Whatever you say, Mozart.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
Joseph Campbell came up with it. Dan Harmon's a hack
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
That graph is in fact taken directly from a Dan Harmon powerpoint. Note that it has exact page numbers for each event.
― remove butt (abanana), Thursday, 18 February 2016 07:50 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, obviously it's based off Campbell's hero's journey. That picture is copied from Harmon's modified version rather than Campbell's original though.
― mozart, Thursday, 18 February 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
More love for Agent Carter - it's been incredibly entertaining this season. Reminds me of all the super-fun genre shows of the early 00s.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 February 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
It's like Angel without the retroactively annoying Whedon-iness.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 February 2016 13:19 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that's a pretty good comparison. It pulls off that neat Whedonesque trick of being fun and whimsical but also dark, and it has real characters that the audience cares about. Too bad Hayley Atwell apparently has another show in the pipeline.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 February 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
With the low number of episodes per season for AC, it shouldn't be impossible for her to be in two different shows, though I guess American TV actors don't normally do that?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 18 February 2016 14:04 (eight years ago) link
Eeesh, that new show sounds dreadful
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 February 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
she could easily do both but agent carter's ratings are apparently much worse this season than last season (and they were pretty bad last season) and the head of abc got fired so it doesn't look likely to come back. it'd be awesome if netflix somehow resurrected it in their marvel fever but i don't think it really has a cult. a shame, as it's a really really fun show. i really can't figure out how more ppl wouldn't want to watch a show where you get to look at hayley atwell kicking ass and wearing great clothes.
― balls, Saturday, 20 February 2016 05:47 (eight years ago) link
how about u wait for for it to be actually cancelled before u bust out the eulogy captain buzzkill
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 February 2016 05:56 (eight years ago) link
but yeah this season has been fantastic
is agent carter on netflix?
― SCROTUS (stevie), Saturday, 20 February 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
It is in here at least, new episodes every week.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
I agree with your entire statement, balls, but I'd even just say: i really can't figure out how more ppl wouldn't want to watch a show where you get to look at hayley atwell kicking ass and wearing great clothes.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Saturday, 20 February 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
fedoras leave a stink wherever they go now
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 February 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
Lol "captain buzzkill".
Last two eps were terrific - the plot was actually exciting. Hayley Atwell gets a lot of the cred, which she deserves, natch, but the direction is pretty great too. Like, better than it needs to be for this sort of show.
Also enjoyed the reverse "you should smile more" and all those bits of business.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:08 (eight years ago) link
i'm super into the way they keep elevating other female characters, like whitney frost is becoming more & more fascinating, and dottie underwood has been really dope the last 2 eps, and even when peggy convinces sousa to bring along the cute receptionist as a backup asskicker ... it's just all great
and i like the howard stark appearances because dominic whasisface is soooo great in that role ugh i love him
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 February 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
he's pretty entertaining but his american accent is fucking atrocious
― Butt here is always time for the John Mayer Trio or Sting. (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 February 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
Interesting to see how he'll do in the Preacher TV adaptation, where his character is supposed to be as Texan as one gets. (At least if it's faithful to the comic.)
― Tuomas, Monday, 22 February 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
He's a pretty limited actor but he's fun as Stark. Jarvis is fun too, which is super surprising as the same guy gave the worst performance in the history of TV on Broadchurch. Presumably not his fault - he's like a different actor here. The only guy letting the show down is the handsome blonde NY police dude who has no presence whatsoever.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 02:25 (eight years ago) link
Preacher is probably my most anticipated show this year. Really hoping they don't balls it up like they have with Lucifer
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 10:54 (eight years ago) link
I can't imagine any situation in which they make anything with more than a superficial resemblance. I mean preacher embodied with word of god, hitman girlfriend, profane Irish vampire, I can see just about making it, but inbred idiots descendants of Jesus, fragging, armadillo-buggering, not to mention the actual end of the plot.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:20 (eight years ago) link
I read somewhere that Odin Quincanon is going to be one of the major villains of the series, a guy who if you remember turned up in probably the most boring Preacher storyline way way into the run.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, there's no way a story that ends with the most blasphemous, anti-Christian way imaginable is gonna be adapted faithfully on American mainstream television, even in the 2010s.
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:32 (eight years ago) link
Oh dear, I hope not! The Quincannon dude and that whole arc was a perfect example of Ennis' worse tendencies. At least if they'd focus on the Good Ol' Boys and Jesse's grandma as the main villains, they might get some compelling stuff out of it without getting too extreme for television.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:36 (eight years ago) link
This is probably the wrong thread for this, dunno if it's worth starting a Preacher TV adaptation thread?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:39 (eight years ago) link
Also, adapting the special where Cassidy meets the stereotypically Gothic vampire guy might provide some good laughs, though sadly since that comic was published that whole "lol vampires" theme has already become worn out, what with all the Twilight backlash.
