Yeah, Marvel wasn't saying it was too early when they started plotting. This is why they're pulling it off, and you guys are taking about talking about it.
I like the ruffles.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Sean K - Apr 08, 2014 10:56:07 am PDT #26770 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2014 11:07:15 am PDT #26771 of 30000
brillig
Is hte Marvel Comics universe more cohesive than the DC one? I don't know DC well enough. I know the Avengers and the X-Men run into each other all the time, and Spider-Man swings through (heh) wherever he wants.
Then again, Superman and Batman are besties.
Tom Scola - Apr 08, 2014 11:13:52 am PDT #26772 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I get the impression that Warner/DC is far more mired in politics and power plays than Disney/Marvel.
Marvel went and created its own movie studio specifically to insulate itself from the other studios and to have complete control over its IP, and they hired competent filmmakers to get the job done.
DC, on the other hand, is a subsidiary of the movie studio. The people in charge of DC have absolutely no power to get anything done, and they really don't know anything about making movies anyway, so they're at the mercy of producers and directors who probably don't understand the franchises very well.
Which is how they made a Superman film that was, you know, the opposite of Superman.
And this is probably going to get even worse as DC moves its offices from NYC to Burbank over the next couple of years.
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2014 11:15:38 am PDT #26773 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
They are both equally incoherent because comics, but I tend to think of Marvel as more cohesive myself since they seem to have a better handle on their multiverse and didn't, you know, explode it all that one time. And then reboot everything later.
Also, with Marvel, a loooooot of superheroes live in New York, so they're always running into each other.
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2014 11:44:12 am PDT #26774 of 30000
brillig
And then reboot everything later.
I've always been amused at the tangles Marvel gets into while trying not to do a fullscale reset to zero.
Kalshane - Apr 08, 2014 12:02:43 pm PDT #26775 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Also, with Marvel, a loooooot of superheroes live in New York, so they're always running into each other.
Which is part of the reason they set Tony Stark up in Malibu in the original Iron Man, to get away from the fact that all Superhero movies seem to happen in New York (or a fictional representation there of).
aurelia - Apr 08, 2014 7:21:17 pm PDT #26776 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ha, the movie has inspired a (spoilery) meme.
The Travolta one is hilarious. Made me laugh out loud on the bus.
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2014 8:24:35 pm PDT #26777 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
‘You’re Still Here?’: A Brief History of the Movie Post-Credits Sequence
I KNEW THE INTERNET WOULD PROVIDE.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2014 9:20:57 pm PDT #26778 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well researched!
sumi - Apr 09, 2014 4:53:09 am PDT #26779 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Question: a friend who has also not yet seen Winter Soldier tells me that I shouldn't watch this week's Agents of Shield until I do because something will be spoiled. Is this true?