slikmar

The problem I have, and I haven't seen it, is you are comparing it to the 3rd Avengers movie, not the first. Watching it, is there anyway you think he could have pulled it off in 2 hours, which is what the first Avengers movie was. This wasn't Darkseid, though he makes an appearance, this was Loki working for Darkseid. But then, Loki had already had a story arc in the first Thor movie. I realize that the Whedon one, apparently, had more reshoots then originally thought, but he was still limited to the story that Snyder had done. And Snyder coming back and doing a 2 part movie, that WB would NEVER have agreed to put out and saying "See how much I could have done" is stupid. He would have been forced to put it out as 1 movie in 2 hours. Now, edit that one down to that, then compare it to the first Avengers and we can argue, but again, the MCU had already done IM, Thor, CA:TFA and introduced EVERY hero in the movie in some way or another, a point others have made. I guess my only new point is the original, that this should have been the equivalent of the first one. I mean, if dealing with Steppenwolf took 4 hours, are we looking at a trilogy to deal with Darkseid?

If they keep their masks on, how will they drink too much beer?

Ah, the next DC villain has shown up - Starro.

Or worse, where the theaters are concerned, disliking the movie and taking the break opportunity to go into a different theater.

I am cautiously optimistic on the Angels, but I think will come down to their bullpen. I think their current rotation will be league average, which may be all they need, as I expect their offense to be a top third in the AL. I would love, for the sake of the Angels and Baseball, to see Ohtani pull off the 2 way thing for 1 year. The thing that gets lost in his HR totals and pitching is the guy is also fast (he may be the fastest guy on the Angels) and is a very smart base runner. Albert Pujols continues to show the type of classy person he is as he is very gracious in his diminished role, not to mention that he realizes he isn't a HR hitter as much, but is still amazing with RISP and hitting the ball the opposite way or making productive outs. I lIke joe Madden as a coach and think he is the perfect blend of the analytics guy with the old school. He was into the Analytics very early, like in the 90s he had all his stat charts. It's what made him and Scioscia such a great pair in the dugout, the combination of old school hunch and new school stats.

Looks like a great picture for a guarded opening to a fairy realm. That bottom portion, not just looking mouthlike, but like a doorway.

From what I understood at the time, it was Chiklis who insisted on the suit, as he didn't think CGI at the time was good enough to give the emotions he wanted too. Can't blame him, since I know he campaigned to play the character from the start. sooo, your saying he is Dr. Strange, where they changed the Ancient Asian teacher to a White English Woman.

I actually feel that Evans and Chiklis pulled this off pretty well. But then, Chiklis was a fan of the Thing before the movie and wanted to play him and Evans seems to be very good at embracing whatever characters he plays. I know that move gets panned a lot, but really, its not for the portrayals of the 4, but for Doom since they cannot seem to get him right. I actually liked the 4.

I loved when they were doing the Iron Fist stuff a few years back with the 7(?) hidden cities and the tournament. where every move in the comics had some type of associated name.

As I said, was in one of the Animated Series episodes from the early 2000s. Grod was subtly manipulating the JL to fight amongst themselves. It was after the Legion of Doom formed.

I remember in the animated series, which everyone holds up, when Grod was messing with everyone's heads, The team being annoyed with Supes for taking on to much and Flash saying that he was fast enough to not get hit, to which Supes replies "but you always do, and every hit I take is one my friends dont". It sort of is like Wolverine (different but similar) in that he is reputed to be an incredible fighter (Captain America and Iron Fist level) with heightened speed and strength, but because everyone wants to show his healing ability, he takes a beating all the time. The above discussions make me think of the best George Lucas films, where he wrote them and then Spielberg or someone else directed them. It is too bad we can't get a true collaboration with Whedon doing the character stuff and Snyder doing the action/filming but with Whedon's input. One thing I liked in the comics a few years back after they upped WW power level was that she was still not quite on Supes level BUT her skill made her an equal. I remember a fight with the 2 of them against Zod and I believe Ursa. Clark would hold his own and Diana would be winning because she was a better fighter and Zod and Ursa weren't at full strength. But it also showed that given equality, Zod would beat Clark straight up as he was much better skilled. It was during a sequence of books where Diana was trying to convince Clark to learn to fight.

