"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.