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Spider-Man Has Back Problems
skantman writes "Potentially sad news for Spiderfans. Tobey Maguire has back problems and may have to pull out of the Spider-Man sequel." Since the film was apparently slated to pay him 11M GBP, sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part. CT Updated, thats 11M pounds, not USD.
Sounds like a winning lifestyle endorsement to me...
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Not dollars.
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925
That is actually £11 million. Sucks for him if he's not up to it.
~.Evanrude
Spider Man was probably the first, the last and the only movie I have ever seen that was actually faithful to a comic -- and Maguire was such a great Spider Man it's impossible to imagine a sequel without him!!
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You shouldn't be pulling if you have a back problem!
From the article:
Last month, Maguire's agents renegotiated a record £11 million deal for the sequel.
That's not $11 million dollars. It's considerably more. Come on guys, wake up when you're posting this stuff!
The article states "Last month, Maguire's agents renegotiated a record £11 million deal for the sequel."
What's that come to, $22M?
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what stunt doubles are for?
Like Batman with multiple stars, we now get a chance at Spiderman. For the love of any god out there man, I hope his back heals soon.
That figure is wrong.....If he makes the film, he'll be making $17 million not $11 million
The linked article says Jake Gyllenhaal has been lined-up as a possible replacement. While he was previously typecast into creepy character roles (Donnie Darko and The Good Girl), he proved in Moonlight Mile that he is a thousand times the actor of Tobey Maguire. Not that I wish any suffering on Maguire, but I do believe the sequel would be better off without him.
Have you been stalked by Seth today?
The number listed here reads $17 million, not $11 million.
Its all CGI, anyway.
Yes, he may want to do some of the stuntsm on principle, but the real action in the movie (the fights) never had a real huuman in it.
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This part confused me:
"Tobey has experienced mild discomfort in his back, which is in the final stages of healing"
So, what's the problem? I know his back needs to be fully healed, but if it's in the final stages of healing, why not delay production until it's healed? All too often sequels have alternate actors playing the main characters, and I refuse to see such movies. If Tobey's not in the sequel, I probably won't see it.
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
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I have back problems too so I suppose I'm out of the running for his slot.
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Well, perhaps if could read you wouldn't have your superheroes muddled up....
That does, in fact, suck. I didn't really like the first Spidey movie, but I thought he was pretty good in it. I really hope this doesn't turn into a Batman type situation where the actor changes every movie.
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Almost all of the cool Spidey stuff in the first movie was CGI anyway, so what is it exactly that Mr. Macguire can't do? Pose?
Do you really need that much back muscle to kiss a dripping wet Kirsten Dunst?
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Since the film was apparently slated to pay him 11M, sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part.
:P
Yeah, I'm sure he's *completely* broke after the first Spider-Man...I don't recall it doing hrribly well or anything
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This is a new low for the /. home page. Ananova is just as bad as the tabloid rags in the checkout at the supermarket.
Don't trust anything you read on Ananova unless you've seen it some place else or it's a AP/Reuters feed.
Spiderman pulls out of film. Film at 11.
Note that the article states Toby might not be up to performing "difficult" stunts - which is just fine. We're not going to be able to tell if that's Toby or someone else under that suite with the mask on. Realistically, his back problems, which by the way are in "in the final stages of healing" according to the article, should not pose such a threat as to completely disabling him from acting altogether. If you want to make a bet, Toby is going to be in the sequel.
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Aqua Man drowning in his tub?
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
The guy they've got up to replace him is Kirsten Dunst's current boyfriend. You might know him as the star of that movie Bubble Boy.
First Superman (Christopher Reeve), now Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire)? You'd think that powers like being invulnerable and spider-sense would be able to keep these actors/super-heroes out of trouble. Could it be that our childhood idols aren't as indestructable as we were led to believe?
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How about, sucks to be him not because he's going to lose $11 million in potential earnings, but because he has back problems, and loses an opportunity to do what he likes best? He already got paid a shitload of money for the first movie. Spider-Man 2 or not, he's still one of the richest people in the country. And as soon as his back heals, he'll be right back on the silver screen, doing stunts and earning money galore.
