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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 29, 2020 11:32:40 GMT
RIP Chadwick.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 29, 2020 11:24:06 GMT
It started of well enough, but lately, it's felt like a twenty year prison sentence. RIP Fox-X-Men Universe. Mutant 77 - will you lead us in the closing prayer? It's not a prayer, it's glorious celebration. True cinema.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 29, 2020 11:22:43 GMT
I'm shocked and saddened.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 28, 2020 11:23:14 GMT
No, I don't need that. I just hope to love the movie and bring it to my blu-ray collection. Movies make me dream.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 28, 2020 9:32:52 GMT
Torture Porn and "modern" slashers killed Horror.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 27, 2020 18:44:25 GMT
Nightcrawler and Rogue are vastly more popular and iconic than Gambit or Beast.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 25, 2020 12:40:26 GMT
So...who will be playing Furiosa? Anya Taylor-Joy.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 25, 2020 12:39:29 GMT
Mad Max is not the male lead in a Mad Max movie? Does not compute. It's a spin-off/prequel centered upon a young Furiosa. It's a Mad Max Universe movie, not a Mad Max movie. And it should be set 15-20 years before the events of "Fury Road".
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 25, 2020 0:10:14 GMT
Oh, they’re joining the MCU then? I think Mad Max would be more a Marvel world than a DC Comics world, frankly.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 24, 2020 23:50:58 GMT
CHRIS HEMSWORTH EYED FOR MALE LEAD IN MAD MAX: FURIOSA: EXCLUSIVE
Posted by Sean McLaughlin | Aug 24, 2020 | Exclusives, Movies, News
IN SEARCH FOR A “BREATHTAKINGLY HANDSOME” MALE LEAD
George Miller’s Mad Max: Furiosa could be heading into production very soon, as Warner Bros. is trying to lock down the male lead, a character known as Dementus:
[DEMENTUS]
Lead Male (30 – 40)
He is breathtakingly handsome. An angel’s face, scarred by a
deep forehead wound stitched together with shiny chrome
staples.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH FITS THE BILL
We have been told that Warner Bros. is very interested Chris Hemsworth for the role, but it’s not a done deal. Going from Tom Hardy to Chris Hemsworth is not a bad trade-off however. Based on the description, the Dementus character seems tailor made for the Mad Max universe.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 24, 2020 23:49:12 GMT
CHRIS HEMSWORTH EYED FOR MALE LEAD IN MAD MAX: FURIOSA: EXCLUSIVE
Posted by Sean McLaughlin | Aug 24, 2020 | Exclusives, Movies, News
IN SEARCH FOR A “BREATHTAKINGLY HANDSOME” MALE LEAD
George Miller’s Mad Max: Furiosa could be heading into production very soon, as Warner Bros. is trying to lock down the male lead, a character known as Dementus:
[DEMENTUS]
Lead Male (30 – 40)
He is breathtakingly handsome. An angel’s face, scarred by a
deep forehead wound stitched together with shiny chrome
staples.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH FITS THE BILL
We have been told that Warner Bros. is very interested Chris Hemsworth for the role, but it’s not a done deal. Going from Tom Hardy to Chris Hemsworth is not a bad trade-off however. Based on the description, the Dementus character seems tailor made for the Mad Max universe.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 17:22:15 GMT
1- STORM... well, my point was that in the elevator shaft she had the time to summon wind FROM THE OUTSIDE and summon lightnings from the sky, and just having them "running" through the elevator corridor and coming to her.
I've read somewhere that Synger intended Storm's powers in the first two movies as being "pure control" over weather and weather elements, NOT generating them out of nothing like in the comic books.
2- Movieverse Cyclops needs time to manipulate his visor and shooting beams. That's why his power is more grounded, wherever comic book Scott has buttons in his gloves.
3- The events of Origins occured 16 years before (1983). I guess that Toad spent some time at the Xavier's School, so he had the chance to know Scott (and Jean) in their formative years. That would also explain why Toad used the slime spit and not the acid spit on Jean. He didn't want to kill Scott and Jean.
That said, Toad was moving faster than them, he had superhuman physical capabilities a-la Beast; probably Toad was well-trained in a military way (that's why Magneto hired him in the very first place), so his "single attacks" worked over the trained and skilled X-Men anyway.
