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Re: Marvel's Movie/TV Universe *SPOILERS* 2
« Reply #350 on: March 29, 2017, 07:49:08 AM »
Shame they used Ben Kingsley already, he is the spitting image of the Vulture!

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Re: Marvel's Movie/TV Universe *SPOILERS* 2
« Reply #351 on: March 30, 2017, 11:14:19 AM »
re: Iron Fist.

I'm completely with everyone who range from disappointment to not liking it at all.  Somewhere in between for me.  Danny Rand was an absolute moron - not just as a businessman, but having no street-sense whatsoever.  And his mounting anger towards the end was rushed and contrived.  I liked the evolution of Ward as a character, but am completely dumbfounded at Joy's turn in the closing scenes.  :wtf:  Far too many minor plot holes and 'as if' moments - throwing stars made out of tin-foil.  Ok  ::)  Another wtf moment was when he lost the fist because he couldn't center his Qi, but being put in handcuffs and an elevator ride allows him to re-summon the fist?   ::) When did Claire become a strong enough fighter to take on the people that Danny couldn't easily best.  Can you really walk around NYC carrying a sheathed scimitar without being questioned?  I could go on and on.

Easily the worst of the 5 Netflix Marvel series.  And did anyone else notice that each episode was on the lower end of the 50 minute range?  Over the span of 13 episodes, that really made it more like 12 episodes (compared to the other series').

I is disappoint - but glad the watching is finally over with.

re: Spiderman

Giggity.  I can totally get over the fact that the suit is coming from Stark/Avengers.  It's time to move past Spiderman movies being an origin story, so what they're doing here is 100% ok by me.
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Re: Marvel's Movie/TV Universe *SPOILERS* 2
« Reply #352 on: April 05, 2017, 12:53:29 PM »
Anyone catch Agents of Shield last night? I thought it was really good and a lot of fun.

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« Reply #353 on: April 05, 2017, 01:04:12 PM »
Oh, wow.  No, I had forgotten that it started up again.  I'll have to go back to the DVR.
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Re: Marvel's Movie/TV Universe *SPOILERS* 2
« Reply #354 on: April 05, 2017, 01:10:56 PM »
jingle.son and I still haven't caught up from when it started back up in January.  I think we've got 10 episodes on the DVR.
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« Reply #355 on: April 05, 2017, 01:18:45 PM »
jingle.son and I still haven't caught up from when it started back up in January.  I think we've got 10 episodes on the DVR.

Like prior seasons, it tends to start off a bit slow, and it isn't clear where it is headed, but then gains a head of steam and really gets going toward the latter half, and the disparate loose ends from the first half start to come together and make sense.
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« Reply #356 on: April 05, 2017, 01:21:46 PM »
Anyone catch Agents of Shield last night? I thought it was really good and a lot of fun.

I'll be watching it later tonight.  I don't get the criticism of the show.  Yes, everyone wants more crossover, but Marvel gave them the full lead-in to Age of Ultron, which was really cool.  The Ghost Rider stuff this year kicked ass.

Finally saw Doctor Strange last weekend.  That was absolutely fantastic and visually stunning - I'm excited to see him interact with the other Avengers in Thor Raganarok and Infinity War.

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« Reply #357 on: April 05, 2017, 01:38:16 PM »
Finally saw Doctor Strange last weekend.  That was absolutely fantastic and visually stunning - I'm excited to see him interact with the other Avengers in Thor Raganarok and Infinity War.

I thought it was good, but not great.  I rank it down near the bottom of the Marvel films, personally.  But that isn't to say it is bad.  None of them are.  It just didn't rise to the level of most of the others for me.  One thing that bothered me was the continuity errors in the timeline, and I really wish they had been more careful about that.  In the grand scheme of things, it is fairly minor.  But the problem is, for movies like these, you have to suspend a lot of belief.  Minor things like timeline continuity errors that take you out of the moment don't help you suspend belief and immerse yourself in the story, and can take away from one's ability to do so.  To be believable, Strange's personal journey should have taken years.  But even if that is what is intended, the way it plays out on screen, it feels like it only takes a few months.  And although the clues aren't obvious and are in fact pretty subtle (I only know because of some online sources I read after the fact), clues in the film that I believe were actually just mistakes pretty much cement the timeline as a mere matter of months.  The writing team could have made fairly slight changes to tighten that up and given us a much more realistic, believable timeline. 

