Ghost Rider at Comic-Con!!

[FlameHead]

Wisco, you are da man! It sucks that we have to wait a full day of you enjoying more of the comic con (bastard, hehe) to get the video but, we're extreamly happy that you're gonna pass it along to us.

It's awesome that you got a shout out from Mark to the hype. It's good to know he hasn't forgotten about us though, I never really thought for a second that he did.

Have a good day man and hurry back now ya hear!

Man, this venom stuff is really taking all the hype. Rightfully so I guess (he looks incredible!) but, it's too bad that GR fans are loosin' out to Spider Man hype.

[Advanced Dark]

I took these at the Ghost Rider panel yesterday.

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Nice nice nice!

[Duende Verde]

Ok, i just woke up so my writing is probably still off a bit. Yes i was the one that got MSJ to give a shout out to superhero hype. and yes i have video of it. Im off for the last day of the con but ill post the video when i get home. All i have to say is that MSJ is one class act.. Eva and Nick were awsome too. What a great time. More to come later D
What was the deal with Nic?
He was trippng!
The whole thing with the jelly beans and the flying superpowers was really funny, he was my highlight of the whole Con.:up:
Not even the Venom footage because I'll get to see him sooner or later, but i'm sure i'll never see Nic Cage live and wasted again.

[Hack and Slash]

Cool stuff and pics here man

[FlameHead]

Indeed.

What I find extreamly funny about this thread is that it's the same one that we used last year. There is no other section on the hype that would have done that.

I can only imagine what the Spidey section is like right now...

[zer00]

Zer00 want more info dag nabit!


Also

Drunk Cage should be an action figure...and key chain

[xwolverine2]

**** spiderman!....lol

i want more pics!!!

[Mr Sparkle]

What was the deal with Nic?
He was trippng!
The whole thing with the jelly beans and the flying superpowers was really funny, he was my highlight of the whole Con.:up:
Not even the Venom footage because I'll get to see him sooner or later, but i'm sure i'll never see Nic Cage live and wasted again.

ahahahahaha! yeah, that was awesome! this is pretty much how cage was answering questions:



"Marvel comics taught me how to read!!!! and act!!!!! I scared away a childhood bully prentending I was ghost rider!!!!"


:):):):):) when asked what superpower he'd like to have he said "I'd like to fly, sometimes, I like to pretend that i'm floating"


I'll bet you do Nick, I'll bet you do!


JELLYBEANS *****ES!!!!!:ghost:

[Mr Sparkle]

oh, and I forgot to tell you that Cage "envisions" Blaze as chillin out ot the musical stilings of the Carpenters.

[screenamesuck]

Was this posted yet...

New poster
http://www.slashfilm.com/images/articles/20060719220343839_1.jpg
http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/Comic_Con_2006/comiccon16.jpg

[screenamesuck]

Taken from Darkhorizons.com

The look of "Ghost Rider" changes throughout the movie - hellfire affects metal in a certain way which causes the motorbike to change into the Hellcycle and his leather coat studs to turn into spikes. The change to the rider will see not an immediate burning but rather the flesh of Cage's face literally melting off to reveal the skull underneath. Its likely to get a PG-13 rating and unlike say "Daredevil" there won't be lots of extra footage for an unrated director's cut.

[BIGGUN]

yeah...that poster was put up earlier...although that quote from Darkhorizons is new it seems. old info...but the quote is new :)

[WiscoD]

Well im back from the con. What a wild weekend this was. Being my 5th con i can just say it gets better every year. Everybody and i mean everybody on this board should go at least once in there lifetime. Just think about going to a place where you can find ANYTHING for sale. Art, comics, artists doing sketches for you on a commision basis.(think 20 bucks for a light sketch, up to say 150.00 for something really nice. I have a Luis Royo charcoal sketch that i have yet to have framed that i paid 200.00 for. Royo did a lot of Heavy Metal the magazine covers btw. And every comic artist big ans small shows up to just hang with the fans, and sell their stuff.. Fair trade eh? Anyway, i do have some great photos from all the panels from Saturday. Everything from the movie 300, to of course ghost Rider and Spiderman 3. ( i may have also accidently taken some pics of some women in revealing costumes 37 times) So if FH MM or BG could PM me and let me know how to send the pics here, or send them here by proxy thu you guys, id appriciate it. BTW im working on the video right now..D

[WiscoD]

HERES THE VIDEO!!!! And now for your viewing pleasure, im pleased to present my impression of the GR pentance stare while asking MSJ, Eva Mendes, and NICK FREAKIN CAGE a question at comic con 2006!!!!! God i was nervous....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMT2QQqBZc notice the shout out to the SSH boards . D

[Duende Verde]

You rock, dude!
I was in the crowd and yelled "yeah!" when he mentioned the hype:D

[BIGGUN]

hahaha!
that was Excellent Wisco! good job man...you made us famous :D
now we will see if Nic and Eva keep their promises...heh
who shot that video? that was a pretty good job...do you have the whole interview?

