Chicagoist: Jeremy Piven Grows Up, Sort Of...

Cletus Warhol

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:10:59 -0600

I'd been wondering when he'd finally catch some roles in good projects after leaving the Larry Sanders Show.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:20:16 -0600

I like how it took so long for movie studios and directors to finally realize that they're better off just going directly with Frank Miller's personal vision for movies instead of trying to futz too much with it. He was in the movie and TV business for 18 years before they finally made Sin City the right way. I hope a decent Ronin adaptation is coming up soon. That said, his comic books are terrible now. I mean we have "Batman vs. Al Qaeda" coming out this year.

tankboy

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:28:46 -0600

300 is gonna rock, and I like how directors are just "screw trying to mimic Miller's stuff, I'm just dropping my actors into his backgrounds!"

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:10:10 -0600

Did you read "All Star Batman and Robin"? Frank Miller makes Batman seem like some creepy weird child molester to Dick Greyson. I am looking foward to "300", though.

Chuck

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:44:37 -0600

DK2 was where I finally gave up on Frank Miller.

Mr. Smith

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:10:24 -0600

Pish. Powerful meaning scary and psycho. And he had his own series, which I liked as a kid.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:54:19 -0600

Also, I love how PCU was the first big vehicle for the "Fat" Jon Favreau build. Another local boy made good sort of thing.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:44:19 -0600

Sorry about the geektitude, but yeah, I always thought PCU was the best ever vehicle for Piven until Entourage came along.

Justin

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:07:34 -0600

This is so not where I expected the Piven conversation to go. I've got nothing to add on the Justice League conversation. Somehow I omitted PCU from Piven's accomplishments, but it's just as well since that was a fun 20 minute movie stretched to an hour & a half.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:48:56 -0600

Forgot about DK2. Good Call. Plastic Man could take Superman, even. Man that guy needs his own series.

tanlboy

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:17:46 -0600

DK2 didn't shortchange PM ... in fact it more or less outlined him as the most powerful . scary dude around.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:11:33 -0600

If you're reading 52, you'll soon realize what an empty husk of man Ralph Dibney has become. And Indentity Crisis? Geez, might as well have said "He's useless, but he's a nice guy and treats his wife ok." Whereas none other than Batman personally sponsered Plastic Man's JLA induction, he's always been the comic foil, bringing something to table. And to top it all off, when Martian Manhunter (probably the most powerful guy on the JLA roster) went rogue and straight out started going pyscho (I think he called himself "Infernus"), Plastic Man was the only guy capable of stopping him. I hate how Plastic Man always gets shortchanged. I'd place money on him over Mr. Fantastic, even. Damn, I need to get out more.

Mr. Smith

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:57:43 -0600

Bite your tongue, sir! DC canon has it established that Ralph Dibny a.k.a. Elongated Man is as good a detective as Batman. I think Plastic Man is a third-rate Elongated Man. He always plays the boob to some extent.

tanlboy

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:38:50 -0600

Cusack is cool, Piven is a dick. Ari isn't a charachter.

nmpkm

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:56:59 -0600

He was the Elongated Man in the Justice League? Wow, that's like a third rate Plastic Man. I would've thought based on "P.C.U." alone he would have rated a bigger hero. (crawling back into my comic book nerd hole)