KnightWing
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Bleh. I want this show to die almost as much as Smallville.
The cast list is so freaking bland, "Military man blah blah complete genius blah blah woman blah blah." Jesus, have we learned NOTHING from BSG? You make the characters as you go, don't throw them fully formed into the show because it makes the writers lazy and they end up under-developing at least three during the actual air-time an turn them into Harry Kim.
The thing to remember is that the above summary is what was sent to the networks, hence the simpleness of it all. The creative people behind SGU have stated that the cast and plot summaries are not fully representative of the actual show.
I'm sure that BSG had a similar casting list.
"Commander Adama is the ultra-conservative tough military commander with a heart of gold."
"Apollo is the young son of Commander Adama, and commander of the viper flight group."
"Starbuck is the brash, trash-talking hotshot pilot."
"Laura Roslin is the liberal counterpart to Adama."
"Colonel Tigh talks like a pirate."
And hey, we can even go all the way back to the Star Wars original trilogy, which has the simplest characters ever devised, yet is still the gold standard for film storytelling:
Luke=young boy who dreams of adventure
Han=Handsome rogue
Leia=Tough girl
Obi-Wan=Wise old master
Darth Vader=Dark Lord
R2 and 3P0=comic relief duo
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I've described the finale to friends as "Return of the King in space." It had
-A gigantic battle-to-end-all-battles, where it seemed as though many if not all the heroes would die
-The Hero's journey ended
-All the heroes made it out alive, without implausibility
-A long series of epilogues that involved most, if not all, of the characters either going to "heaven" or returning to a rural life.
I felt that the first hour was simply amazing, with the most epic battle we've seen on the show. The second hour was really great, but I did feel that some of it felt a little out-of-place. Kara's sudden disappearance was a little heart-wrenching, as she was a character that we all loved and wanted to see happy. I was always cheering for Lee and Kara to get together; I'm still a little upset that they never did. It's a little sad that she ended up as merely a tool for the purposes of the quest, rather than a real person. However, Kara's ending was still adequate, and very interesting. I felt a bit of heartbreak as she vanished, but that was probably the point.
Baltar's ending was one of the best, as he had to go back to the family roots that he'd so vainly tried to run away from. His speech about God being a "force of nature" that was neither good nor evil was kind of problematic, however, as he basically asserted that there is no good or bad. That doesn't make sense because if there is no right or wrong, then there was no right action to take in that situation, and his entire plea to Cavil was pointless. The absence of moral absolutes is a highly flawed philosophy, as it basically says that "it is absolutely not right to say that there is an absolute right or wrong."
The final epilogue was... interesting. I did like the "Galactica=our pre-history" thing, as it matched the original 1978 Galactica's assertion that "brothers of man" had become the forefathers of some of the more advanced races on Earth. That almost makes me wonder if perhaps there's a chronological link between Galactica Classic and the Re-Imagined series.
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The attempted rape was cringe worthy but we have those in made for tv movies. I was talking about Two-Face having a head on long shot showing his chemical burns. That would have been rated R ten years ago because of how realistic it was.
That's not the point. Watchmen had bones breaking through skin straight into the camera and hands being sawn off for no apparent reason.
TDK didn't even have any notable blood or gore; all of it was implied, not shown in slow-motion on-screen glory.
TDK was only violent when needed; Watchmen was sensationalized and seemed to revel in its own inapproriateness. (which was quite the opposite of the novel)
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When the kids of this super hero generation grow up, they will want something more mature. It's like the way Batman went from cheesy to dark. Things shift every once in awhile.
But Watchmen doesn't have the marketing power of Batman, and The Dark Knight was dark without being completely gruesome like Watchmen.
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Sex in the City did it last year, and 300 did it in 2007.
But I don't think that you can necessarily make an R-rated superhero film and have it be marketable. It's too cheesy for mature non-geeks, and too mature for kids. What audience is left is extremely limited.
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WOW.
I just watched the finale, and... WOW.
Did anyone else pick up on the idea that
this series could very well be a prequel to the classic BSG series? After all, its ending is essentially the same as the classic show's opening:
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens..."
Could the Twelve Colonies have been rebuilt by other surviving humans, and eventually become the Twelve Colonies from the original show? It seemed to hint at that, with the Cylons leaving for deep space. As far as any rebuilt colonies would know, the Cylons would simply be alien cyborg invaders (as they were in the 1978 series).
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My question is if BB takes places 50 years in the future from whenever now is...
It's supposed to be in the year 2039, 40 years after Rebirth's airdate and the end of TNBA/Gotham Knights's run in 1999.
So Bruce would be 39-40 in TNBA, 79-80 in BB, and 94-95 in Epilogue.
Justice League and JLU kinda screw with the timeline a bit since Bruce Timm says that the ROTJ flashback is supposed to take place AFTER JLU, but Robin is clearly too young in that flashback for that to be the case.
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At this point I'm about ready to say F*** Lois and Lana (not literally =/ ), Clark should be with Chloe. Honestly, Chloe was really the heart and soul of Smallville since the beginning.
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But Bruce doesn't actually limp, does he? I think both his legs are equally strong; he's walked on both feet without the cane before.
yes Bruce does limp, just look at him in out of the past, whether he limps in ROTJ I don't remember.
Hmm. I guess I was just remembering the times when he held his cane in both hands (to fight off someone) and walked just fine on his two legs.
