Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Bill Shatner at the beginning of the original series, carried himself with a dignity that made some of the cowboy stuff easier to swallow. Later on his performance got lazy, but it was easy to slip into those habits under the schedule pressure of weekly television in the 1960s. BTW have you noticed how many leading-actor Chris's are in super hero movies these days? Evans, Hemsworth, Pratt, now Pine. At least DC has finally broken Marvel's Chris monopoly. They haven't had a good one since Reeve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Until I saw Wonder Woman, I pretty much dismissed Chris Pine in any serious role. I did not like him in Star Trek and I did not like him in that Jack Ryan remake. Nothing about him struck a chord and plenty about him struck nerves. His role in Wonder Woman has alleviated some of my disdain for the actor. I want to see him in more stuff so I can decide whether or not that was a fluke or if it is representative of a growing skill in his chosen career. I hope it is the latter, as I suspect we will see him in plenty more stuff in the next couple of decades. It would be great to see him become one of the greats. None of that takes away from the fact that Chris Hemsworth would have made a better Jim Kirk than Chris Pine did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Check out Hell or High Water -- Chris Pine's great in that. Like nothing you've ever seen him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 I agree with everything said about Chris Pine here. The bizarre thing, to me anyway, was how other actors and directors were just falling all over themselves praising him as the next great Hollywood icon (kind of like the next Paul Newman or something) when the first Abrams Star Trek was coming out. I just couldn't see what all the fuss was about. I am definitely a fan of his work as Steve Trevor, even though I'm not a fan of his work in general. On the other hand, I've liked pretty much everything I've seen Chris Hemsworth do. He was spot-on perfect as James Hunt in Rush, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 COULD MARVEL STUDIOS ONE-SHOTS MAKE A COMEBACK? HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW https://amp.cinemablend.com/news/1716540/could-marvel-studios-one-shots-make-a-comeback-heres-what-we-know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Has Gal Gadot read Avengers v JLA? We should collide worlds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 My guess is a 2027 Avengers/JLA movie is inevitable. By then Marvel should have run its self into the ground and Disney will own both properties anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Hemsworth was "a smart guy" because he knew better than to challenge the current zeitgeist by daring to suggest anyone could defeat our beloved new Wonder Woman. However, the correct answer is, "It depends on who is writing the issue/movie in which they fight." Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 DC boss has said no to any Marvel crossovers. Not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 For the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Bosses come. Bosses go. Much like Crossovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 In Thor Ragnarok we have a close substitute for the comic Defenders non-team. Marvel's Defenders are: Dr Strange, Hulk, Silver Surfer, and Namor the Sub Mariner, and characters like Valkyrie joining later. So in Ragnarok we have Dr Strange cameo Hulk Thor replacing Silver Surfer And Loki replacing Namor as Namor has been a villain. And Valkyrie. Armory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Bosses come. Bosses go. Much like Crossovers. And negotiations and deals will be denied, up until they're done. Who saw a MCU Spider-Man coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 And Loki replacing Namor as Namor has been a villain This sentence makes no sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 This sentence makes no sense to me. And Loki replacing Namor (as Namor has been a villain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 So basically The Defenders aren't really a team (a non-team?), but rather a team template: 1. Magic Dude 2. Strong Dude 3. Cosmic Dude 4. Villain Dude 5. Token Female Fill in the archetypes with whomever is at hand, I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 And Loki replacing Namor (as Namor has been a villain) Ahh ok what you're saying is that the team has one villain, and Loki fills that spot Thanks So basically The Defenders aren't really a team (a non-team?), but rather a team template The Defenders were a comic about a group of people who would come together to deal with threats few if any others could possibly handle, usually with no recognition or even understanding that they'd saved everyone yet again. I mean... Dr Strange, Hulk, and Silver Surfer???? That's enough power to take down a Celestial, plus some others to add to the ranks. They weren't ever an official team, just a loose group of people who could gather in emergencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Right, well, then matching up characters to nameless archetypes is rather pointless, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Only if you're feeling snarky and/or in a bad mood, i.e. nearly every supers discussion is mindless fun. bigdamnhero 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I got my ticket to Thor Ragnarok for next Thursday... Today is Thursday, Thor's Day, and Ragnarok is coming is 5.5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Eh, the classic lineup is pretty static, I thought it was an interesting exercise. To me, that's the defenders, not a bunch of self-absorbed whiny angsty tooth-gritting people in Harlem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Is that a reference to the Netflix version? If so, I think only Luke Cage operates in Harlem. And he is anything but whiny or self-absorbed. Not sure about tooth-gritting (since I'm not sure what that means), but he is sort of angsty, at least in his early reluctance to shoulder the mantle of Hero of Harlem. In general, though, I agree that the Netflix "Defenders" doesn't remotely resemble the Defenders that I grew up with (which was the Dr. Strange, Hulk, etc. line-up, eclectic as it was). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Today is Thursday, Thor's Day, and Ragnarok is coming is 5.5 hours. The movie or the real thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 We can always hope DasBroot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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