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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 14, 2018 16:37:08 GMT -5
I agree, especially if one of those positives is my victory.
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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 15, 2018 20:32:28 GMT -5
Impressive!
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Post by Spazz on Jan 25, 2018 12:34:39 GMT -5
Cool man, by any chance would those big things have anything to do with your music? I suppose a split in the timeline would be okay if there were some positives to come out of it. oof, sorry this is so late. yeah, some stuff is with my music but, a lot of it is other personal things!
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Post by mr. excellent on Mar 17, 2018 15:49:09 GMT -5
You know how we sometimes make our wish lists of movies we would like to come out, even if they're never going to happen? I've been doing that with Erik Killmonger's character in Black Panther. I want to go back and look at that guy's history. I also feel that T'Challa would be a fascinating character to flesh out on film as well, similar to how X-Men First Class did this for Professor X and Magneto. At this point, I couldn't see the movie being justified, but what if Disney commissioned a miniseries for their upcoming streaming platform? Why not? The Clone Wars went back and used Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, even though we already knew what happened to them prior to the show's run.
The Prince and the Pauper comes to mind as an inspiration, except the two wouldn't switch lives. Rather, the show would follow them both through their upbringing to show that even with their radically different upbringings, there are still plenty of things that make them alike. I imagine Killmonger's upbringing portrayed in the vein of Imperial Dreams (pretty good, has John Boyega), whereas T'Challa's would show how the weight of the crown would impact a person's life if they fully embraced it early on. I think it'd be great, a way to flesh out the characters without taking up movie space which will be devoted to other important things. Especially because I think the next Black Panther movie will look to the future of Wakanda and foreign relations. If they do look to Wakanda's past as a way to inform their future decision making in the narrative of the film, it would have to go back further than T'Challa's childhood. So, they probably wouldn't rely so much on T'Challa's upbringing, unless they portrayed it through the lens of T'Challa being a student studying his own national history.
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Post by mr. excellent on May 28, 2018 22:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by brotherandbassist on Jun 18, 2018 16:28:58 GMT -5
I read that in Billy Mays's voice, idk why XD
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 16, 2018 2:06:08 GMT -5
Originally I wrote something to the effect of "Hey guys, been a little quiet around here, how's it going?" In fact, that may have been exactly what I wrote, word for word. Any who, I was a little distracted and realized that I haven't provided any updates in weeks (if not longer). A lot of interesting things have happened since I've been away. For now, I'll share a little about Anime Expo (AX).
Every year, AX is held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which is just across the street from the Staples Center where the Los Angeles Lakers play. Like San Diego Comic Con, AX has grown considerably in size the last 10 - 15 years and is now attended by 100s of thousands of people every year in its 4-5 day duration. My brother in law has gone almost every year since 2007, while my wife and I have attended 4 and 3 times respectively. This year, we went as a family with my wife's parents attending as well. Like comic con, the experience was great, but it was A LOT. So many people walking every square inch of the convention center at all times, it can be a little overwhelming. That said, everyone had a great time. We didn't attend any panels, but my brother in law cosplayed as a Mage from Final Fantasy VII (I think it was VII) in a costume that he bought, that my wife crafted and sewed accessories for, and father in law built a staff for too. All in all, his costume was fantastic. Leading up to attending AX, I watched My Hero Academia so that I could have something to look out for with regard to other cosplayers. It's one of the popular anime's going right now currently, and I have to say that I quite like it. It's described by many as a shonen type take on the X-Men with Superman as the main mentor. The description works I suppose, but I think they really do some awesome things with the premise to make it stand on its own. I'm not someone who really watches a lot of anime, but I do try to appreciate a good show when I find one. I've also watched at least 6 or 7 episodes of One Punch Man. It's pretty hilarious, and I definitely aim to continue watching the rest of the episodes currently available on Netflix.
Has anyone else seen these shows? If so, what do you all think of them (or either one of 'em)?
