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aBagorn posted:Thanks for ruining the inevitable casting that won't live up to this. C'mon, Patrick Dempsey is probably still lobbying for the role. Dreams do come true.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Method acting so good he'll actually use real sorcery on set and freak everyone out. Or if you want the cheaper guy that still does real sorcery, hire Nic Cage.
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soapgish posted:C'mon, Patrick Dempsey is probably still lobbying for the role. Dreams do come true. Also a good choice.
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If they skew younger, I'd like to see Adam Brody as the Sorcerer Supreme... If not, then Aidan Gillen is the clear choice.
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Tuxedo Jack posted:If they skew younger, I'd like to see Adam Brody as the Sorcerer Supreme... If not, then Aidan Gillen is the clear choice. Adam Brody is my go-to guy for when the inevitably recast Tony Stark.
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Nov 13, 2013 18:05
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Urdnot Fire posted:Frequent Whedon collaborator (including director/co-writer of Cabin in the Woods) Drew Goddard is writing the Daredevil series on Netflix. Melissa Rosenberg, who wrote all the Twilight movies, is doing Jessica Jones.
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Exciting news for two reasons - one, she's much better than Drew Goddard, who might be the most bland writer ever - and two, we get to see all the comic book fans wet their panties in fear. "T-t-t-twilight?"
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Nov 13, 2013 19:30
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She was also head writer for the not-terrible seasons of Dexter.
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Urdnot Fire posted:She was also head writer for the not-terrible seasons of Dexter. That's rather unfortunate, I mean, when the media covers this announcement, she's either a writer for a very hated franchise (specially among the audience for the Marvel shows) or a show that went off the rails and ended in the dumbest way possible. She couldn't fix Twilight's horrible plot and she wasn't there when Dexter became a joke, but most people won't make the connection. I just hope she does a good job, since chances are Jessica Jones is the only major female Marvel character to get her own thing (film or tv show), at least for a while.
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So I saw Kick-rear end 2. That was a mistake. It's been a while since a sequel took such a huge poo poo on the franchise. Everything that made the original movie fun, this one murders. It's like it's written and directed by someone who really loathes superheroes but was forced to come up with a script because his family was held hostage. The message seems to be "Ha ha, superheroes wouldn't work in the real world, you're really stupid if you came in expecting the protagonists to succeed or do anything interesting in any way, or for this movie to be watchable". Most of the movie is inane teenage/family soap opera bullshit, except they then remembered to put some gross violence and rape jokes in, just to make sure nobody would enjoy it. The writing and directing are done by different people this time and are just terrible. Having had enough sense to pass on Movie 42, this one's the worst movie I've seen in years, and it's a shame too because I quite enjoyed the first one.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:The whole movie: Revolutionary Bane is a cool dude who stands for real truth and justice. Human Bane is a loser who goes out like a punk. Revolutionary Bane is merely an act of theatricality and deception to achieve a rich woman's goal of destroying a rich man. I'm honestly surprised that you of all people buy into the act.
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Tuxedo Jack posted:If not, then Aidan Gillen is the clear choice. Aidan Gillen is garbage, please keep him and his terrible accents away from everything forever.
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Nov 14, 2013 01:44
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The act is more true than the subject beneath, Bane is vividly committed to revolutionary action as an act of devotion. His role is unavoidably compared to Batman's, being just an 'act' made more real than the singular capitalist beneath. It's a repitition of Bruce's inability to reconcile the symbolic reality of his father with the man who failed to act, a defining contradiction at the center of the whole liberal democracy that the movies levy critique against.
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Tuxedo Jack posted:
Robert Wuhl's line "this guy must've been King. Of the Wicker People" always made me laugh hysterically as a kid. I don't know why, I guess young me loved that Wuhl-delivery.
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Whizbang posted:Aidan Gillen is garbage, please keep him and his terrible accents away from everything forever. I hate to be the guy that's all "did you see the Wire?" But... Did you see the Wire? AlliedBiscuit posted:Robert Wuhl's line "this guy must've been King. Of the Wicker People" always made me laugh hysterically as a kid. I don't know why, I guess young me loved that Wuhl-delivery. Same. When he pulls the bat from his trunk, even as a kid, I knew poo poo was getting real. I have so many fond memories tied to that movie... Tuxedo Jack fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Nov 14, 2013 |
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He sounded weird on The Wire too
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Mu Zeta posted:He sounded weird on The Wire too Wait really? Is this a thing? I've never thought he had a weird accent. On GoT I don't know what kind of accent he's doing... But I still think he's an excellent actor.
