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Post by Metallo on May 12, 2024 6:58:07 GMT -5
Didn’t care for the high collar in new 52 nor here… I’m sure it’ll be a good movie… but the further this gets away from the original … it feels like not the version of Superman I’d want as THE Superman film… oh well The thing is this is getting closer to the original than any version we’ve had in a while. Excluding Superman Returns this is the first big screen version to have the yellow belt and the red trunks since Reeve. Didn’t you want that? Much of this film seems to be going back to classic Superman. Gunn asked. You got it.
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Post by Metallo on May 7, 2024 20:36:32 GMT -5
I'm getting sick of all these new costumes with their stupid textures and dark, dirty colours. Nothing can outshine the plain costume from the Reeve-only movies. Based on the picture, I already predict the movie will be crap. Not just because of the costume. But also the generic look of it all, right down to the typical plasma ball in the sky. I’m mixed to positive on Corenswets costume. It’s a step up from Cavill’s overdesigned edgelord nonsense but not as good as Routh’s Crisis/Kingdom Come suit or Hoechlin’s Superman & Lois costumes. I’m happy to see the red trunks are back. I like the boots. The colors look bolder than Cavill’s suits as well. I wish the suit wasn’t as covered in lines and seams but it looks like they want it to be more of a “uniform” and less of a “costume.” It’s very much got a New 52 comics meets Kingdom Come comic meets Superman & Lois feel to it. I’d prefer if it were more streamlined and didn’t have the high neckline but otherwise I think it’s an ok attempt. Seeing it in motion with him upright will give us a much better idea of how this suit will look in action.
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Post by Metallo on May 3, 2024 13:28:57 GMT -5
The opening text of Star Wars makes this entire joke inaccurate but I still laughed.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 30, 2024 18:40:59 GMT -5
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Post by Metallo on Apr 26, 2024 11:09:54 GMT -5
I think the failure of Indy 4 and the last Indy probably convinced Ford that if he loved doing movies.... the pickings aren't nearly going to be as great as when he was young. I actually feel like they should have just used another character in the Marvel universe rather than recasting William Hurt. If they were going to recast- then I would have (though with sadness) recast the Black Panther instead, though there was no perfect outcome with the tragedy of Boseman's death. Also- Ford always seemed like he had a 'dark' side to him that feels totally wrong for Pa Kent, imo. I think Ford could do it but there are better choices out there for Jonathan Kent. And he’s so famous for other things that it would be harder for him to disappear into the role. I don’t think it was the failure of the last two Indy movies (thought Crystal Skull did very well at the box office) that has Ford taking differing kinds of roles. It’s just one of the unfortunate realities of getting older. The man’s in his 80s now. Hard to believe but it’s true. Even for someone like him there are fewer options for leading man roles whether it’s romantic leads or action leads. Ford is just going where the jobs and money are. He’s been moving into that next phase in his career for years. That elder statesmen/mentor/authority figure/supporting actor phase. He was doing that even before The Force Awakens or Dial of Destiny. I do agree that it’s odd that Marvel Studios would recast Thunderbolt Ross but not TChalla. I think they feel more comfortable doing it for a few reasons. First Chadwick Boseman was a lot younger than William Hurt. Both were tragic losses to cancer but it’s much more tragic when it’s someone younger who didn’t even get close to living a full life. Ross wasn’t as beloved a character as TChalla so they probably figured there would be less resistance and backlash to recasting Ross. Ross was also a supporting character compared to a lead like TChalla so it wouldn’t be in everyone’s face as much when he’s on screen. When stepping back I can sort of see Marvels reasoning for being more willing to recast one character and not the other. My biggest problem with casting Ford is you’d think they’d want someone younger (maybe even younger than Hurt) because as you get older the chances of someone getting ill or dying increase. Usually the replacement actor is younger not older though there have been exceptions. Ford is almost a decade older than Hurt was. Not to sound morbid but he’s not getting any younger. I guess they weighed the advantages and disadvantages and figured that casting a bigger star like Ford would garner more interest from audiences.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 21, 2024 13:45:48 GMT -5
Does that make me one of the Ford Only People? 😁
