Topic: Marvel Cinematic Universe (Read 366392 times)

Masterpiece · « **Reply #950 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 02:16 »

I think Civil War was in production for far longer than Deadpool.

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Method of Madness · « **Reply #951 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 04:24 »

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Yay for unrealistic spider man! I just don't get why they're going that route, seeing as they went with "hyperrealism" for the rest of the Mcu.

Wait, how is Spider-Man any less realistic than...anything in the MCU?

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TheEvilDog · « **Reply #952 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 07:58 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 11 Mar 2016, 01:17

Yay for unrealistic spider man! I just don't get why they're going that route, seeing as they went with "hyperrealism" for the rest of the Mcu.

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To be fair, Spider-man has always been an unrealistic character, even by comic standards. Ever see some of the poses he pulls off in the comics? Anyone else and they'd probably have a broken back.

But let's just look at some other parts of the MCU:
Tony Stark gets caught in an explosion, gets shrapnel near his heart and kidnapped by terrorists. Makes a suit of power armour in a cave with a box of scraps and what looked like a Windows 98 computer.
Steve Rogers, goes from scrawny runt to Olympic level human thanks to what was essentially steroids and radiation.
Bruce Banner, has anger management issues, got exposed to radiation, turns into a 10 foot green ball of rage.
Matt Murdock, gets blinded by chemicals and gets sonar-like powers, becomes a Hell's Kitchen ninja.

In most instances, those characters would be left incredibly ill or even dead.

While Marvel has always been somewhat more realistic than say DC, hyper-realism doesn't really apply to the MCU.

That said, when I saw Spider-man in the trailer, I was asking myself why the hell did it look like they raided the costume department for the 70s Spider-man tv show.

Edguy · « **Reply #953 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 08:01 »

If there's one thing the last Amazing Spider-Man movie got right, it was the costume!

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #954 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 08:21 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 11 Mar 2016, 07:58

Matt Murdock, gets blinded by chemicals and gets sonar-like powers, becomes a Hell's Kitchen ninja.

At the same time, some sewer-dwelling turtles become exposed to the same chemicals and become ninjas.

LeeC · « **Reply #955 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 08:58 »

ChaoSera · « **Reply #956 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 11:53 »

Daredevil Season 2, coming March 18 to Netflix. Not much longer, people!

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #957 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 12:01 »

It's not so much that the Spider-suit is unrealistic I think.. I mean.. c'mon. That's not an argument that needs to be brought up. It's that it's style is very different from the rest of the characters. MCU costume design has been toned down versions of their comics costumes for the most part. Less primary colors, more sensible looking. Spidey's costume was pulled straight out of comic. So the difference is jarring, and off-putting to some. Basically it looks like someone grabbed the costume from another set of another movie. Maybe they'll offer some explanation. Or maybe they'll just do it because Spidey is supposed to be different from the Avengers. Or maybe it's a contract thing with Sony that he has to look like that to match the next Spider-man movie they make.

LeeC · « **Reply #958 on:** 11 Mar 2016, 12:02 »

I'm willing to bet its to keep with Sony's reboot image since Tom Holland is in that one too.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #959 on:** 13 Mar 2016, 13:03 »

BenRG · « **Reply #960 on:** 13 Mar 2016, 13:12 »

I wish I could 'like' posts in this forum. This photomanip deserves it, both for humour and for getting J J Jameson's likely reaction pretty much spot on.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #961 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 11:21 »

Anyone watching season two of Daredevil?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #962 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 11:32 »

Yes and loving it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #963 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 11:36 »

Same.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #964 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 16:17 »

I'm still waffling between watching it or finishing Jessica Jones first

Lines · « **Reply #965 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 19:35 »

Finish JJ and then start DD. I just finished the 3rd episode and there has been a small reference to JJ. Nothing huge or spoiler-ish, but still. Also the ending to JJ is so good.

