. I think that might be a bit much... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	trintrin 2004-02-12 04:09 am UTC (link)
	I've seen as many Keanu Reeves movies as I can get my hands on. I agree with you that he isn't a bad actor. I actually think he shines in some movies, that suit him. I need to find Little Buddha yet.. I'm waiting to make a decision on whether he is 'hurting' Constantine, or not. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	panthea 2004-02-10 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	::still waving my Callum Keith Rennie for Constantine flag:: Hey, a girl can dream, can't she? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	hephaestoschick 2004-02-11 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	I could definitely see Callum as Constantine. Works wonderfully, in my opinion. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	els_chan 2004-02-10 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	But that doesn't mean I'm going to *** daisies that he's in it.* Shitting daisies. Now that deserves an icon. Any takers? (Reply to this)

	serai 2004-02-11 08:48 am UTC (link)
	See icon. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	misswindy 2004-02-11 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	Aaaaaahhhhhhh. pets icon So pretty. Pretty, pretty, pretty. And nice. And also, pretty. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	serai 2004-02-16 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	It's velvet, you know. You can pet it and stroke it and love it - nice and soft. But stay away from the teeth. They're sharp. ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)