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Post by Metallo on Apr 21, 2024 7:28:43 GMT -5
What do you think of presemt-day Harrison Ford in the role? He's the right age, and IMO has the right look. I’m surprised you didn’t point out that Harrison FORD also has the right name. Harrison Ford as Pa Kent though? Nah. Not to me anyway. He’s way too famous. Too identified with other big things. More so than even Costner. Plus he kinda stopped giving an F a long time ago when it comes to certain kinds of films. I imagine Marvel and Disney offered him a stupendous amount of money to sign on to replace William Hurt in Captain America 4. It could go either way as far as which Harrison Ford showed up for work on that one.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 20, 2024 10:18:40 GMT -5
Glenn Ford was the only Jonathan Kent to get it perfectly right. I really had high hopes for Kevin Costner in MoS, but he turned out to be crap.Really surprising that such a good actor would be so poor in a role that he seemed perfect for. That’s because Snyder went with big names not people who were necessarily right for their roles. Adams is a great actress but she was obviously miscast as Lois Lane. Costner is a good actor but you could tell from the promotional tour that he didn’t believe in Snyder as a storyteller. He mostly focused on Snyder’s ability with the technical aspects. Costner is a director himself so he saw where Snyder was lacking before anyone. It didn’t help that they were all saddled with a crappy script and a director who had no clue how to get the best out of his actors. If Costner was in a better film made by more competent people he probably could have been good but we know how it all turned out.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 19, 2024 7:58:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Metallo. I had to look up Taylor Vince on IMDB and when I did ......I remembered him as a young delinquent in the excellent Mississippi Burning from 1988. He shares several scenes with Hackman and Defoe. Also on view are Brad Dourif and Michael Rooker. In the modern "fantasy" scene.......you could say it's a cross universe mash up of STM,Lord Of The Rings,Raimi's Spiderman and Guardians Of The Galaxy........and the newest Supe's movie.......lol! Taylor Vince is the kid with the baseball cap: And a reminder of some of the other players from that Mississippi Burning scene in contemporary science fiction stuff : Michael Rooker(Yondu Udonta) Brad Dourif(Grima Wormtoung): Always cool to see how actors from different generations cross reference and overlap with eachother's careers. That scene is actually a great example of Hackman's dramatic range......that was something STM was blessed with(in terms of an ensemble of the creme dela creme of gifted performers-Brando,Ford,Phaxter,Beatty,Perrine,Stamp ect ect). Personally, not so familiar with Vince Taylor's overall movie output......will be interesting to see his interpretation of Pa kent He’s a good actor who has been working or a long time. I immediately thought of Mississippi Burning (which is loaded with talent) when he was cast but he was really good in the movie Identity. He’s done a ton of television. Everything from The X-Files to Highlander to The Walking Dead. Casting someone like this is actually reassuring to me because it tells me Gunn is going over good dependable actors and not just flashy names.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 17, 2024 7:22:20 GMT -5
The photos I see on the net seem to look more like the Kingpin than what's normally associated with pa kent.... again.... headscratching on the choices... What are you talking about? Pa Kent has physically portrayed a lot of different ways in comics and on screen. I’ve never seen a set idea until very recently with Smallville thru Man of Steel. If anything this guy reminds me a lot of Eddie Jones from Lois & Clark.
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Post by Metallo on Apr 14, 2024 18:24:30 GMT -5
I have to remind myself I assumed doom and gloom over the X-men movie when the spandex left- but was shocked how good it was... With the "S" James Gunn chose- maybe the movie will be great- but.... much like removing the red shorts- it's an automatic groan- was the change REALLY necessary? It's like deciding turning Batman's chest symbol into a cat or a rat is a good idea... I’ve loved most of his choices so far from casting to creative ones. The S makes sense as far as some synergy with the new animated show as well as going with something different from the previous live action incarnations. It looks enough like an S but also alien. It also went over well when Routh wore it but that was just a one off. As far as the trunks I’d prefer them but the lack of trunks isn’t a deal breaker. It can be made to work especially if they go with a more modern suit design. Just avoid the mistakes of the Snyder era costumes as well as the creative decisions. Gunn has nowhere to go but up after the DCEU’s failures.
