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Post by frinspar on Jul 23, 2018 19:50:11 GMT -5
Not sure what to make of those. I agree, there's something seemingly rote about Aquadudebro. Beyond the usual comic/movie tropes. Already looks totally familiar. Shazam...well, at least now they don't have to bother with Plastic Man. Could be fun.
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Post by NecroDragon on Jul 23, 2018 20:50:24 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing about Aquaman. I couldn't put my finger on it, but yeah, it reminds me of Green Lantern.
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Post by BeefEaster on Jul 23, 2018 21:50:04 GMT -5
aquaman looks like it could turn out to be pretty decent
shazam looks to be just all around awful, in the comics when billy batson became captain marvel he was a completely different person with a different personality
I dunno why they're going the "big" route where he still acts like his kid self in adult form
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Post by S. Griffin on Jul 24, 2018 0:49:12 GMT -5
I am exceptionally concerned that they're holding off on releasing Young Justice until next winter or spring and that everyone who signed up for DC Universe will cancel their subscriptions because Titans is awful and DC will discontinue the service because everyone dumped it, and Young Justice will be fucking stranded/defacto cancelled.
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Post by okcomputer on Jul 24, 2018 11:25:05 GMT -5
If anything the crappy-looking Titans show will keep people from signing up for the service at all, or at least wait for the better stuff to hit. I know there's also a James Wan Swamp Thing show, which could be really good.
I just think it's funny how badly they shot themselves in the foot at SDCC. The two big selling points for their new streaming service were Titans (which I didn't see a single positive reaction to online) and the HD remaster of Batman The Animated Series (which is hitting Blu-ray first). They better hope Swamp Thing is some Stranger Things-level shit if they want their service to take off.
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Post by S. Griffin on Jul 25, 2018 12:06:54 GMT -5
I know I'm gonna wait. They tried (not too hard) to sign us up for a full year of the service and get three months free at the SDCC offsite, which kind of sucked. They couldn't tell us when the service would be PS3/PS4 compatible or precisely when Young Justice or Swamp Thing would premiere. Their original series will also be released one at a time, one episode a week. Obviously Mrs. Griffin passed on their offer.
BTW, of course Titans sucks. Akiva Goldsman, writer of Batman and Robin and The Dark Tower movie is the showrunner, and he cowrote the pilot with Greg Berlanti, who is also producing. And I don't give a shit how popular Berlanti's fucking WB shows are. They are bad, and he only understands the characters slightly better than Zack Snyder.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 5, 2018 19:14:28 GMT -5
#ReleaseTheAynRandCut
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 5, 2018 19:18:39 GMT -5
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 12, 2018 10:55:22 GMT -5
Henry Cavill is out as Superman. WB/DC wants to shift the focus away from Superman for their DCMCU. Which is a decision that makes perfect sense, and isn't dumb at all and will in no way backfire.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Sept 12, 2018 12:18:00 GMT -5
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 12, 2018 16:26:08 GMT -5
I don't believe it until Cavill or WB says he's out, but I kinda hope he is. Limey jagoff. “Stuff has to change, absolutely,” Cavill said, before adding: “There’s something wonderful about a man chasing a woman … I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I’m old-fashioned for thinking that.”
“It’s very difficult to do that if there are certain rules in place. Because then it’s like: ‘Well, I don’t want to go up and talk to her, because I’m going to be called a rapist or something.’”
“Now? Now you really can’t pursue someone further than, ‘No’. It’s like, ‘OK, cool’. But then there’s the, ‘Oh why’d you give up?’ And it’s like, ‘Well, because I didn’t want to go to jail?’”
It's really not that hard to not be accused of rape, Henry, you stupid asshole. Don't rape anyone.
Seriously, fuck this guy. I hope he's gone. Never liked him. Maybe now they have a chance to hire somebody who's a member of the Screen Actors Guild and whose accent won't slip a hundred fucking times during a 140 minute movie, because he's actually from here. I'm sure they'll do that.
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Post by frinspar on Sept 12, 2018 17:20:14 GMT -5
If they don't go with Gary Goddamn Busey I'm going to be pissed.
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 12, 2018 19:51:56 GMT -5
In all seriousness, I kinda of like the idea of Matt Bomer. He could be the first openly gay actor to play Superman, too. Might not be a bad idea to give Superman a rest for a while. They couldn't figure out how to get the character right. Fucking Marvel studios got Superman right and they call him Captain America. Take a break for a while and reboot after a few years, with a Superman who isn't a dour asshole.
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 13, 2018 0:57:21 GMT -5
I thought Brandon Routh was gay...
