Hazmatter
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Quote:Need I remind you of the teaser for The Dark Knight, where we were treated solely to snippets of dialogue from the movie over a shot of the bat-symbol being backlit and then shattered by increasing streaks of light? It's a teaser. Meant to give us just enough to let us know the movie's coming. And at the screening of Harry Potter I attended where this was shown, I heard people cheer when that first scene from Batman Begins came up on screen, because they knew what it meant.Originally Posted by Crazy1van
Kind of hated that trailer. Of course I'm looking forward to the movie, but we were just fed several scenes from BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT with a tiny drop of new material added in to justify the trailer's existence. Did anyone catch Anne Hathaway in that? No? Because she wasn't there! -
Quote:Nah, that's Sinestro's job. Then he'll be... Mandarinestro!!Originally Posted by Nericus
Well Krona was wielding all the rings in the final fight with Hal, and Hal still blasted him. To me that makes the green power of will the strongest of the spectrum but ONLY when backed but a strong and unshakeable will such as Hal's.
Hal has wielded: Green, Yellow (both parallax and rings), Red, Blue and been exposed briefly to the orange energy when he grabbed the battery and then used the orange ring to help get Parallax out of the CPB. I don't recall him wielding violet and indigo.
Could Hal wield all the rings at once? Quite likely, if he can host Parallax a few times, get sueprcharged from the CPB a few times, wield the other spectrum powers and host the White Entity in the final fight of Blackest Night, then yeah he could.
I think though that instead of Hal being like Marvels comics Mandarin character with a different ring on each finger, that a new spectrum ring is created for Hal that can tap into and wield any of the spectrum energies that the wearer needs...including the black energy, though the more the black energy is used the greater the chance of Black Lanterns arising again.
Yeah, I was one of the few who kinda dug the Iron Lantern comic that came out of the second run of Amalgam titles. -
Well, we know Hal will be back as GL from the cover of the JLA relaunch.
As for Sinestro, I can kind of understand why a ring would choose him again, especially given his actions immediately prior to being re-inducted: attacking Krona in an effort to save Hal. "He would die for the Corps. So would I," indeed. In an ideal world, Sinestro would have a moment of clarity and publicly resign from the Corps before the Guardians can kick him out again, admitting that he still has much to atone for before he's worthy to sling a green ring again. Buuuuuut this is Sinestro we're talking about, so I'm not holding my breath.
I have to admit I nearly pulled a headdesk at the Guardians' decision to kick Hal out for killing a Guardian, when it's been pretty clear before that they've gone out of their way to avoid associating Krona with the title of "Guardian" at all. Not to mention that he did so purely to save the universe and their own ungrateful lives. Methinks they were just looking for an excuse to drum out that meddlesome human...
Ah, well. I've always been more of a Kyle fanboy, anyway. -
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The best thing about the sequel is Doug Jones/Laurence Fishbourne as Silver Surfer. And slightly less Dr. Doom, though that's unfortunately balanced out with more focus on Johnny. Everyone else is more or less the same.
And I wouldn't necessarily say that Sue was there to create a love triangle. She was there purely to be the love interest/eye candy. For some reason they decided to shove Doom in there as well to force a contrived love triangle. In any case, Doom and Sue were both poorly written and miscast, in my opinion. The rest were pretty much okay in their respecitve roles. -
Quote:Even "Season of the Witch"...?Originally Posted by Lothic
I was going to give this new Conan a chance anyway, but I didn't realize Ron Perlman was going to be in it too. For me I've gotten to the point where I'll pretty much watch any movie Ron's in regardless of the role he plays.
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Wow. It never really hit me until now how much Krillin and Gohan in their armor do resemble Nappa and Vegeta when they arrived on Earth. If Vegeta had even stupider hair.
