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twistedmentat posted:A few years back a goon was perdicting that we'd see a bunch of fake tears think pieces about how "Oh I see you can't have an African nation that is great because of some gimmick" or "Wakanda is so advanced, but why do people still dress like tribal villagers?" LoL, wasn't that me?
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Rhyno posted:That BP teaser is incredible and I can't wait for white people to start bitching about it. Can we stop with this poo poo? There's been no 'bitching' comments, only people like you trying to make yourself look good by saying 'lol racists' when there aren't any, and it's really loving pathetic.
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Jun 10, 2017 21:05
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Nobody will say anything in BSS, but I'm sure a few of us will run into some crazy poo poo on Facebook or wherever. Living in a suburb of Detroit, I'm expecting a wide spectrum of reactions to the first black super hero movie since Meteor Man.
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Open Marriage Night posted:Nobody will say anything in BSS, but I'm sure a few of us will run into some crazy poo poo on Facebook or wherever. Living in a suburb of Detroit, I'm expecting a wide spectrum of reactions to the first black super hero movie since Meteor Man. Yeah, let's not count Blade or anything.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:Can we stop with this poo poo? There's been no 'bitching' comments, only people like you trying to make yourself look good by saying 'lol racists' when there aren't any, and it's really loving pathetic. So uh are you new to the internet and the political climate of the last 9 years or....
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Jun 10, 2017 21:38
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X-O posted:Yeah, let's not count Blade or anything. Blade's more of a super antihero, though.
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Rhyno posted:That BP teaser is incredible and I can't wait for white people to start bitching about it. There were already two different groups of people complaining about it being premiered during the NBA finals game. One group was "Why are you making me watch basketball to see this as soon as I can? The basketball demographic doesn't care!" And another was "Marvel so racist for debuting the "black superhero" during the NBA game and using rap music for the soundtrack!"
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Jun 10, 2017 21:54
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Half of RTJ is white, though. How can it be rap? Checkmate, atheists.
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Jun 10, 2017 21:55
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If there's a bunch of idiots being idiots about this at other places that's not here how about we keep that poo poo out of here guys? I don't need to know what some dumb rear end in a top hat in a Youtube comment or Facebook post thinks about this. I'm not sure why you'd want to spread that kind of stupidity around anyway.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:Can we stop with this poo poo? There's been no 'bitching' comments, only people like you trying to make yourself look good by saying 'lol racists' when there aren't any, and it's really loving pathetic. I'm dropping it from here on as X-O requested but you're a loving idiot if you think it isn't happening. X-O posted:If there's a bunch of idiots being idiots about this at other places that's not here how about we keep that poo poo out of here guys? I don't need to know what some dumb rear end in a top hat in a Youtube comment or Facebook post thinks about this. I'm not sure why you'd want to spread that kind of stupidity around anyway. Sorry boss, but yeah, the FB and YT comments are disgusting.
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X-O posted:If there's a bunch of idiots being idiots about this at other places that's not here how about we keep that poo poo out of here guys? I don't need to know what some dumb rear end in a top hat in a Youtube comment or Facebook post thinks about this. I'm not sure why you'd want to spread that kind of stupidity around anyway. Agreed, but it is likely to become A Thing as the movie gets closer to release and gets larger coverage from non-comic centric sites and news. I'm honestly surprised Fox News hasn't thrown a shitfit over the poster yet.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Agreed, but it is likely to become A Thing as the movie gets closer to release and gets larger coverage from non-comic centric sites and news. I'm honestly surprised Fox News hasn't thrown a shitfit over the poster yet. I was pleasantly surprised by how little there was for Wonder Woman. Unless a theater does a black-only screening for Panther.
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I don't know I think suing for the Alamo women's screenings is worth quite a few articles.
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It seems to depend on what corner of the internet you hang in. I've seen surprisingly little furor over anything about WW other than the whole Alamo nonsense. But the way that the RLM review put it, it's like they were inundated with sociopolitical chatter from every direction about every darn thing. (Though...like, no shade...but they do seem like the sort of folks who might be oversensitive about that stuff, on both sides) BrianWilly fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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So sad that you guys are talking about internet racists instead of celebrating the only Batman that didn't need a molded suit to look good.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJdXMrFRDGk I saw the Batman '66 show on reruns, and my local videostore had an old tape of the movie. And you bet 8 year old me rented it right away. I haven't watched it since then, because I know the real thing can't ever compare to my rose-tinted memories.
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Rhyno posted:Sorry boss, but yeah, the FB and YT comments are disgusting.
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I've decided I am bummed that MBJ is playing the bad guy in BP because it makes it highly unlikely that he will be in other MCU films.
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Kal-L posted:I saw the Batman '66 show on reruns, and my local videostore had an old tape of the movie. And you bet 8 year old me rented it right away. I haven't watched it since then, because I know the real thing can't ever compare to my rose-tinted memories. It's so much better.
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haitfais posted:It's so much better. The show and movie are works of art and you get a lot more when watching as an adult.
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Jun 11, 2017 06:38
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The '66 show is even better than you remember and well worth a rewatch, but his Lookwell! pilot written by Conan O'Brien is an absolute masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y
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I've said this before but Batman 66 is probably the only pop culture thing that's not only as good as the nostalgic memories suggest but actually better than you probably remember.
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Endless Mike posted:I can't believe they made Black Panther black!!!!! E: I watched a longer version of this scene and apparently the characters name is Dead Mike, not Endless Mike Rough Lobster fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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I really hope the majority, or all, of the movie takes place in Wakanda. It's really visually interesting to see all the costumes and have so much stuff happening in exterior nature setpieces.