...but then again, I personally have never gone from cocky surgeon superstar to sorcerer supreme, so what do I know about how long the process should take?  :dunno:
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Re: Marvel's Movie/TV Universe *SPOILERS* 2
« Reply #358 on: April 05, 2017, 02:21:05 PM »
jingle.son and I still haven't caught up from when it started back up in January.  I think we've got 10 episodes on the DVR.
Same here, except no DVR. So I guess we have to wait until it hits Netflix.
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« Reply #359 on: April 05, 2017, 07:33:37 PM »
Finally saw Doctor Strange last weekend.  That was absolutely fantastic and visually stunning - I'm excited to see him interact with the other Avengers in Thor Raganarok and Infinity War.

I thought it was good, but not great.  I rank it down near the bottom of the Marvel films, personally.  But that isn't to say it is bad.  None of them are.  It just didn't rise to the level of most of the others for me.  One thing that bothered me was the continuity errors in the timeline, and I really wish they had been more careful about that.  In the grand scheme of things, it is fairly minor.  But the problem is, for movies like these, you have to suspend a lot of belief.  Minor things like timeline continuity errors that take you out of the moment don't help you suspend belief and immerse yourself in the story, and can take away from one's ability to do so.  To be believable, Strange's personal journey should have taken years.  But even if that is what is intended, the way it plays out on screen, it feels like it only takes a few months.  And although the clues aren't obvious and are in fact pretty subtle (I only know because of some online sources I read after the fact), clues in the film that I believe were actually just mistakes pretty much cement the timeline as a mere matter of months.  The writing team could have made fairly slight changes to tighten that up and given us a much more realistic, believable timeline. 

...but then again, I personally have never gone from cocky surgeon superstar to sorcerer supreme, so what do I know about how long the process should take?  :dunno:
I personally liked DR. Strange. I agree with 99.9% of what you said tho.
The writers sometime get put into a box. I wholeheartedly agree with you how they did the timeline.

But let us be honest. Those of us that are comic book geeks Should have a problem with it. BUT, we are a minority when it comes to stuff like that, Marvel will continue to make BILLIONS of the mvies. But most people just now the storyline as what they see on film.
And that is ok. Doesn't diminish, at least fore me how conistant they are in movie quality. LOL one iron man movie aside

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« Reply #360 on: April 05, 2017, 07:39:55 PM »
For us geeks, star wars, marvel etc we sometimes tend to be tooooooooooooooooooo over analytical. Way I look a it is we have been lucky for some AWESOME Marvel movies. Could be worse and they make a bad J lo movie

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« Reply #361 on: April 05, 2017, 09:12:43 PM »
Saw the newest Shield episode.


Interesting, lots of build up, curious to see where it will go. I love the "What if...." use.

Anyone else find it odd that this is the same season that had Ghost Rider?

It seems Marvel found an interesting way to make use of those long 24 episode seasons. Do 3 mini seasons in one.
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« Reply #362 on: April 06, 2017, 12:19:16 AM »
Yeah, I think that was a bit odd actually. I mean, the Ghost Rider stuff was all good, but I thought that that would be like 'the thing' this season. So when it ended so soon it felt a bit weird. I'm not really complaining though, since all the L.M.D stuff has been great too.

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« Reply #363 on: April 06, 2017, 12:23:01 AM »
Yeah, I think that was a bit odd actually. I mean, the Ghost Rider stuff was all good, but I thought that that would be like 'the thing' this season. So when it ended so soon it felt a bit weird. I'm not really complaining though, since all the L.M.D stuff has been great too.

I think they're trying a new way to do a season. Apparently shows must not have a less than 24 episode season option anymore, and they've heard (accurately) that 24 episodes on one story leaves A LOT of filler. So doing 3 mini seasons within a season really helps with that.

I think they tried a similar deal with Daredevil season 2, and to a much worse degree, Luke Cage. Daredevil had Punisher and then Elektra, basically 2 mini seasons, and Luke Cage tried to do the Diamond Back thing as a second arc that just failed miserably.
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« Reply #364 on: April 06, 2017, 06:28:10 AM »
Saw the newest Shield episode.


Interesting, lots of build up, curious to see where it will go. I love the "What if...." use.

Anyone else find it odd that this is the same season that had Ghost Rider?

It seems Marvel found an interesting way to make use of those long 24 episode seasons. Do 3 mini seasons in one.

I just saw it last night.  I got to say I like this tactic.  They can intertwine storylines and it makes it interesting.
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« Reply #367 on: April 10, 2017, 08:02:10 AM »
Damn, those youtube commenters never get old.

