The straps make it looks like it is some kind of parachute setup.
The helmet itself doesn't look bad. You can't really expect cartoony things like that to translate well to live action.
His helmets looked silly in the other movies as well.
If it doesn't translate well to live action then you don't do it in the first place. I didn't have any problems with how Magneto looked in the previous films.
Like I said, I honestly thought that helmet was photoshopped. That's how out of place it looks.
The helmet is too large for the head and doesn't mesh well with the rest of the outfit (which really doesn't look god-awful). If it wasn't there the picture would be much better. But also not really meaningful, either.
It does look fake. Probably the fault of the lighting and color, though.
That said I don't believe they are going for a more realistic approach.
Just look at Emma's getup. It looks ridiculous but that's how she rolls in the comics.
You just have to realize that certain things are going to look out of place. Like his helmet, which is more faithful to the comics, than the sleeker and honestly better looking ones you find in the previous movies. It's just the style they seem to be pushing in First Class.
Some aspects of it are going to look ridiculous. Because they are ridiculous even in the comics.
And I am completely fine with that.
Give me a ridiculous X-Men movie like he did with Kick-Ass. So I can wash out the taste of X3. Which was ridiculous in all the ways that weren't good.
They lampshaded the helmet enough to justify it's existence. Magneto knows it looks kinda stupid, but it's invaluable against certain mutants so he wears it.
"The costumes are blue and yellow as well, because fuck it, lets take it back it the original. Also, by the way, those costumes are hardly in the movie. The main costumes are like these cool 60’s James Bond…”
Woah, I didn't even realize he played Bronson. You can't even really tell.
I didn't care much for Bronson; the story structure was all over the place and I remember being really lost pretty often.
Bronson's a great movie and has some moments that I could definitely see inspiring Goyer to pick him for Dark Knight Rises, but it's also a movie that makes way more sense after the 2nd or 3rd viewing.
I kinda feel like that if it was tweaked a bit the helmet would be fine. The problem is that it doesn't mesh at all with the rest of the suit.
That being said, there's no context for the image so I won't jump too hard onto this. I still think everything we've seen so far for the film looks retarded though.
Today while talking about how awful the 1st image from X-Men First Class is, the full cast one, my friend and I got talking about Mystique, and how she's really the worst looking one by far.
Then for some random reason, something occurred to me that hadn't before.
Why on Earth are they even attempting to make a "young" Mystique? With that shitty make up that makes her look like X-Men 2 and 3's Mystique? Shes a SHAPESHIFTER. Hire ANYONE whos super hot of ANY AGE and just say "Thats what Mystique chose to look like in the 60's." Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.
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I don't really get Mystique being on the team, if the point is to do a complete reboot of the franchise with this movie. Especially when she's still in her scaly look. That will just confuse people even more. And Beast is there too.
Today while talking about how awful the 1st image from X-Men First Class is, the full cast one, my friend and I got talking about Mystique, and how she's really the worst looking one by far.
Then for some random reason, something occurred to me that hadn't before.
Why on Earth are they even attempting to make a "young" Mystique? With that shitty make up that makes her look like X-Men 2 and 3's Mystique? Shes a SHAPESHIFTER. Hire ANYONE whos super hot of ANY AGE and just say "Thats what Mystique chose to look like in the 60's." Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.
Yeah, I wish studios/whoever would stop trying to make Mystique into Gollum.
Sounds like Marvel has a writer looking into a Black Panther script.
THR is reporting that Marvel Studios has hired Mark Bailey to pen an adaptation of The Black Panther that will be produced by Kevin Feige.
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ailey, who's credits include The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon may seem like an odd choice for The Black Panther to some. Marvel expects Bailey to bring realism and grittiness to the project.
The Black Panther was reacquired by Marvel in 2005 when it absorbed many character licenses from Lionsgate. In 2003 Lionsgate bought Artisan who had previously acquired the rights from Columbia who had planned on making a Black Panther film during the 90's with Wesley Snipes attached.
The straps make it looks like it is some kind of parachute setup.
The helmet itself doesn't look bad. You can't really expect cartoony things like that to translate well to live action.
His helmets looked silly in the other movies as well.
If it doesn't translate well to live action then you don't do it in the first place. I didn't have any problems with how Magneto looked in the previous films.
Like I said, I honestly thought that helmet was photoshopped. That's how out of place it looks.
Hm.
I had a picture of some medieval helmets but it didn't work.
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Sounds like Marvel has a writer looking into a Black Panther script.
THR is reporting that Marvel Studios has hired Mark Bailey to pen an adaptation of The Black Panther that will be produced by Kevin Feige.
