Jingus Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Here's a novel idea: how about a Fantastic Four movie that isn't a god-damned origin story? I'm thoroughly sick of that shit by now, and I get the general feeling that audiences are too. You can sum up these things so easily: "We were on a space mission, we got irradiated, weird shit happened, hey presto superpowers." There, I just saved you forty minutes of exposition, and fifty million dollars of effects work. Now go DO something with the superpowers. Why is the origin considered so damn important, anyway? Nobody cared how the parents in The Incredibles got their powers, I don't think they ever brought it up in that movie. Bullshit like the Tom Jane Punisher was ruined for me by devoting literally half the movie to the hero's creation, when War Zone pretty effortlessly showed that you just have someone mention "he's former military and his family was massacred by gangsters" and that's all the backstory you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Forty minutes of exposition? Shit, this last one had close to seventy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Here's a novel idea: how about a Fantastic Four movie that isn't a god-damned origin story? I'm thoroughly sick of that shit by now, and I get the general feeling that audiences are too. You can sum up these things so easily: "We were on a space mission, we got irradiated, weird shit happened, hey presto superpowers." There, I just saved you forty minutes of exposition, and fifty million dollars of effects work. Now go DO something with the superpowers. So novel that I posted it in this thread weeks ago. =D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 For all the problems in Fox's Daredevil, making the origin a ten-minute flashback delivered in medias res was absolutely the best way to handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Im a fan of doing the origin in the opening credits. Short. At start of movie. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 There were a lot of people in this forum and others who thought it was crazy to have Batman just be Batman in the new movie. It looks like we will have a flashback but it isn't needed. Most of these characters don't need an origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Here's what the original Jeremy Slater script would have looked like if it had been filmed: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/08/18/what-was-fantastic-four-like-before-simon-kinberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 That was bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Here's what the original Simon Kinberg script would have looked like if it had been filmed: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/08/18/what-was-fantastic-four-like-before-simon-kinberg You mean Jeremy Slater right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Whoops. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 You could not paper train a dog with that script because it is so bad it is not even worth the shit stains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Devin Faraci has a clear agenda with this movie. He was one of the few reviewers to give it a positive review. EDIT:More meme fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroresuFan Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Blade the Hunter possibly in development: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/72845 I loved the second one directed by Guillermo and the first movie has the coolest introduction to a comic book character with him showing up at the "Blood Bath" rave the vampires are having. I'd love to see this or something where he faces off with Morbius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Still wish they'd put Blade on Netflix or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Blade the Hunter possibly in development: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/72845 I loved the second one directed by Guillermo and the first movie has the coolest introduction to a comic book character with him showing up at the "Blood Bath" rave the vampires are having. I'd love to see this or something where he faces off with Morbius. Big fan of Blade and Blade II. Blade: Trinity...not so much. Blade: Trinity fucking sucks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I would love another Blade film, especially with Snipes again, but I have no interest in the whole Daughter of Blade premise. At least not yet. It seems way too early to try such a thing, and it feels like it would likely change up what worked for the original films too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Snipes is 53, he was 36 when the first BLADE came out, he'd been fighting vampires long before that. How is it "too early" for him to have a daughter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I was talking about the untested premise that could change up a lot of what people would be looking for in a Blade story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Trinity poisoned the well for Blade films and Ghost Rider blew goats as a franchise so I will never get my Avengers-style Midnight Sons ensemble movie. Thanks, guys. The Fallon Grey movie idea sounds horrible. The character IMO is a glorified fan fic personality. I am not looking forward to Zendaya lopping off vampire heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Trinity poisoned the well for Blade films and Ghost Rider blew goats as a franchise so I will never get my Avengers-style Midnight Sons ensemble movie. Thanks, guys. The Fallon Grey movie idea sounds horrible. The character IMO is a glorified fan fic personality. I am not looking forward to Zendaya lopping off vampire heads. Conisering she can't do most of the "martial arts" of her current show (incredible use of doubles), I don't think there's any danger of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 finally got around to watching Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2 in the last two weeks. #1 was underwhelming but ultimately OK. found it odd that he never caught Uncle Ben's killer. they devoted a significant amount of time to that, and then just never followed up on it. thought maybe they were leaving it open for the sequel, but there wasn't even a passing reference to it. Andrew Garfield was perfectly fine as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but he wasn't amazing or anything. no pun intended. the Lizard was done fairly well, although it was a very quick turnaround from "i want to regrow my arm" into "i want to change the entire planet into lizards". #2 wasn't very good at all and i was bored for most of it. they storyline of his parents never plays to any significant reveal (he doesn't even tell Aunt May what he found?), the tacked-on Rhino bit at the end was really quite dumb, and the on-again, off-again relationship with Gwen was ridiculous. Jamie Foxx's character Max was interesting, but i felt that once he got his electric powers any character development went out the window. same for Harry Osbourne's transformation into a non-named Green Goblin. who was also felled quite easily. i DID like how they played with expectations. the first time Harry dropped Gwen, the subway transformation, watching Max come so close to becoming Electro before it actually happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 ^ That's what my Commander Shepard looked like in Mass Effect 2. Had long hair in ME1, but having died and been resurrected at the start of ME2, I figured there wouldn't have been time for it to grow back. Shame you can't romance Jack as FemShep, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 As a random aside - if that is the actual new cover for Are you there God? that is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yeah that's a real copy. Pretty sure it's the most recent printing. The 'person is typing' dots are a great touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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