I read that Jar Jar excerpt and it was fucking depressing: all his friends are either dead or exiled and he's finally been reduced to being the fool everyone always thought him to be.
Because Joss Whedon wasn't ashamed to have his characters in actual costumes, and forgo the black leather jumpers. That is the difference between The Avengers and X-men films. They're also allowed to have legitimate fun, and not just be sarcastic or self-deprecating. At the time, Singer had to dip his toe into comic book "stuff" for his films because the public's last taste of that (Bat-nipples and ice-puns) was so sour. He pulled it off well...but the public has had 15 years of super hero films since then, and we're much more willing to accept the weirder aspects of them. Singer hasn't changed with the times. If Apocalypse had come out in 2006, I think it would be considered among the better comic book movies, but it just doesn't work 10 years later.
Gooter Hagen i think this is the perfect response actually. Shame that the classic 90s costumes are shown for all of 5 seconds asst thr end of the film, when we've been seeing outfits close to comic accurate in marvel studio movies all this time.
Did anyone remember the video "How to make batman v Superman good" and he says, In Batman 89 he has a gadget specifically for kicking a guy in the balls. You cannot get more prepared than that!!! They made another reference to that in this video!
I believe the avengers works better together than the x-men because, 1) They get their own movies and more time for character development 2) Each movie comes out in order (no reboots or different time lines) and builds towards a main story involving all the characters (infinity war). 3) I think visually, the Marvel movies are much more hopefully, colorful, and bright. While, the newer x-men movies have seemed to try and be a little more realistic and grounded. MARVEL embraces the silliness of comics and its characters. 4) I also believe that Marvel has cast their movies much better than fox (at least comparing the newer castings)
Samuel L. Jackson is mad about Nick Fury not showing up in Black Panther!? He must not understand these characters: After all of the shady shit Nick Fury has done he's probably the last person T'Challa wants poking around his country.
somerandommonkeyful If Steve Rogers was in charge of wakanda he would probably let him in, becouse of their history together, but he's not in charge. T'challa doesn't have any reason to trust Fury, he never even met the guy in his life.
przemdud80 Indeed, good sir. Although I maintain that Fury's manipulative nature and SHIELD's reputation would be cause for T'challa to mistrust him even if he knew him.
To be fair to Ang Lee, nobody can make a good Hulk movie. The source material just doesn't lend itself to three act structures and it's hard to put the character through an arc, since the moment you "fix" him, the character ceases to be what people recognize him for.
Coffee Skeleton Films Yeah that's what I'm saying I agree they have a little short film of other movies like big hero 6. just make a marvel one. Like what else is happening the time this movie is going on. or other characters they want to promote
In the international posters for The Last Jedi, the word Jedi itself is still Jedi, but the other words in the title have been switched to plural. For instance, in Spanish, if the subject becomes plural, so does "the," changing from "el" to "los."
The Professor X getting punched while saying Logan was hilarious. Put that bit in a video! 28:16 anyone else think of the BvS cancelled script video? xD
Superman Lives was NOT written by Kevin Smith, Kevin turned in a script, he was no the only one, and he was not the last, the movie got a page 1 rewrite after Kevin's script and had nothing that was in Kevin's script.
No. The 'comic book come to life' was BATMAN & ROBIN ... BATMAN was the realisist, gritty take on thecharacter that should ALWAYS be done. B&R was the comic book faithful one (which shows we SHOULDN'T just film the comic books :-) )
Bruce Banner does pent up his anger because of his father. In the comics, Banner's father IS a huge part of the Hulk. I don't remember much about it but it's something like the Hulk is the idea of his abusive father or something.
Mel Gibson is one of the greatest directors alive today. Hacksaw Ridge is in the top 3 favorite movies last year for me. I watched Xmen 2 the other day for the first time in years. I didn't really like it when it came out but now I get it and I see the movie for what it is and its great still. Still holds up, except for the scenes when they show computers you can age the movie by that and really only that. Also recently watched Fight Club in the past year and to me it still holds up but it is a bit pretentious with the message. But its really only like that because I mean we grew up with the movie and its almost 20yrs old. Still good though.
The reason Singer can't make an X-men film anymore is the same as Lucas making a Star Wars film. The first few where so new and revolutionary he was setting a trend that had to draw influence from other mediums. Then the later ones only drew from themselves and where trying to copy earlier troupes hence they fell apart.
i never understood why the Blade director isn't included in comic movie lists....that was a great flick that took the characters seriously and made them infinitely better than the comic counterparts
You asked, I answer: It's exactly what you said before: Singer pioneered a lot of stuff with his first two X-Men films, but in the intervening time, it all got copied and done better elsewhere (the epitome of which is The Avengers) and he can't update himself with the time. This is why his movies aren't considered as good, because the quality of superhero movies has increased enormously. Seriously. I firmly believe that TA has one of the finest scripts ever produced. It's punchy and witty, keeping everyone entertained, but it's also and more fundamentally *character-driven*; the lines work so well because they're exactly what their characters would say and do. That's the substance of it.