[RedIsNotBlue]

Wow. That was awesome to see MSJ mention us here. Great video. I would love to see Nic and Eva post occassionly on here but I hope they don't get bombarded by people like they do everywhere else. Hey Mark if you read this tell Nic to keep that ****ing hairstyle...haha.

[zer00]

MSJ is a hell of a dude.

[WiscoD]

My buddy Oscar shot that but missed the first 15 seconds when i was talking about you ALL on the HYPE. Hes also the one who calls me geek in the video.. I caught him by suprise by getting up there so quickly to ask my question.. Now the best part of the Q & A accually wasnt this. Heres the story: Last year a little kid goes up to the mic and starts sweet talking Eva. Everyone in the 6000 plus room thought he was soo cute for going up and telling Eva how Beautiful she was. Now this kid last year couldnt have been more than 5yrs old.. Anyway, towards the end she told him that her name in the movie was Roxanne, and without skipping a beat, this little kid calls her FOXXY ROXXY!!!! Damn, this kid has more game than all of us combined. She goes ahead and gives hime her ghost rider crew hat.. Fast forward this year and some kid goes up to the mic and says " Eva, remember me?" Eva jumps out of her seat and says " oh my god, your the kid who called me foxxy roxxy last year arent you?" he replied yes, and proceeded to say as smooth as Luther Vandross sings... " So,...howve you been." to which the crowd immediatly started laughing in amazment at how cool this little ***** is... Damn good times at the con....D

[WiscoD]

Yeah i was totally digging Nicks hair at the con...

[Advanced Dark]

I forgot to post this one. I got a big pic of the bike:

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[FlameHead]

HERES THE VIDEO!!!! And now for your viewing pleasure, im pleased to present my impression of the GR pentance stare while asking MSJ, Eva Mendes, and NICK FREAKIN CAGE a question at comic con 2006!!!!! God i was nervous....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMT2QQqBZc notice the shout out to the SSH boards . D

Huge, Huge props to you Wisco! This video is freakin' awesome! Hearin' everyone talk about a this place and us is something really special. I mean, it was good enough that MSJ actually visits here but to talk about it, is spectaular.

Plus, the hype got some really great promotion, which I'm sure they love as much as well do.

Now, I guess the only thing left to do is start an Ask Nic thread and an Ask Eva one too. Perhaps that'll help entice them to come...

Again, fantastic work Wisco.

[WiscoD]

Thx Flamehead. I did my best. BTW if any of you would like to go next year to the Con, id be more than happy to help you guys with any questions about hotels, where to go while in town, or just general questions about what to expect from the whole con experience.. everyone should go at least once... Next up...Dragon Con in the ATL.. anyone here going to that one??? D

[FlameHead]

If there was a year that I was going to go, it would be this year. Sadly, we'll have nothing like this again for quite some time. Having said that, I will be much closer to California next year so a trip could be more possible. Thanks for the help in advance.

I can't stop watching your video, by the way. It makes me smile a whole lot.

[WiscoD]

ROCK ON!!!! im happy i could give something back to a site that has kept me soo jazzed about this movie. Now im still going thu my pics, but theres 1367 total from the con. im trying to pic the best ones. when im done ill send the link here but ill probably have some other pics from the con in there too.. thx again D

[webhead731]

So Mr. Cage might post here? That would be awesome.

[WiscoD]

Heres the pics . i had 1300 + pics to go thu,(weeded them down to 230 or so), so youll have to search thru to get to the GR pics. They are mixed in with pics from my buddy Oscars camera so just sit back and enjoy Comicon 2006... D ps its still uploading but youll see a lot of famous people, artists both comic and other, artwork, industry booths,my buddies, and regular people dressed up for the con. enjoy .. http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h87/wiscod/?start=all

[xwolverine2]

HERES THE VIDEO!!!! And now for your viewing pleasure, im pleased to present my impression of the GR pentance stare while asking MSJ, Eva Mendes, and NICK FREAKIN CAGE a question at comic con 2006!!!!! God i was nervous....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMT2QQqBZc notice the shout out to the SSH boards .
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

YOU.............ROCK

[webhead731]

When do you guys think they'll release a picture of Blackheart in final form?

