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Animalman said:
Well, I agree that J.K Simmon's performance in Spidey was terrific and that Singer probably wanted to have that same kind of scene-stealing performance from Langella, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say it was a mimick, considering Stan Lee essentially stole the character(and changed Daily Planet to Daily Bugle) after Perry White had been around from decades. Langella was just following the character, I thought.



Okay, wait....are you saying that the film J.Jonah wasn't a mimick of the film Perry....or that comics were/weren't? Confusion. I would think, if we're going just straight comic-to-film, then, Cooper's Perry was something of a new take on a two-dimensional comic book character. And, as J.Jonah in the comics was always more of a loud blowhard, than the fast-talking blowhard that the film version was, then, I would think Raimi/Simmon's Jonah was more of a throwback to Cooper, as opposed to the comics. I think...

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Oh, and Jackie Cooper, the famous child actor from the Little Rascals serials, was Perry in the first films.



Holy crap! He was a Little Rascal? Really? Which one? I've always LOVED Cooper's Perry White. What a great performance...

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Like you, I didn't mind the kid angle. It was ballsy, and sets up a potentially awesome sequel, I think. Which would be appropriate, as I have always thought that Superman II was better than Superman.



Absolutely! Give me something new over same-old, same-old...