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Nov 14, 2013 02:13
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Mu Zeta posted:He sounded weird on The Wire too At least on The Wire he made a good job...his character and accent in GoT are all over the place, so I understand the hate.
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Tuxedo Jack posted:Wait really? Is this a thing? I've never thought he had a weird accent. On GoT I don't know what kind of accent he's doing... But I still think he's an excellent actor. I'm not sure how to explain it. I feel like he struggles with every single sentence on The Wire. It's like every line he uttered was a huge effort. I noticed it on Batman as well, though he doesn't bother me much on GoT.
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Danger posted:The act is more true than the subject beneath, Bane is vividly committed to revolutionary action as an act of devotion. His role is unavoidably compared to Batman's, being just an 'act' made more real than the singular capitalist beneath. It's a repitition of Bruce's inability to reconcile the symbolic reality of his father with the man who failed to act, a defining contradiction at the center of the whole liberal democracy that the movies levy critique against. Your first two sentences are somewhat contradictory, as the second implies that the devotion is what is real. Bane is not committed to revolutionary action, he is committed to destruction masquerading as revolutionary action. Revolution is movement, often as in this case seen as progress. But Bane doesn't want movement, he just wants an end. Many of you let the films' critique of liberal democracy blind you to its critique of demagoguery and fascism. And in a way, you allow yourselves to be duped by Bane along with the people of Gotham. He is like Iago; he does not believe a word he says, yet he is very good at convincing his audience that he is absolutely sincere in his espoused beliefs. The thing that is so great about Bane is that he is so convincingly admirable even to an audience who knows explicitly that he is a villain and a farce.
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Nov 14, 2013 02:47
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"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."
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So Green Lantern came on and I just realize that somewhere in this movie is a good movie. It's just so loving terrible though. Mark Strong is great as Sinestro, but seriously how did they go so wrong. The Special effects are pretty drat good, except for the suit. The guy who plays that weird bulbous head guy is good. It's just terrible. He fights a giant glob. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Nov 14, 2013 |
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Nov 14, 2013 03:34
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The saddest about Green Lantern is the cliffhanger teaser ending for a sequel that will never happen.
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Hollismason posted:So Green Lantern came on and I just realize that somewhere in this movie is a good movie. Mostly it needed to be about 20 minutes longer, and the antagonist scientist guy needed to not be related to the senator.
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Nov 14, 2013 03:42
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Also, you get to see Hal make like 5 things with the ring. The ending was him flying around in space with that thing shooting at him and then he's in a asteroid belt and then he's at the Sun and then giant boxing glove ? Huh? It was just a terrible ending.
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They were convinced it was going to be a huge hit and warrant a sequel right away so they put so many stupid things in there that could have waited. It's a shame, the book it's mostly cribbed from is an almost perfect film waiting to happen.
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Joe Don Baker posted:The saddest about Green Lantern is the cliffhanger teaser ending for a sequel that will never happen. No. That tease is what should have happened at the the end of act one of the sequel, at the very soonest. If GREEN LANTERN was successful and did anything, the load would have been blown and wherever the new story started would either have to go back to before he put on the ring, which is no fun, or we'd simply have skipped the juiciest part of the story. E: To that point, yeah, I guess it's fine it was included since it will clearly never materialize. Just bad stuff, all around.
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Green Lantern is pretty much two or three movies worth of material crammed into one movie.
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I'm okay with the movie being a bomb, it means the eventual reboot will be about Guy.
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I'd prefer John Stewart to be the next one, John Stewart is awesome.