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ailey, who's credits include The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon may seem like an odd choice for The Black Panther to some. Marvel expects Bailey to bring realism and grittiness to the project.
The Black Panther was reacquired by Marvel in 2005 when it absorbed many character licenses from Lionsgate. In 2003 Lionsgate bought Artisan who had previously acquired the rights from Columbia who had planned on making a Black Panther film during the 90's with Wesley Snipes attached.
I feel like Chiwetel Ejiofor could do a pretty good job as T'Challa, but Honsou looks like he's more built, which might be more appropriate. Honestly, I'd take either one.
I'm curious how well a Black Panther movie would do. It would be a largely black cast (I imagine) in an African-like setting so I can imagine middle America being turned off.
Would love to see it made for that reason though. Diversity is sorely lacking in superhero movies.
I'm curious how well a Black Panther movie would do. It would be a largely black cast (I imagine) in an African-like setting so I can imagine middle America being turned off.
Would love to see it made for that reason though. Diversity is sorely lacking in superhero movies.
I wouldn't be surprised if they set it in America, actually. Panther's gone to New York plenty of times, and it would cost less than setting it in Wakanda.
That would be my preference as well, I think. The first film concentrates on T'Challa and initially downplays his abilities. Then, after slowly revealing what he's capable of and establishing him as a force to be reckoned with, you take things up a notch by revealing he's just the tip of the iceberg compared to Wakanda itself. Because the first film has endeared people to T'Challa, though, he'll still be the focus going into a sequel.
If you just set the film in Wakanda, though, then people will think BP is some kind of alternate universe, low-key sci-fi story. Essentially, the setting will overshadow the protagonist, who has a fairly understated set of abilities and is easy to overlook at a glance.
I feel like Chiwetel Ejiofor could do a pretty good job as T'Challa, but Honsou looks like he's more built, which might be more appropriate. Honestly, I'd take either one.
The thing that would make Djimon Honsou better for the role in my opinion is that he's got a very authentic African accent and he's also used to more physical roles. Have you seen Blood Diamond?
I think having the first part of a Black Panther movie set in the U.S. then it transitioning into Wakanda would make sense as the character progresses into more of a hero. He's the son of a foreign king sent to the West to expand on his already prestigeous education when his father is murdered by political rivals, prompting T'Challa to return and take up the Black Panther mantle. You show the audience what he's capable of very early in the film when he dodges initial assassination attempts in the states, maybe meet a young Ororo foreshadowing their future together, but duty brings him back to Wakanda and bam, movie.
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They can't use Storm (Even if she's using her real name)
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I wonder if they could get away with calling Storm just Ororo in the BP movie, since I think Fox owns the rights to the character.
In Iron Man 2 at the end on one of SHIELD's maps they had Wakanda marked, and I doubt they would go there for the Avengers movie, so any BP movie has to have a start or end there. I think they could just make it like South Africa in terms of Wakanda's development and it would fit in rather well in the movieverse. I just wouldn't want it to be the Hudlin xenophobic super technologically advanced country.
It's not much, but it's worth posting - here are some better shots of the Spidey reboot costume as a whole. Don't groan or jump for joy yet, though, this is a stuntman costume, so who knows if those weird silver foot-things will stay on the costume.
I was hoping for bigger eyes, but I'd think that the eyes are the thing you have to change to allow a stuntman to see the damn stunts he's doing. So maybe these are no indicator of what the mask'll look like in the movie. Whatevs. Reserving judgment.
Even if it wasn't (and I'm pretty sure it was), a foible like that is necessary. It gives the countrymen more depth, explains why their culture and technology hasn't affected the whole continent's development, and lays ground for a conflict between T'Challa and Wakanda's old guard.
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I remember Priest's run not as xenophobic but as Batman-like hesitancy to trust anyone. One level below xenophobic. Granted it's been years since I've read the series, but the only time I remember it was at the beginning of the run with Texieria's art, and as a subplot in Geoff Johns' Avengers run where it turned out Black Panther was spying on the team the entire time (they really played up the Batman parallels in 2001-2002). If you make Wakanda this uber tech place, even with the xenoophobe angle, in the established world of Iron Man and Hulk you would think they would talk about that country beforehand. It has more to do with how Marvel Films are trying to connect everything together in a coherent manner.
And from what Radcula posted:
I do like how the suit is a brighter red and blue compared to the Raimi movies. The eyes though, not a fan of them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKC-FKGMeCY
I didn't care much for Bronson; the story structure was all over the place and I remember being really lost pretty often.
That's a photoshop right?
That one is the one thats supposed to make you feel BETTER because yesterdays was so bad.
That one.
The straps make it looks like it is some kind of parachute setup.
