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The Tick was actually pretty Tick-y - very similar to the cartoon.
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Drifter posted:The Tick was actually pretty Tick-y - very similar to the cartoon. Yeah, I liked it, I just really dislike the costume, maybe it'll change, but I can deal with it. Maybe just the eye mask and texture could be eliminated.
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ComicBook.com and Empire Magazine had an interview with Scott Derrickson and Benedict Cumberbatch with a lot of new info about Dr. Strange: What is your inspiration for Dr. Strange? [to Director Scott Derrickson] quote:The Watchmen film really inspired me as being a piece ahead of its time. What artifacts will appear in the film? Will we see many of the iconic chants and objects of power from the comic? quote:There's the Eye of Agamotto, a powerful amulet created by the Vishanti and worn by Earth's Sorcerer Supreme. It can do many many things, such as summoning images of the past and emitting a powerful mystical light that reveals disguises/illusions to the wearer. We've also seen the Book of the Vishanti, a powerful white/defense magic book that contains every known counterspell. Lastly, the Cloak of Levitation, a cloak that allows the wearer to levitate. Kevin Feige has said that Dr. Strange and Thor: Ragnarok are going to be by far the darkest films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How will humor be used in Dr. Strange? quote:Injecting levity into tenuous scenes has been a large part of Marvel's success and will never go away. Of course, some of films have more humor than others. How will Magical Combat play out in the film? quote:According to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige during our Doctor Strange set visit, figuring out how to make magic powers clash onscreen was tough: "I would say the use of magic for action sequences was something that it took a long time to figure out what road to take... Scott [Derrickson] was very smart in not wanting it to simply be somebody shoots a bolt of lightning and somebody blocks a bolt of lightning and somebody throws another bolt of lightning and someone blocks another bolt of lightning... we wanted to do something different." What is Wong's relationship with Strange and how does it differ from the comics? quote:Instead of being a servant, the movie will highlight how Wong becomes an ally to Doctor Strange: How many different costumes and looks will Strange go through in the film? quote:As you would expect, Stephen Strange goes through an assortment of costumes along his journey from being a rich, arrogant neurosurgeon to becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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I think I have like negative hype for Dr.Strange. But I'll still watch it as it looks interesting.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:16 |
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"How will Dr Strange be similar to the Watchman movie?" ...it'll have bob dylan music? Well, thank god for that because that's what makes Watchmen stand out. gently caress off.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:23 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:
Isn't Rosario Dawson's character in the Netflix series supposed to be Night Nurse? Edit: turns out she was supposed to be Night Nurse but they got told there was plans for the character so they had to switch her out for a similar nurse character https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Nurse_(comics)#In_other_media
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:29 |
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Counterpoint: I think Dr Strange has a chance to be something beyond a potato chip because it's "the weird one".
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:32 |
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Drifter posted:"How will Dr Strange be similar to the Watchman movie?" The director isn't saying that it is like Watchmen because it has Dylan music. That interjection line was from Comicbook.com linking his Watchman inspiration and love of Dylan to make a story. The director says he thought the opening scene in Watchmen was the best in history and he wanted to draw on how the film focused on superheroes suffering as a theme.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:34 |
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Counterpoint: I think Dr Strange has a chance to be something beyond a potato chip because it's "the weird one". That's kind of where I am. I've fallen off Marvel's stuff pretty steep. I mean, I liked Civil War alright but I just can't muster much excitement for their movies any more. Dr. Strange at least looks visually interesting.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:34 |
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Personally I was disappointed by the trailers because none of the visuals seemed truly crazy or surreal. It's just more pseudo mysticism you can find in Batman Begins with some Inception moving cities. Nothing I saw really seemed that "weird" or visually interesting, especially what with always hearing Strange is well...the strange one...but I'm hoping they're saving up the really mind blowing stuff It looks like "the weird one" the same way Winter Soldier was a "70s style political thriller"
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Isn't Rosario Dawson's character in the Netflix series supposed to be Night Nurse? Which is too bad because the character of Claire in the comics is actually a doctor.
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Drifter posted:"How will Dr Strange be similar to the Watchman movie?" I think it was just a little joke...
