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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Alright whatever

    It's totally gonna be about the Infinity Gauntlet, though

    They had a prop of it at Comic-Con

    No wait maybe that's just gonna be in Thor
    And Cap will deal with the Cosmic Cube

    So I don't know what the fuck about Avengers

    the avengers is all about them going and getting drunk at a bar

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Speaking of Ant-Man I am so excited that Edgar Wright is still really enthusiastic and wants to do it

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.

    uh


    uh

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.

    the phantom!
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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Langly wrote: »
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.

    uh


    uh

    is there something really obvious I'm forgetting, or

    what is this post

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.
    To be fair

    how many period Superhero films besides Watchmen have we had

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    I could not be

    less excited

    for either of these movies.

    I predict both will be 7s
    So

    a pretty decent movie?

    anything less than 8 is usually shit

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Langly wrote: »
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.

    uh


    uh

    is there something really obvious I'm forgetting, or

    what is this post

    i was just writing down me not thinking of any

    but then I accidentally clicked post before I could write that, and I was too lazy to edit it.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Speaking of Ant-Man I am so excited that Edgar Wright is still really enthusiastic and wants to do it

    I just think it's going to be really hard to sell

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    is something that takes place in the 80s considered "period"

    fuuuck I'm old

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    I could not be

    less excited

    for either of these movies.

    I predict both will be 7s
    So

    a pretty decent movie?

    anything less than 8 is usually shit

    That's not how a scale of 10 works at all

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Wolverine: Origins is set in the sixties/seventies Vietnam war when he's with weapon X and then in the eighties (I'm guessing) with the stuff afterwards.

    So there is that

    Though Wolverine Origins is pretty bad so to hell with it

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    have we had a good period superhero movie since the rocketeer?

    (watchmen does not count)

    edit: also by "good" I am of course exerting personal bias.
    To be fair

    how many period Superhero films besides Watchmen have we had

    the phantom

    the shadow

    dick tracy (technically)

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Are Starsky and Hutch superheroes?

    edit: The Phantom took place in modern times, he's just a period character.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    I could not be

    less excited

    for either of these movies.

    I predict both will be 7s
    So

    a pretty decent movie?

    anything less than 8 is usually shit

    I


    what?


    You are using a 1-10 scale

    but you only consider 8 9 and 10 good

    are you retarded
    or a game journalist

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Man a well-done Shadow movie would have been so good

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Solar wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Well I mean Nick Fury is Ultimate Nick Fury

    regular Nick Fury is already a dick though.

    So the whole "Ultimate Universe is a Universe where all the superheroes are assholes apart from, like, five of them" doesn't really change anything for him, apart from him being black. And if it gets Samuel L. Jackson in the movie I have no problem with them using Ultimate Fury's look.

    "Ultimate Fury's look" is Samuel L. Jackson. They based his face off of Sam Jackson's before he was ever cast for the role.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I love that part of the Ultimates.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Butters wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Well I mean Nick Fury is Ultimate Nick Fury

    regular Nick Fury is already a dick though.

    So the whole "Ultimate Universe is a Universe where all the superheroes are assholes apart from, like, five of them" doesn't really change anything for him, apart from him being black. And if it gets Samuel L. Jackson in the movie I have no problem with them using Ultimate Fury's look.

    "Ultimate Fury's look" is Samuel L. Jackson. They based his face off of Sam Jackson's before he was ever cast for the role.

    Yeah I know that

    Which is why it works so well for the movie

    You don't need to go "who has the look for this character" because you already know who

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Butters wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Well I mean Nick Fury is Ultimate Nick Fury

    regular Nick Fury is already a dick though.

    So the whole "Ultimate Universe is a Universe where all the superheroes are assholes apart from, like, five of them" doesn't really change anything for him, apart from him being black. And if it gets Samuel L. Jackson in the movie I have no problem with them using Ultimate Fury's look.

    "Ultimate Fury's look" is Samuel L. Jackson. They based his face off of Sam Jackson's before he was ever cast for the role.
    Yeah, Jackson even has Bryan Hitch's first sketch of Ultimate Fury framed in his house

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I love that Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howling Commandos are gonna be in this

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  • Vargas PrimeVargas Prime King of Nothing Just a ShowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    the whole Ultimate Universe is dumb except for Spider-Man
    Currently, yes.

    There were a ton of awesome Ultimate things though. I loved that Ultimate Dr. Strange was a shlub who didn't know magic all that well and Wong constantly had to save his ass

    Everything up until Ultimates 3 is great in that line. Ultimate X-men is also really good for a while.
    Return of the King is one of the best things Millar ever wrote, just an awesome awesome story arc

    Really? I was barely hanging onto Ultimate X-Men at that point, and halfway through that storyline, I tapped out.

