Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Why? It's what the mature viewers want. Would you have them watch what all those... other people watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Oh you miss the point.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Spider-Man will still be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Maybe we will finally get good music out of these comics. God knows they could need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It's good to dream, pub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Oh my.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Oh..Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Nice music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Deadwood is not the prototypical TV westerns Alex and you know it! It isn't, but it is about of one of the main fundamentals of the Western: the founding of civilization. Marvel isn't about that at all. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Marvel Comics is about myths. And aren't those foundations of civilisation?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Marvel is about preserving civilisation. And if they can't, you can be sure they'll avenge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I agree. Marvel and DC's TV shows are more like those old western shows. The good guys wear a white hat, the bad guys wear a black one. Everything is all very clear cut and consise.Patatoes and meatloaf television. Like 99% of the format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I know you were referring to good vs bad, Steef, but let's face it, that's a boyish idea of the Western genre, or like you say, the old TV western shows. And good vs bad is not typical for the Western genre alone. You can find it in Horror, Crime, sci-fi, Fantasy, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Why do you want to grow up so badly Mr Cremers?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Alex was never young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 But if he doesn't like them, why is he even watching them? Why is publicist watching them?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 They also like BDSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I just don't see how superhero comics are the new Western. I do see how they are the new 'Greek mythology'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I just don't see how superhero comics are the new Western. I do see how they are the new 'Greek mythology'.But aren't these the same thing?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 But if he doesn't like them, why is he even watching them? Why is publicist watching them? KarolEvery time Cremers says "I don't like Marvel movies", a superhero dies. That's pubs. I just don't see how superhero comics are the new Western. I do see how they are the new 'Greek mythology'.But aren't these the same thing? Karol I don't know why you say that. Isn't it much more logical that superheroes are modelled after the gods of Greek mythology? Are the similarities not much more clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I very much hope so but don't believe it - there are too many of them still standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,999 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I just don't see how superhero comics are the new Western. I do see how they are the new 'Greek mythology'.But aren't these the same thing?KarolI don't know why you say that. Isn't it much more logical that superheroes are modelled after the gods of Greek mythology?They may as well be. But western genre is equally mythologised, at least in its original form. Superhero films replaced westerns as the prime source of entertainment.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Then please, John Ford, Anthony Mann and Howard Hawks of the new superhero mythos, stand up and do something! Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Did those film makers do a lot for TV? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Marvel/DC movies replaced the Western?! To me, Westerns are stories about pioneering the world, starting anew and the founding of western civilization. I didn't see that in Avengers. I see gods quibbling about who is the strongest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Westerns represented a mythology that was very appealing to the average Joe at the time.The Superhero mythology is very different, but has some of the basic stallwarts of good versus evil that appeal to most viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Isn't Marvel 'Fantasy'? Maybe it's more accurate to say it replaced the Fantasy film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 We are talking about TV in this thread right? Fantasy was never huge on TV, apart from Hercules and Xena.Westerns dominated TV for a long time, as the Superhero show now seems to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Does it matter? Superheroes dominate the theatres as well.BTW, the police show has always dominated TV. Well, at least, in my lifetime it did.Superhero Fantasy is conquering TV and the movies because technology is making it possible. What we see in Marvel movies/shows today wasn't possible 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Another good versus evil type show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,337 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I meant for seasons 5-9. Sure their broadcast aspect ratio is 16:9, but can 35mm capture a 16:9 frame or would it be like Super 35 where they have to crop the image to look wider?Super 35. See the link in the post right before yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 After years of being pestered I finally relented and watched The Inbetweeners, the first season. It was just as juvenile as I was expecting it to be (I always thought I'd find it off-putting) and it was bloody hilarious. A very, very funny teenage comedy whose script is so sharp and on the money in its vulgarity that it's like a walk down memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I meant for seasons 5-9. Sure their broadcast aspect ratio is 16:9, but can 35mm capture a 16:9 frame or would it be like Super 35 where they have to crop the image to look wider?Super 35. See the link in the post right before yours.Yeah exactly. The fake widescreen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,337 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Who watches TV shows on the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I do, since i use Netflix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Who watches TV shows on the internet?These days most of Western society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Season 2 was quite weak, so I'm hoping this one will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,337 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 More Alex Vause can only be a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,337 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 The Simpsons' Renewed for Two More Seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 D'oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 This is one subject on which I am unabashedly an old fart. The show should have ended after season 14 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Like everyone I used to love The Simpsons, but to me it really did end years ago. Did it ever find its mojo again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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