Yeah. There seems to be a concept in mind that would make this part one of a trilogy. From what I understand, the same goes for Nolan's Batman movies (maybe a fourth). But it is all contingent on it making money. Really, Marvel Studios needs this movie to make a fuckton of cash to pay for the $150M+ cost of Iron Man alone in an economy where discretionary and ... entertainment spending could just crash. Not dramatically in the next two weeks, but it's definitely not something to blow off.
Actually I believe the studies often show that when "times are tight" generally entertainment spending goes up while all other purchases go down (i.e. home, car and other more 'essential' goods)
Yeah. There seems to be a concept in mind that would make this part one of a trilogy. From what I understand, the same goes for Nolan's Batman movies (maybe a fourth). But it is all contingent on it making money. Really, Marvel Studios needs this movie to make a fuckton of cash to pay for the $150M+ cost of Iron Man alone in an economy where discretionary and ... entertainment spending could just crash. Not dramatically in the next two weeks, but it's definitely not something to blow off.
Most people involved have said that this iteration of Batman is planned to be a trilogy, and that's it (for the forseeable future). Iron Man probably has a similar plan, but like Nolan and Goyer, they're taking things one step at a time and trying to make each film as complete as possible before even considering a follow-up. One would think this approach would be common sense, but we lost it for a while.
Is that look just for the trailer or are they using the same style as Sin City throughout? The rooftop acrobatics look kind of goofy. He's a detective, he's not a ninja.
If they're going to go highly stylized like that, it would have been nice if they'd come up with something different that suits the character instead of just doing Sin City 1.5.
Shia LeBouf doesn't seem like a bad guy. He just hasn't been in a single movie i can stand, yet.
I don't really have a problem with him or his work, but to me, he actually kind of does.
Yeah, he seems like kind of a prick to me, too. I can't fathom why he's hollywood's new it-boy.
I will also never get over the fact that about 3/5ths of the transformers movie was just him doing lame situation comedy, with another fifth being poor acting and failed humor from other characters, and the last fifth being half-decent robot action.
If they're going to go highly stylized like that, it would have been nice if they'd come up with something different that suits the character instead of just doing Sin City 1.5.
If they're going to go highly stylized like that, it would have been nice if they'd come up with something different that suits the character instead of just doing Sin City 1.5.
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I think that's what's rubbing me the wrong way with the trailer/poster. Sin City was Robert Rodriguez doing a tribute to Frank Miller's Sin City. The Spirit looks like Frank Miller doing a tribute to Frank Miller using Will Eisner's character.
If they're going to go highly stylized like that, it would have been nice if they'd come up with something different that suits the character instead of just doing Sin City 1.5.
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I think that's what's rubbing me the wrong way with the trailer/poster. Sin City was Robert Rodriguez doing a tribute to Frank Miller's Sin City. The Spirit looks like Frank Miller doing a tribute to Frank Miller using Will Eisner's character.
Does anyone really think that the Avengers and JLA live-action films could ever really work?
I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Other than Doom and the lack of G-Man I liked Fantastic Four >.>
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Does anyone really think that the Avengers and JLA live-action films could ever really work?
I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Other than Doom and the lack of G-Man I liked Fantastic Four >.>
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
That doesn't even make sense.
You think audiences are clamoring for a fucking Hawkeye movie?
I think that a JLA movie will be the hardest to do, and the chances of it ever coming out are slim to none... I think Avengers will be pretty easy to pull off.
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
So the 10th Annual Ebertfest is this week. The point of the thing is...
As film exhibition in North America crowds itself ever more
narrowly into predictable commercial fodder for an undemanding audience, we applaud those brave, free spirits who still hold
faith with the unlimited potential of the cinema. - Roger Ebert
Guess what is showing?
Hulk
(Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 11am)
Ang Lee is a guest speaker, I guess they talk after the film. Color me interested.
I really liked the hell out of the Hulk movie. I know it doesn't have a ton of fans around here but, whatever. Other than the convulted ending the movie was great. It favored the heart of the Hulk comics instead of the famous smashing and for that I am thankful. I like a great HULK SMASH moment as much as anyone but I appreciate that Ang decided to make a serious comic book movie instead of doing what everyone else has, make an FX heavy popcorn flix with no attempt at making a great, long standing movie. I might try and go to this thing.
Does anyone really think that the Avengers and JLA live-action films could ever really work?
I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Other than Doom and the lack of G-Man I liked Fantastic Four >.>
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
That doesn't even make sense.
