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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I'll likely see them all.
I guess that the ones I'm looking forward to the most are "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" and "Spider-man: Homecoming". (BTW, I'm not sure if anyone caught this from the movie trailer and the info on IMDB, but it looks like Iron Man will have a nice role in the Spider-Man movie, which I think will tie the movie nicely into "Captain America: Civil War" and the 2 previous "Avengers" movies, and lead nicely into next year's "Infinity War" movie. I really think that including Ant-Man and Spider-Man into Civil War was a nice touch, and almost gave it the feeling of an Avengers movie, even though it was missing Hulk and Thor.) Once, I had great hope for the "Justice League" movie, because I grew up loving DC comics. But I wasn't overly impressed with "Man of Steel", "Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice", nor "Suicide Squad". They were just OK. They just went in a direction that I didn't enjoy. The Marvel movies seem a little lighter and more fun than the DC movies. The DC movies were dark, violent, noisy, and confusing. So, I don't have a lot of hope for an impressive Justice League movie. I'm thinking that "Wonder Woman" will likely be the best of the DC movies, so that would be my third choice for a movie to look forward to. I still am enjoying the DC comics TV shows, and I like certain ones more than others. "The Flash" and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" are my favourites. - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
The poor quality of the DC movies so far is why I'm looking forward to JLA.
Hopefully they'll get it right.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21214 Posts |
Really Donald? Batman is a very dark charecter. Even Wolverine, who by any standard is one of the darker hero's is not even closer. Deadpool is campy by comparison to the Dark Knight. DC in general is a far darker feel than Marvel.
No the movies are not as good. But dark and violent is who they are.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Dec 23, 2016, Orville Smith wrote: I had quite a few of the Aurora model kits back in the 60s. But NOT "The Invisible Man." Kong, Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde. When I was going to be an actor. One of the first jobs I had was a four one-act compilation based on the old horror movies. Frankenstein, Dracula, Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame. While browsing J.C. Penny's (yes, this was THAT long ago) I found those four model kits for sale. Grabbed them, put them together and brought them to the theatre. (Slight digression, the models came with "glow in the dark" pieces for the face and hands, while on the subway, we hit a "dead zone" and all the lights went out, when they came back on, everyone was staring at me because I'd packed the finished models in an open box and all anyone saw was a guy sitting on the train with a box that GLOWED! The "glowing" also surprised our director who was backstage during a blackout and suddenly saw all the models glowing! Good times.) When the play closed after a couple of weeks, we gave the models to each of the actors that had played the monsters. I would love to find those again, but I'm told the company that owned the molds lost them in a fire!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
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On Jan 28, 2017, ed rhodes wrote: Actually,model-kits of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy were re-issued about 10 years ago again. I did not get those but I recently purchased a high-quality figure of the Boris Karloff Mummy. Not a toy but a high-end collectible. The Mummy is my favorite monster because it involves Reincarnation. That's why to me, Imhotep's death at the film's finale is not tragic or fatalistic at all, because it was shown throughout the movie that Imhotep had already reincarnated several times. Presumably he will reincarnate again to hopefully succeed at getting reunited with the princess. It's the proverb "If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again" taken to a whole new level! By the way,Ed, I enjoyed reading your nostalgic remembrance, as much as I enjoyed reading your comicon report many moons again. At least I think that was you, Ed, correct me if I'm wrong. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
I think that was me. I was going to RI Comiccon. I go to that one because, living in Providence, I don't need travel expenses or a hotel room.
I'll try to include pictures next (later [I]this[I]?) year.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27294 Posts |
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On Jan 24, 2017, Donald Dunphy wrote: I'm hoping this is a fun movie.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
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On Jan 24, 2017, NYCTwister wrote: Here's the Iron Fist Trailer for you: - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
Thanks, Donald.
I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle the dragon brand transfer.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Jan 25, 2017, Cliffg37 wrote: Douglas Adams referred to it as a "Somebody Else's Problem" field. It's not invisablity, but when you look at something, your mind says; "That's someone else's problem." and you dismiss it without action.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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erikdobell Regular user Gatlinburg Tennessee 139 Posts |
Cancel the entire thing, wait three years and reboot with new people.
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
If you're a Marvel fan, this should get you excited.
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
Even though I wasn't intending to, I saw the Batman Lego movie.
Glad I did. It's hard to do satire well and they pulled it off. Very funny. Nuff said.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
How can DC catch up with Marvel? Very easily, but they won't do it.... not really.
The answer is summed up in one word. Continuity. DC could easily use their lead in the TV show arena to start building up as Marvel did with the early movies. Marvel is a master of it, though it is going to trip them up if someone is paying attention. Over at DC Jonathan Kent has been a veteran of many wars. It keeps getting adjusted with the timeline. Originally a vet of The Big War, it soon became WWII and Korea, and Vietnam. I imagine not long from now He will have fought in the gulf war. Well that is fine and dandy, filed away under who cares, but watch where that won't work for Marvel.... Captain America had his origin and fought in world war two. Cap Gets Frozen. Nick Fury tell him he as been asleep 75 years. OK fine. The years may change, but the concept still works, but.... Cap's origin includes Tony Stark's father Howard. While Howard I suppose could have fathered a son at age 60, long after the war, it doesn't really work so good. Comic books need to happen outside of time, and as humans we cannot.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21214 Posts |
Has anyone in these pages mentioned the DC Comics REBIRTH?
I am curious as to what DC fans think of it? They have been down a strange creative hole in my mind for a long time and The New 52 didn't help AT ALL!
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
To answer Dan, I have 12 issues of the Rebirth but only for the Flash. Of what I have, it was alright although I don't feel enthusiasm for the Extra-dimensional speed force whose concept was expanded on in this Rebirth. The concept has become too convoluted. Not only that but it went Overboard by having an extra-dimensional Storm through which the speed force leaked out to affect many civilians in the city, endowing them all with super speed!
As an aside, it reminds me of an ATOM story from the 1960s, namely, "The 1,000 Atoms of Ivy Town." Much as I hate to say it, I prefer the ATOM story rather than the Flash. In all fairness to the Flash, though, it had a twist in that one of the residents endowed with super-speed became evil, making the story somewhat different from the Atom. Don't get me wrong--the Extra-dimensional speed force is not a bad idea at all. It's just that it's so convoluted, affecting different speedsters such as Max Mercury and Impulse and John Fox and in different ways that it takes so much homework to make heads or tails of it. |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21214 Posts |
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On Feb 12, 2017, NYCTwister wrote: I went to see it based on this. I am a huge satire fan. I never saw any Lego movies. This movie captured me from the first word. No kidding. If you enjoy satire and know a bit about Batman mythos this movie is for you.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I thought the Lego Batman movie was fun.
- Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
The Lego Batman has been called a satire. But instead I think it's more of a parody. Because a satire is actually the use of sarcasm to criticize or attack something. Whereas a parody is a humorous imitation which is what I get from the movie.
Along those lines, a classic example of a parody is PLASTIC MAN. Even from the beginning in its original form, Plastic Man was already a parody, specifically a Self-parody. So I think it was redundant and unnecessary when MAD Magazine did a parody of Plastic Man. After all, how do you make a parody out of a parody? |
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
Yep, parody.
My bad. Still a blast.
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