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 24, 2018 17:23:41 GMT -5
So, once again, I have won the Race to the Nth Post challenge. Yessir, I sure have. If you all ever want advice on how it's done, you know where to find me. ;P
In today's random thoughts and things I've stumbled upon on YouTube, I'd like to give a shout out to Marc Webb's portrayal of web swinging in both his Spider-man films. In the first one he envisioned Peter Parker as the ultimate traceur (person who does parkour) and devoted a lot of effort to doing the special effects practically with rigs and wire work. For what it's worth, I wasn't as keen on the way it looked in the final product as I thought I'd be, but even still, it informed the way Spider-man was designed to move with special effects as well. Beyond the style of Spider-man's movement, I thought the CGI on Spider-man in particular looked phenomenal in The Amazing Spider-Man. It still blows me away that the school hall fight scene is entirely CGI. Then, Webb went and totally changed his philosophy for the second movie and re-imagined the web swinging for that film. For TASM 2, he no longer felt beholden to grounding Spider-Man's movements in reality and wanted to explore visually this idea that Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man is the best Spider-Man he could be. In TASM 2, the colors were more vibrant, Spider-Man's movements more sweeping, more explosive and fast. The web swinging and visual effects in this one are arguably better than they've ever been in any Spider-Man film preceding and following it thus far.
In other "news", yesterday I listened to Collider's various tributes to Jon Schnepp over on YouTube for over 3 hours I think. It was so therapeutic, but also very sad. Not going to pretend like I didn't get somewhat emotional. I've really had a hard time processing his passing, but to be able to see his colleagues, who were his closest friends share stories about him and show their emotions in a very honest, real way helped. Schnepp was important to so many people not just because of his works, but also because of what he did for nerd culture. He was like a pillar in the geek community, someone who's work has paved the way for so many things. Today we live in a time where being a nerd is celebrated and widely accepted. It has become cool in some ways. As a child of the late 80's, 90's, and early 2000's I benefited from people like him pushing their passion for all things geek. If you watch the Netflix show Stranger Things, the characters ironically use the term "Mouth Breathers" as an insult, which fits with the times. In general, the popular negative portrayal of a nerd is someone who is awkward, nervous and sweaty, who has terrible posture and cares way too much about comics, or manga, or video games, or D &D, or what have you. Schnepp was someone who, in the words of Collider's CEO Marc Fernandez, demonstrated by example that "It’s beautiful to be awkward, less than perfect, and sweat profusely over the things you love." That was his thing, to "stay sweaty" or to "get the sweat flowing" (which means: let's nerd out). We were all sweaties with Schnepp, which is his rallying cry to nerds (of all fandoms, everywhere) to go and partake in those pop culture things that most speak to you. It was also kind of like saying "We are groot", though I'm not sure what came first. Schnepp was 51 when he passed away on July 19th; I'm not sure when the term "sweaties" came into being, lol. Watching him every day on Collider movie talk and Collider Heroes was like sitting in a garage with my best friends and being a part of the conversation. He was one of those guys who you felt like you knew him, even though you'd never met him in real life. I'm sad that he's gone, but his impact will never be lost on me. May he sweat in peace, and may WE all stay forever sweaty, friends.
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Post by BackinBlack on Jul 25, 2018 18:29:16 GMT -5
So an idea kind of came to me. So we know that Sony owns both the Spider-Man movie rights, as well as the full rights to the Spectacular Spider-Man animated series. It's really doubtful to ever happen, but would it be farfetched if they decided to make a Spectacular Spider-Man movie, that can give the show a proper ending while at the same time leave it kind of open to more films? Crazier things have happened; I mean, DC did bring back Young Justice.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 25, 2018 18:57:34 GMT -5
It's not unprecedented, but I don't think it'll happen unfortunately. Why Disney wouldn't bring that show back is beyond me though. I'm sure Sony would be agreeable to some kind of arrangement, they're already sharing the live action version. Like, maybe Sony gets all of the add revenue for the commercials while Disney makes money on the merchandising. Sony would pay for the production costs, but Disney would air the show on their network. Why not? I could see them folding in Miles Morales too, at some point.
