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Re: The new and improved "Movies you've seen recently" thread
« Reply #16860 on: March 04, 2013, 12:25:41 AM »
C.H.U.D.

About what you'd expect from a movie entitled "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers," but that's certainly not a bad thing.
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« Reply #16861 on: March 04, 2013, 02:44:29 AM »
http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christopher Nolan is in charge of the DCU Movie Universe, Bale may return for JL

Fuck this gay earth

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« Reply #16862 on: March 04, 2013, 03:48:53 AM »
That's a potentially interesting but most likely train wreck of a rumor.  Continuing after Dark Knight Rises would devalue the stronger ideas of that movie.  This is unless the team of writers find a creative and original way to make everything work...Or ignore it and have a short scene to 'fix things' and make it the most marketable movie possible without worry of logic or consistency.  Or a separate continuity; the X-men movies split into separate X-men and Wolverine series.

We'll see how Man of Steel turns out and for as much as I liked Dark Knight Rises, if they're going forward with this thing, the people involved need to lighten up.  Multiply all the introspective staring scenes by members of the league and there's not much room left for action.  But not so much to be cavalier and vapid like The Avengers, not that it didn't work there.


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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16863 on: March 04, 2013, 03:58:06 AM »
Are the X-men movies separate? I mean Origins is in the (broken) movie continuity. The new one isn't, but kind of.

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« Reply #16864 on: March 04, 2013, 04:19:18 AM »
Days of Future Past is also being made? That's badass.

Watch heaps of noobs claim they're ripping off The Terminator.

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« Reply #16865 on: March 04, 2013, 04:23:46 AM »
wait, BitCoins aren't valid currency because they aren't tied to a metal standard

GOD DAMMIT I can't keep my Libertarian jokes straight
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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16866 on: March 04, 2013, 10:47:47 AM »
http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League. Nolan producing. Snyder possibly directing and producing.
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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16867 on: March 04, 2013, 11:06:57 AM »
http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

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Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League.

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Nolan producing.

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Snyder possibly directing and producing.

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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16868 on: March 04, 2013, 02:01:01 PM »
I hope Superman bombs
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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16869 on: March 04, 2013, 02:40:19 PM »
Are the X-men movies separate? I mean Origins is in the (broken) movie continuity. The new one isn't, but kind of.

Singer already said he plans to recton out the X-Men 3 and Origins stupidity with Days of Future past.
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« Reply #16870 on: March 04, 2013, 03:31:10 PM »
Singer's last couple films have been bombs, kind of surprised the studio handed this to him. Also I heard Peter Dinklage is playing the main villain, I can't think who that would be.
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« Reply #16871 on: March 04, 2013, 10:18:18 PM »
Peter Dinklage has to be Puck, surely (not a villain, or even a mutant i guess)

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« Reply #16872 on: March 05, 2013, 07:46:46 AM »
I can't decide whether I think the movie is going to be awesome because Dinklage is such a badass, or if I just feel sorry for him because he's such a badass and he's getting involved with this.
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« Reply #16873 on: March 05, 2013, 09:49:00 AM »
Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233
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« Reply #16874 on: March 05, 2013, 09:55:25 AM »
Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233

You mad?
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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16875 on: March 05, 2013, 10:09:49 AM »
I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.
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« Reply #16876 on: March 05, 2013, 10:13:23 AM »
Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233

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For fans of the Nolan Batman trilogy, you'll take to this quite quickly, like I did. It has a very similar feel to a Nolan movie. I guess that shouldn't be a surprise since Nolan was involved, but I thought his involvement wasn't that great supposedly.

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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16877 on: March 05, 2013, 12:17:36 PM »
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« Reply #16878 on: March 05, 2013, 12:25:42 PM »
http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League. Nolan producing. Snyder possibly directing and producing.

Momo posted that exact link 8 hours and a scant six posts before yours.  Do you read threads or do you just do drive-by links?

Come on, you know the answer to this.

I can't remember the last time Manabyte showed any actual back-and-forth engagement with anyone, or showed any sign he reads anything beyond the thread title.
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« Reply #16879 on: March 05, 2013, 05:05:01 PM »
I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.

I think Synder's over-the-top style and deftness at directing action (although I haven't seen Sucker Punch) is probably better suited to Superman.
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« Reply #16880 on: March 05, 2013, 05:21:47 PM »
Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.
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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16881 on: March 05, 2013, 05:27:41 PM »
Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.
:comeon

we gonna act like The Dark Knight isn't a classic
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« Reply #16882 on: March 05, 2013, 05:31:17 PM »
Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.

Should anyone?
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« Reply #16883 on: March 05, 2013, 05:33:17 PM »
Avengers was about as comic book-y as a movie should be.  Snyder doesn't get the form, and Nolan just doesn't like the form.
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« Reply #16884 on: March 06, 2013, 12:06:03 AM »
I'm okay with Nolan not liking the form.  That's why I look forward to his flicks, at least I'll know he tries something new with it.

