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The Spirit

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23:10 / 21.07.08

She's also on the cover of Cosmo this month.

What happened to the girl from Ghost World?

(And what's going to be her third undead comic book adaptation? Is there a Spectre in the works?)

Nuke Kids on the Bloc
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00:10 / 22.07.08

That is a great look she's rocking.

00:14 / 22.07.08

And they say Barbelith's not woman-friendly! More like a little too friendly, I'd say!

22:27 / 22.07.08

And Maggie Glyllenhaal is on the cover of Marie Claire.

There must be some kind of comics/indie actress/marketing guide in some ad agency somewhere. It's bound in stained leather and smells of menthol cigarettes and brimstone.

A Haus of Minions

00:18 / 23.07.08

You know, youth isn't everything. They may be young and hot now, but will they have their own series in their middle thirties?

I think Katie Holmes is a lot hotter. She's a very hot young actress. And so unaffected!

godstallion
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00:26 / 23.07.08

i'm kinda worried that we might be going a bit offtopic here and i don't want to get into trouble with the mods for it! if i started a thread for people to say who they're favorite actresses are should that go in the conversation or in film?

A Haus of Minions

00:36 / 23.07.08

Is there a forum for people who don't want an elven arrow in their gizzards? And are prepared to vote accordingly? That forum. Otherwise, probably Conversation.

15:33 / 23.07.08

if i started a thread for people to say who they're favorite actresses are should that go in the conversation or in film?

How about, oh, on some other board entirely? There are already a zillion-and-one places on the Internet to gush about the comparative hawttness of various pretty lay-teez without doing it here.

It's a big ol' Web out there; there's no need for Barbelith to be all things to all people, you know?

16:01 / 23.07.08

Like a place where you can catch a five-minute break from sexism, for example?

godstallion
(prev. blackstallion)

16:20 / 23.07.08

hi jack, i hear what you're saying but i also think that barbelith is big enough and everyone here is cool and openminded enough for there to be different kinds of things for different people right? i haven't found anywhere else on the web that's as cool as this place so i'd rather stay here....

i really don't want to offend anyone though so maybe the thread could be for people to talk about their favorite actors OR actresses?

16:39 / 23.07.08

everyone here is cool and openminded enough for there to be different kinds of things for different people right?

Oh, Barbelith is definitely different things to different people. But there are some things that (quite rightly) fall outside its mission statement. That's not being snobby; it's being selective. By the same token, being open-minded does not mean that you have to turn off your crap-filters.

Barbelith is what Barbelith is, and it's for what it's for. The rest of the Internet is for everything else, and it operates by different standards. 'Round these parts, though, you might want to raise your game a little.

Cee Ess Nolte
(prev. Hospitalised for perfection)

17:04 / 23.07.08

Hell, nothing wrong with Favourite XYZ threads, as long as they do not focus on OMG s/he's so hawtt!!!11!! bullshit.

Focus on the how and why: Why do you like this person's work? What roles made them stand out from the crowd? How did they get to where they are? What rights and wrongs have they committed to celluloid? How did you first come to see X as "favourite"? How do their professional personas relate to their off-screen presences? What does that all mean in the greater scheme of movie culture?

And so on and so forth.

godstallion
(prev. blackstallion)

00:13 / 24.07.08

wow...ok guys, i guess i'm still learning a lot about barbelith and its high standards... i thought maybe people might enjoy a lighthearted thread in the conversation but if that's not cool then i won't do it! i think i should probably take some time out to look at old barbelith discussions so i can start posting the kind of thing that's cool here.... peace.

A Haus of Minions

00:33 / 24.07.08

You could do that. You could also discover the rank hypocrisy of all involved in poo-pooing the idea by reading the 19-page Lust List thread. Which was, eventually, made horrible by a couple of deeply icky people, but was pumpy and spurty for, like, three years.

ALL KINDS OF DEAD TREES
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01:03 / 24.07.08

You know, it's been a while since I've looked at that. Reading the Lust List is like...staring into the abyss, having the abyss stare back into me, running its hand over my ass while I'm trying to pour a glass of wine. The abyss has had too much gin, I'm afraid, and it's become one of those parties. After that, conversation with the Abyss becomes...awkward.

Similar, but not the same, as watching The Spirit trailer.

A Haus of Minions

01:23 / 24.07.08

Christ. That thread really did descend into the worst place in the world, didn't it? Even Jenna Elfman basically feels like a halfwit has taken a dump into her brain after a dinner of sand and nails.

01:46 / 24.07.08

Eff you guys! I stand by all my choices!

01:51 / 24.07.08

With a little effort wildstallion could also find out how to fight dogs, or which celebrities it'd be good to attack. Barbelith is educational!

01:54 / 24.07.08

The hottie pictured here should be added to my list:

http://www.barbelith.com/topic/13046/from/455#post615380

13:51 / 03.10.08

The Spirit website

The artwork on the website is stunning and the trailer looks very interesting.....

17:17 / 03.10.08

It seems like Miller is going with some sort of supernatural/superpower here; that The Spirit simply doesn't die/has amazing healing powers after his 'death.' Kinda disappointing. Samuel L. Jackson has said in interviews that it's like a 'cartoon,' that they hurt each other in all these crazy ways and no one dies or gets substantially hurt. (not that I'm seeking violence here, just not really looking to see a Frank Miller Bugs Bunny cartoon violence thing with The Spirit having Wolverine-type healing abilities)

I've given up most hope for this to be very good, or to have much in common with Will Eisner's character. (Although the "someone get me a tie, and it damn well better be red!" was a hilarious vintage Frank Miller line, if out of place for Will Eisner's Spirit character) Still, would be happy to be proven wrong once it actually comes out. It just seems like one big Frank Miller cliche in a genre and character that doesn't really lend itself to the Sin City-esque one-note, one-trick-pony that Miller has become.

Nuke Kids on the Bloc
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00:35 / 04.10.08

"I'm gonna kill you all kinds of dead"

Lmao. Oh Frank.

Will have to take this one as a cartoony Sin City Kids I reckon.

ALL KINDS OF DEAD TREES
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04:55 / 04.10.08

You know, maybe I should resurrect the MY CITY SCREAMS suit.

Nuke Kids on the Bloc
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19:40 / 06.10.08

Check the Name me! thread, Papes...

00:25 / 07.10.08

I wouldn't mind if it was his own character. But poor Eisner...

14:58 / 15.10.08

It's ok, he's passed on and beyond caring about what people do with the character he created.

But us frothing fatbeards, well we're still around to get all indignant on his behalf.

to quote the abominable Harry Enfield;

"OI! MILLER!"

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