*also nods in agreement but then makes a weird face* i would die of fear if i saw cage play superman:D

Agreed I believe the face might look kinda like this :confused: :eek:

I never understood where the idea came from to cast Cage for Superman.

He's a HUGE comic book geek - like crazy weird huge geek. He took his last name from Powerman and named his son Kal-El.

He pestered the studio heads at Warner Brothers constantly about the movie, saying how much he wanted to play the part. He's an Oscar winner, pursuing a passion project - the suits thought it seemed like a good idea, but no director would make the movie with Cage as Supes... but it would be really weird, wouldn't it?

I'd go see it just for the curiosity of it all.

I remember hearing that Cage ditched Lisa Marie Presley because she torched his comic book collection.

And Ghost Rider looks like it will suck about as much as Daredevil or The Punisher did. (The Thomas Jane Punisher, not the Dolph Lundgren one, which I actually liked more.)

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Well this movie was o.k. I think that Daredevil was better. I felt that some of teh CGI was obvious, like the close-ups of the skull, it had an animated smoothness that I thought was very apparent. The movie moved wayyyy too fast. I felt like they were in a hurry to get to GR. I think Blaze took control of his power too easily and too quickly. I think that there should have been more character development in the beginning with Blaze and his father and even Roxann's father.
The Elementals were defeated way too easily and qucikly.
I was upset that Black Heart did not go all-out Black Heart, plus his appearence was weird and out of nowhere. I thought that Cage and Mendez were fine the story and the flow just wasn't all that great. I don't think that it was as bad as X3.

Agreed X3....bottom of the barrel.
Not as good as I'd hoped...but def. not one I was pissed about paying for.






I don't think that it was as bad as X3.[/QUOTE]

Kind of like the idea of Stallone as Batman...before somehow...someway...Michael Keeton was cast....now that's just a weird deal all around.

Much to my surprise, this was a pretty good movie. I had very low expectations. but I ended up enjoying this film quite a bit. Even with Nic Cage channeling the spirit of Elvis. Good FX and a fun story. Sam Elliot was terrific as "The Caretaker" and Eva Mendes is one smokin' hot woman. A good movie all around.
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this will bomb!!

dont waste you 10 dollars on this marketing crap. Blaze looks like shit in this movie. terrible editing. bleh.

good call - only made $74 Million (globally) in less than a week

Eva Medes is in it? Ohh, that makes it watching right there. :D

this movie sounds interersting...though I might save my ten bucks for SM3

Good choice!

Exclusive Interview: MARK STEVEN JOHNSON FINDS RELIGION WITH 'PREACHER' - PART 1
The GHOST RIDER director/writer talks about his upcoming HBO series, the possibility of a sequel to the Spirit of Vengeance and more.

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By PETER BROWN, Associate Editor
Published 6/8/2007

Growing up reading just about any Marvel comic book he could get his hands on, Mark Steven Johnson has always been closely tied to the comic world. So it isn’t surprising that two of the films he has directed and wrote the screenplays for, DAREDEVIL and GHOST RIDER, happen to be based on classic comic book characters with long histories. With GHOST RIDER wrapped up and now out on DVD with a very good two-disc extended cut edition, director and writer Mark Steven Johnson has turned his attention to another comic book-based project but this time a television series by the name of PREACHER that is scheduled to appear at some point in the near future on HBO. Johnson gave iF Magazine a little insight into PREACHER as well as the possibility of a GHOST RIDER sequel.

iF: I know you have been working on PREACHER for HBO and that you said before it is going to be faithful to comic. Can you give us an update on the status of the series?

Mark Steven Johnson: Things are moving ahead and great. I actually already wrote the pilot and (HBO) wanted to me write a bible on how the first season would go and I did that. There was a big shake-up at HBO recently and we weren’t sure if we were still on the bill but things are still looking really good. It has been a dream of mine to bring this comic to television and make the series exactly faithful to the fans of the comics who loyally follow the book.

iF: So will be seeing the same stories from the comic book in the series?

MSJ: Well there would be nothing new to add if we did that so (PREACHER creator) Garth (Ennis) and I have been creating new stories for the series. I love the book so much and I was telling Garth that he has to make the stories we are coming up with as comics because I want to see them.

iF: Obviously HBO has some openings with DEADWOOD, ROME and CARNIVALE off the schedule and it seems like a natural fit with those …

I saw it and I don't understand what some people are pissin and moaning about. It was a fine action movie. It was by no means up to Spider-man levels(although it's way past Spider-man 3 levels) but, it wasn't BAD either. The special effects were great the acting was average. The only problem I had with it was the annoyingly lame villain Blackheart.

It was a lame film all around. No sense of connection with ANY of the characters. The villain sucked, which makes the central conflict weak, which makes for a BAD film.

It did, however, have a guy with a flaming skull riding a fiery motorcycle. And that's the only thing it has to offer.

I'd have to agree, I was preety upset when Blackheart did not change to his demon form, I was really expecting it.

3/10
Thanks Rod, you just wrote my review for me. :D
Oh yeah, the only other thing it has to offer is........
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