[zer00]

Never

[buddha182]

gj man... SHH really is a great community!

[FlameHead]

The best and this section of it kicks the most ass.

In other news, I just found another short clip of Nic at the comic con. Pretty neat, even if it is only 45 seconds or so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFxueFffQ8&search=comic%20con

[webhead731]

Cool!:up:

[webhead731]

Marvel has taught me more useful things than school has. School has only taught a few.

It's true.

[xwolverine2]

Marvel has taught me more useful things than school has. School has only taught a few.

It's true.
its sad that i agree with that...... except movies have taught me the most

[webhead731]

Movies, TV and Marvel. My fault. Marvel has taught me alot but so has the other stuff.

[xwolverine2]

Movies, TV and Marvel. My fault. Marvel has taught me alot but so has the other stuff.
school just makes me angry and makes me not want to learn

[webhead731]

Me too!:mad:

Most of the crap we learn is stuff we'll never use.

[NDX]

You say that until you actually need to use it.

[webhead731]

I really don't think I'll need to know when some factory in France was invented.:o

[NDX]

Hey, not my fault if you only get third place on Jeopardy.

[FlameHead]

I'm really happy that Nic choose the word Marvel and not just comics in general. We Marvelites love that sort of stuff.

As for school and the usefull/useless-ness of it all... What if (everything or mostly anyway) we've learnt is a lie? Now that would be something now wouldn't it?

[RedIsNotBlue]

Nic is a DC fan too. He is an actor more suited for Marvel though because he excels at those type of characters.

[FlameHead]

Yeah, I know Nic is a Supes fan so I assume he's into DC in general. I guess he's the type that likes a comic without limiting himself to one company or universe.... unlike me. I'm a marvel man through and through.

[FlameHead]

Another piece from the comic con that has a little tiny bit of Ghost Rider in it...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_GeEqpBk7UM&search=Ghost%20Rider

0:55 has a shot of the hellcycle.
3:37 is a little talk from Nic that we haven't seen yet

I think that's it though.

[webhead731]

Cool.

[FlameHead]

Another clip of Nic talkin' at the Con...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0UmZKnaX4&search=ghost%20rider

[FlameHead]

Here's a write-up of the pre panel interview. Nothin' new really...
http://movies.about.com/od/ghostrider/a/ghostrider07246.htm

I'm kinda surprised with the lack of footage from the hype. Didn't we get a lot more information last year with the panel itself. I seem to remember full dialogues of questions asked and such. I figured the hype would be all over the fact that MSJ mentioned the place. That's excellent promotion!

[Jamie Madrox]

Is it me, or did Nicolas Cage not seem to enthusiastic about being at Comic-Con? That's the vibe I get. He could've been tired, but it seemed like he didn't really want to be there.

I don't know, what do you think?

[FlameHead]

Is it me, or did Nicolas Cage not seem to enthusiastic about being at Comic-Con? That's the vibe I get. He could've been tired, but it seemed like he didn't really want to be there.

I don't know, what do you think?

I think that's just Nic's way. He's one of the coolest guys on earth. He just oozes cool and I think that's what you're seeing. Plus, this is not an audience he's used to communicating with. That could have something to do with it.

[Mr Nick]

I found him quite mellow, funny and charming. Seems like a real interesting guy. Like to meet him one day.

:up:

[Advanced Dark]

He seems like he'd be a blast to hang out with.

[Hack and Slash]

The best and this section of it kicks the most ass.

In other news, I just found another short clip of Nic at the comic con. Pretty neat, even if it is only 45 seconds or so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFxueFffQ8&search=comic%20con
cool :up:

[FlameHead]

Here's a new little video of the Hellcycle from this years comic con:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SgGV9LnZeV0&search=ghost%20rider

[FlameHead]

Another little clip from the con which shows the Sideshow Ghost Rider figure/statue.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7Zr7zX1OxU&search=ghost%20rider

[totalpackage59]

After seeing the clip of Sideshow Ghostrider @ Comic-con I need both the Caretaker Ghostrider & the Blaze one, gonna cost heaps o dollar

[Advanced Dark]

My friend bought that cap one but nothing beats the Iron Man one. Hulk was nice too.

