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TDawgRex
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
I'm wondering when the wack-a-doodle writers over at SYFY are going to get a chance at the big screen. Sharknado 2: It's Hammerhead Time. (in 3D)edit on 26-9-2013 by TDawgRex because: spelling
Wrabbit2000
reply to post by the owlbear
Apoco-what? lol... Yeah, I missed that one too. I also wasn't one of his fans on Christ. If I wanted to watch 2+ hours of flogging and torture mixed with total boredom in foreign languages? I'd tune in to coverage from the UN General Assembly floor. At least that's timely....but one can't argue the success of it.
Then he also made We Were Soldiers and Braveheart. I'd consider them both defining movies for their selected topics. A couple Vietnam vets, including my Father, mentioned back when it came out that it was as close as they'd seen to the real thing on screen. That is his success I think. Good old fashioned hard work to make the film accurate to the topic by research and caring to get it right.
If more Hollywood studios focused on that and less on retreads of what they figure will work just because the last one did...or a couple back, in some cases, ...they may have a much better time in box office take.
NihilistSanta
I love comics and think that the last decade of comic based movies have been horrible. The creators of these films completely spit in the face of history or continuity. They change characters looks and backgrounds to appeal to non comic readers. I watched Iron Man 3 last night and was disgusted with the way they took a well known villain from the Iron man books (The Mandarin) and then they just completely rewrite things changing the character forever in the movies. This pissed me off because the previews have you expecting to see the Mandarin using his power rings but well I wont spoil it but the final product was a kick in the nuts to me.
The worst part is the fact is that now these movies are driving the comics in some ways. Marvel changed a lot of their characters to match the looks in the movies and are focusing their books to reinforce the movies. For the last year Marvel has been all about the Avengers hoping to prime the public for the next movie.
Who asked for a Guardians of the Galaxy movie to be made? No one. Those characters are so mediocre compared to the stable of stories and icons in the marvel comics.
I think a lot of the problems with not sticking to continuity come from the fact that these stories traditionally do not work with the agendas that Hollywood is attempting to push in their films thus causing massive rewrites.edit on 26-9-2013 by NihilistSanta because: (no reason given)
the owlbear
NihilistSanta
I love comics and think that the last decade of comic based movies have been horrible. The creators of these films completely spit in the face of history or continuity. They change characters looks and backgrounds to appeal to non comic readers. I watched Iron Man 3 last night and was disgusted with the way they took a well known villain from the Iron man books (The Mandarin) and then they just completely rewrite things changing the character forever in the movies. This pissed me off because the previews have you expecting to see the Mandarin using his power rings but well I wont spoil it but the final product was a kick in the nuts to me.
The worst part is the fact is that now these movies are driving the comics in some ways. Marvel changed a lot of their characters to match the looks in the movies and are focusing their books to reinforce the movies. For the last year Marvel has been all about the Avengers hoping to prime the public for the next movie.
Who asked for a Guardians of the Galaxy movie to be made? No one. Those characters are so mediocre compared to the stable of stories and icons in the marvel comics.
I think a lot of the problems with not sticking to continuity come from the fact that these stories traditionally do not work with the agendas that Hollywood is attempting to push in their films thus causing massive rewrites.edit on 26-9-2013 by NihilistSanta because: (no reason given)
You have a beef with Rocket Racoon and Groot?!?
I just hope Galactus gets at least a walk-on
NihilistSanta
I need to also add to this thread that Changing the ending to Watchman = Blasphemy . No wonder Alan Moore hates everything these days.
the owlbear
He couldn't finish "Full Metal Jacket" because it was that real.
Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Pinke
I'd disagree entirely with the idea that new ideas can't go anywhere or that risky films by Hollywood's standards can do very well. Ask Mel Gibson about how going off your own direction and laughing at convention works out.
Not a single movie in the top 15 is a sequel and while a few are made from very well known books?
They can write movies for each other or they can write movies for the audiences. They seem to be choosing each other.