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#11

Comic Film & TV / will The Amazing Spider-Man movies be forgotten in the future?

Mon, 2 Mar 2015, 02:12

With the announcement of Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe and being rebooted again, does this mean The Amazing Spider-Man series will be forgotten in the future? Whether you liked them or not, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy was clearly the more influential series to the superhero genre and with the immense success of MCU, wouldn't Webb's films just be forgotten as they were right between the two? This was just something I was thinking about the other day.

My guess is that while they'll always have their fans, they'd be probably the least discussed incarnation of Spider-Man by the general public. Garfield would likely become the Timothy Dalton of the franchise, meaning that he'll have a cult following among fans, but won't necessarily be iconic in the role.

What do you think?

Discuss...

#12

Comic Film & TV / Re: Fantastic Four 2015

Thu, 29 Jan 2015, 23:36

After seeing the teaser trailer, it honestly looks quite dull and uninspired to me. It seems like they're trying to "Nolanize" the Fantastic Four with the serious, grounded tone which just doesn't work because they're quite goofy and ridiculous to begin with. Hell, the visuals themselves reminded me of Interstellar. I have a feeling Josh Trank has a giant Nolan boner.

#13

Batman Video Games / Batman: Arkham City with Hans Zimmer score

Fri, 26 Dec 2014, 16:13

#14

Comic Film & TV / was anyone else very underwhelmed by Firefly?

Fri, 26 Dec 2014, 08:10

A few months ago, I finally got around to seeing one of the all-time geek essentials, Firefly. And I gotta say, while I didn't really hate or dislike the show, I don't see what the fuss was about either. I thought the show was entertaining for what it was and it certainly had an interesting aesthetic style of mixing sci-fi and western elements but beyond that, I really don't think the show was that great. The plots often felt very recycled and standard and they were a bit predictable at times. The characters, while likable, feel a bit unoriginal and archetypical and two-dimensional(though, that may be due to the early cancellation). The show also depended too much on one-liners on occasion as every time something bad looked like it was about to happen, one of the characters had to say something witty before commercial break, somewhat deflating the tension in the scene. On a side note, am I the only one who thinks Summer Glau just isn't a very good actress? She's okay in the show, but everything else I've seen her in, with the exception of a few scenes in that Terminator show she was in, she's just not very good and seems to rely solely on making that derpy expression of hers in every scene and just doesn't have much else going on. She's pretty hot, though.

I did like Serenity a lot better and I thought it pretty much fixed all the problems I had with Firefly. A more interesting, better realized plot, richer, better developed characters, and I feel this concept just works better with more focus on sci-fi action over constantly relying on character banter. But on its own, I just don't think Firefly is all that great. It's not bad, just overrated, at least in my opinion.

Am I the only one who feels this way?

Discuss...

#15

Movies / Re: Be honest, boys

Wed, 24 Dec 2014, 14:26

Well, wouldn't anyone be at least a little grossed out when they find out they kissed their sister like that no matter how attractive she is? At least, on a pure gut reaction level? Although, I personally find Carrie Fisher more "cute" than downright "hot". But in all honesty, if I were Luke, assuming that I'm not attracted to Leia, after getting my initial gut reaction out of the way, I'd probably just be glad to finally know the truth and that, you know, I didn't fire my "torpedo" down her "Death Star".

That kiss wasn't anyone's fault and to be honest, it really isn't as bad as some say it is. The kiss was more of a gesture of friendship and platonic love over anything else. Although, Luke's reaction with that cocky look on his face after the kiss is a bit creepy as it does kinda read "Oh yeah! She's into me... "

#16

Movies / Interstellar(2014)

Sun, 9 Nov 2014, 18:29

Any thoughts on Interstellar? In short, while I think the film has its problems, the first half of the film is quite slow, there's often too much technobabble and exposition in the script, and the film is perhaps is bit too long. However, once Interstellar kicks off, the film becomes fascinating, intriguing, thrilling, and emotionally engrossing.

What did you think of Interstellar?

Discuss...

#17

Comic Film & TV / Re: Nolan slams post-credit scenes

Wed, 5 Nov 2014, 23:30

Didn't I read somewhere that he was a fan of Michael Bay? If so, it's rather hypocritical of him to like one filmmaker's work which is just non-stop explosions, porny shots of hot girls, and product placement and then say a film isn't a film simply because it has a post-credits scene. What a douche.

#18

Comic Film & TV / Re: Phase 3 Marvel film you look forward to the most?

Fri, 31 Oct 2014, 06:34

Quote from: riddler on Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 22:20
What about Ant Man?

Isn't that the last film of Phase 2?

#19

Comic Film & TV / Phase 3 Marvel film you look forward to the most?

Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 02:58

Personally, I'm most interested in Avengers: Infinity War because as sick I am of books being split into multiple parts(Harry Potter, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games), I'm interested in seeing a story arc like this being adapted in two parts and how it'll turn out.

#20

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) / is it just me or is some of the dialogue awful?

Tue, 28 Oct 2014, 23:17

Is it just me or is some of the dialogue in this film just downright awful? In the scene where Selina confronts Daggett about the clean slate, everyone gives clever comebacks non-stop and it just doesn't sound natural. And to be honest, even the "clever comebacks", aren't that good, some of them I thought just sounded like they're trying too hard to be witty and came off a little cringey.

I don't know, am I the only one who thought some of the dialogue was awful?

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