Okay. Where is belle. Get her to log on!

I'll Ask Her, But She Is Busy At Present. And She Does Not Really Like It Here Much.

Fair. I can see why.... place is dull compared to the other site we use..... why bother with this one. We miss ya on the other site the gang were asking about you brother.

True.
Ah Those Guys Are Funny. I Can Logg On There I Guess, Not Really Much Happening Here Of Late Just Well.... :169: You Know!? :169:

There's going to be something happening here real soon. :169:

Good man lets ditch this dump and move to better scene.

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There's going to be something happening here real soon. :169:

Doubtful. This place sucks in comparisson. Lots of fucking shit and "every posting"

I assume you're referring to me or users here in general.

Anyhow, if you guys are leaving, farewell.

Blaine Is Just Kidding. LOL

Doubtful. This place sucks in comparisson. Lots of fucking shit and "every posting"

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Michael-Jordan-laughing.gif

Can't believe Mr. Gold hangs out with a Guy like you.

:facepalm: I Said He Was Joking.
Seems I Mistake Now Inviting Him to Join. I Will Tell Him To Leave And Not Return.

Once again I have to sort your mess out, and I am tired of it.
Blaine is gone and will not be back.

Sorry Clonemaster for his posts.

Rumpel I suggest you either stay quiet and avoid your friends a while or leave also. :notgood:

Now I must go back and read. WTF happened here?

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Ah. OOoook then.

Always drama drama drama...

... and this time I wasn't involved! heh...

On topic :
Reading The Butlerian Jihad

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Michael-Jordan-laughing.gif

Can't believe Mr. Gold hangs out with a Guy like you.

Better than some poor examples..................

What. Like what. Explain, what is your deal. You seem to have a problem with me. Get it over with. Spit it out.

Wow chill. I never spoke to you. Take a breath and chill. The post above nothing to do with you.

Psh. Did you think I was serious? :p

I probably should've made it more clear what I was going for.

How the hell does a reading thread get personal. Stop it, stop it right now. :(

How the hell does a reading thread get personal. Stop it, stop it right now. :(

*snap* Stopped.

How the hell does a reading thread get personal. Stop it, stop it right now. :(

:this:

Some people just thrive on drama

I am seeing a lot of 169 in this thread.

Careful, you cannot un-see it.

Actually started to read the Jericho Comic Issues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_Season_3:_Civil_War) after I finished the 2 tv-seasons on Netflix lately. Good stuff.

Junkie, is that really you??

Sign my beard! :D

Junkie, is that really you??

Sign my beard! :D

No I'm not :P

The real Junkie XL would have signed my beard.

The real Junkie XL would have signed my beard.

You have a beard? :p

I would grow one if Junkie would sign it.

Don't really know if I'm able to yet, although I have some under my chin and on my neck. :erm: I think there's a certain age when you know if you can or not.

My Dad has a goatee sort of thing (not below the chin).

Can you even sigh a beard? :p

Beards:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/04/beard-swab-results/26861943/

http://www.sciencealert.com/bearded-men-are-probably-more-hygienic-new-research-finds

In the immortal words of George Carlin: "Lenin had a BEARD! Gabby Hayes had 'whiskers'."

Man Ray, Man Ray.

Ala Wegman.

I just read the Wikipedia Article, cool Stuff.

Nothing sophisticated about my Username Choice though i am afraid, as it is taken
from this nice Fellow :



Telltale Sign of my mental Age ? You decide. :laugh:

I was always wondering if that was the reason. Now I know. :p

Those shorts look painful.

I was always wondering if that was the reason. Now I know. :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMlzDjW1mc

I fucking lost it, Best Episode, no Contest.


Those shorts look painful.

It's not about Comfort, it's about making a statement ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMlzDjW1mc

I fucking lost it, Best Episode, no Contest.

:laugh:

It's one of my favorites, along with "Hooks". :laugh:

Zootopia has reached 590 millions in total.. I'm impressed, and happy about it. It's gonna reach 600 and that's a good thing. I don't see it past 700, though. And that's okay, too. Japan is the last country that needs to premiere the movie (in April) without counting the UK in a few days. And I have the feeling it's gonna be a sucess, too, in Japan (they like cute movies.)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disney2016.htm

nothing. who needs books?

nothing. who needs books?

Welcome back.

nothing. who needs books?

Doesn't have to be a book. Could be a comic, magazine, a thread, or simply someone's mind.

nothing. who needs books?

Everybody.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMlzDjW1mc
It's not about Comfort, it's about making a statement ;)

And the statement here is:

Balls. . .

Can . . .

Not . . .

Breathe . . .

Batman A death in the family.

Batman A death in the family.

Ugh. Not a favorite. But it led to Under the Red Hood so there is that.

Ugh. Not a favorite. But it led to Under the Red Hood so there is that.

Nor Mine. I Dug A Old Books Of Books & Graphic Novels And Decided to Read Some. This Being First.

finance textbooks.. need to pass that exam!

FINALLY!!!!

Guns N' Roses Confirm North American Tour (https://www.yahoo.com/music/guns-n-roses-confirm-north-american-tour-173300180-rolling-stone.html)


Don't really know if I'm able to yet, although I have some under my chin and on my neck. :erm: I think there's a certain age when you know if you can or not.

Don't sweat it. I couldn't when I was 15 :p

Chat.

Also I saw guns and roses when I was in 11th grade with my mum. It was super awkward cause the suicide girls follow them every tour. But great show!

casino royale

Batman V Superman Reviews on IMDB, sorted worst to best, funny Stuff. :laugh:

Zack Snyder is a Hack.

ManRay's location.

I've been there before, once, a very, very long time ago.

ManRay's location.

I've never there before, once, a very, very long time ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1shQkN03l8

Getting a good laugh from reading the posts.

Just read through the 23 pages of this thread.

Wow. :p

Batman V Superman Reviews on IMDB, sorted worst to best, funny Stuff. :laugh:

Zack Snyder is a Hack.

Reading that Batman v Superman: DoJ crossed the half a billion dollar mark. In five days.

Also, in completely unrelated news, the Australian horror film series Wolf Creek is now a six episodes mini-series. If you haven't seen the films and your tastes run to the dark side where the bad guys sometimes win, check it out.

Reading a ridiculous PM in which the user "JARROTT" told me to change my avatar because Bowie is annoying. I replied with the most appropriate response I could conjure up at this moment, after the day I had.

Pft. David Bowie? Annoying?

How do those words go together?

Long story short, I told him (or her, in which case it's not an offensive response) to suck a dick. Case closed.

You see, I would never, and will never tell anyone to change their avatar. That's their choice, not mine

I'm going to cycle through some themes, but you'll see Costanza most of the time.

And also, my last avatar of George Costanza may be one of my favorite avatars I've ever had.



Definitely going to probably use it again.

Long story short, I told him (or her, in which case it's not an offensive response) to suck a dick. Case closed.

Quite Eloquent.

BUT...

You still were much too Nice. FUCK THAT GUY. Fucking unable to recognise Greatness ? Sic the Dogs on him.

James Gunn posted a photo of a scene that was cut from Guardians.

:large

:laugh:

Reading mod notes for Skyrim

the dark phoenix saga.

Just finished Book #14 of Star Trek Deep Space Nine "The Long Night" by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Not a bad read and it felt like it was a episode of the show.

Now starting on "The World According to Clarkson" by Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame.

I read something about science and how to apply for the project in Horizon 2020 with oteher EU participants. Complex reading, complex procedure. :)

HUH? Where's Powell?!

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/03/27/john-debney-to-score-ice-age-collision-course/

He probably got fed up like Zimmer did with Super Heroes or maybe Blu Sky just wants some new talent for their films, thinking it will make the movie better. Considering it's the... 5th... one?

Guardian stories concerning the Panama Papers.

He probably got fed up like Zimmer did with Super Heroes or maybe Blu Sky just wants some new talent for their films, thinking it will make the movie better. Considering it's the... 5th... one?

You know, you're probably right. I'd think it's just he got fed up or wants to accept something more new. But I thought he was confirmed in for long.

I remember when John Powell was long rumoured to be in Zootopia. I wonder what would have been.. if he had been involved?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61%2BOH0AI4zL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War

Further educating myself on some of my favorite and areas and sections of World War II.

Although, you may not be able to say everything you read on Wikipedia is 100% historically accurate.

