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

Scyantific posted:

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2016/05/19/x-men-apocalypses-jennifer-lawrence-reveals-why-fox-should-be-te/

J-Law saying that she, McAvoy, and Fassbender are a "package deal now."

Holy poo poo can she be any more full of herself?

What is wrong with you?

# ¿ May 20, 2016 00:01

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 03:07

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

AFoolAndHisMoney posted:

You guys are idiots if you think this Thor movie is going to somehow adapt stuff from Simonson's run after how utterly dull the previous two have been.

These movies have been pretty lovely romantic comedies with the occasional fight rather than the grandiose, steeped in Norse myth kind of stuff Simonsons' take had. If the Thor movies ever did Thor fighting Jormungandr it'd probably be a bunch of lame one-liners while the movie focuses on Kat Dennings having quirky adventures on Earth.

Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings are not in Ragnarok

# ¿ May 21, 2016 18:19

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

It's The Tattooed Man played by Common

# ¿ Jun 4, 2016 11:43

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

The best (worst) is reading the Facebook comments under the trending stories thing for that. Literally everyone going "lovely DIRECTOR APOLOGIZING THREE YEARS LATER FOR HIS lovely PIECE OF poo poo MOVIE I HOPE HE loving DIES."

# ¿ Jun 4, 2016 18:48

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

Josh Lyman posted:

There are many things in Apocalypse to complain about but the CG in that scene is not one of them.

Actually it is, because the CGI in the entire movie is horrendous.

Don't get me wrong, the Quicksilver scene is great still, but the CGI is not.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2016 03:37

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

Tinypic does not use https, so if you are smart and using https on this site you will not see tinypic pictures.

The point is you should switch to a real image host.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2016 20:08

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

Hat Thoughts posted:

Bokeem Woodbine is gonna be in Spider Man so, fine, I'll see Spider-Man

Yep. Him, Michael Mando and Michael Keaton are gonna be villains in some degree. That's a drat fine set of villains.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2016 11:57

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

I would definitely not go into DOFP thinking it is going to be incredible, but it's very good still.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 07:10

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

I really like how they've barely shown Suicide Squad's actual villain in any of the marketing. Hopefully that doesn't mean he's underdeveloped in the movie, but I trust Ayers.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 00:17

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

Sorry, should have said antagonist.

It's The Tattooed Man, played by Common

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 02:45

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

Namaste posted:

I'd really like to know why they feel the need to dub over what looks like "are you ready?" (or something) with "go get it, girl!" with zero context for what "it" is. It doesn't seem like the actual line would've spoiled anything (I'm pretty sure that's where Enchantress says "let's do something fun," in one of the actual trailers--which could also be a ADR'd line), before the edit, and the edit just makes Waller sound weird.

What I'm trying to say is film marketing is ridiculous. And that Enchantress looks awesome.

Oh wow, I didn't notice it the first time but now that you point that out you're right, that is really bad dubbing. Whatever she does say ends with "...you.."

That transformation was cool as gently caress, though.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2016 23:49

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

I keep seeing a bunch of articles talking about how Luc Besson showed stuff from Valerian at ComicCon and it received a standing ovation (not that that is much of a metric) and I really hope they release it to everyone else. They probably won't, though, because the VFX were apparently not very close to being done.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2016 04:11

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

GonSmithe posted:

And here's Legion, an FX show about Charles Xavier's son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pep_HiCqYJA

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 00:10

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

Mechafunkzilla posted:

Hahaha, is that really a character's name?

He changed it to that himself, yes. Klaw (Andy Seriks' character from Age of Ultron) killed his dad and he blames the Wakandan King's weakness so he becomes a villain to try to become the king.

Malice is basically a trained sex-slave for Wakandan kings, there's a group of them. T'challa doesn't care about them and doesn't use them for the most part until he kisses Malice and she becomes super crazy obsessed with him.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 02:26

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

I can''t wait until they waste Mads like they waste all of their villains.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 02:52

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

James Gunn's Facebook posted:

