Movie, TV, Web Series, and Music Hot Take(s).

[BrawlMan]

I'll quote myself from June.

The Crow shits on nearly all comic book movies. Not just the 90s, but those from the 2000s and 2010s too. This movie had a huge influence in not just comic movies, but other movies, and WCW (Sting's gimmick became the Crow for the rest 90s). The Crow gave influence to Blade (1998), Dark City, The Matrix, and Underworld (fucking garbage!). Either in looks, atmosphere, costume design, and music.

The Crow itself, not only got influences from Batman (1989). There's Heroic Bloodshed (The shootout at Top Dollars club and the final action scene in the Church), film-noir, and music videos. The movie may have dark moments, but there are plenty of light moments or those with humanity. The coloring in this movies proves that just because your dark, does not mean you can't have color. You can be dark, but not insecure about it, and not just have dull metal gray or dog-shit brown. The humor flows in naturally and does not have any of the MCU style humor, no Deadpool, nor constant lampshading, thank Christ! Sets it apart from everyone else and stick out positively. The action scenes are on point, and you get see more of Brandon Lee's athleticism one last time. The acting is great all across the board and no one misses a beat. Brandon is a treasure, and I still miss him.

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[Gordon_4]

Saw a post mentioning Man of Steel in the last-watched movies topic, and it reminded me of something.

I don't love Man of Steel, but at the same time, there is one particular line that seems to piss everybody off, and I'm just left here thinking "You all seem to not completely understand what's going on here." That would be Jonathan Kent saying "...Maybe,". Yes, in that scene.

Is it a good suggestion, saying Clark Kent should have let innocent children die in order to hide his powers? No, AND JONATHAN ISN'T SAYING THAT. "Maybe" is essentially Jonathan admitting that while it's all well and good to say "You should hide your powers, that way no one will treat you as anything other than another kid," Clark is making a really good point that given the situation, using his powers seemed like not only the right thing to do, but the only thing to conceivably do. Jonathan Kent, essentially, is admitting that his urging to Clark to hide his powers has its limits.

If that was the intent then David Goyer needed to give that conversation a few more do overs because that's basically the only way a normal person will interpret his answer because of the preceding question. Even Pa Kent saying "I don't know" would have been a better answer because that at least gives him fallibility without sounding like an asshole. That the same person wrote that, and then did the really heartwarming bit with the spaceship baffles me.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Maybe I'm just seeing patterns where there aren't any, but it feels like since the whole Justice League and Snyder fiasco (or really any of the last few high profile fallouts between studios and directors), the industry has taken it a little too far in the opposite direction with regards to studio interference. Almost all the movies that I've watched from the last two years really felt bloated and in dire need of some editing. Even the ones I liked, the most recent example being The Batman. They need a better balance, otherwise we get movies like the Star Wars prequels.

EDIT: A caveat, I'm pretty much referring only to blockbusters.

 

[BrawlMan]

Maybe I'm just seeing patterns where there aren't any, but it feels like since the whole Justice League and Snyder fiasco (or really any of the last few high profile fallouts between studios and directors), the industry has taken it a little too far in the opposite direction with regards to studio interference. Almost all the movies that I've watched from the last two years really felt bloated and in dire need of some editing. Even the ones I liked, the most recent example being The Batman. They need a better balance, otherwise we get movies like the Star Wars prequels.

The Batman I exactly didn't have a problem with, but I can see where some people were coming from. Wonder Woman: 1984 on the other hand, could have dropped that 20 minute flashback to Diane's childhood. I get the theme she was going for, but it was unnecessarily long. I did not even bother seeing Eternals, because it was not worth going to the theaters for a movie that long

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I can see where you are coming from. The Batman I exactly didn't have a problem with, I can see where some people were coming from. Wonder Woman: 1984 on the other hand, could have dropped that 20 minute flashback to Diane's childhood. I get the theme she was going for, but it was unnecessarily long. I did not even bother seeing Eternals, because it was not worth going to the theaters for a movie that long

Lmao thanks for reminding me about WW84. Jesus Christ that needed to be a lot shorter.

 

[thebobmaster]

I can see where you are coming from. The Batman I exactly didn't have a problem with, I can see where some people were coming from. Wonder Woman: 1984 on the other hand, could have dropped that 20 minute flashback to Diane's childhood. I get the theme she was going for, but it was unnecessarily long. I did not even bother seeing Eternals, because it was not worth going to the theaters for a movie that long

You know why it's called The Eternals? Because that's how long it feels to watch it.