Just get a book or something if you're interested, or do some legit online research... Wiki isn't good for "educating yourself", only for looking at a brief glimpse of a particular topic.

Just get a book or something if you're interested, or do some legit online research... Wiki isn't good for "educating yourself", only for looking at a brief glimpse of a particular topic.

I do have books, I'm just wanting to read something on the computer for once.

You are right. As you said, it's probably better to visit a site more dedicated to the subject than Wikipedia. :p

EDIT: Looking again, I only have one book, but it's a really good (and big) one.

Here is what it looks like.

I had an older edition for a while, then bought this one when it came out last year.

Hmm, now that I've gotten up to get it, I'll just read out of it now. :p

:bearclap:

Page 240-241, Return to the Philippines. ;)

Glad MacArthur made the pledge to return in March 1942, and fulfilled it in the same month of 1944.

Gyo by Junji Ito
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney manga

Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Book 1 on the DragonLance Chronicles quadriliogy by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman.

Ironically was the first fantasy novella I ever read... over 25 years ago.

Reading the early reviews to Captain America 3. So far they have been overwhelmingly positive with praise given to Spider-Man - apparently he's in the movie more than what's been hinted at in the trailers - Boseman's take on Black Panther - regal and powerful -, Ant-Man comes close to stealing the show, the airport fight is huge and the final fight between Cap and Iron Man is killer.

Something to look forward to.

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Page 240-241, Return to the Philippines. ;)

Glad MacArthur made the pledge to return in March 1942, and fulfilled it in the same month of 1944.


George was in the stands, welcoming MacArthur back. Has the selfie to prove it.

Reading the early reviews to Captain America 3. So far they have been overwhelmingly positive with praise given to Spider-Man - apparently he's in the movie more than what's been hinted at in the trailers - Boseman's take on Black Panther - regal and powerful -, Ant-Man comes close to stealing the show, the airport fight is huge and the final fight between Cap and Iron Man is killer.

I highly doubt that. All of it.

I highly doubt that. All of it.

In three weeks we'll know for certain.

I believe it. All of it.

Me too. Winter Soldier was awesome, and the Russo bros. seem to understand how to make these films perfectly. I don't get why DAK doesn't love it like the rest of the world.

Me too. Winter Soldier was awesome, and the Russo bros. seem to understand how to make these films perfectly. I don't get why DAK doesn't love it like the rest of the world.

You spreaded him the "hating everything the world adores" sickness? XD

Don't hit me. Just a bad joke like always

What do I hate that the world adores? There are people who adore The Force Awakens?

Me too. Winter Soldier was awesome, and the Russo bros. seem to understand how to make these films perfectly. I don't get why DAK doesn't love it like the rest of the world.

Because it's incredibly overrated? Simple as that. There's nothing else to it. I didn't hate it like I did Age of Ultron, I just didn't obsess over it. And it's Marvel...too much comedy and humor in them at times.

Marvel is for the boys, DC is for the men.

DC fools itself into thinking that MoS and BvS are more than just popcorn films.

NO superhero film is more than just a popcorn film. They're popcorn films as much as Transformers.

And Marvel is just a mess. DC is only in their second film and there's already continuity. That was not the case with Hulk or Iron Man 2, whichever you consider the second MCU film. Neither had as much continuity with the first film in the universe as BvS did with MoS.

What do I hate that the world adores? There are people who adore The Force Awakens?

Yes, and many other good films that people adore but you absolutely hate xD

Don't get me started with the Marvel for kids, DC for men with super absolute fantastic darky edgy shit, because that's completely very stupid and fanboyish. Marvel also has its fair share of dark moments. :I And DC? DC just wants to be so dark and edgy, it justs fucks itself up.

There was continuity in Marvel's second film. RDJ showed up at the end, remember?

And DC is a mess too. Two films in and they've already wasted both their Doomsday and Dark Knight Returns plotlines.

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Yes, and many other good films that people adore but you absolutely hate xD

TFA, AoU, and Iron Man 3 I despise. People can't actually like those movies, can they???

TFA was a lesser verion of A New Hope, AoU was a lesser version of The Avengers, and Iron Man 3... yuck!

And Marvel is just a mess. DC is only in their second film and there's already continuity. That was not the case with Hulk or Iron Man 2, whichever you consider the second MCU film. Neither had as much continuity with the first film in the universe as BvS did with MoS.

What continuity, characters from one being in the sequel? Because Marvel has a strong, coherent universe, you just haven't bothered to check it at all. You'd be surprised how great the Marvel Universe is, more than the shitty copycat DC is trying to do for a cashgrab and that backpedalled epically just because of rush. Marvel took its damn time to get where they are now. I'm not even kidding, or fangirling (haven't seen much Marvel) just talking about people that have massively looked up into it and even done essays with how much the world and story and universe have been worked up.. and the most incredible thing; it's fantasy, but they've looked up to try it in a believable way

TFA I enjoyed the second time after all the hype evaporated. AoU I've still only seen once (but will watch in the coming weeks for obvious reasons), and IM3 I can't watch anymore. It just sucks.

Ponyo, continuity is more than just IN-film. Same director and same composer are pretty big. Iron Man, Hulk and Iron Man 2 have three different composers, all of which have 3 different themes. That's a mess in and of itself.

And just because you can't handle a darker film like MoS or BvS doesn't mean DC fucks itself up. Go watch Zootopia :laugh:

I can't fathom why Iron Man 3 takes place at Christmas... it was released in May. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just such a weird decision to make.

And just because you can't handle a darker film like MoS or BvS doesn't mean DC fucks itself up. Go watch Zootopia :laugh:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mejb95uzuC1ru3fl1.gif

I could watch these movies if I wanted to, dark or not, I care less about it, just don't feel like it. I will watch them one day, there's much better movies in the world to watch than these.. lol.

I'm just saying Man of Steel and Batman VS Superman have many shitty incoherences and stupid moments (so does Marvel sometimes, yes) but I was merely saying.. DC has got themselves on such a stupid "tryhard" mode because everyone thinks they gotta be super dark and edgy and it just.. stays like that, edgy in a terrible way..

Not even that, but I absolutely dislike when people use the "DC is darker, Marvel is family/kids/less serious" argument because.. no offense, it's dumb, it really is, because it has no sense, and it's just a fanboy argument. Both are nice. Maybe if the people who said this said it was their opinion there wouldn't be no flamewars

For the record, I really really really REALLY want Civil War to blow my mind. I don't ever like to dislike a film or want to dislike a film. But it's just what happens 9 times out of 10. If I end up loving it, I will definitely express my opinion. And if I end up hating it, too :p

For the record, I really really really REALLY want Civil War to blow my mind. I don't ever like to dislike a film or want to dislike a film. But it's just what happens 9 times out of 10. If I end up loving it, I will definitely express my opinion. And if I end up hating it, too :p



Now we can agree, what do you personally think of the Transformers movies, one by one? What about the TMNT movie?

I don't ever like to dislike a film or want to dislike a film. But it's just what happens 9 times out of 10. If I end up loving it, I will definitely express my opinion. And if I end up hating it, too :p

Same here. I was gearing up for something explosive with Days of Future Past... it turned out to be kind of underwhelming, future scenes aside. The Rogue Cut alleviated some of my disappointment, but I was still kind of bothered. I was really looking forward to more action from the old X-Men team; I didn't give a shit about Wolverine with a whiny Professor X, or effing Mystique.

I also was hoping for Man of Steel to be magnificent... it really, really wasn't. :laugh:

Winter Soldier completely blew my mind. It was the first time in years I had left the theater fully satisfied. It's not overrated, it deserves all the praise it gets. It was an incredible departure from what we'd seen before in Marvel.

And for the record, Marvel is getting that sort of "continuity" that DC has. The Russos are returning for Civil War, along with Henry Jackman. The Russos are also working on Avengers 3 and 4.

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What about the TMNT movie?

I've had Days of Future Past for a while in my laptop I oughta watch it with my dad soon, really. I also should give a try to Winter Soldier. The last Marvel movie I saw was Age of Ultron which I found.. well just very good entertaining/popcorn movie wise but looking into it deeper, it's nothing biggie. I also have Antman. And before that I think we watched GoTG which we loved.