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Aimless · « **Reply #966 on:** 19 Mar 2016, 20:04 »

Season 2 of Daredevil is like a hundred times better than Season 1 and Jessica Jones combined. Only halfway through but I don't expect to change my mind

Aimless · « **Reply #967 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 14:35 »

Okay, so I loved the first half, but disliked the second half very very much.

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Method of Madness · « **Reply #968 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 17:29 »

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Lines · « **Reply #969 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:04 »

It is getting increasingly harder to stop watching episodes. Like, we've been watching an episode or three for the past few nights and we're almost done and it's hard not just watching them all. This season is so freaking good.

Lines · « **Reply #970 on:** 24 Mar 2016, 19:20 »

Finished the last episode. I want more. T-T

Aimless · « **Reply #971 on:** 24 Mar 2016, 19:41 »

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Did you at least like Frank's fight in the cell block? Holy shit, that was intense.

Wasn't my favourite scene but it was cool, not as cool as the stairwell fight sequence though and obv it was tainted by the association with the one who shall not be named

Method of Madness · « **Reply #972 on:** 25 Mar 2016, 20:45 »

I had no issue with his appearance.

Kugai · « **Reply #973 on:** 29 Mar 2016, 22:14 »

It has just been confirmed here on the News that Tika Waititi is helming the next Thor film

Hang on to your hats boys!!!!

Gladstone · « **Reply #974 on:** 12 Apr 2016, 22:16 »

"Sorry we're not doing a Black Widow movie. Here's Benedict Cumberbatch being all mystical and shit instead."

LeeC · « **Reply #975 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 04:18 »

IT LOOKS SO GOOD! Like the Matrix with magic!

ChaoSera · « **Reply #976 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 05:07 »

I love this so much! FINALLY a trailer that doesn't already take away so much of the story.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #977 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 06:28 »

It looks good, it should be interesting... But all the way through the trailer I was thinking "They're doing his origin story? Again? I thought they said they were done with doing origin stories for their movies." There's not necessarily anything wrong with origins... but for Doctor Strange that would tend to take him far out of the MCU world building as his stuff tends to be way outside the normal marvel universe goings on. And as someone who's been a long fan of comics in general... I'm getting tired of movie makers taking the easy route out and re-doing the same story that's already been done to death. Strange may not have appeared in media as much as say, Spiderman or the Fantastic Four... But when you get down to it, he really doesn't have a complex origin story for such a weird and out there character. Arrogant surgeon gets in a car wreck, has his hands ruined. He searches the world increasingly desperate for someone who can fix him, and winds up eventually at a Tibetan monastery. Instead of healing him though, they train him in magic and make him the new Sorcerer Supreme, guarding the dimension from magical threats... 10-15 minute flashbacks for an explanation, tops.

LeeC · « **Reply #978 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 06:35 »

Anyone else see the animated version of the origin story that came out like 10 years ago?

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #979 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 06:42 »

I own the DVD, yeah.

LeeC · « **Reply #980 on:** 13 Apr 2016, 06:48 »

I am going in this assuming its the same story. I hope they show magic as mind blowing as the trailer is.

Edguy · « **Reply #981 on:** 14 Apr 2016, 09:01 »

Civil War reviews are out!

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Pilchard123 · « **Reply #982 on:** 14 Apr 2016, 10:09 »

That rottentomatoes link... isn't.

Edguy · « **Reply #983 on:** 14 Apr 2016, 10:14 »

lol wtf, guess i pasted the wrong link

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #984 on:** 14 Apr 2016, 18:47 »

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Pilchard123 · « **Reply #985 on:** 15 Apr 2016, 00:26 »

I hate to be a pain, Edguy, but, ah... yeah. About that link you changed.

Edguy · « **Reply #986 on:** 15 Apr 2016, 02:41 »

Uhm, formating is hard i guess

Aimless · « **Reply #987 on:** 27 Apr 2016, 14:36 »

So I saw Civil War today

Awesome things:

- Excellent action, esp. fight-choreography. This movie sets a new standard for superhero-movie action.

