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    Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?

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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    You know, Hellboy's been doing pretty well for an independent the last few years.
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    Image of Deric Deric
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    If this means Captain Jack Sparrow vs. Groo the Wanderer, I'm all for it.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    Hey, what about Spawn?

    *crickets*
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    Image of Richard Rushfield Richard Rushfield
    08/31/09

    @DennyCrane: Yes, Spawn still seems to be under the Fox ownership.. so that is still out there,..but it doesnt seem to have much going on now, big screen-wise
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    08/31/09

    @DennyCrane: Hey, HEY! This is civilized blog. We don't use that kind of foul language around here.

    What about Seth MacFarlane's awful piece of shit?
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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    I was wondering about those anti-trust laws as well. Seems like most of the stuff we studied in film school i.e. a certain amount of separation between companies, appears to have disappeared into one big mouse trap.
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    Image of Princess Commands, Darling Princess Commands, Darling
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    I give props to Richard for mentioning Moon Knight, my all-time favorite superhero.
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    Image of Richard Rushfield Richard Rushfield
    08/31/09

    @Princess Commands, Darling: Bless you Princess, So few recall...
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    Image of Macloserboy Macloserboy
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    Um, people could just create their own goddamn characters. Heroes has proven that.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    that's a terribly awkward angle for barry to be dapping the ol' webhead from.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    08/31/09

    In reply to Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?
    Wow way to forget about the Warner Bro's cartoons there.

    You know Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck...

    And technically the Pixar universe was always part of Disney. Pixar never released a non-Disney distributed animated film.

    Also the Muppets are not cartoons, Muppet Babys non-withstanding, so they dont count.
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    Edited by Jim Topoleski at 08/31/09 3:05 PM Jim Topoleski was starred Jim Topoleski was unstarred
    Image of Richard Rushfield Richard Rushfield
    08/31/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Excellent point, even though they dont have much big screen presence. Adding now. And muppets do too count, puppets/tunes close enough
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    08/31/09

    @Richard Rushfield: I hate to quibble, but comic book characters aren't technically cartoons. I mean, that's not nearly as egregious a jump as adding Muppets, but still. If Muppets count, then what about Charlie McCarthy? Do you draw the line at ventriloquist dummies? Pinocchio is principally an animated cartoon, so I'll give you that.

    How about this: change the joke from "Big Cartoon" to "Big Animo." Then we'll talk.
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    Image of mipsy6 mipsy6
    08/31/09

    @The Dominant Glee Club: It's a good point--comic book characters and cartoon characters are not the same thing. And if you're talking cartoon characters, you're forgetting about one really big one: SpongeBob SquarePants. He may be newer than Mickey, but he's pretty damn popular. Add Dora the Explorer and South Park and Viacom's got some presence in this area. And Fox has The Simpsons.
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    The Dominant Glee Club promoted this comment Edited by mipsy6 at 08/31/09 4:05 PM mipsy6 was starred mipsy6 was unstarred
    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    08/31/09

    @mipsy6: Really, the point to keep in mind is that they're action figures, not dolls.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    Not Halle Berry?

    Seriously, she's too young. Both Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmar were a bit, um, cougarish by the time they were Catwoman. To be Catwoman is much more about intangibles than looks.
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    I call bullshit. If it was true we would have heard this from a better source before The Sun typed it up.
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    Image of Macloserboy Macloserboy
    08/26/09

    @secretagentman: Amen. I put this right behind her in a Bond film and Wonder Woman: some geek's jerk off fantasy.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    The thing about Sean Young is all well and good, but one of the other headlines on that page is "Nessie on Google Earth" and personally, I think that's a much bigger story.

    BTW) It also works on Google Maps
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    you actually ran something that was printed in the sun? for shame defamer, for fucking shame
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    Image of DeltaGuy DeltaGuy
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    Ah, the Sun. Possibly the only News Corp property that actually makes Fox News seem honest.
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    Image of Aethyr Aethyr
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    what
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    08/26/09

    In reply to Fox Plays Cat in Next Batman
    Dammit!!!

    I've been saying the role needed to go to Summer Glau (Firefly/Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles) for a year now...

    In an episode of Terminator, she even did a cat dance. Watch.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    08/26/09

    plus Summer has kicked MUCH more ass than Megan Fox could ever hope to. Here is just 1 example.
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