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I think the one thing the original movies got right is a proper X-Men movie should have an established team/teachers of original and giant sized and a solid group of new comers/students made up of Gen X and modern and then cycle them up or out with every sequel. What they can't seem to get right is a strong line up and casting for anyone who isn't Wolverine, Xavier, and Magneto. I'd love it if a new trilogy only showed Magneto giving speeches on TV, first in a political debate setting, then at a rally he's attacked at where he kills a bunch of FoH, and then finally being interviewed from his compound on Genosha after fleeing the country. They could even nuke Genosha like in the comics giving him a martyr's death(best thing that ever happened to the character), really drive home the Malcolm X allegory. Sgt. Politeness fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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It took George Lucas like twenty years to get the Tuskegee airman movie made. George fuckin Lucas. No one would back that project. Then when it finally came out a lot of people downplayed it like "Oh it's not that hard to make a movie with a black cast, Lucas is just exaggerating for attention"
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Wasn't there already an HBO film about the same thing though?
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It's very facile to think racism is the only possible reason that piece of poo poo couldn't get funding.
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There was a TV movie in 95 with Larry Fishburne in it... Wait, why are we talking about the Tuskegee Airmen?
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Al Borland Corp. posted:It took George Lucas like twenty years to get the Tuskegee airman movie made. George fuckin Lucas. No one would back that project. Then when it finally came out a lot of people downplayed it like "Oh it's not that hard to make a movie with a black cast, Lucas is just exaggerating for attention" Didn't he say something along the lines of "There are no other all Black lead movies," or "No other movies staring black people?" Which confused a hell of a lot of people.
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Anora posted:Didn't he say something along the lines of "There are no other all Black lead movies," or "No other movies staring black people?" Which confused a hell of a lot of people. He said it was one of the first all-black action movies ever made. To my knowledge, he's right. He also said it was basically impossible to get studios to put any real amount of money behind an all black cast, which is also true; I'm trying to think of one other majority-black cast movie with a budget over 50 million. Bad Boys 2, I guess. Don't get me wrong, Red Tails was poo poo, but George Lucas's intentions were great. Old Kentucky Shark fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Lurdiak posted:It's very facile to think racism is the only possible reason that piece of poo poo couldn't get funding.
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And he was trying to make it since before the prequels when his name was basically money and everyone loved him
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I feel like Spielberg could have made it happen though maybe I'm being naive on that.
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He probably could. George Lucas' name was never worth as much as it should have been because he was apparently unbearable even for Hollywood. People in Hollywood like George Lucas less than the pedophile who fled to Europe.
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Seriously? I was always under the impression that Lucas was quite well-liked by his peers.
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Aphrodite posted:He probably could. George Lucas' name was never worth as much as it should have been because he was apparently unbearable even for Hollywood. People in Hollywood like George Lucas less than the pedophile who fled to Europe. Well, it is Hollywood after all... :edgy: Sgt. Politeness posted:There was a TV movie in 95 with Larry Fishburne in it... Wait, why are we talking about the Tuskegee Airmen? Sgt. Politeness posted:I think the one thing the original movies got right is a proper X-Men movie should have an established team/teachers of original and giant sized and a solid group of new comers/students made up of Gen X and modern and then cycle them up or out with every sequel. Al Borland Corp. posted:It took George Lucas like twenty years to get the Tuskegee airman movie made. George fuckin Lucas. No one would back that project. Then when it finally came out a lot of people downplayed it like "Oh it's not that hard to make a movie with a black cast, Lucas is just exaggerating for attention" This flow of conversation has been...odd(?) to say the least. At any rate, I'd say (assuming that ABC's post was in relation to Sgt. P's) that, as comics have shown, it's easier to sell aliens/non-human genocide metaphors(/characters) than it is to sell real-life minority ones. Sure, it'd be hard to get a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen sold, but what if they were mutants? And instead of being black, what if they were red, blue, and black(literally)? side-note: Does anyone have that message about Marvel addressing diversity where they literally mention pink and green people as part of their initiative?
