Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Us Us Us Us Us Us And Them Them Them Them Them Them Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 His female workig class heroes tend to wear spandex, you must settle for that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Everything must be a dichotomy. Us vs. them. These fuckin' boomers, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Everything must be a dichotomy. Us vs. them. Bit tiresome innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Bilbo said: he's right you know Of course he's right. Personally, I don't have a problem with superhero movies, but the thing that worries me is how boring cinema has become when it comes to diversity. That's why I am glad that streaming services such as Netflix have become the new risk-takers. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Though they all have too much Marvel- or Marvel-infested shit going on. A steady diet of bland world-savers and 'bad guys' with the most flimsy motivations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Netflix has to give all that Marvel shit back to Disney+. Soon they will be superhero free, unless of course they decide they want their own superhero series like The Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Does The Umbrella Academy count? I haven't seen it but it looks like people have superpowers, or I guess they probably call it magic or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 It won't be as good as The Boys. I'm still waiting to see if Watchmen can get one over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 14 hours ago, Jay said: Does The Umbrella Academy count? I haven't seen it but it looks like people have superpowers, or I guess they probably call it magic or something Watched two episodes of that with the kid and we thought it was pretty bad. Very annoying characters. Is that a Netflix production? The Boys is way better. Hopefully The Boys will get a bigger budget for its second season. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I hope they don't wear themselves out with The Boys and get to tell a complete story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, Arpy said: I hope they don't wear themselves out with The Boys and get to tell a complete story. That and a bigger budget. I mean, when Homelander arrives at a scene, it's usually off-screen with only a 'woosh' sound as evidence of his arrival or departure. It kinda screams 'We have no money for FX'. Not that it is that important but I do feel Season 1 of The Boys was a bit tight on budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 I sort of liked the sparse economy of the FX though. Of course we're bound to have a spectacular action sequence or two to look forward to next year, especially since Amazon are likely to seriously boost The Boys budget after their hitting the ground running with it; but at no point during S1 did I think, this looks cheap. The opposite was true actually, it was visually very slick. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Exactly, I think there are things we just don't need to see to believe it, especially for gratuitous CG shots. We can still understand something without needing exposition shots which take away from other aspects of the show worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Yes, especially since Marvel have insured that superhero derring-do can be seen as being run-of-the-mill and overdone now anyway. In the case of The Boys though, at least the material should allow their big set pieces to be more (probably a lot more) fatally devastating than anything seen in The Avengers. Civilians will die on camera. I'm thinking parallels with US foreign policy and bombing raids are ripe for picking here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I disagree. The surrogate 'woosh' only works when it's used sparely, not when it's 98% of the time, then it screams that they have no budget. It's only one example of how the show skimps on FX. I'm not FX hungry, but I did notice a certain lack of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 It seems a bloated diet of flapping MCU capes has made Alex develop a dependency on them, like Steef. Disney will be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Is that a Netflix production? Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2019 Scorsese has written a New York Times op-ed further explaining his comments. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html Sharkissimo, Not Mr. Big and Arpy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 "They're not cinema." - Martin Scorsese "They're despicable." - Francis Ford Copolla "They're funny book movies." - Drax and Justin Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Scorsese has written a New York Times op-ed further explaining his comments. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html It's nice to see him not entirely backtrack on his comments and stick by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 And Di$ney's Bob Iger invites Scorsese for a glass of wine to explain to him why you don't shit on multi billion $ franchises without getting beaten up either by moron fans or outraged shareholders (hey, i'm not blaming him, even i am one, small as i am). https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-04/disney-ceo-bob-iger-scorsese-marvel-star-wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Iger is my boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I looked up if Bob Iger ever did something creative or artistic before he became the CEO of Disney. Nope. He's just very good at becoming the boss of a company. He's never going to have a movie discussion with Scorsese. He probably doesn't even like movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 He's a tired old man. He can't run this theme park without me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 And besides... he doesn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Iger forgets to mention the fact that Scorsese is making films from a creative standpoint and as an individual filmmaker, not an industrial, conveyor belt system which exploits creativity. Iger will say, 'But look, we've got good directors and cast and crew making these movies', but he won't say 'All these directors are making these movies to fill a quota and to push out as many films as we can before the money evaporates.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, publicist said: And Di$ney's Bob Iger invites Scorsese for a glass of wine to explain to him why you don't shit on multi billion $ franchises without getting beaten up either by moron fans or outraged shareholders (hey, i'm not blaming him, even i am one, small as i am). https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-04/disney-ceo-bob-iger-scorsese-marvel-star-wars What are you - a moron fan or an outraged shareholder? Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Publicist is a well known Disney shareholder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: What are you - a moron fan or an outraged shareholder? Moronic shareholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 The skeletons are falling out of the closet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: What are you - a moron fan or an outraged shareholder? I diligently set this up for you, of course, as the board's evil overlord of bad puns and jokes - 'Location: Norway' is an outrageous lie. A person like you can't be from Thor country. Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Right. Bad excuse for lousy grammar. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Fuck off. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Go get your morning coffee. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Benedict 'Dr. Strange' Cumberbatch agrees with Scorsese and Coppola Marvel criticism: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/benedict-cumberbatch-marvel-monopoly-doctor-strange-martin-scorsese-coppola-mcu-a9169041.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 A marvel actor? The turn of the tide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 It's settled then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 He's fired. He's cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Bob Iger: Doctor who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 12 hours ago, Arpy said: Iger forgets to mention the fact that Scorsese is making films from a creative standpoint and as an individual filmmaker, not an industrial, conveyor belt system which exploits creativity. I mean, its inevitable that films make money. That, on its own doesn't make them any less meritorious, artistically. But I'm with Marty (not to mention Cameron, Gibson, Jackson, Coppola and Nolan) on this. Had it up to here with the MCU. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Roland Emmerich uses Marvel movies to fall asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted November 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2019 *Clears throat* YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BBC News - Watchmen creator Alan Moore: Modern superhero culture is embarrassing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50473092 Pay attention to your master, you saddos! Jurassic Shark, Chen G. and Arpy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Disney will buy anything! Their next purchase: Scorsese! Quote Disney CEO Bob Iger Arranging Meeting With Scorsese After ‘Nasty’ Marvel Comments Just when you thought the Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel debate was quieting down after months of seemingly everyone in Hollywood weighing in on the matter, here comes Disney chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger. The Disney boss was recently named Time’s businessperson of the year and told the magazine that his team and Scorsese’s team are arranging a meeting between the two to discuss the state of cinema. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/disney-ceo-bob-iger-meeting-scorsese-mcu-diss-1202196911/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Give Scorsese a Hulk movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Using Black Panther as a rebuttal to Scorsese's opinion, hmm ... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Money vs. Art: The Showdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, mstrox said: Give Scorsese a Hulk movie! I guess he would prefer a Daredevil vs Kingpin movie. It has everything he likes: setting on the dirty New York underworld, mobsters, Catholic guilt... If it's set in the 70s, then, he'll love it! Also, De Niro can be Kingpin and Di Caprio might be Norman Osborn or something (he's too old for Daredevil, unfortunately ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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