[auzi]

Comic-Con 2006: Ghost Rider Interviews
Nic Cage, Eva Mendes and Mark Steven Johnson.


July 24, 2006 - IGN FilmForce attended a roundtable interview Saturday with Ghost Rider writer-director Mark Steven Johnson and the film's stars, Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. The interview preceded the presentation of exclusive new footage from the film during the Sony Pictures panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Q: You were a Ghost Rider fan since you were a kid, I hear.

Nicolas Cage: Oh, yes. I enjoyed the image of a skull on fire when I was a boy and the mythology of it, the Faust-like storyline of it, was so original for a Marvel comic book character. There really isn't any other one quite like Ghost Rider, and that's why I think he's fresh. I think it's time for a new kind of superhero and I'm speaking to the Ghost Rider family. Step out. We all know who we are.

Q: So how much fun was it for you and how cool was it for you as a comic book fan to finally play a comic book character?

Cage: It was wonderful for me because, as you know, it's been a long time that I've been trying to do it. But I'm a big believer that the right character is the one that ultimately happens. While I enjoyed Superman, I enjoyed the new movie (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/720/720616p1.html#), I think Brandon [Routh] was the right choice for that part, and I absolutely think that Ghost Rider is the right choice for me to play. It's a better match. I'm glad it worked out this way and I want you all to see it.

Q: So you do everything? Even when he's got the flaming skull and is on the bike?

Cage: Well, I'll let Mark talk about that because there were a lot of creative people that [we] worked with, Kevin Mack, that did a lot of designing.

Mark Steven Johnson: A bunch of the times it's Nick and some of the times it depends if there's a stunt involved. It's both. It's quite an elaborate get-up they had. Interactive fire has been kind of the bane of our existence these last few years. CG fire's the toughest thing to do. And what we'd do is we'd have a green neoprene hood on [Cage] with these lights that would give you interactive lighting on your shoulders. Remove the head and then we could put in the skull and fire and what not. But it proved to be a lot more difficult than we thought. It was real fire for all purposes and as you move, the fire wouldn't move the way it should have. So we spent this tremendous amount of time working at getting all of Nic's expressions in the skull, which is hard to do without lips or eyes or a tongue. And still make it look like it's Nic.

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Q: Nic, you tend to immerse yourself deeply into your characters. How deep did you get with Ghost Rider?

Cage: I was invited in early on in the process so I like to think I was building it from scratch along with Mark and as he was writing it we would talk. And even right before we went to film in Australia, we were coming up with ideas to add on to the character. I think traditionalists of the comic book will be happy but we did build up the story and add on to the character. There's little habits that he has. He has a fetish for jellybeans and he reads a lot but he's something of a cowboy. Mark was very excited about the Western element of the character, harkening back to the original Ghost Rider which Sam [Elliott] plays.

Eva Mendes: He's a Karen Carpenter fan, which I found very interesting.

Cage: Yes, Ghost Rider is a Karen Carpenter fan.

Johnson: I promise this will make sense! I swear! [laughter]

Cage: The way I thought of that was I remembered when I was in a dental chair. They always play these soft, soothing types of music. And Johnny Blaze is sort of literally sitting in a dental chair every second of the day wondering when the devil is going to come and claim his purchase. So I think he's constantly trying to relax. So instead of the bourbon-drinking, chain-smoking bad ass, I think he's such a bad ass that he needs to calm down with Karen Carpenter and jellybeans.

Q: Mark, there have been many versions of Ghost Rider. Which interpretation is yours?

Johnson: Mine is the original. Mine is Johnny Blaze. It's pretty much the classic story. Very few changes but it's all about selling your soul and, in our case, it's the father not the step-father who has lung cancer. Having to leave the girl behind and being cursed and having to hit the road. All that stuff is it. What I got from the Danny Ketch era, which I love graphically, which I always thought was really beautiful, was some of the looks. The spiked jacket. This isn't the blue full-body jumpsuit. And the motorcycle he had in the early years of the comics I wasn't a big fan of. I thought we could do better. But the actual looks, with the chain around the spikes, that was all the later stuff from the Ketch years, which I liked a lot. And the Caretaker from the Ketch years was a character I always liked a lot and wanted to find way to use him, as was Blackheart. So a lot of it was taken from later but the origin and a lot of the heart and soul of it was from the Johnny years.

[auzi]

Q: Eva, can you tell us a little bit about your character Roxanne? She's a TV reporter?

