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Tuxedo Jack posted:They should introduce a foil who indiscriminately kills bad guys for Catholic Matt to tangle with. Fun fact: Not only is The Punisher Catholic, in just about every version of the character he was going to be a Priest (to varying degrees) before 'nam/"The War." It'll be interesting if they keep that. And no he didn't stop because of the war, he stopped because he couldn't offer people forgiveness. Of course.
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Jedit posted:Bones was a decent show for the first three or maybe five years. If Angel had managed so much, maybe it wouldn't have been cancelled. If by decent you mean full of hilarious and offensive stereotypes and with really obnoxious cliches. My favorite example from the first season: *Bones and Angel go into a middle-eastern person's home and see a crucifix on the wall* "You're a Christian?!?!" "Yeah, I converted after I moved to the states!" (because there are no middle-eastern Christians) later, they search his house again and find his hidden Koran. "Oh my god, he's not a Christian!" and it turns out he is the terrorist.
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Snak posted:If by decent you mean full of hilarious and offensive stereotypes and with really obnoxious cliches. My favorite example from the first season: It shouldn't surprise anyone that a nerd is a fascist weirdo. Just see Avengers for more proof.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:26
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:It shouldn't surprise anyone that a nerd is a fascist weirdo. Just see Avengers for more proof. What does Bones have to do with Avengers?
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Oct 13, 2015 18:32
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Zythrst posted:What does Bones have to do with Avengers? Hah, I misread and thought it was about Angel (by Joss Whedon). This being a Marvel thread.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:33
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Snak posted:If by decent you mean full of hilarious and offensive stereotypes and with really obnoxious cliches. My favorite example from the first season: It's a fair Coptic.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:35
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To be fare I did refer to whatever David Boreanaz's character in Bones's name is as "Angel" in my little anecdote. I just really loving hate Bones. But I have no shame: the exact same romcom police procedural formula starring the male lead from a DIFFERENT Joss Whedon series, Castle, was loving great for like 4 seasons.
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Oct 13, 2015 18:37
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Zythrst posted:What does Bones have to do with Avengers? 
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:The Punisher is really a logical development of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. Not only is the natural logical development of DD Season 1 it will inevitably lead to a hilarious revolt where half the internet audience decides Frank is right and Matt's a self righteous rear end in a top hat. Which is why its kind of extra hilarious they cast Shane from The Walking Dead.
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Oct 13, 2015 19:28
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STAC Goat posted:Not only is the natural logical development of DD Season 1 it will inevitably lead to a hilarious revolt where half the internet audience decides Frank is right and Matt's a self righteous rear end in a top hat. Holy crap I didn't think of this at all. Season 2 just got 100000x better guys
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Oct 13, 2015 19:35
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Hah, I misread and thought it was about Angel (by Joss Whedon). This being a Marvel thread. Still not applicable like at all but great bait, mate.
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Oct 13, 2015 20:18
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HIJK posted:Holy crap I didn't think of this at all. Yeah this was p. obvious to a lot of DD/Punisher fans the instant they announced he was in Season 2 and doubly so when they cast Shane. The Punisher only ever pops into the DD universe to act as a poo poo-stirrer.
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Oct 13, 2015 20:25
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STAC Goat posted:Frank is right and Matt's a self righteous rear end in a top hat. 
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Oct 13, 2015 20:28
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Frank is so right he can't make left turns anymore.
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Oct 13, 2015 20:50
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So are there really no in-depth reviews of the first episode of JJ? What the gently caress are you good for internet
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Oct 13, 2015 21:21
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The problem with the end of Episode 13 is that Matt didn't say, "I'm not the bad guy!".
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Oct 13, 2015 23:56
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A Belgian website got to watch the first 7 episodes (English article): http://www.geekster.be/jessica-jones-gritty-detective-english-preview/
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Oct 14, 2015 13:38
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Pennfalath posted:A Belgian website got to watch the first 7 episodes (English article): http://www.geekster.be/jessica-jones-gritty-detective-english-preview/ Sounds good, but also fairly generic; have so many episodes been made available for critics?
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radlum posted:Sounds good, but also fairly generic; have so many episodes been made available for critics? Typically they show them the first six episodes.
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Oct 14, 2015 15:48
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zoux posted:Typically they show them the first six episodes. It actually varies from series to series - it was three for Sense8, five for Daredevil, three for Bloodline, and six for Kimmy Schmidt, to name a few. I'm surprised if they're really making more than half the season available to critics, though.
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radlum posted:Sounds good, but also fairly generic; have so many episodes been made available for critics? I don't think I'd call it generic at all especially considering the medium it's in.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:36
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Given that I've never heard of that site before and that, AFAIK, no one else in the press is publicly claiming to have watched further than the second episode yet, I'd take that article with a grain of salt, especially given how vague it is. JJ Twitter appears to be counting down to a trailer in the next few days, though exactly how many are left I'm not sure. https://mobile.twitter.com/JessicaJones/status/653785292382404609 https://mobile.twitter.com/JessicaJones/status/654129847820615680
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Oct 14, 2015 18:37
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The article is vague in order to avoid spoilers. I didn't write it, but I am a writer at this site. We received a Netflix Press screener of the first 7 episodes. We were surprised as well (for Narcos, we only got the first three IIRC and we would have posted this article sooner if it had only been 1-3 episodes). Netflix liked our (Dutch) article on Narcos and used one of our lines in their advertising, maybe that's why we got seven episodes. Or maybe we just got lucky.
