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Why Fant4stic Needs Another Chance
what i meant by the thor thing was the post credits scene of THAT film. We do not need to see Fury show Selvig the tesseract. How they show it in the Avengers is all the information that the audience needs instead of showing a 2 minute post credits scene that makes further confusion. What is up with Loki controlling Selvig saying "I guess thats worth a look?" He is supposed to have fallen into another part of the galaxy and if he could control people like that then why would he need that staff with the mind stone? Not only that but like I said that is never even touched upon ever again in any MCU film. What was the point of showing us that aside from teasing The Avengers? In a narrative context it just makes no sense what so ever
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Why Fant4stic Needs Another Chance
Your remarks here prove that you and many people are brainwashed into thinking that these movies have to be connected in order for them to be good. Whats wrong with a superhero franchise being by itself? The Dark Knight trilogy proves that a superhero can live on its own and still be strong enough to carry its own weight. This movie proved that they can as they stayed focused on the characters and concepts that could very well bring in great things come sequel time, if/when we ever get there. I found most of these MCU films a lot weaker than this for reasons listed above. So what if behind the scenes people care about the work? That does not prevent them from being garbage. Malficent was one of the worst movies I've ever seen and people behind the scenes of that seemed to care about the material (Don Hahn the Disney animated produer was involved of course same with screen writer Linda Woolverton who wrote The Lion King). As well the later Harry Potter movies were rubbish compared to the earlier films and they had pretty much the same devoted people involved including JK Rowling herself. Each of those movies suffered from bad directing and execution and you can almost tell that they did not even care about the source material despite what they seem. They seemed to more want to get it out of the way and released in the shortest most efficient way possible without really taking the time to make it work unlike some films like pretty much everything from Pixar and Christopher nolan's films. i'm not saying that they tried to put as much effort in as those examples with this film but at least here unlike some of the more popular "successful" examples, they at least (mostly) succeed at making it work with what they got.
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Never realized until now how much the Inside Out Main Theme reminds me of Hikari. Its heard in Bundle Of Joy and The Joy of End Credits.
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Why Fant4stic Needs Another Chance
I dunno if I'd say that. To me with this film especially it looks more like Fox was trying to make something work. MCU o nthe other hand feels a lot more cash grabby in the sense that they are spending way too much time setting up giving unnecessary foreshadowing (like the Thor post credits scene which does not make any sense at all in anyway. So Loki can somehow possess Selvig despite being in another dimension? This has NEVER been acknowledge since. Not to mention that the tesseract set up is perfect the way it is in Avengers without any pointless set up. The audience can put two and two together without needing to be spoon fed. Just seeing Selvig there at the compound says millions more than having a whole scene devoted to him being introduced to the tesseract. We know from knowing SHIELD's past actions in the movies alone that they were somehow able to obtain the tesseract, especially since Howard Stark fished it out in FA and had it in his photo archive. We don't need to see every second of the universe's lives). Here there was set up for the team coming together, making the movie more than just a typical superhero movie. More about people who discover this amazing phenomenon and suffer the consequences as a result only to turn it around for them in the end. These people were all strangers who came together and started some beneficial bonds. How can you say that there was no chemistry or bonding within the team when there was plenty of it through Reed and Sue alone. You are perhaps just over thinking it To be honest the only things the movie really needed was more action (but what we did get was pretty sweet. Gotta appreciate the little things in life, for they are what really counts) and a better execution for why they snuck into the portal. I could go on and on with what (most of) the MCU really needs: IM1 - To be honest I do not really get why everyone loves this movie so much. Sure its good, but maybe not great. I honestly found myself more bored with this then with Fant4stic. I do like it and can sorta see its appeal but I think its really overrated. It needs better pacing especially less time in the cave and more dramatic effect with him getting blasted with the shrapnel. Took me a few times to watch it to really understand it and to be honest, I feel nothing when he gets blasted in the opening ambush IH - The most under appreciated film in the MCU. It got just about everything right that IM1 did not: Better story, better themes, more emotion, better action, better pacing and a less cheesy villain that was better set up. It s only problem (which is also one for IM1) is that it gets kinda boring with re watch value. Some of its deleted scenes may fix some of the issues that people have with it though. IM2 - Another under appreciated movie. Better story. themes and action than the first, though I do kinda get why some people found it lacklustre, but I honestly found the first to be even more so, kinda cheesy and forgettable. Thor - already explained the post credits scene issue, plus it needs some of its deleted scenes at the beginning of the movie including its alternate ending to fix its storytelling issues. It feels more generic to me than