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TheFallenEvincar posted:It looks like "the weird one" the same way Winter Soldier was a "70s style political thriller" It is still weird to me that people latch onto that. I think some people have an issue distinguishing between "Aping themes and style inspiration from a genre" and "this action movie from 2014 was only minimally political and not released in the 1970's at all!"
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It is still weird to me that people latch onto that. I think some people have an issue distinguishing between "Aping themes and style inspiration from a genre" and "this action movie from 2014 was only minimally political and not released in the 1970's at all!"
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 19:59 |
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You can't deny that a big part of 3 Days of the Condor and Eiger Sanction was the idea that there was this shadowy cabal that was indirectly linked with the protagonist's organization and they were going after the protagonist for Knowing Too Much. I mean, that doesn't make Winter Soldier a 70s style political thriller but it's not like there's no (superficial) similarities. And a superficial appeal to weirdness is better than yet another grey Marvel movie set in a parking lot/tarmac/street.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:Oh I'm not confusing that personally speaking, I just don't even think it did the former. It's the same sort of empty PR speak you get before any of these movies. Like, "This movie is gonna be great!" But yes, I'm looking forward to hearing what you all think of Dr Strange, to help me decide if it's something I want to go out or stay in to watch. I will say that all those ninja wizards jumping through buildings seem a little underwhelming. I want some serious ancient elder god poo poo to be happening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlyDTEn32Fs Drifter fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Zola is a far less silly villain than Mr. Dragon.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 20:26 |
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The only other grey tarmac Marvel movie is from the same directors. I know you're gonna post some Avengers screen caps, but it's not quite as grey as Civil War or Winter Soldier. It's just...not contrasted.
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CelticPredator posted:The only other grey tarmac Marvel movie is from the same directors. Their settings are boring rear end poo poo. They managed to make a cool desert town into a non-entity (Thor) and warzones that look like a drat sound-stage (First Avenger). Only Guardians of the Galaxy has anything resembling character, and even then...it's pretty weak. Just look at Wonder Woman's treatment of WW1 in the trailer, look at the spaces she's occupying. Her island looks like a painting of Ithica. The WW1 stuff has actual presence. I'm hoping Dr. Strange captures a little of that.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I'm hoping Dr. Strange captures a little of that.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 20:44 |
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I like Marvel movies, though. But their formula - as with all narrative formulas - is yielding diminishing returns.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 20:49 |
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The thing I'm finding with Marvel movies is that I can accept that they are visually uninteresting, formulaic and mostly forgettable because they do in fact have at least a few gags in every movie. This is I like Ant Man and Iron Man 3 the most; they are the ones I found funniest. They're the sort of movies I can put on in the background while I do house work, or just easy viewing after a long day. But its getting tougher and tougher to enjoy them as I've gotten used to it. Civil War especially was a dour, joyless mess (with the exception of every scene involving Ant Man and Spiderman).
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Isn't Rosario Dawson's character in the Netflix series supposed to be Night Nurse? The Netflix shows gettin' shafted because God forbid Marvel have to work at continuity.
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Meh. I rather the Netflix shows just change the name and be able to do what they want with Claire/Rosario instead of ending up handcuffed by some studio bureaucracy just to hold onto a relatively fringe character. I doubt it changes Claire's character in the shows at all and that's really the most important thing.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 22:03 |
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New Dr. Strange TV spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xoxeCWpZyU Cumberbatch's American accent sounds like Kiefer Sutherland. Also, Mads is lookin' and soundin' good.
