Starlord Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Blech, Dragonball is awful. I was glad someone else mentioned how well super combat and power use is done in Marvel studio movies. The Justice League movie was guilty of that stiff, 'pose-fighting' also. Yuck. Reminds of early Van Damme movies. Armory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Starlord said: Blech, Dragonball is awful. I was glad someone else mentioned how well super combat and power use is done in Marvel studio movies. The Justice League movie was guilty of that stiff, 'pose-fighting' also. Yuck. Reminds of early Van Damme movies. Exactly... I tried (really, I did) to watch Justice League, but I kept throwing the remote at the TV in disgust. After several thousand dollars of replacement TVs, I just couldn't try to watch they horrible "action figure posing" that keeps getting shown in DC movies. When will they realize that not only did every panel of a comic being a crotch-shot splash page turn out horrible comics... translating that to movies is even worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 So I'm the only one looking forward to Dark Phoenix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 40 minutes ago, Bazza said: So I'm the only one looking forward to Dark Phoenix? Very possibly. At this point I don't think they can do it justice . I hope they prove me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 The real tragedy here is that thanks to Fox failing for a second time to tell this story properly, it will likely be viewed as unsalvagably damaged goods by Kevin Feige, and we'll never see a good version of the Dark Phoenix saga from Marvel Studios. Grailknight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 For me the quality of the Marvel movies are declining steadily. Constant universe shattering upmanship instead of actual interesting stories has moved them to the "wait for video" category. I really liked the solo movies much better than the "everyone in the same pot" movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 The big cross-over events are definitely not as good as the solo movies. But that's big cross-over events for you. They will never have the character and plot development of a movie that can focus on a tight cast and plot. Armory, RDU Neil and Spence 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Part of the problem with the Phoenix Saga in movies is that Fox has steered away from the Cosmic Entity inhabiting a mortal part of the mythos. As Zslane said, it's sad that we won't see the MCU get to deal with this, as they have introduced their cosmic side. Its why I can't wait to see them deal with the FF at some point hopefully. Not sure I am happy with them turning Ms. Marvel into Nova, meaning we wont get a Nova movie, but I give them the benefit of the doubt. A HUGE part of that saga when it originally ended was the fact the X-Men had to fight for her life though hopelessly outclassed, something Fox doesn't really have the stable to enact. Ranxerox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 I haven't seen anything in the Capt. Marvel trailers that isn't Capt. Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 2/28/2019 at 10:59 AM, Bazza said: So I'm the only one looking forward to Dark Phoenix? No, I want to see it. The X-Men films have been uneven but I'm partly just happy to have supers films at all. Many franchises end in 2019, this is only one of them. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Old Man said: No, I want to see it. The X-Men films have been uneven but I'm partly just happy to have supers films at all. Many franchises end in 2019, this is only one of them. So I guess it is just us going to post in the "with spoilers" thread when the film is released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Spoiler: Jean Grey flips out. Also, guns make an inappropriate appearance in a supers film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Greywind said: I haven't seen anything in the Capt. Marvel trailers that isn't Capt. Marvel. Felt like they were promoting her as an interstellar cop, which is purely Nova. Maybe I am seeing it wrong. Also, the Nova I really followed is the one that happened during Annihilation Wave and after, so he was the cosmic level player they seem to be building her toward. But I also agree, power effects are truly Ms. Marvel/Binary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 For this movie, anyway, I don't think she is going to be a space cop but more like a Kree special forces operative. Starforce is more like a cosmic SEAL team than an interstellar police force like Novacorps. For one thing, she and Starforce only serve Kree interests, which does not necessarily involve keeping the interstellar peace. As for the role she will play in interstellar affairs by the end of the movie, that's anyone's guess. Cosmic superhero free agent? I doubt she'll be answering to anyone, much less a single interstellar authority (the way Nova would). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/28/2019 at 3:59 PM, Bazza said: So I'm the only one looking forward to Dark Phoenix? I still want to see it. It may disappoint, but I'm happy to see Fassbender as Magneto again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 I will see Dark Phoenix and New Mutants as soon as they see DVD release. I don't do theaters anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 First couple reviews of CM are out and they seem to confirm what the trailers conveyed - everything around CM is decent, but she falls pretty flat. The Skrulls have depth and are the most interesting characters in the film. FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Yeah. Rotten Tomatoes, as of this, has it 86%... but the positive reviews lean towards the 'I guess it's all right it could have been better' angle as much as if not more the 'hey good movie' stuff and the negative ones are rather disappointed and say so. Of course, I often disagree with critics so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Relatively spoiler free review Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Interesting interview with Feige. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 I'll probably see it before I see Infinity War Part 2, if only so I'll know what to expect out of her when she makes her appearance. I'm not really interested in the character, and nothing in the trailer has really grabbed me. I don't particularly care about any controversy that Brie Larson has created. I just don't like the character that much, and I'm not thrilled with the film coming out so close to IW#2. The only thing I'm actually worried about is that Marvel might have her come in and pull a Superman on Thanos. I don't want them to introduce this brand new hero, who we don't really know or care about, and then she's suddenly the star of the show. We've spent 10 years getting to know the original Avengers cast, and I want to see them stop the bad guy. It's not that she's a woman. I'd feel the same way if they had a Sentry movie. I'd be like "oh this is gonna suck". Now I have a lot of faith in Marvel, but what (very little) I saw of Brie Larson's comments about the film, she was describing it as exactly what I don't want to see. "I am woman, see me ruin franchise." But I think one of the people who were in GOTG said similar things ("the Guardians could kick the Hulk's ass" somebody said), and that didn't turn out to be true. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I do think Marvel is trying to cash in on the success of Wonder Woman, and also trying to promote someone whose name is the same as the company. That's not really a bad thing, companies exist to make money. But I'm just not excited about it. At all. archer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Hermit said: Relatively spoiler free review This guy moves his hands way too much. It makes me want to punch him in the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 17 minutes ago, massey said: This guy moves his hands way too much. It makes me want to punch him in the face. You should stay away from the deaf community massey and Starlord 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, massey said: I do think Marvel is trying to cash in on the success of Wonder Woman, and also trying to promote someone whose name is the same as the company. For a long time there's been growing pressure mounting for Marvel to make a female-led MCU movie, and we know they always planned to do one at some point. The question was always where to fit it into the crowded slate given the long-term plan for the MCU. Until the roadmap for Infinity War became clarified, and the shift to a more "cosmic" MCU was solidified, it was difficult to find a spot for this movie (this is the same reason it's been so hard to get a Black Widow movie going). Sure, Wonder Woman beat Marvel to the punch here, but saying Captain Marvel is some kind of response to Wonder Woman ignores the fact that Captain Marvel was probably in development long before WW hit theaters and became a box office success. And as for the fact that the character's name matches the name of the company, well I think that was just a serendipitous bonus, and not an essential factor in the choice. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 4 hours ago, massey said: This guy moves his hands way too much. It makes me want to punch him in the face. Then you should get your shot in before the close of his video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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