And it's really funny how my dad loved "A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST" by Seth McFarlane but I didn't at first. I mean my dad LAUGHED OUT LOUD while watching the movie (he barely ever does!) and continuosly praises it whenever I mention it mostly he says he enjoyed it because "it was too real" xD

Dude, WATCH WINTER SOLDIER. Make it an epic movie night. And don't spoil it for yourself!

Watch DoFP only if you've seen First Class.

Dude, WATCH WINTER SOLDIER. Make it an epic movie night. And don't spoil it for yourself!

Watch DoFP only if you've seen First Class.

Haven't seen First Class, my dad did back when it premiered, he might not remember a thing though.

I guess if Winter Soldier is that epic, I'm gonna make him watch it too.

We really don't seem to be following the continuity at all when watching the movies, it seems.

Marvel is for the boys, DC is for the men.

http://i.giphy.com/DYyIxznlLiIOQ.gif

:this:

What is that from?

...Predator? :p

You manly men are gonna cry like babies when the DCEU falls flat on its face.

Suicide Squad looks really good, at least.

And just because you can't handle a darker film like MoS or BvS doesn't mean DC fucks itself up. Go watch Zootopia :laugh:

I agree with DAK. A lot of the criticism leveled at BvS is that it's "a dark film." What's wrong with that? Are all superhero movies supposed to be light and fluffy and leave no footprint on the cinematic environment?

DC has had the guts to address the consequences of what happens when men, gods and monsters clash. Buildings fall. People die. There's no Marvel "evacuate the city" nonsense and suddenly all civilians are out of harm's way. Even Marvel has recognized it must address the damage its heroes cause. (The whole Sokovia evacuation in Avengers: AoU and its aftermath leads to the civil war in Cap 3.

I think that's why one reason, perhaps the main reason, so many people dislike BvS: it goes against the fans' preconceived notions of how their heroes are supposed to behave: in BvS Batman is angry, enraged. Twenty years of fighting crime and what has he changed in Gotham? Superman becomes, with some prodding from Lex, the target of that rage. Superman doubts his actions because for every positive act he takes, its followed by negative one. And Diana, after the events of World War I, has withdrawn from the world.

Damn good way to put it.


You manly men are gonna cry like babies when the DCEU falls flat on its face.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/l2JJL4ba6yKVeKMPm/200w.gif

What is that from?

...Predator? :p

Yep. A film so damn manly, watching it gives you male pattern testosterone poisoning.

Good.

That's a movie I've still not seen. That must change very soon.

I agree with DAK. A lot of the criticism leveled at BvS is that it's "a dark film." What's wrong with that? Are all superhero movies supposed to be light and fluffy and leave no footprint on the cinematic environment?

No. A lot of criticism went against the fact that this incarnation of Superman is very much not a very good representation of his comic-book counterpart.



Same with Batman. He doesn't kill and he doesn't 'brand' either. He's a vigilante but he's not an executioner.

It can be dark, but there needs to be light in the form of the heroes.


DC has had the guts to address the consequences of what happens when men, gods and monsters clash. Buildings fall. People die.

DC already did this, and in much better fashion, in Justice League Unlimited (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2U5BHxBRMI).


I think that's why one reason, perhaps the main reason, so many people dislike BvS: it goes against the fans' preconceived notions of how their heroes are supposed to behave

Why should I be rooting for Superman, Batman, etc. when they don't act responsibly?

I can't fathom why Iron Man 3 takes place at Christmas... it was released in May. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just such a weird decision to make.

Because Shane Black, the film's writer and director, has this fetish about Christmas. Lethal Weapon I, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, & IM3 are all set at Christmas.

I highly doubt that. All of it.

You're a Strange One Mr. DAK.... ;)

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Oh no! It's darker and emotional! OH NOES! MARVEL IS COPYING DC!

Good.

That's a movie I've still not seen. That must change very soon.
You haven't seen the debut of Pussyface? Fix that ASAP.

I liked BVS, to Dark lol what a joke people forget these stories are based off graphic novels. Some could get very dark and gory.
Some of the superhero films have been real to cheesy till now.

Some of the TV shows have been way darker (Arrow, AOS S3.)....

Now we can agree, what do you personally think of the Transformers movies, one by one? What about the TMNT movie?

In terms of quality - acting, script and overall story, they're horrible films. In terms of entertainment, they're highly enjoyable. Everybody here knows I love Transformers, but you have to acknowledge when a film really isn't that good. And that means sometimes shitting on the films we love most. Years ago I would be the naive fanboy who would get angry when someone said a film I liked was bad. But I've grown up. I'm not a Marvel boy, I'm a DC man :p

As for TMNT and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I haven't seen either. But I kinda want to. I want to see the new one only because Jablonsky is scoring it.


Same here. I was gearing up for something explosive with Days of Future Past... it turned out to be kind of underwhelming, future scenes aside. The Rogue Cut alleviated some of my disappointment, but I was still kind of bothered. I was really looking forward to more action from the old X-Men team; I didn't give a shit about Wolverine with a whiny Professor X, or effing Mystique.

Days of Future past is one of my top films of 2014. It fixed EVERYTHING in the X-Men world. And it was a highly entertaining film. I hope Apocalypse will be just as good.

And "effing Mysitque"? What's wrong, don't like seeing a naked, blu-skinned JLaw? :p


I also was hoping for Man of Steel to be magnificent... it really, really wasn't. :laugh:

I wouldn't say MoS was magnificent, but I did love it.


Winter Soldier completely blew my mind. It was the first time in years I had left the theater fully satisfied. It's not overrated, it deserves all the praise it gets. It was an incredible departure from what we'd seen before in Marvel.

And for the record, Marvel is getting that sort of "continuity" that DC has. The Russos are returning for Civil War, along with Henry Jackman. The Russos are also working on Avengers 3 and 4.

It IS overrated, and does not deserve all that praise. Seriously I feel like it gets more praise than TDK Trilogy, Inception and Interstellar combined. I'm so sick of it. I didn't hate the movie, it just did not live up to all the worship it gets. Worship. Yeah, that's a better term than "praise", because I feel like people really do worship the film.

Ok so after what - 10, 11 films DC is finally getting some continuity? Yeah John Favreau did IM1 and IM2, that's about as close as it's been to continuity yet. We'll have to see how Civil War and Infinity War play out.


You manly men are gonna cry like babies when the DCEU falls flat on its face.

Suicide Squad looks really good, at least.

Well according to critics, it already has. But the box office numbers don't lie.

Suicide Squad looks amazing. It looks humoruous, but dark humor. That's what I like. Not fluffy humor like Marvel.


I agree with DAK. A lot of the criticism leveled at BvS is that it's "a dark film." What's wrong with that? Are all superhero movies supposed to be light and fluffy and leave no footprint on the cinematic environment?

DC has had the guts to address the consequences of what happens when men, gods and monsters clash. Buildings fall. People die. There's no Marvel "evacuate the city" nonsense and suddenly all civilians are out of harm's way. Even Marvel has recognized it must address the damage its heroes cause. (The whole Sokovia evacuation in Avengers: AoU and its aftermath leads to the civil war in Cap 3.

I think that's why one reason, perhaps the main reason, so many people dislike BvS: it goes against the fans' preconceived notions of how their heroes are supposed to behave: in BvS Batman is angry, enraged. Twenty years of fighting crime and what has he changed in Gotham? Superman becomes, with some prodding from Lex, the target of that rage. Superman doubts his actions because for every positive act he takes, its followed by negative one. And Diana, after the events of World War I, has withdrawn from the world.

http://i.imgur.com/utDkNCI.gif


No. A lot of criticism went against the fact that this incarnation of Superman is very much not a very good representation of his comic-book counterpart.

Using a cartoon from cracked and having not seen the film yourself, you cannot judge it. You need to see the film for yourself.


It can be dark, but there needs to be light in the form of the heroes.

DC already did this, and in much better fashion, in Justice League Unlimited (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2U5BHxBRMI).

I didn't know that the animated DC and the DCEU were the same thing.


Why should I be rooting for Superman, Batman, etc. when they don't act responsibly?

Look at The Avengers. They clearly didn't act responsibly, which lead us to Civil War. And everyone has the biggest hard-on for the movie right now.


Because Shane Black, the film's writer and director, has this fetish about Christmas. Lethal Weapon I, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, & IM3 are all set at Christmas.