Avengers was very fun but after it I have no desire to continue to be invested in any of the future movies.  Nor do I even feel the need to watch Avengers again.
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« Reply #16885 on: March 06, 2013, 12:07:46 AM »
can we all agree TDKR sucked tho

but TDK  :rejoice
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« Reply #16886 on: March 06, 2013, 12:53:16 AM »
nah I don't think it sucked.  It's flawed, baffling, and infuriating at times, but its still a good-great Batman flick.

Well-shot, amazing sound design, and a great first half makes me almost forget about the acting, nonsense plot devices and ultimately throw-away villain in the second half.
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« Reply #16887 on: March 06, 2013, 12:59:04 AM »
great first half? The first 20 minutes were nearly incomprehensibly stupid and poorly edited
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« Reply #16888 on: March 06, 2013, 01:01:38 AM »

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Re: The Movie News Topic
« Reply #16891 on: March 06, 2013, 01:08:20 AM »
Seriously PD it's this nostalgia fagging thats going to murder SW dead. They should do a trilogy on a different >more interesting< time period in Star Wars lore

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« Reply #16892 on: March 06, 2013, 01:46:11 AM »
the twist is that Luke actually turns into Yoda
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« Reply #16893 on: March 06, 2013, 10:29:18 AM »
Seriously PD it's this nostalgia fagging thats going to murder SW dead. They should do a trilogy on a different >more interesting< time period in Star Wars lore

KOTOR is shitty fan fiction and TOR killed that setting forever.
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« Reply #16894 on: March 06, 2013, 10:35:11 AM »
That doesnt mean we have to go running back to Luke and friend's wrinkly old balls/tits

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« Reply #16895 on: March 06, 2013, 10:35:27 AM »
I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.

I think Synder's over-the-top style and deftness at directing action (although I haven't seen Sucker Punch) is probably better suited to Superman.

The chase scenes in all of Nolan's Batman are better than the gay ass slow mo ballet Shytder likes to do.
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« Reply #16896 on: March 06, 2013, 11:20:02 AM »
great first half? The first 20 minutes were nearly incomprehensibly stupid and poorly edited
So was the last hour.

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« Reply #16897 on: March 06, 2013, 12:40:06 PM »
if the story permits, why is getting back those three actors such a bad things?  it's not like they're going to be the stars of the movie, lol if you think disney would allow that
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« Reply #16898 on: March 06, 2013, 12:45:19 PM »
if the story permits, why is getting back those three actors such a bad things?  it's not like they're going to be the stars of the movie, lol if you think disney would allow that

They aren't. The movie focuses on
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« Reply #16899 on: March 06, 2013, 12:55:10 PM »
Avengers was about as comic book-y as a movie should be.  Snyder doesn't get the form, and Nolan just doesn't like the form.

When I stop by bay area next time remind me to blow you.
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« Reply #16900 on: March 06, 2013, 12:56:46 PM »
That doesnt mean we have to go running back to Luke and friend's wrinkly old balls/tits

Star Wars is about the Skywalkers.

Always has been.
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« Reply #16901 on: March 06, 2013, 12:57:46 PM »
they're honestly gonna make it about jaina solo?  fucking lol

why not just fucking create a new skywalker kid from luke
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« Reply #16902 on: March 06, 2013, 01:08:24 PM »
Avengers was about as comic book-y as a movie should be.  Snyder doesn't get the form, and Nolan just doesn't like the form.

When I stop by bay area next time remind me to blow you.
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See you get it.  The closest Nolan came to making a comic book movie was Batman Begins.  The other two were just convoluted crime thrillers starring some guy who dresses like a bat.  At least TDK had Ledger having fun.  TDKR has...uh...plot holes?
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« Reply #16903 on: March 06, 2013, 01:09:51 PM »
It's not that I don't like Nolan films. I think there's room for Avengers and TDK in comic book films.

It's just that I dislike how many modern comic book movies fail to get the appeal of comics. It's like they're ASHAMED of their comic book roots. Avengers was the first comic book film I saw that actually felt like a comic book.
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« Reply #16904 on: March 06, 2013, 01:13:26 PM »
I didn't feel like that.  The entire time I watched it I kept thinking "oh there's a Wheedon cliché.  Whoop, there's another Wheedon thingy.  Oh, the awkward bumbling side character that becomes a hero?  So Wheedon."

It's basically a really good Wheedon flick.
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« Reply #16905 on: March 06, 2013, 01:14:38 PM »
I didn't feel like that.  The entire time I watched it I kept thinking "oh there's a Wheedon cliché.  Whoop, there's another Wheedon thingy.  Oh, the awkward bumbling side character that becomes a hero?  So Wheedon."

It's basically a really good Wheedon flick.

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« Reply #16906 on: March 06, 2013, 01:15:39 PM »
Yeah... ???
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« Reply #16907 on: March 06, 2013, 01:21:33 PM »
That SHIELD agent with the hero cards
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« Reply #16908 on: March 06, 2013, 01:29:56 PM »
Oh that guy. Who cares? I still think Whedon gets comics more than any other director/writer in hollywood and I don't think anyone can debate that considering his history with Astonishing X-Men.
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« Reply #16909 on: March 06, 2013, 01:36:08 PM »
You're probably right.  I guess I just can't separate the nature of comic book movies and the style of Whedon.
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« Reply #16910 on: March 06, 2013, 02:10:58 PM »
TDKR is pretty comic booky.
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« Reply #16911 on: March 06, 2013, 02:14:33 PM »
That SHIELD agent with the hero cards

You mean the same SHIELD agent who has been in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Thor?

