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Gatts: Jan 2, 2001; Goodnight Moon; Nap Ghost

I seriously want to see a climactic duel with musical instruments instead of fists flying and metaphoric battle operatic dance coregraphy

# ? Mar 7, 2016 19:16

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 17:59

feedmyleg: Dec 25, 2004

Then watch Scott Pilgrim

# ? Mar 7, 2016 19:31

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

feedmyleg posted:

Then watch Scott Pilgrim

Especially the Brandon Routh scene.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 19:36

Myrddin_Emrys: Mar 27, 2007; by Hand Knit

Gyges posted:

I don't think I've ever heard a cello shred.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGggAGITwg

# ? Mar 7, 2016 19:58

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

As the source is comicbook.com it's very possible that this is 100% bullshit but if it's not it's some amazing trolling on DC/WB's part.

http://comicbook.com/2016/03/07/j-k-simmons-cast-as-commissioner-gordon-in-justice-league/

quote:

J.K. Simmons will play Commissioner James Gordon in Zack Snyder's upcoming Justice League - Part One, THR reports.

The actor, best known to comics fans as J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films and the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, will play the Gotham City Police Commissioner in the upcoming team-up film which will star Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in the wake of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Over the years, Simmons has frequently been quizzed on whether he might return as Jameson in a Spider-Man reboot, since his is arguably the most universally-beloved casting ever in a comic book movie. He's always said that he's open to it, but two reboots on had recently started to acknowledge it seemed less likely.

Justice League, written by Chris Terrio (Argo) and directed by Snyder, is expected to start filming in April for a November 2017 release.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 21:31

Dreylad: Jun 19, 2001

Vintersorg posted:

That sucks dude.

Snyder fight scenes are so amazing IMO - from 300 thru Watchmen to MoS and from the looks of just the Batman vs Thugs fight - he's so visceral and the violence is brutal, not real - but its harsh. I would have loved for him to take on something like Predator.

The best fight scene he shot imo is the one that was cut from watchmen. There's nothing particularly spectacular about it, it's just well done.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 21:40

Dark_Tzitzimine: Oct 9, 2012; by R. Guyovich

Rhyno posted:

As the source is comicbook.com it's very possible that this is 100% bullshit but if it's not it's some amazing trolling on DC/WB's part.

http://comicbook.com/2016/03/07/j-k-simmons-cast-as-commissioner-gordon-in-justice-league/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-adds-jk-simmons-873227

Is real

# ? Mar 7, 2016 21:41

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

Nice, Simmons is gonna be great.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:28

The Cameo: Jan 20, 2005

Weird to see that since every single report during the casting of BvS kept on saying "oh, at this point, Gordon's dead, the Robins have died or moved on..."

So I wonder what the reason for him not being in BvS is. Retired, maybe?

# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:56

Tomahawk: Aug 13, 2003; HE KNOWS

Joe Russo on Civil War:

quote:

The movies we�ve been referencing a lot on this one are Se7en, weirdly. We like smashing genres into each other, so if you can find something that�s really idiosyncratic in respect to superhero genre and you can smoosh it into it you usually wind up with something fresh and different. Se7en, Fargo, just as far as we�re not making comparisons in terms of quality we�re just talking influences, The Godfather, because that�s a sprawling film with a lot of characters that tells very intricate stories. Each character has an arc.

Three Days of the Condor is to The Winter Soldier as Se7en is to Civil War.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:11

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

90s psychological thrillers are the new 70s political thrillers.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:16

Dark_Tzitzimine: Oct 9, 2012; by R. Guyovich

https://www.facebook.com/benaffleck/videos/1024285027645924/
:drat:

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:19

Tomahawk: Aug 13, 2003; HE KNOWS

Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

https://www.facebook.com/benaffleck/videos/1024285027645924/

The PR intern at WB posting from Ben Affleck's account laid the smack down on Henry Cavill, whose account the intern was also posting from.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:22

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

I have it on good authority it's actually them.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:22

berserker: Aug 17, 2003; My love for you
is ticking clock

The Cameo posted:

So I wonder what the reason for him not being in BvS is. Retired, maybe?

