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Comment by jason franklin on January 19, 2012 at 9:34am

@john lemus

when i say pussy villains i mean how they are on the big screen not just the characters themselves.dude don't get me started on star wars.i think i will give troll hunter a try.when i saw the trailer to the chronicle it reminded me of cloverfield in that it showed the action.i know that devil inside me does show a lot of action but the story is not that interesting. but i will say one that i'm not that big of fan of FF films.but i don't hate them either and will give them a chance.

Comment by John Lemus on January 19, 2012 at 7:42am

Adding that Chronicle looks like it has potential, It's an interesting concept and the execution looks good so far. If that turns out to be good I would be more than happy to see what he does with the fantastic four.

Bad thing about the fantastic four is that it was kind of a lame comic book series, even in the Ultimate universe it was only ok at best. 

 

Comment by John Lemus on January 19, 2012 at 7:39am

Dude Troll Hunter is on NetFlix I would give it a go today if you have nothing better to do or watch.

Jason perfect example of a pussy villain Eddie Brocks Venom in the last Spiderman, Anakin Skywalker in the star wars prequels, Loki in Thor, Riddler from Batman and Robin  

Comment by jason franklin on January 19, 2012 at 1:54am

about what i said about pussy villains.i'm not talking about heath ledger's joker .now that a villain like it should be played.and yes i used the possessive in there because he owed that character.his death might have killed that character. RIP MAN 

Comment by jason franklin on January 19, 2012 at 1:46am

@maxwell

i do thank you for your comment maxwell.i just think that this type of movie (super hero movies that is)can be so much more.i mean you seen it in the dark knight.i mean look at batman the animated series i know its a cartoon but as a style goes it did more for the super hero genre than half of the movies put out today.i mean you could argue that the christopher nolan batman is a direct descendant of batman the animated series which in turn came from the tim burtons batman. i do say this the cartoon villains in batman the animated series felt more threatening than the pussy villains they have today .i mean just like you said of dr doom i don't know what the hell that was.i also like to mention  venom .look what they did to him in spider-man 3.they got topher grace to play him i mean come on a cat would be be more of threat than him.topher just play in romanced comedy like you should and leave venom to us big boys.  

Comment by jason franklin on January 18, 2012 at 10:30pm

@john lemus

i didn't see it in the theater but i do see your point haven't seen troll hunter but i have heard about it i might give it a try.

Comment by John Lemus on January 18, 2012 at 9:48pm

Blair Witch as a movie may not have been the best but the experience of watching in theaters with great surround sound really made up for it. The sound effects of the forest were really creepy and you really got sucked into the movie. it pretty much spawned a new genre of films granted some are terrible but then we have gems Like Fucking TROLL HUNTER!!!.

THAT MOVIE WAS AMAZING!!! best found film footage movie by far.

Now to get this back on track Like I said they should tie The new Spiderman Movie with this one. 

I have an old Chillers comics that has a really good story that could easily be made into a really good movie and it has both Fantastic Four and Spiderman and Venom

http://www.amazon.com/MARVEL-COMICS-CHILLERS-COSTUME-Featuring/dp/0...

Comment by jason franklin on January 18, 2012 at 7:36pm

@K-Bomb

i agree 100% of what you are saying.they should make movies not just comic book movies .not just comic book fans but movie goers in general.these movies are good but they could be great

Comment by K-Bomb on January 18, 2012 at 2:29pm

It blows my mind that they put so much cash behind those 2 FF flicks and didn't really respect the source material -- thinking that they can "fix" the source material and make it "better" before they even understand it. They assumed that "funnybook" moviegoers wanted to see a 2-hour, run-of-the-mill good-vs-evil slugfest with live-action superpowers on display instead of experiencing an actual story- and character-based movie event. It was insulting at best, and a franchise killer at worst.

At face value, the Invisible Woman is supposed to be an attractive lady who can turn invisible and create force fields. In reality, the character is beloved because of how she keeps the group grounded, keeps Reed from becoming a world-controlling supervillain himself (and not just a workaholic), how she can kick king-size ass on her own if you press the wrong buttons, how she is concerned about people caught in the crossfire, etc. There's a wealth of dramatic motivation to be mined in Sue alone.

But the same goes for all the FF characters; they all have YEARS of well-crafted backstory, and their characters have been fleshed out so extensively that it seems impossible for filmmakers to screw them up... if they respect that material.

Christopher Nolan and company changed a bunch of things in the Batman canon, for certain, but they didn't dilute the reasons why Batman / Bruce Wayne as a character is a badass. They knew that Batman is not about the costume, the car, and the gadgets; it's about his drive for excellence, his thirst for justice, his crisis of dual identity, his use of darkness to fight darkness, his dual reliance on brawn AND brains, etc. All those things (and more) made his Batfilms something relate-able, dramatic, entertaining, and ultimately profitable.

So I'm more concerned that the next group of FF producers, writers, and directors aren't just great at their craft, but that they are respectful of the material that they are adapting.

Comment by jason franklin on January 18, 2012 at 1:32pm

@c clark 

thank you for you comment.it much more fun when people have something to say to each other, that being said those movies do well because they have such a large fan base but they could have done better if the story and characters had a tone of realism that would engage the audience to pull them in .you do this by making the characters reaction more believable.i know that the circumstances and settings aren't real but acting and the reacting can have a much more realer tone.and some of those might not have a hyper realism tone but they do have a realistic look and and for the most part have good actor to play the parts to at least give them a little depth.i'm talking about iron man and x-men first class thor and capt america would be on low end.i'm mean look what they did to the hulk and then  with a little more realism ,a better story and better actors we get the incredible hulk.we don't need hyper realism.we need directors that sees them as much more than comic book material but these can and should have good story telling,good acting and some believable .if you asked for shit you get shit

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