RE: X-Men movies becoming less effective - The X-Men movies 3 - now have had the same sort of villain/climax without variation, and little-to-no-consequences. So there is little pressure or excitement at the end of the movie, because there is no real risk. The X-men movies also haven't handled scaling action well. When action involves dissolving an entire city, it's hard to make it feel impactful without tying it to real-world analogues, which is tough. Pacific Rim did scaling action well, both with linking the boat to a baseball bat, which gave your brain a logical analogy to hang onto, and scale, when the fist hits the executive toy. It also killed characters with some frequency, so the tension stayed present. Dissolving one million non-protagonists in a cloud of psycho-energy just doesn't have the same emotional or logical ties. X1 & 2 had smaller stakes, and the climaxes were both tied to emotional matters. We wanted Rogue to survive, and we wanted Logan to find peace.
I think we were so pumped for the 1st X-Men bc of nostalgia and the first real look at mutant powers. Also, I think Singer probably stopped reading comics after initial success
Just so you guys know, my girlfriend and I saw 'Man of Tai Chi' and we couldn't stop laughing at how bad it was. Without prior knowledge... Yet we love Reeves.
So, worst comic book movie director... the dude who made the newer Fant Four Stic movie, that's right, he doesn't even get the pleasure of me remembering his name. boom. Does Star Wars The Force Awakens count? because I'd say J.J Abram's... but if not, then maybe... The Russo brothers. does two count? I thought Zach Snyder did a great job at directing (Aside from Lex Luther, Jesse Eisenberg did a great job at acting, its just the character he was acting as, wasn't the characters personality at all... ), but the producing for BvS was... lesser... I still enjoyed it more then most did... The extended cut was better, as they always are.
We enjoyed the Singer movies, because, "That's what we were getting?". They were good movies. But, we are now getting movies and are getting closer to the books. And Singer is stuck in the idea of, "Grounded in Reality".
I'd be really interested to see Guy Ritchie or Chad Stahelski/David Leitch from John Wick have a crack at The Batman movie since both Ben Affleck and Matt Reeves have dropped directing. At the very least, I'm excited to see Leitch's take on Deadpool 2.
59:50 Days of Future Past is the last movie I got excited about. I saw them all come out at comic con, the casts of BOTH movies? I lost my mind! I wouldn't shut up about it until I finally saw it. Like, Wolverine's been helping the new team this whole time, but he gets dumped in a river and NO ONE goes to see if he's okay, except for Mystique, who is also Stryker somehow? Also, why you no mention Spawn or Steel?
when I read the synopsis for Jar Jar's fate I (surprisingly) felt a tiny bit of sympathy for him... and then I read his dialogue and immediately remembered how much I hated him.
BEN IS NOT LEAVING BATMAN! That was just SPECULATION from John Campea at Collider and he even said, "don't run this as a story, this is just speculation." Also Collider was one of the only ones who DIDN'T run that as a story cause they knew it was just John's speculation.
The first two X-Men were great because they were cinematic. They came across as films rather than hyper saturated shaky cam almost made for TV movies Disney is putting out. As rough as Apocalypse was, you can't knock Singer's direction. His shots hold weight. There's actual choreography between the actors and camera.
Xmen films are also pretty violent compared to MCU which is pretty subjective. The only scene where I was like "damn he's hurt!" in the MCU is when Stark got beat up in Civil War. Compare that to the iron being ripped out of your veins. I'll never forget X2 lol.... still top 3.
For me, at the time X-Men 1 & 2 came out, I think most of my love for those movies was more hype for a real X-men movie. I specifically remember the jet scene and the wolverine scene feeling like legit comic book moments. But those moments felt isolated overall in the movie. I think we've gotten movies that properly brought comic book heroes to the screen, so what worked for X-men 1 & 2 just doesn't work anymore.
I reckon give Moon Knight to George Miller. An edgier batman with the supernatural swing to it, give him freedom to experiment and I think it could be great.
