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muscles like this! posted:Didn't see if this was mentioned yet but apparently Sony is calling their Marvel character movies "Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters." Because everyone knows the important part isn't actually MAKING the movies but coming up with the term for your cinematic universe. I really can’t think of a “cinematic universe” that really works besides Marvel. As much as CD talks about the “unified artistic vision” of DC’s attempts, that’s kind of why it doesntwork. Saying Marvel does the same thing over and over is also kind of straight up wrong. Marvel has several franchises that run on their own, in their own genres (Cap is a thriller type thing with complicated plots, GotG is a sci-fi comedy serial, Ant-Man is a heist movie), with some light interconnection (for a while that was only in the post-credits), that come together in a big event. It never really feels forced. The one where the “universe” felt most relevant to the plot was Spider-Man, and it was a big part of a young kid with powers finding his place in the world. It wasn’t someone watching QuickTime movies of people doing some stuff for no apparent reason.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I really can’t think of a “cinematic universe” that really works besides Marvel. Godzilla 2014, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Godzilla vs Kong is looking like a decent MonsterVerse.
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Aug 11, 2018 00:36
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Lord knows, CD is wrong about a lot of things, but they're not wrong to point out that the Universal monsters had a kind of loose cinematic universe decades before Marvel even dreamed of it.
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Phylodox posted:Lord knows, CD is wrong about a lot of things, but they're not wrong to point out that the Universal monsters had a kind of loose cinematic universe decades before Marvel even dreamed of it. The UMverse was incredible and includes Abbot and Costello!
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Aug 11, 2018 00:58
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Also, Wolfman.
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Aug 11, 2018 00:59
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Disney announces James Rolfe as GotG 3 director. Kyle MacLachlan reprises his role as Mr. Hyde... and dies within seconds due to bad control and too many enemies on screen.
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Bruceski posted:Godzilla 2014, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Godzilla vs Kong is looking like a decent MonsterVerse. True, but they’re like two in. And, like Marvel did, they’re making solid movies before going all in on a CU thing. 2014 Godzilla and King Kong would stand on their own.
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muscles like this! posted:Didn't see if this was mentioned yet but apparently Sony is calling their Marvel character movies "Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters." Because everyone knows the important part isn't actually MAKING the movies but coming up with the term for your cinematic universe. Lol Dark Universe.
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Aug 11, 2018 01:47
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I hope they try a Nintendo universe, after credits scene of Mario Bros you just see a crazy hand descending toward his house, or he finishes a kart race and Captain Falcon is standing there and orders him to "Show me your moves!"
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Ugly In The Morning posted:True, but they’re like two in. And, like Marvel did, they’re making solid movies before going all in on a CU thing. Yeah, I really wouldn't say that. Hopefully this next one is good because the 14 Godzilla was boring af
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Aug 11, 2018 02:09
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The Dark Universe just didn't get a chance to get over.
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Endless Mike posted:The Dark Universe just didn't get a chance to get over. Seems pretty over to me.
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I really wanted the Dark Universe to work. It's a shame because, as mentioned, Universal had the first cinematic universe, but they were obviously trying to make it Marvel rather than Universal. They attempted to make a movie that was both a horror movie, and a fun Marvel-styled romp, and failed to convincingly mix the two. I don't think they even need to scrap the whole thing, I liked Sofia Boutella personally, but they need a Kevin Feige type figure who not only has a deep love for the characters and franchises, but also solid vision for the future of them (hey, remember when Del Toro was supposed to head up the Dark Universe?). Also not spending $125 million on their movie and signing up huge names like Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp (though I must admit, I liked the idea of Javier Bardem as the Frankenstein Monster).
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Aug 11, 2018 04:13
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When are movie studios going to realize that they already have a pre-existing shared universe/multiverse in basically every Stephen King adaptation ever made.
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Argue posted:When are movie studios going to realize that they already have a pre-existing shared universe/multiverse in basically every Stephen King adaptation ever made. Isn’t this basically Castle Rock?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I really can’t think of a “cinematic universe” that really works besides Marvel. Harry Potter might too, since they've got a series going without any of the original cast (and virtually none of the characters). Rowling still has a lot of creative control though.
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Soonmot posted:Yeah, I really wouldn't say that. I will fight you over that. It will mostly be conveyed by terrified onlookers and brief glimpses, as the backdrop to one man's struggle with family.
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Yeah. Let's use the Legendary Monsterverse as an example of a successful franchise and not the friggin' original.