While Richard Donner directed all 4, I didn't know Shane Black wrote the first one. But I like the fact that Lethal Weapon takes place at Christmas. Like Die Hard. To me, I think they're trying to show that shit can hit the fan at any given time. Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean a film should be all happy-go-lucky. I'm not defending Shane Black for the disaster that is IM3 - I very much hate the film and hate that it's set at Christmas, I was just giving my opinion of these types of films taking place at the most joyous time of the year.


I liked BVS, to Dark lol what a joke people forget these stories are based off graphic novels. Some could get very dark and gory.
Some of the superhero films have been real to cheesy till now.

Exactly. I like the fact that DC is darker than Marvel....it's a nice contrast to all the fluffyness (I like using this term to describe Marvel now. Thanks, Killgrave!). I was getting sick of it tbh.

These Dark DC films remind me of Batman and Batman Returns (the Burton films)

DAK is on a roll here! Pretty much agree with most of what he says here. That doesn't mean everyone else didn't make good points either. Everyone added to the conversation. I don't have much to add, other than BvS making me cry at the end for obvious reasons. Also, one last thing: MARTHA!

In terms of quality - acting, script and overall story, they're horrible films. In terms of entertainment, they're highly enjoyable. Everybody here knows I love Transformers, but you have to acknowledge when a film really isn't that good. And that means sometimes shitting on the films we love most. Years ago I would be the naive fanboy who would get angry when someone said a film I liked was bad. But I've grown up. I'm not a Marvel boy, I'm a DC man :p

As for TMNT and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I haven't seen either. But I kinda want to. I want to see the new one only because Jablonsky is scoring it.

Ah, I'm so glad to agree with you for once!

I honestly would say the mistakes or problems of my most favourite films, too.

DAK is on a roll here! Pretty much agree with most of what he says here.

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That doesn't mean everyone else didn't make good points either. Everyone added to the conversation. I don't have much to add, other than BvS making me cry at the end for obvious reasons. Also, one last thing: MARTHA!

:laugh:

We had a more classic take - the big, blue Boy Scout - on Superman in Superman Returns and we all know how well that did with audiences:

Fanboy Criticism of Superman Returns: "he didn't punch anyone!"

Fanboy Criticism of Man of Steel: "he punched someone!"

Fanboy Criticism of BvS: "they punched everyone!"

Oh yeah, and Wonder Woman was too small breasted for their liking.

Personally, I think its spillover from the CW.

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[QUOTE=Mr Gold;3287034]I liked BVS, to Dark lol what a joke people forget these stories are based off graphic novels. Some could get very dark and gory./QUOTE]

Apparently folks have forgotten or never read The Dark Knight Returns. Not a lot of laughs in that one. Or The Killing Joke which set the standard for today's take on The Joker. Again, not a lot of laughs. Except dark ones.

As for TMNT and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I haven't seen either. But I kinda want to

Nooooo don't see it. It's a truly horrible film, with literally no redeeming quality. Watch the 1990 one instead.


Days of Future past is one of my top films of 2014. It fixed EVERYTHING in the X-Men world. And it was a highly entertaining film. I hope Apocalypse will be just as good.

And "effing Mysitque"? What's wrong, don't like seeing a naked, blu-skinned JLaw?

But by fixing "everything" it introduces new problems: why was Apocalypse not a threat in the original timeline? How does Angel exist as a young man in the '80s when he was originally a young man in '06?
For all their attempts to "fix" their awful film series, they sure didn't put a lot of thought into the ramifications of such a change.

And I don't like how Mystique suddenly is a good guy since an actress popular with the youth is playing her. DoFP is the best Mystique we saw in my opinion - being a grey hat of sorts - and it looks like they're throwing that away in favor of Lawrence being well-liked by audiences in the role. Makes me entirely uninterested in Apocalypse. But I'm really interested in what Hugh Jackman is cooking up for Wolv3rine.


Using a cartoon from cracked and having not seen the film yourself, you cannot judge it. You need to see the film for yourself.

I didn't see BvS - both my brothers say it was a disappointment - but I saw Man of Steel. And that Cracked image was kind of spot-on considering what I saw there. My favorite part of MoS was the oil rig scene, where he was actually using his powers to help people.


It IS overrated, and does not deserve all that praise. Seriously I feel like it gets more praise than TDK Trilogy, Inception and Interstellar combined.

It most certainly does deserve all that praise! It's smartly written, shot, scored, choreographed, and actually feels like a step forwards rather than a step back, as opposed to most of Phase 2.
The reason you've heard so much more praise for it than those other films was because they all came out years ago. The multitude said what they wanted to about them when they came out (except for Interstellar, which came afterwards, but you know what I mean).


Well according to critics, it already has. But the box office numbers don't lie.

Suicide Squad looks amazing. It looks humoruous, but dark humor. That's what I like. Not fluffy humor like Marvel.

Box office numbers?! BvS is tanking according to the BO numbers. It might not even hit a billion dollars at this rate, which would be really bad since I think people have estimated that in total it cost WB that much to make, market, etc.

Suicide Squad is the last hope for the DCEU, and fortunately it looks like it'll be marvelous!


Exactly. I like the fact that DC is darker than Marvel....it's a nice contrast to all the fluffyness (I like using this term to describe Marvel now. Thanks, Killgrave!). I was getting sick of it tbh.

DC's problem is that they think, by being darker, they are also being more intelligent. That's why they fumble up. They spend so much time muting the colors they forget to write the script properly.

What they did to Bucky in TWS is pretty fucked-up, moreso than anything I saw in MoS. It's darker than anything I saw in that film. All I saw in MoS were dildo rockets (https://a.disquscdn.com/get?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digital-polyphony.com%2FaheJ4oP.gif&key=p--guvve9iyoDU0oqYQfHA) and other atrocious CGI combined with muted colors to cover up the lack of coherent character development.

What Marvel's done thus far is darker than what I've seen in MoS, as well as intelligent. So it beat DC in both areas.
Marvel has a lot of flufflyness, yeah, but why does Ant-Man feel like a more powerful film to me than Man of Steel? Could it be because the story matters too?

:facepalm: These guys are refering to Batman VS Superman.. really.



That's the thing. The more you think and try to get some logic into this film the more pissed you get about it and the more you hate it. Because it makes no sense and has so many sense.. it's just another stupid argument

:laugh:

YouTube comments are so silly.

Honestly, I would like to see anything both by Marvel & DC, as long as there is something to grasp. *stares at Amazing Spider-Man 2*

Lol. I want more unicorns and rainbow kisses in my superhero films.

Lol. I want more unicorns and rainbow kisses in my superhero films.

That's the domain of the CW. Which includes a lot of ridiculously good looking people standing around and talking.

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I had a pm recently telling me i do not post gifs like i used to, so baby....

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These Dark DC films remind me of Batman and Batman Returns (the Burton films)

That Batman was extremely dark. he actually kills people. and smiles while he does it.
that tnt in the clowns pants. it was funny. :laugh: and acceptable because he made it look funny.

Nolan took away the darkness and put in reality-darkness. All that false love with Talia. :notgood: All that lost love with Rachael. :sad:
That's just cold, man. It stings.


Again, not a lot of laughs. Except dark ones.

:treknod: And what good laughs those were.
I absolutely want to marry Christopher Drake. Then divorce him and take all his music. He can keep the house, the cars, the dogs. But his music is mine!
The deluxe bluray is awesome. It's like Kill Bill combined, without having to resort to fan edits. It's officially combined.
Watching part 1 then part 2 was exciting because of the cut off. That built up way more hype than the soft, sappy, into the sunset that Kill Bill Vol 1 did.
The cut off with the smile was perfect.

I can't wait for The Killing Joke.
When i got to the end of that story, I laughed really good for about half an hour. The first minute was a solid, robust laugh.
The rest was just maniacal. out of pure love for the story.
:jokerlove:


But by fixing "everything" it introduces new problems: why was Apocalypse not a threat in the original timeline? How does Angel exist as a young man in the '80s when he was originally a young man in '06?
For all their attempts to "fix" their awful film series, they sure didn't put a lot of thought into the ramifications of such a change.

A few continuities. But what can you expect for movies. It would take a movie a lot longer to make if they wanted to fact-check everything.
There was a lot of criticism over the timelines. I swa them too but didn't really care much. Can't expect the same actors to keep playing all the time.
I had suspend my disbelief for that fantasy/scifi movie when they used real Hugh Jackman instead of photoshopping him like they did Arnold for Terminator movies (Salvation + Genysis).
I think for DoFP, for using old Jackman for younger Wolverine was to keep that part non-CG. It's a CG movie, but there's still a great deal of practical effects where they could be used.