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# ? Sep 27, 2016 23:42 |
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Marvel movies are Good. Even the "weaker" movies are more entertaining than pre-MCU superhero movies, and most action movies in general. Even the "colorless" ones have more color than most other action movies. All three Captain Americas, Iron Man 1 and 3, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Ant Man are all fantastic and very unique, and I would even rather watch the others than most movies in any genre. I don't understand the complaints that they're just mediocre or blandly good or assembly line. What would spruce them up, short of just making fewer of them? Soggy Cereal fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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https://twitter.com/JoeManganiello/status/780836089489530880
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Soggy Cereal posted:Marvel movies are Good. Even the "weaker" movies are more entertaining than pre-MCU superhero movies Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Batman '89, Punisher: War Zone, Blade, and even Blade 2 are all varying degrees of "more entertaining" than the weaker Marvel movies, actually. YMMV Edit: I forgot Batman '66, which is also a legit funny and cool movie. Edit2: and X2, duh! Thanks Capone. Megaman's Jockstrap fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Sep 28, 2016 |
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I'd add X2 to that. I will also add that after rewatching it last year for the first time in a long while, I have a newfound appreciation for Blade and I feel like it's a shame it seems to be generally forgotten. I mentioned it to a very nerdy friend a few months back and his response was to laugh at me thinking it was good. Plus speaking of genres, that is a movie that actually does stuff with its blaxploitation influence.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 03:55 |
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Dr. Strange got me thinking, has anyone ever read any of Alejandro Jodorowsky's comics? 'Cause they look dope.
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Soggy Cereal posted:Marvel movies are Good. Even the "weaker" movies are more entertaining than pre-MCU superhero movies, and most action movies in general. Even the "colorless" ones have more color than most other action movies. I like Marvel movies I think they get a lot of unnecessary poo poo, the safe and formulaic ones were the earlier ones but the last batch has tried (and mostly succeeded) to be more visually interesting and entertaining, I like Guardian and Ant-Man and CW a lot and am looking forward to Dr. Strange. The "more entertaining than pre-MCU superhero movies and most action movies" thing is just crap though, and frankly the very reason Marvel gets so much backlash in here. Like they are fun, light movies that are enjoyable but constantly hearing about how they revolutionized the superhero genre and how "DC/Sony/Fox need to follow Marvel's example" is just tiresome, especially given the list M's J and Capone posted.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 04:07 |
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No but I just read Fight Club 2 and it was the most perfectly stupid thing They should turn that into a comic book movie
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Soggy Cereal posted:Marvel movies are Good. Even the "weaker" movies are more entertaining than pre-MCU superhero movies, and most action movies in general. Even the "colorless" ones have more color than most other action movies. I legitimately feel bad for you, given how narrow your experience has to be to actually believe this
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:I legitimately feel bad for you, given how narrow your experience has to be to actually believe this quote:All three Captain Americas, Iron Man 1 and 3, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Ant Man are all fantastic and very unique, and I would even rather watch the others than most movies in any genre. ANY genre VERY unique
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Punkin Spunkin posted:No but I just read Fight Club 2 and it was the most perfectly stupid thing The Forrest Gump sequel would make an interesting movie too. quote:To make ends meet, Forrest takes a job as a janitor in a strip club in New Orleans. By chance one of the club's best customers is a rough football player for the New Orleans Saints known as "Snake", who used to play football for the University of Alabama alongside Forrest. Snake fears for his career as the Saints are having a horrible season, and recruits Forrest for the Saints. Forrest is unsure of playing in the NFL, citing how the players are much bigger than in college and how "with all that gear, you look like a man from Mars or something". Forrest also is astute about health issues, noting that as he has aged some of his famous running ability has been sapped, but agrees to do so on the basis of providing for Forrest and his ailing wife Jenny. Forrest does have a somewhat successful career in pro football, but is soon subject to the tactics of sports agents, which he has no knowledge or care about. In the middle of a game, Forrest is told that Jenny has died. Forrest tells the Saints that he cannot be at the next game so that he can deliver the eulogy at her funeral. The Saints' management believes this to be a holdout tactic, and he is cut from the team.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 04:18 |
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Oh gently caress, Forrest is a who-dat!
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K. Waste posted:Dr. Strange got me thinking, has anyone ever read any of Alejandro Jodorowsky's comics? 'Cause they look dope.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Oh gently caress, Forrest is a who-dat! I didn't even read the rest of the synopsis but apparently Jenny's ghost appears multiple times to scold him for being a dumbass.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 04:51 |
I with the guy who enjoys the Marvel movies. In fact I enjoy a lot of different movies, I know that's loving crazy.
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Looking forward to Forrest Gump 2 and the Dexter reboot that faithfully follows the book series
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