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Post by Metallo on Mar 14, 2024 21:23:06 GMT -5
I’m a bit late but this is the first I’m learning about this. I’m sure we all remember this young lady and the film about her directed by Christopher Reeve. I’d forgotten just how young she was when she was injured. Something similar happened to a girl I went to school with. She was the victim of a hit and run right on the campus but luckily her injuries were minor. Like Chris Reeve said something life changing can happen to any one of us at any time.
Brooke had an incredible story of perseverance and achieved so much despite her disability. A life well lived indeed. RIP.
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Post by Metallo on Mar 10, 2024 22:05:29 GMT -5
Another plus for Singer’s development of the first X-Men film was that he got into a situation like Nicolas Meyer did where he could cherry pick all of the good elements of the previous drafts of X-Men to deliver a decent film of that era that was very much intended to be a prelude to what was to come in the following films. Singer and his writers built Superman Returns from the ground up, aside from the obvious swipes from Donner’s original and hardly succeeded with what he had. The young writers who also worked on X2 were out of their depth writing something on this scale, as were the two leads. It’s also disheartening to hear about how Singer got his way all of the time by bringing up what was then ancient history with the Superman Lives and say “you were going to make this.” Now the joke’s on him because he made his Superman a reality that isn’t well lauded and its only successes can be linked back to Donner’s tenure. It baffled me then and especially now that he praised Donner's sense of verisimilitude, yet when it was his turn, he had not a lick of it. Why did the Daily Planet have to look like as though Tim Burton designed it? Why center your plot around Kryptonian crystals being able to grow ugly landmasses so Luthor can do that schtick again? Somebody really needed to be questioning him about these things. What you’re leaving out is that a lot of that stuff he wanted to use from previous drafts wasn’t used or had to be cut out because of demands from Fox and Tom Rothman not only because Rothman looked down his nose at the material but mostly for budgetary reasons. So in the end Singer’s “freedom” to cherry-pick was evened out by the restrictions put on the production by the studio. One could argue that forced him to be more clever and creative and gave us a better film (like Meyer with Star Trek II) but the more last minute story and set piece changes were just more obstacles to delivering a good film. Singer and his writers crafted a more original story for Superman Returns but the bones of it wasn’t a bad one simply one he misjudged as far as what he wanted vs what he expected the audience to want. After that learning experience there was a chance he wouldn’t have done that again but again the problem wasn’t whether it was original or based on more directly on specific source material but the execution at the writing stage. As far as the end results of Superman Returns and the reception to it that was simply Singer’s hubris catching up to him. It’s not the first or last time that’s happened to any director especially directors on these kinds of films. The same thing happened to Snyder and Goyer when they arrogantly referred to the failures of previous Superman films (primarily Superman Returns), how they’d “fix” things, and what they wouldn’t do on Man of Steel. Then it happened again years later to Joss Whedon when he arrogantly referred to the failures of previous Superman films (primarily Man of Steel and BVS), how he’d “fix” things, and what he wouldn’t do on Justice League. It’s not a flaw exclusive to Bryan Singer. It’s easy to become arrogant and overconfident with success under your belt and people (mostly suck ups and yes men) praising you as the next golden boy. Just as directors have had the creative flaw of lazily rehashing previous films stories or elements of stories for sequels and follow ups for decades even the good ones.
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Post by Metallo on Mar 10, 2024 12:19:14 GMT -5
One of the worst things MOS did was lead us on with deceptive trailers. The first few trailers really gave the impression that we were going to get something deep and almost "poetic". Something in the same spirit as "Contact" with Jodie Foster. The reality was a shallow, ugly, noisy, brutal piece of crap that was nothing more than a video game with some dialogue scenes. Yeah. That first teaser was very deceptive. They wanted everyone to think it was Terence Malick meets Christopher Nolan. Thoughtful, deep, and intellectual. It ended up being a dude bro frat boy punch up. I think you’re right in that a lot of people probably felt turned off and bailed. Hence why WB knew they had to include Batman in the next film to get people excited again.
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