Comic Book Movie Megathread: Bubble? What bubble?

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McSpanky: Jan 16, 2005

The MSJ posted:

1990s cheap CGI, natch.

To be fair, they had to whip it up fairly late in post after reshooting the entire finale when the blood god tornado thing ended up going over like a wet fart.

# ? Nov 6, 2016 13:36

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 00:28

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

The best Blade cgi is when they made it look like his eyes were open, when in reality he refused to open them. :laugh:

# ? Nov 6, 2016 15:50

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Drifter posted:

The best Blade cgi is when they made it look like his eyes were open, when in reality he refused to open them.

http://i.imgur.com/7K6KFlu.gifv

:allears:

Edit: A.V. Club did an infamous interview with Patton Oswalt where he dished the dirt on Blade: Trinity

quote:

Blade: Trinity (2004)��Hedges�
PO: Oh, Christ. That was the third Blade movie. And there�s a scene where Blade goes in and confronts this guy for harvesting humans. That scene was supposed to be the whole basis of the film. Blade is fighting for the last shred of humanity. But they thought that it was just so loving grim, so they decided to just have Blade fighting Dracula. It was just one of those; it was a very troubled production. Wesley [Snipes] was just loving crazy in a hilarious way. He wouldn�t come out of his trailer, and he would smoke weed all day. Which is fine with me, because I had all these DVDs that I wanted to catch up on. We were in Vancouver, and it was always raining. I kept the door to my trailer open to smell the evening rain while I was watching a movie. Then I remember one day on the set�they let everyone pick their own clothes�there was one black actor who was also kind of a club kid. And he wore this shirt with the word �Garbage� on it in big stylish letters. It was his shirt. And Wesley came down to the set, which he only did for close-ups. Everything else was done by his stand-in. I only did one scene with him. But he comes on and goes, �There�s only one other black guy in the movie, and you make him wear a shirt that says �Garbage?� You racist motherfucker!�

And he tried to strangle the director, David Goyer. So later that night, Ron Perlman was in the city. Everyone who makes movies in Vancouver stays in the same hotel. It�s like an episode of The Love Boat. Every time the elevator stops, you�ve got a different celebrity getting on. Like, [announcer voice] �Hey, now we�ve got Danny Glover!� So we went out that night to some strip club, and we were all drinking. And there were a bunch of bikers there, so David says to them, �I�ll pay for all your drinks if you show up to set tomorrow and pretend to be my security.� Wesley freaked out and went back to his trailer. [Laughs.] And the next day, Wesley sat down with David and was like, �I think you need to quit. You�re detrimental to this movie.� And David was like, �Why don�t you quit? We�ve got all your close-ups, and we could shoot the rest with your stand-in.� And that freaked Wesley out so much that, for the rest of the production, he would only communicate with the director through Post-it notes. And he would sign each Post-it note �From Blade.� [Laughs.]

AVC: There�s a rumor that he tried to stay in character the entire shoot.

PO: Oh yeah, he did. When I met him I was like, �Hi!� And he was like, �I�m Blade.� And also, Natasha Lyonne was on that set, and she was going through some kind of mental breakdown. Wesley is all boundaries, and she has no boundaries. She played a blind computer expert. So the first scene they had together, she put her hand right on his face, and he just recoiled. It was awesome.

AVC: If you were trying to be in character all the time as a vampire killer, being high all the time might not help.

PO: A lot of the lines that Ryan Reynolds has were just a result of Wesley not being there. We would all just think of things for him to say and then cut to Wesley�s face not doing anything because that�s all we could get from him. It was kind of funny. We were like, �What are the worst jokes and puns that we can say to this guy?� And then it would just be his face going, �Mmm.� �Smiles are contagious.� It�s so, so dumb. [Laughs.] That was an example of a very troubled shoot that we made fun. You have to find a way to make it fun.

AVC: In a weird sort of way, it sounds like Wesley Snipes united the production against himself. Everyone had a common enemy.

PO: Everyone was just like, �This is going to be such a great story.� I�m in this business for two reasons: the money and the anecdotes. That�s all I want. I either want to do the best films or the loving worst films. I don�t want to do the �eh� film.

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Nov 6, 2016

# ? Nov 6, 2016 15:53

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

David Goyer posted:

�The other thing that happened in this scene is that Blade opened his eyes, and on the day, Wesley did not open his eyes.�

# ? Nov 6, 2016 15:55

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Snipes was the best part in Expendables 3 so he has lost some of his diva behavior I think.