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Post by mr. excellent on Aug 7, 2018 21:09:38 GMT -5
Okay, I don't know where to put this trailer, so I'm just going to put it here: Infinity War Thanos Trailer (Godzilla: King of the Monsters Style) Gotta say, I absolutely love this, and it's in part because that Godzilla trailer elicits an emotional response from me every time I watch it. It's one of my favorite trailers of the year, next to Infinity War's own trailers of course. Their trailer #2 is going to be very hard for me to beat because it's the first thing that gave me real hope that the movie was going to deliver and that the last 10 years of entertainment wasn't just going to fall flat on its face. But yeah, that Godzilla trailer is messing me up, and combining the two? My goodness, my birthday must have come early this year. Mmhmm, that's right.
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Post by mr. excellent on Aug 10, 2018 23:24:11 GMT -5
My wife and I have been making our way through Parks and Rec episodes. We just finished season 7, episode 5 and I had this realization that I enjoyed it more than I have the last 3 Terminator movies... okay, numbers 3 and 4. Admittedly, I didn't see Terminator Genysis, or however they spell it. It was a good episode, and the way it ended was great. It was the one where that software company Gryzzl started data mining the whole town and was sending people personalized gifts. Yeah, great episodes. Also, I love how season 7 takes place 3 years into the future, and totally mocks the trajectory of everything in 2014. Although it did get some things right. Can't give the show too much credit though, I mean, who didn't predict Shia LaBeouf would be responsible for a must have line of wedding dresses in 2017?
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Post by mr. excellent on Sept 7, 2018 9:28:58 GMT -5
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Post by mr. excellent on Dec 19, 2018 23:49:16 GMT -5
I know I'm responding to this comment late, but in response to our discussion on Marvel and Kevin Feige: Few men in the entertainment industry capture my attention at the level that Feige does. The man just has to sneeze on social media and I have to not only read about it through at least 2 publications, but also listen to at least 3 YouTube analysis of what it all means, lol.
This is completely unrelated, but my wife and I recently saw most of Adam Sandler's 100% Fresh on Netflix. For my money, it's my favorite thing from Adam Sandler in well over a decade. Over the years I'd find an old stand up routine or two from him a few years before he made it big, or maybe it was just before his SNL days. I love his old stand up. It's so simple, but brilliant and him. It feels fresh, even though it's the kind of humor that got him famous and bleeds through everything he did in the 90s. There's definitely thought behind it. He does this joke about how crazy New Yorkers are, and he kind of takes you on this silly journey that reminds me of Norm MacDonald's comedy, except it's unquestionably Sandler's humor. I found this gem up on YouTube, and I gotta say, this is the Sandler I'd like from now on. He has made his money and then some. Why not be like Letterman and Seinfeld and only do stuff you believe in now? The man is more than the least common denominator schtick he has maintained for so many years. Check this out:
EDIT: I think I'm making his earlier comedy out to be some thought provoking thing. It's not so much really. It's just, his sets, the pacing of his jokes, the unpredictability of where he was going to go with it... even though it was completely silly and juvenile, there was a flow to it that wasn't predictable in the way his later comedy became, and it wasn't just random humor. That's how I would describe it I guess. There was definitely thought put into the silliness of it all. Kind of like how there's a level of brilliance in Dr.Seuss, for completely different reasons. Hell, I'm not even comparing him to Seuss, it's just that I can appreciate what he was doing. I could've just said that from the start, sheesh, but now I don't want to delete it all, lol.
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Post by Webber3000 on Jan 1, 2019 15:03:12 GMT -5
Happy New Year all! Here's to an awesome 2019!
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