You think audiences are clamoring for a fucking Hawkeye movie?
I think that a JLA movie will be the hardest to do, and the chances of it ever coming out are slim to none... I think Avengers will be pretty easy to pull off.
My point is that the studios have a choice of making a movie about the Avengers and making sequels to films starring Iron Man, Captain America, and everyone else who will compose the Avengers roster. The Avengers movie costs more in every conceivable way than a solo picture, assuming they don't replace the Robert Downey Juniors with unknowns and bring the special effects down a notch, but doesn't necessarily stand to make more just because it's got a ton of characters in it. So, the Avengers movie represents a greater risk that doesn't really offer proportional potential gains, and I don't really understand why anyone would be willing to make an Avengers picture instead of another sequel to a solo picture given that.
This problem isn't raised by films like Fantastic Four and X-Men, meanwhile, because those teams aren't made up of individually viable properties or, in the case of Wolverine, properties that would have been viable from the get go.
Now that Wolverine is viable on his own, though, they're making a Wolverine solo movie. Do you think this is because Wolverine is somehow better than the X-Men featuring Wolverine, or simply because a Wolverine picture is cheaper to make but still stands to garner significant, and perhaps even equivalent, profits?
Does anyone really think that the Avengers and JLA live-action films could ever really work?
I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Other than Doom and the lack of G-Man I liked Fantastic Four >.>
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
That doesn't even make sense.
You think audiences are clamoring for a fucking Hawkeye movie?
I think that a JLA movie will be the hardest to do, and the chances of it ever coming out are slim to none... I think Avengers will be pretty easy to pull off.
My point is that the studios have a choice of making a movie about the Avengers and making sequels to films starring Iron Man, Captain America, and everyone else who will compose the Avengers roster. The Avengers movie costs more in every conceivable way than a solo picture, assuming they don't replace the Robert Downey Juniors with unknowns and bring the special effects down a notch, but doesn't necessarily stand to make more just because it's got a ton of characters in it. So, the Avengers movie represents a greater risk that doesn't really offer proportional potential gains, and I don't really understand why anyone would be willing to make an Avengers picture instead of another sequel to a solo picture given that.
This problem isn't raised by films like Fantastic Four and X-Men, meanwhile, because those teams aren't made up of individually viable properties or, in the case of Wolverine, properties that would have been viable from the get go.
Now that Wolverine is viable on his own, though, they're making a Wolverine solo movie. Do you think this is because Wolverine is somehow better than the X-Men featuring Wolverine, or simply because a Wolverine picture is cheaper to make but still stands to garner significant, and perhaps even equivalent, profits?
I really don't see the cost differential between having a big name actor like Downey (so to speak) and a bunch of unknowns and b-listers, and X-Men which had Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen, or Fantastic Four which had Jessica Alba.
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When I was a little kid, I always pretended I was the hero,' Skip said.
'Fuck yeah, me too. What little kid ever pretended to be part of the lynch-mob?'
The JLA film wouldn't be cast entirely with television stars and unknowns if you could just use Brandon Routh, Christian Bale, and other relatively big names and expect to stay within budget. So, the choice is to either pay more or save up by going with a worse cast.
So the 10th Annual Ebertfest is this week. The point of the thing is...
As film exhibition in North America crowds itself ever more
narrowly into predictable commercial fodder for an undemanding audience, we applaud those brave, free spirits who still hold
faith with the unlimited potential of the cinema. - Roger Ebert
Guess what is showing?
Hulk
(Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 11am)
Ang Lee is a guest speaker, I guess they talk after the film. Color me interested.
I really liked the hell out of the Hulk movie. I know it doesn't have a ton of fans around here but, whatever. Other than the convulted ending the movie was great. It favored the heart of the Hulk comics instead of the famous smashing and for that I am thankful. I like a great HULK SMASH moment as much as anyone but I appreciate that Ang decided to make a serious comic book movie instead of doing what everyone else has, make an FX heavy popcorn flix with no attempt at making a great, long standing movie. I might try and go to this thing.
every time it's on tv (which is like all the time), it's worth watching until exactly when they calm him down in san francisco.
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Some of the flying is cool.... but the hover animations are just the same as that scene in the trailer where he flies for the first time and looks uncomfortable. The targeting is non-existant, the hud is horrible (I didn't even notice where the health bar was...) and the demo mission is just "Blow up these 6 boxes".
Oh, but the Iron Man Character model is cool. I guess.
Does anyone really think that the Avengers and JLA live-action films could ever really work?
