CaptainFoamerang
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Quote:I figured that map simply was showing the location of potential Avengers, Black Panther in Wakanda being one of them.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I'm guessing vibranium. I noticed near the end of Iron Man II, when Stark is being debriefed by Fury a map which I assume is all current SHIELD operations. One is in Africa. Another is off of Greenland. -
I'll watch it so long as the story is decent and the action is good. The last one I didn't like as much as Casino Royale, because it felt too much like a Borne movie, what with Bond essentially getting chased throughout the whole film in every possible way.
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I looked at the pic and thought Frank Castle snagged a symbiote.
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A fair amount of straps, but overall it's not bad. We'll have to wait for a trailer to see what kind of tone they're shooting for, though.
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Are those mechanical web shooters I see? Or just exit points for the webbing?
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Are we talking classics or something newer?
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For TV show I'm going to say Sons of Anarchy.
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It was like Chasing Amy with less dick and fart jokes and more martial arts.
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Quote:It was also kind of nice to see Cage in a non-midlife-crisis role.Originally Posted by Ironik
Yeah, it's actually a pretty fun little flick.
Cage's line, "He'll turn you into a pig that just looooves physics!" is one of the best of the year.
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Sorcerer's Apprentice was better than I thought it would be, and actually looked pretty damn good in HD.
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Okay, so far I picked up:
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight
- Speed Racer
- Sunshine
- The Fifth Element
- The Patriot
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Inception
- The Fountain
- Watchmen
- Planet Earth
I also have Supernatural Seasons Four and Five on Blu-Ray coming (they were uber cheap on Amazon and I needed those seasons to complete the set). And my dad got me Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam.
Unfortunately, I have to return Sunshine, because the latest Blu-ray player firmware update enabled picture in picture compatibility but if your TV doesn't have picture in picture settings you can't turn it off, and Sunshine is apparently the only Blu-ray to have picture in picture commentary.
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Quote:I hope you manage to track it down. It was actually pretty informative, and each of the multiverse survivors were given their own section.Originally Posted by SuperOz
Oh, I'm aware of it....but I'm still going to stand by my argument that I don't believe their motivations and characterisations are well-written.
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It has hot chicks fighting what appears to be Nazis, dragons, and giant gattling-gun-wielding samurai with swords and automatic weapons. If you don't want to see it, you have no soul.
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Quote:Well in order to determine if something is well-written it helps to read it.Originally Posted by SuperOz
Oh, I'm aware of it....but I'm still going to stand by my argument that I don't believe their motivations and characterisations are well-written.
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Oz, I think the problem is you didn't get the information that was in the Infinite Crisis Special, which basically shows what happens to Alex, Prime, Superman, and Lois throughout their time in the "paradise." It basically delves into all their motivations and such going into Infinite Crisis.
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I think I just filled the cup.
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Quote:Well if your issue isn't with the consistency of Superboy-Prime, a character created in the same year as the original Crisis, then I don't see a problem, because Alexander Luthor was created during the Crisis. Both Prime and Alex received little page time to even establish a basis for what is consistent for their characters; furthermore, the time they spent in the "paradise" was far longer than what we had seen of them previously, so the argument could be made that that is where the foundations of the characters were laid.Originally Posted by SuperOz
I'll respond to these points happily:
First of all Foamy...I'm not arguing for a consistency in character across decades. Even I as an older fan acknowledge that characters evolve in response to the times in which they live, with moral and societal changes influencing them. What I am arguing is the consistent portrayal of those characters as shown to us in Crisis on Infinite Earths. I can agree with you to a point on Superboy-Prime's case, but that's really just unfortunate timing in terms of when he was created. However, consider the character's major influences in terms of whom he met...and he met some of the most influental characters DC ever produced, including Kal-L. But this more properly belongs with the response to Durakken.
