My ideal take would be to have the Lizard's body constantly shift and evolve, perhaps in response to Connor's mood, so that he can have an emotive human face during more lucid moments and a full lizard face during feral fight scenes.
The best part of the Lizard is always the lab coat.
But even without it, there's just something off and weird about that design. I don't want to avoid a Spider-Man movie, but it seems like the sane thing to do at this point. I'm willing to at least hope a trailer will come out and blow all this weird stuff away.
I don't think that design looks terrible. I do think the lab coat would improve it, but the face looks to me like the original Ditko design for the Lizard.
Lizard design is middle of the road for me. Not great but not horrible.
Still interested in the new Spidey flick. Garfield bought himself with his speech at Comic Con (rehearsed or not) and the footage that was shown got good buzz. At least it seems we're getting a wise cracking Spider-man.
I was hoping for the emotionless savagery feeling I got from the raptors in Jurassic Park. They're just so alien you can't pick up on their emotions, but their hisses and teethy jaws let you know they'll rend your flesh.
I admit, I was also hoping they'd go for an Alien-ish vibe with the Lizard in the sewers. Peter being hunted by a primordial killing machine in the sewers of New York... I want some big ass reptile jaws snapping at him at every turn, and the Lizard being more manuverable in the sewers than Spider-man.
The Lizard as an effect looks technically proficient. Nothing revolutionary or just amazing, like say Two-face, but not cheesy like Beast in First Class.
From an art direction I find it pretty meh. Just nothing special at all.
But if I get decent Spidy one-liners I'll deal with a meh look. Just like I'd take a sup-par X-men movie if it actual was ABOUT the gaddamn X-men.
Opening Sequence of "The Dark Knight Rises" Will Be Unwrapped Just in Time for the Holidays
The film's prologue will be released exclusively in select IMAX(R) 70mm film theatres.
BURBANK, Calif., Dec 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Dark Knight Rises"--the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy--is one of the most anticipated films of 2012, but moviegoers won't have to wait until next year to see the six-minute opening sequence of the film. The film's prologue will be unveiled exclusively in select 70mm IMAX(R) theatres worldwide. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Prologue will be released in North America on December 16, and in the UK on December 21, 2011. Additional international dates vary by territory and will be announced soon.
In making the 2008 blockbuster "The Dark Knight," Nolan was the first to use IMAX(R) cameras in a major motion picture release, and, as now, audiences were given an advance look at that film's prologue months prior to the Summer 2008 opening. Nolan employed the extremely high-resolution cameras even more extensively on "The Dark Knight Rises"--including the film's prologue--to achieve unprecedented crispness and clarity and a truly immersive experience for the moviegoers.
Christopher Nolan stated, "Our experience on 'The Dark Knight' shooting and projecting IMAX 15 perf 65mm/70mm film was inspiring. The immersive quality of the image goes beyond any other filmmaking tool available, and in revisiting Gotham, we were determined to shoot even more of the movie in this unique format. Giving the fans an early look at an IMAX sequence is a great way to draw attention to what I believe will be an incredible way to experience our story when it comes out next summer."
