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I saw that. I thought it was a joke at first.
I'm still not convinced it isn't.
--Patrick
Jubilee and Jean Grey!
Jubilee and Jean Grey!
Jean seems awfully young. Jubilee does too, but she's supposed to.
Considering this film will be set in 1983, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm will all be younger in this than the other films. So will Nightcrawler and presumably Angel.
Wouldn't that make Jubilee a baby? Or I suppose they're just making her previous cameo non-canon.
Yep. That little cameo she had back in the first film is now non-canon.
To be honest, I have no problem with that. I'm happy to see her get more of a proper appearance in an X-Men film.
Are you referring to 2x Jump Street or films starring women for female audiences? Both are pretty hot trends right now.
There were three choices to go with, and you got the two wrong ones.
GasBandit
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It was even underlined!
I glossed over that one since Will Smith is one of the biggest movie stars alive and the third MiB movie made $600M, I didn't even think you were doubting it as a "hot trend". The Jump Street movies are far more tenuous. They make exactly dick overseas
The style on display there is a little more late 80's than early, but I don't care. That's the year I was born!
It's not a matter of viability, it's that it's fuckin weird.
That said, I suppose Men in Black could potentially cross over with most modern movies since their existence and the presence of aliens on Earth are all carefully hidden. Or TV shows. Like that X files episode that was a crossover with COPS.
Ooh, Men in Black crossover with The X Files. An entire division knows aliens are real, but Mulder's in the FBI, not the MiB, so every time he actually finds something, he has to be neuralized. Hilarious!
Aside from the fact that the MiB operate outside all legal authority on Earth (even if other planets recognize their legitimacy), this is just REALLY depressing. The big driving force for Mulder is to find out the truth of what happened to his sister (who was abducted by aliens as a kid) and the idea that not only did the MiB not get her back but have failed to recruit the most driven man to find her is really just depressing. Like, they could get her... but they haven't for whatever reason, but have failed to take the memory of her abduction away from him (despite neuralizing him many times) just sounds like they are torturing him for some reason when they could have just zapped his brain and made him forget about it.
Except Lupin actually respected Zenigata. As much as he fucked with the guy, Lupin never tried to kill Zenigata (and Lupin isn't above killing his opponents), and has repeatedly admitted that if Pops wasn't a cop, he'd be the perfect ally because of his ability to track people down and just general doggedness. Hell, Lupin's helped Zenigata out more than once and so has the reverse. More to the point, INTERPOL seems to think Zenigata is good enough to basically give him free reign to chase Lupin around the globe (even if they've busted him to beat cop a few times). This is probably because no one short of Lupin and his gang have a fuck chance against Zenigata. Literally, the only reason Zenigata is the butt monkey of the show is because he's going up against the only people better than he is.
Compare this to Mulder: The ONLY reason he hasn't been killed is because he's been loud enough that killing him would basically confirm the suspicions of anyone who believed him. He's more useful as a laughing stock that no one respects then as a martyr that adds credence to his theories.
GasBandit
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Hrm, yeah, I hadn't looked at it that way.
I was actually thinking of the "shared universe" concept.
Speaking of crossovers, I was, for some reason, thinking about the Battle of the Black Gate at the end of Return of the King, while driving to work. I guess some wires were crossed and I pictured Aragorn turning to the Armies of Man with sword raised, and instead of saying, "For Frodo," saying "Avengers, Assemble!"
That in turn lead to picturing Captain Gondor, The Mighty Gandalf, Iron Dwarf, Legolas, Agent Took, Agent Brandybuck, The Incredible Ent....
Yeah, I nerdgasmed a bit.
That in turn lead to picturing Captain Gondor, The Mighty Gandalf, Iron Dwarf, Legolas, Agent Took, Agent Brandybuck, The Incredible Ent....
Yeah, I nerdgasmed a bit.
Two minutes for high-sticking my heart, Michael Bay. Don't make me want to see this movie.
I'll bet he doesn't know what a crumpet is.
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FUCK.
YES.
also reminder for everyone that has a hate boner for Michael Bay - I'm pretty sure he has nothing creatively to do with this movie, just like the last one
YES.
also reminder for everyone that has a hate boner for Michael Bay - I'm pretty sure he has nothing creatively to do with this movie, just like the last one
Yeah I think it's just his production company again, I only mentioned him as he's the one releasing the set photos.
Yeah, guys, movies are allowed to suck without Michael Bay.
They just have to work a little harder at it.
I just want to say I deeply appreciate the thought you put into this. I know it's depressing--I don't know why I find it funny that they'd be so terrible to him that way.
J: "Hey, should we recruit Spooky this year?"
K: "No."
It would be perfectly in line with the comics at any rate.
Rumor has it the son from We're The Millers will be Pennywise in the new version of IT.
I liked the dude in We're The Millers, but I just think they're going way too young for Pennywise.
I liked the dude in We're The Millers, but I just think they're going way too young for Pennywise.
It won't matter once he's under make-up/prosthetics.
Technically It can be almost whatever it wants. Having an older guy ups certain elements of the creep factor, but I see no reason this won't work with a good actor.
I saw that they're doing a thing where they split the past story (as kids) and the present story (as adults) into different movies and different actors. Maybe Pennywise is going to age up with the kids in this version? And it'll be someone in their 40s-50s? Just spitballing, I don't know much about It
I hope what you saw is wrong, because that's what they did for the original made-for-TV movie and it didn't work. While the adult story takes place over a few days, the kids story takes place over a few months and really needs to be told over the course of the adult story to break it up without feeling rushed. In the book, the climax of both stories are told interwoven, which would be easier to do on film than in a book (a la the climax to Oculus) but I wouldn't expect that to happen. Still, it'd be wise for the director to look at the made-for-TV movie and take notes on what not to do.
As for Pennywise's age
He came one or two million years ago, and has been roaming as a clown for at least 150 of those years, essentially dressing himself off human imagination, so there's no reason for him to age unless the adult characters would expect him to.
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/20...l-marvel-ceo-listicle-women-cant-superheroes/
A leaked e-mail from a Marvel CEO on why women can't be superheroes. The three movies they use to back up their point?
1) Elektra, an awful spin-off to a movie most people hated.
2) Catwoman, which took such a huge departure from the original source material that it was only Catwoman in name.
3) Supergirl, a 30 year old movie.
But you know, let's just ignore all the successful female-lead movies in recent years. Like Hunger Games.
A leaked e-mail from a Marvel CEO on why women can't be superheroes. The three movies they use to back up their point?
1) Elektra, an awful spin-off to a movie most people hated.
2) Catwoman, which took such a huge departure from the original source material that it was only Catwoman in name.
3) Supergirl, a 30 year old movie.
But you know, let's just ignore all the successful female-lead movies in recent years. Like Hunger Games.
For the most part the article makes sense and the CEO basically looks like a twat, but
wut.
Girls didn't line up around the block to see the action scenes in Twilight. That's like saying they went to see Fifty Shades for the superb storytelling.