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Post by junkmonkey on Nov 26, 2020 4:48:46 GMT -5
Best superhero movie for me might be the first Iron Man. Guardians is a lot of fun, and Monsters Vs. Aliens for the animated ones deserves a mention for fun too... but Robert Downey Jr. made Tony Stark more real than the comics character, and I can't really say that about too many others, maybe Halle Barry as Storm and McKellan as Magneto. I don't know if I would say best superhero movie; but, for me, the best translation of a comic book to the movie screen is the original Hellboy film. Rocketeer is pretty close, even if they watered down Betty and had to lose Doc Savage, Monk & Ham. Howard Hughes and Neville Sinclair worked out pretty well. Still, no superhero film embodies heroism, to me, more than the first Reeve Superman, though Captain America, The First Avenger and The Winter Soldier come pretty darn close.
I find the whole superhero thing silly, and its most portentous risible, so for me the best Superhero movies are the ones that acknowledge that. For me Mystery Men and the 1966 Batman are the best. Though the first Iron Man movie wasn't bad thought of it as a straight science fiction film character piece.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 26, 2020 10:48:54 GMT -5
This is the greatest thing Stan Lee has ever said:
(Warning, nsfw language)
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 26, 2020 15:05:22 GMT -5
Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert are to Dune what L. Sprague de Camp was to Conan.
There. I said it!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 15:39:19 GMT -5
Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert are to Dune what L. Sprague de Camp was to Conan. There. I said it! But deCamp and Carter at least helped Conan emerge from obscurity and produced a semi-decent tale or two. Anderson and the younger Herbert could have done nothing and Dune would have retained its place in the sci-fi literary canon in perpetuity and they have added absolutely nothing of value to the property. A couple of generations of fans had the deCamp and Carter Conan serve as their gateway into Howard when no other portal was readily available and their efforts are in large part responsible for Conan still being in the public eye to the extent that it is. Brian and Anderson could have never touched Dune and it would still have generations of fans finding it. Comparing Herbert and Anderson to deCamp is an insult to deCamp, and I am most assuredly not a fan of his, but his actual contributions to the legacy of Conan/Howard are undeniable. L'il Herbert and Anderson, not so much. There I said it. -M |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 26, 2020 16:25:36 GMT -5
Kevin J. Anderson is a really poor writer.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 16:35:48 GMT -5
I know a lot of people are eating turkey today, but i still prefer chicken.
Especially if it's KFC.
There, I soaked it in gravy.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 27, 2020 14:27:16 GMT -5
I was looking at a modern language version of the Bible and it has the beatitudes as "If you are meek, congratulations to you, you will inherit the earth!" For all it's faults I definitely prefer the King James "Blessed are the..." version, nothing worse than Jesus sounding like a piece of junk marketing.  I said it while wondering if I've ever seen a Shakespeare Classics Illustrated adaptation. Oh, there were plenty (Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth jump to mind, in many a re-issue), and the text was not dumbed down, though abridged for length. I remember that in the Alex Blum-drawn version of Hamlet he devoted a full page to a pensive Hamlet reciting “To be or not be” with the full soliloquy accompanying his illustration. There have been plenty of other publishers who’ve done versions of Shakespeare as well, though not always with as strict an adherence to the text as Classics Illustrated’s. Found the page:  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 27, 2020 14:54:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure what a modern version of Shakespeare would do for me though. "Hey look Horatio, this one is Yorick! I knew the guy. He made me laugh. Not now though. Bummer!"  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 27, 2020 15:14:28 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 27, 2020 19:04:41 GMT -5
Kevin J. Anderson is a really poor writer. His was the first of the newer Star Wars books I abandoned. I could not slog through that thing and have avoided anything with his name on it, like the plague. He basically is little more than a work-for-hire author, offering nothing original to literature. Nothing wrong with that, per se; but, even Ron Goulart added something to what he wrote for others and did create a lot of his own material; plus, he had a craft to his work. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 27, 2020 19:09:54 GMT -5
ps My editor always comes around when I am working and wants to stand on my arm & shoulder, purring and gurgling for attention. It really slows my typing down when I have to type with one hand, while the other supports his fuzzy little butt.
I wouldn't mind that if he hadn't taken up sleeping on my pelvic and groin area, since it turned colder. There is nothing like waking up and feeling a weight on your testicles and pressure on your bladder. Especially if you are over 50 and have a prostate that proves it!
Still, he isn't stingy with his affection.
On his terms, of course!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 21:25:10 GMT -5
Kevin J. Anderson is a really poor writer. His was the first of the newer Star Wars books I abandoned. I could not slog through that thing and have avoided anything with his name on it, like the plague. He basically is little more than a work-for-hire author, offering nothing original to literature. Nothing wrong with that, per se; but, even Ron Goulart added something to what he wrote for others and did create a lot of his own material; plus, he had a craft to his work. The only thing of his I ever actually enjoyed were the X-Files novels he did. They were also the first thing of his I ever read. It was all downhill after that. -M |
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Post by Duragizer on Nov 28, 2020 0:51:10 GMT -5
His was the first of the newer Star Wars books I abandoned. I could not slog through that thing and have avoided anything with his name on it, like the plague. He basically is little more than a work-for-hire author, offering nothing original to literature. Nothing wrong with that, per se; but, even Ron Goulart added something to what he wrote for others and did create a lot of his own material; plus, he had a craft to his work. The only thing of his I ever actually enjoyed were the X-Files novels he did. They were also the first thing of his I ever read. It was all downhill after that. -M I think KJA is better at writing comics than prose. His style is better suited to a visual medium. Too bad he never realized that himself. |
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Post by impulse on Nov 28, 2020 12:53:38 GMT -5
There are three reasons I can't put The Incredibles as my personal number 1 superhero movie. Those are Iron Man, Winter Soldier, and The Avengers (taken in context of what it was and the timing, not necessarily objectively on its owm standalone merits).
Iron Man - this elevated the comic book movie as we know it. RDJR's perfect casting aside, the way they took a mostly grounded "realistic" approach without being super dark was perfect for the time.
Winter Soldier was just amazing.
The Avengers - first movie of its kind. Successful sequel to multiple stand alone comic book movies, and effectively the first comic book crossover put on screen. No one had done this before (at least that I know of to this scale and quality) and pulled it off. Plus, as a former nerdy comic book kid now adult, whose interests were always fringe and outcast, to see a full on superhero team up spectacle on the big screen as the apex of pop culture was pretty cathartic.
That and the Hulk scene with Loki was worth the price of admission.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2020 4:09:44 GMT -5
What can I say....unpopular opinion, I like Kevin J. Anderson and his books. They've always entertained me regardless of whichever sandbox he happens to be playing in. There, I said it.  |
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