I thought it looked awesome. It definitely has the usual humor tone to it but if anyone that watches any Marvel films isn't used to that by now, they're fools. I mean good lord, literally every single film so far has had a decent amount of humor sprinkled in between the action and drama. Every single one. I thought the humorous "He's a friend from work!" was perfect. I mean why wouldn't he be excited to see Hulk? Only to find he's in pure rage mode.

Super excited for this one. I've seen and read Planet Hulk so many times and while I'm not expected anything like that or that epic, I'm glad they're taking notes and pieces from it.

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« Reply #368 on: April 10, 2017, 08:08:03 AM »
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« Reply #369 on: April 10, 2017, 08:27:00 AM »
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« Reply #370 on: April 10, 2017, 08:32:39 AM »
Only complaint is that it says "Coming Soon" at the end instead of "Coming Now".
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« Reply #371 on: April 10, 2017, 10:48:01 AM »
Immigrant Song was the absolute perfect choice for the music.

"Valhalla I am coming!"

Giggity.
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« Reply #372 on: April 10, 2017, 10:49:04 AM »
That looked great. Really great visual style.

Also Hela catching and crushing the hammer was awesome, especially that look on her face.
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« Reply #373 on: April 10, 2017, 10:58:04 AM »
My only real complaint is the movie looking a bit too CGI heavy. I get that it's a superhero movie set in space but I sometimes get Prequel-flashbacks when it looks like a character in front of a green screen, but hopefully with finished effects it looks better in the final movie. I was smiling through most of it. Even though I don't like the Thor movies that much, this looks like an enjoyable popcorn flick that will entertain me as I watch it, and that's really all I need from a Thor movie. If it ends up better than that and has massive rewatchability, that's a bonus.

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« Reply #374 on: April 10, 2017, 03:14:30 PM »
I've never been more attracted to Cate Blanchett. Ever.

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« Reply #375 on: April 10, 2017, 03:16:41 PM »
:lol  Not that I disagree, but have you ever seen Bandits?
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« Reply #376 on: April 10, 2017, 03:34:12 PM »
:lol  Not that I disagree, but have you ever seen Bandits?

Oh, god yeah. The red hair... :drool:
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« Reply #377 on: April 10, 2017, 05:48:48 PM »
Goldblum.

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« Reply #378 on: April 11, 2017, 03:39:24 PM »
Man, that trailer has me SO excited.  Aside from maybe the Age of Ultron trailers, this is easily one of the best if not THE best of the MCU.  If Ragnarok even halfway lives up to the trailer, it's going to be really good.
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« Reply #379 on: April 11, 2017, 04:26:35 PM »
Ugh, other than The Phantom Menace, I don't think I've ever been majorly let down from a movie based on a fantastic trailer like Age of Ultron.

Let's not go there with this Thor flik lol. I haven't been this excited for a MCU film since Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy.

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:lol  Not that I disagree, but have you ever seen Bandits?

Just looked that shit up and DAMN  :omg:

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« Reply #380 on: April 11, 2017, 04:27:51 PM »
Yea, I didn't mind Ultron, but that trailer hinted at what could have been the best Marvel movie yet.

IM3 did something similar. They went for the super dark gritty serious trailers, for an overall lighter fluffier film.
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« Reply #381 on: April 12, 2017, 01:01:55 AM »
I don't think it's connected to the MCU, but ya'll should be aware Telltale Games is dropping the first episode of their Guardians of the Galaxy game next week. Telltale does episodic choose your adventure/decision making games, so theres not a lot of action or "blasting" but the storytelling has always kept me hooked. The first season of their The Walking Dead series is one of the best games I ever played. They've done DC  games before; Batman and The Wolf Among Us which is based on Fables, two games I highly recommend. Guardians will be their first Marvel game.

Again, not sure if its connected to the MCU, but with the hype of the new movie coming out (and ride that is replacing Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure), i think its something yall might want to check out.

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« Reply #382 on: April 12, 2017, 01:39:45 AM »
Yeah that trailer was frigging perfect. Can't go wrong with Zep!
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« Reply #383 on: April 12, 2017, 01:41:34 AM »
As someone on youtube pointed out, it's really cool that they went with the original version of Immigrant Song and not some weird new melodramatic, electronic, slowed down version like most other modern trailers.
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« Reply #384 on: April 12, 2017, 01:45:06 AM »
As someone on youtube pointed out, it's really cool that they went with the original version of Immigrant Song and not some weird new melodramatic, electronic, slowed down version like most other modern trailers.

Yes like that weird version of Yellow by Coldplay for X Men whatever