My guess is the bulk of the movie doesn't take place in Gotham City? Who knows though, really.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:43

WeedlordGoku69: Feb 12, 2015; by Cyrano4747

Vintersorg posted:

I have it on good authority it's actually them.

Yeah, the BvS page is almost certainly run by a WB intern, but if any interns are running those actors' pages, it's interns hired by those actors.

# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:48

Burkion: May 10, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

So are they just not allowed to talk about Civil War in actual movie terms?

Like, do they have to only compare it to other things?

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:10

teagone: Jun 10, 2003; That was pretty intense, huh?

So we could potentially have Affleck, Irons, Leto, and Simmons in a solo Batman movie with a script written by Terrio. That's a nice cast :allears:

Add Margot Robbie and Will Smith, and cast Matt Damon as Hush. Or Jake Gyllenhaal as Todd/Red Hood.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:11

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Burkion posted:

So are they just not allowed to talk about Civil War in actual movie terms?

Like, do they have to only compare it to other things?

When you're pitching an idea, you usually use other films as a basis for understanding the rough tone their going for.

Instead of saying "It's a dark, psychological story" they say "It's like Seven" and your mind immediately understands what that means. But I don't think Civil War is going to be like Seven, at all. But I digress.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:23

Burkion: May 10, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

teagone posted:

So we could potentially have Affleck, Irons, Leto, and Simmons in a solo Batman movie with a script written by Terrio. That's a nice cast Add Margot Robbie and Will Smith, and cast Matt Damon as Hush. Or Jake Gyllenhaal as Todd/Red Hood.

Might be the second best Batman movie ever made.

First best is going to be The Killing Joke.

I hope.

Please don't gently caress up the Killing Joke DC. Please. For the love of God please.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:38

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

Since WB cast Simmons as Gordon, maybe Sony will cast Gary Oldman as J.J. Jameson?

# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:41

Chairman Capone: Dec 17, 2008

That's a great casting choice, since I always thought his J. Jonah Jameson looked a lot like the Gordon from Year One.

On the other hand, Simmons as JJJ is pretty much the ideal cast and I don't know if my brain would accept anyone else in the role. I feel the same with Snipes as Blade and Jackman as Wolverine.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 01:57

Gyges: Aug 4, 2004; NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

CelticPredator posted:

When you're pitching an idea, you usually use other films as a basis for understanding the rough tone their going for.

Instead of saying "It's a dark, psychological story" they say "It's like Seven" and your mind immediately understands what that means. But I don't think Civil War is going to be like Seven, at all. But I digress.

I don't know, Gweneth Paltrow is in both movies.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:20

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

Gyges posted:

I don't know, Gweneth Paltrow is in both movies.

Pepper cameo confirmed.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:27

Pussy Quipped: Jan 29, 2009

Codependent Poster posted:

Pepper cameo confirmed.

Is her body still all juiced up with the extremis poo poo?

# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:28

Sir Kodiak: May 14, 2007

Rurea posted:

Is her body still all juiced up with the extremis poo poo?

Nah, Tony couldn't handle the heat, had it removed.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 05:59

Dark_Tzitzimine: Oct 9, 2012; by R. Guyovich

Jeff Nichols explains why he passed on Aquaman

quote:

Nichols admits that he was in talks to direct Aquaman, but joked, �If you were a director working on the Warner Bros. lot over the past few years, someone is going to ask you about a DC character at some point.� While working primarily on indie movies like Mud and Take Shelter over the past few years, Nichols had been eager to work at the studio level, primarily with Warner Bros., a studio he felt was particularly artist friendly. He was equally as eager to work on a larger budget, but despite some �fun conversations,� never felt fully comfortable working within the confines of the DC Cinematic Universe.