In-universe, his actions were faster than what you see on-screen.
The fight was great to see, wonderful. Singer did a superb job as always.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 12:57:15 GMT
JEAN GREY: no, no, no. APOCALYPSE is another timeline. Xavier repressed MOST of her powers, and this created an alternate personality inside her. In the Original Timeline, the "PHOENIX" wasn't just a simple alternate personality unrelated to her powers, but a standalone conscious manifestation of her suppressed powers in the guise of an "alternate personality". CYCLOPS: no, no, no. You can assume that there are interdimensional fissures like in the comic books. The concussive energy comes from a NON-ENSTEINIAN dimension. Even comic book Cyclops in some issues showed no control over the optical blast, because he couldn't close his eyes INSTANTANIOUSLY like we do. STORM: Movieverse Ororo Munroe doesn't generate electricity, she's immune to it (of course) and she can channel it from the SKY. Natural electricity.
In the 1st two movies, Storm controls the actual weather. She doesn't create the semblance of the weather. Not until X3 did she start shooting electricity from her hands. At that age in life, comic book Storm would have tossed Toad with a blast of wind or shot lightning at him from her hand. When he jumped on the railing she just looked at him with her hand up. Like bud47 said, Jean just holds him up like she won. They've said that they have fought the Brotherhood many times before. The SoL fight makes it like this is the 1st time they have ever fought them. She'd know about the slime he spits.
No, in X3 she had just learnt to PREVIOUSLY absorb and store lightnings inside her body. You never stop to learn. Before that, she was skilled enough with her powers in both X1 and X2. Storm couldn't summon wind, there wasn't enough space to control that, she was just concerned about Jean's safety. The whole fight scene TOAD/SCOTT/JEAN/ORORO was well-choreographed, directed and acted. The X-Men were well trained, but Toad was like BEAST with many other additional powers. They had never encountered Toad before. The Brotherhood changed line-up many times. PLUS, Toad was not brutal with Scott because he remembered Scott from the ORIGINS days. Again, inconsistent and ridiculous nitpicking which doesn't hold water. There was nothing wrong with the fight. You're not a Fox X-Men fan so you have fun with these types of things.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 10:40:06 GMT
Beast was supposed to have been a member of the team EVEN in the nineties, it wasn't a reference to FC. The uniform he was wearing in TLS was the one he wore as X-Man in the Nineties, as revealed in the movie.
The X-Men were supposed to be a VERY secret Strike Force Team in the Nineties. I guess Emma Silverfox, Banshee 2 and Quicksilver 2 (all three from "Origins") were X-Men as well.
The uniforms, the Blackbird, the equipment, the "X" logo --- these details suggest that the team was once very active and focused on missions.
The simulation in the Danger Room at the beginning of "The Last Stand" implies that the X-Men faced the Sentinels before, at least a prototype version of them.
Still, the X-Men were a secret. Nobody knew about them, except Stryker.
On a side note, the fights between the X-Men and Stryker's team were absoilutely awesome and very well-written/directed. Fantastic fights.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 10:32:34 GMT
"Spider-Man 2" was very anticlimatic, the final fight was brief and not articulated like Spidey 1's. Besides, many aspects of the movie felt like an obvious rehash of Spidey 1.
Peter Parker's potray is not that very good, he looks like a parody sometimes. Too immature.
That said, it was a great movie back then, but "Spider-Man 1" was just a masterpiece.
