We at SpoutBlog love Jon Hamm tremendously, but we don’t get to write about him much because we’re primarily a film blog and don’t feature much discussion of either Mad Men or 30 Rock (we’ve slipped praise into posts here and there, of course). Fortunately for us, Hamm has made a new video for FunnyorDie.com, in which he references movies. Specifically, he portrays Lex Luthor and alludes to plot points from Superman: The Movie, Superman Returns and even Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
And as if this video (watch it after the jump) weren’t funny enough, we can now hopefully look forward to Hamm appearing in more Judd Apatow-related comedies — at least if the guys at Vulture have any influence. Or, maybe Hamm could actually be cast in a future Superman movie (was this video a response to requests for Warner Bros. to make him the new Man of Steel?), as either hero or villain — or both!?!?
Again, check out the clip and what other bloggers (some TV bloggers, but whatever) are saying about it after the jump:
- Cinematical’s Erik Davis finds the clip “cute” and “funny” but chooses to focus his “Watch This” post on a car commercial starring Andy Richter. Okay, it might be funnier, but it has nothing to do with movies.
- Oh, and it doesn’t have Jon Hamm in it. To quote Tina at FishbowlLA, “Swoon. Bald even.”
- David Hauslaib at Jossip goes a step further: “Even with that stupid bald cap on, I’d still hit that so hard we’d reverse the earth and get rid of the national debt. Boom!”
- “Jon Hamm with no hair is still better than 99% of America with hair,” argues Joe Bua at IAmATVJunkie.com.
- Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever has apparently given us a place to leave all kinds of those “Jon Hamm would still be hot if…” comments.
- “As if my love of the man wasn’t already raging out of control,” confesses TV Critic Alan Sepinwall on What’s Alan Watching?
- Gonzalo Cordova at Comedy Central Insider insults movie and comic geeks with more Hamm praise:
Before all the comic nerds get mad at me for saying Jon Hamm is a better Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman, I just wanna say, “Whoah, nerds. Take a deep breath from your inhaler and CALM THE **** DOWN!” Gene HACKman wasn’t a good actor in any movie ever, okay? (Alright, now I’m just saying things I don’t believe in order to get the film geeks mad at me too. Geeks getting mad is really funny!)
- Now, less gushing and more commenting about the actual video: commenter “ManchuCandidate” at io9 writes, “At this point, Lex is really less of a villain than any from a major bank these days. Lex’s only trying to kill one guy, an illegal alien no less, while the banks fucked all of us.”
- More defense for Luthor at Topless Robot: “Sure, Superman’s trying to protect the world, but does he ever think about all those Lexcorp employees he’s putting out of work? Jackass.”
- The video left most of our fellow film bloggers more or less speechless (or wordless), but here’s some of the link love for those who showed appreciation for Hamm as Luthor: Jeff Wells; Scott Mendlson; IESB.net.
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