Seriously, though, The Eternals works if you connect with the main characters. If you don't, and I didn't, it's a slog of a movie to get through.

 

[BrawlMan]

Seriously, though, The Eternals works if you connect with the main characters. If you don't, and I didn't, it's a slog of a movie to get through.

Exactly why I did not feel the need to see it. I'll agree with Double Toasted's take and say the movie should have been a TV series.

 

[Gordon_4]

You know why it's called The Eternals? Because that's how long it feels to watch it.

Seriously, though, The Eternals works if you connect with the main characters. If you don't, and I didn't, it's a slog of a movie to get through.

Surely that can be said of any movie though.

 

[thebobmaster]

Surely that can be said of any movie though.

Pretty much any character-driven movie, yeah. It's just an odd issue for an MCU movie to have, because a lot of them (for better or worse) have big action set-pieces throughout the movie to keep things exciting, whereas prior to the climax, there are only two or three action sequences in Eternals, with much of the rest being spent on character building. Which again, is perfectly fine if you enjoy the characters being built, but when the main focal characters feel kind of dull (IMO), that's how the movie turns out.

 

[BrawlMan]

I look forward to most of DC's movie and TV line up, compared to most of the MCU movies or MCU related shows. Not giving up or anything, but I know what to expect at this point. Still excited for Doctor Strange and Moon Knight.

 

[Piscian]

So apparently there's a movie coming out called Moonshot (2022). I saw the trailer and the main character is so dull I immediately thought "this is a vehicle for this guy isn't it?". Sure enough I Google the name and it's some Disney channel kid they're trying to make happen. It's weird to be so far removed in age from whatever the fuck is popular now with the youth, but still be able to identify it like I'm the Miss Cleo of cynical film and tv production.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Bob_McMillan]

So apparently there's a movie coming out called Moonshot (2022). I saw the trailer and the main character is so dull I immediately thought "this is a vehicle for this guy isn't it?". Sure enough I Google the name and it's some Disney channel kid they're trying to make happen.

I don't know how true it is to say that they're trying to "make him happen", because Cole Sprouse seems more like a guy who was able to take a step back from being a Disney channel star and is exploring acting again now that he's a grown ass man. He's not a big name, but he's also not a nobody from nowhere.

That said, that looked awful.

 

[Thaluikhain]

He's Jughead from Riverdale, which sorta remains sorta big news, despite something really weird going on with the writers starting about season 2. Though, I think it's mostly because they've got some entertainingly strange and well cast female characters.

 

[BrawlMan]

The Sith do love their over complicated lightsabers. It's more of a tell than the color, honestly. The instant you do anything other than a straight handled, single bladed design, look out

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[BrawlMan]

Marvel is not as formualic as certain industry heads like to claim or believe. Scorsese, Coppola, and Ridley Scott are good film makers, but they weren't exactly pushing for diversity, nor exactly portraying other races in a positive light. I am more so referring to the first two. Scott has tried, but I get where Korey is coming from. If anything, this is where his younger brother, Tony Scott excels over Ridley. Tony was not afraid to diversify and expand different avenues. It's why I actually preferred Tony over Ridley. RIP Tony. That's two hot takes right there! Marvel/Disney is not "ruining" cinema. If anything, they've done more to help those are not represented as much, or only represented as (negative) stereotypes. They ain't perfect, but they have done alot to help those see people of different races, cultures, religions, or sex be represented positively or strongly. Being diverse, does not mean being "woke". Woke is only a term used by insecure, small minded, privileged asshole who hate the idea of something not being straight and white, or something different not pushed to the side, background, or and not being portrayed as sub-human or less than a person!

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Harley Quinn is the most developed character across DCEU. Compared to how she starts in SS2016, to BoP, and how SS2 closes out her character arc 2/3 in to the movie. Gotta give credit there.

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[TheMysteriousGX]

 

[Gordon_4]

Okay so Batman Year One. He is ninety percent describing Batman Year One.

Except the Joe Chill thing, that would be a neat and new twist worth exploring.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Okay so Batman Year One. He is ninety percent describing Batman Year One.

Except the Joe Chill thing, that would be a neat and new twist worth exploring.

I mean, yeah! Take out some Miller-isms and it would be pretty great

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Raises a few good points, but in my opinion, only really applies to The Dark Knight.