I’m not exactly sure where the idea for today’s strip came from. Except that I read the headline that Lindsay Lohan was in talks to join Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot, potentially being cast as Lana Lang- Clark Kent’s high school crush.
The casting news seemed so out of place to me, the only was I could reconcile it in my mind was to presume Snyder wanted someone on-set with access to good drugs.
Y’know… because Lindsay Lohan… has a… has a drug problem.
She takes a lot of drugs, is what I’m saying.
I didn’t really think this one through. I was probably more focused on the reversal in the punchline, if I’m being honest with you.
Something I won’t do in this space is use this news as an opportunity to bash Zack Snyder again. Even I know that I’m sounding a bit like a broken record on that front.
Although I will admit that I’m somewhat curious about the casting decisions so far. For example, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Ma and Pa Kent are interesting choices. Individually, the casting makes sense. Amy Adams as Lois Lane makes a little bit of sense if you’re going for the spunky reporter angle. Less so if you’re trying to portray her as a hard-nosed journalist. Then again, Bryan Singer cast Kate Bosworth as Lois, so I suppose there is no where to go but up.
I guess my concern is that all of these casting decisions sound fine on-paper. But I wonder how they are going to perform together as an ensemble? Tossing Lindsay Lohan into the mix would be a real wild card – and I don’t mean that in a positive way.
Truthfully, Lohan is rumored to be in consideration for SO many movies today (as she tries to bouy her sagging career), I’m not convinced this isn’t a little bit of campaigning on her part. Would anyone put it past her to cravenly beg for the park like Sean Young did for Catwoman in Batman Returns?
I tried to find video from when Young went on The Joan Rivers Show dressed as Catwoman before sitting down for an interview about how she’d be perfect for the part. But the clips I found didn’t have any audio. Reportedly, Young also showed up at Warner Bros. Studio in her costume and was thrown off the lot after she tried to meet with Tim Burton.
I guess it’s wait and see with Lohan. I’m not exactly against the idea of her playing Lana Lang. It’s a bit part, a fun cameo, probably. I’m just more confused by the reports than anything else.
Had you already heard the rumor? What was your reaction to it? Does anyone want to grab a Coke with me? LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW!
Well, I guess every production needs their coke mule!
Hey, everyone! I brought refreshing beverages.
That was a great comic, great way to start a Monday. Thanks!
Who do I see about procuring a Pepsi mule?
If I had my druthers, they’d be on every corner.
The casting rumors for Superman are less interesting to me (personally) than the casting rumors for Batman. It’s going to be like Inception 2…but with Christian Bale running around in a Batman costume, instead of Leo Dicapprio trying to make his eyebrows touch the entire movie.
That said, if Chris Nolan wanted to remake a Rat Pack movie (pick one, doesn’t matter which) with that cast, it would be an awesome flick. Plus, those guys make me want to go out and buy a vest.
Meh. If Lindsay Lohan being in the movie doesn’t sway me toward or against seeing the movie. If her career is starting up again, good for her?
In slightly related news, I saw Super this weekend. My main reaction was “Um…okay?” It dribbled the ball in funny for a while, then it hurled it down the other end into insanity and stayed there. I’m still not even sure if I liked it, and I have a huge girl-crush on Ellen Page.
I’d very much like to see Super. From everything I’ve read, it at once embraces and rejects comic book culture in a way that might be satisfying to people who have grown tired of super hero movies as a genre.
Basically, it’s what Kick-Ass would have been had it not been reverent to the subject matter.
I really enjoyed Kick-Ass. I thought it was great. I’m all for not sugar coating things, but Super just seemed like it went a little too far. Maybe that’s just me.
Absolutely brilliant, I did wonder where you were going to go with this one after reading on Twitter.
As for the rumour and why Lindsay, I remember a football agent over here who used to “leak” rumours about his clients leaving a team everytime they fell out of the spotlight, not to boost their chances for a team but for sponsorship etc, there could be a hint of that here, not that I’d for one moment suggest that agents might lie oh no!
>:/ A team of Pun Police SWAT officers have been dispatched to your house to dispense justice for your crime against comedy in this strip. Please, do not attempt to flee.
1- Dear God, I hope not.
2- That’s the angriest mule I have ever seen….
It’s not so much anger as embarrassment for having to be seen with Lohan…
Aside from the fact that Lindsay seems to be too young to mix well with the rest of the cast, why in the world bother taking a chance on her of all people? Especially when the rest of the cast looks so good? Only reasons I could see for throwing her in the mix is that they A) want a little controversy and B) they’re running out of money in the budget and could get her on the cheap.