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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Furu wrote: »
    Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes returns the first week of May with an Ultron episode.

    Hurray!

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Munch wrote: »
    This dude did a color-corrected version of the costume, and it actually doesn't look bad.

    The bustier still looks like it's way too tight and uncomfortable, and the smattering of stars and "WW"s are just as pointless, but it looks a lot less like a Halloween costume.

    It looks a lot better, but the gauntlets should be either gold or red, to match anything on the costume.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited March 2011
    The metal parts need to be/look metal instead of plastic

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  • GR_ZombieGR_Zombie Krillin It Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Why is latex such a prominent material in live action superhero costumes? I'm no expert, but everything I think I know about latex tells me it'd be totally impractical for the kind of shenanigans super-humans regularly get up to.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Variety’s Jeff Sneider is reporting that “insiders” say Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s role in The Dark Knight Rises is officially Alberto Falcone, a primary antagonist from the Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Batman stories The Long Halloween and Dark Victory.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Keith wrote: »
    The metal parts need to be/look metal instead of plastic

    the whole costume needs to look like it's made of more practical materials

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  • cshadow42cshadow42 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    As much as JMS's Wonder Woman reboot has been derided, I think that the new costume may actually be the most practical adaption for the TV series.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    As much as JMS's Wonder Woman reboot has been derided, I think that the new costume may actually be the most practical adaption for the TV series.

    Seriously, I thought part of the reason they changed it was to make it easier for mainstream live action reproduction.

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Maybe she didn't feel like shaving her legs, or The Northern Territories.
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  • KING LITERATEKING LITERATE Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Maybe she didn't feel like shaving her legs, or The Northern Territories.
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    That is the most generic thing I've ever read.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://io9.com/#!5783887/zack-snyder-explains-to-us-why-his-superman-movie-will-be-the-most-realistic-yet

    I'll admit this. Synder's obvious enthusiasm for the movie is endearing

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    io9 wrote:
    Are you trying to fit Superman into your aesthetic, or change your approach to fit the Superman mythos?

    I feel like, I mean I've said to the studio that this will probably be the most realistic Superman movie ever made. It takes place in the real world much more than [my previous films]... I mean, I've just never had the subject matter that needed that, you know what I mean? Like everything I've done up to this point really has the benefit of existing in a stylized world. It's fun for me that the most realistic movie, the movie that I'd say I'm making in the most realistic way of any movie I've ever done is a movie called Superman! That's kinda fun!

    So you're working from what Christopher Nolan has done with the Batman movies?

    I wouldn't say, "Oh, that's what Chris did with Batman...", but I'm just saying that makes sense to me for the character. Because I'd say that the thing that makes him real, and the thing that makes Superman awesome, is if you feel like he's real, what makes him real is that he exists in a world that you can say, "Oh yeah, I've been to that grocery store, I've been to that."
    This reads like someone fed a sentence into Babelfish, and then translated it back to English.

    The thing that makes Superman awesome is that he exists in a world where you recognize your grocery store?

    What?

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'm scared. :(

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Snyder is always, always excited about his movies. He was frothing at the mouth over Watchmen.

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  • cshadow42cshadow42 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    And then he ended up changing the best thing about Watchmen, the ending.

    But really, how badly can he screw up Superman?

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    And then he ended up changing the best thing about Watchmen, the ending.

    But really, how badly can he screw up Superman?

    1. Doesn't fly
    2. Doesn't wear the suit
    3. Fights a giant spider.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    And then he ended up changing the best thing about Watchmen, the ending.

    But really, how badly can he screw up Superman?
    I'm not that worried about his take on Superman, other than that he'll probably suck all the whimsy out of it.

    But really, a movie about an edgier, punchier Superman wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. If nothing else, with Snyder at the helm it'll be visually interesting.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    People who are saying Snyder couldn't screw it up that bad forget that Superman has had some of the worst superhero movies ever made!

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    was I the only goose that liked the ending to the movie Watchmen better than the novel?

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Joolander wrote: »
    was I the only goose that liked the ending to the movie Watchmen better than the novel?

    Are you talking 'bout the squid or the shift in tone?

    Getting rid of the squid was fine, since too much exposition and sideplotting would've been needed to justify it. Portraying Rorschach's journal as a potential ray of light was deeply misguided, though.

    And when Dr. Manhattan says, "Nothing ever ends," in the book, he's foreshadowing the apocalypse. When Silk Spectre says the same thing in the film, it sounds like she's foreshadowing a sequel.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    oh yeah I was talking about the squid. The "nothing ever ends" line should have stayed with Dr. Manhattan, I have no idea what Snyder was thinking there

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  • HenslerHensler Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Joolander wrote: »
    was I the only goose that liked the ending to the movie Watchmen better than the novel?

    Nope.

