Old Man Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yeath. assault and aylwin13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Doctor Strange May Introduce the Illuminati to the MCU http://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-illuminati-mcu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 This makes me excited for Thor 3. Thor: Ragnarok – Karl Urban Wraps Filming As Skurge http://screenrant.com/thor-3-ragnarok-karl-urban-skurge-wrap/ Urban revealed earlier this year that Skurge has a “great arc” in the film, which also leads us to believe he may live up to the character’s storyline in the original comics and sacrifice himself for the good guys in the end. BIG HOPE that it is accurate. Thor: Ragnarok’s Karl Urban Reveals His Skurge Haircut http://screenrant.com/thor-ragnarok-skurge-haircut-karl-urban/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Benedict Cumberbatch Interviews Tom Hiddleston About Marvel & Morehttp://screenrant.com/benedict-cumberbatch-interviews-tom-hiddleston/ CUMBERBATCH: “And then, in typical British fashion, we should just apologize for everything as well.”HIDDLESTON: “I’m sorry for disturbing you.”CUMBERBATCH: “I’m more sorry than you.” Gaiman video on BBC on awkward apology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Huh, Karl Urban doesn't really seem big enough to be The Executioner to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 He didn't seem big enough to be Judge Dredd either but he did alright. Skurge is too large for anyone to play - unless maybe you could go back in time and teach 90s Shaq to act. I'll take someone who can act, especially if they go with the "... and that is answer enough." storyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yeah the problem with Superheroes in comics is that you need pro wrestlers to play them and almost none are able to actually act well enough to pull off a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yeah the problem with Superheroes in comics is that you need pro wrestlers to play them and almost none are able to actually act well enough to pull off a movie. If the 80s taught us nothing else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Skurge is about three Urbans wide. So, nobody can realistically pull off the physique. I'm more concerned that he doesn't have the pointy hair strips on top. I mean, that's classic Skurge. Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Skurge is about three Urbans wide. So, nobody can realistically pull off the physique. I'm more concerned that he doesn't have the pointy hair strips on top. I mean, that's classic Skurge. When I saw the picture, I thought that as well, but then, Urban can walk around in normal life being bald. However, there's no reason for him to walk around in normal life with those silly strips of hair. My guess is they'll be added in the makeup chair everyday. Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 That's true. There's hope for stick-on stripes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 No one is big enough to play the Hulk either, but we found a solution to that. In fact, I feel that all superheroes should be all-CG (not just the oversized ones) so that they never age (unless the storyline demands it), they never get fat or pregnant, or get hurt doing stunts or demand more pay, etc. We could have, for example, Alex Ross's complete Justice League roster and you could keep making the movies decade after decade and the characters would look the same, just like in the comics. The only thing that would change would be the voice actors (and, of course, the performance capture performers). You'd have all the benefits of animated characters, but in a live-action format. I mean, we're almost there today: Iron Man (when suited up), Hulk, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Vision (in fight scenes), to name a few are already fully CG. I think it is time to expand beyond non-human CG characters (Gollum, Hulk, Davy Jones) and go with complete CG superhero teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Heck, CGI is getting there. Might not be too far off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 We're probably 10 years or so from really being able to do that, and maybe a good start on computer voices, too. It would be a heck of a lot cheaper to do animation and games if you could just type dialog and then tweak it for emphasis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 I like the notion that even when the characters are all-CG, there is still room for the nuances of human performance. So even if we could go with some sort of AI, I think I'd still rather have human actors provide the dialog and the body/face performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Right, what you do is use the actors for the expressions and movements and enhance them with CGI to give the full effect, I can see a lot of opportunities there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 In fact, I feel that all superheroes should be all-CG (not just the oversized ones) so that they never age... Well they're already using CGI to de-age RDJ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Watched Civil War finally. Not very impressed. It had some great moments, such as Spider-Man, really all the lesser characters, but overall the story was weak and contrived, the tone incredibly dark and miserable, Iron Man's continual descent into insanity is unbearable and unlikable, and overall Cap's motivations are suspect. Bucky really isn't someone he should help out. He really is a bad guy, one of the worst. Like Bucky says, he really did all that. Main quibbles: how in God's name did Captain America know that Winter Soldier killed Stark's parents? Upon what conceivable basis could he have known? Why didn't anyone just ask "gee, if the UN was in charge, how would all those events have gone differently?" Why didn't at least one person step up and say "I was in that crowd and the bomb would have killed hundreds of us in Lagos, she saved lives?" Why is every single person in every single government irredeemably evil in these films? Not just dumb or power hungry, but horrifically tyrannical and sadistic? They had their Civil War story to tell and the hell with the consequences, logic, or even decent writing. The idiots at MCU were so fixated on giving Downey an "interesting" character to play they turned a tremendously entertaining, flawed character into a horrible, unlikable lunatic. What a stupid, missed opportunity. What a pointless destruction of a hero, such as he was. I'm getting the sense that the folks behind all this really despise superheroes, deep down. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Main quibbles: how in God's name did Captain America know that Winter Soldier killed Stark's parents? Upon what conceivable basis could he have known? He knew that Hydra was behind the death of Stark's parents in Winter Soldier, after confronting cyber-Zola. In Civil War, when Tony asks "Did you know?" he says, "I didn't know it was him." So, he didn't know it was Winter Soldier. Notice how big Steve's eyes were when they were watching the video of it. He was surprised by the revelation, and knew Tony was going to flip out on Bucky. The idiots at MCU were so fixated on giving Downey an "interesting" character to play they turned a tremendously entertaining, flawed character into a horrible, unlikable lunatic. They did that in Avengers 2, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Watched Civil War finally. Not very impressed. It had some great moments, such as Spider-Man, really all the lesser characters, but overall the story was weak and contrived, the tone incredibly dark and miserable, Iron Man's continual descent into insanity is unbearable and unlikable, and overall Cap's motivations are suspect. Bucky really isn't someone he should help out. He really is a bad guy, one of the worst. Like Bucky says, he really did all that. Main quibbles: how in God's name did Captain America know that Winter Soldier killed Stark's parents? Upon what conceivable basis could he have known? Why didn't anyone just ask "gee, if the UN was in charge, how would all those events have gone differently?" Why didn't at least one person step up and say "I was in that crowd and the bomb would have killed hundreds of us in Lagos, she saved lives?" Why is every single person in every single government irredeemably evil in these films? Not just dumb or power hungry, but horrifically tyrannical and sadistic? They had their Civil War story to tell and the hell with the consequences, logic, or even decent writing. The idiots at MCU were so fixated on giving Downey an "interesting" character to play they turned a tremendously entertaining, flawed character into a horrible, unlikable lunatic. What a stupid, missed opportunity. What a pointless destruction of a hero, such as he was. I'm getting the sense that the folks behind all this really despise superheroes, deep down. As I've watched Civil War 3 times now, I tend to agree with all of your points more and more. Except Bucky, he's being controlled the whole time. He didn't even remember what he'd done when he came out of Zemo's brainwashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 The entire thing was set up based on a move that made no sense at all. Scarlet Witch uses her... whatever powers to throw the guy right up next to the only skyscraper in the entire country? Really? You can't say her control is no good, she shows pinpoint control in the airport fight constantly. She's grabbing people's hands in the middle of a fight from 50 yards away. The entire thing left me disgruntled and annoyed, like playing a video game with their story they're going to tell no matter what you do or intend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I just watched CW again and honestly I feel like you saw a totally different movie than I did. Pattern Ghost, rravenwood and Lord Liaden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Why is every single person in every single government irredeemably evil in these films? Not just dumb or power hungry, but horrifically tyrannical and sadistic? I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but I will anyway, that this reflects the current zeitgeist. Irredeemably evil governments, especially our own, is the only way Millennials recognize government in film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 To be fair, what kind of government have millennials ever known? At any rate, I'm just not seeing the issues here. SW had to act reflexively to save Cap, and it didn't work out. Bucky effectively has brain damage and seems to live his life on the run. Admittedly my expectations for any Hollywood superhero film may still be set rather low, but I really thought CW was very tightly written for an action movie. Ymmv. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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