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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is insane in its references.My favorite thing about it is the artistic nods to other Marvel artists. For example, the overall film style is really evocative of Robbi Rodriguez (artist of Spide-Gwen): Kingpin's design feels right out of Daredevil: Love & War (illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz):
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 01:30 |
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# ? May 14, 2024 15:18 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:I really love drug slang the world over. it took me a bit to learn molly
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 02:33 |
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I'm sorry in the gwen stacy spiderwoman universe is matt murdock the kingpin?
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 03:35 |
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Krinkle posted:I'm sorry in the gwen stacy spiderwoman universe is matt murdock the kingpin? No, Matt Murdock is corrupt and works for Wilson Fisk.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 04:52 |
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In Shaun of the Dead, it's made clear the zombies keep some traits from their human lives. One I just noticed while watching last night: When Shaun and Ed are about to drive away in Pete's car, Shaun sees Nelson (the shopkeep) walking towards them holding out his hand. Shaun owed him money from his trip to the shop that morning (and probably a bunch of other trips to the shop as well).
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 16:09 |
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Besesoth posted:No, Matt Murdock is corrupt and works for Wilson Fisk. Also Frank Castle's family weren't killed. He became a cop when he left the service, and didn't become the Punisher until his wife left him and took the kids.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 17:50 |
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Now I'm super interested in reading Spider Gwen, thanks for the sales pitch.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 17:53 |
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Jedit posted:Also Frank Castle's family weren't killed. He became a cop when he left the service, and didn't become the Punisher until his wife left him and took the kids. how does this gel with the daredevil big pun? that guy is a ptsd mess
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 17:57 |
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I did my yearly watch of the Muppet Christmas Carol and I just realized that Jacob Marley's brother Robert Marley is a Bob Marley joke. Does subtly impressive camera work count for this thread? Because this movie is incredibly slick with its camera placement and movements to hide the puppeteers.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 18:08 |
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couldcareless posted:Now I'm super interested in reading Spider Gwen, thanks for the sales pitch. That's literally all it is. Hey kids, remember this guy? Well here he's different. Over and over and over. It's not a good comic.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 18:54 |
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I'm a big sucker for alternative time line stories though, even if they are only even a foot deep.
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 21:38 |
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couldcareless posted:I'm a big sucker for alternative time line stories though, even if they are only even a foot deep. Watch the last season of 12 monkeys
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# ? Dec 25, 2018 21:46 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:I did my yearly watch of the Muppet Christmas Carol and I just realized that Jacob Marley's brother Robert Marley is a Bob Marley joke. It's shocking how well made the whole thing is, isn't it? The weakest part is the flashback song of Scrooge's fiancee leaving him, and the edits that cut that song make no sense.
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# ? Dec 26, 2018 05:22 |
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Baron von Eevl posted:It's shocking how well made the whole thing is, isn't it? The weakest part is the flashback song of Scrooge's fiancee leaving him, and the edits that cut that song make no sense. It's not a terrible song, though. I actually like it a fair bit, but due to the time constraints of film it doesn't land as hard as it should. The film is absolutely better with it included, though, because otherwise the reprise at the end comes out of nowhere.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 00:17 |
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Android Apocalypse posted:Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is insane in its references.My favorite thing about it is the artistic nods to other Marvel artists. For example, the overall film style is really evocative of Robbi Rodriguez (artist of Spide-Gwen): God I love Sienkiewicz art and I'm hoping the New Mutants movie is good because it appears to have the Demon Bear story in it. Also Spider-Gwen is good.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 01:18 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:It's not a terrible song, though. I actually like it a fair bit, but due to the time constraints of film it doesn't land as hard as it should. The film is absolutely better with it included, though, because otherwise the reprise at the end comes out of nowhere. It's not terrible, but it does drag a bit. Everything else is just wall to wall great, fantastic production design, incredibly executed, and Caine is one of the all-time best Scrooges.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 02:06 |
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Baron von Eevl posted:It's shocking how well made the whole thing is, isn't it? The weakest part is the flashback song of Scrooge's fiancee leaving him, and the edits that cut that song make no sense. Mrs. Doctor loves that song and is angry the Amazon Prime version of the film has cut it. It never really stuck out to me, probably because it wasn't on the version I grew up with.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 09:36 |
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Push El Burrito posted:God I love Sienkiewicz art Same. His evolution was extraordinary to watch. He started out as a straight up, less polished Neal Adams clone and seemed to get weirder and weirder with every issue of anything he drew. I met him one time at a con way back when and he signed my Moon Knight #1 for me. That DD graphic novel and the crazy poo poo he did on Stray Toasters really transcended the medium. He comes up a lot in the PYF Good/Bad Comic Art thread.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 18:58 |
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Baron von Eevl posted:It's not terrible, but it does drag a bit. The whole thing is pure tedium. At no point is the song ever entertaining or moving and it sticks out like a sore thumb in a much more interesting movie.
