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Looks like A Wrinkle In Time might not be unseating Black Panther at number one after all. It seems to be getting fairly middling reviews.
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Gluten Freeman posted:My problem with the leads in Valerian is I kept forgetting they weren't brother and sister because they look so much alike. I actually thought they were brother and sister so the first part of the movie was real weird for me I dunno where I got it in my head they were brother and sister but going into the movie I thought they were suppose to be brother and sister
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Mar 9, 2018 01:36
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They are brother and sister in arms.
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Mar 9, 2018 01:37
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Wheat Loaf posted:Looks like A Wrinkle In Time might not be unseating Black Panther at number one after all. It seems to be getting fairly middling reviews. I'm going to be honest, even beyond the actual content of the movie, I don't think the trailers have helped to sell it much. Most of the hype I've seen has been coming second-hand, from writers who enjoy the book relating that excitement when talking about the film. But for the film itself, as a standalone product, I don't think it's really garnered the right anticipation for what it's trying to accomplish as a major tentpole release.
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Mar 9, 2018 01:47
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It's difficult to imagine the hook for someone who's never read the book. I guess it's the cast, but it's obvious that none of the big names are going to be the focal point of the movie, even from the trailer.
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Mar 9, 2018 01:55
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pospysyl posted:It's difficult to imagine the hook for someone who's never read the book. I guess it's the cast, but it's obvious that none of the big names are going to be the focal point of the movie, even from the trailer. I imagine it'd be a difficult adaptation to sell. It's a sci-fi story that's mostly about the strange places the characters visit, with heavy Christian themes, and where the one of the most potent images in the story was influential enough to become a Simpsons joke. That's four strikes against it, from the start.
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Mar 9, 2018 02:09
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Steamed Hams is based on a Wrinkle in Time?!?!
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Mar 9, 2018 03:23
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Netflix is creating a Rob Liefeld cinematic universe, just in case you were getting sick of hearing about their Marvel shows.
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Mar 9, 2018 03:30
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Ah yes all those memorable Rob Liefield characters like Shatterstar! Badrock! Stryfe! Crule! Candra! Avengelyne! Knightsabre! Psilence! Skornn! Forearm! Absalom! Thumbelina! I’m so excited to see them come to the small screen!
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Mar 9, 2018 03:36
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Once Rob Liefield made a female version of Fourarm named Fourplay. Oh also don't forget Shrink, the superhero therapist 
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Mar 9, 2018 04:28
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Once Rob Liefield made a female version of Fourarm named Fourplay. Shrink was actually optioned for a film adaptation years ago but it didn't happen, but now that Liefeld Netflix is happening....
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Mar 9, 2018 04:40
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Fart City posted:I'm going to be honest, even beyond the actual content of the movie, I don't think the trailers have helped to sell it much. Most of the hype I've seen has been coming second-hand, from writers who enjoy the book relating that excitement when talking about the film. But for the film itself, as a standalone product, I don't think it's really garnered the right anticipation for what it's trying to accomplish as a major tentpole release. It just looks like a bunch of loving CGI to me. I really think this is going to fall in the bucket of forgettable studio releases that tried to launch a franchise instead of making one decent movie.
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Mar 9, 2018 05:08
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feedmyleg posted:Well, it's tracking for a $30 million opening so it appears we won't have to put up with it having any lasting cultural relevance.
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Mar 9, 2018 05:34
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bad day posted:It just looks like a bunch of loving CGI to me. I really think this is going to fall in the bucket of forgettable studio releases that tried to launch a franchise instead of making one decent movie. I mean it has Super Saiyan Oprah so I'm inclined to think it won't be forgettable
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Mar 9, 2018 05:45
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Oh also don't forget Shrink, the superhero therapist Is there any context for this or is the character just a one big setup for an ant-man dick joke
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Mar 9, 2018 05:52
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Is there any context for this or is the character just a one big setup for an ant-man dick joke He slaps women but only in the ways they like!
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Mar 9, 2018 05:56
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Is there any context for this or is the character just a one big setup for an ant-man dick joke It's a single panel comic series about a superhero psychologist so nope. Enjoy!  
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Mar 9, 2018 06:21
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Aw, the first panel posted of Shrink made me think it's the tiny guy who is the shrink, which would have been My Kind of Joke.
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Mar 9, 2018 06:26
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Why does that office have furniture that is much too large for her and yet much too small for him?
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Mar 9, 2018 06:37
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Thundercracker posted:Just saw Valerian on Amazon Prime yesterday. Holy poo poo. Who greenlighted the two leads? Combined they were approaching a wiseau event horizon of anti-charisma. It was kind of hilarious how the movie tried so hard to convince you that Valerian was some kind of strapping ladykiller when he looked and acted like a teenager who was skipping class to play spaceman. LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Why does that office have furniture that is much too large for her and yet much too small for him? Because Rob Liefield
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Mar 9, 2018 06:45
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The defense I will give to Ready Player One book is I enjoyed a lot of the original stuff that wasn’t relying on references. I guess I will put spoilers on it just in case. The mundane things like school, the physical world of the book outside of the VR. The stacks, the isolation of the apartments are interesting and the debtor prison sounds like a legit nightmare. Unfortunately there isn’t much of it there. I wish the author had more confidence in the world he created (instead of leaning on the stuff other people created) because I liked it and thought that stuff deserved more breathing room.
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Mar 9, 2018 06:54
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Rick posted:The defense I will give to Ready Player One book is I enjoyed a lot of the original stuff that wasn’t relying on references. I guess I will put spoilers on it just in case. Imagine a world somehow stranger and stupider than our own, where Wil Wheaton was elected president.
