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Who hates Superman? What's wrong with you?
I loathe Superman as well as Hulk Hogan. It's the whole invincibility, "you're supposed to like them despite them not doing anything remotely likeable" thing that pisses me off.
I'd rather see an underdog character like Spider-Man, Batman, or Captain America overcome adversity than see Superman fly around the Earth backwards because he was too slow/retarded/arrogant to foil the villain the first time around.
In short, fuck Superman and the little rocket he rode in on.
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I don't know. Looks pretty spot on to me.
I still think she face turns by the end of the film to be another chick on the Avengers team.
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The live action film however, was a completely new entity, establishing a new franchise and a new universe. It had to develop characters, it had to establish the universe it was set in. Its ridiculous to even compare them.
which is what hollywood has done with every single comic book/cartoon movie that have made. I dont know why it is so acceptable to destroy a story that has worked for decades and created generations of fans. They always abandon all their fans when something becomes a movie. The amount of innaccuracies in x-men, spider-man, hulk, iron man, fantastic four, transformers, etc is unforgivable. fucking ebay brought the transformers here...nice commercial placement there.
My point was, it would have been pretty difficult to screw up Iron Man, as the character was well developed and had a rich history. Its not hard at all to figure out how you're going to tell his origin story as its been done and discussed several times in comics.umm...somehow they still did it. dont get me wrong it was a decent action movie until you remember its the Iron Man story they just butchered right in front of you. but like you said, its a re-imagining and wasnt meant for me, an actual fan.
For Transformers, they had an 80's cartoon to base it off of, given that, they did a wonderful job and made an enjoyable film.um, as if giving them decades of comics to reference was going to make them stay more true to the story and not fill it with hidden commercials? also they had much more than just one cartoon. there were alot of them and even more in japan. and they had a comic book too with that cartoon you mentioned. I also had a line of books and some were even "choose your fate" type things...so lets not say they didnt have much to work with, they just ignored it all.
the only, and i mean only, thing about transformers that resembles anything a transformers fan might recognize is the names. GI Joe, I suspect, will be the same as all those that came before it.
Wow. This rant doesn't do you any favors. You sound like some elitist ignorant crank.
The Iron Man story was "butchered"? And you an "actual fan"? Wow. I'm pretty sure I could stump you with basic facts about Iron Man's less-than-impressive origin. Let's not pretend like it's something sacred. Go back and read it again, this time with some perspective.
Let's face it. Comics are comics. Cartoons are cartoons. And movies are movies. What works in one medium doesn't generally work in another. Sure, a painter might be inspired by the symphonies of Beethoven, but you can't dance about architecture.
And don't get me started on the "sold out" argument that's naive at best, sociopathic at worst. Nobody makes a film to NOT sell tickets, unless you're Uwe Boll. It's fine to take exception with the ham-handedness of the eBay product placement, or FedEx in Cast Away, but to paint ALL ("every single") genre films with such a broad brush makes you sound like a bitter douche.
I don't mean to skirt so close to flaming, and I don't know you as a person at all. It's just your argument is tired, weak, and cliche, and it is SOLELY your point of view I take serious exception with. When you trim out the hyperbole, you actually have some pretty valid criticisms of Transformers the film. It's your fanboy frothing that obscures them.
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Don't come in here and tell me that the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a well written story. It wasn't. It was a fun, fucked up, and visceral movie. Nothing more, nothing less.
Sorry, I'm going to do just that. Foreshadowing, shock AND suspense in equal measure, and a family of genuinely memorable characters.
The acting? Sure, you can slag on that, but the writing and directing? It delivers.
Of the remakes, I've only seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hills Have Eyes, and Amityville Horror. All mediocre at best and Hills becomes downright laughable in its second half. To bother recommending the remakes in a thread devoted to 'Classic' Horror Films is a bit disheartening.
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Hot shit that's awesome! And crazy quick too! Thanks!
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Time for #4!
As always, this will be used in my sig AND the diary in question and credit will be given in both places at the very least.
Size - Consistent with the previous ones, 400x172 or thereabouts.