Fant4stic does. Typical hero being born, tragic villain (though he is well played) and a very abrupt unresolved ending. Plus it has some of the worst acting i've ever seen in the form of Jeremy Renner's cameo who seems to be pulled off the streets and just did the gig for a pay check sounding more like a robot than Terra/Aqua's VAs ever could. FA - Explained this already too. Basically a spin off with more of a focus on franchise building than letting us care about the main hero. The stuff with him is too generic and it borrows a little too much from the other movies. Howard stark is ok to make a cameo but when he becomes too much of a main plot point I feel more like I am watching iron man again. Plus the Thor mythology thing was a little big much. Red Skull could have had a better plot and better fate then remaining us too much of Thor which again was too distracting. The whole movie also felt rushed like it was only made to get Cap to the Avengers. An even more lacklustre unresolved ending than Thor, plus other random story points clearly only existing to set up for future movies such as Bucky's death. The Avengers - definitely one of the best marvel movies ever. The only things hat it needed were Edward Norton to be Bruce Banner (though Mark Ruffalo's hulk almost made up for it. His Banner sounded scripted and monotone though) and it should have had that Oscorp touter cameo, though its not desperately needed so much as an awesome missed opportunity IM3 - Avengers aside, they finally got it right as far as what a movie in this universe should be: containing only a few sublet references to past movies and keeping the focus on the character and their own little universe. As much as many hated the Mandarin, I'm honestly glad that they did not do comic mandarin as it would have been too much of a crossover with Thor. It did have weak execution with Happy's attack but aside from that IM3 was actually pretty good Dark World - Way too much barbaric action. Did we really need to see Loki's hand cut off and have that (potentially) black humour gruesome ending? It reminded me of the faults of Lone Ranger: too gritty with bad directing and unfocused storytelling. As well the Cap cameo was funny but again too much of a crossover. Besides if Loki was gonna do that he would moreliekly do Hulk or IM as he had more personal interaction with those two. I know that was probably because of actor availability but still they should not have done it for just a random fun cameo unless it makes more poignant sense WS - Actually pretty awesome. They got basically everything right here staying completely focused on story and character with next to no reference or set up at all. GOTG - Again perhaps the lamest and most confusing villain we've ever had in the MCU. Its probably their voices more than anything but I found it really hard to understand what Ronan and even Thanos' goals were. If you ask me, Doom was a lot better developed than this film. I understood completely why he did what he did. To me, Ronan just came across as this spoiled brat who had a good reason to do what he did but seemed to not be fully invested in what he was doing hence the lack of emotion. I also found Thanos to be quite dull as a villain too. Villains aside, just the execution of the story didn't really feel that well done. It felt kinda soulless with all of these hip characters acting kinda annoying and just unlikeable AoU - Again, they did not really need the infinity stone set up. They could handled Thor's dilemma in a different way. Aside from that they stayed pretty true to the main overall story and themes, though that little set up is what kinda ruined it Ant man - haven't seen it yet but having Peggy and Falcon in there was just too much. And I've heard people say that they would have much rather seen Edgar wright's "stand alone" version more, especially considering its unexpectedly low box office. The Wolverine proves that you can do (mostly) stand alone movies without the excessive need to set things up and make references (aside from the post credit scene) On the note of post credit scenes, For the most part they were not really needed (or at least not after the first viewing): IM1 - Probably one of the few only needed ones but you could (almost) take it out and watch IM2 fine without it. They explain its contents enough without it IH - N/A though the end scene is nice because it established a connection though the problem is from this point onwards they overdid it IM2/FA/Ant man - Both of their scenes are present in the following film in pretty much the exact same way (Ant man is apparently going to be the same according to Kevin Fiege) Thor - Again I've done my piece on that Avengers - interesting to see and funny for the second one, but again not that desperately needed. It makes it more of a surprise for future movies and it is somewhat set up through GOTG having the Other also being there. The second one is perhaps needed more to fulfill a gag IM3 - This post credits scene actually ruins the movie. Having Tony tell us the story through narration is a lot more effective DW - First one is not needed, we can clearly see in GOTG where the infinity stones stand . The second one actually makes the movie better as we have a more complete and emotionally satisfying ending WS - Again first one is not needed AOU explains things perfectly well as it is. Second one not desperately needed but had the movie ended with that (along with Steve saying "we just did" as in the trailer) then the movie would have been even more powerful GOTG - The dancing groot is not really a post credits scene as aside from the "Return" phrase there are not really any credits before it. The Howard the duck scene is actually a funny gag that does not feel like it is setting things up AOU - Just not needed plus it only causes confusion to the infinity gauntlet. It will be reexplained later on, guaranteed
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I can't recall what episode these pictures were taken from. Any help? http://v023o.popscreen.co...
a promo pic for merchandise or online perhaps?