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Mar 9, 2018 07:29
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Schwarzwald posted:I imagine it'd be a difficult adaptation to sell. It's a sci-fi story that's mostly about the strange places the characters visit, with heavy Christian themes, and where the one of the most potent images in the story was influential enough to become a Simpsons joke. It's been a long time since I've read the book. What Simpsons joke are we referring to? Rick posted:The defense I will give to Ready Player One book is I enjoyed a lot of the original stuff that wasn’t relying on references. I guess I will put spoilers on it just in case. RPO isn't 100% without merit. Like...there's stuff there. There's good stuff that under the hands of a competent writer would be really interesting to read about. It's why I'm going to hold out a small amount of hope for the move. It already looks like Spielberg is doing a lot of things different. Maybe he can tap into the more interesting parts of the book and do something with it.
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Mar 9, 2018 08:02
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raditts posted:It was kind of hilarious how the movie tried so hard to convince you that Valerian was some kind of strapping ladykiller when he looked and acted like a teenager who was skipping class to play spaceman. For some reason a lot of people insist that "the movie" tried to convince them that Valerian was cool. The truth is simply that the character if Valerian is uncool in a rather authentic and low-key way, and this bothers people to no end. They seem like they wanted another Star-Lord, a character who makea a big show about how uncool they are, even when they are the centre of attention, dominate the action, and demand the pity of the audience.
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Mar 9, 2018 08:15
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raditts posted:Imagine a world somehow stranger and stupider than our own, where Wil Wheaton was elected president. That's less stupid. He could sell "successful actor" to anyone who didn't check his imdb as well as Trump could sell "successful businessman" to someone unfamiliar with the last 30 years.
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Mar 9, 2018 08:23
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Fart City posted:I'm going to be honest, even beyond the actual content of the movie, I don't think the trailers have helped to sell it much. Most of the hype I've seen has been coming second-hand, from writers who enjoy the book relating that excitement when talking about the film. But for the film itself, as a standalone product, I don't think it's really garnered the right anticipation for what it's trying to accomplish as a major tentpole release. Perhaps I'm too cynical about it, but I feel like a lot of people wanted it to succeed on principle because of the cast and who the director is.
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Mar 9, 2018 09:14
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Guess we're doing this again: https://www.avclub.com/logans-dafne-keen-to-star-in-new-his-dark-materials-ada-1823631013
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Mar 9, 2018 09:50
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GrandpaPants posted:Guess we're doing this again: For a sec I thought it said that Dafne was keen to play Lyra.
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Mar 9, 2018 10:10
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:For some reason a lot of people insist that "the movie" tried to convince them that Valerian was cool. Personally, I was more reminded of Corbin Dallas from The Fifth Element, simply because I expected Valerian to be similar because, you know, same director and genre. And they were similar in that they were kinda invulnerable and hyper-competent, but it just served to make DeHaan more hilariously creepy. It's kinda important that Valerian wasn't played by Bruce Willis.
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Mar 9, 2018 10:22
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raditts posted:Imagine a world somehow stranger and stupider than our own, where Wil Wheaton was elected president. "Just" President of the Internet. Isn't it some kind of fluff post to keep the nerds in VR happy while the dystopian autocratic Megacorp government does what it wants or something?
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Guy Mann posted:Netflix is creating a Rob Liefeld cinematic universe, just in case you were getting sick of hearing about their Marvel shows. Well, it's a guarantee that Tarantino will hate it.
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Mar 9, 2018 12:12
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I hope they keep his visual style with all the hosed up proportions and women who manage to show off their tits and rear end simultaneously in every shot.
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Mar 9, 2018 12:27
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:I hope they keep his visual style with all the hosed up proportions and women who manage to show off their tits and rear end simultaneously in every shot. All the ankle-height dry ice is going to cost a fortune.
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Mar 9, 2018 12:49
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GrandpaPants posted:Guess we're doing this again: His Dark Materials deserves another attempt. I have a hard time thinking of a cast as good as if not better than the movie had, but this is a good start. Honestly I’m just glad that Millie Bobbi Brown isn’t playing Lyra, I had kinda assumed that it was going to be her. asecondduck fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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Mar 9, 2018 12:55
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lelandjs posted:His Dark Materials deserves another attempt. I have a hard time thinking of a cast as good as it better than the movie had, but this is a good start. Tom Hooper is directing, so I wouldn't bother getting my hopes up.
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Mar 9, 2018 12:59
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LesterGroans posted:Tom Hooper is directing, so I wouldn't bother getting my hopes up. His direction is fine though? A little pedestrian, maybe, but adequate. The production design, script, and actors are going to be the most important parts of the miniseries.
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Mar 9, 2018 13:15
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I feel like the books have outlived their epoch. The conflict with religious paternalism feels rather quaint now.
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Mar 9, 2018 13:20
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Apparently, they also tried to cut out all the Christian stuff from Wrinkle in Time. Now, I'm not Christian, and have no interest in Christian movies, but it sounds like they removed a fundamental part of the work.
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Mar 9, 2018 13:45
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lelandjs posted:His direction is fine though? A little pedestrian, maybe, but adequate. Not really. He started out as fine, but if you go down the list from John Adams to The Danish Girl he gets exponentially worse. Sure, the script and production design is important, but if he directs it for poo poo then it's a wash. Hugh Jackman for Jean Valjean seemed like a slam dunk too.
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Honestly, with all the weird mitochondria stuff in Wrinkle in Time, it should just be the first movie of the Parasite Eve cinematic universe.
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