LeafOfFaith
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Yeah, that’s a good story.
I have zero confidence in Gunn and the DC folks though. Maybe because DC, outside of the Nolan movies, has been pure garbage. I’ll need to see a good movie out of that studio to believe it.
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I have zero confidence in Gunn and the DC folks though. Maybe because DC, outside of the Nolan movies, has been pure garbage. I’ll need to see a good movie out of that studio to believe it.
LeafGm
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I’ll have to check that out. I grew up reading Superman comics, but haven’t read that one.
Though one of my favourite runs of Superman was the whole “Death of Superman” and “Reign of the Supermen” storyline. Would still love to see it done properly in live action on the big screen. Couldn’t believe the flaming pile of garbage that was Zach Snyder’s truncated version of half of that storyline.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
I've seen that specific episode multiple times. Great stuff. Green Room was initially created for JFL in Montreal one summer as a live late night show...and I went all 5 nights. It was amazing, all these comedians would drop by after their gigs for unfiltered madness. I saw Bill Burr, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Dave Attell, etc etc just talk shit to each other.
Anyway back to Bo. You're right that Gary Shandling (also one of my fave comedy creators) saw something special in Bo, and he also held up hope that Bo would not succumb to that general mental fucked-upness most comedians suffer. (Shandling was on a lifelong Buddhist quest)
Sadly, Bo did not escape that sad fate. He's open about his mental health issues (stopped touring for a while due to crippling anxiety)
IMO, Happy? is his standup tour de force -- makes me simultaneously overjoyed and melancholy in the most exquisite way. It's almost a suicide note performed as a comedy special
I did not really like his pandemic special -- which is the one special that gave him the most limelight.
Loved 8th grade. And can't wait to see if he directs another film.
oscarheyman
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This might've made for an interesting "one off" type of live action movie regarding the character:
The DCAU does seem to respect "the source material" by & large.
LeafOfFaith
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A bunch of the DC animated movies are legit fantastic. If anyone else was disappointed by the trash that was the Flash, then watch the Flashpoint Paradox movie.
MyNameIsJonas
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The way you speak it’s impossible to discriminate opinion and fact
LeafOfFaith
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Not even a little.
And the issue wasn't even that. I never claimed in any way or on any level that Cavill WILL be the next Bond. That was never the topic.
And the issue wasn't even that. I never claimed in any way or on any level that Cavill WILL be the next Bond. That was never the topic.
Yeah, I'm not sure how anyone came to that conclusion. Jonas isn't that bright, of course.
Your argument was that Cavill is an unknown.
Montana
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that’s awesome, I’ve always wanted to go for those kinds of shows and Andy Kindler’s state of the industry speeches.
We get a comedy tour in BC every year that’s pretty great, but isn’t the JFL Festival….have seen just about every comedian that passes through tho, and often at the smaller clubs doing their prep sets etc,…which is always great.
still need to see Louis tho, that’s #1 on my bucket list
They’re my comedy heroes, watched Mr. Show religiously as a teenager, taping every episode & rewatching it all week till a new one dropped….then when they were available on DVD with audio commentary, I’d listen to them all the time like podcasts,
cool seeing them both find big success later on with Arrested & Bad/Saul etc….but the hipster in me is annoyed we have to share them with everyone now. haha.
…people say don’t meet your heroes, but I met Cross at a book signing he was having in Vancouver in between two of his shows, and he couldn’t have been easier to talk to, was a great guy
I feel like Bo’s awareness of his issues & ability to tackle them head on, while not hiding it from his audience at all and talking about it…is something Gary would be happy to see tho.
in Gary’s day people let it consume them, and they’d crash out, or become bitter and angry like pre-podcast Marc Maron.
100% agreed.
I think this was his most impressive artistic feat, but I think some of the lessons he gets into are ones we learned 20 years ago, so it doesn’t land quite like it might with his younger audience.
but also I just hate him with a shitty gross beard, he can’t grow one for shit and it looks brutal,
yeah I don’t think we’ve even scratched the surface with him….if he commits to directing for a stretch, I think he could have a Woody Allen 70’s type run.
Montana
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was going to mention Red Son as one comic arc I had always meant to get to but haven’t yet.
and yeah, they crush it with a bunch of their animation films….the two part Dark Knight Returns is every bit as good as the big screen films.
Deckie007
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protip:
If you have Amazon Prime, there are a whole bunch of DC/Marvel series available for download for free to your Kindle/Tablet. Read the Batman Dark Designs series and working through World War Hulk.
Montana
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I was lowkey proud of this idea, thinking I was being original with such a brilliant pick….and now I learn he’s literally the betting favourite as has been for ages, since
‘s have come out and said it’ll be someone in their thirties.
Glad to hear he’s in consideration tho, guy’s potential was pretty evident in Bullet Train…
LeafOfFaith
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Nope. I said he was in the middle tier, not super well known. Never said he was an unknown.
worm
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What is this and why?
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
first mainstream film that deals with the impacts of social media on teenage anxiety (film is fictional but the real world data on teen girls is pretty frightening)
LeafOfFaith
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Interesting. I actually didn’t like that one, but I also wasn’t really a fan of the original story. But there were a bunch of Justice League and Batman films. The one with the Court of Owls was great.
LeafOfFaith
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All the DC ones are on HBO Max.
LeafOfFaith
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Looks like the guy who said this is some Young Bond novelist. Don’t think this guy is an authority on the subject. The only thing that Cavill doesn’t have going for him is age. He is kinda on the older side for starting out now.I was lowkey proud of this idea, thinking I was being original with such a brilliant pick….and now I learn he’s literally the betting favourite as has been for ages, since
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Glad to hear he’s in consideration tho, guy’s potential was pretty evident in Bullet Train…
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