God. I feel bad for him because as an actor, he undoubtedly loves his work, and it's unfair that he loses such a great opportunity to use his talent. I don't feel bad for him because he's only a multi-millionaire instead of a multi-multi-millionaire.
i NEVER see a sequel if it doesnt have the original actors. and hey! didnt keanu reeves do the matrix WHILE having to have some sort of neck surgry? (Matrix Revisited). Tobey Maguire better shape up or this is another sequel i will not be able to watch.
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...a chiropractor or an arachnologist?
The article says Maguire is experiencing a mild discomfort in his back after doing two physically intensive movies. Really - if I were him, mild discomfort wouldn't stop me from doing the movie. :)
From my memory of the first one, he wasn't wearing the suit for all of the stunts. I don't know what they consider to be 'difficult', but it's entirely possible that there might be parts of the movie in which the character Peter Parker would have to use his abilities when he's not wearing the disguise.
Build it, and they will come^Hplain.
According to Variety.com, The Good Girl star Jake Gyllenhaal has been lined-up as a possible reserve.
So I figurred I'm already there I might as well click the link see if I recognize the replacement actor. Behold my suprise whent the page loaded and I saw George Bush staring back at me!
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I quite like it when they change the actor in series of movies - it adds a bit of variety. It doesn't detract from the movie itself (if the actors chosen are up to the challenge of course).
Take James Bond - does it really matter that Sean Connery doesn't play the lead in all of them? Some of the 'James Bonds' have been better than others, but still fun nonetheless.
Having said that though, I wouldn't want to lose £11 million either...
There are 12 posts and counting... maybe we should use are spidey-like powers to read before posting!
I have been looking all over for this! Hmm. Not sure if Slashdot's the right place for it, though.
"Tobey Maguire may pull out of Spider-Man" - Thats the title of the linked article. Am I the only one who thinks that sounds funny?
I gotta grow up.
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Doesn't Spider-Man wear a MASK? A stunt double doesn't even need to look like him! What's the problem here?
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Orlando Bloom broke his back but still went on to play Legolas. I say get Orlando to play Spidey!
Tobey (and everyone else) should go and read the information at these websites:
Summary of Dr Sarno's theory on TMS
Back Pain and Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)
And read this book:
The MindBody Prescription by John E. Sarno, M.D.
This book (as well as some of Sarno's other books) is probably available at a local library if you don't want to buy it.
Anyone who has back pain, repetitive strain injury, or any kind of pain at all should go and read all this. Read it even if you don't have pain. It completely changed my life and many other people have benefited from this.
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Check the article. That's 11M POUNDS. Around 17-18M dollars.
So, I guess it sucks about 50% more to be him...
I wonder if this is actual "news" or simply a poorly-disguised press release. If it is the latter, then I think that they succeded at generating a "buzz" around the upcoming Spiderman movie.
(fly-pun not intended, but I am claiming it.)
If you haven't seen his films, I recommend seeing October Sky - any geek would love this film. It is about rocks, not a love story :)
Donnie Darko is also good SiFi.
Thats 17M USD for 11M Pounds
So the webbing can't double as an Ace bandage, huh? It'd be handy if he could just web himself up if he sprained something.
Donnie Darko is a great film. Worthy of watching multiple times.
I also suggest October Sky he did an awesome job in this film. Also a great geek story about making it in high school.
Congrats on the FP... I have bookmarked this historic event!!! FK's FP!!!
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Last summer, my younger brother was working at this summer camp for rich kids up in the Poconos. They always have some celebrity come up to start off war week (or whatever it is) where the two halves of the camp compete in events. This year was Tobey MacGuire.
Apparently he showed up with a full unkempt beard. My brother said that you could barely even tell who he was and that some of the kids didn't know he was Spiderman.
I wonder if the two are related.
Actually, I wonder why they don't just slap his digitized face onto some CGI character. Most of the action scenes in the movie were CGI, and could use some tweeking, at that, as they looked toy-like.
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Batman Forever and Batman & Robin didn't just change the actor--they changed the whole style of the movie from dark comic-like to cheesy TV-like.
First off, it's $17M. ;-) And there's updated info and clarification at Yahoo/Reuters, AICN, and Yahoo/Hollywood Reporter. Don't panic or freak out. This looks like a rumor that got out of control, and is now being actively denied by the powers-that-be.
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From the site:
Symptoms...