I imagine they'll insert a scene just for exposition about how Apocalypse interferes with timelines, like Kat/Rogue and Wolverine did.
I don't remember the exact story from the Fox Cartoons and never read the comics, but Cable is essential.
One of the things fans hated was Cyclops dying as he was an integral part of the Cable/Apocalypse storyline.
But now he's back, now they can do Apocalypse. But I haven't really checked if they mentioned Cable will get a cameo or anything. I've not seen him in any of the trailers.


And I don't like how Mystique suddenly is a good guy since an actress popular with the youth is playing her. DoFP is the best Mystique we saw in my opinion - being a grey hat of sorts - and it looks like they're throwing that away in favor of Lawrence being well-liked by audiences in the role. Makes me entirely uninterested in Apocalypse. But I'm really interested in what Hugh Jackman is cooking up for Wolv3rine.

It's nothing to do with Lawrence. Mystique has fought against the Brotherhood several times and changed sides as she saw fit.
The Rogue Cut shows just how two-faced and selfish she is. She sleeps with Magneto but wants Beast because she was denied the pleasure of Xavier.
She's a tramp.
Lawrence has played that role a lot. Most of her movies, even smaller movies lesser known, she's played a harlot going after as much men as possible.
That's probably all the hate people have for Mystique by Lawrence.
Mystique by Romjin-Stamos (at the then time it was -Stamos) didn't portray a floozy. Or at least they didn't show her using her feminane wiles on every penis she comes across.

I loved her in First Class because it shows the betrayal she feels and how she joined the Brotherhood.
But come DoFP and finding out she's the biggest reason why everyone must die and proven that she is the problem, what does she do? She still tries to kill Trask. So selfish.

Mystique: "Men. Can't love 'em. Can't kill 'em."
That's her in DOFP.

You get so sick of watching her face because you know she just doesn't want to listen.
She makes everyone look so good because she's so terrible.

But, now she has to redeem herself in Apocalypse.
"I'm a nun."
If they make it her fault, I'm going to be so pissed.

It's probably because Wolverine has been made the focus of all the movies, why they're making Apocalypse about the most hated mutant.
It is Singer, after all. He likes to use stories for allegories and metaphors for real life.
X-2, when Iceman comes out to his family about being a mutant, they wrote it as if he was coming out as a homosexual. They just replaced 'gay' with 'mutant'.
Which is the vibe I picked up when I watched it in theaters.
Then after I looked back and saw all the references and details. And makes sense why there's so many pretty, pretty boys in those movies.
Colossus? Has he ever done a scene with a shirt on? Not that I'm complaining or anything. :laugh:
C'mon. Think about it. He's switched from using his own sexuality as a plot device to using slut-shaming as a plot device.

I'm so stoked for Apocalypse. When the first trailer for Wolverine 3 comes out, I'll be excited for that, too.

Gambit movie, I want. But Channing Tatum? He could probably pull it off, if he doesn't treat it like his Jump Street movies.
He has a very soft demeanor. He's looks very squishy, he's so soft. Soft-spoken, soft gestures. Too many sappy dramas and off-beat comedies.

That's the domain of the CW. Which includes a lot of ridiculously good looking people standing around and talking.

I think you missed all the butts in The Avengers. Hawkeye and Iron Man might not work out their deltoids as much as Thor and Captain, but do they ever have a stairmaster. Hubba hubba.

But I see what you mean. Smooth, chiseled faces. Almost like they were all supermodels turned actor (Taylor Kitsch).

CW: Models
Marvel: "no makeup" men
DC: Buff. All buff, all time.

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:awsm: See? Who's the real villain in Gotham?

The clowns working for the Penguin who's trying to intoduce equality? Or the BAT MAN! If you say it enough times, it starts sound like "baD...man".

It's what happens when you have comics that are decades old and have had dozens and dozens of writers. Of course continuity gets shot to hell. I would think that would be obvious.

Instead of fretting over how the continuity may or may not work why not enjoy the films? Worry about them or criticize them if they don't fully develop the characters or execute their themes properly.

The continuity is the sizzle, the characters and plot are the steak.

Focus on the steak.

God i missed gif posting lol.

I should never have retired the crown :laugh:

I think you missed all the butts in The Avengers. Hawkeye and Iron Man might not work out their deltoids as much as Thor and Captain, but do they ever have a stairmaster. Hubba hubba.

But I see what you mean. Smooth, chiseled faces. Almost like they were all supermodels turned actor (Taylor Kitsch).

I was poking some well intentioned fun at the CW. I like its superhero programs, they are generally well done if occasionally they veer into the soap opera lane. But the CW knows it audience.

As for so many good looking people: that's a criticism that applies to most of TV, cable and movies.

Just remember: looks fade and luck runs out but brains and knowledge last a lifetime.

Unless you get Alzheimers. Then all bets are off.

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God i missed gif posting lol.

I should never have retired the crown :laugh:

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Focus on the steak.

I love the steak for DOFP. It was really emotional the first watch, for the theatrical release.
I cried at the end because steaks were on the line. They did a real good job making the threats serious in this.
In comparison, Phoenix was largely underplayed. But going with "she's just learning" was neat and all. *THAT* is when they should have made it a 2/3 picture story.
They could have easily made Phoenix a trilogy.

I imagine Sansa Stark will get her own movie. Touching largley on the dangers of Pheonix.

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I live again!
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:love: Bones

Next year, finale season. :notgood:

:sad: Really need to catch up. Got part way through... 11. I think.

I'm waiting for a season pack.

TBH I am not surprised, it has dried up a little late, the crossover with Sleepy Hollow was to try and boost ratings for both, but both have lost alot.

That was the last episode we watched. I don't think we even paid attention to how it ended. :laugh:

Kind of breaks the idea behind the show.
For the very first episode, it was Emily Deschanel that asked to have accurate information for the case they were working on.
Actual forensic details about what the bones could tell. She didn't want to have the skull of a 20-something, average female and then have the script say it was a 40-something neanderthal of a male or anything.
She really pushed for accuracy in the show. Which was appealing.

That's why a lot of us loved the show.

Then this whole thing with Sleepy Hallow.
I haven't watch SH, so I don't know if they went all Highlander with time travel or if they went with something Wes Anderson would do to make it look like Alice In Wonderland is all in her head and not real at all.

Even though Deschanel and Boreanas are largely producing the shows, they lost to the studios. :sad:
Their anniversary episodes were weird. :erm: Weirder than them acting like a couple from the Bronx on a couples retreat investigation. :laugh:

I like how BBC's Sherlock did the timetravel/head trauma scenario for Abominable Bride.

Sherlock was done really well.
but bones strange. I donno i feel s10 the way it ended was a fitting end to the whole show.

LUCIFER IS RENEWED FOR SEASON 2!
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Still Awaiting Supergirl....

LUCIFER IS RENEWED FOR SEASON 2!
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Still Awaiting Supergirl....

So, the Devil really got his due.

Supergirl will receive hers as well.

P.S. The female members of my family are overjoyed. I wonder why?

Could it be, Satan?

Hopefully.

Reading the voice cast of Animaniacs are planning a world tour.

Reading that Michael Keaton, might, just might, be the villain in next years Spider-Man movie. The villain: the Vulture. (Insert Birdman jokes here.)

Reading the full reviews of Cap 3 from Den Of Geek and Birth.Movies.Death and they are extremely positive.

Reading that DAK is in full denial of those reviews and has shut himself in his Fortress of Gloom & Doom and refuses to exit until 8 tracks replace DAPs as the preferred music storage device of choice.

That is all.

I wish I could see that voice cast of Animaniacs tour.

.. Damn it, I may have to see THE JUNGLE BOOK more than once, with all the cool options my cinema offers with it.. Definitely gonna have to see it more than once. English version? Why not? All the wonderful original voices. 3D? Why not? It seems to have a good one. Atmos? Why not! It may have a good surround judging all the jungle sounds!

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Old joke department:

1: "Do you like Kipling?"

2: "I don't know. I've never kipled."

Insert rimshot.

Seriously though, I'm a fan of the man's poem and prose but The Jungle Book never piqued my interest.

Think I'll be seeing Eye in the Sky.

