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Bad Ass Geek

When I think of the words anime, comic books, and bad ass the first name that pops into my head is unsurprisingly Quentin Tarantino the second is the original Bad Mother F*&er Samuel L. Jackson.

It would be foolish to argue that Samuel L. Jackson is not the baddest mother f&^er in Hollywood today, all you would have to do is look at Snakes on a Plane and realize that no other actor could elevate such a B-movie to the heights it achieved......or you could look at his wallet :)

Jackson, however, is a geek in disguise for in the same year that he plays bad mother (shut your mouth) Shaft he also plays a comic book geek/villain in Unbreakable.

He is the only man to star in one of the baddest of movies Goodfellas as well as the geek favorite Star Wars series. He is the star of action movies such as Die Hard With a Vengeance and The Long Kiss Goodnight but he also is the star of an anime series Afro Samurai.

In the next few years he will become even geekier by starring in an additional nine movies for Marvel replacing David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury. Combined with the two he has already done as well as the comic book great though cinematic failure The Spirit, soon Samuel L. Jackson will be a part of twelve comic book based movies which I think seals the deal of geekhood.

The Green Hornet

Seth Rogen's Green Hornet project is getting underway not only with Stephen Chow attached as Kato but with MICHEL GONDRY attached to direct. Gondry is one of the most innovative directors out there with the critically acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, visually daring The Science of Sleep, and the grand love letter to movies Be Kind Rewind under his belt.
In the same way that Christopher Nolan reinvented the superhero genre with Dark Knight making it dark, moody and fused in realism, I feel that Gondry could do with Green Hornet by making it spirited,colorful and imaginative paying homage to the pulp comic covers of yesteryear. Notably, The Green Hornet was especially violent so Gondry's previous work makes him a curious albeit brilliant choice. He has a strong handle on gripping personal drama as shown in and an creative vision that rarely feels unrealistic despite its absurdity. I think his vision could be akin to superheroes of old and make the genre that has become ultra-realistic extremely imaginative too.

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