Following is a list of the theatres in North America in which the Prologue of "The Dark Knight Rises" will be revealed on December 16th:
Market Theatre City
Austin, TX IMAX Theater Austin Austin
Boston, MA Jordan's IMAX Natick
Boston, MA IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading Reading
Calgary, AB Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 + IMAX Calgary
Chantilly, VA -Washington, DC Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX Chantilly
Chicago, IL Navy Pier IMAX Theatre Chicago
Des Moines, IA SCI IMAX Dome Theater Des Moines
Detroit, MI Henry Ford IMAX Dearborn
Edmonton, AB Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton + IMAX Edmonton
Harrisburg, PA The Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts IMAX Harrisburg
Houston, TX Houston Marq*e Stadium 22 + IMAX Houston
Indianapolis White River IMAX Indianapolis
Los Angeles, CA Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX Irvine
Los Angeles, CA RAVE 18 + IMAX Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX Ontario
Los Angeles, CA Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX Universal City
Madison, WI Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX Fitchburg
Miami, FL AutoNation IMAX Fort Lauderdale
Minneapolis, MN Great Clips IMAX Apple Valley
Montreal, QC Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal + IMAX Montreal
Nashville,TN Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX Nashville
New York, NY Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX New York
New York, NY Palisades IMAX West Nyack
Omaha, NE Star Cinema 16 with IMAX Council Bluffs
Orlando, FL Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX Orlando
Ottawa, ON Silvercity Gloucester + IMAX Gloucester-Ottawa
Palm Springs (Los Angeles) Desert IMAX Theatre Cathedral City
Philadelphia, PA IMAX & the Tropicana Atlantic City
Philadelphia, PA Tuttleman IMAX - Franklin Institute Philadelphia
Phoenix, AZ Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX Tempe
Providence, RI Providence Place 16 with IMAX Providence
Quebec City, QC IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec Quebec City
Sacramento, CA Esquire IMAX Sacramento
San Antonio, TX IMAX at RiverCenter San Antonio
San Francisco, CA Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX San Francisco
Seattle, WA Boeing IMAX - Pacific Science Center Seattle
Tampa, FL Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) Tampa
Toronto, ON Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX Mississauga
Toronto, ON Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX Toronto
Toronto, ON Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX Woodbridge-Vaughan
Vancouver, BC Colossus Langley + IMAX Langley
Vancouver, BC Silvercity Riverport 18 + IMAX Richmond
Below is a list of the theatres in the UK in which the Prologue of "The Dark Knight Rises" will be revealed on December 21st:
UK BFI London London
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UK National Media Museum IMAX Bradford Bradford
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UK Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema Glasgow
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UK Odeon Manchester IMAX @ The Printworks Manchester
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Opening on July 20, 2012, "The Dark Knight Rises" features an international all-star cast, led by Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale ("The Fighter") in the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose"), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Reprising their roles from both "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules") plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby") plays Lucius Fox.
Nolan directed "The Dark Knight Rises" from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on "Batman Begins" and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull are the executive producers, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. "The Dark Knight Rises" is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman created by Bob Kane.
"The Dark Knight Rises" will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The prologue has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "some violence." www.thedarkknightrises.com
SOURCE: Warner Bros. Pictures
It will be some kind of freaky stuff if the new Spiderman is better than the next Batman movie.
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Is that because it was filmed in Toronto?
Funny thing is that the Houston location is in a thug location, the kind of place where people have been shot and killed after shows in the past. Art imitating life, right?
Funny thing is that the Houston location is in a thug location, the kind of place where people have been shot and killed after shows in the past. Art imitating life, right?
So you're saying that a little boy will be scared by the bat imagery in the movie, and will ask his parents if they can leave? And then they'll be gunned down?
And then he will need counseling to deal with his terrible loss.
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Funny thing is that the Houston location is in a thug location, the kind of place where people have been shot and killed after shows in the past. Art imitating life, right?
So you're saying that a little boy will be scared by the bat imagery in the movie, and will ask his parents if they can leave? And then they'll be gunned down?
And then he will need counseling to deal with his terrible loss.
And because Houston is more sprawl than city, the kid's just going to ride around in his batmobile and being too late to stop crime because of traffic.
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I said this in another thread but she has nothing much on her resume so I really don't care.
I mean I know its bad for the movie to loose people but as I understand it they haven't started shooting yet. It won't end up in development hell and should work out just fine despite this and overall I've ended up happy with their changes once I saw the new guy's work(Don't screw this up ruffalo).
Now if IM3 looses its director I'll loose my shit.
Michael Bay is in final negotiations to direct a new Transformers film, insiders tell Vulture. In recent days, Bay has been assembling a cast for a long-gestating project that even predates Bay’s entry into planet-destroying, Pain and Gain, based on a three-part New Times story about the infamous “Sun Gym gang” a group of dimwitted Miami bodybuilders who kidnapped, tortured and robbed a Florida businessman but got their comeuppance when their left-for-dead victim hires a private eye to hunt them down. Insiders tell Vulture that Bay has been seeking to adapt the sordid revenge tale almost since its publication in 1999, and that it’s proving the major blandishment in getting Bay to commit to launching a new Transformers cycle. "Without Pain, there’s no tit for tat," explains one person familiar with the talks, "That’s Paramount’s leverage."'
If both deals make, we are told that Bay is likely to begin shooting Pain and Gain early almost immediately – as soon as early spring – and then pivot to a new sequence of Transformers by winter 2012. "Spielberg does this all the time," says our insider, "where you’re doing art development and visual effects tests on your next movie while you’re still shooting the current one. The beauty of Michael doing Pain and Gain is that there’s no [technical] complexity to it compared to Transformers."