I think the CGI was fine on both the movies!!!!! Well, that was a different era, I mean it's 2002-2004, that was some kind of prehistory of CGI in some ways.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 10:02:22 GMT
dazzI think "Spider-Man 2" was not a masterpiece. It has a lame screenplay. Raimi did a superb job and made it a very good/great movie, but not a masterpiece. There are way too many flaws in the screenplay. "Spider-Man 1" was vastly better and a real masterpiece IMHO.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 9:58:29 GMT
But it was not Magneto. it turned out to be William Stryker. Xavier confronts Magneto and he says no, it was not him. It was Stryker and Styker almost did it, wiped out mutants in a way that need not require massive CGI video game scene. Anyway this thread is about costumes, can someone explain how costumes makes a comic film better? it looks like it only adds to the theme park vibe. Kind of missed the point didn't yah? Scott assumes it has to be Magneto because he has no other frame of reference, Magneto is the only threat they know about so it has to him in Scott's mind is the point I believe being made here, which clearly went over your head. Comic accurate costumes add to the aesthetic of a film, it's why costuming can be key in any movie, take Goodfella's does it hold the same weight if when Henry, Tommy and Jimmy are looking like big shots if they are wearing board shorts and novelty T-shirts with Boob Inspector on them? no they need to be looking sharp to sell the intent, these are important people with tons of cash, I mean does Xavier send the same message of sophistication and intellect when he's in his bathrobe as he does in his suit? Their costumes are an extension of their personalities also, you can even see this in the MCU, the arrogant characters have more flair to their outfits, the more straight forward heroes were more functional outfits, in the X-Men their generic uniforms give off little personality, personally though I think a base uniform with individual flair works and should be what they use in their next incarnation, they are a team but they also need to be more distinct from one another, look at a show like Sons Of Anarchy or Mayans MC, every club member wears the same basic cut but they all add their individual flair to it same with their bikes, they mostly ride similar bikes but have unique detailing to each member. I think Scott mentioned Magneto, and only Magneto, for a reason. "X-Men 2000" is a UNUSUAL superhero movie, because it depicts the X-Men at a post-advanced state. They fought many adversaries in the past, then went on "hiatus" for a while. Beast and some other members had left the team some time before, I would say years before. When Magneto returned at the beginning of the movie, they dusted off the team and soldiered on Wolverine. I guess Magneto was the only option left, because they had incapacitated all other adversaries in the past. Or maybe, Scott just recognized some "familiar" traits and pointed out at Magneto, even if he was innocent.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 9:52:52 GMT
I must confess that - aside from some very evident flaws and negative aspects - the first "THOR" movie was overall good.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 23, 2020 8:52:20 GMT
Well, that's called "FIGHTING". They are not invicible or unbreakable, and you should admit that the MCU HUMAN heroes like Black Widow and Hawkeye have PLOT ARMOUR and seem 100% superpowered and unbeatable wherever they are not. Chitauri say: "Hello!". X-MEN and X2 are more grounded, the X-Men can be beaten (TOAD has superhuman capabilities, not just a long tongue), but they eventually combine their powers, kick ass and win, like in each PERFECT final fight of the Original X-Men Trilogy. Cyclops, Storm and Jean Grey/Marvel Girl use their powers in a great way and they are very skilled on the battlefield, but they have no superhuman strength, speed, agility or stamina. They are basically soldiers in uniform. Sabretooth has superhuman strength, speed, agility and stamina. Toad has superhuman strength (in the legs), agility and ability to leap.
Jean knows Toad's abilities because they have fought the Brotherhood before. And yet, she holds him up like his legs is his only mutant ability when she just saw he could have hit her with his tongue. She thought she won a fight. Rookie mistake. Slam him into a wall head first. That's like if Wanda just held Thanos up instead of crushing his armor on him.
I know what the problem is. They are wearing all black. Wearing black when you have a telepath to make you invisible is stupid to the eye and an electrokinesis to short out cameras is stupid. They rely too much on wearing black.
No, Jean did not encounter Toad before, that's obvious. The Brotherhood line-up tends to change from time to time. And she was on her basic "Movieverse Marvel Girl" phase, so hitting him toward a VERY DISTANT wall, across a huge space, was hard to accomplish. The Toad was FAST, super-fast and super-agile, on a Movieverse Werewolf McCoy/Beast level. FANTASTIC touch of retroactive continuity: Toad did not kill Scott Summers/Cyclops or even harm him, but just locked him into a display case, because they had been BOTH inmates at Three Miles Island in 1983 ("ORIGINS"). So there was a nice empathic connection between the two. All the fights in "X-MEN" and X2 were fantastic. Very grounded, exciting, well-crafted, well-directed and well-choreographed. P.s: JEAN GREY couldn't make them invisible. She had not enough power as "MOVIEVERSE MARVEL GIRL". Blame Xavier for that. Black was tactical anyway. They were a secret strike force team.
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Post by Mutant 77 on Aug 22, 2020 20:31:56 GMT
REAL STAKES. Human superheroes. Grounded superhero movies. That was X-MEN and X2. And they are PERFECT.
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