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Pennfalath posted:The article is vague in order to avoid spoilers. I didn't write it, but I am a writer at this site. We received a Netflix Press screener of the first 7 episodes. We were surprised as well (for Narcos, we only got the first three IIRC and we would have posted this article sooner if it had only been 1-3 episodes). Netflix liked our (Dutch) article on Narcos and used one of our lines in their advertising, maybe that's why we got seven episodes. Or maybe we just got lucky. It's good though right? Also what kind of spoiler/NDA policies do they put you under when they give you access to the screeners?
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I'll ask our writer about the NDA, but I don't think there was one (and Netflix Belgium knew we try not to spoil anything). I haven't seen it yet and I'm burning with jealousy. In any case, our writer really like the show. As the preview says: more drama than action. We are a relatively small blog and usually only post in Dutch, but sometimes we get an awesome exclusive and then we translate it in English (we did the same for Jurassic World - not really an exclusive, but we still got many international pageviews). Pennfalath fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Oct 14, 2015 |
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Pennfalath posted:The article is vague in order to avoid spoilers. I didn't write it, but I am a writer at this site. We received a Netflix Press screener of the first 7 episodes. We were surprised as well (for Narcos, we only got the first three IIRC and we would have posted this article sooner if it had only been 1-3 episodes). Netflix liked our (Dutch) article on Narcos and used one of our lines in their advertising, maybe that's why we got seven episodes. Or maybe we just got lucky. Well, huh. Really weird if you're not under embargo, though.
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Barry Convex posted:Well, huh. Really weird if you're not under embargo, though. embargo was last Monday, and they only sent us the screener on Monday/Thursday, which is why the article was only posted today.
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Pennfalath posted:embargo was last Monday, and they only sent us the screener on Monday/Thursday, which is why the article was only posted today. Well, I dunno if Netflix is inconsistent about their screener delivery/embargos in different territories, or if critics are just choosing to keep their mouths shut, but either way, it's odd that no one else I know of has said anything about receiving a screener, let alone what they think of the first batch of episodes. But not your problem, I suppose.
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cough up the trailer already netflix 
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zoux posted:Post JJ, that is to say the modern non blaxplotation version of him, is almost exclusively in team books. He may have had a one shot or mini here and there but I don't think he's had a solo ongoing since the 70s. He had an ongoing in the early 90s, which lasted 20 issues and I think is mainly notable as one of the few times he's been written by a black writer. But in the past 15 years or so, I *think* his only solo appearances were in the Azzarello MAX miniseries and the 2010 New Avengers: Luke Cage miniseries. Barry Convex fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Zsinjeh posted:cough up the trailer already netflix The Twitter seems to be counting down by quoting Tennant's lines from the last teaser, one a night (most nights since last week). When it gets to "I know everything," which should be within the next couple days, they'll probably drop the trailer.
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I did some comic book reading to get psyched for these shows. I read Immortal Iron Fist, and enjoyed the tournament arc (although I would've liked more actual tournament). The rest was sorta boring, but I'm still enthusiastic about the show. I also read the first book of Alias. I'm all on board the Jessica Jones bandwagon. I was afraid the MAX gimmick would mean all sex and swearing without any substance, but I ended up enjoying it a lot. Luke Cage popped up in both stories, but he seems like a cartoon. Maybe I need to read an actual Cage story, where he's more than a side character.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Luke Cage popped up in both stories, but he seems like a cartoon. Maybe I need to read an actual Cage story, where he's more than a side character. Look, all you need to do is give him his money, honey.
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Is there any actual Luke Cage comics? I know he's been in Heroes for Hire stuff and been leading his own Avengers team for a while, but has he had any solo stuff in the last decade to go with his new prominence?
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Post JJ, that is to say the modern non blaxplotation version of him, is almost exclusively in team books. He may have had a one shot or mini here and there but I don't think he's had a solo ongoing since the 70s.
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Where did that Luke comic panel come from, where he picks up a BMW and sets it down on a sidewalk so that it'll stop blocking an ambulance. And he's yelling "WHERE YOU ARE GOING IS NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHERE THE AMBULANCE IS GOING." I always thought that was a good intro to Luke. Because he is the best. Ever.
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tsob posted:Is there any actual Luke Cage comics? I know he's been in Heroes for Hire stuff and been leading his own Avengers team for a while, but has he had any solo stuff in the last decade to go with his new prominence? Cage doesn't have much of a solo presence, at least in modern times. He was kind of a pet character for Bendis (who wrote Alias) and so he used him a lot, he became the leader of the New Avengers as you know, which was a decent book but since it isn't MAX it's obviously very PG and because it was one of the mainline books it got caught up in a lot of event nonsense, especially Civil War, so you'll have to wade through some business to get the complete story. There are neat moments though, like how Luke insists that the Avengers focus more on actual street crime instead of just cosmic bullshit, so he has them visiting crime-ridden neighbourhoods and such. Jessica Jones is also a side character here. Like most long-running Bendis books it eventually goes off the deep end and they start introducing wacky subplots like hiring Squirrel Girl to be their babysitter. You'll probably want to at least read The Pulse which is essentially the sequel to Alias, except it's also not MAX and deals more with the rest of the Marvel universe. Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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All you really need to know about Luke Cage is that he once did a job for Dr. Doom, then took a Fantastic 4 jet to Latveria, stormed Doom's castle, broke almost all his Doombots, and then beat the poo poo out of Doom because Doom stiffed Luke Cage the $200 payment.
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Gyges posted:All you really need to know about Luke Cage is that he once did a job for Dr. Doom, then took a Fantastic 4 jet to Latveria, stormed Doom's castle, broke almost all his Doombots, and then beat the poo poo out of Doom because Doom stiffed Luke Cage the $200 payment. Marvel not having the rights to Doom is terrible because they can't put this on the big or small screen.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Marvel not having the rights to Doom is terrible because they can't put this on the big or small screen. The FF movie got such poo poo reviews that maybe Marvel will be able to regain the rights?
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