Mendes: Yeah, I play Roxanne Simpson, Johnny Blaze's long-lost love. I was really happy that Mark took a chance on me because the original Roxanne was actually his step-sister, correct? So you changed that. That's kind of weird. I'm open but I'm not that open. [laughter] So I'm glad you changed that story point. And the girl in the comic book was blonde-haired, blue-eyed and different visually than I and gave her a little flavor, a little spice.

Q: Nic, do you still have your Ghost Rider comic books?

Cage: Oh, absolutely. I would never sell those. They're in my special room upstairs. Framed and on the wall (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/720/720616p2.html#).

Q: Is there a chance of a cross-over with any other Marvel characters and franchises since it happens so often in the comics?

Johnson: Man, I'd love that.

Cage: Look, I would actually like to see it. To actually have the comic book characters team-up? Because, and once again I'm speaking to the Ghost Rifer family, we all know that Ghost Rider can kick Spider-Man's ass! With one look. And I want to see that happen.

Q: Eva, what was the allure for you to do a comic book movie?

Mendes: Well, two of the allures are sitting right next to me. I'm a huge Nic Cage fan, and Mark Steven Johnson, I love this dude. I really didn't know much about comic books at all and then speaking to these guys and getting into it a little bit. Honestly, I wanted to have some kind of effect. I had a little superhero envy because I wanted some kind of extra arm. I don't know. Something! But I really enjoyed playing Roxanne. She's lovely. She's a reporter. She doesn't have fire coming out of her skull.

Johnson: I remembered you saying, "I don't want to be just the chick." Cut to you later with the dress torn and the shotgun. Shooting Blackheart.

Mendes: "Johnny! Johnny! Save me!" But it was fun.

Cage: Eva added a lot of fun to the character and to the movie. There's great scenes of her with a magic eight ball. The toy you would ask questions to. A lot of humor to it.

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Cage and Peter Fonda in Ghost Rider.
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Q: How was working with Peter Fonda?

Cage: It was great. I'm such a fan of Peter. I grew up watching Peter Fonda. For me, it was the perfect choice in that he was Captain America Easy Rider] and I thought if there was going to be a Luciferian version of a bike film then that would be the perfect choice to get Johnny Blaze to sell his soul to Captain America.

Johnson: It's actually our first crossover. With Captain America. [laughter]

Q: Mark, how about the delay of the movie? Is there still a lot more work to do?

Johnson: No, we're close now but we still wouldn't have been ready. We actually really lucked out. We were supposed to come out in August. They saw the movie, really liked it and pushed us up to July, which was the second week of Pirates of the Caribbean. Most of all they liked the movie and there are things I always wanted to get in the movie, some really great bike stuff, which was very expensive and pick-up stuff. It was great that they gave us a couple of days to pick that stuff up and the flaming skull was literally still being worked on. It went down to the wire to get it perfect. It's a hard thing, as you know, if that doesn't work the character doesn't work and the movie doesn't work. So we thought we were so close we just didn't want to rush it.

Q: Are you open for a sequel and are you guys all signed for one?

Johnson: Not sure.

Cage: My theory on sequels is that they have to be better than the original so I'm open. I just have to see a script and then talk about it. But I loved working with Mark, Eva. It would be great to do something again. I just want to make sure we can do something to improve even on the original. Whatever you can do to keep going, make it one step better. I think the original's really good so it would mean a lot of sitting down and thinking about it.

Q: Who are your favorite comic book characters?

Cage: Well, Ghost Rider. But I liked the monsters as a kid. I fantasized about being able to turn into the monster to scare the bully away. I think little boys and girls when they see the werewolves movies, like The Wolf Man, it's very exciting. Monsters are fun to play. And with Ghost Rider, I got a chance to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I got to be in a horror film, in the grand sense of The Wolf Man, and a comic book-based movie. So, yes, to answer your question, Ghost Rider, the Hulk. Those were my real introductions into the comic book world because they stimulated my imagination so much.

Q: How much violence is going to be in this since the comic book has quite a lot?

Johnson: Yeah, quite a bit. It's an intense movie. Even though we were here [Comic-Con] last year, I'm happy to be here even more this year because we get to show some stuff. Last we had nothing to show.

[auzi]

Q: Nic, you have a Ghost Rider tattoo on your arm?

Cage: I have a flaming skull on my arm, yes, but it's whatever you want it to be.

Q: Does it show up in the movie?

Cage: No, my tattoos are for me. [laughter]

Johnson: That was the great irony. That we had to cover-up his flaming skull tattoo in the Ghost Rider movie.