Text - small font: "NWA: Mile High presents", medium font: "Deuces Wild", small font at bottom: "Bam Bam vs. Rotundo! * Nova Returns! * Tag Title Match!" and "April 29, 2007"
Fonts - something old timey but bold, like Algerian, Bernard MT Condensed, Highlight LET, Playbill, or Wide Latin.
The smaller text can use something basic and clean
Images - I apologize if this is a bit complicated...
Okay, for the central image, I want a five-card hand, fanned, with the 2 of diamonds, 2 of clubs, 2 of hearts, 2 of spades, and the ace of spades on top
On the left, The Dukes of Hazard (Chris Hamrick and Tracy Smothers)
On the right, Mile High's Most wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)
I'm having the damnedest time finding Southern Comfort pics (Hamrick/Smothers) or AMW pics without the TNA Titles. Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
Colors - Following the playing card theme, red, black, and white.
Thanks in advance for any attempts!
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Clearly Shocker should be the main villain. I always liked him. Lizard, too. Toss Mysterio in as well, have a trio of villains.
Shocker?!
For the record, I always liked Shocker too until he ended up sharing the name of a sexual maneuver.
Too bad about Dirty Sanchez and Donkey Punch as well.
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If Todd Black's comments are reliable, it'll be The Lizard. The Lizard's gimmick is based on the classic urban myth of alligators in the NYC sewers, even tho his first appearance had Spidey and J. Jonah Jameson encountering him in The Florida Everglades.
Whether that story line works out or not, Raimi hopes to finally reward Dylan Baker's patience with a villainous payoff similar to what Franco enjoyed in "3." "I love Dylan Baker as a person, and I really like the character he is developing," the filmmaker said of Dr. Curt Connors, Parker's one-armed, screen-time-challenged professor in the first three flicks."The Lizard is probably one of my favorite characters," he said of the baddie Connors eventually became in the comics. (He joined the Sinister Six when they became the Sinister Twelve, by the way.) "But ['Spider-Man 4'] will probably have to start with the central journey of the main character to arrive at the proper villain."
I think my perfect scenario, and the one I wanted for 3 instead of the Venom debacle, is to have Kraven show up in NYC to track down The Lizard with much hype and whatnot (like a sinister cross between Steve Irwin and Bear Grylls) and end up hunting Spider-Man for some other villain (J. Jonah Jameson?).
It's a two villain concept that can has opportunity for 4 good fights (Spidey vs. Lizard, Spidey vs. Kraven, Kraven vs. Lizard, Spidey vs. Kraven vs. Lizard) without being overly cluttered. The two villain gimmicks support each other and set up a classic "hunter becomes the hunted" situation.
I'm hoping Raimi just gets back to form and brings Spider-Man back to prominence in time for Marvel's big box office push.
EDIT - And people's childhood recollections of Carnage are far more violent than the comics actually were. To the best of my knowledge all those early Venom/Carnage storylines were Comics Code Approved. Sure, there was the suggestion of crazy wanton murder, but you never actually saw any. When it came time to fight it was still all "rAWARAER!" kicky-punchy hijinx. The Death of Jean DeWolff, also Code-approved, was much more violent and bloody.
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Anybody else enjoy some good, old horror?
Yesterday I watched "A Bucket of Blood" online (legally), and it is fantastic in that classic camp horror way. On a more serious horror note I went out and got some new copies of Romero's zombie classics, but I have yet to pop them in. On a less classic note, but still great, I watched Pet Semitary the other day.
Anybody have some must-sees?
How old is old?
Bay of Blood a.k.a. Twitch of the Death Nerve by Mario Bava... Friday the 13th and every slasher flick after that owe their existence to this gem.
The Thing by John Carpenter. Fuck that old black-and-white James Arness bullshit. Carpenter sticks much closer to the source material, the short story "Who Goes There" by John W. Campbell Jr.
The Changeling with George C. Scott. Creepy supernatural mystery. Not a gorefest, more psychological.
A Nightmare on Elm Street. The original with Johnny Depp. Forget all that Leprechaun smarmy bullshit. The original is still creepy as fuck-all.
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Pretty uneven, but Nicholson is chilling and it has some amazing imagery that remains iconic.
That should get you started...
