Just saw "War Stories" my favorite line in series (not including the movie) Zoe: This is something the Captain has to do himself. Mal: NO! NO it's not! Zoe: Oh! *All three proceed to shoot bad guy:)
Marvel have basically all but announced the guy behind Super, Slither and the writing of Lollipop Chainsaw, James Gunn, will be directing GotG, from what I've read. He's a good fit alongside Whedon, though maybe a little more out there, which makes him a better fit for something like GotG, to me.
Nothing wrong with Maggie Q, of course, but she's like an absolutely cliched casting choice for Mantis or even someone like Psylocke. Just like Summer Glau seems, judging from the internet, to be everyone's choice for playing X23. And.. Well, it just wouldn't work, to me. Granted, Maggie Q would bring a bit of star power with her, but I just think that sometimes, the obvious choices aren't the best.
I'm not saying the casting choices there wouldn't work, but it just strikes me that Glau is distinctly too old for X23. But maybe that's just me. I'm also not a huge fan of what some might call the 'obvious' choices. Like.. Well, Robert Downey Jr seems like a natural fit for Tony Stark now, after three films, but I didn't think he was before Iron Man. Or Hemsworth as Thor. Or even Chris Evans (possibly the best known actor as an Avenger besides maybe Johansson), who I couldn't quite see as a Steve Rogers-type. But they proved me wrong. So.. Yeah. I'd like to see more casting in that vein, rather than what feel like obvious choices. Granted, Maggie Q isn't just a Vietnamese ass-kicker, given her heritage, but.. Yeah.
I mean, it's doubtful Mantis would even be in GotG given they seem to be filling their 'one chick per film' quota with Gamorra.
for the record, i though RDJ was PERFECT for Iron Man when he was announced. I was like "RDJ is playing a millionaire playboy alcoholic? did they just tell him 'Be yourself?'"
It's not bad. The standard review rates the film a little bit higher than I would, but it's not a bad film. The concept's naturally squicky, but then.. Well, it is what it is. If you're grossed out by stuff like The Thing, that'll gross you out too. But it does have Nathan Fillion for the Whedon crowd.
Personally, I dig the hell out of Slither. It's a throwback to drive-in monster flicks whereby the monster attacks a small town. Tongue is firmly in cheek in the movie.
Never watched Firefly, I might get round to it. But I have this itching feeling that people begging for it's return have turned wanting it's return into a meme of sorts.
When (if) it comes back, there'd probably be alot of confused feelings.
I get the feeling it would inevitably turn into a Family Guy situation where it's not quite as good as it was once fans get it back. Whedon's already walked into the trap of diminishing returns once with Buffy, and there's been such a distance between the original series ending and now that I don't see how it could be the same.
Not saying it couldn't happen, though, but the last thing I'd want for fans of this series is to have to put up with, like, a Star Trek situation, where, what, two out of six films are actually great and the others are just average.
I actually loved Buffy all the way through. The weakest i think was the final season, it had good ideas, but in my opinion it was lack luster, the first comic series started good, but was far too long, and the current "season" is actually really good. I had issues with the season before the final television series.
i thought the magic addiction was a little on the nose and could have been played better,
i for one believe and thought the buffy verse believed too that magic is for the most part neutral. Yeah there are blatantly dark magic applications, but still, it seemed more neutral than dark. When willow first used blatantly Dark Magic, it was for good reasons, so i could see how once starting down that path it became easy for her to continue using magic for personal gain (or her increased use of dark magic). But then the addiction angle got... less complicated if you understand what i am saying. Instead of being a complex issue it was "Magic is bad" then the final season it was like "Well magic isn't bad, but how you were using it was bad...." so it both got overly simplified and complex at the same time.
back to firefly. i think.... that he still had a lot of stories to tell and that it still had at least three more good seasons.