Dame Helen Mirren. How can you go wrong with her in the lead?

3D? Why not? It seems to have a good one. Atmos? Why not! It may have a good surround judging all the jungle sounds!

3D is a gimmick and I hear that Atmos is essentially just upmixed 7.1

3D is a gimmick and I hear that Atmos is essentially just unmixed 7.1

Reminds me of the days of the Sensurround gimmick which was essentially the theaters cranking up the bass.

Nevertheless I personally still like 3D and wish I could get a 3DTV to enjoy it at home. And this one has been marketed to have a good 3D, probably with lots of pop-outs. So I want to check it out in 3D.. but also Atmos, yeah I know what you mean; I saw STAR WARS 7 in 3D and ATMOS. The 3D had a few pop-ups that reminded me I was watching a 3D movie, but no big deal anyway, KUNG FU PANDA 3 had a couple few more good 3D pieces than all of Star Wars 7. Even Zootopia, might I add I watched in 3D and I don't remember anything biggie other than the actual Disney logos at the start.. but yeah I remember Star Wars 7's Atmos big difference, being a louder sound with better surround, still wanna check it out, because the jungle sounds could make up for a good surround. And english? All the GREAT actors voices I must hear..

I'll have to see it three times, since it seems it won't be like STAR WARS 7, which I was able to watch in both Atmos and 3D at once (BATMAN VS SUPERMAN is probably taking the 3D+Atmos slots.)

I have to decide which one to see first. Which do you guys recommend? Atmos, 3D or English version?

Atmos is matrixed 7.1 designed to bounce sound off the ceiling. You get specially designed speakers that aim up.

If you get Atmos, it should be Atmos/3D. No reason to not include it.

Over here, at the Famous Players theaters, Silver City, we got in one viewing: Atmos/AVX + DBox seats (vibrating chairs) + 3D + HFR

For this movie, the 3D should have decent conversion. It's centuries later after Clash of the Titans so no one needs to bring that up as it isn't relative any longer.
A valid argument would be that the entire film doesn't need to be 3D. Just certain parts, the ones shot with 3D cameras.
In the old days, anaglyph was brutal for eye strain and brain strain. Only 5 minutes of the movie was 3D.
Today, 3 hour sagas in 3D is a lot on the brain with no breaks. Dimly lit theaters. Eye strain galore.

Reading the buzzfeed article where my sister and her girlfriend made the cut from the Trump rally Monday night. My sister is #1, her friend is #3. All 3 of us were asked to write down a question we'd want to ask a Bernie supporter and then Matt, the Buzzfeed rep, took a picture of us holding the notepad with our question, and then his buddy recorded us asking our question into a camera. I didn't make the cut, but I can't believe they did :p

What question would you have asked someone who feels the Bern?
It better have been a good one.

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BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Officially Rated R; Don't Expect A PG-13 Version For Your Kids (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/batman-the-killing-joke-officially-rated-r-dont-expect-a-pg-13-version-for-a137586)

I realllly hope the DMP are scoring this

They're making a movie out of that book? Awesome.

Who cares about kids?

The Killing Joke is meant to be rated R from the beginning.
Just like "Under the Red Hood".

These aren't cartoons. These are actual stories. With character development and details.

Kids watch it anyway. The way a lot of them outh off when their own blood parents aren't around, they'll watch it.

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They're making a movie out of that book? Awesome.

Mark Hamill is back!

Unrelated (not completely) to current subject at hand: I just found out recently that Mark Hamill did some of the narrations in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. This being one of my favorite Call of Duty games, I'm going to play it, and see if I can tell. :p

I just tried playing Advance Warfare but couldn't get into it anymore.
The story isn't as compelling as I remember. Too much scenes in-game that don't really add anything.
The weapons are all crap. The laser gun doesn't even wound anyone. The sniper rifle is kind of neat because you have to relaod after everyshot. Reminds me of old Medal of Honor with the bolt action rifles. Everything else is just a mod of an AK-47. So you have inf. ammo on the ground from all your enemies. Takes the fun out of guessing which weapon is best for the current scenario. Auto-bots. All of them. :notgood:

Might play Ghosts. I just hope it's not automated gameplay.

What question would you have asked someone who feels the Bern?
It better have been a good one.

We were on the spot. So for a solid 2 minutes we were standing there like deer in the headlights. So my sister's friend wrote hers down first, she was pretty quick with it. "Why would anyone want to feel a bern?"

I was next. I was going through my mind what some things were that he's been promising. So I wrote down "how are you possibly going to make college free for everyone?"

Then my sister was standing there like an idiot and I said "Ooh I know! Ask who'd vote for a socialist!" And so her question was "Why would anyone want to vote for a socialist?"

:laugh:

So they weren't after real questions.

"Why would anyone want to feel a bern?"

"how are you possibly going to make college free for everyone?"

"Why would anyone want to vote for a socialist?"
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I wonder is Bernie's real reaction would be anything close to this. :laugh:


I just tried playing Advance Warfare but couldn't get into it anymore.
The story isn't as compelling as I remember. Too much scenes in-game that don't really add anything.
The weapons are all crap. The laser gun doesn't even wound anyone. The sniper rifle is kind of neat because you have to relaod after everyshot. Reminds me of old Medal of Honor with the bolt action rifles. Everything else is just a mod of an AK-47. So you have inf. ammo on the ground from all your enemies. Takes the fun out of guessing which weapon is best for the current scenario. Auto-bots. All of them. :notgood:

Might play Ghosts. I just hope it's not automated gameplay.

I played a little of Advanced Warfare too, one of the main reasons being that Kevin Spacey was basically in it. :p

I thought it was alright, but I think the last really good Call of Duty game was Black Ops II. Of course with it following the story of World at War and Black Ops (also really good games). and with some of it taking place in the 1980s, and 2025. It just had a good story, it didn't feel 'eh'.

What question would you have asked someone who feels the Bern?

How about "you know there's ointment for a bad Bern."

Reading the full reviews of Cap 3 from Den Of Geek and Birth.Movies.Death and they are extremely positive.

Reading that DAK is in full denial of those reviews and has shut himself in his Fortress of Gloom & Doom and refuses to exit until 8 tracks replace DAPs as the preferred music storage device of choice.

Yep. I doubt the film is that good. Aside from Ant-Man, I can't recall the last MCU film I really liked. GotG was good but it's so ridiculously overrated it's not even funny. Same goes for Winter Soldier. AoU sucked so hard, I never liked Thor and IM3 was just as bad. It's like once Brian Tyler joined the MCU, things went south FAST lol.

I don't want the film to bad, I really don't. You've no idea how long I've been waiting for the next MCU film to blow my mind and make me say "holy shit". However, I'm part of the problem. I'm still working on lowering my expectations so that I can enjoy movies when I go see them. It's really sad that it's come to that.

I will post my opinion of Civil War after I've seen it.

I understand. Once burned, twice shy. I'm hoping I don't experience a repeat of Avengers: AoU: go in with high expectations, exit with those expectations crushed.

Since then Marvel has undergone a change in the crew who oversees the MCU so hopefully there's less froth in their movies. Sometimes you must go dark. Hell, Thanos is coming and turning him into a joke the way Strucker was would be a serious disappointment. Thanos is death made flesh (purple) and he needs to be scary.

That's exactly what happened with me. Hell, that's what happens with me for every movie I see. And that's part of the problem. But AoU was just a repeat of Avengers. It offered nothing new. One of the biggest let-downs of 2015 IMO.

Reading slates

Reading that Paramount did VFX tests to make Scarlet Johansson look more Asian in her role as Major Motoko Kusanagi.

Digital "yellow face." In the 21st century. Lovely.

Paramount scrapped the idea of turning Johansson Japanese.

Let me say for the record Japan has plenty of actors who would nail the role of the Major.

William Goldman was right when he said: "In Hollywood, no one knows anything."

There were a lot of asian, or even not-asian people who would have fit more for the role than Scarlett Johanson as good as she is.

The Major is Japanese and should be portrayed by a Japanese actor. But a Japanese actor won't put asses in theater seats but Ms. Johansson will do just that. And she can carry an action film across the goal line.

Like in "Lucy" ? Give me a Break. Scarjo is a horrible, horrible Actress.
Her last good Role was in "Eight Legged Freaks".

Let me say for the record Japan has plenty of actors who would nail the role of the Major.


