CaptainFoamerang
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I'm just going to imagine that the final 15 mins of Smallville was a combination of the end of the Apokolips Now arc of Superman:TAS and the fight with Darkseid at the end of JLU.
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Quote:I thought Ross said something about Banner's work being related to increasing resistance to radiation? Seems like something that they'd fund a team to look into while other teams work on other aspects of improving the Super Soldier program without anyone having the big picture.Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
I've watched the new Hulk movie several times, and I can't remember any part of it that says his accident was due to trying to develop the Super Soldier Serum.
Abomination got created from combining Hulk's DNA with the Super Soldier serum the general had on hand, but I am certain that they never said Banner was working on Super Soldier Serum in the movie. -
Disappointing.
We didn't even get any epic shots of Superman pushing Apokolips away from Earth. And we didn't even get to see a decent full-body shot of him suited up. -
Quote:More like it explains Smallville.Originally Posted by Red_Giant
Which explains the popularity of Supernatural, I guess. I have an RPG group with a female GM who freely admits that the only reason she - and apparently legions of women of her age - watches the show is for the cute leads. In fact, give her (and the legions) a show with crappy writing and semi decent acting, but have cute male leads and she'll (and they) be tuning in each week. And then they all go write slash fic about the show.
Supernatural has been one of the best shows on TV for a while. -
Quote:That only works if we're saying that the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman series had anything going for it than Lynda Carter running around in a Wonder Woman costume.Originally Posted by Lothic
My point about Cathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman leading to the Lydna Carter series pretty much already discredited this line of thinking.
Also, it seems that viewer power has shifted to the point where a single, or even several scantily clad women alone aren't enough to sustain viewership on a series. Now it's more like if you can get enough attractive dudes in a series with semi-decent writing, you've got a shot. -
Quote:Well if the corporate suits can sell the garbage that's on now and decide that this take on Wonder Woman isn't worth the time, that could tell you something.Originally Posted by Lothic
A handful of corporate suits made a decision to kill the show in its crib. It's actually relatively hard to automatically assume that means that the millions of people who watch NBC shows would have agreed with them. *shrugs*
While it was likely most "comic book geeks" would have hated Kelley's show it still -might- have found enough of an audience of "normal" people regardless. And that popularity -might- have encouraged a better future show or movie. Without a series on the air, even a bad one, we are in the same stagnate boat we've been in for decades. Even a bad show would have overcome the "mindset inertia" and gotten things looking better for a better future for this character.
Maybe the "controversy" over this failure will be enough to accomplish the same effect. I'm simply doubting it at this point.
And the only way this would have been a positive if it was, well, actually good. If it was going to be as terrible as all the buzz and inside info indicated, then it would have added a negative connotation to the property in the public eye and create another roadblock for future projects. -
Quote:But it kind of already did. I mean apparently it was so bad it didn't just crash and burn, it exploded on the runway.Originally Posted by Lothic
Let's face it: Wonder Woman on TV has never had a completely flawless legacy. People who are old enough remember the absolute abomination the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman was. Ironically the David Kelley pilot, with all its apparent faults, was actually shaping up to easily be 10x BETTER than that joke of a show was which actually got on TV somehow. Ultimately everything is relative. If we were honest with ourselves we'd admit that even the Lydna Carter Wonder Woman was fairly silly.
Also remember that everyone here is merely ASSUMING that the Kelley show would have instantly crashed and burned. True there was a lot of evidence to suggest that's what would have happened. But we'll honestly NEVER know if that was going to come to pass or not. Heck, I predicted Smallville wouldn't last a full season because I thought it totally sucked at the time. Go figure. *shrugs*
Again I'll ascribe to the idea that even in 2011 "bad publicity is still good publicity". Or at least would have been at any rate. -
Quote:It's not really that so much as the concept was terrible. I think there's more to back up the "it's better it never happened" theory because at least Wonder Woman won't be tainted by bad memories of this show. People who are relatively unfamiliar with the character would have tuned in and wrote the character off because they'd look at it and go, "That's Wonder Woman? I'll pass." and do so in addition to the fans who'd already do the same.Originally Posted by Lothic
Actually I still disagree with the "we're better off it didn't happen" theory.