# ? Nov 6, 2016 16:30

Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

Snipes was the best part in Expendables 3 so he has lost some of his diva behavior I think.

It's true, new Blade is shook.

https://twitter.com/wesleysnipes/status/781228661101895680

# ? Nov 6, 2016 16:58

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

Wes is that dude.

# ? Nov 6, 2016 17:42

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Him calling himself the Daywalker makes me love him more.

He was real great in Expendables 3.

# ? Nov 6, 2016 19:10

Mover: Jun 30, 2008

Snipes' twitter kicks rear end. He's just insanely positive 99% of the time except when he needs to drop a sick burn on someone and he responds to pretty much everyone who wants to talk to him in a p. genuine way

# ? Nov 6, 2016 19:41

LesterGroans: Jun 9, 2009; It's funny...

You were so scary at night.

Wesley Snipes is my dude. He can not pay his taxes and keep his eyes closed for lovely directors all he wants.

# ? Nov 6, 2016 21:17

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

Holy poo poo Dr.Strange was really good. I am surprised - they did such a great job with it. How the hell does a loving cape become so amazing? I guess.... well, the rug from Aladdin was awesome too. So it takes a brilliant animation team.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 00:34

Phylodox: Mar 30, 2006; College Slice

Best part of Doctor Strange was that Chiwetel Ejiofor's artifact of choice was a pair of boots. :allears:

# ? Nov 7, 2016 00:56

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

My favorite thing about the Doctor Strange movie other than the 3D and trippy scenes is that it's basically a martial arts movie.

I must say it reminds me a lot of the Green Lantern movie, with its cocky protagonist, an army of warriors with standard-issue magic rings and Dormammu being a huge cloud face at the end.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 01:23

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Wesley Snipes seems like he would be amazing to work with because he is just the right balance of mentally unstable enough to be completely unpredictable, but probably not mentally unstable enough to endanger your life.

He and Hideo Kojima occupy some unknown space narrowly squeezed between genius and legitimately mentally ill.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 03:12

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Wesley Snipes seems like he would be amazing to work with because he is just the right balance of mentally unstable enough to be completely unpredictable, but probably not mentally unstable enough to endanger your life.

He and Hideo Kojima occupy some unknown space narrowly squeezed between genius and legitimately mentally ill.

Snipes worked with Del Toro... Kojima and Del Toro are BFFs... they haven't revealed a villain in Death Stranding yet...

# ? Nov 7, 2016 08:16

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Deadpool 2 starts filming in January 2017... but still has no director.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 15:55

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Who needs one. They should try it with just assistant directors.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 15:57

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

greatn posted:

Who needs one. They should try it with just assistant directors.

Assistants...to whom??!?!

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:02

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Assistants...to whom??!?!

To the cinematographer

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:03

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Other Comic News Tidbits from today / the weekend:

- Dr. Strange had an $85 million opening weekend. About $15 million higher than projected.
- Universal is making a live-action Voltron movie written by David Hayter for an early 2018 release.
- The Sandman Movie (that is totally getting made this time, we swear!) just had the writer quit.
- The Aquaman solo movie started Pre-Production this week.
- Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Rogue One) will do the score for Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Doctor Strange is in Thor: Ragnarok. No word on how big a role it is, but sources say it is an extended cameo.
- "American Psycho" Author Bret Easton Ellis says he had dinner with WB executives who complained about problems with the upcoming Batman solo movie's script. Take with a grain of salt since it is second hand.

quote:

And they were just telling me that there are serious problems with the script. And that the executives I was having dinner with were complaining about people who work on the Batman movie. And they just said they went to the studio and they said, �Look, the script is � Here�s 30 things that are wrong with it that we can fix.� And [the executives] said, �We don�t care. We don�t really care. The amount of money we�re going to make globally, I mean 70 percent of our audience is not going to be seeing this in English. And it doesn�t really matter, these things that you�re bringing up about the flaws of the script.� So I do think global concerns play a big part in how movies, and what movies, are being made, obviously.�

Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Nov 7, 2016

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:13

Electromax: May 6, 2007

Bummer if true, but a little garbled... he was having dinner with WB executives who were telling him they don't care when people working on the movie come to them to complain about the script? Or the dinner executives tried to complain to studio executives? Too many pronouns...