Problem with Reynolds Hal was that they wanted to use the name Hal, as it was more well known, but wanted to do Kyle, who did all the funny, cartoon like green energy stuff since he was an animator. He was also much more layed back and "human" then Hal.

I wanted to say, people keep saying the movie Joss Whedon made, but truthfully, he didn't. He reshot a couple scenes and added in the part at the beginning with the kids asking about what Superman liked about the planet. This was still, mostly, Snyder's movie. The powers that be brought Joss in specifically to add some lightness to the movie due to the clusterF that Snyder had made of Man of Steel and BVS. I would have been interested in seeing a JL made by Joss, and I guarantee that WW would have been a much bigger gun then she was. For awhile during the final battle, I thought they were making a decent case of her and Aquaman holding their own, but then, suddenly, they weren't. In the old days of JL, we used to wonder why there was anyone called in to do stuff other then Supes or GL.

Ok, I have to wonder. the "apocalyptic" stuff, how many were Brightburn, but with an adult Superman. Because that seemed to be Snyder's opinion of who Superman should be.

Now, if only he could have found a way to do that in under 3 hours so you wouldn't have to actually edit out so much of it, maybe it would have made to screen. But then, after his horrible Batman v. Superman tone def movie, what did he expect.

That's just crazy talk. I always felt he was saddled(?) with playing Christopher Reeves playing Clark/Superman. Reeves was great as both Clark and Superman, but that movie was a direct sequel to the Reeves ones. I really felt you that both mains really identified with the characters. I thought Teri made a great Lois and Dean had Clark and Superman down. And I loved the fact his parents were alive and featured at times. The story only really went off the rails when they were setup to be married in a cross with both the comics AND daily newspaper comics that got delayed due to the comics being printed getting behind, so the had to do the clone story.

I wasn't sure of that, as it looked like Pepper and Tony, with their daughter, had basically gone "off the grid" to a little farmhouse.

And Tony and SHIELD are gone, so no one to bankroll Avengers anymore, as I suspect that the Board of Directors now in charge of Stark enterprises wouldn't want to keep footing the bill.

I see your point and it makes sense, especially when the BLACK superhero move was done so well. I think they were really trying to make her movie almost a female top gun, but then wanted to tack on that she is A - the most powerful super (though possibly Stormbringer Thor and Doctor Strange could give her a run) and B - that they wanted to really make sure to chime in on right side of the Me Too movement going on. I don't really dislike the movie, and have even rewatched it. I do wish they would limit her power when she isn't actually near the Power(?) Stone, which is what gave her her power and was being used by the Kree scientist, iirc. Too me, it made that she could go toe to toe with Thanos make sense, as her power source was literally right in front of her. I would point out, though it was started somewhat in the first movie, that Ant Man and the Wasp was basically a Women's Power movie also. Compared to Hope, Scott came off as a goof and inept. Then they gave him the BIG (pun intended) moment at the end.

That will teach him to hit white eggs with a stick.

Hmm, then maybe it is the response to Space Force.

AAAHHH, the 2020 Nebula in all its glory.

Would be interesting if when Kong goes to get the Axe, you see weapons made specifically to defeat other of the Kaiju. Nets for the flyers, some type of fire ranged thing for Rodan, a long spear for Spidra etc.

well, old money power sources do have a lot of political power,. I mean, lets not get totally unrealistic and believe that they wouldn't block anything cutting into their revenues. I mean, the rest of that stuff, totally believable even if remotely, but the power companies giving up revenue, cmon.

One reason the Axe doesn't bother me is that the Legendary stuff, from the first impression of Godzilla looking at the soldier in the first movie, was to me projected as being smart, as was Kong and the others. Not "mindless monsters", but actually thinking/rationalizing ones.