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Wait.
This is the video everyone's pissing and moaning, or just moaning, about?
I don't know, people. I was expecting something cheesy or gratuitous. I didn't really get either out of that. In fact, I don't even know why this was made available. It's not bad, it's just...we don't know why this scene is important, or what it leads to, or anything. It doesn't even have a cliffhanger ending. It's just a middle.
It's a middling middle, at that.
Now, I'm sure someone with sufficient snark is gonna say that because this is a Whedon joint it's entirely possible the scene ends with Scarlett Johannsen getting double-tapped by some pseudo-Russian and then she learns everything from him and gets it back to SHIELD, but,
This isn't bad, or good, or glorious. This is just a thing, that means utterly nothing by itself.
Now I'm off to watch Senna.
I'd bet on the latter. This is why Hasbro fails and Marvel succeeds.
Whedon can make films with heart. Serenity was amazing.
My guess is it's one of the first scenes. The dialogue and such indicate it's the end of Black Widow's recruitment scene.
If you don't come back saying how it's the best documentary ever, then.......then........something something Formula Done.
I think I read somewhere that the audio at the end was something Jones (the director) wanted to leave out but the studio made him put it in.
it had more to do with mute
I don't know. It's kind of important.
It's a good subject to address, I just don't see the fallout or outrage the ending suggests actually happening.
I guess I could imagine a congressional hearing where he turns into a red mess on live TV in the process of giving his statement.
A Moon sequel would just be bad. At best, you could have something where the computer mind starts sending a clone army to attack earth or something, since the lunar facility probably has a limitless supply of clones given that it is sitting on the mother lode of all resources. And that's just not very good, and not enough like the original to be worth linking to the original in that way.
Uh,
And the outrage? Absolutely how humanity today would react. Not everyone, of course, but enough.
I know Moon isn't an action movie.
A world that can install a self-regulating facility on the fucking moon that has an anthill of multimen it produces to send fuel back to earth didn't do it in secret. Sam Rockwell is like the culligan man. He's the moon utility guy. I suppose I'd like it if the corporation was completely open about the whole process and actually has a second line of spokesclone Sam Rockwells that live the good life and film tv spots as the corporate mascot. "Say goodnight to the nice man in the moon, Timmy. He makes sure none of us have to work for a living anymore."
There's just no room for any revelation in that, though...unless the Moon began to run out of fuel.
...Alright, I'm in.
It was the most stupid forced way to make the film relate to the boardgame, but they actually do attempt to tie it in.
Was referring to Battleship the generic alien invasion movie, only Linespider5 posted before me. But that was a fairly generic action sequence. Like something from Alias 10 years ago.
Specifically, the opening scene of Alias.
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Whatever it is, it made me not want to watch the film at all. Even if it was on TV, I'd feel no inclination to sit down and watch it. I don't understand what is driving the direction of some of these Marvel/DC Movies. Like, why was X-Men 2 and Spiderman 2 so much better than 1 and 3 of their series? Why did Ironman turn out to be so much better than I thought it would be? Why did I think Thor was boring as shit and The Hulk was alright. Why couldn't X-Men First Class had just been "Magneto" instead, and been entirely his decent from a smart respected man to super villain? I haven't even seen Captain America because of how I felt Thor was a waste of my money. I love Comic Books, Super Heroes and all this stuff. I still watch the Cartoons, and rent the damn animated movies that come out. I'm trying really hard to just be a kid and enjoy seeing my favorite superheroes on the big screen. But then I watch that clip and I say "Nah, I think I'll pass."
I went to go see Hunger Games a couple weeks ago. I was really fiending to go see a movie in the theatres. I still am, because that did not satisfy. Looking forward to Prometheus. I want an adventure. I want to get lost in the movie, and come out feeling I spent an entire day on another planet somewhere. I want to be enthralled, and believe in the world they created.
B. Iron Man is great because Robert Downey Jr.
C. Thor was pretty dull in many parts, and suffered pacing issues. Ed Norton's Hulk is a super fun movie, though, so why wouldn't you like it? Also, <3 Tim Roth.
D. You should see Cap. IMO, it was much better than Thor, minus the contrived but necessary plot advancements at the end.
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Every time I see the trailer, I go:
"So you have a group with a genius in a man-shaped flying tank, a super-soldier, a rage monster, and a Norse god. And then a dude with a bow and a lady with a gun?"
I am also really, really looking forward to Prometheus. After playing Dead Space, sci-fi horror became my favorite genre. I absolutely loved Pandorum.
The third part of a trilogy is usually turducken.
Yeah, it's funny how much shit that movie used to get.
Until Crystal Skull came out.
Now it's basically The Godfather pt II of awesome sequels. Last Crusade has it's flaws, but it never fails to entertain. It's a much better film than people (used to) give it credit for.
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I've never understood the disfavor for Temple of Doom.
It's a good movie. Solid script, nice chemistry, a welcome change of scenery for the franchise . . . .
Good stuff.
Last Crusade is the funniest of the films, but I find some of its humour... smug, for want of a better world. It seemed to think it was funnier than it actually was, if that makes any sense.
I know dick about the Avengers as a property, but off the top of my head, the dude with the bow and the chick with the gun could be useful as spies or assassins. None of the other guys are especially good at "covert". Anyway, this same complaint could be leveled at any superhero team. X-Men, Justice League, whatever - you have the heavy hitters and the also-rans.
That said, I am baffled by the degree to which a disembodied 40-second clip of a girl doing martial arts says much of anything about anything. People who were otherwise interested in the flick writing it off based on that strike me as exceptionally silly.
Maddie: "I am not!"
Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
So you like Temple of Doom but hate Hunger Games? I've never felt the need to insert this into any internet/text conversation but I really think "smh" fits well in this scenario...
That was what the project was initially about. Only David Goyer was going to direct and write it. :shock:
Sigh... the Magneto/Xavier parts of First Class do make me a bit sad for what could have been.
This explanation actually makes some sense, at least for Black Widow. Captain America could probably pull off stealthy, but doesn't have the training necessary to do it effectively.
I wonder if those four characters are the only "super heroes" in this version of Marvel continuity, so they're filling the team out with whatever they have left.
And while spies are useful, there isn't really room for spies in these films.
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You don't want an unrestrained Goyer. That way lies madness. It's how we ended up with
NightstalkersBlade: Trinity.