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Being in my pyjamas makes me feel like Terra with the t-shrit and long pants.
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My Kingdom Hearts Story: Teo Universes Collide has reached 1700 views. I want to thank everyone, ...
I mean kingdom charts 3 is the movie i am most looking forward to when it comes out and it is ur namesake. I consider it more than just a video game as it feels like a movie franchise that I know and love
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Why Fant4stic Needs Another Chance
I would say that this film focused a lot more on its main storyline which was an establishment of the fantastic four then what marvel has done with most of their movies: First Avenger was basically the bastard child of both Thor and Iron Man, focusing too much on elements form both films. I mean having Thor's mythology mixed in with the villain's plot was a bit much. I know that they are part of the same universe but that does not mean that EVERYTHING has to be connected. No one will care about the crossover unless something by itself is built up well. Hence why First Avenger became one of the lowest grossing MCU/marvel movies in general. It may also explain why AOU did not gross as much as Avengers 1 which many people really thought would happen only to be utterly shocked. Iron man 3 finally got a perfect balance with staying focused on its own thing while only making subtle references to past things only to have Dark World ruin it up with a funny but unnecessary Cap cameo (let alone its ridiculously barbaric action). Going back to FA, having iron man's dad there just made it more like I was watching a spin off than a stand alone movie, and it along with the Thor stuff just took me out of it. Looking at the MC as one universe just gives em an enormous headache and actually took away the things that I like about crossovers: The surprise element. With over baked set up like in FA, and with Nick Fury showing up at the end of every Marvel film (some of which like the post credits scene of Thor was VERY pointless, you can take that post credits scene out and still have Avengers make sense and flow from Thor nicely. Having that scene in there causes more confusion if anything) it takes away the value and fun in having a crossover as we already know that they are part of the universe. They do not need to keep reminding us in every single movie. Its more fun to wait until the big cross over event then you can go back and see how they are all connected. If crossover set up was not enough, I found in some of their movies like GOTG it was VERY hard to understand what was going on because they rush through scenes with bad explanation. I must have had to watch that movie more than 3 times before I fully got Ronan's plot, let alone the fact that he was one of the most dull and cliched villains I have ever seen in my life. Here Dr. Doom actually had humanity with clear explanation to his motivations. I felt more sympathy for these Fox characters then I do for most of the MCU characters who mostly feel like weird, dull one note characters that leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. Here in FF alone, with the character moments and action they did have made me feel a lot more inspired and amazed then the overcookedness of what marvel usually does with all of their movies
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What Characters Will Remain Relevant After Kingdom Hearts III?
Well done there. its funny that "Dream Drop Distance: The Next Awakening" Plays as I read this. Well thought of critically. I can tell that you did your homework! Keep doing this with everything else that you do in your life and you will always find success
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Would you like to see a Kingdom Hearts-themed All Star Pro-Wrestling game?
A smash bros style game would be nice yes, but do not forget that Days was reworked into what it is because Disney did not want their characters fighting each other. Sora etc showing up in Smash Bros would be better but maybe if it were just original KH characters and maybe FF characters) could work
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My Kingdom Hearts Story: Teo Universes Collide has reached 1700 views. I want to thank everyone, ...