Muscle pain and cramps, especially of the shoulders, back, thighs, abdomen, or chest
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Playing spiderman should give him extra back support because of the exoskeleton.
is a fucking pussy suck it up and play the part bitch
Here, here!
There weren't enough in the first film.
Let's have the whole movie take place in the rain, with flooding, and snorkling, just to ensure that the Ms. Dunst's tight white t-shirts stay wet.
11,000,000.00 GBP
United Kingdom Pounds
= 17,172,207.58 USD
United States Dollars
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Now that I looked at the right place, the USD value of 11m GBP is $17,406,247.58.
His negotiated salary is probably about $17.5m when it was signed.
Now it REALLY sucks to be him if his back goes out.
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What the fuck are you, the Claus Barbie of comedy?!!
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Translation from Hollywood-ese: "We know we just stuck it to you for $11 large, but our client has his $10,000 a day Fabrege Egg habit to support, so we thought we'd try and up the price by another $3 million. OK?"
Well, since we're all here anyway, as a service to slashdot's heterosexual male readers I present Mary Jane (safe for work):
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I mean, come on - any half-decent supervillian is going to know they are friends and kidnap her anyway. So he might as well be banging her four times (once per set of legs) to Sunday. You know, keep your friends close and your beautiful supermodel nemesis even closer.
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Reeve doesn't get publicity for being handi-capable. He gets publicity for doing something, instead of sitting in the corner whinging.
And that he does have a choice in.
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I have back problems. I injured my back about a year ago carrying something heavy. It hurts a lot.
But if you think I'd let that come between me and Kirsten Dunst, you're an idiot.
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With all the digital stunt doubles used in Spider-man and Daredevil -- just what exactly will Tobey being doing in the movies??
And his face is totally covered with the Spidey costume... get a real human double for other action scenes.
Wheel out Tobey for the Peter Parker scene and all will be fine.
sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part.
Yeah, it's not like he doesn't have 10+ million in the bank right now...oh, wait, he does. Never mind.
For 11 million pounds (or even dollars) I would stuff myself with painkillers, keep my mouth shut about the pain and pocket the money ! What's the big deal ? =)
i guess we can star calling this the spiderman curse.
Some people will do anything to get a backrub by Kirsten Dunst
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So why pull out? Anyone would be doing the hard moves in the mask, he would be acting the easy part without the mas.
more horror movies, less spider-man?
The truth doesn't care what I think.
Maybe Spider Man is getting more out of Mary Jane than the movie let on ;)
Aqua Man drowning in his tub?
Yeah, or Superman being unable to walk!
Oh, wait...
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Great sig...I assume its a panopticon reference. If only more people would read about it...
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Firstly: For 17 Million bucks, he can suck it up and take one for the team...
Secondly: Good thing spiderman wears a mask... Hey Tobey, if you read Slashdot... they're called "stunt doubles"
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
Exactly. I interpret "mild back discomfort" as: "Now that I'm a bigshot I'd prefer to make serious movies, so if you want me you'll have to pay through the nose."
Christ man....I'd rather have Ben Affleck play spidey than Donnie Darko. I hated that movie.
Christopher Reeve walked in that commercial.
Sounds like CGI time to me. That is, where a regular stuntman won't serve the same purpose.
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Afer all the complaining about how evil the MPAA is (and they are) -- why are you worrying about this anyway? Screw Spiderman. Boycott the MPAA.
No one turns down 11 million bucks due to "mild discomfort in his back"!!! He probably wants more money or wants it delayed. But I seriously doubt he wants out.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
According to CNN it's 17 million dollars. The posted link is in England so that's 11 million pounds.
blah, blah, blah
The article said 11 million pounds not dollars. That comes out to over 20 million dollars i think.
At least my name's not Jerry.
An actor who can pull off being a nerd as well as Toby... Hmm. Rick Morrannis? (sp.) Or maybe this is high time Bill Gates got his career in film started before he starts running for public office.
Ok, you better not tell me that Batman has cancer or anything...
It seems all of the childhood superheroes are starting to show that they are mortal...how sad for young kids today....back to the comic books I guess (at least there the only way they get back problems is if the writers or animators go on strike or something)~
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For $11 million, not only would I shoot the movie in spite of back problems, I'd let the producer whack me in the spine with a baseball bat whenever he felt like it!
steve
Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.
