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February 8, 2017 at 6:05 am (This post was last modified: February 8, 2017 at 6:39 am by Alex K.)
I'll start. I'm a bit excited about LIFE with Jake Gyllenhaal,
Very timely movie riding on the Martian's coat tails. I think Mars, long thought to be box office poison, is coming back as a subject for hard sci fi because actual Mars missions are becoming a reality.
The in vitro creature is awesome the way it is depicted, I'm not so sure whether I still like the grown creature.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Life trailer:
I would watch a 90 minute movie of just the first half of the trailer- a montage of astronauts having fun, teasing each other, and doing some slightly futuristic high-risk maneuvers set to classic rock. Now, I'm not a naysayer and I don't mean to come off as negative as I'm about to, because I still want to see this movie, but then they introduce a monster and it kind of kills it. That's when I go "Ah, I've seen this before." At the very least the trailer should have been more careful. It asks "What would we do if this really happened?" And they do it in steps. "What might space travel actually look like in the day in the life?" Yeah, I want to see that. "What would we do if we found life in space?" Pretty cool, I'm interested. "What would we do if we found out it was actively threatening?" Still pretty cool, makes you run possibilities through your head. And then they show that it's a monster let loose on a space ship and it becomes a Sci-fI horror. I know there are huge fans of that genre, but the trailer does a lot to set up- not that. That's the moment I'm not curious anymore, because I've seen that movie. They're good movies, and I want to see this one, but as far as the trailer goes, I think they could have kept up the curiosity a little longer.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
February 8, 2017 at 7:40 am (This post was last modified: February 8, 2017 at 7:41 am by Alex K.)
(February 8, 2017 at 7:09 am)Exian Wrote: Life trailer:
I would watch a 90 minute movie of just the first half of the trailer- a montage of astronauts having fun, teasing each other, and doing some slightly futuristic high-risk maneuvers set to classic rock. Now, I'm not a naysayer and I don't mean to come off as negative as I'm about to, because I still want to see this movie, but then they introduce a monster and it kind of kills it. That's when I go "Ah, I've seen this before." At the very least the trailer should have been more careful. It asks "What would we do if this really happened?" And they do it in steps. "What might space travel actually look like in the day in the life?" Yeah, I want to see that. "What would we do if we found life in space?" Pretty cool, I'm interested. "What would we do if we found out it was actively threatening?" Still pretty cool, makes you run possibilities through your head. And then they show that it's a monster let loose on a space ship and it becomes a Sci-fI horror. I know there are huge fans of that genre, but the trailer does a lot to set up- not that. That's the moment I'm not curious anymore, because I've seen that movie. They're good movies, and I want to see this one, but as far as the trailer goes, I think they could have kept up the curiosity a little longer.
Yes, exactly. That's why I said above that I'm not convinced I like the grown creature, in the third act the movie seems to turn into "Octalus 2: In space!", and I'm afraid that this might kill it. If at least it would have kept some of the suspense like in Alien. We'll see, we'll see.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
(February 8, 2017 at 6:47 am)Sal Wrote: Looks like a good drama, dunno what else to note of it
Looks pretty good. I'll probably wait to accidentally see it one day.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
(February 8, 2017 at 6:47 am)Sal Wrote: Looks like a good drama, dunno what else to note of it
Looks really intriguing, good for Arnold to go for some interesting roles. Thing is, ever since I had children, the lingering fear of loss is so strong that I can't stomach this kind of drama any more.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
This is interesting for a few reasons. It actually looks pretty good, when the previous two were garbage, so getting me excited is a feat.
When this was announced, the big news was it's going to tell the Old Man Logan story, so it was kind of a surprise to see elements from three separate big Wolverine stories. Actually that's what's kind of worrying. Will it bite off more than it can chew?
(I've hidden the three stories because it's both long and embarrassing.)
In the comics, Old Man Logan is a story set in the far future of an alternate universe (aka not our Wolverine). In which every single villian bands together to take over the world, few heroes are left alive, and Logan refuses to pop his claws. We find out Spider-man's villian, Mysterio, creates the illusion that Wolverine is being attacked by his enemies. Wolverine goes berserk and kills all of them, only to find out it was actually every member of the X-men. Now, he's a peacenik farmer, settled down with a family, and he pays land taxes to the Hulks (evil inbred hillbilly grandchildren of Banner). Things happened, his family is murdered, he pops his claws.
X-23 (Laura Kinney) pops up in the trailer. She's an ongoing character in the books who is a clone of Wolverine but with some booby genes. She's also a victim of the Weapon X program who trains her to be an emotionless assassin. Wolverine and crew rehabilitate and mentor her into a new Wolverine, which is good because...
The Death of Wolverine. In this story, Wolverine loses his healing factor (which we see in the trailer), and is told by Reed Richards he can no longer pop his claws, because drawing them back in will cause infection, which his body can't fight anymore. He finds out about a new Weapon X program, says fuck it, and goes to destroy it. He gets the shit kicked out of him, pops his claws, and destroys the place, but not before getting molten adamantium poured over him. Yeah, he dies from that.
So, how much of these stories will be borrowed from? Is this the death of wolverine and the passing of the torch? Also, where the hell are they driving? And why is Professor X with them?
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
I came late to this thread, apparently - I was going to bring up both 'Aftermath' and 'Logan'.
'Aftermath', against my better judgement, intrigues me. Arnold is growing into his face, and he's got that world-weary expression that a role like this calls for. I can't shake the sneaking suspicion, though, that he's going to resolve problems by bashing them. Hope I'm wrong.
'Logan' looks like the Wolverine story Hugh Jackman has been waiting for. Hope I'm right.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