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Danger posted:The act is more true than the subject beneath, Bane is vividly committed to revolutionary action as an act of devotion. His role is unavoidably compared to Batman's, being just an 'act' made more real than the singular capitalist beneath. It's a repitition of Bruce's inability to reconcile the symbolic reality of his father with the man who failed to act, a defining contradiction at the center of the whole liberal democracy that the movies levy critique against. PeterWeller posted:Your first two sentences are somewhat contradictory, as the second implies that the devotion is what is real. Bane is not committed to revolutionary action, he is committed to destruction masquerading as revolutionary action. Revolution is movement, often as in this case seen as progress. But Bane doesn't want movement, he just wants an end. Many of you let the films' critique of liberal democracy blind you to its critique of demagoguery and fascism. And in a way, you allow yourselves to be duped by Bane along with the people of Gotham. He is like Iago; he does not believe a word he says, yet he is very good at convincing his audience that he is absolutely sincere in his espoused beliefs. The thing that is so great about Bane is that he is so convincingly admirable even to an audience who knows explicitly that he is a villain and a farce. I can't remember a single cogent or compelling point Bane makes and I don't remember anyone in Gotham being convinced either. He shows up in Gotham spouts some drivel (which is almost completely lacking in ideology beyond some vague criticism of the establishment) and somehow strongmans a city of several million into submission with what appears to be a few dozen followers (why they're devoted and to what beyond typical comic book henchman motivation remains a mystery throughout). I don't think there's much to read into Banes actions because hes just a poorly thought out and written character, much like most of DKR.
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Hollismason posted:I'd prefer John Stewart to be the next one, John Stewart is awesome. Not lately he hasn't been.
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Whizbang posted:Aidan Gillen is garbage, please keep him and his terrible accents away from everything forever. Continuing Dr. Strange chat, I think he needs to be played as B-movie a character as possible in an A-movie. With that in mind I nominate Stuart Townsend.
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Hollismason posted:I'd prefer John Stewart to be the next one, John Stewart is awesome.
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Danger posted:"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." What Bane did was activate a nuclear bomb with the intention of annihilating an entire city. You can't build a revolution out of corpses and rubble. I'd say that pretty much defines him as a fraud.
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achillesforever6 posted:I think Green Lantern might have done better since most people are familiar with him than Hal Jordan thanks to the Justice League Cartoon. There was a bit of an outcry over the film because so many people had no idea that GL is usually a white dude.
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pigdog posted:So I saw Kick-rear end 2. That was a mistake. It's been a while since a sequel took such a huge poo poo on the franchise. Everything that made the original movie fun, this one murders. It's like it's written and directed by someone who really loathes superheroes but was forced to come up with a script because his family was held hostage. The message seems to be "Ha ha, superheroes wouldn't work in the real world, you're really stupid if you came in expecting the protagonists to succeed or do anything interesting in any way, or for this movie to be watchable". Most of the movie is inane teenage/family soap opera bullshit, except they then remembered to put some gross violence and rape jokes in, just to make sure nobody would enjoy it. The writing and directing are done by different people this time and are just terrible. Having had enough sense to pass on Movie 42, this one's the worst movie I've seen in years, and it's a shame too because I quite enjoyed the first one. I saw this recently as well and share similar disappointments. There barely feels like a point to the movie, and it was really too much. I especially liked how one major character from the first film gets about three lines and is never heard from again. Also I don't understand why the main poster for the film had Jim Carrey in an ENTIRELY different costume. Eh, whatever. Super was better than Kick-rear end in the first place anyhow.
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If they make a Justice League movie, they really should go with the John Stewart character for Green Lantern. 'Cause otherwise it's a bunch of white men, one white woman, and a green man.
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pigdog posted:So I saw Kick-rear end 2. That was a mistake. It's been a while since a sequel took such a huge poo poo on the franchise. Everything that made the original movie fun, this one murders. It's like it's written and directed by someone who really loathes superheroes but was forced to come up with a script because his family was held hostage. The message seems to be "Ha ha, superheroes wouldn't work in the real world, you're really stupid if you came in expecting the protagonists to succeed or do anything interesting in any way, or for this movie to be watchable". Most of the movie is inane teenage/family soap opera bullshit, except they then remembered to put some gross violence and rape jokes in, just to make sure nobody would enjoy it. The writing and directing are done by different people this time and are just terrible. Having had enough sense to pass on Movie 42, this one's the worst movie I've seen in years, and it's a shame too because I quite enjoyed the first one.
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Spatula City posted:If they make a Justice League movie, they really should go with the John Stewart character for Green Lantern. 'Cause otherwise it's a bunch of white men, one white woman, and a green man. It's pretty much a given that Cyborg will take Manhunter's place since that's how it's been in the comics and animated films for the last two years. Maybe they'll make Flash hispanic or asian?
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