Whoa! So we just got off stage at the San Diego Comicon showing not one, but THREE Guardians clips: 1) A piece from the film featuring Yondu, Rocket, baby Groot, and the Ravagers, 2) A behind-the-scenes featurette of me and the cast working on the forthcoming Guardians attraction at Disneyland, and 3) A special glimpse at a montage of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
I thought I�d share with you guys what we shared with everyone there.
If you don�t want minor spoilers from the film, don�t continue to read. I won�t hold it against you, I swear.
Here are the headlines �
THE RAVAGERS ARE A BIG PART OF VOL. 2
Most were on hand for the SDCC presentation, disrupting the proceedings as Ravagers are prone to do. We learn that they�ve had a somewhat contentious, even mutinous, relationship with Yondu since Vol. 1, due to the fact that Yondu let Peter Quill go without reprisal after not giving them the orb.
The leader in all of these shenanigans is the incredibly-powerful yet incredibly ridiculously-named TASERFACE, played by Chris Sullivan (it�s worth noting that four years ago when I was hired for the first Guardians film, I joked that I was going to make Taserface my villain. I suppose it�s no longer a joke).
Joining Chris in full Ravager regalia, was, of course, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, as well as these new Ravagers, all featured in the film:
Wretch, played by Evan Jones
Half-Nut, played by Jimmy Urine
Brahl, played by Stephen Blackehart
Gef the Ravager, played by Steve Agee
Oblo, played by Joe Fria
Narblik, play by Terence Rosemore
MICHAEL ROOKER SHOWED UP IN FULL YONDU MODE
With a big-rear end fin on his head. �Nuff said.
NEBULA IS A MAJOR PART OF THE FILM
As Karen Gillan knows � because I told her during my first meeting with her � GotG Vol. 1 was just a glimpse at a character I had major plans for in the future of the Guardians-verse. I did not lie.
ELIZABETH DEBICKI PLAYS AYESHA
Ayesha is the golden High Priestess of a genetically-perfect people called the Sovereign. She�s not a woman to be screwed with � she, and her entire world, are extraordinarily deadly.
WE CAUGHT A FIRST LOOK AT MANTIS
Our look for Mantis is similar to her original look in the comics � she�s the same color as Pom Klementieff, the actress who plays her (i.e not green), and she has antennae. We saw just a tiny little glimpse of her in the Comic-Con footage. More will be coming. She�s been one of my favorite parts of making this film.
YES, SYLVESTER STALLONE IS IN THE FILM
This was an amazing experience for me, considering I ran around in my backyard as a kid pretending I was Johnny Rambo. Working with Sly was one of the high points of shooting Vol. 2 for me.
Who does he play? Well, I can�t reveal that quite yet� but we do see him interacting with Yondu in the teaser.
TWO SONGS PLAYED IN THE FOOTAGE
�Come a Little Bit Closer,� by Jay and the Americans, played during the clip where Yondu faces off against some of the Ravagers.
�The Chain,� by Fleetwood Mac was the song used in the montage.
Am I saying these songs are part of Awesome Mix Vol. 2? Not necessarily. But they are great tunes�
A NEW DISNEYLAND GOTG ATTRACTION IS COMING
I�m a huge Disneyland fan and the Tower of Terror is my second favorite attraction there (Space Mountain is number one). So when the folks approached me, asking me to be involved with a new Guardians attraction, I was apprehensive.
But then the Walt Disney Imagineering folks showed me what they had in mind and MY MIND WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN. It was awesome (see the attached concept art for a very small taste). Exhilarating and novel and interactive. I can�t be more pleased to have partnered up with Walt Disney Imagineering in this production, helping to direct and shape the experience so that it has all the heart and fun and humor Guardians movies do.
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and I, along with a few other members of the Guardians cast, put our full effort into making it as great as we knew it could be. We shot most of it while we were in Atlanta shooting Vol. 2, and I can�t wait for you guys to see it and experience it firsthand the next time you visit the park.
WE DISCLOSED THE IDENTITY OF PETER QUILL�S FATHER
This is the biggie, I guess. And, yes, as many people guessed, or assumed, Kurt Russell is playing Peter Quill�s father. And Peter Quill�s father is (as almost no one has guessed)�
EGO.
Known in the comics as Ego the Living Planet.
Yeah, his dad is a planet. Sort of. It will all be explained in the film..
But to me, this is the absolute center of Vol. 2, and one of the reasons I�ve been so excited about it. When Marvel first approached me with the first movie, I thought, �Wait a second? A talking raccoon? Isn�t that a rather ridiculous idea to base a movie around?�
It was then that I took a step back and asked myself: Okay, if a raccoon could talk, and shoot a machine gun, how could that be? And answering that question ended up being the entire foundation of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. There was a sadness in the answer. Rocket was an animal experimented upon, torn apart and put back together, without compassion. He was the only being of his type, had never known any hint of kindness, and was utterly and completely alone until he met his fellow Guardians. And, one of them in particular � Groot � thought it was worth sacrificing his life for his sake. This melancholy and beautiful undercurrent helped to ground the character for me. He had far more in common with Frankenstein�s monster than he did Bugs Bunny. And I related to him, greatly, and I hoped other folks who felt like outsiders would as well.
Ego seemed, in many ways, like an even more ridiculous character. But I asked myself, if a planet was alive, how could that be? And how could it father a child?
The answers to those questions took me to a far deeper place that I expected. I don�t want to give away too many answers at this time. But what Nova Prime said about Peter�s father at the end of Vol. 1 is certainly true � he is something ancient and unknown. And, as we will discover, being a cosmic being, alone for eons, is perhaps even more lonely than being the universe�s sole talking raccoon.
I can�t wait for you guys to see Kurt Russell bring this character to life onscreen. It has been a rapturous experience creating Ego with him. We have both pushed ourselves as far as we can go in making him real, and grounded, and emotionally centered.
I also can�t wait for all of you to see this movie. I really, really love it. Never has anything I�ve done flowed as smoothly as this project, and been so true and consistent from the first day I started writing it until today, as we edit it and create our visual effects.
And, worry not. Although you�ve learned a lot today, we have countless more surprises for you as we get closer to our release date. And even more of them in the movie itself.
Stay tuned to this page for more updates as we approach May 5, 2017 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
Thanks!
James