(x-post)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:39 (eight years ago) link
We had this thread over at ILC with some discussion on the series, I guess we can use it:
preacher: the movie
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:40 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, that can't be true, not only is the only good scene with him unfilmable, he is possibly literally the only villain with nothing to do with the big plot.
xp er, the comic is about vampires being worn out, it's a pisstake of Anne Rice.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 11:53 (eight years ago) link
Lots of reports that Jackie Earle Haley has been cast as him.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 12:01 (eight years ago) link
Yes, but what I meant was that even parodying Anne Rice style vampires has become a cliche now, which it still wasn't when that comic came out in the 90s.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 12:07 (eight years ago) link
Marvel has found its newest superhero: Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones has landed the coveted series lead in Iron Fist.Jones, who plays Ser Loras Tyrell on the HBO hit, will take on the role of the martial arts master in the upcoming Netflix series, EW has learned.Iron Fist is set to be the fourth Marvel and Netflix collaboration, following Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the forthcoming Luke Cage. Scott Buck (Dexter) has been tapped as showrunner. Marvel plans to eventually unite all its heroes in a series called The Defenders.
Jones, who plays Ser Loras Tyrell on the HBO hit, will take on the role of the martial arts master in the upcoming Netflix series, EW has learned.
Iron Fist is set to be the fourth Marvel and Netflix collaboration, following Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the forthcoming Luke Cage. Scott Buck (Dexter) has been tapped as showrunner. Marvel plans to eventually unite all its heroes in a series called The Defenders.
― Number None, Thursday, 25 February 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
hoping moon knight shows up somewhere
― Taking dumps on a person's car is something children do (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 25 February 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Civil War Lego have been shipped! :D
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
So, sadly, the ratings for Agent Carter season 2 were apparently abysmal. Gee, I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact that anyone new to the show could only access the first season through Amazon and literally nowhere else on earth.
This is tangentially related, sure, but a ton of MCU people make appearances and this ratcheted my crush on Hayley Atwell up to the level of 'hardcore', so fukkit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wqmMuHP0vIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV_nv83e0yYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys2Mv45LKE
― Telephone Meatballs (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 March 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link
adorbs
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 March 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
she is so rad
i hope they dont cancel AC, it's seriously my favorite tv show
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 March 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
Both seasons of Agent Carter are available on Netflix in here, apparently the Amazon exclusive thing is only in the USA. I wonder whether season 2's international ratings on Netflix are as bad as on ABC? Because there might still be the chance it will come back as a Netflix exclusive, a la Arrested Development. Certainly it seems the writers were hoping for more seasons, since they ended it with a big cliffhanger, as well as some other unresolved plot threads.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 5 March 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
That said, IMO the season two finale was a bit of a letdown, both the big bad and the larger conspiracy were defeated a bit too easily. But overall AC is still the best of the Marvel series, and better than most of the movies too. So I hope there'll be more!
― Tuomas, Saturday, 5 March 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I was perhaps being uncharacteristically hyperbolic. The Amazon exclusivity is true in the US but that's apparently not the case everywhere. I own every single other MCU thing on DVD/BluRay (SHIELD season two was an exclusive, too, but was briefly discounted over the holidays) but I'm still waiting until the either the price or the exclusivity drops before buying the first season of Agent Carter. It was a dumb decision to make with fledgling series that have a limited fanbase.
― Telephone Meatballs (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 March 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Just from my own vantage, I'm actually having trouble hanging on to all the threads. Multiple Netflix series, multiple network series, multiple platforms, set air dates vs. binge, but the movies in the mix - I think there is a practical threshold that I have hit. I was already happy to throw Agents of Shield under the bus, haven't had a chance to see a second of Agent Carter, never finished Daredevil and hope to watch Jessica Jones one of these days but am in no hurry.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 March 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
It's understandable. Thankfully, Marvel has catered both to the superfans by putting out loads of quality product and to the casual fans by making each discrete product stand pretty well on its own. And SHIELD is the only MCU thing thus far that requires any serious time commitment.
― Telephone Meatballs (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 March 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Well but then again: http://nerdreactor.com/2016/03/04/exclusive-agent-carter-to-be-renewed-for-season-3/
― Telephone Meatballs (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 March 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
quietly yay but will wait for official announce just in case
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
But overall AC is still the best of the Marvel series, and better than most of the movies too.
Tuomas otm here. Imo Agent Carter is the best thing to come out if the MCU.
― i;m the worst poster e9er (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
There was a brief moment in the rumor mill that Hayley Atwell wanted to play the Doctor, which I am totally in support of
― Taking dumps on a person's car is something children do (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
The Dubsmash thing of Atwell in the car with Stan Lee was v v cute.
Sad the series is over, really hope it gets renewed! I've liked some of the movies but this season was definite MCU highlight by miles.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 March 2016 23:02 (eight years ago) link
From the trailers it looks a bit as if the Civil War all takes place in one car park.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 10:41 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the big faceoff in what appears to be an airport looks lame. I guess they'll justify it by saying they're minimizing civilian casualties or whatever
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link