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Aug 11, 2018 08:26
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Star Wars counts in my book. HP is a series, not a CU. Maybe when they get to another spinoff going or something.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Star Wars counts in my book. I'm not even sure about Star Wars - Solo was a bomb, after all. (Of course I am doggedly convinced Episode IX will disappoint Lucasfilm/Disney's expectations but that's neither here nor there.)
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Aug 11, 2018 10:42
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The 2014 Godzilla film is a better move on it's own merits than pretty much any comicbook film so far.
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Skull Island too.
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Dan Didio posted:Skull Island too. Skull Island was one of the best movies I've seen in a while. I finally got around to seeing Fury Road yesterday so that knocked it from its perch. But everyone see Skull Island
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Maybe I should give it another chance. I just found the main performances* so dull that I couldn't really enjoy the rest of it. I have it listed as my least favourite film of 2017, but on reflection it'll probably rank higher than, say, Transformers 5. *edit: Not Reilly. Relax. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Aug 11, 2018 |
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Aug 11, 2018 13:08
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Dan Didio posted:The 2014 Godzilla film is a better move on it's own merits than pretty much any comicbook film so far. We've been getting some movies that are much better comic book-y than most comic book movies. Baby Driver, John Wick, F&F and, stretching a bit but still not based on an actual comic book, The Incredibles 2.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Maybe I should give it another chance. I just found the main performances* so dull that I couldn't really enjoy the rest of it. Which one, Fury Road or Skull Island? Because either way that's...a weird opinion.
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Skull Island. Fury Road was 2015 (Somehow?! Doesn't seem that long ago.) Hiddleston and Larson were snoozing through the thing. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Aug 11, 2018 |
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Godzilla 14 is goddamn art. The dust cloud > rising blue glow up the spines > WHMMM-WHMMM-WHMMM scene is pure cinema magic, I could watch it forever.Wheat Loaf posted:I'm not even sure about Star Wars - Solo was a bomb, after all. All right, I’ll bite: what is this obsession you have about the subject? Perhaps I’m imagining it but it feels like you kept posting on and on about how TLJ wasn’t going to make a billion, then how they’re gonna cancel Rian’s trilogy, and now you’re going on about XI dying on its arse too. It makes you look aligned with those creepy chud types mad that there are women and minorities in space and crying “NOT MY STARWARZ” while no one else here really cares about SW box office either way regardless of what we thought of TLJ. And I’m pretty sure that kind of person isn’t you at all but you do seem weirdly fixated on it, randomly throwing out the “it’s dying” vibes every now and then. What’s the deal-o, daddio? Why do you keep bringing this up?
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Sentinel Red posted:What’s the deal-o, daddio? Why do you keep bringing this up? I don't think I actually know. Maybe it's a  thing or just force of habit; I realise it's a bad habit and I shouldn't do it but I still do anyway.
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This is incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEdJ4PIGad4
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Unrealistic. Two women and a black man doing casting?
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Fangz posted:Unrealistic. Did you not catch the posters Gemma Chan walks past at the end? Edit: Uh oh. Well this is disturbing https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/11/photos-surface-of-guardians-director-james-gunn-at-pedophilia-themed-party/ Rhyno fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Aug 11, 2018 |
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Rhyno posted:Did you not catch the posters Gemma Chan walks past at the end? I want to see these movies.
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Rhyno posted:Did you not catch the posters Gemma Chan walks past at the end? Those pictures were around forever lmao. It was Halloween and James was letting his freak flag fly.
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Also if you for a second take seriously a letter in a website made by nazis then I dunno what to tell you
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Rhyno posted:Did you not catch the posters Gemma Chan walks past at the end? Those are fantastic. The whole thing is hilarious, but sad. The whole thing about explaining why Felicity Jones should take her clothes off is pretty hilarious, and probably not too far from the truth.
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CelticPredator posted:Also if you for a second take seriously a letter in a website made by nazis then I dunno what to tell you I hadn't seen them and I am fully aware the Breitbart is nazis.com.
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I guess I’ll just ask, why even post a link to them then?
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CelticPredator posted:I guess I’ll just ask, why even post a link to them then? Because it adds to the greater Gunn narrative? These pics will no doubt make it into mainstream news fairly soon and stir the pot up again.
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Yeah no matter if he's apologized for them, I think once this (inevitably) becomes a bigger deal, it's the last nail in Gunn's coffin. And then I guess we can start theorizing on how Drax is gonna bite it when Bautista quits.
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