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Quote:This is true, and it's one of the reasons I adore JLA/Avengers (or Avengers/JLA) so. Thing is, no matter the differences between the two universes, their heroes are still heroes. Superman and the JLA never demanded the praise and admiration they recieve, they earned it through their actions. Meanwhile, the Avengers and other Marvel heroes soldier on in spite of the public's more fickle attitude toward their efforts, which is what makes them heroic; continuing to do what they do with no expectation of recognition or reward.Originally Posted by Nightphall
In JLA Avengers, Superman is actually angered by the fact that heroes can be mistrusted......even the treatment Batman received in the past did not compare to what Marvel heroes have to go through.
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It's an interesting discussion at times if you do not include real life analogies (though if you did, people in real life act like the Marvel populace) In Superman's eyes, the Marvel heroes failed in inspire the populace. In Captain America's eyes however, the DC heroes parade around like demigods. -
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And Peter Parker goes out proving that he's officially the most heroic hero in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Suck on that, Captain America!
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Nope. Mighty Morphin' season 3 began with a story meant to introduce new Saban property, "Masked Rider." The spinoff itself ignored any connection to Power Rangers and quickly died a horrible, screaming death.
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I figure the spider-legs were a Recluse mandated upgrade from this.
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Hank and Janet are supposedly in the movie, just not as superheroes yet.
...played by Nathan Fillion and Eva Longoria, respectively.
Also, I believe Marvel is still hoping to do an Ant-Man solo movie at some point, so that may affect his appearing first in the Avengers flick. -
Kid Flash Lost
Bart and the new Hot Pursuit (someone got ahold of his suit and gear from evidence lockup) find themselves in 3011, which has been taken over by Brainiac in the Flashpoint timeline. Like Barry, KF no longer has his speed, and since the future-history that spawned him has been so radically altered he's starting to slowly fade from existence. -
Supposedly the Red Lanterns are going to be the major antagonists, at least to start. We'll see.
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The full trailer for the 3rd Anniversary of TGWTG has been released.
"So it's like LARPing?"
Coming next week! -
Mitchell is a classic if only for being the farewell episode for Joel and introducing Mike to the cast. Beyond that...
(in no particular order)
Time Chasers
Hobgoblins
Soultaker
Giant Spider Invasion
Hamlet (no, seriously!)
Squirm
Diabolik (series finale)
That's all my sleep-deprived brain can conjure up at the moment, but I'm sure others will post more here! -
Quote:Pretty sure he's new for the movie. I don't really know more than that.Originally Posted by Rodoan
You may now notice in the latest trailer that Fozzie has a full body shot necessary for showing off his um, shall I say "air fozzie" shoes?
Hey, fill me in. I thought I knew all the Muppets. Who is the little noseless pipsqueak they throw onto the electric fence? Other than that fence scene, he seems a bland character hogging the screen. -
We should have a little bit of leeway. There is an actual comic miniseries that sets it up, after all.
As for the look... I'll need to see it in color (and possibly in motion) first, but I think it's okay. Seems to be a curious mix of Tim and Damien, though the buzzcut is a bit of a surprise.
Do we know yet if this is supposed to be for something sort of like the Catwoman "levels" that you can switch to at points, or purely for the challenge mode-type stuff? -
Might be best if we not feed the Durakken. The point is, there has indeed been more than one interpretation of Hal's origin over the years, and the filmmakers borrowed from more than just post-Rebirth for this. I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice the possible inspiration from Emerald Dawn, Nericus.
People who didn't like the movie aren't going to like it. People who did like it will continue to do so. I'm in the latter camp, and hoping they can build on what's been done here toward something better in a potential sequel. -
I admit it's been a while since I last read the Emerald Dawn version of GL's origin, but I thought the movie borrowed a fair bit of Hal's personality from that. The irresponsible jackass who knew he was a bit of a screw-up but couldn't bring himself to admit it and take responsibility for how his actions affected others?
One thing that I really liked about the movie's portrayal of Hal was the moment after he's dropped off near Abin's ship. He's disoriented at first, then disbelieving when he catches sight of the ship. But the instant he sees Abin's arm drop into view he charges in without hesitation to try and help whoever's in there.