congratulations. Keep your creative heart going. Btw you (as i your namesake) is my most anticipated "movie" let alone thing in my life right now
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Why Fant4stic Needs Another Chance
The film did not deserve the crap that it received. It had a lot of great potential, only to be ruined by a mix of studio meddling and audience's reactions. Pay particular attention to the latter. A lot of it has to do with people's reactions to the movie which are not necessarily right or wrong. A lot of the complaints about the movie being "generic" are probably mostly coming from audience members perhaps seeing too many movies. They have spoiled their expectations for movies by devouring what seems like every single movie in a particular genre after another. You do not need to see EVERY single movie that comes your way As I have always said its not how something is similar to something. It is how it is not. Saying something is crap because it is too similar to something else has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in my life, more ridiculous than the movie/whatever itself. Why do you play Mario Kart/any other racing game with pretty much the same gameplay (btw a LOT more derivative of each other than any similar movies ever will be)? Because you LIKE that kind of gameplay and what to experience it, however similar or different. Its also like playing a sport. SPOILER ALERT: you do the exact same generic thing over and over again with it or any other sport, most of which are quite similar to each other. Whether or not you enjoy them is how they are within themselves. You should treat every single movie you see as if it is the first and last one you'll ever see. You should not have to compare it to others to have a good time. You decide if you wanna see it based on if you like the concepts or ideas teased to you however brief from the trailers or whatever other unbiased source. No need to rely on any of this Rotten Tomatoes or word of mouth crap. Why most of my least favourite movies came from recommendations. I would actually pay money to unsee them. They were that bad. The movie in itself did have its faults but from what people have said about it, you'd think it was like the worst thing ever made. I've seen many acclaimed movies that I would rank a lot lower, even after thinking critically about them and what made them so acclaimed. I'm hearing more complaints about it being "generic" than anything else. What is generic to you may not be to everyone else. So we are supposed to see every superhero movie ever made eh? What if some people had never seen them or Chronicle (which I haven't nor have any desire to regardless of its acclaim) or any of these other movies its compared to. Besides, you may end up liking the execution better here than even other things that were acclaimed to have done it better. Just because a lot of people do not like it does not mean that it is bad. As well, do you want to be controlled by what you like? Because going by what everyone else says lets them control you. And personally, NOTHING on this earth makes me angrier than being controlled by others. This is MY life. Whatever I do is MY choice and I will consider, but not let others even majority block me from enjoying whatever it is I want to enjoy. Other times it may be needed but in this context we are talking about an experience that is intimate and personal. Heck my life has suffered more from seeing/doing things that the majority recommended than me trusting myself. You can read more about my reasonings behind this series continuing here:http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/10/06/5-reasons-why-fox-should-green-light-the-fantastic-four-sequel-3576531?lt_source=external,manual As well, for anyone interested, the (North American) Blu ray release is December 15
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KH Redux- A Sketch Dump
Well this is my reaction to what he is trying to do: The sad part is that Kingdom Hearts has composed such strong themes in the form of Hikari and March Caprice that sound like they could come from one of Disney's films. Whenever I hear March Caprice, I am reminded of The King of Pride Rock (particularly the latter part), and feel very emotionally swelled up. Why couldn't the world election music be this powerful let alone the entire execution overall. We know that Square/Disney have that potential they are just not willing to put the effort in. Why have anything be less than what it is? To quote my professor, "once something is put out in public, thats it, that something belongs to them [the public]. If you are wanting to make money and put all of this time and work in you give it all that you got, treating everything like it is the first and last time that it is going to happen. Look at how final Fantasy itself was created and where it is now. Look at how Once upon A time has turned out. Say what you will about the series but I can tell when watching the show that they always make every episode special giving it all that they've got and never holding back,. And may I say Pixar's films for the same reason?
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Marvel's AKA Jessica Jones
Just another walk in the park. AKA the next Agent Carter:
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I just found out that a general plot idea I had for a game I want to make was nearly also used in...
can you make it work i na different context for a different game or idea?
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I just found out that a general plot idea I had for a game I want to make was nearly also used in...
Don't feel bad. Just rework it to a better idea like what I ddi with an original movie I started years ago and what Pixar does with all of their movies. Every Pixar movie believe it or not starts out with bad ideas, making them the worst movies ever made only to evolve into the best movies ever made. Just trust yourself. Corny as it is, I believe you can still work this idea into something better
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The remaining Mortal Instruments films
If anyone is interested you can learn more about the upcoming TV series at New York Comic Con. Check out more here: http://tmisource.com/2015/10/05/shadowhunters-nycc-panel-to-be-live-streamed-online/
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The best series of Digimon?
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This is your Shining Time. Climbing through stars to your own cloud nine- I'm so glad that this site edits out the swear words (or at least the most severe) with words lik...
Better to make up ur own words an then you let all the energy out plus you use some of that energy on creativity- Do you go Trick-or-Treating or used to?
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