Consider the history involved: People had be trying to get a Wonder Woman TV show made for years through the 1960s and early 70s. The very first live action Wonder Woman that finally managed to get made was the very cheesy Cathy Lee Crosby version in 1974. Despite that being a horrible version of the character it directly generated enough interest in the idea to finally get us the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman shows of 1975-79.
I contend that even though Cathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman was horrible it served a valuable purpose at the time to lead to something better. I feel that even if this 2011 David Kelley show had turned out to be horrible it would have at least primed the pump again to have a better chance to get a GOOD Wonder Woman show made in the relative near future. With the news that this series was easily discarded before it got a real chance I figure our collective chances for a good show in the next 5 to 10 years is now virtually nil. *shrugs* -
Quote:Wasn't Whedon working on a WW movie but he left it because they were wanting to force ****** concepts like the ones included in this series on him or something?Originally Posted by Lothic
I'm all for that scenario. Thing is people have been talking about hypotheticals like this for years and now as of today we're pretty much back to square one with -any- live action attempt.
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Seems like a cross between Rear Window and Lost Boys. I'm worried Colin Farrel will ham it up too much, though.
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Let's just give a couple hundred million dollars to Joss Whedon and Gail Simone for a WW movie.
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I'm still waiting for Ow, My Balls!
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Quote:Also, they've already confirmed the actor is playing Hawkeye in the Avengers movie.Originally Posted by sleestack
Agent Coulson didn't call him Hawkeye, but said (paraphrasing): "Barton, get out there." Hawkeye's "real" name is Clint Barton, and he passes by all the other weapons to choose a bow, so....
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Just saw this movie at a hotel the other day. It was . . . weird.
I kind of felt blind-sided by the weirdness of it because I think they really had to downplay the black humor in the trailers. -
Quote:I think box office expectations for successful superhero movies may have been raised since the new Spider-Man and Batman movie franchises came out, though.Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
The first X-Men movie made $296 million (foreign and domestic) over it's entire theatrical run.
Thor just made that much in less than two weeks.
I think it's gonna do ok. -
I googled your screen name and found a cosplayer spotlight about you. I was surprised to see all those costumes! And the Golblyn Queen one sure seemed like it was tricky lol
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Quote:Also, remember that the success of the Avengers film can factor into their decision to greenlight a sequel. And it's going to be really, really hard for that movie not to be a success.Originally Posted by Oliin
Well, according to Box Office Mojo Thor's worldwide ticket sales have exceeded its budget already. Not exactly a smashing success, but if it continues to even do 'ok' for the next little bit I'd say a sequel is looking fairly good.
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Last issue of Dark Knight Returns
Both issues of Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
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It was about as good as the first Iron Man, with similar strengths and weaknesses. I look forward to watching Thor fight the Midgard Serpent in the next one.
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Quote:I think Brad Garrett would've been the ideal choice.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Yep. Saw that mention in an article about a backdoor TV pilot he was in. Not many deep bass voices out there.
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It looks great.
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I remember a while back, I think it was shortly after Lois was shot in the Middle-East, during the Ruin story, that she asked Clark about having a baby, and she basically said, "With all the people that we know and technology we have access to, it's gotta be possible." I don't think there was any follow-up to that, though.
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Quote:I really hope they get around to this one day.Originally Posted by Wooden_Replica
1) Clark and Lois finally have a baby
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Okay so I was thinking about this film just now and it's obvious that the climax revolves around the Cuban Missile Crisis, and they're probably going to make that the turning point in the relationship between Xavier and Magneto as well. From the trailer it seems like this early team of X-Men is going to stop a launch against the USA, so maybe the thing that splits them for good is the reaction to the fact that mutants somehow get blamed for the whole thing anyway. What's more, this film taking place in the past could result in this placement of blame being the foundation for legitimate widespread fear of the mutants. Magneto could even take it further by taking responsibility for the incident to make humans fear mutants.
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I can see this as being fodder for that movie physics site, but overall I found it enjoyable.