Straight through the other side of wrong...

[gement]

And somehow oh so right. I mean wrong. Very wrong. Sailor Hellblazer. (To whoever's LJ I saw this in, sorry, I lost your post. Ah well, that means you won't be blamed for spreading this thing.)



You are John Constantine.
John has a strong knowledge of the occult and at times he appears to wield strong magical powers but he has also become known as something of a con-man, more likely to talk himself out of trouble than pull a rabbit out of a hat.
What Gritty No Nonsense Comic Book Character are You?
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I mostly posted this because this cover art rules.

I'm so proud. No, really, looking at the other choices, I'd rather be John. He's got style. Like me, unless he can think or talk or charm or weasel or bargain his way out of it, he's pretty much buggered, because neither of us can fight worth a damn.

I may post some random burble later with my thoughts on
(a) the fact that Keanu "Whoa" Reeves is definitely playing him in the movie (and my resultant struggle between complete disgust and trying to justify it so I can enjoy the movie),
(b) the fact that I find Keanu harder to deal with than the TOTALLY WRONG fanfic above (and what does this say about my priorities?) and
(c) gender perception issues in the aforementioned fanfic (the possibly most complicated subject).

I've been waxing surprisingly deep on fan thoughts lately, usually a sign that I'm boring the people around me to tears. Oh well, it's my journal! Ha!

Edit: Argh! Unless I can teach my e-mail program not to add line breaks, the formatting goes straight to Hell! ... Not that Hell.

Comments

[morinon.livejournal.com]

Heh. I got Spider Jerusalem. Which means I must now go read Transmetropolitan. :P

Best Hellraiser quote I've seen (from my decidedly limited reading, may be slight paraphrase): "You should have just gone with the kitten."

[capnexposition.livejournal.com]

Are you serious? Someone actually though Keanu Reeves could do Constantine?! Where was Guy Ritchie? Or the dude who plays Spike? Hell, where was Ralph Fienes?!?! Fienes was MADE for the role of Constantine!! Arrrrrgh!! *wanders off to kick over small objects in a Godzilla-like fury*
And it is wrong of you to implay that Spider Jerusalem does not have at LEAST as much style as Constantine. He wears nothing but black linen suits, and has the figure for it! He accessorizes well! He has a Bowel Disruptor gun, for glod's sake! And after all, it was Jerusalem who uttered the famous lines: "More famous than Jesus, better dressed than Santa Claus; I've never been seen in your chimney, and I wouldn't be caught DEAD on a cross. I deserve your money more."

[gement.livejournal.com]

I cast no aspersions on Spider Jerusalem - I've never read any Transmetro. Spider may, in fact, also have style. I know John has it. And I bet Spider and his bowel disruptor gun can stay on their feet in a bar fight, which John and I cannot.

That said, yes, I'd like to see Ralph Fiennes, now that you mention it. But this is far past the pipe dream stages. Surf through http://www.insanerantings.com/hell/ for the updates. They're already plugging it on Entertainment Tonight, and there are promo shots. They're not letting him butcher the accent, thank Heaven for small favors.

I still may post about this separately. I'm feeling really conflicted about it. It sounds like they're trying to do a good job, and they might do it better for not trying to do a carbon copy. I just don't know how to think about it yet.

oh come on!

[dorcas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have definite trouble with Keanu Reeves being John. I've went into this whole thing kicking and bitching about him. It's wrong. Wrong I say!