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« Reply #16912 on: March 06, 2013, 02:18:02 PM »
Batman Begins is completely forgettable. I wouldn't even call it a super hero movie because it doesn't feature a "super hero" or a super villain. Bale is pretty bad as Batman to the point that it doesn't feel like a Batman film, the action is forgettable (and very poorly edited/choreographed), and the villains are boring.

TDK has plenty of cheesy dialogue but then again so do most superhero comics. It features a stellar performance from Ledger that carries the film, and even makes up for that shitty Two Face scene with Gordon.

TDKR starts shitty, recovers a bit, then nosedives in the final act culminating with Batman dragging a nuclear ticking bomb through Gotham and somehow flying it far enough away from the city's coastline to avoid any damage (in 15 seconds). Catwoman sucks and Bane is completely forgettable. There should have been a scene to demonstrate that he's an intelligent guy; perhaps he should have commented the design brand of a rich guy's suit, then explained it as "the benefits of a classical education." Boom, that alone would convince me that he was a smart guy who couldn't be fucked with.
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« Reply #16913 on: March 06, 2013, 02:45:20 PM »
Batman Begins is completely forgettable. I wouldn't even call it a super hero movie because it doesn't feature a "super hero" or a super villain. Bale is pretty bad as Batman to the point that it doesn't feel like a Batman film, the action is forgettable (and very poorly edited/choreographed), and the villains are boring.

TDK has plenty of cheesy dialogue but then again so do most superhero comics. It features a stellar performance from Ledger that carries the film, and even makes up for that shitty Two Face scene with Gordon.

TDKR starts shitty, recovers a bit, then nosedives in the final act culminating with Batman dragging a nuclear ticking bomb through Gotham and somehow flying it far enough away from the city's coastline to avoid any damage (in 15 seconds). Catwoman sucks and Bane is completely forgettable. There should have been a scene to demonstrate that he's an intelligent guy; perhaps he should have commented the design brand of a rich guy's suit, then explained it as "the benefits of a classical education." Boom, that alone would convince me that he was a smart guy who couldn't be fucked with.
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I like TDKR, but the final act was the only part that really disappointed me.  All the exposition was completely wasted.  The final fight between Batman and Bane is like a dry orgasm.  The fight in the sewers was awesome so maybe it set the bar too high for another hand to hand fight.  It just felt so rushed.  Like Nolan was just going through the motions of what we expected.  Big clash of good guys vs bad guys to free the city?  Check. Batman vs Bane fist fight? Check.  Lame twist? Check. Hero saving the day? Check. All in 10 minutes
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« Reply #16914 on: March 06, 2013, 06:52:19 PM »
That doesnt mean we have to go running back to Luke and friend's wrinkly old balls/tits

Star Wars is about the Skywalkers.

Always has been.
In film, sure. But the universe is much bigger than what you have seen in film. This was a chance to escape from the fail that was the most recent 3 and tell a new story.

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« Reply #16915 on: March 06, 2013, 07:46:12 PM »
AFAIK whatever story they're planning wasn't dependent on whether Hammil/Ford/Fisher agreed or not - I don't see how at this stage you conclude that it's going to be bogged down by the OT
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« Reply #16916 on: March 06, 2013, 07:47:15 PM »
the last 2 pages are exactly what I mean when I say that you guys all care about the comic book movies waaaaaaaaayyyy more than you let on

Every time there is a new trailer there is a chorus of mehs and looks like shit and nit-picks about the cast or whatever but every time someone brings up one of the movies a great rolling uber-earnest debate starts about every such movie ever made and i die of laffs
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« Reply #16917 on: March 06, 2013, 08:43:40 PM »
Isn't there an anime trope that explains that? Tsundere? Comic movie tsunderes, the lot of 'ya.
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« Reply #16918 on: March 06, 2013, 10:18:06 PM »
I cant be Tsundere cause I legit dislike the stuff I dislike. When I am willing to waste minutes slandering stuff its because there was a chance it could have been good and I could have liked it.

AFAIK whatever story they're planning wasn't dependent on whether Hammil/Ford/Fisher agreed or not - I don't see how at this stage you conclude that it's going to be bogged down by the OT
The timeline itself is the problem, they set it right after the first 6 and now they will have to re-reference events in the first 6 and re-explain shit to new audiences, you will roll your eyes. Getting a clean break would have avoided this and now the inevitable Sith reveal will be one giant asspull as there were fuck all left. I mean Darth would have told Luke if there were some Sith left, only reasonable thing they can do is turn one of the Jedi luke trained or Luke himself and that is YAWN

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« Reply #16919 on: March 06, 2013, 10:49:52 PM »
if they're using the original actors, it's set something like 30 years after return of the jedi.  the original trilogy spanned five years or so.  30 years is long enough for luke skywalker's kids to have kids.