Er, what?

[trinityvixen]

When did Max Payne turn into Jeff Bridges from Iron Man?

SRSLY, yo. I came out this morning to see darkling1's Game Informer. On first glance, from afar, I assumed it was a non-Riddick game starring A Man Apart-era Vin Diesel. Upon closer inspection, I came to the Jeff Bridges comparison. Still, Bzuh?

Also, it should be noted though Dance of the Dead offers exactly zero in the way of laughs or innovation when it comes to zombie-killing, it might have been worth the rental just to see somebody do the Dead Rising-esque move the one guy pulled by hefting a zombie on his shoulders and spinning it around to hit more zombies with. Otherwise, meh.

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[mithras03.livejournal.com]

So this has nothing to do with your post (which I didn't actually understand :-P), but thought you'd like to know: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8145865.stm
He's just comic-booking everywhere now. :-P

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

FYI: Max Payne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne) was an extremely awesome game that pioneered the use of a slow-mo physics engine with your character (basically, Bullet Time for video games). It was told as a noir-comic as the cutscenes--instead of animating it, it had narrated panels. One good cop, alone against the cold, cold world...you get the picture.

Max used to look a little bit (http://www.playfuls.com/images/news/max_payne3_rumor.jpg) like Timothy Olyphant. When the game moved to a new developer for the sequel, they kept the voice actor but lost the person they used for the face because he was, like, an employee at the old game developing studio. Max then more closely resembled what looks like an aged Keanu Reeves (http://www.freewebs.com/mmxcalibur/Max%20Payne.JPG) (with a bit more middle-aged weight and gristle than Keanu's managed thus far). The change wasn't drastic.

But now he looks like Jeff Bridges in Iron Man and is just about as old--that's a twenty-plus-year jump. It's weird!

Also, yes, I heard the news about Ryan Reynolds. I think he'd have been a better Deadpool, which will almost certainly never get made now, seeing as Green Lantern has the higher profile. Then again, maybe Ryan Reynolds will get cast as every superhero ever. That would actually get me to watch an Aquaman movie, that's for sure.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

I dunno about Jeff Bridges in Iron Man. Bridges only had the goatee, not the whole beard, and his most notable feature was his baldness. I think the image you linked looks more like Thomas Jane.

I'll agree with "aged Keanu Reeves" though.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

I see the other picture you linked involves baldness. I didn't notice until after I posted. I still think the wallpaper looks like Tom Jane though.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say, "Dude, you must be blind."

Jeff Bridges in Iron Man. (http://leemeiee.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/jeff-bridges.jpg)

Max Payne in Max Payne 3. (http://www.gamesetwatch.com/gi-0907.jpg)

They are the same person.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

In my memory, Max just looked like your average-Joe sort, kinda like the T-1000 only even more bland. But that screenshot I found really made him look like Keanu. Weeeird.