Whoa...

[lithera]

I'm trying C2. (The new half sugar Coke..)

I think... I think I like it better than normal Coke.

It still has the bite in the back of my throat but.. there is that annoying taste that's more prevalent in Pepsi than in Coke that seems to be almost entirely gone in this.

Mmmmmm.

And James Marsden (Not James Marsters. Cyclops not Spike) has been attached to a Preacher movie. Innnnnteresting. Apparently he's a big fan. Getting cast as Cyke has make a comic book reader of him.

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[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Apparently getting cast as the X-Men made comic book readers, or at least X-Men readers, out of pretty much all of them. I know that Rebecca... I wonder what her last name is now, since she's split up from John Stamos. Rojmin, or whatever, I guess. She and ... crap, drawing a blank on the guy who played Nightcrawler. Alan somebody. Were complete geeks with glee over the moment in X2 where Nightcrawler and Mystique speak to one another, because in part they were both desperately hoping it meant that the characters' relationship would be developed in the next movie. Just that one moment of acknowledgement meant worlds to them (and to all the X-Men fans who knew why it was there, too). And Patrick Stewart said when he got cast as Xavier, they sent him a huge box of comic books, and that he's never had so much fun preparing for a role. :) :) :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Heh. Alan Cumming. I met him at a book reading and I brought a copt of an X-men comic for him to sign. He grinned at me and looked at it and then said, "I look just like that too. Except for those. My abs aren't that great." And he signed it and then drew and arrow to Nightcrawler's abs and wrote "Not in the movie" next to it. That was great fun.

Yeah. He and Rebecca Romjin were very much into it. The did a lot of bonding because of the entire turning blue process. That many hours in a chair getting painted and you'd have to find something to talk about.

PATRICK STEWART: Well, the popular notion of comic books is the likes of Superman or X-Men but there are, of course, some very serious, very literary comics and the fact is that although we have futuristic characters in a fantasy setting, the fundamentals of X-Men are extremely serious. They’re dealing with social and cultural and political issues that are burning today. Issues of tolerance, fear of the unknown, the status of the outsider, things that are echoed in every scene we play in this movie.

HUGH JACKMAN: I’d never read comics as a kid and when I was slipped the comics under the door of my trailer - because Brian didn’t want us to read them, he was frightened we’d turn up with these two-dimensional characters - I was amazed at how helpful the images were. They were so economical how they could capture an emotional or action sequence in, say, three images. I have to say I used them as inspiration for some of the fighting stances of Wolverine. I have a lot of respect for the art.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Ok, you just *totally* out-geeked me, but I love you anyway. :) And that's VERY COOL about Alan Cummings! *laugh* 'Not in the movie'. *laugh* Cool! :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*blush* Well... I ... well... Yeah. *scuffs feet*

You hear what happened to Gambit?

Alan Cumming has the greatest accent in the whole world too. Meeting him was good fun.

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

and don't forget how adorably cute he was. :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Indeed. He is a cutie.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I did. I read the comic yesterday. I'm all o.O about what's going on.

I wanna know what's up with Rogue, too.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Well, Gambit has that kinetic sense, so I think he'll be just fine with not being able to see and all. Sure, rooms and furniture might be a pain but anything that moves'll be simple.

[ocicat.livejournal.com]

Offtopic, but made me think of you...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Yesssss. You can ask horriblywrong. We went to see Dodgeball on Wednesday and every time I looked at the banner, I couldn't stop myself from hissing at it.

You know I'm planning on seeing it. I'm also planning on sneaking in a flask of 151 for anaesthesia purposes.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I rather think he'll get better after a while. Mutants are peculiarly good at healing, even if they haven't got actual healing factors.

Plus there's Angel and Jay's healing_ok blood around.

Besides, I'm convinced he sees in the dark anyway (ok, they did actually mention that in the Gambit series, but I was convinced BEFORE that). Maybe this'll go somewhere along those lines.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*laugh*! I love girl geeks. :)

That comic reminds me of going to the (1999? 2000?) Matthew Broderick Godzilla. I do not recall a female lead as appallingly *stupid* as the blonde woman in that movie was. I was embarrassing the people I was with by yelling, "STEP ON HER! *STEP ON HER*! Aww, he MISSED, DAMMIT!" at the screen. I couldn't *believe* how stupid she was. I really, *really* wanted her to get squished. :)

[jameel.livejournal.com]

I'm also planning on sneaking in a flask of 151 for anaesthesia purposes.

Damn, girl. I wanna party with you.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Hey, it isn't my fault you're on the wrong side of the country.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah.

You would have fit right in when we went to go see Mortal Kombat 2. Fit right in.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Well, I've looked at the solits and while he may get better I can tell you it won't be soon. There is the healing blood around, which I didn't mind at all as secondary mutations. That's kind of cool.

Well, I know he can see in the dark but he can also sense thigns that move and... Yeah. Stuff. He'll be all blind ninja master before too long, I'm sure.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yes, probably so. Especially since I turned to my husband at the mudfight scene and said, "I'm watching a teenage boy's wet dream, aren't I?" :)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

NEENJA. EN BLEK!

I don't know why, but the idea of a (literally) blind-fighting Gambit is just too sexy for words. I probably need my head checked. :)

[quipper.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about C2. I think I like it better than normal Coke.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

You and me both sister. No idea why it is sexy. It just is.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

"No! Liu, it's a trap..."

Wait a minute... When did this become Star Wars...?

[bloolark.livejournal.com]

They also have low carb pepsi (Pepsi Edge). I got a bottle at the grocery store today after you said this. I will give you the taste commentary when I drink some.

[samy.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of Cyclops in general and I was very very very happy with Marsden's portrayal of it. I'm glad to hear that he's a cool person IRL too.

[arctures.livejournal.com]

In weirder news involving X-Men cast members and 'edgy' comics..

Patrick Stewart has apparently been working with Warren Ellis for years to present some sort of movie (animated or no) of Transmetropolitan, with Stewart as Spider...

I can picture it, and it scares me.

[grocible.livejournal.com]

I think it tastes flat. It's not bad, just tastes flat.

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

I never saw Deep Impact but heard Tea Leone's worse. (She doesn't need to act...she's married to David Duchovny...isn't that enough for anyone?) I just remember what the blonde moron in Godzilla did to get her part. And to how many men she had to do it.