If you are referring to Superman, then once again I fail to see a problem with consistency. It's obvious to anyone who read the series that Golden Age Superman had some villainous actions. But he didn't have villainous motivations. Superman was certainly led astray, but this was attributed to the most common reason for Superman standing for anything but truth, justice, and the American way: Lois. Essentially every story, including Kingdom Come, written by Mark Waid, who you cited as one of the premiere Silver Age-y writers, that has Superman engaging in Super-dickery does so as a result of him attempting to save Lois or failing to do so. Many of his great character qualities can start to waver or even fail when he becomes so focused on Lois, so you can count that as the key to the perceived out-of-character behavior and failure to help Superboy-Prime cope with his own losses.
If that's the way you feel about Johns' writing, I would highly recommend picking up his run on Flash as well as Superman: Up, Up, and Away.Quote:I disagree strongly that Johns captures the heroic ideals of the Silver or Gold Ages, actually. If Superboy-Prime is the outraged feelings of fans from those eras, then why does he act completely contrary to the ideals of those times? That's a pretty heavy-handed commentary, in my view. I don't think presenting an extreme reaction as symbolised in the character is a commentary. It's reactionary, certainly. But it's a lot of noise that really is just polarising. Upon reading it even casually, there's a dismissive attitude to both eras. Firstly in the inability of the Gold/Silver Ages to adjust to the Modern, and the inability of the Modern to evolve and grow. Add to that you make the character almost unable to function as anything other than as a symbolic one, and your premise ends once you're unable to take or make the point any further.
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As for Prime, I believe you may be simply reinforcing the core of the character with your arguments. Superboy-Prime isn't supposed to be productive and thought-provoking, but blind and destructive like fanboy rage that fails to see reason. -
Regarding consistency, I think it's important to keep in mind that if the writers of the Silver Age kept the characters the same from the Golden Age, and the Modern Age writers kept everything the same from the Silver Age, Batman would still be gunning down criminals and Superman would smack around Lois every once in a while. I don't have an issue with authors finding different interpretations and uses for characters over time, especially when that time can be measured in decades. However, even this criticism isn't exactly applicable, because the particular version of Superboy that became Superboy-Prime was created the same year that the original Crisis came out, so it isn't as if he already had legions of fans who were following him for decades that should have been offended by his portrayal in Infinite Crisis.
And I believe it's perfectly acceptable for an author to use a character as a symbol for their current assessment of a fanbase or any other portion of a population, really. I mean, it occurs to me that injecting those kind of ideas into stories is what writers are supposed to do. At the very least, I find Johns' approach to commentary preferable to that of other writers like Mark Millar and Alan Moore, because it doesn't lose that touch of noble heroism that is usually associated with the Golden and Silver Age. -
I don't find it insulting as a reader to have a character like Superboy-Prime in comics, because I don't count myself amongst the fans who get upset about different portrayals throughout the history of the industry. Furthermore, I don't think Johns uses Prime's extreme hypocrisy and ignorance to represent the only alternative to current comics; in other words, I don't think that Johns is saying that Prime's (and therefore the raging fanboys') perspectives are so misguided that they just have to deal with the current state of things and that's that. The primary reason I don't believe this is the case is because despite being responsible for some of the dark turns in recent years, Johns' stories still tend to contain notions of heroes fighting for justice simply because it's the right thing to do. It may not be readily apparent, but I think the heroes are intentionally put in really difficult and dark situations in order to demonstrate how they can still believe in justice and good afterwards.
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Why does he need the tarp? o.O
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Okay so this is my list of Blu-ray must-haves at the moment:
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Spider-Man Trilogy
- The Fountain
- Watchmen
- Sunshine
- Speed Racer
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight
- 300
- Wall-E
- Iron Man
- The Cell
- Braveheart
- Fight Club
- Minority Report
- Independence Day
- Stardust
- Hero
- The Forbidden Kingdom
Underlined ones have already been ordered from Amazon. Going to see how much they're charging for the other ones during the last minute xmas sales this weekend. -
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Always appreciated your participation in my drafts. You'll be missed.
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So I recently picked up my first HD TV and a PS3 (along with a GameFly account), and I'm trying to think of films that would be considered practically mandatory to have on Blu-ray these days. Any suggestions?
Also, I previously purchased a DVD player with HD up-conversion capability, so I'm looking for movies that would really give me something with Blu-ray that I wouldn't be able to experience with an up-converted DVD.