tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post5550908079643249691..comments2024-03-28T19:59:53.556-07:00Comments on Daddy Rolled a 1: Looking Forward to 2016Martin R. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-45990601337614160672018-11-25T15:46:31.800-08:002018-11-25T15:46:31.800-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Phil Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705428484444842434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-7859032486405708412018-11-15T10:56:31.997-08:002018-11-15T10:56:31.997-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.John32https://www.blogger.com/profile/13827103521108456684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-54053245254713923502018-11-02T08:29:40.349-07:002018-11-02T08:29:40.349-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.PaperCoachNethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424287314429543029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-91528194109143981492016-01-27T09:47:11.051-08:002016-01-27T09:47:11.051-08:00I like the same things you liked, largely. On the ...I like the same things you liked, largely. On the "non-Superman ending" I would be more sympathetic to that complaint if the likes of Mark Waid and others weren't insisting their version of Superman was someone <i>the</i> Superman. Superman <i>has</i> killed--it's hardly new to his character. To say "well he shouldn't" means you would have preferred a different movie, but doesn't make this movie bad. <br /><br />I would have preferred they dealt with the destruction of Metropolis, but superhero movies are mostly about carnage and no consequence. Marvel has done much more in the films and shows <i>after</i> Avengers than the mostly triumphal ending Avengers got. If the Superman follow ups deal with the aftermath of that to a degree (and it looks like that's going to be a lot of Batman's motivation, maybe?) I think that works. So, its a blemish in the film to me, but not a deal breaker.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-79375058220056356582016-01-26T13:35:41.310-08:002016-01-26T13:35:41.310-08:00Crikey, has it been ten years already?
I think it...Crikey, has it been ten years already?<br /><br />I think it was a combination of many things. Millar and Quesada hyping the project as being better than <i>Watchmen</i> was not a good start. I didn't like Steve McNiven's art at the time, and Millar's writing was clumsy; the metaphor for what was going on in the US at the time didn't come through as well as it could and should have. The entire premise relied on most of the cast acting out of character -- Reed Richards, for example -- and for those who had good reasons for behaving the way they did -- Iron Man -- that potential was unexplored and squandered. <br /><br />It was another big event story in which heroes fought heroes, an idea that wasn't anywhere near as innovative as Millar thought it was, and I was starting to get event fatigue as Marvel seemed to be going from one to another without any breathing space. I stopped reading most Marvel comics soon after.<br /><br />In Marvel's survey of the greatest stories of its 75 year history, <i>Civil War</i> came in at #2, and I am baffled, but perhaps that just means I am out of touch with what the audience likes.<br /><br />Anyway, all that said, the film looks better.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-81921037965736055202016-01-26T13:19:22.135-08:002016-01-26T13:19:22.135-08:00My initial reaction to Man of Steel was actually p...My initial reaction to <i>Man of Steel</i> was actually pretty positive, but that was mainly because I was just excited to have a non-Batman DC character on the silver screen. Over time, my initial enthusiasm waned. I do think that Snyder knows how to frame and film a fight scene between two super-powered characters. From that standpoint, it looked good. But, I really didn't need to watch that for 45+ minutes and then have it end with a completely non-Superman ending. And that doesn't even take into consideration the complete destruction of Metropolis to which Superman seemed indifferent. We had just seen that same type of scene at the end of the first <i>Avengers</i> movies - Superman could have stood out by <i>not</i> doing that. <br /><br />What are your thoughts about it - it sounds like they are more positive. Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-19211117838516986002016-01-26T13:16:23.056-08:002016-01-26T13:16:23.056-08:00I had a friend who had the same opinion about The ...I had a friend who had the same opinion about <i>The Magnificent Seven</i> until he remembered the it was technically a "remake" of <i>Seven Samurai</i>. But, I, too, am very skeptical about it. <br /><br />Totally agreed with you about the dark and grim direction of the DC films - it just doesn't work for me for characters I grew up with at the tail-end of the Silver Age. For <i>Suicide Squad</i>... I'm sure I will see it eventually, but the animated film DC/Warner did featuring the Suicide Squad was one of my least favorite films they have done. <br /><br />I'm curious what you hated about <i>Civil War</i> - I read it about 10 years ago, only one time, so perhaps I need to re-read it. Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-53635342192095924442016-01-25T13:06:24.476-08:002016-01-25T13:06:24.476-08:00I disagree on Man of Steel, but yours is hardly a ...I disagree on Man of Steel, but yours is hardly a uncommon opinion. I would also say the newest trailers of Batman vs. Superman seem to be showing a degree of humor, so it might address some of your concerns concerns.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-88057964894568471202016-01-25T10:58:07.093-08:002016-01-25T10:58:07.093-08:00I had no idea they were remaking The Magnificent S...I had no idea they were remaking <i>The Magnificent Seven</i>; I think I will give that one a miss.<br /><br />I'm not at all interested in the dark and grim direction the DC films have taken -- I didn't bother with <i>Man of Steel</i> after I found out about the ending -- but I am intrigued by <i>Suicide Squad</i>; it seems to have more colour and vitality in it than anything else DC/Warner is offering.<br /><br />I am looking forward to <i>Deadpool</i> because while it looks violent and profane, it does also look funny and it seems to have captured the character's idiosyncrasies; I am interested to see how they handle the fourth wall.<br /><br />I hated the <i>Civil War</i> comic but the film looks pretty good, so I'll give it a chance, and I too am intrigued by the new Spider-Man.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com