Just a heads-up: I'll be moving this weekend, so the next few days are going to be unproductive on the writing front. Consequently, I may be a few days past the two-week mark when I finally get this post through. Bright side: Other than unpacking, I'll have little else to do next week besides write (seeing as I don't start work again until the 1st).
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I just think the movie takes a step up cinematically all around. I love the Avengers, but it looks like a TV movie at times. Granted that’s a negative I ha e about Phase 1 MCU in general.
Yeah... cinematography's never been Marvel's strong suit, and Avengers is particularly flat. Plus, that middle act is a real slog on repeat viewings; you're like, "Can we just blow up the Helicarrier already?"
I think Age of Ultron is waaaaay better than Avengers. That’s my super hero movie hot take
*low whistle*
This take is so spicy that my shits are gonna hurt for a week.
But I also fucking love AoU and can't stand the general consensus against it. I lived through the "What were you expecting, yellow spandex?" days, so I won't apologize for getting hype about watching the Avengers fighting an army of killer robots on a floating city that's been turned into an asteroid! That's comics af.
Marvel tickled my balls with that dope 60s theme remix over the opening credits, but then they chickened out and did an original theme for Homecoming. (Which I like well enough, but c'mon... Just do the real thing.)
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That whole soundtrack, though. My little brother and I were talking one time and the subject of "nu metal" came up and wanted to know what defined it. I just said that anyone who was on that soundtrack was nu metal.
I remember a time when I thought that and the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack were the height of musical achievement.
I unabashedly enjoy Ben Affleck's Daredevil. I know it's during the bad Ben Affleck years, but I thought he actually played the part pretty well. We've already discussed how awesome Michael Clarke Duncan's Kingpin was, I love Jon Favreau's take on Foggy, and Joe Pantoliano is who I've seen as Ben Urich ever since. Jennifer Garner's performance isn't... the strongest, let's say, but I bought the chemistry, and the dumbest scene -- the schoolyard fight -- at least has enjoyable choreography to compensate for the WTFness.
And who could forget: WAKE ME UP! (Wake me up inside.) I CAN'T WAKE UP! (Wake me up inside.) SAAAAAVE ME!
And who could forget: WAKE ME UP! (Wake me up inside.) I CAN'T WAKE UP! (Wake me up inside.) SAAAAAVE ME!
I'm sorry, I seem to have stumbled into the wrong thread. If anyone could point me towards Ultimate One Universe: Year One, that'd be swell!
Speaking of liking things that others here have already enjoyed, I've been using my new ComiXology subscription to further my comics exposure, and @Byrd Man was dead on the money with Richard Stark's Parker. What a fucking talent Darwyn Cooke was. RIP.
...Despite the fact that Robin was introduced about a year after Batman was...
...Which is why I'm looking forward to building to UOU's version of Robin...
I'm picking up what you're putting down, big guy.
*starts S2 Dick Grayson application*
Here's what I'll say as my last words on the subject:
1.) Betty Brandt: Sure, it's not much of a character lost, and I fully admitted that we were splitting hairs, but say we do go back to the Bugle eventually. If you want or need a secretary/intern/cub reporter character that fits the Betty mold... what do you call her now? You went and blew a chance at a real reference on a joke one. Unless you're going to use Glory Grant, which... okay, well, then I'd be back on board. Disregard.
2.) Ned Leeds: See, we've heard the argument that you can't call him Ganke because what if Miles Morales comes along, but they already ripped the rest of Ganke's character out wholesale. Appearance, personality, relationship to Spider-Man. So if we ever do see live-action Miles, what do you do now? A) Have an identical character to Ned who's just called Ganke this time around? B) Have a completely unrelated character called Ganke because the Miles Morales bylaws clearly state that Miles' best friend must be named Ganke? It would not bother me in the slightest if Ganke got transplanted to the Peter timeline rather than the Miles one; what bothers me is doing it and fudging the name for no reason. (Also, now you can't use a "real" Ned Leeds later, as above.)
3.) Flash Thompson: Now, this is the controversial one because you either think the update makes sense or it doesn't. And I'm not really going to rehash the discussion we've already been having vis-a-vis that particular point. But what I will say in response to @Master Bruce's post is that his issue with jock-Flash seems to be that he's a flat character... is that really the character's fault, though, or is it unimaginative writers squandering the potential there? The fact that jock-Flash has such a big following certainly attests to the fact that in the right hands, he can be just as compelling as anyone else in the supporting cast. We just haven't seen it, and now that we have nerd-Flash we probably won't for a long, long time. (Hence the sore spot.)
1.) Betty Brandt: Sure, it's not much of a character lost, and I fully admitted that we were splitting hairs, but say we do go back to the Bugle eventually. If you want or need a secretary/intern/cub reporter character that fits the Betty mold... what do you call her now? You went and blew a chance at a real reference on a joke one. Unless you're going to use Glory Grant, which... okay, well, then I'd be back on board. Disregard.
2.) Ned Leeds: See, we've heard the argument that you can't call him Ganke because what if Miles Morales comes along, but they already ripped the rest of Ganke's character out wholesale. Appearance, personality, relationship to Spider-Man. So if we ever do see live-action Miles, what do you do now? A) Have an identical character to Ned who's just called Ganke this time around? B) Have a completely unrelated character called Ganke because the Miles Morales bylaws clearly state that Miles' best friend must be named Ganke? It would not bother me in the slightest if Ganke got transplanted to the Peter timeline rather than the Miles one; what bothers me is doing it and fudging the name for no reason. (Also, now you can't use a "real" Ned Leeds later, as above.)
3.) Flash Thompson: Now, this is the controversial one because you either think the update makes sense or it doesn't. And I'm not really going to rehash the discussion we've already been having vis-a-vis that particular point. But what I will say in response to @Master Bruce's post is that his issue with jock-Flash seems to be that he's a flat character... is that really the character's fault, though, or is it unimaginative writers squandering the potential there? The fact that jock-Flash has such a big following certainly attests to the fact that in the right hands, he can be just as compelling as anyone else in the supporting cast. We just haven't seen it, and now that we have nerd-Flash we probably won't for a long, long time. (Hence the sore spot.)
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