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MonsieurChoc posted:No, not really. Aside from the whole Werewolf vs Vampire thing, Underworld doesn't really go in a WoD direction. Blade, on the other hand, has vampire clans, a vampiric bible, human servants (familiars in the movie, ghouls in the game), younger vampires vs older vampires, ancient blood-gods, etc. The Vampire: The Masquerade people literally sued the guys who made Underworld for ripping them off so blatantly, and won.
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TheJoker138 posted:The Vampire: The Masquerade people literally sued the guys who made Underworld for ripping them off so blatantly, and won. Yeah, but IIRC the only reason they won that lawsuit was because they had making-of footage of the director directly stating he ahd been inspired by Vampire or something like that. Blade is the movie that actually resembles the setting and the atmosphere of the game.
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DangerDummy! posted:I did say he was more technically inspired, but yeah that was a low blow. Accurate though as their two of the most boring Directors working today.
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Blade is definitely an all-time top-10 superhero movie by any metric that makes sense. Blade 2 has a couple cool moments, pretty much all involving the Nu Vampires, but was easily Del Toro's worst movie until Pacific Rim.
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mind the walrus posted:Pacific Rim is worse than Mimic? I think so, yeah. Mimic's not great or anything but it's the kind of thing I'll definitely stop for if I'm channelsurfing and have nothing better to do. I like the monster design a lot, and there are at least two cool set pieces.
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Timeless Appeal posted:You might get something out of it in contrast to Captain America as it deals with someone who takes the super soldier serum. It's definitely not an entirely braindead film, and the Hulk/Banner dichotomy is interesting. There are definitely some things you can read into regarding Banner's eventual acceptance of the Hulk. Stuff that is disregarded and ultimately muddled in Avengers. I also like that the big Manhattan fight scene is in Harlem. Also the single greatest not-yet-villain in the entire MCU I swear to god we need Hulk 2 already if for no other reason than to have Tim Blake Nelson come back as the Leader and play him as the goofiest spazziest evil genius in movie history  .
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mind the walrus posted:Pacific Rim is worse than Mimic? Mimic is at least funny, and has a great monster. Pacific Rim has...Idris Elba, I guess?
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Of Del Toro's films, the only ones to really stick with me were Hellboy (the cast commentary adds to this - its loving fantastic, Perlman and Tambor own this), Pan's Labyrinth, and The Devils' Backbone (which I need to revisit, its been a while). I remember Blade being awesome back in the day but I need to revisit it to see how it holds up for myself. Pacific Rim was entertaining but I have no desire to go back and watch it - I got what I need out of it. Plus Godzilla filled that niche better for me. Del Toro has great vision and design but he needs someone better to bring his ideas to the screen.
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Vintersorg posted:Of Del Toro's films, the only ones to really stick with me were Hellboy (the cast commentary adds to this - its loving fantastic, Perlman and Tambor own this), Pan's Labyrinth, and The Devils' Backbone (which I need to revisit, its been a while). I remember Blade being awesome back in the day but I need to revisit it to see how it holds up for myself. Pacific Rim was entertaining but I have no desire to go back and watch it - I got what I need out of it. Plus Godzilla filled that niche better for me. Just to clarify, the first Blade is by Stephen Norrington, Del Toro only did the second one.
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I love Sunshine in that the director says Chris Evans' character is too good and capable and that's why they did what they did with him. Otherwise he would have solved everything.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Just to clarify, the first Blade is by Stephen Norrington, Del Toro only did the second one. Oh yes - got caught up in all the Blade talk (Blade 2 and 3 were horrible). Codependent Poster posted:I love Sunshine in that the director says Chris Evans' character is too good and capable and that's why they did what they did with him. Otherwise he would have solved everything. Sunshine made me love Chris Evans' - in fact, I didnt even know it was him until he shaved the beard ( I went into the movie totally blind... ignore the pun). He's so great in everything I see him in now - I wonder if Fantastic 4 1 & 2 would be better with this knowledge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSfp9WG9P2E Fake Edit: Nope. Vintersorg fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Vintersorg posted:Sunshine made me love Chris Evans Me too. Sunshine is such a great film. Highly underrated imo. Evans is awesome in the Snowpiercer, Scott Pilgrim, and The Iceman too. I also unironically enjoy Push and The Losers.
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teagone posted:Me too. Sunshine is such a great film. Highly underrated imo. Evans is awesome in the Snowpiercer, Scott Pilgrim, and The Iceman too. I also unironically enjoy Push and The Losers. You forgot Not Another Teen Movie, it's actually a somewhat funny film and he is hilarious in it. Just look at his expressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veVv6WqMHck
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And charming as gently caress in What's Your Number? which my girlfriend loves and I only watch cause of Evans (we watched it twice in a span of 2 weeks - typical girl doesn't realize the guy closest is the best thing shlock). We need a Chris Evans appreciation station!
