JackFetch

Moderator
  • Posts

    9,997
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by JackFetch

  1. It feels like most DC movies are reboots going forward, kind of like the animated movies. They should embrace it and make the Elseworlds universe. It would be easier to recast every movie and not have to worry about continuity. 

    Oh and this dropped today:

    Gw1zQPl.jpg

  2. I had an issue trying to figure out the X-Men timeline with the new movie and just gave up before having a stroke. These companies don't think people care about continuity even though comic book fans are very OCD about it, which is more proof that these movies aren't made for us. 

  3. x56hgiyk0gk11.jpg

    Spoiler

    Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel sidesteps the traditional origin-story template, and when it begins, Carol already has her powers. She’s left her earthly life behind to join an elite Kree military team called Starforce, led by Jude Law’s enigmatic commander.

    But before long, Carol finds herself back on Earth with new questions about her past. And she’s got a formidable enemy in the form of the Skrulls — the notorious Marvel baddies made all the more dangerous by their shape-shifting abilities. Ben Mendelsohn plays their leader Talos, who spearheads a Skrull invasion of Earth.

    Speaking of Earth, Captain Marvel takes place in the mid-’90s, long before Steve Rogers was defrosted or Tony Stark built his first suit. That allows the film to introduce younger version of familiar Marvel faces — like Jackson’s Nick Fury, who’s still a two-eyed S.H.I.E.L.D. desk jockey — as well as let Carol carve out her own, unique space in the MCU.

     

  4. 12 hours ago, Dan said:

    The HBO Watchmen adaptation has gone to series.

     

    HBO also released a detailed cast list, including previously announced cast members like Regina King (“The Leftovers”), Jeremy Irons (“Dead Ringers”), Tim Blake Nelson (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?”), and Don Johnson (“Book Club”), as well as as Jacob Ming-Trent, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith, and Adelynn Spoon. The rest of the cast includes Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Tom Mison, Frances Fisher, and Sara Vickers.

    Here’s the official logline from HBO:

    Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

    “Watchmen” has been slated for a 2019 release date.

    https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/watchmen-hbo-series-cast-release-date-1201995838/

  5. I don't think there is any other reason other than it being a movie making decision. They were already taking a chance on a big blockbuster action movie with 90% black actors set in Africa and they probably didn't want to push their luck by having a ton of dialog in subtitles. 

    I don't think it was ever addressed in the movie itself.

  6. On 8/1/2018 at 6:07 AM, S-T said:

    And doesn't a jail have procedures in place to prevent this sort of thing?

    It happens all the time. My dad worked in the prison system his whole life and came across a lot of attempted suicides. Sometimes he got them in time and sometimes he didn't. A person that is determined to die is going to find a way to do it and you can't watch someone all the time no matter how hard you try. It literally takes less than a minute. 

  7. There is a whole culture of people that thrives on drama. There are tons of Youtube accounts that make money from this kind of thing, and today's youth love gossip and drama. If you want a good example, search "tanacon" on Youtube. The good thing is these things don't last long before the next thing takes over the news. Most controversies like the She-Ra thing only last a week. The real problem is the culture behind it. These people are always looking for the next thing to exploit. That includes finding the one or two people on twitter being racist assholes and making a whole story about it as if it is widespread.

    I never even heard anything about Starfire being black. All I heard about was how terrible the whole thing looked and the fuck Batman moment. 

  8. 8 hours ago, Preston said:

    I’m sorry, but not seeing the second film in a trilogy is not a marketing fail. It’s pretty common knowledge by now that Spilt was a sequel to Unbreakable. It’s like not seeing Empire and complaining that you don’t understand why Vader is Luke’s dad in Jedi. 

    Nobody knew it was a sequel until they watched it. It wasn't marketed that way.