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# ? Dec 27, 2018 22:32 |
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It kind of needs to be there because if you've seen the film without the song it's rushed as hell, lasting a whole minute for the most tragic moment in Scrooge's life.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 01:27 |
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Also Rizzo crying out of nowhere after the cut, and then the song is reprised later.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 01:43 |
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The song is also depressing as gently caress for a kids movie, even if it was on the DVD we'd skip it because it's too sad for my mom and sister. It does mean you miss out of the "when love was lost" and "when love is found" link but its not worth it when it literally makes children cry in the middle of the jolly fun muppet movie.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 05:09 |
Dragonstoned posted:The song is also depressing as gently caress for a kids movie, even if it was on the DVD we'd skip it because it's too sad for my mom and sister. I thought the song was a bit dull and no great loss, but you've convinced me it's great and should never have been cut. Emotional connections to kids' movies are why they stick with you. Neverending story would be nothing without that drat swamp scene.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 12:00 |
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bitterandtwisted posted:I thought the song was a bit dull and no great loss, but you've convinced me it's great and should never have been cut. It's got great animatronics and puppetry if you're into vintage stuff like that. Also the sphinx statues had great big tits that were just out there, in a children's movie. This was very important to me before we had internet or cable tv.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 15:24 |
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I always liked falkor until they turned him into an abomination in part 3
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 15:30 |
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There was no part 3. Just two movies and a bad fever dream I once suffered. That's the only way I can explain someone turning The Neverending Story into live action Loony Toons without the humor.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 16:01 |
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Randalor posted:There was no part 3. Just two movies and a bad fever dream I once suffered. That's the only way I can explain someone turning The Neverending Story into live action Loony Toons without the humor. They were the first to claim that the speed of dark is faster than the speed of light! Really ahead of their time.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 16:24 |
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Randalor posted:There was no part 3. Just two movies and a bad fever dream I once suffered. That's the only way I can explain someone turning The Neverending Story into live action Loony Toons without the humor. Dude, the bully in Neverending Story 3 is a little baby Jack Black. I haven't seen it since I was a little boy and I'm certain it's no good, but I'd probably watch the youtube compilation of his scenes for a laugh.
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# ? Dec 28, 2018 22:56 |
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Tv moment: Episode 5 of the most recent season of Bojack Horseman, Bojack calls Princess Carolyn complaining about having to learn too many new lines. He says "no show should have this much talking, TV is a visual medium". The next episode is Free Churro, the one that has Bojack talking for 20 uninterrupted minutes.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 03:18 |
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I don't know if as much has been written about Butch's watch in Pulp Fiction as about the briefcase, but when I last watched it I realized: it performs remarkably badly as a good luck charm. Butch's granddad dies overseas, his dad is made a POW for five years, Koons for another two years, and Butch himself gets into the mother of all runs of bad luck for it. Or you could read it the other way around: he spots Vincent's gun in time, he escapes a 50/50 chance to have a close encounter with the biggest perverts in LA, and he runs into Marsellus at just the right time to kick off the chain of events that lets him square things with him.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 11:11 |
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Android Apocalypse posted:Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is insane in its references.My favorite thing about it is the artistic nods to other Marvel artists. For example, the overall film style is really evocative of Robbi Rodriguez (artist of Spide-Gwen): Oh it's crazy how full of references Spider-verse is. The company that makes the Super Collider and employs all the scientists and summoned the spider? Alchemax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemax The company is best known from Spider-Man 2099; this same Spiderman also appeared in the post-credits scene with a brand new personal dimension-hopping device...
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Homeybeef posted:Tv moment: My favourite subtle callback was Philbert's house being based on David Boreanaz's
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 12:05 |
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Homeybeef posted:Tv moment: I really need to give this show a chance, huh?
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 12:41 |
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Totally and utterly and right now. Bojack is one of the best things on tv right now and just keeps on getting better.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 15:23 |
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Watching Fury Road with the subtitles on and the Buzzards who attack the caravan early on are apparently speaking Russian. I always figured it was some pidgin language, but I guess maybe during one of the wars that ended the world a Russian contingent got stuck in Australia and developed their own tribe.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 18:45 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:I don't know if as much has been written about Butch's watch in Pulp Fiction as about the briefcase, but when I last watched it I realized: it performs remarkably badly as a good luck charm. Butch's granddad dies overseas, his dad is made a POW for five years, Koons for another two years, and Butch himself gets into the mother of all runs of bad luck for it. I read it as implicitly implied that the watch brings terrible luck and rains suffering down on anyone who is tasked with it. Sort of an in joke. Pulp Fiction is hardly what one thinks of as a "subtle" film but one thing I like about it is the way it plays around with the timeline. I've seen it probably 30 times and I still couldn't put all of the stories in chronological order without an internet search. Stuff like Vincent in the dorky outfit ("they're your clothes, motherfucker") is a detail that doesn't make sense until a rewatch and poo poo like the band aid on Wallace's neck is NEVER explained at all. I didn't put it together immediately that Vince was shooting up in Butch's bathroom either until I saw it again. And why did he have to go to the john to do that? If he's willing to leave the gun on the counter, why not just cook up his shot in the kitchen?
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 19:16 |
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Because every time anyone goes to the toilet in the film. Something bad happens.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 19:30 |
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Because Vincent Vega isn't a very good gangster.
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# ? Dec 30, 2018 19:37 |
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The speed, relatively quiet sound, and sudden nature of when Butch shoots Vince was always very unnerving to me. Same feeling I get when Jules casually murders the guy on the couch, just like that. Love the film partially because it still makes me feel that way.
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