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I wonder if things will be tense between Cap and Tony when Steve gets unfrozen and heaps praise on Stark Sr. when Tony has nothing but bad memories of his old man.
I also wonder if Tony will make Cap's new uniform, and if he does, whether or not we'll get an Iron Patriot easter egg. -
Quote:You're dead to me, sir.Originally Posted by Zikar
Mine shipped on Sunday (somehow) Amazon says it'll be here tomorrow.
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Extended edition Blu-Ray's coming in less than 48 hours!
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Quote:Hmm, when I saw the latest trailer I was thinking the black guy was going to be a young Nick Fury. Maybe they're just swapping out Nick Fury's WWII role for Dum Dum Dugan's present role.Originally Posted by Nericus
Here is the link to the full cast/characters slated to appear:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/fullcredits#cast
Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Union Jack, Sam jackson as Nick Fury in an uncredited appearance so I'll presume that to be the post credits scene after the movie, possibly of Cap being thawed from the ice?
Oh yeah......HOWARD STARK is listed. Given how among Howard's possessions that Tony was given in IM2 was an unfinished Captain America shield, I wonder if Howard Stark will have a hand developing the shields in this movie?
Also given that Hugo Weaving is the Red Skull....I hope one of the Skull's soldiers has the last name of Anderson just so we can hear the Red Skull say "Mr. Anderson!"
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I kind of missed these little group reviews.
Thoughts . . .
- Line of the night: "I have a faerie godmother?"
- They totally blew the budget for their first five episodes in the first five minutes.
- The way that the faeries tricked humans into staying in their realm with food really meshed with the same thing happening in the Walt Simonson Thor Ominbus that I finally got around to reading.
- Let's hope that True Blood does a better job of managing the time jumps in terms of characterization and such than other shows (I'm looking at you, Heroes).
- Speaking of time jump characterization, boy am I glad that it looks like we're done with douchey dumb Jason, but let's hope he kept his sense of humor.
- I'm a little worried that we'll get more focus than necessary on Arlene's whole "my baby is evil" sub-plot; I mean her scenes outside Merlotte's were necessary in season one because she was sleeping with the serial killer, but let's let her screentime dwindle gracefully, folks.
- Tara as a cage-fighting lesbian? I guess I'm okay with that, but the further they let her character stray from the main plot, the more her time is going to feel like filler, so let's bring her back into the fold where she belongs.
- I was relieved to see that the fight between Hoyt and Jessica was blown off and they weren't turned into a broken couple purely for the sake of drama.
- Also, I'm wondering if Tara went lesbian because following Sookie's disappearance, she realized she loved Sookie as more than a friend.
- Not sure how I feel about the involvement of the witches this season; I mean, with the faeries at least it was relevant to explain Sookie's powers, but if they keep up like this I'm worried it'll drive some viewers away.
- Got a feeling Tommy is conning Hoyt's mom, but if that's true, then the bad blood between these two is only going to get worse.
- Nice to see that the actors playing Eric and Bill can be charming and menacing in the same episode; they've still got it.
- For a moment there I was thinking Pam's going to hit on Jessica in the bathroom. >.>
- Witch sub-plot > faerie sub-plot, though.
- I'm glad that Sam met some other shifters that weren't complete douches.
- I'm curious if Bill's investigations and such from the books played into his become the king, but I'm glad it looks like we'll get a flashback episode explaining this transition; I just hope we don't divert too much from what's going on now to explain what happened in the missing year.
- Don't think that getting all possessive and rapey so soon is going to win over Sookie, Eric.
Overall, an interesting start. From the previews, it seems that the conflict between Bill and Eric will finally come to a head. Let's see if they can up the stakes even higher than they were last year. I'm hoping to see some more uber ancient vampire battles.
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*goes back to reading pre-OYL JLA*
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Quote:More like please fire the writers.Originally Posted by Nericus
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...lantern-205703
Well it looks like despite the movie's performance at the box office, Warner's is contemplating a sequel.
Please fire Ryan Reynolds.
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I hope they come out with a massive poster for this with all of them in their costumes in the classic poses (mainly just Cap in the middle with the shield raised but whatever >.>) or just go ahead and rip off one of Hitch's awesome Ultimates covers.
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Quote:Well I think in this case it's not so much a matter of saying, "this one isn't as good as [blank]," but rather "this one isn't very good." But that's just me.Originally Posted by BrandX
That's just it. Look at other genre of films.
You don't see "Well this comedy was better, so don't see this one. Oh also, because of that we're rating the movie so low as to give it reviews that say it's unwatchable."
I mean really...20% on Rotten Tomatoes...it wasn't anywhere near that bad of a film.
Again, I don't want them to reuse story elements, tones, or styles just because they were successful for other movies, I just want them to put their best effort into the ones they do use, and if I'm struggling to point out aspects of the film where I felt they did that, then I can't give an honest assessment that it was good. -
Quote:It certainly looked to lack polish to me as far as the CGI, directing, and writing were concerned.Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
I don't think it's the lack of polish...I think it's the fact that it's an origin movie. Origin movies don't seem to balance showing the "this is how our hero came to be" with "Ok, now that they're ready to fight the problem in the present, let's let them do it" very often.