But the quality of acting in most of their films is not the same as the prodcution value placed over here.

They got good films over there, and they've been doing okay with low budgets for decades.
But so many behind-the-scenes shows there's definitely 2 different styles of filmmaking between the two countries.
And it's not just a language barrier, either.

Remember when Jackie Chan and Jet Li started making movies for USA ? They were talking about how filmmaking over here is not the same at all and they had to learn everything over again just for the Western style of movie making.

Hollywood doesn't have time to retrain new actors for lead roles. With the deadlines they set, they need someone who knows American movie making.
And most of the American-Japanese born actors have only had supporting roles really. Nothing too memorable.

How many Devon Aoki's do we have now? I remember she got pregnant so she couldn't return for Sin City 2 (she really got saved right there).
There aren't enough supporting actors getting bigger roles outside of indie projects or getting the 'cool' parts with fewest lines.

Japan should make their own movie, just like Toho is with Godzilla: Resurgance.

Their Attack on Tian live-action movies weren't big hits. Gantz live-action wasn't so great. Not even the 'answered' sequel. I don't imagine Parasite Eve live-action was THAT great etiher.

What they should really do is make a live-action Robotech already.
Before America does it. (pre-emptive: Pacific Rim isn't USA's Robotech)

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I don't like the idea of Johanson playing the role either.
I'm glad it's not Charlize Theron. (Another Aeon Flux.)

I don't think it's necessary. It's not like it's going to develop anime-awareness or anything.
The existing viewers of North America has reached its maximum potential for anime watchers.
I know a lot of my friends and family will watch it when it's pirated, but even if they enjoy it, they're never going to say "Gee, I should watch the anime or read the manga".
One watch was sufficient. The popcorn movie served its purpose.

It's like Broadway musicals adapted for the silver screen:
On opening night for Sondheim's "Into the Woods" made more money than the actual Broadway musical did for the entire weekend.
Cinema: 1 night
Broadway: 2-3 days/nights

That pretty much says enough what the average movie watcher wants out of something.
Ticket sales for the Broadway didn't boom after the movie adaptation. It didn't inspire anyone. Especially when most movie goers found Rob Marshall's adaptation to be "too long" for a movie (even though they (the movie goers) had no knowledge of the musical).
The general concesus I hear from people who watched it say it should have wrapped things up a lot quicker. :laugh: My mom fell asleep in theaters and missed the big exit for the Witch. She only woke up after it was over and she made her booming exit. Then she got bored of the epilogue singing.

Another prime example of Hollywood and poor decisions?
Kevin Tancharoen and his Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series.
Instead of giving him a budget for a live-action film, they gave enough to make the web series.
Season 1 was awesome. Season 2 was okay, but definitely story-driven. Huge change in actors, due to scheduling.
Warner Bros doesn't want another movie. Probably from too much backlask over New Line Cinema box office flops. :laugh:
Tancharoen can re-create Mortal Kombat for the silver screen.
But I think the web series is really good on its own that the movie would more than likely get TOO much studio interferance and turn into another flop.

Babylon A.D. with Vin Deisel never got the film the director wanted. Not even with the Director's Cut.
It's only a cut with what he could allow. Too much of it changed that the verison he wanted never got filmed. :/
It had potential.



Currently reading that Toho's Godzilla Resurgance isn't getting a limited theater release in North America.
Which is smart. It distinguishes itself from Legendary's own Godzilla.
That's another thing North American viewers won't care to understand the difference.
No one's going to go see either one of them if they're both released. Mostly in fear they're going to the wrong one (those who aren't fans of the franchise but just want to see the Lendary monster mash).
https://www.scified.com/news/godzilla-resurgence-will-not-be-released-in-north-american-cinemas

checked usual sites for updates after Halo 4 finished.

Ark: Survival Evolved lawsuit settled
http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-survival-evolved-lawsuit-settled/

"40 million" dollars in damages.
They were asking for 600 million.
Expect much less, so ask much higher. :smrt:

Nothing was said whether or not the game is going to continue or not.

Going to put on netflix now and rest my little eyes. X_X

Like in "Lucy" ? Give me a Break. Scarjo is a horrible, horrible Actress.
Her last good Role was in "Eight Legged Freaks".

Sorry, ManRay, but this is going to one of those instances where we'll agree to disagree. I think she's a terrific actress. (I enjoyed Lucy the horrible science not withstanding.)

an old club nintendo magazine while i take a shit

Currently laughing at that recent PoA thread.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/top-kek/images/f/f4/Gandalf_heey.gif

Currently laughing at that recent PoA thread.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/top-kek/images/f/f4/Gandalf_heey.gif

IKR!?

The best part was all those lurkers crawling out like Gollum to ask for the link.

"Hisss.... the link... we wants it..."

Lol, i know. Dumbasses.... :erm:

"GIMMIE, GIMMIE GIMMIE, A LINK AFTER MIDNIGHT!"

What thread is it. Gimme link. Why am I missing it. I want a laugh

You are a laugh... :D

I was just about to say the same. :p

We all want to laugh.

I AM MOST OFFENDED

Be a good dog and please don't. :p

https://31.media.tumblr.com/a4134422da9fb1ab6d6e1838d90ecf51/tumblr_inline_nvcpl4MwDH1tbrtw8_500.gif
"we love to laugh, loud and long and clear!
We love to laugh, so everybody can hear!"

Dogs can't laugh anyway

Man, I love Mary Poppins. That movie is classic.

Funny you say that, I just finished watching Mary Poppins, it was just on Disney Channel.

I love that movie.

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Dogs can't laugh anyway

what happened? as the recently crowned king of the dreamcast i demand to know what happened.
.....please?

Prove it.

What is one of the coolest games on the Dreamcast.

Prove it.

What is one of the coolest games on the Dreamcast.

you only have one? PHILISTINE! SCANDALOUS WENCH! WHAT SORT OF TRAVESTY IS THIS?


if its not jet grind radio i will have you crucified in the sun.

You are the king of the Dreamcast, and you have managed to get the title of one of the best games from this very platform, wrong.

I won't acknowledge that you're the king of the Dreamcast until you say it right.

Edit: Hmm, it seems it was originally titled Jet Grind Radio, I apologize.

Let me guess, a Ecco the Dolphin game?

Woah-ho-ho-NO. If it was an Ecco The Dolphin game, it would have Ecco The Dolphin in the title. :p

The Ecco The Dolphin game for the Dreamcast was Ecco The Dolphin: Defender of the Future.

Woah-ho-ho-NO. If it was an Ecco The Dolphin game, it would have Ecco The Dolphin in the title. :p

The Ecco The Dolphin game for the Dreamcast was Ecco The Dolphin: Defender of the Future.








also, youve failed to answer your king's simple demand

There was no demand, (as far as I was aware of).

You've met my demand. Jet Set (Grind) Radio is one of the best and coolest games on the Dreamcast.

By the way, I don't get what you're trying to convey with your first point, with the picture from Aladdin, and all the Ecco The Dolphins in bold. :p

Sonic Adventure anyone?

Shenmue?

Both great games for the Dreamcast.

Crazy Taxi, too.

The Castle.

Reading all the issues... its gonna be a long day/night here...

Yeah.

Database errors on and off... :p

Yh Plus Lots of People Still Unable to Recover Accounts.

Reading Booking Details For Next Years 25th Anniversary Disneyland Paris Trips And Deals.

Antoine Fuqua Talks MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and James Horner
http://nerdist.com/magnificent-seven-antoine-fuqua-james-horner/


We’ll get to hear James Horner’s final score, and how it matches up to Fuqua’s frenetic yet laconic Western direction, when The Magnificent Seven hits theaters September 23.

I didn't finish reading it. I just skimmed to see if it was worth reading.
I tried to skim for keywords, but that was really the only thing I could find pertinent to the completion of the score.
The rest is background story about Fuqua and Horner. The story is good, but I more or less wanted to hear if Fuqua was going to hire someone to take it and expand on it.
Nothing. Just that it's going to be there.
Which means we'll have to wait for the OST to come out and read through the booklet and news to see if anyone else was hired to do extra.
Naturally, there would be. But how much and what?
There's probably going to be a good special feature about the score when the bluray comes out.
Probably some nice tributes on youtube prior to the film's release.

I also don't understand the terminology on the word "dropped"...

first trailer dropped this morning
Just pick it back up. :rolleyes:
I also picture someone doing a "mic drop".

