Movie News & Miscellany

figmentPez · May 5, 2015

ThatNickGuy said:
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.

The email is out of context. For all we know the discussion on the phone was about why it's bad to stray too far from the source material (which Elektra, Catwoman, and Supergirl all did to a fairly large degree.)

SpecialKO · May 5, 2015

She went with *Twilight* which is definitely not an action movie, instead of say, Lucy?

PatrThom · May 5, 2015

Or Salt?
Or Tomb Raider?
Or Wanted?
...wait, how many female lead action moves are there that don't star Angelina Jolie?

--Patrick

Bubble181 · May 5, 2015

PatrThom said:
Or Salt?
Or Tomb Raider?
Or Wanted?
...wait, how many female lead action moves are there that don't star Angelina Jolie?

--Patrick

...Brave?

PatrThom · May 5, 2015

Bubble181 said:
...Brave?

I left that one out because it wasn't live-action.

--Patrick

Frank · May 5, 2015

People are jumping all over that email, but we actually don't know any of the rest of the conversation.

Covar · May 5, 2015

Frank said:
People are jumping all over that email, but we actually don't know any of the rest of the conversation.

Are you suggesting that think progress is jumping to conclusions to benefit their agenda?

CynicismKills · May 5, 2015

SpecialKO said:
She went with *Twilight* which is definitely not an action movie, instead of say, Lucy?

PatrThom said:
Or Salt?
Or Tomb Raider?
Or Wanted?
...wait, how many female lead action moves are there that don't star Angelina Jolie?

--Patrick

The worst part is all these movies, plus the ones in the article, are fucking terrible.

Ravenpoe · May 5, 2015

CynicismKills said:
The worst part is all these movies, plus the ones in the article, are fucking terrible.

I dunno, Salt wasn't that bad. And Wanted, while mediocre, was at least better than the comic.

Frank · May 5, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
I dunno, Salt wasn't that bad. And Wanted, while mediocre, was at least better than the comic.

I liked the superhero angle in the comic more, but both were pretty trashy.

The LOOOOOOOOM of fate.

CynicismKills · May 5, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
I dunno, Salt wasn't that bad. And Wanted, while mediocre, was at least better than the comic.

I liked the comic more, personally, but the MC's face basically being a bunch of traced Eminem faces always did bug the shit out of me.

SpecialKO · May 5, 2015

Lucy may not have been a great movie, but it was significantly better than Twilight!

And it made $400M, which kicks the economic argument in the teeth.

sixpackshaker · May 5, 2015

ThatNickGuy said:
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.

All 3 are valid interpretations of long standing comic book characters.

It blows me away that you guys can argue for and against something mere hours apart.

Ravenpoe · May 5, 2015

SpecialKO said:
Lucy may not have been a great movie, but it was significantly better than Twilight!

And it made $400M, which kicks the economic argument in the teeth.

Embarrassingly cliched bad science premise aside, Lucy was a pretty decent flick.

GasBandit · May 5, 2015

Lucy had me going "That's not how that works! That's not how ANY of this works!"

Also the villains were stupid, especially the boss. "Oh this woman's been mowing through countless numbers of my violent thugs? Time for me to hobble in there with my recently stabbed hands and do it myself!"

I mean, it was their drug... if I'd have been them, I'd have gone straight back to the lab to recreate more instead of chase down what was lost.

PatrThom · May 5, 2015

Of the three, I think I liked Salt the best (though I haven't seen nor read Wanted yet).

--Patrick

Hailey Knight · May 5, 2015

Haven't they already greenlit Captain Marvel? That seems to be counter to the assumptions people are making about the email.

filmfanatic · May 5, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Haven't they already greenlit Captain Marvel? That seems to be counter to the assumptions people are making about the email.

Yep. Captain Marvel is going to be part of Marvel's Phase Three.

sixpackshaker · May 5, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Haven't they already greenlit Captain Marvel? That seems to be counter to the assumptions people are making about the email.

But isn't Capt Marvel going to be handled by Marvel studios and not Sony?

filmfanatic · May 5, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
But isn't Capt Marvel going to be handled by Marvel studios and not Sony?

That is correct. It will be a Marvel Studios film.

CynicismKills · May 5, 2015

Far as I know, Spider-Man is the only one Sony gets to develop. Anything not immediately related to him is still in Marvel hands.

Hailey Knight · May 5, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
But isn't Capt Marvel going to be handled by Marvel studios and not Sony?

It said Marvel CEO.

ThatNickGuy · May 5, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
All 3 are valid interpretations of long standing comic book characters.

It blows me away that you guys can argue for and against something mere hours apart.

There was nothing valid about those interpretations. Especially the Catwoman movie.

@Li3n · May 7, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
All 3 are valid interpretations of long standing comic book characters.

Have you watched Catwoman?

I just assumed somehow they managed to name a film that without DC's approval because of some trademark loophole when i saw it...

evilmike · May 11, 2015

Another Deadpool picture

filmfanatic · May 11, 2015

evilmike said:
Another Deadpool picture

Even better is the caption that went with it.

"Stuck the landing. With my mouth."

PatrThom · May 11, 2015

I like how the car has different hubcaps front and rear. Makes it more "real."
This movie looks like it could be a lot of fun...if Ryan survives the filming.

--Patrick

Cheesy1 · May 11, 2015

Judith Hoag, who played April in the original live-action Ninja Turtles movie, will be playing a character in the upcoming Bay sequel.

Damn, she still makes me feel funny things even all these years later. :oops:

blotsfan · May 11, 2015

In semi-related news, they're filming some of the new Ninja Turtles movie here in Buffalo and one of the main highways keeps getting shut down in the evening until the morning.

So...fuck Michael Bay I suppose

Bubble181 · May 13, 2015

evilmike said:
Another Deadpool picture

...Why is your instagram in Dutch?

DarkAudit · May 13, 2015

Bubble181 said:
...Why is your instagram in Dutch?

Is yours? It's a direct link from Instagram so it's probably using your preferred language. It's in English on my end.

Bubble181 · May 13, 2015

DarkAudit said:
Is yours? It's a direct link from Instagram so it's probably using your preferred language. It's in English on my end.

Ah.Didn't know. Oddly, I've...never in my life been to Instagram, as far as I know? So it must've detected language settings from some other service I use. Ick.

DarkAudit · May 13, 2015

Bubble181 said:
Ah.Didn't know. Oddly, I've...never in my life been to Instagram, as far as I know? So it must've detected language settings from some other service I use. Ick.

Or your location from your IP address.

Bubble181 · May 13, 2015

DarkAudit said:
Or your location from your IP address.

Location defaults for my region are French, not Dutch. makes it easy to spot when they're doing that

CynicismKills · May 13, 2015

Most websites give up halfway through loading.