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Do I need to seek out a replacement for Split Second, or can I roll with the team as-is and give him an opportunity to make good?
That's also an option, sure.
You're a damn forgiving soul and a good man, Ray. Much more forgiving than I would be.
Eh, I just have a pretty sweet life and see no need to rake Split over the coals. I knew what was up and was able to compensate. He didn't come up with some bullshit excuse and try to play it off. He manned up, and I respect that.
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Do I need to seek out a replacement for Split Second, or can I roll with the team as-is and give him an opportunity to make good?
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My team's is already mostly in hand and will be done in time no matter what. (Y) I guaran-damn-tee it.
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Check out Kurrgan in the Trailer!
I think this will be fun and light and bear NO resemblence to the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories.
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Watched it from the beginning and really enjoyed it all the way through. It's VERRRRY reminiscent of a Role-Playing Game fave of mine, Delta Green. I thought it went kinda south when they came back from hiatus (filler episodes), but it finished strong. (Y)
Definitely looking forward to more, and Walter Bishop may be my favorite character on television currently.
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That, my friend, is kick-ass. Muchas gracias!
In case that link disappears, I'll link to it here:
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This si going to show just how geeky I actually am, but I think some of the books based on Warhammer/Warhammer 40k could make entertaining films.
Mainly the Gotrek & Felix books and the Horus Heresy series. I'd love to see those made into movies, espacally Fulgrim, awesome book (for a Warhammer novel anyway)
Seen either of these?
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Saw it. Loved it. I had high expectations and they were exceeded. I'm even more excited about the prospect of more.
It's not perfect by any means, but all of my quibbles are fairly minor. What it got right it got VERY right. What it got wrong is easily ignored.
And Bumblebee didn't piss on anyone. (Y)
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The Dark Tower would've made for an awesome show, or a series of movies ala LOTR or Narnia. I remember a few years ago there were rumours or Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack, Clone Wars shorts) really wanting to do an animated Dark Tower series on HBO or Showtime, and I think that would've fucking ruled the house. Especially if it was animated like Samurai Jack or his Clone Wars shorts.
JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof are supposed to begin work on the first Dark Tower movie in 2010 after Lost is finished.
Yeah, I remember reading about that. It better be good. (Y)
I'm retarded excited about this in any format. Supposedly, the rumor is that King let them have the rights for $19.
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Yay, we're on our third event and still going strong...
Again, this will be used in my sig AND the diary in question and credit will be given in both places at the very least.
Size - Consistent with the previous ones, 400x172 or thereabouts.
Text - small font: "NWA: Mile High presents", medium font, 2 lines: "1st Defense," "Last Warrior" complete with superscript on 1st and the comma after Defense,
small font at bottom: "bWo vs. bWo! * The Dukes of Hazard! * Último Guerrero!" and "March 25, 2007"
Fonts - something overtly Mexican, like Burrito, Chimichanga, or Montezuma
The smaller text can use something basic and clean
Images - Flash Funk and Último Guerrero (these are just samples, use any appropriate to year 2007, no title belts please)
Important: The Scorpio pic should NOT say "Scorpio" in the final product
Colors - Mexican flag theme, with green, white, then red (perhaps meaning Funk/Scorpio should be on the right and Ultimo on the left with the hue adjusted to make him more green than blue?)
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It's a bit geometric and sterile for my tastes. It's the sort of thing you'd find on white coffee mugs, office stationary, and polo shirts. Very corporate.
Mile High's also in "afterthought font", leaving NWA the anchor for the logo, which is kinda backwards since all the individual feds would be part of the NWA, but this is supposed to be Mile High's unique logo.
Those criticisms aside, it's very well done with some nice gradient shading. Good job. (Y)
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Team Klit SpRay?
Am I feeling some tension among the ranks already?
No way, I gave you top billing. (Y)
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Team Klit SpRay?
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Team #: 8
Magic #: 5
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Two of my best friends just did that play at the community college this past Saturday.
Pretty gay, my friends. Pretty gay.
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That trailer's fucking dire and destined to invoke inappropriate laughter when shown in theatres. Dennis Quaid couldn't be more awkward.