But don't cry, not all lost, Britnes Spears is still in the business. If she leaves, all you have is your Barbie and Ken !
1)this is an article for variety, not /.
2)You can't use CGI for close ups.
3)In the first movie he was upside down for some shots. try that with back pain.
4)some shots can take hours. Imagine walking into the same room, over and over again, all day long. Now add sharp back pains. now you have back spasms.
5)Would you really want to put more strain on your back then you haad to if it meant you may not be able to do what you love doing for the rest of your life?
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I've been saying for that last couple of years that if you can't get Toby McGuire then you should hire Bubble Boy. I was just joking, but now it's true.
How about, sucks to be him not because he's going to lose $11 million in potential earnings, but because he has back problems, and loses an opportunity to do what he likes best?
Whats wrong in stressing on the 11 million?
He might have a lot of opportunity in the future to do what he likes best - That would be acting, if anything. If you are talking of the chance to be the spiderman,i would say that he has already done that with his first movie.
Think what you may, the money - 11 million pounds would be the biggest loss if he cant be there for the sequel and was rightly mentioned to be so.
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C'mon, this stuff really matters? Slashdot is a joke. For kids.
What are you smoking? He is not one of the richest people in the country, by far. Probably not even in his neighborhood.
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this is a rumour, published by the hollywood reporter, but a rumour none the less.
statements from the studio and all those involved deny it.
more details at aint-it-cool-news.com
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I thought that was the "Club of Logged IN Trolls." How can an AC welcome him?
Who cares? I'm an American, and I'm perfectly safe here. Now I'm off to work in the big downtown skyscraper. I'll ride the subway and go to the mall afterwards.
and should be summarily beaten up. It isn't entirely his fault Spiderman was so mediocre, though.
Shouldn't you be building your bomb shelter right now??? GET BACK TO YOUR HOLE!!
Apparently, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool "reports" that the rumour is simply a rumour.
According to the article it's 11 million POUNDS, not dollars.
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That's all we need: a Spidey sequal with Val Kilmer!
Since the film was apparently slated to pay him $11M, sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part.
I'd be happy to ever be in the position where a bad back was the only thing keeping me from starring in a $11M Hollywood blockbuster.
During training for the first film, Hugo
Weaving was discovered to have some kind
of tumor in his hip (I believe) which
required surgery. In addition, Keanu
Reeves was coming off of neck surgery.
Come on Tobey, suck it up dude!
If you ever wondered why the Bee Gees never went on tour in the 90's and 00's, even though they were wildly popular, it's because Barry Gibb has terrible back problems. He simply can't stand up to perform for long periods of time. All the money they have and all the money they could have made from touring made no difference: he just couldn't do it.
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Look here for news debunking this rumor. Yahoo has it too. Wonder if Jake Gyllenhaal dating Kirstin Dunst has anything to do with these rumors.
Spiderman has back problems? Must be something going around... cuz so does Superman...
(I see a space in the "2002" of the URL above when I preview this - is this a slashdot problem?)
It's actually a slashdot feature. It makes sure people don't enter really long crap that makes the page render wider than people's browser windows, which was a frequent troll tactic before that feature was implemented.
To renegotiate his contract for more $$$. Not that I blame him...who wants to be paid in pounds anyway...hehe
How is slashdot so freaking big? All these guys do is paste some snipit from a stupid article they didn't write. I want some original writing here folks, this stuff sucks..
Why does everyone bust a nut over cmdrtaco?
the article states that it's 11M UK pounds... which is over $17M US!
I'll take his place for $5M. I know it's a sacrifice, but what a deal for the studio! *ahem* "With great power comes great responsibility"
Thank you, thank you very much.
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with his bad acting skills and stunning good looks, i'm most definatly a candidate!
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Spiderbitch - oh my back hurts. boo hoo.
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Looks like you're 0 for 2, which is typical of the eurotrash subhumans.
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Since when did the rate of exchange for Pounds Sterling drop to one for one with (preseumably) US dollars? £11 million is worth more like $17 million (USD).
Since the film was apparently slated to pay him $11M, sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part.
i think it sucks a little bit more, unless you suddenly started having back problems AND lost 11 million dollars.