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What if they were Tusken Airmen?
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fruit on the bottom posted:LA Beast. is he still alive?
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I legit have a black tails poster in my room. Don't judge me, the cast is fiiiiiine.
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Finally saw Thor 3 yesterday. It was pretty good.
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Aphrodite posted:He probably could. George Lucas' name was never worth as much as it should have been because he was apparently unbearable even for Hollywood. People in Hollywood like George Lucas less than the pedophile who fled to Europe. Of course they prefer the pedophile.  (Look it's a joke that had to be made twice.)
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fruit on the bottom posted:Finally saw Thor 3 yesterday. It was pretty good. Get help!
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SonicRulez posted:Get help! I didn’t like that. It seemed humiliating.
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fruit on the bottom posted:Finally saw Thor 3 yesterday. It was pretty good.
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fruit on the bottom posted:I didn’t like that. It seemed humiliating. It was, hence why Loki hates it. He probably can't stop his brother from doing it anyway, though. Seemed like a fun goofy thing super powered brothers might do though, and everyone laughed at it.
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Fingers McLongDong posted:It was, hence why Loki hates it. He probably can't stop his brother from doing it anyway, though. Seemed like a fun goofy thing super powered brothers might do though, and everyone laughed at it. (I know, in fact my post was almost word for word what Loki said  )
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fruit on the bottom posted:(I know, in fact my post was almost word for word what Loki said  goons arguing about pedantics and what is/isn't funny has broken me
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It’s also funny to me because as far as these things go, “help me” is so much more tame than turning into a snake and ambush-stabbing.
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fruit on the bottom posted:I didn’t like that. It seemed humiliating. Not to me it's not. I saw it about a week ago. Fun movie and some good silly moments. A little jarring held up against the tone of the other Thor movies (which, even when I liked them, were rather bland and generic), but good on its own.
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I thought the other Thor movies were ok but super bland and didn't really have their own "flavor" like the other movies felt like they did. Ragnarok though, was definitely a standout and very memorable. Colorful, extremely 80's electronic/metal, funny, Jeff Goldblum. I also loved Thor going super-saiyan at the end on the bridge, it was like a big payoff moment for the other movies not really making Thor seem super powerful. Plus he immediately does the M. Bison flying attack after he powers up and I love it.
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I just loved that whole scene. "I thought the world of you" was a really meaningful line to me.
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fruit on the bottom posted:It’s also funny to me because as far as these things go, “help me” is so much more tame than turning into a snake and ambush-stabbing. Yeah, but Loki had the agency for that game.
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Ryan Coogler not on Twitter? Mad respect
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As someone who grew up thinking, "why do all our superhero movies suck?", I love this so much.
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Bright on Netflix is way better than the reviews suggest and has a few well-done set pieces that are about what being on the receiving side of a comic book character attack would be like.
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^^^^^Hell Yeah! This is awesome and the number one reason why I'm more hyped about this movie than anything else right now. Sgt. Politeness fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Dec 23, 2017 |
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bright is not as bad as the reviews say but its also not really good
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I thought it was great, it was at least what I expected/wanted it to be. It's few cliches were the kind I still like but I'm a big Shadowrun fan so I might be biased.
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poly and open-minded posted:bright is not as bad as the reviews say but its also not really good Sorry if it's not really good it's automatically the worst movie of the year or possibly all time, there is no in between anymore
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Bright on Netflix is way better than the reviews suggest and has a few well-done set pieces that are about what being on the receiving side of a comic book character attack would be like. Ignoring who wrote the script because the guy seems to be about to get in to poo poo, yes, it is a nice cop buddy action explosions movie where one of the cops happens to be an orc. (I haven't finished it watching it).
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 And other assorted images at ComicBookMovie
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That is really cool
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