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But Bruce doesn't actually limp, does he? I think both his legs are equally strong; he's walked on both feet without the cane before.
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Hmm... Chris Pine isn't the worst idea I've heard... it could work...
Fillion? I think he's a little too old now, unfortunately.
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New interview with Ryan Reynolds on his role as Deadpool:
http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/34461/x-...lds_031609.html
Very interesting...
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That synopsis is so laughably bad, if even a tenth of that is true this movie will suck hard.
At this point, I'm just happy to have a film that's fun to watch. Continuity is already screwed up after X-men 3.
I think that the idea of
harvesting mutants for their powers makes sense; I kinda like that.
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I think that Spielberg himself could do a great job. Screw Bay.
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Um...
I don't think that that synopsis is quite correct. If it is, then there are a lot of plot points left out. (if you haven't read the synopsis, don't highlight the spoiler-text.
-The synopsis makes no mention of the "Logan fights EVERYONE" scenes that we've seen in the trailers. In fact, the "friendly Gambit" part at the end almost seems to contradict the trailer's depiction of him as an antagonist to Logan.
-Everything in the previews seems to suggest a Wolverine/Sabretooth ending fight (after the adamantium), but that's the exact opposite of the synopsis, which shows them to be allies after Logan gets his metal claws.
-If Deadpool is turned into a multi-powered super-mutant (as he likely is) but gets his HEAD cut off in the end, how exactly does that gel with the studios' supposed plans to have a Deadpool spin-off film? Are they going to clone him? Maybe he "dies" but regenerates without his other powers? We've actually seen toys of Wade Wilson all scarred up like he is in the comics; maybe this multi-powered version of him is not truly Wade, but someone else with his codename? (like Snake in Metal Gear Solid)
-The "magic bullet" thing actually does makes sense, as Logan's brain is the one thing that doesn't regenerate the same way.
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I love this story so much, Hell it was my first TPB I ever bought. But... how well it adapt to the big screen?
Animated movie. Small screen.
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SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES:
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a
kryptonite asteroid to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty
on the heads of the Man of Steel and his “partner in crime” Batman.
Super heroes and super villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of
Superman and Batman, who must unite – and recruit super help – to
stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the asteroid, and uncover
Luthor’s devious plot to take command of far more than North America.
YES.
That first arc or two of Superman/Batman was great. Judging by the summary there, it looks like we'll actually see animated forms of modern DC heroes. Just off the top of my head, I remember seeing Starfire, Nightwing, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, Kon-El, Captain Marvel, and Hawkman in the original comic.
Yeah, this should be good. Heck, it'll probably be better than the comic was.
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It's not just beautifully shot, it's beautifully composed, filmically. It works as a film. Superman Returns looks pretty but doesn't work.
I vastly prefer SR to Hulk, personally. At the very least, SR "felt" like its source material, whereas Hulk felt like an Ang Lee drama with some bad green monkey CG thrown in.
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Saying that the 2003 Hulk film was good because it was beautifully shot could also be applied to Superman Returns. Both films have great dramatic visuals (though SR is definitely of a higher visual quality), and are boring as hell.
I say that the Ang Lee film wasn't as good as the 2008 film because the narrative simply did not fit the subject matter. When you've got a giant green monkey-man bounding across the desert, there's really no way to make it a character-based human drama. It NEEDS to be an action movie. (also, I found the non-hulk Bruce Banner scenes in the 2008 film interesting, as they actually show him being the genius he is)
A similar problem happened with the FF films in that they were turned from superhero stories into celebrity comedies. Also, Doom's motivation was destroying the nerdy protagonist because he (sort of) stole a girl that was never really Doom's in the first place. (what?)
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I think Marvel needs an FF reboot, considering how central the FF's characters and sci-fi concepts are to the Marvel Universe.
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Spider-Man 2 was halfway decent.
It was more than halfway decent; its open-world setting set the standard for superhero games.
There's a short list of other good film-to-games, like Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
The real example, however, would be the Star Wars games. Jedi Knight, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and Knights of the Old Republic were all outstanding games that were--at the time of release--the best in their genre.
That being said, The Dark Knight would not have lent itself well to a game.
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...Scarlett Johansson...has indeed signed to play the role of Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff, who doubles as Black Widow.
NOOOO!!!!
>_<
What the hell?!? She looks nothing like Black Widow! Get an ACTUAL RUSSIAN!
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The new live-action series is a project that I've been following since its announcement in 2005.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_l...ction_TV_series
From everything I've gathered, the series should:
-Have a "darker, more mature" storyline, according to Lucas
-Have more emphasis on characters, much like Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and other serialized shows of that type.
-Deal with the early stages of the Galactic Civil war, specifically the Rebel and Imperial pilots.
-Have an EXTREMELY heavy emphasis on Boba Fett. Everyone from Lucas to Rick McCallum has near-literally stated that Boba will appear.
-The "underworld" will be featured, hence why Boba is involved
As far as I can tell, Boba is the only completely confirmed element (along with the "grittier storyline"). The rest are all very likely, however.
I personally wonder how they're going to have Boba Fett and the underworld deal with the Rebels. Maybe some black market deals are made?
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Uhh... I think it was more speaking out against reliance on selfish decadence. Or maybe Ron Moore just watched Terminator 2 a few too many times and is scared to death of the robot apocalypse.