I know it's not MCU, but there's no "Rolling X-Men Cinematic Universe thread (+ a poll: Classic or Dud?)" thread and I didn't feel like starting a new thread just for this.
Anyway, yeah, this was good. Actually felt like there was something at stake, unlike the Marvel movies, where I never really cared that much how things actually turned out.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
can't even believe u guys are talking about Logan in the MCU thread, like saying Kickers Inc. took place on earth-616, so embarrassed for u right now
― (Got A) Key In My Peehole (From Peeing Through a Keyhole) (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
is there a Logan thread? search is down and I couldn't find one by googling
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
I did search for one earlier but couldn't find one either. That's why I decided to ruin this thread.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
I think it was being discussed in the "which of these franchises are you looking forward to least" thread.
MCU docket for this year = Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Spiderman: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok?
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 07:53 (seven years ago) link
maybe bump the The Wolverine thread?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 08:14 (seven years ago) link
Hard for me to remember them all at this point, but I think Logan might be the best comic book movie yet. At the very least, it really captures what I remember from reading a lot of those X-Men Comics as a kid, the violence, the desperation, the apocalyptic dread.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
Haven't been compelled to see the previous Wolverine joints but y'all are swaying me.
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
I hated this movie
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
way too long, reveled in its violence while trying to convey Its Toll, half-asses the dystopia stuff *and* the western angle, lazy expository dialogue, monotonous fight scenes, general unearned air of self-seriousnessness
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
What with all the dystopic possible futures from the comics, is the Old Man Logan future a possible one or the canon future? I don't know why it matters to me, other than as a kid, I remember the Days of Future Past was THE future, and the X-Men tension was trying to change it while events (Rachel Summers, Ahab, Nimrod) kept occurring to bring it about.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Xpost Huh. Hated?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
I thought all the things you complained about were done just about right. It's a small scale, insular end of the a road movie.As for the violence? Come on.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
xxpost There have been approximately 3,962 depictions of possible Marvel Universe futures since Days of Future Past happened.
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
And that's if you mean the movie!
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
It's a small scale, insular end of the a road movie.
it also half assed being "small scale" by never fucking ending
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
WTF are you talking about, it ended exactly when it should have ended.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
I really thought the climax was going to be at the house, little did I know we had another 40 minutes ft. the worst child actors ever still to go (the main girl was v good tho)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the kids were not alright. But Jackman, and Stewart were career best.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 March 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
Is this possibly the first kid actors you've seen, Simon?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
the last wolverine movie was really great too. haven't seen Logan yet, very much want to.
― akm, Friday, 10 March 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
the last wolverine movie was terrible idk what you saw
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
I'm talking about the Wolverine and not XMen Origins: Wolverine.
― akm, Saturday, 11 March 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
I know. it was awful and set a very low bar but credit where credit is due imho this is the first Mangold joint that actually hits what it's aiming for
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 11 March 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
i thought The Wolverine was pretty serviceable, maybe even good! Logan is definitely better though
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 March 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
So Sony are working on Venom and Black Cat & Silver Sable movies
they just won't learn will they
― Number None, Thursday, 23 March 2017 07:22 (seven years ago) link
Ha, such bottom of the barrel characters - except venom I guess, but how on earth is he going to carry a movie?
― chap, Thursday, 23 March 2017 08:47 (seven years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:37 (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
100%
The reviews that state that "this isn't just a great superhero movie, it's a great movie" or w/e are totally incorrect.
Even for a superhero movie, this was shit.
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 March 2017 09:17 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't call this a great movie, but it was very good for a superhero movie I thought. I actually had some sort of emotional attachment to the characters, which doesn't really happen with superhero movies typically.
― silverfish, Thursday, 23 March 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
have we already pedantically told y'all to take it to the dang Wolverine thread because the X-Men stuff is emphatically NOT part of the MCU I mean come on
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Thursday, 23 March 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
can we get a ruling on just wtf the sony spiderverse is for now? is it temporarily in the MCU until they spin off these movies with characters nobody cares about mentioned upthread?
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 March 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
pretty sure marvel studios' plan is to use spider-man as much as possible in their movies and otherwise just point and laugh at sony's ever-more-desperate attempts to pull together aunt may vs willie lumpkin or whatever
― physicist and christian lambert dolphin (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 23 March 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
it's the only laugh they can get considering Fox will those movie rights forevuh
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 March 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if I saw it anywhere on the board but they just announced this week that the long-delayed and cancelled and uncancelled Venom movie will totally and for sure be released next year. Which is never gonna happen, but I admire the chutzpah.
My guess is that Sony will still keep feebly flushing money down the toilet developing projects for all of the tertiary Spidey-related characters they have rights to and that will never actually become anything ever until they finally make the logical step of selling the film rights back to Marvel for a spine-telescopingly enormous mountain of money.
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Amy Pascal will probably get a cut of it as part of her most excellent golden parachute she got because of the hacking fiasco
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
i still wonder what deal with the devil she made to make that happen
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
I think she got hooked up because someone had to go down because of the hacking, in spite of the fact that she made the studio a fuckton of money. So the golden parachute was her going away present.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Do Fox get to make movie merchandise, or is that all run by Marvel?
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 24 March 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
Doctor Strange is a very good looking nothing-burger of a movie
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer was the most memorable character, I think. Certainly the only one I actually sort of cared about, and they didn't even bother to put her in any peril other than having an astral punch-up sort of knock some things around. They somehow got Mads Mikkelsen to be a terrible, boring villain who strides so purposefully everywhere he goes it's like an inside joke we're not in on.
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Monday, 27 March 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
So I guess this week they confirmed that the long-mentioned Cloak & Dagger has been picked up for a 10-episode series (on ABC Family Freeform) alongside a 10-episode order for New Warriors (featuring Squirrel Girl) AND there's also apparently a Runaways series in development at Hulu. While I hope they aren't diluting the brand too much, this is a direction I support wholeheartedly.
― The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 April 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
When are we getting an animated Power Pack show on Disney XD
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 April 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
If it was stylized to look like Bogdanove's art, I'd be down 1000%.
― The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 April 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
It's spelled 'Brigman'
― the rockists' red glare (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 9 April 2017 04:53 (seven years ago) link
Also this is dope news
Although Marvel seems to be widening the relational gulf between their movies and their TV projects, I guess this would still be the place to post the Cloak & Dagger trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5hrFVQiGyk
It's a little weird that Dabney Coleman is seemingly uninvolved, but I'll take it nonetheless.
― Lipbra Geraldoman (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
BREAKING: 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Disney, sources say. https://t.co/JRf6Ly3hs6— CNBC (@CNBC) November 6, 2017
― Number None, Monday, 6 November 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
oh I guess Bloomberg are saying the deal is dead now
― Number None, Monday, 6 November 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
so much for Dr Doom getting a proper treatment
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 6 November 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
Marvel did such a great job with the leased Spider-Man and Wolverine movies, I wouldn't give up hope.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 November 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link