GonSmithe fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jul 24, 2016

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 03:09

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

teagone posted:

Oscar winner Brie Larson is officially cast as Captain Marvel

!!!
God drat

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 03:20

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

It's definitely partially composition, but Cavill really is jacked out of his loving mind.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2016 04:46

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

So Avengers: Infinity War might not be a two-parter, anymore. Apparently Marvel has switched "Infinity War Part II" to "Untitled Avengers Film" on their release calendar and removed the "Part I" from Infinity War.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2016 03:23

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

Now that reviews are coming out and whatnot, please take Suicide Squad discussion over to its thread

# ¿ Aug 2, 2016 17:45

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

MrFlibble posted:

If you're being entertained by a movie why would you notice the editing? You'd be caught up in the story / visuals / score / whatever it is you like in a movie.

That's not how that works. Why would there even be a Best Editing Oscar if that was the case?

# ¿ Aug 3, 2016 05:43

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

Fuckman posted:

I want you all to visit the obscure website Youtube.com and search for Zack Snyder until you've seen enough of the man speaking and describing his creative decisions and the reasons behind them to disabuse yourself of the notion that he is a misunderstood genius and start becoming impressed at the apparent fact that he dresses himself without a team of nurses.

Coming from the guy who has spent over $60 on an Internet forum to melt down about people liking Star Wars.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2016 12:25

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

The funeral scene in Thor 2 was very pretty and good, but otherwise yeah that movie is so incredibly forgettable.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2016 23:19

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

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

I don't even remember that. The only bits I remember liking were the bit where Loki reveals his prison cell to be an illusion and the final fight scene being mildly clever. The rest just annoyed me, the action throughout was so bad and the production design was so lazy.

Thor 1 at least had some great design with the Asgard stuff and a few remarkably funny fish-out-of-water comedy, but it's still kind of a trash pile overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g1um446Bis&t=80s

I think it's nice to see Marvel just let it go silent the whole time, no big speech, no quips, just somber silence.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2016 23:30

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

Electromax posted:

Superman or Warcraft sequel?

I hope Zach Synder sees this and realizes it's exactly what needs to happen, because this is perfect.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2016 16:38

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

Hahaha what a bunch of weenies

# ¿ Aug 20, 2016 22:48

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

I'm really excited for Thor 3, this is weird.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2016 12:48

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

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

It's just that when you type "Worst Action Scene Ever" into Youtube you get way worse scenes than anything in Avengers 1 and/or 2.

This is an astonishingly stupid metric.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2016 00:50

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

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

I dug it. Nice low-stakes throwback action movie. Kinda reminded me of The Punisher '04 in that way.

I like most of The Wolverine besides Viper being in it. She is so unbelievably useless in that movie.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2016 20:33

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

The MSJ posted:

TV chat: Here's your new Ghost Rider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ1PeVAGkdM

That looks loving awful.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2016 01:07

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

Drifter posted:

How does that still of Ghostrider look awful? I mean, it looks pretty much exactly like how he's drawn in the comics, doesn't it?

Now, the trailer teaser was terrible poo poo, but that was just the writing. Still looks like Agents of Shield, though.

The CG looks like something from the late 90s.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2016 04:30

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

Vintersorg posted:

Now that I know Taika Waititi is directing the new Thor it's probably going to be the best Marvel movie.

Until Black Panther, at least.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2016 18:36

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

Mierenneuker posted:

So the cinema I frequent has a 15 minute "unique IMAX 3D preview" for Dr Strange called Expand Your Mind next Tuesday. It's free and you get a poster afterwards. I think that's the first time I've seen a marketing event like that happen there.

Not that I'm going. I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'd rather not spoil myself any further at this point.
Edit: It's at 18:00 too. I guess they're hoping people will line it up with an early evening showing of a different movie?

They did something like this for Guardians too. They showed one scene, the prison escape scene, so this will probably be similar.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2016 18:50

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

I really want them to drop a trailer, I can't wait to see the stuff in motion.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2016 02:52

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

The Wolverine workprint is basically the final movie anyway besides the beginning and end scene.

Like, they didn't even change the horrendous CGI when he uses his claws in the bathroom. So horrible.

This is a dumb video but it's the only clip I can find online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pew1RWnTafM

GonSmithe fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Oct 23, 2016

# ¿ Oct 23, 2016 22:18

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

LesterGroans posted:

My mind was blown when the bathroom claws, a laugh line from watching the workprint with some friends in college, was still there in the theatre.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2016 23:01

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

The commentary track for Hot Fuzz is Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright talking about literally 190 other films.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 21:42

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

CelticPredator posted:

Deadpool's score owns. The main theme is very hummable. I'm sorry you guys gave weird boring ears.

Anyone who self-admittedly only listens to movie scores does not get to say this.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2016 17:54

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

5 days until a Valerian trailer, get hyped.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2016 23:53

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 03:07

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

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