I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
Other than Doom and the lack of G-Man I liked Fantastic Four >.>
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
That doesn't even make sense.
You think audiences are clamoring for a fucking Hawkeye movie?
I think that a JLA movie will be the hardest to do, and the chances of it ever coming out are slim to none... I think Avengers will be pretty easy to pull off.
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Which means I hate Hollywood even more now.
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Why is the Spirit in black and white? He was color in the archives I read.
Yeah, he seems like kind of a prick to me, too. I can't fathom why he's hollywood's new it-boy.
I will also never get over the fact that about 3/5ths of the transformers movie was just him doing lame situation comedy, with another fifth being poor acting and failed humor from other characters, and the last fifth being half-decent robot action.
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o_O He seems pretty perfect for the role to me... And hasn't his name been attached to the project since day one?
I think that's what's rubbing me the wrong way with the trailer/poster. Sin City was Robert Rodriguez doing a tribute to Frank Miller's Sin City. The Spirit looks like Frank Miller doing a tribute to Frank Miller using Will Eisner's character.
Since when could The Spirit pull off rooftop jumping like Dare Devil?
In every way.
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I mean, they'll cost more, but I don't expect they'll actually make more just because they're delivering 7 super-heroes instead of one.
Basically, I'm expecting colossal failure unless you're willing to deliver Lord of the Rings style epicness.
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They actually don't look bad. I guess Nite Owl's costume is a lighter brown than that promo movie shot makes it look
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They could work if they get the budget and aren't just TV movie quality stuff using models and rookies as their acting leads.
No reason it has to be harder to do than X-Men or Fantastic Four.
It captures the feeling of Tony being drunk, putting the armor on and flying around pretty well.
The difference is that Avengers and JLA are made up of characters that are, for the most part, each more well-suited for starring roles in their own pictures than parts in an ensemble picture. That wasn't the case with X-Men or Fantastic Four.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
That doesn't even make sense.
You think audiences are clamoring for a fucking Hawkeye movie?
I think that a JLA movie will be the hardest to do, and the chances of it ever coming out are slim to none... I think Avengers will be pretty easy to pull off.
Guess what is showing?
Hulk
(Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 11am)
Ang Lee is a guest speaker, I guess they talk after the film. Color me interested.
I really liked the hell out of the Hulk movie. I know it doesn't have a ton of fans around here but, whatever. Other than the convulted ending the movie was great. It favored the heart of the Hulk comics instead of the famous smashing and for that I am thankful. I like a great HULK SMASH moment as much as anyone but I appreciate that Ang decided to make a serious comic book movie instead of doing what everyone else has, make an FX heavy popcorn flix with no attempt at making a great, long standing movie. I might try and go to this thing.
My point is that the studios have a choice of making a movie about the Avengers and making sequels to films starring Iron Man, Captain America, and everyone else who will compose the Avengers roster. The Avengers movie costs more in every conceivable way than a solo picture, assuming they don't replace the Robert Downey Juniors with unknowns and bring the special effects down a notch, but doesn't necessarily stand to make more just because it's got a ton of characters in it. So, the Avengers movie represents a greater risk that doesn't really offer proportional potential gains, and I don't really understand why anyone would be willing to make an Avengers picture instead of another sequel to a solo picture given that.
This problem isn't raised by films like Fantastic Four and X-Men, meanwhile, because those teams aren't made up of individually viable properties or, in the case of Wolverine, properties that would have been viable from the get go.
Now that Wolverine is viable on his own, though, they're making a Wolverine solo movie. Do you think this is because Wolverine is somehow better than the X-Men featuring Wolverine, or simply because a Wolverine picture is cheaper to make but still stands to garner significant, and perhaps even equivalent, profits?
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I really don't see the cost differential between having a big name actor like Downey (so to speak) and a bunch of unknowns and b-listers, and X-Men which had Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen, or Fantastic Four which had Jessica Alba.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
every time it's on tv (which is like all the time), it's worth watching until exactly when they calm him down in san francisco.
I hope they get the Rorschach figure's smell right.
Some of the flying is cool.... but the hover animations are just the same as that scene in the trailer where he flies for the first time and looks uncomfortable. The targeting is non-existant, the hud is horrible (I didn't even notice where the health bar was...) and the demo mission is just "Blow up these 6 boxes".
Oh, but the Iron Man Character model is cool. I guess.
I am clamoring for a Hawkeye movie
Dammit, I was looking forward to this one!
I'm sure we got some talented people here.