The helmet itself doesn't look bad. You can't really expect cartoony things like that to translate well to live action.
His helmets looked silly in the other movies as well.
If it doesn't translate well to live action then you don't do it in the first place. I didn't have any problems with how Magneto looked in the previous films.
Like I said, I honestly thought that helmet was photoshopped. That's how out of place it looks.
The helmet barely worked in the previous films.
That said I don't believe they are going for a more realistic approach.
Just look at Emma's getup. It looks ridiculous but that's how she rolls in the comics.
You just have to realize that certain things are going to look out of place. Like his helmet, which is more faithful to the comics, than the sleeker and honestly better looking ones you find in the previous movies. It's just the style they seem to be pushing in First Class.
Some aspects of it are going to look ridiculous. Because they are ridiculous even in the comics.
And I am completely fine with that.
Give me a ridiculous X-Men movie like he did with Kick-Ass. So I can wash out the taste of X3. Which was ridiculous in all the ways that weren't good.
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http://www.slashfilm.com/exclusive-matthew-vaughn-reveals-magneto-professor-xmen-class/
My favorite quote.
"The costumes are blue and yellow as well, because fuck it, lets take it back it the original. Also, by the way, those costumes are hardly in the movie. The main costumes are like these cool 60’s James Bond…”
Bronson's a great movie and has some moments that I could definitely see inspiring Goyer to pick him for Dark Knight Rises, but it's also a movie that makes way more sense after the 2nd or 3rd viewing.
I kinda feel like that if it was tweaked a bit the helmet would be fine. The problem is that it doesn't mesh at all with the rest of the suit.
That being said, there's no context for the image so I won't jump too hard onto this. I still think everything we've seen so far for the film looks retarded though.
it's not even how it looks with the rest of the costume, it just looks
not real.
Then for some random reason, something occurred to me that hadn't before.
Why on Earth are they even attempting to make a "young" Mystique? With that shitty make up that makes her look like X-Men 2 and 3's Mystique? Shes a SHAPESHIFTER. Hire ANYONE whos super hot of ANY AGE and just say "Thats what Mystique chose to look like in the 60's." Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.
Yeah, I wish studios/whoever would stop trying to make Mystique into Gollum.
well, him or Luke Cage
Hm.
I had a picture of some medieval helmets but it didn't work.
Swinging around the theater triumphant and then snap! goes the cable.
If they don't cast Djimon Honsou as T'Challa, it would be a travesty.
Would love to see it made for that reason though. Diversity is sorely lacking in superhero movies.
I wouldn't be surprised if they set it in America, actually. Panther's gone to New York plenty of times, and it would cost less than setting it in Wakanda.
That would be my preference as well, I think. The first film concentrates on T'Challa and initially downplays his abilities. Then, after slowly revealing what he's capable of and establishing him as a force to be reckoned with, you take things up a notch by revealing he's just the tip of the iceberg compared to Wakanda itself. Because the first film has endeared people to T'Challa, though, he'll still be the focus going into a sequel.
If you just set the film in Wakanda, though, then people will think BP is some kind of alternate universe, low-key sci-fi story. Essentially, the setting will overshadow the protagonist, who has a fairly understated set of abilities and is easy to overlook at a glance.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
The thing that would make Djimon Honsou better for the role in my opinion is that he's got a very authentic African accent and he's also used to more physical roles. Have you seen Blood Diamond?
In Iron Man 2 at the end on one of SHIELD's maps they had Wakanda marked, and I doubt they would go there for the Avengers movie, so any BP movie has to have a start or end there. I think they could just make it like South Africa in terms of Wakanda's development and it would fit in rather well in the movieverse. I just wouldn't want it to be the Hudlin xenophobic super technologically advanced country.
edit: Scotsman answered that Storm question then.
It's not much, but it's worth posting - here are some better shots of the Spidey reboot costume as a whole. Don't groan or jump for joy yet, though, this is a stuntman costume, so who knows if those weird silver foot-things will stay on the costume.
I was hoping for bigger eyes, but I'd think that the eyes are the thing you have to change to allow a stuntman to see the damn stunts he's doing. So maybe these are no indicator of what the mask'll look like in the movie. Whatevs. Reserving judgment.
http://www.epicponyz.com/2011/01/anne-hathaway-as-catwoman.html
Even if it wasn't (and I'm pretty sure it was), a foible like that is necessary. It gives the countrymen more depth, explains why their culture and technology hasn't affected the whole continent's development, and lays ground for a conflict between T'Challa and Wakanda's old guard.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
And from what Radcula posted:
I do like how the suit is a brighter red and blue compared to the Raimi movies. The eyes though, not a fan of them.