In GL's case, I think they went too far on the side of resolving the conflict. I agree that not enough time was spent on his training (and instead spent on him deciding whether he was worthy). I wanted more Kilowog, if anything. Even 5 more minutes of him training, explaining how the rings were made or what they can do besides project energy or put you in a nifty suit would have been enough.
I liked the movie a lot. I thought the story differences were small enough to not be jarring, and I thought all of the actors were fine. I don't think I would have written Sinestro as so accepting of Jordan after Hal's conversation with the Guardians (to me, Sinestro never accepts Hal as a worthy Guardian, especially wearing Abin Sur's ring. He appreciates his power only after fighting against him, but that comes much later in the canon).
I also think comic geeks need to ease up on their nerdrage over most comic movies. They accept storylines written by numerous writers that almost always diverge and conflict with each other, but they can't accept a movie plot that does? That makes no sense.
Again, the thing about the better comic book movies is that you can walk out of the theater with the satisfactory sense that people who cared about the source material worked on the movie, because it showed. This movie didn't leave me with that, but rather the feeling that everyone was just looking to churn out a superhero movie without putting any pride in their work.
I'm not going to berate folks who actually enjoyed the movie like another poster whose name you can't spell without "Dur," but what I'm saying is that any kind of movie usually entertains by stringing together a series of successful moments that carry you through it. With this movie, I felt there were too many moments strung together where it was obvious they could have done better, and that soured the experience. -
Quote:Was he going to drown? I just remember seeing him hurt. o.OOriginally Posted by Veritech
Was it really that big of a deal they didn't take the simulator? Worse if it had, then the government types wouldve known exactly who to look at once GL showed up. The important part is that upon seeing Abin Sur in danger of drowning, he jumped in to help.
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I wish the ring talked in this movie. I'd gotten used to the "You have the ability to overcome great fear. I am a power ring sent by the Guardians of the Universe. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps." intro and whatnot.
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Here are the panels in question:
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Quote:I'd say Morgan Freeman as Gandalf and SLJ as Aragorn, but that's just me. >.>Originally Posted by ebon3
Only if Samuel L was Gandalf!
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Everyone runs from the grenade but Steve Rogers jumps on it. Great stuff.
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Sure it's more stylized than the real look, but I'm liking the modern take on Cap's costume. Kinda wish they'd let Thor keep his helmet on though. -
Quote:Wasn't she Robin and then Catgirl?Originally Posted by Skullseye
Carrie Kelly, IMO.
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Quote:I liked his early work on Ultimate Spider-Man, but I was underwhelmed by his take on the Avengers and thought his writing on Alias was overrated. I did pick up the first trade of Powers and the hardcover of the first full arc of his on Daredevil and liked those, however. I've also ordered Ultimate Doomsday, which I heard good things about and should be here today, so I hope it's good.Originally Posted by Kasoh
Some people don't like Bendis's (Bendis'?) work, for whatever reason, but I've generally found him to be a good writer, especially on Ultimate Spiderman.
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Hmm the Shane Black guy has only one director's credit under his belt and they're entrusting him with Iron Man? Interesting.
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Quote:The thing about that is, once you see something done right, it can be irksome when you see something similar put out there that you don't see done with the same kind of effort and overall quality.Originally Posted by BrandX
I still get the feeling none of them judged the movie on it's own merits, and instead judged it by comparing it to other superhero films.
"The Dark Knight was better, so the Green Latern sucks."
Not saying the people involved in movies shouldn't aim high and put their best foot foward, but instead of saying "It's good." they say "It sucks compared to this movie, so don't see it."
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It doesn't make it a undeniably bad film, but it can be so jarring when you notice things missing or unpolished that it hurts your experience with the film. -
Bradley Cooper?
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I would say Barbara Gordon, but she outdid herself with her time as Oracle, and I haven't read any comics with Stephanie as Batgirl yet so I'll go with Cassandra Cain, who is also probably the most unique Batgirl.
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Is this gonna be like Clone Wars in that it'll end up putting the live action counterparts to shame? >.>
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Quote:Well, the books were centered around the mutants, so it's probably easy to think that there's nothing but mutants running around when really it's just we see nothing but the mutant side of things.Originally Posted by BrandX
Okay, it wasn't half. It just seemed that way with the writing. Entire cities of mutants. Gangs of mutants. It was to the point one wondered how they were even a minority.
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Quote:I didn't even know Blade (the character) existed until the movie came out. And it deserves props for not only taking the superhero genre seriously (and perhaps moreso than anyone had before, given the R rating) but showing studios that you could make $100M+ with characters not named Superman or Batman. When an R-rated movie based off a blaxploitation superhero from the 70s makes it, it shows everyone else that this genre has possibilities outside the big names and that people respond well to this type of film when the subject matter is taken seriously.Originally Posted by Local_Man
Blade was mostly unknown outside of the core fans -- it was a good action/vampire flick that happened to be based on a comic. I think X-Men was really the one that got things rolling because it took characters who were clearly from comic books and treated them mostly seriously. Spider-man followed up that success showing that you could actually use the costume.