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  • CJGCJG Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Joolander wrote: »
    was I the only goose that liked the ending to the movie Watchmen better than the novel?
    And when Dr. Manhattan says, "Nothing ever ends," in the book, he's foreshadowing the apocalypse. When Silk Spectre says the same thing in the film, it sounds like she's foreshadowing a sequel.
    I always thought he was talking about Rorschach's journal coming to light and undoing all Ozymandias had "won".

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    CJG wrote: »
    Joolander wrote: »
    was I the only goose that liked the ending to the movie Watchmen better than the novel?
    And when Dr. Manhattan says, "Nothing ever ends," in the book, he's foreshadowing the apocalypse. When Silk Spectre says the same thing in the film, it sounds like she's foreshadowing a sequel.
    I always thought he was talking about Rorschach's journal coming to light and undoing all Ozymandias had "won".
    He could be referring to that, but Manhattan's words also function as a broader critique of Ozy's motives, the "ends justify the means" mentality, and the superhero genre as a whole.

    Adrian Veidt: I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end.
    Dr. Manhattan: 'In the end'? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

    While Adrian feels he can justify murder because he's saved the world, Manhattan points out that the world can never truly be saved. Even if you prevent mankind from killing itself, you've really only bought the species enough time to find another path toward annihilation. Since humanity is naturally self-destructive, the Earth cannot permanently be saved. Instead, as the doomsday clock shows, we are forever on the brink of doomsday.

    So, ultimately, Veidt hasn't accomplished anything. He thought he changed everything, but all he did was stave off a single catastrophe. Indeed, it's only a matter of time before something else emerges (if not through Rorschach's journal, then in some other way), and that will forever be the case. Veidt is just another superhero, saving some lives but never achieving the lasting peace that would have perhaps justified his actions.

    There is no happy ending for him or mankind, because nothing ever ends.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Extremely crappy shakeycam footage of the Ultimate Spider-Man trailer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZCxRi_9qs&feature=player_embedded

    That definitely sounds like Will Friedle as Spider-Man

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Damn

    the animation in that is fucking great

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    2012...

    Still, that looks awesome. I realized that I missed exposure to the greater Marvel U in Spectacular Spidey; it's always been my favorite part of those stories, and it's the reason why I enjoyed the 90s series and why I like to read him in books where he's hanging with other heroes (Ultimate Comics Spidey, guest/crossover issues of BND and Big Time, and a lot of the recent stuff with him on Avengers and FF).

    That's really my absolute favorite part of that character, seeing a relatively normal guy dealing not just with his powers but with the entire crazy world around him.

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    And then he ended up changing the best thing about Watchmen, the ending.

    But really, how badly can he screw up Superman?

    1. Doesn't fly
    2. Doesn't wear the suit
    3. Fights a giant spider.

    That was quite possibly one of the best stories in the history of stories.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Man, that looks like fun on a bun.
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    2012...

    Still, that looks awesome. I realized that I missed exposure to the greater Marvel U in Spectacular Spidey; it's always been my favorite part of those stories, and it's the reason why I enjoyed the 90s series and why I like to read him in books where he's hanging with other heroes (Ultimate Comics Spidey, guest/crossover issues of BND and Big Time, and a lot of the recent stuff with him on Avengers and FF).

    That's really my absolute favorite part of that character, seeing a relatively normal guy dealing not just with his powers but with the entire crazy world around him.

    Yeah, seeing cameos from heroes who don't merit their own series is always something I look forward to, and part of why I liked Batman: Brave and the Bold so much. Even though the latter seasons of the '90s series were completely unhinged and sent Spider-Man on increasingly bizarre multi-dimensional jaunts, it was still fun to see the likes of Dr. Strange, Daredevil, and War Machine along with everyone who showed up for Secret War.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Well it's been confirmed that Peter will be on a team with other heroes

    and Iron Fist and Nova have also been confirmed

    soooooo

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  • TachTach Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    cshadow42 wrote: »
    And then he ended up changing the best thing about Watchmen, the ending.

    But really, how badly can he screw up Superman?

    1. Doesn't fly
    2. Doesn't wear the suit
    3. Fights a giant spider.

    That was quite possibly one of the best stories in the history of stories.

    There would have been a crashing down of thunder from nerdboys around the world like you have never seen before.

    Peters would have signed his own death warrant if he got that... thing through.

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Shame they aren't bringing Josh Keaton back as Peter, he was pretty much perfect in the role

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    He's probably busy with Transformers Prime, funnily enough

    maybe contract issues

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Graaaaahhhh.. Where's my trailer?

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Don't you mean my trailer?

    In that case here it is.
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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Macro I hate you

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Damn, trailer is yanked. Anyone got any other source?

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Marco
    Your trailer seems to be in a state of slight disrepair.

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  • AlephAleph Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Why does Snyder think Superman should be realistic but Watchmen stylised? =/

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