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Whedon didn't have more ideas in the Firefly universe to work with - I used the Family Guy example because that basically came back from cancellation based partially on fan demand, and well.. It stunk. Stinks. Family Guy was infinitely better before it was brought back. And now there's been.. What, nearly ten years since the last season of Firefly and the movie? Maybe more? I just don't think it would be entirely what people wanted if Firefly was brought back now.
really? i kinda like Family Guy... honestly think its better now than the early stuff... i mean sure some stuff is like O_o but other than that. i kinda still like it.... i mean i was never a hard core fan, but when its on and new (or im bored and its on tnt or what ever,then yeah i'll watch it)
There's an ongoing joke wherein fans in a parallel dimension lament the suckage of Firefly seasons two and three, and clamor for the return of Heroes after it only got one season.
lol well yes and no. Firefly was brilliant. The Fans loved it. and Joss Whedon never really got to tell his story, and when he "did" he left itopen for more and so in a way it feels incomplete.
I find it quite comical this has a 'writer' credit when it's like, one of the most obvious jokes possible. All credit to the artists, though, who should probably be working on something better than Gutters.
Why? It's a paying job, there have been a lot of popular industry artists who've done strips and whether or not it's well liked, it is a well known webcomic so it's exposure for their work.
Well, we've gone over how I feel about the quality of Gutters before, so I'm just going to say you've got a point. I might not like it, but.. Well, if it gets the artists some exposure, fair enough.
Will Sliney is a pretty cool guy, I met him at a convention last year. I got some nice art off of him. He was meant to do something to tie in with Spider-Island but Marvel told him that they wanted somebody more well known. It's a shame really, but hopefully Marvel will call him back and put him on a good book.
They do commissioned works, I think, a different artist per page. It pays well, they get exposure, and even get the chance to be paired up with famous writers. Not a bad deal :) Most of these guys aren't all that well known so Gutters is sort of an open attic window in a house full of opportunities.
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Date: 2012-08-20 04:09 pm (UTC)...Or not. That is a mild fear of mine, that it does come back, and our expectations are risen so high that it can never be able to satisfy us all. :(
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Date: 2012-08-20 04:12 pm (UTC)also: BLASPHEMY!
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Date: 2012-08-20 05:19 pm (UTC)Either way, I am looking forward to Guardians and really hope Bug is part of the cast.
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Date: 2012-08-20 06:30 pm (UTC)im curiousl now, why wouldn't these choices work?
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Date: 2012-08-20 07:36 pm (UTC)I mean, it's doubtful Mantis would even be in GotG given they seem to be filling their 'one chick per film' quota with Gamorra.
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Date: 2012-08-20 08:12 pm (UTC)for the record, i though RDJ was PERFECT for Iron Man when he was announced. I was like "RDJ is playing a millionaire playboy alcoholic? did they just tell him 'Be yourself?'"
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Date: 2012-08-20 06:14 pm (UTC)O_O
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Date: 2012-08-20 06:24 pm (UTC)was it a good movie?
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Date: 2012-08-20 04:56 pm (UTC)When (if) it comes back, there'd probably be alot of confused feelings.
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Date: 2012-08-20 05:13 pm (UTC)Just like my feelings for Lucy Lawless, Batwoman, Gina Torres and SMG....
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Date: 2012-08-20 05:13 pm (UTC)Not saying it couldn't happen, though, but the last thing I'd want for fans of this series is to have to put up with, like, a Star Trek situation, where, what, two out of six films are actually great and the others are just average.
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Date: 2012-08-20 06:12 pm (UTC)i thought the magic addiction was a little on the nose and could have been played better,
i for one believe and thought the buffy verse believed too that magic is for the most part neutral. Yeah there are blatantly dark magic applications, but still, it seemed more neutral than dark. When willow first used blatantly Dark Magic, it was for good reasons, so i could see how once starting down that path it became easy for her to continue using magic for personal gain (or her increased use of dark magic). But then the addiction angle got... less complicated if you understand what i am saying. Instead of being a complex issue it was "Magic is bad" then the final season it was like "Well magic isn't bad, but how you were using it was bad...." so it both got overly simplified and complex at the same time.
back to firefly. i think.... that he still had a lot of stories to tell and that it still had at least three more good seasons.
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Date: 2012-08-20 10:41 pm (UTC)Bear's flying Serenity!!!
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