Michael Bay is in final negotiations to direct a new Transformers film, insiders tell Vulture. In recent days, Bay has been assembling a cast for a long-gestating project that even predates Bay’s entry into planet-destroying, Pain and Gain, based on a three-part New Times story about the infamous “Sun Gym gang” a group of dimwitted Miami bodybuilders who kidnapped, tortured and robbed a Florida businessman but got their comeuppance when their left-for-dead victim hires a private eye to hunt them down. Insiders tell Vulture that Bay has been seeking to adapt the sordid revenge tale almost since its publication in 1999, and that it’s proving the major blandishment in getting Bay to commit to launching a new Transformers cycle. "Without Pain, there’s no tit for tat," explains one person familiar with the talks, "That’s Paramount’s leverage."'
If both deals make, we are told that Bay is likely to begin shooting Pain and Gain early almost immediately – as soon as early spring – and then pivot to a new sequence of Transformers by winter 2012. "Spielberg does this all the time," says our insider, "where you’re doing art development and visual effects tests on your next movie while you’re still shooting the current one. The beauty of Michael doing Pain and Gain is that there’s no [technical] complexity to it compared to Transformers."
I just can't believe that he would go back to the Transformers. I mean, I don't loath the movies as much as others here, but more like man....is he not bored of making this type of movies?
Also, I really wonder why they decided to go with a limited selection of movie theaters for the Batman preview. I thought for sure that Dallas would get a least one theater, but nope. Still, like someone said, it'll be on youtube soon enough.
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But even without it, there's just something off and weird about that design. I don't want to avoid a Spider-Man movie, but it seems like the sane thing to do at this point. I'm willing to at least hope a trailer will come out and blow all this weird stuff away.
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I get that they are going for a more human/lizard hybrid look than tradition, but I prefer my lizard looking like a straight up dinosaurman
Still interested in the new Spidey flick. Garfield bought himself with his speech at Comic Con (rehearsed or not) and the footage that was shown got good buzz. At least it seems we're getting a wise cracking Spider-man.
If he's going to be the traditional Lizard, who's feral and almost entirely disconnected from his humanity, I think that design's pretty bad.
Just depends what interpretation they choose to go with, I suppose.
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I admit, I was also hoping they'd go for an Alien-ish vibe with the Lizard in the sewers. Peter being hunted by a primordial killing machine in the sewers of New York... I want some big ass reptile jaws snapping at him at every turn, and the Lizard being more manuverable in the sewers than Spider-man.
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From an art direction I find it pretty meh. Just nothing special at all.
But if I get decent Spidy one-liners I'll deal with a meh look. Just like I'd take a sup-par X-men movie if it actual was ABOUT the gaddamn X-men.
This is not a compliment.
(Though I kinda loved the SMB movie.)
Yes! I've been feeling that the Lizard looks familiar, but I couldn't place it until you mentioned SMB!
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Lizard should
1. look like a dinosaur
2. wear a labcoat
It will be some kind of freaky stuff if the new Spiderman is better than the next Batman movie.
booooo
Yay?
Funny thing is that the Houston location is in a thug location, the kind of place where people have been shot and killed after shows in the past. Art imitating life, right?
(full disclosure: I live in Toronto :P )
Besides, it'll be on Youtube eventually.
So you're saying that a little boy will be scared by the bat imagery in the movie, and will ask his parents if they can leave? And then they'll be gunned down?
And then he will need counseling to deal with his terrible loss.
And because Houston is more sprawl than city, the kid's just going to ride around in his batmobile and being too late to stop crime because of traffic.
Could easily be a merging of Daisy and Maria, or there's a that deviant rumor out there regarding the real villains of the movie...
Patty Jenkins leaving Thor 2
I mean I know its bad for the movie to loose people but as I understand it they haven't started shooting yet. It won't end up in development hell and should work out just fine despite this and overall I've ended up happy with their changes once I saw the new guy's work(Don't screw this up ruffalo).
Now if IM3 looses its director I'll loose my shit.
He must now take the law into his own hands to avenge his partner and clean up the town
Anyone want to pretend to be surprised?
not even close to surprised but i'm furious
Also, I really wonder why they decided to go with a limited selection of movie theaters for the Batman preview. I thought for sure that Dallas would get a least one theater, but nope. Still, like someone said, it'll be on youtube soon enough.