Escape to the Movies: Pompeii

[SnakeoilSage]

Whoops... seems I actually HAVE missed the point, sorry. I actually agree with you.

On the other hand, Marvel's TV efforts so far have been "NCIS, but with some superpower stuff." Arrow has AoS beat hands down.

Granted. I haven't watched much of either, to be honest. AoS looks okay, but I haven't paid attention to it since Episode 1. Decent ideas but not the best delivery for a superhero themed TV drama.

As for Arrow, it feels very "Batman if he killed people," but at least it's building a narrative.

I have more optimism for the Netflix series (even given recent Comcast debacles), because they generally have larger budgets and tighter stories. They're not trying to fill in a time-slot so there's less pressure to get out "flavor of the week" episodes.

 

[walsfeo]

That's a fine criticism and all, but it will really only carry any weight when Marvel Studios puts out a movie that doesn't primarily revolve around a white dude.

Luke Cage is getting a TV series, so I'm cautiously optimistic things will pick in that area.

Because Marvel has a great track record at TV.

But really, I hope you are right. It's possible that with a tighter scope and a real Marvel character to hang the story on, the Luke Cage show won't suck. Please let it not suck.

By Marvel's track record are you referring to all ONE shows they've done so far? The one that's still Tuesdays' second highest-rated show next to NCIS? If that first sentence was meant as snark, then it's about as full of shit as you could get without it seeping into the sentences around it.

And the Transformers movies made a lot of money. Man those were great films! Or not.

So yeah, I can see if you use ratings as the only benchmark to validate a series, then Marvel has a great track record at TV, but Marvel doesn't have a reputation for creating engaging and entertaining TV. The only reason I'm still watching Agents of SHIELD is because it only goes two steps back for every three forward. Oh, and because it's Marvel and I want to be watching if/when they actually start making high quality episodes on a regular basis.

If Marvel continues to put out TV shows of such marginal quality it will hurt the overall brand. I hope it gains some story traction, and becomes an additive facet of the MCU instead of just not completely sucking.

 

[walsfeo]

By Marvel's track record are you referring to all one shows they've done so far?

I am aware of at least three TV programs Marvel has done: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man. That is, of course, referring only to live-action series and is ignoring all the animated series they've done, which are too numerous for me to even bother counting.

Anyone who cares could probably Google it and come up with about fifty titles.

And that's a great point, I was only considering live action from within the MCU time frame. I've enjoyed some of the animated shows, and wasn't even thinking about the old Hulk show.

 

[AdagioBoognish]

Sorry, I know there was a review in there somewhere, but all my brain heard for the rest of it was "Ooga Ooga Ooga Chaka"...

... It'll probably be there until August.

It's Blue Swede's version of 'Hooked on a Feeling' in case you weren't aware.

OT: Nothing much to say really, other than the fact that I can't wait for 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I have no history with the series, but it still looks pretty perfect... so far.

I've just heard about it as well. Guardians just looks like a lot of fun and I can't wait to see it. I'm bugging some friends for their comics to hold me over till then.

 

[VondeVon]

Thank God for YouTube. I am not sitting through some godawful love triangle just to get to the SFX.

Imagine if this movie had been a 'Love Actually'-style story of a dozen interwoven threads (romance optional), followed by the volcano? HOW AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?

You'd actually be on the edge of your seat for the volcano, desperately hoping your favourite character - or at least some of them - made it out alive. Children, parents, siblings, friends, rivals and romantic interests - Pompeii could have been alive before it died.

Oh well. That's what fan fiction is for I suppose. Or maybe fan-videos... It works for video games.

 

[Atmos Duality]

So am I the only one who the whole 'Anderson usually gets to the point here time to end the video quickly' gag?

Considering that it took bob over a minute and a half of video time before even started talking about the actual subject of the video, no. You aren't.