When you sell your story to Hollywood ,the first things they think of are making big RETURN$ not about staying faithful to anything. They sellout.
i feel for the guy, since i have ruptured two disks in my lower back and when it first happened i thought i was wheelchair bound...
Make jokes about yoga and vegetariansim.Ha fucking, ha. Really has nothing to do with his back problems.
Go eat another burger, fat boy, blow off the exercise, and then talk about "lifestyle" endorsements.
According to this, Tobey is fine and the sequel is a go. This was just a rumor going around. Why is Slashdot posting movie rumors? If we're gonna do that, at least keep up with the current Superman fiasco at Warner Bros....
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...so he doesn't escape blame for the series' downfall.
What has happened to all our "Super Heroes"?
First Superman gets paralyzed - now Spidey throws a disc!!!
Whats next - Wonder Woman gets Breast Cancer!?!?
Most of the action in the first spiderman was CGI, and couldn't they re-arrange the shooting schedule doing non-action scenes first allowing more time for his back to recover.
If only someone had thought to make up symbols that could be used. Perhaps something near the # key for dollars, and maybe some sort of mutant L thing for pounds?
Nah, it'd never work.
($, £)
In the entire run of the comic book (since about 1940), Batman has only intentionally killed once (not counting alternate universes and speculative futures). I read that in a book about Batman, could someone that collects the series fill in more detail please?
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The editors are to dumb to find their way out of a paper bag, we should be proud they knew pounds were currency. Imagine the headline otherwise:
"This is probably a good idea as the theatre [god can't those damn french speaking british spell anything?] seemed to be threatening to make him gain 11 million pounds... seeing as how that is my weight, and my wife won't fuck me any more, maybe this back thing is a good idea"
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Do you really expect these pissant's to know anything outside of the comic book store?
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Why does everyone bust a nut over cmdrtaco?
Because he swallows?
TOBEY
Wouldn't he be a great Spidey? It would more than make up for being cut from Nemesis.
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Damn fucking hell, why the fuck did my mod points have to expire yesterday when I only used 2 of them? Fuck.
That's his damn spider sense tingling!
Maguire was a wimpy Peter Parker, TOTALLY UNLIKE the original comic book guy.. he made Spidey look like a vacillating wimp without any of the snappy wit present in the comics. Anybody watch the cartoon show? The (voice) actors are better than the (live) actors in the movie. Oh, except for J. Jonah Jameson :D
I view this as a chance to redeem the franchise. Hope they cast somebody a little more lively, who doesn't look like he's half-asleep all the time.
I mean gee whiz, not even Spiderman should be carrying around 11 million pounds in cash!!!
I only look human.
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You're one of those people who said "for twenty-two-million, *I'd* get into the ring with Mike Tyson." The fact is, nobody would be willing to pay $22M to see you or me box with Mike Tyson, or even whatever greatly reduced sum his opponents are drawing these days.
Same goes for someone like Toby McGwire. I would be happy to do a movie for $11M pounds. I'd go through back pains, and possibly even severe risk to my future health, for that kind of money. But a big time actor knows what kind of money he or she can draw, and $11M for a movie (especially one that could knock McGwire out of three or four others) might not be the best use of his time.
I thought he did a terrific job in the first movie, and I hope he can swing the sequel. *ducks*
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
What the fuck do you define rich? Anything over a million is rich to me, and the guy did say ONE of the richest and not THE richest.
Like keanu and lawrence fishburne ;)
Oliver Redd - aka the actor that played Proximo the ex-gladiator in Russell Crowes Gladiator - died during filming. I think his replcement scenes are at the end when he is killed.
From imdb.com
"It took Director Ridley Scott 3,000,000 dollars to recreate Oliver's face after he dies during the filming of Gladiator (2000)"
Well I guess I'll play Spider Man!!
Hopefully Spider-Man won't end up with the same curse as Superman
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Football players love what they do and play injured. Does that stop us from complaining about their millions of dollars.
The only argument you can put forth here is that "he already has millions, why get more."
I think my principles are reachin' an all time low
I understand what you're saying, but I think the organic web-shooters make a more 'realistic' story for modern audiences.
