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[Bitching Thread VI] A Brand New Day (for bitching)
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I'll admit that for a traditional character, Mentallium Man 2012 looks pretty good. I'd probably even prefer him to the 1996 version! But! That's not the point of the character. He's supposed to be this Technicolor disaster.
@CorporateLogo: Like I said, I'm pretty sure that this is the only version of Flex Mentallo we'll ever be able to easily get. The alternative is eBay and torrents, really. If you wanted to read it without spending a lot of money or doing illegal things, I'm pretty sure this hardcover (or the eventual softcover) is the only way.
Interesting. I don't know which I'd prefer, but, I would imagine people would want things the way they remembered it. It probably would've been better to retain the original colour palette and maybe tastefully modify it somewhat with the careful use of subtle gradients and lighting that is now possible with digital art.
Kind of reminds me of the new version of the Killing Joke that came out a while back. Everyone remembers the strong colours, but apparently it wasn't what was 'intended' at the time (sound familiar?). So a new version was done up, which has an entirely different palette. I've got to admit it's a powerful revision, but maybe not the one it really needed. I kind of prefer the more, for lack of a better word, psychedelic affectations of the original.
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The Dark Knight is the worst thing to happen to comic book movies.
If any superhero should be the opposite of the TDK it's Superman.
People keep saying this but a lot of the times when people got a Superman in the comics that stayed true to what Superman was suppose to be you know how most people responded?
With a yawn.
The sad fact is if you tried to put out a Superman movie as you say most people would be indifferent to it, the movie would get the same reaction as Superman Returns did.
All-Star Superman? Superman For All Seasons? Superman: The Man of Steel? Superman: What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?
I'd say that all the stories that paint Superman as the classic boyscout, are the ones that are most enduring, and continue to receive praise, long after crummy comics, depicting Superman as some grim, angst-ridden hero, have come and gone.
I mean, Superman Returns was a shitty movie, but not because Superman was a nice dude.
It was a combination of Lex Luthor's incredibly stupid plan, the creepy Superstalker vibe that comes with floating outside a house and looking at people with x-ray vision, that dumb Superkid, and the general dearth of action, or emphasis on Superman.
I mean, who didn't love that plane scene? The one where, for the first and last time in the movie, Superman acts like the Superman everyone loves?
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But TDK is probably my favourite comic-book movie...
But I find it hard to believe a live-action version of All-Star Superman or some other story where Superman is, well, Superman wouldn't be well-received.
EDIT: Damn it. I should have just posted that earlier before Munch once again made me look like an idiot.
It is probably the best superhero movie ever (There are better comic book/GN movies), but all of the thematic and tonal elements in it are the exact thing a Superman movie should never have.
Of course, a Superman movie should still have just as much if not more attention to quality storytelling and attention to the art of cinema as TDK. But, Hell, that should apply to EVERY MOVIE.
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I almost associate it with the Space Program. It's always going on, but I can never tell what progress is happening anymore.
Christian Bayle is cool and all, but I really prefer the old school Batman, like Val Kilmer as Batman and Jim Carrey as the Riddler
Of course, I last watched it before I actually started reading Superman comics. Next time I see it should be an interesting experiment.
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TDK can't be blamed for executives being stupid. You'd also have to blame IM for GL's suck.
Fuck that lex. I wanted Millionaire supervillain with class.
Lex hasn't been that thing for decades.
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either Iron Man or X-Men 2
Or asks me to believe that if a mutant very nearly, and publicly, killed all of humanity a nice talking to from another mutant could convince the president into not taking any action against mutants.
I mean come on.
I really did love Pyro in that movie though and was really sad when they completely ignored his conflicion in 3 and just had him be a loyal and stupid minion.
Also
"You are a God among insects don't let them tell you otherwise" is a damn fine line.
I should really watch X-men 2 again though.
Having watched 1 recently I can say with all honesty its about as bad as 3.
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What is this now?
Because there sure as hell aren't any new X-Men movies being made. Unless this tepid First Class Pary of Five in the Sixties crap magically changes from 'prequel' to 'reboot' over the course of -ugh- a trilogy that ends in modern day with totally different everything.
Granted, that just might be worth it if we can have an X-Men movie set in the ugly 80's.
Spider-man 2 was OK. I don't understand how the leads can be so terribly miscast and then the supporting actors cast so well. Macguire and Dunst were awful, Doc Ock was OK I guess, Aunt May was great, Jameson was the best part about the movies. What's his name hit that role right out of the park.
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I'd say TDK is a wonderful movie, but as a comic-book, superhero movie, it kind of falters. Mainly because of Batman.
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Amazing is looking great.
Nah.
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Sony might only be able to do origin stuff with Spidey. What else can they do? It would seem the only other major character they have to play with is Ghostrider. I suppose Sony could decide it's really time for a big-screen adaptation of Spider-Man dealing with Kraven the Hunter, or Mysterio, but, they can only do villain of the month club stuff. Granted, comics themselves have a pretty storied history of 'Villain-of-the-Month Club' plotlines, but Sony has nothing to build onto Spider-Man. They can only do variations of what they have for that one character.
Fox has the best shot at doing their own expanded universe since the Fantastic Four have a pretty huge, cosmic playground of ideas that go with them, and X-Men is like 50 years of a mixture of Johnny Quest and The Dating Game, so they both have lots of characters and lots and lots of plot devices and storylines to unleash, on a scale Spider-Man can't really do on his own.
Now, whether Fox can commit to a major undertaking like building a stable cast of returning actors and directors who can assemble a larger coherent plot for multiple movies...well, they may or may not want to even try doing that.
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and we were all out at the pub and the conversation turned to films and she said that X-3 was awful and they butchered the cool set-up of X-Men 2 which is the best comic book movie alongside Iron Man.
and I was like yeah
So I am going to do that
we got on really well though and she said that I should come out with them next week which was nice
I will not lie part of the reason that I posted about it was because I am kind of excited about it!
...oh, uh, biching thread. Um...even with my tax return I still don't have steady work so I can't buy all the comics that interest me, especially with the price raise on some of them.
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They can try. But you're right they're still thinking to much inside the box by sticking to redoing the origins. Spider-man has one of the best rogues gallery in super-hero comics, they should use it to its full potential. That said, the new series has a director implying to go in a different direction with the franchise from Riami's version by
Agreed.