But, you now [sighs] the trick with �Midnight Special� is even though it was made at the studio, they gave me a lot of control over the process. And I don�t just mean control over final cut, but it felt like we were making one of my movies. I had my team. I had my family there. My crew. We made the movie we all wanted to make. With the DC universe, so many parts of it had been activated and so many decisions had already been made that it felt more and more � and Warner Bros. agreed � that it was me trying to jump on a moving train. That�s not so much what I�m good at. I�m more of a ground up kinda guy.

Aquaman had already been cast at this point (Jason Momoa), his costume designed and there had been at least one script in development, so it�s not surprising Nichols was at least weary of joining a project so far along. But, there is certainly no shortage of characters in the DC universe that are getting their own movie, would he want to return and develop one of those characters?

Not really. Because, it�s all a connected universe. And it should be. And I was an advocate of that. The decisions that Zack (Snyder) is going to make in Batman vs. Superman, those all connect to things that are going to happen in Justice League and all that. And I was a huge comic book nerd, so I know all these characters and they all need to be beautifully webbed together. I was just far enough on the outside that I could develop things in a vacuum all day long but it wasn�t going to line up with everything they had planned.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 07:21

8one6: May 20, 2012; When in doubt, err on the side of Awesome!

Rurea posted:

Is her body still all juiced up with the extremis poo poo?

Imagine the interesting answer to that question.

Now imagine what Marvel actually decided to do.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 08:34

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

Burkion posted:

So are they just not allowed to talk about Civil War in actual movie terms?

Like, do they have to only compare it to other things?

I just hope they go all in with those comparisons. Like, just straight-up claim that the next Avengers movie is Fargo. This thread is gonna burn.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 09:06

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

Grendels Dad posted:

I just hope they go all in with those comparisons. Like, just straight-up claim that the next Avengers movie is Fargo. This thread is gonna burn.

Just like all those parked cars in the next movie. :ohdear:

# ? Mar 8, 2016 09:23

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

Drifter posted:

Just like all those parked cars in the next movie.

Swerve, only bicycles will be burned in the next movie.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 09:52

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Kulkasha posted:

I feel like they would have to get someone like Aronofsky or Jodorowsky to direct Sandman for it to really work.

Gilliam might pull it off, but as long as I'm wishing for impossible things, I'd like to see him take on The Invisibles or The Filth.

e: Sandman might work best as a series of films or, in a pinch, a high-budget TV show with a different director for each installment/episode, all of them with distinctly different styles. Gilliam, Jodorowsky, Lynch, maybe even Winding Refn. (Speaking of, is there anything recent about the Incal movie?)

My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Mar 8, 2016

# ? Mar 8, 2016 10:19

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Speaking of wishing for impossible things,

https://twitter.com/Bosslogic/status/707086310800896000

Then again,

https://twitter.com/Borys_Kit/status/706898770487746561

# ? Mar 8, 2016 11:29

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Ice Cube as JJJ would be fuckin sick. I love that idea.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 11:32

Snowman_McK: Jan 31, 2010

I momentarily mistook the photoshop for Craig Robinson, which would also work.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 12:35

The Dave: Sep 9, 2003

The MSJ posted:

Then again,

https://twitter.com/Borys_Kit/status/706898770487746561

They could have started with Spider-Man.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 13:27

Shanty: Nov 7, 2005; I Love Dogs

The Jump Street MIB crossover goes further than any of us could have imagined. Ice Cube plays JJJ/Zed/Nick Fury as roles just slide together and universes lose cohesion under unimaginable marketing pressure.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 13:45

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Whoopi Goldberg as Aunt May.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 16:50

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

Comic Book Movie Megathread: The Godfather, because that�s a sprawling film with a lot of characters that tells very intricate stories

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:01

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Sir Kodiak: May 14, 2007

I wonder if at some point the movies will reflect that these guys working at newspapers is a full three revolutions behind how news is actually delivered nowadays.

# ? Mar 8, 2016 17:14

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