Q: Were you worried at all about the other hell movies, like Constantine? Will Ghost Rider be in hell at all?

Johnson: For myself, I actually liked Constantine. I thought it got a bad rap. I think it's a better movie than most people give it credit for. There have been a lot of movies about this subject and it's tough because you have to build your own world and I never wanted to go into hell. I really didn't want it to be Spawn. That's not the movie we wanted to make. I wanted to make something on this world and it's far out enough with the flaming skull and the Hellcycle that we don't need to be going there, too. We just had to create our own version of this and I thought using the end of days was fascinating and the idea of fallen angels is fascinating. That's a really fantastic world and to put that into the shape of a Western, this Gothic Western, which I've never seen before. There's nothing like it.

Cage: You have to find the right balance to get it. It's a very fine line and you have to blend the joy of absurdity and comedy with truly scary imagery. I think the best example of that I'd ever seen before was American Werewolf in London. That was the template in my mind's eye that I wanted to try to aspire to get into that zone. Because I loved that movie when I went to see it and I never forgot it.

Johnson: I've always said that's the closest to our movie as far as tone goes. American Werewolf in London. It's got that feel where you're laughing and it's really scary and it's really intense. You're on the edge of your seat.

Q: For all of you, would you do another comic book movie? Not necessarily Ghost Rider.

Cage: Oh, absolutely. I think the comic book movie is a wonderful way to entertain a lot of people. People love comic books on film. I knew it was going to happen because I was an enthusiast at a young age and I knew that with modern technology when they started taking Batman to the screen and Spider-Man that they were just going to be enormous. But getting back to your question, the thing (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/720/720616p3.html#) about comic book films is it's a fantasy world and it's thoroughly entertaining and it doesn't rely on gratuitous violence and you can charm children and adults alike. I'm very happy for it. It's almost a perfect medium for film, the comic book-based story structure, and I would be happy to do more. I think I would like to try to generate my own. Why, just the other day, yesterday in fact, my son Weston and I had a meeting with Virgin Comics, and I said I wouldn't announce but I am going to announce it, Weston has developed a character and they agreed to five issues of it. So we'll see how that works out. I promised I wouldn't say too much but it'll be Cage and Cage comic books at Richard Branson's company with Gotham Chopra, Deepak's son, is involved and so we're all talking.

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Wes Bentley (center) in Ghost Rider.
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Q: Much has been said about comic books being our modern mythology. How does Ghost Rider fit into that along with Superman, Batman?

Johnson: What makes this one so different for me is, there's a couple of different themes in the movie, this one's really about choice. Something that Nic had come up with during the shooting about second chances and about how everyone deserves a second chance and that's shown in the most graphic way we could, and the most horrifying and interesting and dramatic way we could. I feel like there are really big themes in this film. We're dealing with heaven and hell and we're in a big playground. It's not a character that puts on Spandex and fights evil. It's so evil. People keep saying comic book movies and it is but he's a superhero of a very different sort. I think there hasn't been one like it in quite a long time. I always felt like Nic was the Lon Chaney of his generation in a way, that's the biggest compliment I can give. When you see him today, quick cuts of him transforming, it's fantastic. If this was black and white, it would be awesome. It would be Lon Chaney, it would be Bela Lugosi. It's fantastic. No one could do it like Nic could.

Q: How difficult was it to come up with an opponent for this character?

Johnson: Really difficult because when you're Ghost Rider, you're the coolest guy in the world. Usually, your villain is tougher than your hero. As far as looks go, no one can be cooler than that. So when we came up with the Blackheart idea, the son of the devil's pretty tough, too. So we went big and Wes Bentley does a great job in that role. We didn't want to go bigger because Ghost Rider's so big that if you go with a villain who's bigger it becomes a goofy monster movie. And you lose all the human elements of it so we wanted to try and keep it more human.

For more comics, film, TV, DVD and videogame news from the event, be sure to visit IGN's massive Comic-Con Index (http://comics.ign.com/index/comic-con.html).

[auzi]

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:daredevil :daredevil :daredevil
AFFLECK PLAYED A SUPERB DAREDEVIL!!!
:ghost: :ghost: :ghost:
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!!

[Retroman]

GR at Comic-Con was great from the coverage i've seen. It's a shame it got overshadowed by Spidey.

[Retroman]

Btw Cage looked like he stepped right out of the 70's or something.lol:O

[webhead731]

lol.