    The big fight scene where they eventually crash the jet through the side of Magneto's base was such a mess, I had to stop reading.
    How so? It was a summer blockbuster of a storyline, just awesome action beats and nice little character moments

    It's been years since I read it, so I can't point out any specifics, but I remember not being happy with the series in general, and that particular issue with the big fight was what made me quit. I'd have to look at it again to give any real reasons why I hated it so much.

    It's worth noting that to date, Superman: Red Son is the only comic I've read by Mark Millar that I actually liked.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Red Son was great and 1985 wasn't bad either

    The rest... ehh.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I love that Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howling Commandos are gonna be in this

    This excites me. I am a fan of the Howling Commandos

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I love Millar whenever he is writing stuff that isn't his own ip

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    1985 is his best by far

    Old Man Logan is completely ridiculous fun bullshit

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Millar is one of my least favourite comic writers ever

    So...

    yeah

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Old Man Logan

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    I love that Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howling Commandos are gonna be in this
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    Kiss me, Ghost

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  • Vargas PrimeVargas Prime King of Nothing Just a ShowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Red Son was great and 1985 wasn't bad either

    The rest... ehh.

    I've heard good things about 1985, but I can't bring myself to read it because I've been so turned off to Millar over the years.

    I've also heard good things about Old Man Logan, but I am not a big fan of Wolverine in general, and I actually read a bit of Millar's take on Wolverine when he took over the regular series from Greg Rucka a few years back and I hated it, so...

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ahahahahahahahaha

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    that picture is magical

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Solar wrote: »
    Millar is one of my least favourite comic writers ever

    So...

    yeah
    Eeeeehhh

    I mean, yes he has written some very bad things, Kick-Ass and Wanted and Nemesis are awful awful awful

    but Red Son and 1985 are fantastic and Ultimates and his UXM run are pretty good popcorn movie comics

    I'd say a 50/50 track record is a lot better than a good deal of writers right now

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    look I just said it, the Millar formula is if he is writing for someone else it will be at least pretty good to great. If he is writing his own stuff it will be horrible.

    You can categorically go through his work and ask yourself 'does this involve previously owned characters?"

    And if the answer is yes then you read it. If the answer is no then you do not.

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  • DontShootToastersDontShootToasters the prettiest bulb at the ballRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    with marvel vs capcom and all of these awesome movies getting me super excited

    I may have to start reading some comic books

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    with marvel vs capcom and all of these awesome movies getting me super excited

    I may have to start reading some comic books
    What character you wanna read, kemo sabe

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Red Son was great and 1985 wasn't bad either

    The rest... ehh.

    I've heard good things about 1985, but I can't bring myself to read it because I've been so turned off to Millar over the years.

    I've also heard good things about Old Man Logan, but I am not a big fan of Wolverine in general, and I actually read a bit of Millar's take on Wolverine when he took over the regular series from Greg Rucka a few years back and I hated it, so...

    1985 is far more Red Son than it is Wanted, its dark in places but not stupidly so, it's whimsical overall and doesn't take itself seriously and the ending is great, if a mite schlocky

    Old Man Logan didn't entirely do it for me, but it's not terrible by any means

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Millar is one of my least favourite comic writers ever

    So...

    yeah
    Eeeeehhh

    I mean, yes he has written some very bad things, Kick-Ass and Wanted and Nemesis are awful awful awful

    but Red Son and 1985 are fantastic and Ultimates and his UXM run are pretty good popcorn movie comics

    I'd say a 50/50 track record is a lot better than a good deal of writers right now

    I consider Red Son to be his only decent work.

    Apart from that I haven't read a Millar comic I didn't dislike intensely. I even hated Old Man Logan, despite the pretty artwork.

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  • Vargas PrimeVargas Prime King of Nothing Just a ShowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Langly wrote: »
    look I just said it, the Millar formula is if he is writing for someone else it will be at least pretty good to great. If he is writing his own stuff it will be horrible.

    You can categorically go through his work and ask yourself 'does this involve previously owned characters?"

    And if the answer is yes then you read it. If the answer is no then you do not.

    Yeah, I know this is the general "rule" but I was just pointing out that I can't even stand him when he's writing pillar Marvel/DC properties.

    The credit he had with me just from reading Red Son was enough for me to give him a chance for like 3 or 4 years afterward, and he has consistently left me disappointed, if not angry at my spent money.

    e: Solar gets me

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