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:29

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Assistants...to whom??!?!

Each other, obviously.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:31

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Ellis already apologised for that starting that rumor.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:34

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

I hope Batman has flippers in the next movie.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:37

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Give the people what they want WB!

Bring back Bat-nipples!

# ? Nov 7, 2016 16:39

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

Watchmen made me realize Batnipples were ahead of their time.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 17:00

K. Waste: Feb 27, 2014; MORAL:
To the vector belong the spoils.

greatn posted:

To the cinematographer

Wally Pfister's Deadpool II would be a perfect idea if they weren't gonna ruin it.

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Bret Easton Ellis

Dude already thinks Beavis was one of the best films of the year, I'm sure hearing about all the "script problems" with the new Batman movie actually made him enthused. Ellis is a notorious rear end in a top hat - Like, 'comparing a pornstar's sexual assault scandal with The Crucible' notorious.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 17:29

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

greatn posted:

To the cinematographer

Assistant TO the director.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 18:04

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

God drat Giacchino is scoring everything and I love it.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 18:10

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

God drat Giacchino is scoring everything and I love it.

Is Doctor Strange his first Marvel film? Because it was the first time I actually noticed and enjoyed the music in a Marvel movie. Can't hum any of the tunes, but I've only seen it once.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 18:17

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Detective No. 27 posted:

Is Doctor Strange his first Marvel film?

It is, yes.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 18:43

GonSmithe: Apr 25, 2010; Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Other Comic News Tidbits from today / the weekend:

- Dr. Strange had an $85 million opening weekend. About $15 million higher than projected.
- Universal is making a live-action Voltron movie written by David Hayter for an early 2018 release.
- The Sandman Movie (that is totally getting made this time, we swear!) just had the writer quit.
- The Aquaman solo movie started Pre-Production this week.
- Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Rogue One) will do the score for Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Doctor Strange is in Thor: Ragnarok. No word on how big a role it is, but sources say it is an extended cameo.
- "American Psycho" Author Bret Easton Ellis says he had dinner with WB executives who complained about problems with the upcoming Batman solo movie's script. Take with a grain of salt since it is second hand.

A bunch of people have come out and said the Batman thing is complete and total bullshit.

Not that that makes it bullshit, but yeah.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 19:53

Detective Dog Dick: Oct 21, 2008; Detective Dog Dick

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Assistants...to whom??!?!

Us, the audience.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 20:41

feedmyleg: Dec 25, 2004

GonSmithe posted:

A bunch of people have come out and said the Batman thing is complete and total bullshit.

Not that that makes it bullshit, but yeah.

Ellis just followed up on his comments saying that he has no idea what the state of the script is, just that he was relaying thirdhand information he'd heard.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 20:53

Megaman's Jockstrap: Jul 16, 2000; What a horrible thread to have a post.

I liked Dr. Strange. My wife felt that Benedict Cumberbatch should really not do the quips, he sounds like he's just reciting them. Whereas RDJ sells that he's just spontaneously riffing them off.

It really was a fun, visually appealing film and I'm glad I saw it in 3D.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 22:27

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

Hey guys... BEAVIS. I really mean BvS. But man I hate that loving film!

LMfao

# ? Nov 7, 2016 23:16

MacheteZombie: Feb 4, 2007

Vintersorg posted:

Hey guys... BEAVIS. I really mean BvS. But man I hate that loving film!

LMfao

K. Waste like BvS, but also likes calling it Beavis.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 23:19

Hat Thoughts: Jul 27, 2012

I like Batman...I like Superman. But when these two titans go head 2 head? Ohoho, thats a whole different ball park

# ? Nov 7, 2016 23:22

Slugworth: Feb 18, 2001; If two grown men can't make a pervert happy for a few minutes in order to watch a film about zombies, then maybe we should all just move to Iran!

MacheteZombie posted:

K. Waste like BvS, but also likes calling it Beavis.

Yeah, I don't think half the people calling it Beavis mean it in some strange derogatory way.

# ? Nov 7, 2016 23:27

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 00:28

MacheteZombie: Feb 4, 2007

Slugworth posted:

Yeah, I don't think half the people calling it Beavis mean it in some strange derogatory way.

iirc, it started that way but got adopted by fans* as a goofy but good nickname for the movie.

*on SA at least, never have seen it referred to as Beavis outside of here except when I call it that to friends

# ? Nov 7, 2016 23:29

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