;-)
There is much noise made in the news lately about cloning, stem cell research, genetically-engineered food, etc. So this is a technology that scares people today (much as I'm sure cold war era children were scared of radiation)
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If you accept that a random shot of radiation causes the mutations required for spider-powers, then it seems to me MORE plausable that the genetically engineered spider would have this effect.
Also, mavel has a book (SpiderGirl, IIRC) that deals with Peter's Daughter (who also has spider-powers). In order for this to be believable, the original spder-bite would have had to cause a germ-level mutation in peter, otherwise his Spidey powers would not be a heritable trait. I think the sequence in the film showing the recombinant DNA strands makes this a bit more plausible (highly subjective, I know)
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I think it's like star trek, where if you suspend disbelief of something absurd (warp speed travel), then it makes another absurdity (lots of different races of aliens within close proximity of earth) more believable.
Without the aliens, the story would be lame, so we accept that Faster_than_light travel is possible in this world.
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Comic book aged kids today know better than to think a random mutation could cause spiderman, but they just might believe in genetics.
Of course, I'm almost 30, and I still read comic books, so nobody should put much stock in what I have to say
Well, if Spiderman's got back problems, then how the hell is he supposed to save us from WWIII? Hmmmmm?
What? You were expecting Superman?
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this is retarded.
99% of his stunts are in a fucking costume. who cares who is in the suit.
ass rammers.
His voice annoyed the hell out of me.
I almost broke my friends gamecube because he was playing the spiderman game and it kept repeating the same voice snippets over and over again.
GAAAA
I'll be more likely to watch a sequel if he is replaced by an actor with a less annoying voice.
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Who gives a fuck what you define as rich. Hell, just looking at forbes.com for the top 400 richest Americans, number 400 made 550 million. That is over half a BILLION dollars , and he is numnber 400 on the list.
Toby Maguire isn't even in the top 100 celebrities, let alone in the top 400 in the country. I'll bet he isn't even in the top 1000 richest people in America. I could give a crap about how much he makes, but this dumbass seems to want to bring up that he is one of the richest people in America, which he clearly is NOT.
Why are you defending someone who is talking out of their ass? Perhaps you, sir, are a turd. An Anonymous Turd.
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He threw his back out screwing the Olsen twins.
For 11 million pounds he could buy a bionic back or an exoskeleton and be a real superhero!
Kirsten Dunst is really attractive, on film, and is probably pretty cute in the flesh as well. Movie sets, however, are most certainly not sexy places. You've got hot, bright lights blasting at you, a whopping great camera in your face, all manner of crew staring at you, both your partners happen to be visiting the set that day, it's getting late, it's the twentieth run-through of the same damn scene, the director's getting on everybody's nerves. Not to mention that for all we know, Ms. Dunst is just as likely to be a bitchy egomaniac or a complete dimwit as a pleasant person to be around.
I'd also imagine that Tobey McGuire has no shortage of gorgeous, intelligent, and interesting women who'd like to spend quality time with him anyway, so the relative drool factor for him is almost certainly lower than for the rest of us :/
However, if they're still scratching around to cast somebody, I'm happy to take some leave and give it a try :)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print /ca.html
"...Area - comparative: somewhat larger than the US..."
In fact, Canada is the second largest country in the world, with Russia being in first place.
Yeah, it really sucks that Canada is so reliant on the following natural resources:
iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
</sarcasm>
The only real problem Canada has right now is immigration, and revitalizing it's healthcare and education systems. Oh, of course, Quebec, but that's a whole other issue. ;)
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According to this on USA Today The rumours of Tobey's non appearance in the second Spidey film are greatly exaggerated.
So am I a memeber of CLOT (Club of Logged Out Trolls) or CLAT (Club of Loser Anonmymous Troll)
Maybe he heard a rumor that Kirsten Dunst wasn't going to be in the movie, and lost interest
The Three Major Kind of Tools
* Tools for hittings things to make them loose or to tighten them up or
jar their many complex, sophisticated electrical parts in such a
manner that they function perfectly. (These are your hammers, maces,
bludgeons, and truncheons.)
* Tools that, if dropped properly, can penetrate your foot. (Awls)
* Tools that nobody should ever use because the potential danger is far
greater than the value of any project that could possibly result.
(Power saws, power drills, power staplers, any kind of tool that uses
any kind of power more advanced than flashlight batteries.)
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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