- Great supporting cast, esp. Sam & Redwing, Scott and a certain someone (you know who)

Clint and Wanda were great too.

- Portrayal of relationships between all the characters.

- Ant-Man. Yes, he gets another mention for being awesome. The other guy as well.

Okay things:

- Script, esp. wrt the different ways of looking at the movie's take on the Superhero Registration Act

- Black Panther

- Vision

- Airport-scene was very cool but the setting was just so extremely dull.

Disappointing things:

- Didn't come close to reaching the bar set by Winter Soldier for proper build-up of and use of suspense and dramatic tension.

- Intro was simultaneously cool and a little boring.

- Everything that was intended to be funny was funny, but some of it was poorly timed (esp. disappointing in combination with the problems with suspense-building).

- Mid-credits scene was kinda crappy. Final post-credits scene kinda made me squee

- No Nick Fury.

Things that sucked:

- Shaky-cam (really did a disservice to the excellent fight-choreography). This was just the worst.

- Daniel Brühl

Most squee parts:

- Trip to

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- That part with the guys in the car

Biggest problems:

- Too many characters for one movie.

- Lacking (imo) in suspense and tension.

- Not a very compelling villain. Common problem in MCU and in this case it could have been mitigated by turning up the dials a little on the hero-vs-hero storyline.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #988 on:** 27 Apr 2016, 21:09 »

Thor damn it, why do we have to wait another nine days?

ChaoSera · « **Reply #989 on:** 28 Apr 2016, 02:14 »

Completely agree with Aimless' points, but I still loved the movie.

Edguy · « **Reply #990 on:** 28 Apr 2016, 06:36 »

Going to see it tonight!

Aimless · « **Reply #991 on:** 28 Apr 2016, 08:48 »

Quote from: ChaoSera on 28 Apr 2016, 02:14

Completely agree with Aimless' points, but I still loved the movie.

I loved it too

Welu · « **Reply #992 on:** 29 Apr 2016, 16:08 »

I really enjoyed Civil War. It was a lot of characters but I thought they were better balanced than in Avengers 2. I liked the setting of the airport because it meant they could go for it without worrying about civilians.

Also I just fucking love Bucky.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #993 on:** 29 Apr 2016, 20:59 »

Quote from: Aimless on 27 Apr 2016, 14:36

Biggest problems:

- Too many characters for one movie.

Yeah, I think I read somewhere that the studios nicknames for Winter Soldier and Civil War were Avengers 1.5 and 2.5, because more than Thor or Iron Man, the Captain America films are more codas to tie up little plot threads.

BenRG · « **Reply #994 on:** 01 May 2016, 10:31 »

Just got back from watching Civil War and the only thing that comes to my mind is that it has the feel of a classical Tragedy in the inevitability of disaster driven by ego, pride, friendship and misapplied but honest ideals.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #995 on:** 02 May 2016, 04:37 »

Kugai · « **Reply #996 on:** 02 May 2016, 15:01 »

Meh, Bart and Lisa are rank amatures

It's more like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WGQmWcrbs

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #997 on:** 03 May 2016, 09:23 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 May 2016, 04:37

And yet I can imagine Thor acting like Homer in the follow up to that scene.

Welu · « **Reply #998 on:** 03 May 2016, 13:33 »

Watched Jessica Jones and Daredevil. Enjoyed both, think I liked Jessica Jones a little more. Both shows had fantastic antagonists, especially Daredevil's first season.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #999 on:** 03 May 2016, 19:04 »

Got to see a sneak preview for Civil War and it was amazing!! It was everything I wanted Batman v. Superman to be and more!!
I take back everything I said about Spider-man, he was great in this. But honestly, why couldn't they have just called this an Avengers movie?

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I feel like they did such a great job with this movie, it was so much better than the original story.

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