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I don't even like Sunshine but Chris Evans is definitely awesome in it. He also stole the show out from under Michael Shannon in The Iceman. I love him as Cap, but after Snowpiercer and The Iceman I'd definitely like to see him transition towards weirder stuff.
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First movie I saw with Chris Evans was Cellular. It was a criminally stupid concept for a movie starring some pretty face guy I had never seen before. He totally won me over. Still a forgettable movie, but he was really likeable in it.
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Rhyno posted:It is rumored that Edgar Wright refused to include a Moon Knight cameo in Ant Man, perhaps they want to launch their own Batman franchise? I know this post is a little bit older but oh god please let this happen. Moon Knight is my all time favorite marvel character.
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Kush posted:You forgot Not Another Teen Movie, it's actually a somewhat funny film and he is hilarious in it. Just look at his expressions:
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Elucidarius posted:I know this post is a little bit older but oh god please let this happen. Moon Knight is my all time favorite marvel character. I hope it wasn't total BS. Sign me up for the Chris Evans love train. Dude seems determined to star in as many comic book films as he possibly can and I love it.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Unleashed is rad, and I want to see Hulk blow up downtown Toronto. Then you better not bother. On the Man of Steel scale for collateral damage the final fight barely even registers.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Captain America 1 is the only Marvelverse film that I consider genuinely good, (in fact, it's possibly the best superhero film ever made) but I'll admit that I haven't seen all of Incredible Hulk. The combination of it being the least popular in a pile of bad movies, the 'more punching than Ang Lee' rep, and the notorious rewrites give me a powerful case of indifference. There is a scene where Live Tyler as Betty is ferociously making out with Ed Norton's Banner who starts to get excited and his monitor goes off signaling he might Hulk out if they bang. He stops but Betty indicates it's okay and to keep going. He doesnt. There is probably good subtext meat in there.
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Sounds like Dwayne Johnson is playing Captain Marvel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ef8qx6uOI If it's anything like his role in "Pain and Gain", I'll be in the theater on day one.
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He could definitely play the kid in a superhero body thing well. So I hope it has humor.
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Codependent Poster posted:He could definitely play the kid in a superhero body thing well. So I hope it has humor. Yeah, he loving kills at being funny, he really is becoming a fully rounded and telented actor. Still prefer him to be Darkseid though.
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Rhyno posted:Still prefer him to be Darkseid though. gently caress that, just let Michael Ironside voice and play the character again.
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This has got to be the one time racists won't whine about a black man playing a formerly white character. Everyone loves Dwayne!
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Wendell posted:This has got to be the one time racists won't whine about a black man playing a formerly white character. Everyone loves Dwayne! Someone's going to complain, trust me.
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I'm going to complain but only because he'd be a better Black Adam. But only just.
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Thwomp posted:gently caress that, just let Michael Ironside voice and play the character again. Having once met the man, he's soooo short. And I don't want a CGI Doud Side. Put that helmet on the Rock and all is perfect. Wait, if the Rock is in a DC movie how is he going to play Namor?
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Rhyno posted:Having once met the man, he's soooo short. And I don't want a CGI Doud Side. Put that helmet on the Rock and all is perfect. Chris Evans was in a Marvel movie (Fantastic Four), a DC movie (The Losers), a indie comic movie (Scott Pilgrim), Marvel movies again (Cap), then indie again (Snowpiercer). And isn't Hercules a comic book movie?
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Davros1 posted:Chris Evans was in a Marvel movie (Fantastic Four), a DC movie (The Losers), a indie comic movie (Scott Pilgrim), Marvel movies again (Cap), then indie again (Snowpiercer). If the Rock is signing on the play Captain Marvel that's going to be a multi-film commitment, he's not going to be going over to Universal to be Namor anytime within that contract. Not even close to the same circumstances. Also Push was a comic book that never got made, ended up as a film and then had a tie in comic produced. So that counts on his resume too.
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Davros1 posted:Chris Evans was in a Marvel movie (Fantastic Four), a DC movie (The Losers), a indie comic movie (Scott Pilgrim), Marvel movies again (Cap), then indie again (Snowpiercer). Snowpiercer is indie?
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AnonSpore posted:Snowpiercer is indie? Korea isn't a real country I guess.
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HorseRenoir posted:Sounds like Dwayne Johnson is playing Captain Marvel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ef8qx6uOI The bit about John Stewart makes it sound like Hal will be the movieverse Lantern. Awesome.
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AnonSpore posted:Snowpiercer is indie? I think he meant the comic, not the film.
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The Rock is all wrong for Namor anyway, who would want that?
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Neo_Reloaded posted:The Rock is all wrong for Namor anyway, who would want that? Are you nuts? Who else could convey that swagger, imagine him bellowing IMPERIUS REX!
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I don't really see Dwayne Johnson as Captain Marvel, I am not super familiar with the character, but he doesn't strike me as the funny tough guy that Dwayne normally plays. And Namor seems like an even weirder choice.
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