Really looking forward to seeing that, and to hearing one final score from Horner.

Plot twist, Horner is one fo the Magnificent Seven and faked his own death just to promote the film.

This flew under my radar: Doc Martin series 7 on Blu-ray. (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Doc-Martin-Series-7-Blu-ray/138035/#Review)

What interests me is the inclusion of a 5.1 mix. Would any music be rippable, or would there be ambiance FX everywhere?


Perhaps taking their cue from Portwenn's vertiginous geography and sharp curves, the show's sound designers routinely place fragments of dialogue in the rear channels, as characters arrive and depart, so that the viewer gets a sense of them moving away from or toward the action onscreen.

rats.

Oliver Bowden's novelization of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag.

Reading Pearl Mackie is the new Doctor Who companion.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/doctor-who-reveals-new-companion-1201759453/

There's a Christmas special this year with new Who - Season 10 - in 2017. It will also be Steven Moffat's final season as show runner.

Yes Just Saw The New Video.
https://youtu.be/YaLficIRInM

I feel mighty weird about this Doctor... from that video. He's.. weird. Like.. really psycho? I think? Like he's just panting and overreacting all the time like a weirdo. I don't even get why

He is more like the classic Doctors.

He is more like the classic Doctors.

The little I've seen of the classic Doctors, they didn't seem to me like in that one video

Reading Marvel has cancelled the Inhumans movie.

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods. Pretty interesting way to paint the way Greek mythology started. Really liking these exaggerated portrayals of the Titans & the Gods.

I feel mighty weird about this Doctor... from that video. He's.. weird. Like.. really psycho? I think? Like he's just panting and overreacting all the time like a weirdo. I don't even get why

Ever seen Colin Baker's version of the Doctor? He almost strangled one of his companions.

Ever seen Colin Baker's version of the Doctor? He almost strangled one of his companions.

:this:

Stuff.

No flutes allowed (http://www.dw.com/en/no-flutes-allowed-composer-ramin-djawadi-on-the-music-of-game-of-thrones/a-19201563)

''I was told not to use any flutes, an instrument that's often featured in "The Lord of the Rings," for example.'' love it so much!

No flutes allowed (http://www.dw.com/en/no-flutes-allowed-composer-ramin-djawadi-on-the-music-of-game-of-thrones/a-19201563)

''I was told not to use any flutes, an instrument that's often featured in "The Lord of the Rings," for example.'' love it so much!

Wow. It's amazing how much small details like that don't really sink in.
Really sets the atmosphere for what kind of show it is: not PG-13. :smrt:

That's brilliant psychology for music.
I love it when composers make music to match sfx.

Reading that Captain America: Civil War has two confirmed - the film opened today in Europe - credit stingers: one in the middle and another at the end.

Got my ticket for next Thursday.

It'll probably be 10000x better than AoU's mid-credit stinger.

If I'm not lazy enough, I'll probably check it out this weekend! The first Marvel I go to theatres - because it kinda has my attention enough. I'm kind of hyped.

If I'm not lazy enough, I'll probably check it out this weekend! The first Marvel I go to theatres - because it kinda has my attention enough. I'm kind of hyped.

You won't check it out this weekend, because it comes out next weekend. :p

swish!

You won't check it out this weekend, because it comes out next weekend. :p

It comes out this Friday for me.. xD

If you spoil anything for me I'm going to kill you

If you spoil anything for me I'm going to kill you

Will you love me then if I don't spoil anything to you?

I'm at your mercy

If you spoil anything for me I'm going to kill you

How? You going to launch a guided missive at Ponyo?

I'm at your mercy

All you need to do is love me and I won't spoil anything to you :fairybatman:

I wasn't gonna spoil anything anyway. But the internet might. I recommend getting out of the internet til the day of premiere.

How? You going to launch a guided missive at Ponyo?

If that's what it takes...

I accidentally stumbled upon a GIF of Spidey in action... am now even more pumped for the film.

If that's what it takes...

I accidentally stumbled upon a GIF of Spidey in action... am now even more pumped for the film.

Dunno if it's gonna be as good as The Winter Soldier but it dooes look nice at least.

What's to spoil? Everyone knows someone (maybe more than one) will die. And it's going to suck like AoU did.

Oh no it won't. AoU was awful. The Russos did an amazing job with TWS and did an amazing job here too.

Oh no it won't. AoU was awful. The Russos did an amazing job with TWS and did an amazing job here too.

:this:

DAK is just being a negative pooper like always. :P

And The Winter Soldier was disappointing.

I hope to be wrong, I really do. I can't tell you guys how much I want the film to be good. Ant-Man aside, the last really good MCU film imo was The Avengers. 4 years ago.

And the last really good Marvel film? X-Men: Days of Future Past. TDK Trilogy aside, that's probably my favorite superhero film yet.

I agree. I did like The Avengers fairly well.

As much as I enjoy the other films, I really love the X-Men franchise the most.

I really wanted to buy the Phase One breifcase when it first came out, but it's still so expensive to get.

Out of the trilogy, I liked X2 the best.

And, I haven't seen The Wolverine, or Days of Future Past... :p

2 was really sweet and warm.
3 was necessary to pave the road to DOFP.

The Wolverine is underrated, but best viewed with the unrated version.
It's really more of a story than an action flick that 3 really pushed.

Out of the trilogy, I liked X2 the best.

And, I haven't seen The Wolverine, or Days of Future Past... :p

Both Wolverine films sucked imo. DoFP is where it's at. It fixed everything :)

Why was Winter Soldier dissapointing to you, DAK?

The Wolverine is indeed underrated but the finale was like wtf?. X-Men DoFP is by far the best but X2 is a very close second. I actually found AoU disappointing, the first Avengers is much better but to me TWS and Thor trump everything :)

Reading that it's Marvel who now has creative control over Spider-Man. Apparently the new boss at Sony did learn from his predecessor's mistakes. Sony is loaning Marvel its Spidey property.

Also reading The Huntsman: Winter's War will be a red ink bath for Universal. Took in $20 million last weekend while the film cost $115 million to make.

Then there's the marketing costs. In order to break even it would have to earn $400 million and $200 million is it's projected worldwide take.

I saw it over the weekend - I lost the vote - and it's the equivalent of a white bread and mayonnaise sandwich: bland and boring.

I hear a lot of reviews for the Huntsman sequel is that it was absolute trash.
Some of the clips to it, that they posted on youtube, it looks like they could cropped the movie down to a shorter run time to keep it relevant and on-track.

And The Winter Soldier was disappointing.

I hope to be wrong, I really do. I can't tell you guys how much I want the film to be good. Ant-Man aside, the last really good MCU film imo was The Avengers. 4 years ago.

The first Avengers is passable at best.
What was disappointing about The Winter Soldier?


Both Wolverine films sucked imo. DoFP is where it's at. It fixed everything :)

That doesn't mean it's necessarily a good film.

I was looking forward to it because I thought we'd see a legitimate X-Men team fight for the first time in years. Thankfully I was right. Aside from the future sequences it was a hypocritical, boring-ass movie.

X-men 1 the others suck.

Why was Winter Soldier disappointing to you, DAK?

What was disappointing about The Winter Soldier?

It just did not live up. Everyone praises it like it's this top-notch amazing movie, which it is not. It's just very bland and meh. I don't hate it, but I certainly do not worship it like it's the best MCU film. It wouldn't surprise me if I feel the exact same way about Civil War.

It IS the best MCU film.

- Humor is natural (as opposed to cringey Whedon humor)
- Action is grounded, but with spectacular choreography (as opposed to Widow sort of sliding around half-heartedly in her Iron Man 2 fight scene)
- It actually has lasting implications (as opposed to Thor 2)
- It was kind of relevant to the times (it came out not long after the Snowden thing)
- Fantastic score
- Amazing cinematography
- It was more than just an action film; it was a political thriller, almost

It IS the best MCU film.

- Humor is natural (as opposed to cringey Whedon humor)
- Action is grounded, but with spectacular choreography (as opposed to Widow sort of sliding around half-heartedly in her Iron Man 2 fight scene)
- It actually has lasting implications (as opposed to Thor 2)
- It was kind of relevant to the times (it came out not long after the Snowden thing)
- Fantastic score
- Amazing cinematography
- It was more than just an action film; it was a political thriller, almost

:this: