As a fan of "Arrow" I'm looking forward to the Flash. ATM DC seems to be better at shows and cartoons while Marvel is better at movies. But with the Netflix "street level heros" coming out soon looks like things may get interesting.
I dunno, I think that the fact that Marvel's one TV show is connected to the greater MCU is a pretty big advantage. Don't get me wrong, Arrow is great (I'll watch me anything with John Barrowman in it) & Flash looks good - but the fact that neither of the actors playing these iconic roles will even be considered for DC's movies is a drawback.
For example, I liked Smallville. For awhile. Tom Welling would have made a fine Superman and a movie with him finally wearing the cape could have been made. Smallville fans would have been elated & it still would have been possible to make the movie approachable for new audiences. Instead, we got Superman Returns and then a dark & gritty Superman reboot.
Hopefully, if FOX or DC learn any lessons from Guardians of the Galaxy, its that you don't need to make a comic book movie dark & gritty for it to get good reviews. It can be fun too!
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
Finally got to see this last night, and I absolutely loved it.
Rocket was definitely a show-stealer, but I'm really happy that I didn't find any of the leads weak. Just comparatively so. Loved Rocket, loved Groot, loved Quill. Really liked Drax.
I think Saldana's acting was really spot-on for Gamora, but I think they REALLY should have added two things that would have made it shine. 1, any kind of image that really brought her parents more to the present (showing Quill a picture, for instance). 2, the same thing that really let us understand what her life was like under Thanos. They kind of circled the idea with whatshername and the prison, but we didn't really get anything quite dark or real enough to add sufficient contrast to her development.
I thought the movement between the seriousness, the action, and the humor was done extremely well. Loved the scenery and costumes. Teared up over Groot.
Absolutely adored dancing baby Groot.
I think I enjoyed it more than the Avengers, though the two films had very different approaches.
But Ronan wasn't nearly as established as he should have been. I get that there was a war that lasted generations, and he's pissed that it ended in peace, not Kree expansion. That's about all I've got. I don't know anything else about his character, really.
Or the Kree really, and that's a shame.
Overall, I was extremely happy leaving the theater. And considering I was super sore from sitting in a theater before I should have been, post-surgery, that's saying something.
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IDrownFish wrote:
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lolgaxe wrote:
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Saw it tonight with my nephew and his wife (a thank you for being a critter sitter while on vacation) and having no knowledge of the comic, I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I liked all the characters, with Drax probably being my favorite. Plenty of great lines, lots of action and not terribly long. Plus, it was my first 3D movie. I will be seeing more of those. Already looking forward to the next installment.
The "You should see it under a black like, it'd look like a Jackson Pollock painting" line had me in stitches. Sure, Rocket shouldn't have any clue who that is, but it was still hilarious.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
The line that made me laugh the hardest was when Rocket can't keep his "No I really need it" line straight about the eye. A+ voice acting, Cooper. I couldn't stop laughing for a solid minute after it.
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IDrownFish wrote:
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lolgaxe wrote:
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Saw it last night. Aside from some monumental fail from the Cinepolis staff (holy hell their service sucked in every way possible), it was a great film. IMO, Rocket and Groot stole the show. The prison break out scene was just funny as hell. Honestly, the whole first half was super funny. I liked that for the most part they did character introduction and development more or less on the fly (showing us their personalities via action rather than telling us). It worked. Second half got a bit more serious and action focused (which it kinda had to), but all in all a great film.
Not sure about the portrayal of the Xandarans, but I guess they had to be that way for the plot to work (entire army of guys in high tech super suits might have diminished the heroes a bit). And the interpretation of Yondu was "interesting" to say the least. But those didn't detract at all from the greater awesomeness that was the rest of the film. Dunno. It wasn't super deep. But it was distant from the rest of the Marvel stuff (but still tied in via the Thanos backstory), and it was fun as hell. The film just never stopped moving. Which I actually really liked.
In other news, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson confirms his role in an upcoming "Shazam/Captain Marvel" movie as Black Adam. I'm going to say here that I never found him to be that good an actor, but at the same time I never imagined Dave Batista to do so well as Drax and even Vin Diesel has surprised me from time to time, so we'll see how that goes.
Well, I don't know if I'll see. Source material isn't in my sphere of interest. Shazam is like Magic Superman.
Edited, Sep 3rd 2014 3:47pm by lolgaxe
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Shazam is DC, but as a point of contention Dwayne looks a lot like Black Adam. I can't vouch for personality, since like I said it isn't in my sphere of interest, but he's most certainly got the look.
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I think they'll skip Noh-Varr. There's a big push, and by push I mean lots of complaining from people that aren't going to pay the price of admission or get into the books or anything but feel justice must be served, for a female lead in a movie, and of all the characters in both DC and Marvel Carol probably has the best chance. I'd prefer Storm as she's a more interesting character, but considering that she's owned by Fox right now and played by Halle Barry I can live without that.
Honestly, I don't think that's fair. I could just be in an echo chamber, but most of the women I know who want stronger female representation ARE active in Marvel's brand. They're going to see the movies, buying the movies, watching the TV series, buying Marvel merch. 45% of AoS's viewership seems to be female, from glancing around.
Some buy comics, some don't. But that's what Marvel's business model IS now.
But because a lot of the new audience is likely to enter through the film side of things, the leading characters from the movie are likely to be the entry point for women into the series. I wouldn't be surprised if Cap 2 introduced new female readers to the Black Widow series.
But honestly, a bigger hurdle to getting female readers setting up pull lists is that comic shops can really suck for women. One friend in Wisconsin won't go to the two comic shops nearest her, because they're just really uncomfortable for her. And add in fake geek girl gender policing.
Honestly, I think Marvel's primary concern is growing their female viewership, because there's just more money there. Getting that new female viewership to also buy comics is the best case scenario.
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IDrownFish wrote:
Anyways, you all are horrible, @#%^ed up people
lolgaxe wrote:
Never underestimate the healing power of a massive dong.