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They filmed some parts here in Busan so either he leaves Wakanda for a bit or the mysterious African country also has Korean fish markets.
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Ojjeorago posted:They filmed some parts here in Busan so either he leaves Wakanda for a bit or the mysterious African country also has Korean fish markets. Those things are everywhere.
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Jun 11, 2017 18:38
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Parts of it (like the casino) have been confirmed to take place in South Korea.
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The scene with Freeman also probably doesn't take place in Wakanda, since his character doesn't know the country isn't a racist caricature.
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Just got back from Wonder Woman screening, thought it was pretty rad. I wasn't really bothered by the Ares fight. I mean, I do think it would've been better without, but at this point I've accepted that all superhero movies must end with a big dramatic CG fight, so ultimately I'm cool with it. The only real problem I had was Ares' death. Like, okay, the movie addressed that people are the real fuckups, but it also has Ares say that he gives them ideas for exciting ways to gently caress up. And then he dies in World War 1. So I guess every other weapon of war was a human original creation? Good job, Manhattan Project, you didn't even need a Greek god to help you build that bomb! I don't know, I think it might've been better/made more sense if he was somehow banished or something instead of being outright killed. Of course though, it is a comic book movie, I suppose there are always cop out ways to bring him back.
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Yeah not only is he a comic book villain but he is also a Greek God, they can bring him or any of them back at any time.
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haitfais posted:The scene with Freeman also probably doesn't take place in Wakanda, since his character doesn't know the country isn't a racist caricature. I like that the white Afrikaner scumbag is NOT the racist in that scene.
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Dan Didio posted:I haven't seen the movie yet, but I think most of the Amazons are female kickboxers and other combat sports athletes, as well. Late on this but yeah this helped make Thymescara my (2nd) fav part of the movie. Robin Wright might be my first, she was amazing. And I hope a sequel involves Hades b/c I'd love to see more of her. Her glassy steeliness from House of Cards really worked well here. Some pacing issues aside, a really well made movie I'm glad I finally caught. edit; an article echoing the above: http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/robin-wright-wonder-woman-antiope.html Shageletic fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Saw Wonder Woman, agree with everyone that it's very good up until Ares goes Dark Souls. Not sure I've ever quite seen so many athletic women spinning slo-mo through the air. I like how the whole movie is people telling Diana what to do followed by her ignoring them. Ended up impressed by the scene on the boat with Pine and Gadot - it could have easily been super embarrassing, but the actors have so much chemistry that it comes off as really charming and funny. The bits of gender-swapped Donner Superman are a great choice too.
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Saw Wonder Woman with the fiancee and she loved the movie (and for some reason really loved WW theme song). I thought the movie was excellent, even if the final bit of the movie strayed way too much into a "join the Dark side" moment, making me very glad they didn't turn Ares into WW's dad. For the most part I didn't actively hate the final boss scene stuff, though it was definitely the weakest part of the movie and I wished they could have done something a bit more interesting with it instead of making it as generic as possible. I did enjoy the hamming it up but honestly if they left Ares out of the movie altogether it would have been just as good. The high point of the movie was the no-man's land sequence, and seeing WW get out of the trench for the first time revealing her costume was just such a "gently caress yea" moment. I also really appreciated that we she did the whole no man's land thing she wasn't so over powerful that she ended the whole thing herself, but rather gave the other soldiers enough time and courage to fight on. That was a nice call to her being inspiring to others. One final little nit-pick we had though was Chief (even the name is a bit cringe-worthy). In Canada we are taught and made aware of native populations and both my fiancee and I took Aboriginal studies in some way or another so Chief felt like a character that could sadly stray a bit too much into the stereotypical Native American portrayal. Glad that they gave him a little bit of characterization though that made him a real character, but the character could have been done a bit better. One last thing, I thought Gadot was excellent in the movie. She managed to give a nice warmth to Wonder Woman, had great chemistry with Pine, and played the warrior princess (though a bit too naive) really well. For some reason the scene where she sees a baby for the first time really made me smile. I'm really glad that she worked well in the role, and that the movie is getting such good press and buzz.
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She loved the theme song because it's a badass motherfuckin' song.
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Chief was played by Native actor Eugene Brave Rock and was given full control of his wardrobe by Patty Jenkins, and it's apparently a completely accurate and respectful portrayal, so there's something to feel good about.
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purple death ray posted:Chief was played by Native actor Eugene Brave Rock and was given full control of his wardrobe by Patty Jenkins, and it's apparently a completely accurate and respectful portrayal, so there's something to feel good about. Didn't the actor also use his own language? Just a cool story about him and how this was seen by the indigenous community
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Chief ruled. WW's crew ruled in general. Chris Pine was the only "boring" one but wasn't bad.
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I almost wish they'd delved into the scotsman's PTSD a little more, but his piano scene after the battle was a really nice character moment.
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I really enjoyed the movie and I did not have a problem with the ending/third act like most people seem to have. The killing blow in particular was great because it was a) a callback to Zeus' attempt at killing Ares b) a reflection of Ares' blast meaning he kind of died by his own hand and c) it was a move that used her gauntlets, more iconic and definitely cooler than a sword or shield. And the part where she goes berserk on the soldiers? Hot drat, that was like something one of the Kryptonians in MoS would do, but far more fantastic (and much more emotionally charged, of course).
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I did really like that Steve Trevor wasn't just A Good American Soldier, but specifically a spy, and you actually get to see him spying and sneaking around throughout the movie. They could have easily just made him a generic square jawed GI Joe but I liked his little bit of espionage. Especially seeing Diana completely ruin it.
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