{"id":5660,"date":"2004-01-29T09:11:14","date_gmt":"2004-01-29T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/01\/29\/supercasting.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:40:10","slug":"supercasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/29\/supercasting.html","title":{"rendered":"Supercasting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so some folks seem to be WTFing<\/a> over the (hypothetical, unconfirmed, rumored) casting decisions <\/a>being made for the new Superman <\/i>movie<\/a>, specifically Beyonce Knowles <\/a>as Lois Lane, and Johnny Depp <\/a>as Lex Luthor.<\/p>\n

Now, it is entirely possible that this spells the potential for utter disaster. On the other hand, the casting of Michael Keaton as Batman led to a quirky but inspired rendition of the character. Depp, at least, has talent. And for those fearful of a quirky and goofy Lex Luthor, I only have to note that most people enjoyed the previous <\/a>feature film version by Gene Hackman, played as, yes, quirky and goofy (with even quirkier and goofier sidekicks).<\/p>\n

As to Beyonce — well, I’m dubious as to her acting credentials. On the other hand, I thought Margot Kidder was pretty mediocre in the role, too. It all depends, ultimately, on the writing and direction. I’m not holding my breath, but I’m not getting my torches and pitchforks out, either.<\/p>\n

Now, Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka <\/a>— that’s <\/i>worrisome …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so some folks seem to be WTFing over the (hypothetical, unconfirmed, rumored) casting decisions being made for the new Superman movie, specifically Beyonce Knowles as Lois Lane, and Johnny…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[852,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc-cinematic-univese","category-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131788,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/movie-review-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.html","url_meta":{"origin":5660,"position":0},"title":"Movie Review: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 13-Oct-16 11:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And as Father\/Daughter Movie Week draws to a close, we end up with a movie that so many people told me was (a) cool to see, but (b) kind of a disaster, plot-wise. 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