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 13, 2018 14:01:29 GMT -5
If he is, he's deep in the closet. He's married to Courtney Ford from Legends of Tomorrow. They also have a kid.
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Post by okcomputer on Sept 13, 2018 15:22:29 GMT -5
I have no idea why I thought that. Maybe just remembering some dumb rumor from when Superman Returns came out.
He was a pretty good Superman too. I still think they should've merged that movie with the Dark Knight trilogy to make their shared universe.
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Post by NecroDragon on Sept 14, 2018 23:39:51 GMT -5
^ He played Justin Long's boyfriend in something for comic relief and he was visibly uncomfortable with Justin's ad lib gayness, so he's probably not gay. Forgot what movie that was. I think it was a Kevin Smith or Judd Apatow movie. Maybe that's why you thought he was gay, too?
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Post by S. Griffin on Sept 15, 2018 17:44:14 GMT -5
Zack and Miri make a porno directed by Kevin Smith, starring many of Apatow's go to actors and many of Smith's.
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Post by NecroDragon on Sept 15, 2018 19:34:28 GMT -5
Oh yeah! I forgot about that movie, completely.
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Post by S. Griffin on Oct 4, 2018 11:59:51 GMT -5
Rosie Perez has apparently been cast as Renee Montoya in Birds of Prey.
Meanwhile...this looks promising:
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Post by S. Griffin on Oct 5, 2018 14:14:17 GMT -5
This is the footage that WB showed in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con, and I also think it looks promising.
(full screen this for maximum impact)
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Post by NecroDragon on Oct 5, 2018 23:21:20 GMT -5
That does look pretty cool. Now imagine if that, in addition to the other JL heroes' solo movies, had come out before Justice League.
Pretty cool that they got Temuera Morrison to play his dad. He's a great actor who deserves more high profile work. Now, he's played two DC roles. He was also the guy who gave Green Lantern his ring.
There's a huge pet peeve of mine that rears its ugly head in that trailer twice. When characters proclaim how cool something is. It usually just feels to me like the writers are patting themselves on the back. I get that he's supposed to be a fun-loving, relatable dude-bro, but they can convey that through just his laughter and non-specific interjections like "whoa" when he reacts to cool stuff. Maybe if he said something like "this is badass!" once, it would be okay. But every time I see something with this Aquaman in it, he's telling the audience how cool the stuff they're seeing is. I have the same problem with the Uncharted games. Yeah, people talk like that in real life - they remark on something remarkable - but the characters shouldn't be saying it THAT much.
EDIT: I just remembered another example. The coolest moment for me in Infinity War was marred by Bruce Banner yelling, "Oh you guys are so screwed now!" when Thor shows up in Wakanda. It's the action genre's equivalent of a laugh track.
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Post by frinspar on Oct 6, 2018 11:17:29 GMT -5
That doesn't look like any of the other depressing, labored garbage by WB. This might be the second movie they make that's worth watching.
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Post by NecroDragon on Dec 21, 2018 15:05:07 GMT -5
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Post by okcomputer on Dec 21, 2018 16:26:12 GMT -5
I didn't know Greg Land worked in the DC animation department. (Get it, because Greg Land is a hack who steals from movie posters and stock images instead of composing his own panels and artwork).
Also, that really sucks and that guy should sue.
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Post by NecroDragon on Dec 21, 2018 17:01:44 GMT -5
Ha! I have a Wizard How To Draw book that has a segment by Greg Land on reference. I read that book before I was very familiar with his work and the first time I heard people complaining about him, I didn't see the big deal. I knew reference is a big part of visual art and Greg Land's stuff in that book was pretty good. But then, I actually read a few books drawn by him. It's blatant, not all of it is from stock images meant solely for reference, and it's all thrown together in an unimaginative way. Yeah, he sucks.
And this video shows blatant plagiarism. It's insane!
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Post by frinspar on Dec 21, 2018 19:11:54 GMT -5
That example is dead-on copied. The clips all look fucking cool as shit. I'm not a big fan of martial arts movies, but those are all very well choreographed and captured. Not much of that stilted, stuttering motion where you can tell they're all counting to remember moves and timing and trying hard not to hit each other.
Didn't Land also steal from WWF and porno?
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Post by NecroDragon on Dec 21, 2018 23:34:13 GMT -5
^ Yes he did and still does, often. Most notably Pamela Anderson and Shawn Michaels. It's ridiculous-looking. I think the most notorious one was Sue Richards, played by Pam, pouting her lips and leaning forward.
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Post by S. Griffin on Dec 22, 2018 0:19:17 GMT -5
"Fucking tracer!"
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Post by S. Griffin on Jan 28, 2019 23:33:59 GMT -5
The new Hot Topic ad dropped today
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