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Reply Subj: Well, they did put stadium seating into theaters. Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 02:16:55 pm EDT (Viewed 490 times) | |||||||
Quote: Quote: He has experience with robots too; he was the tech expert on one of those Battling Robots shows that were all the rage maybe 8-10 years ago.Quote: That's right! I was trying to remember where I saw him last. I feel like he popped up somewhere else since then...He could have, but I'm not sure where. I think they should bring him onto Mythbusters every now and again. Quote: Quote: Quote: I hate to say it, but I'd be worried that the Ant-Man movie would be focusing on the new Ant-Man, Eric O'Grady (I think that's his name). If they're going for a different feel or look from the Avengers that character would allow for the most logical separation.Quote: That wasn't my impression from the discussions back when it was announced, but I really have no idea. I suppose as long as Hank gets a good showing in Avengers, I won't really care what they do in a separate Ant-Man movie. I do gather it will likely be more humorous than the average hero flick, no matter who the main character is... But that's really just an impression I have based on the director.The humourous take is where the Eric O'Grady Ant-Man would excel the best of the three, though. If they want to do a humourous superhero flick they need to get Pixar working on a Power Pack movie, I think. Quote: Quote: Quote:Quote: They could possible have a human Jarvis at the Stark family home in NY, and the Jarvis in California is based on him. Sadly, I doubt they'll go that way though.Quote: That's my theory and hope too.Quote: Jarvis is so much better than the idea of generic staff/government employees running around in the background of a SHIELD provided headquarters.Quote: Agreed. Quote: I enjoyed Serentiy, but Firefly was better.Quote: I loaned a coworker my set of Firefly after he and his wife got hooked on Buffy. He loved it, but was disappointed it ended so soon. So I loaned him Serenity... and then he was pissed at how it ended. He'd have rather imagined they were all still out there flying then getting endings to certain characters.There are a couple of Serenity mini-series (collected as graphic novels) out there if you want a little more of a fix. Quote: Quote: Quote: It's true, they've done a pretty good job of keeping a rein on the budgets. The multi-picture deals probably help in this regard, actually; who doesn't like guaranteed work?Quote: I don't know... actors seem to get burned out playing Superheroes pretty quickly. Christopher Reeve did it the longest, and he is held up as the poster-child for getting typecast. While I'm not surprised that Sam Jackson agreed (nobody is going to "only" see him as Nick Fury, and I'm sure most of his appearances will be "Mace Windu" sized), I'm a bit surprised that Evans signed on to 9 Cap appearances. Hell, Sean Connery and Roger Moore only managed 7 films each as James Bond.They've signed for 9 pictures, but not to star in 9 pictures. Downey Jr. was in Hulk for all of 2 minutes, tops, meaning he was on set for a day or less. Fury was in a 30 second scene at the end of the first Iron Man...I don't think they'll burn out doing these walk-on role bits. Quote: Quote: I haven't seen Cop Out...to be honest, I kind of out-grew Kevin Smith movies awhile ago. Though I really enjoyed Jersey Girl, except for the bits where he tried to shoe-horn in classic Kevin Smith material (like having Jennifer Lopez complain to Ben Affleck that she wanted to look like a cracked out whore).Quote: I've only seen a couple of Smith films, and I liked them... although it was in a "this is really good for what it is" kind of way. Early Sam Raimi films had that same kind of vibe, but he made a much smoother transition into big budget Hollywood.To be honest, I don't know if I've seen a Raimi film outside of the Spider-Man series. Quote: Quote: Quote: He might need some help with the action bits, but he understands the character. I think it could be worth the financial risk for DC, who really have to step it up in the movie department quite frankly. They have Warner Bros to work with and Marvel is destroying them in films.Quote: My understanding is that action is often shot by a second unit director, and so studios nowadays hire the main director for his overall vision for the project, and rely on hiring a skilled second director to help him stage and get the kind of shots he needs. It seems to be a good plan, since the guys who are great with action and FX aren't always the greatest at getting performances out of actors or hitting all the right story beats, and vice-versa.That makes sense. Though if they use this method with Michael Bay on Transformers 2 I think they wasted their money. Actually, no matter how you slice it, they wasted their money on Transformers 2. And mine. Quote: I think a lot of comic fans feel that Warners has redeemed themselves forever with The Dark Knight. I wasn't nearly that enamored with it (though I liked it... it just wasn't some religious experience for me.)It was good, but I liked Iron Man better (they came out around the same time). Really the Joker stole the show in Dark Knight, and I'm sure it's gross was boosted by the death of Heath Ledger. Quote: Quote: You could keep the budget fairly low on a Green Arrow movie, since nobody actually has to have super-powers. Smith would be a cheap director who would bring an established fan base, both from his films and from his time writing the book. It could pay off big or probably at worst break even, I'd guess.Quote: You'd think at the very least, it wouldn't be any more expensive than those "Punisher" movies that came out in recent years. Maybe a bit, since arrow effects are probably trickier than putting blanks in a gun... but it seems like you'd be right about it being reasonably affordable.I actually enjoyed the Thomas Jane Punisher film. It was refreshing having old school special effects instead of doing everything in CG. There were some hiccups in the film, but overall it wasn't bad. I haven't seen War Zone though. Quote: Quote: I remember hearing about a Green Arrow movie being in development, with the plot centering on him being stuck in some kind of maximum security prison, but that was awhile ago. Really, until I see some kind of teaser I don't believe any of the DC film rumours.Quote: Quote: Yeah, I remember hearing about that. Seemed a little too high-concept for an introductory movie, but sounded like a fun graphic novel idea.Agreed. ~Hat~ | |||||||