I think Bryan Singer has lost his touch but I think it's due to an over produced visual style. The first 2 X-men films felt more grounded, practical and get your bingo card ready.... gritty. Logan was the best received and that followed the same fundamentals
I want Peter Jackson to go back to horror, specifically take over and reboot the Silent Hill movies, since Del Toro is busy with Kojima, Jackson is my runner up
I can't tell if you guys are joking about bryan singer or not. ah well... sure Apocalypse isn't the best thing we've ever seen but singer also directed days of future past. do you fellas not like that one? I don't know. X1? X2? singer directed all the best big xmen movies. his hit rate is 3/4. does he really deserve this kicking? really?
I don't know Bryan Singer is always iffy to me. X1 and X2 were good, at the time. They pioneered the return of the comic book movie, but I don't think they would be considered all that good if they were released today. And he seems to REALLY not understand some key aspects of the Xmen and comics in general. Days of future past was ok, but not great. And honestly with most of his movies the more I think about them the more I don't like them so I try not to think about them too much. I would have really preferred if he had not returned to the Xmen franchise and if Matthew Vaughn continued with the Franchise from First Class and on.
vidarDJ16starkill Matthew Vaughn, right? I don't think the boys mentioned him. I love his work. I am personally happy with both guys' efforts. Since the xmen franchise is unlikely to stop any time soon, let's hope Vaughan gets his hands on something. I'd love to see what else he can do in this universe. What ARE some of those key aspects that singer seems to be missing? I haven't read many xmen books so I have no angle on that at all. I watched x1 and x2 back to back a couple of weeks ago and I thought they held up pretty well. Better than I expected. I like them both better than I like Avengers. So.. I disagree. I think they are good movies even compared with more recent ones. it's a preference thing then? from person to person, I guess. I don't know.
Ya'll too mean to Mel Gibson. He's pretty good, and yeah, he went on a rager and all, but it's not like the rest of Hollywood isn't secretly corrupt as fuck too. I think he'd do a great Suicide Squad film, and he'd make a great Deathstroke. Also, Batman '89 wasn't great, but you forgot to mention that it had the most iconic Batman theme that ever played! Always love the show! Thanks guys!
my problem with joss whedon and a firefly reboot is how the characters have aged, like nathan fillion is not young or fit anymore the show would be too forced.
I actually Love Ang Lee's 'Hulk', it's such a weird but enjoyable film. I prefer that to the one with Ed Norton any day, that film is just utterly bland.
I think the current X-men films are good, they're just not as good as what Marvel is making (I haven't seen Apocalypse, so I'm not judging that). One of the things that I think Marvel does better is balancing characters. There isn't a main character for the Avengers films, it's an ensemble film. X-men, on the other hand, typically has one or two main characters like Wolverine, Prof. X, & Mystique, while everyone else are only side characters like Cyclops, Storm, & Jean Grey. Also, Marvel feels like it has more variety while X-men pretty much do the same thing every time & we're starting to get tired of it.
hey guys! so, I feel the same about Singer. but it mainly has to do with story and creativity. the "you're a dick" moment from x1 was clever and genuine and the story for x2 was unique and interesting and didn't revolve around all the heroes coming together and using their powers to defeat the big CGI villain. x movies have just gotten boring because the stortelling is kinda lazy and kinda dumb.
I read that Jar Jar excerpt and it was fucking depressing: all his friends are either dead or exiled and he's finally been reduced to being the fool everyone always thought him to be.
LatinaFangirl fuck him.
"...finally been reduced to being the fool everyone always KNEW him to be." There's really no room for stepping in poodoo in a Star-Wars movie.
LatinaFangirl GOOD
I know its not exactly constructive criticism or helpful to the subject but thank you Guys for making Mondays awesome. nuff said.
36:41 Whadda ya meeeeeeean, Mason??
I could listen to that on a loop!
Because Joss Whedon wasn't ashamed to have his characters in actual costumes, and forgo the black leather jumpers. That is the difference between The Avengers and X-men films. They're also allowed to have legitimate fun, and not just be sarcastic or self-deprecating. At the time, Singer had to dip his toe into comic book "stuff" for his films because the public's last taste of that (Bat-nipples and ice-puns) was so sour. He pulled it off well...but the public has had 15 years of super hero films since then, and we're much more willing to accept the weirder aspects of them. Singer hasn't changed with the times. If Apocalypse had come out in 2006, I think it would be considered among the better comic book movies, but it just doesn't work 10 years later.
Gooter Hagen i think this is the perfect response actually. Shame that the classic 90s costumes are shown for all of 5 seconds asst thr end of the film, when we've been seeing outfits close to comic accurate in marvel studio movies all this time.
Did anyone remember the video "How to make batman v Superman good" and he says, In Batman 89 he has a gadget specifically for kicking a guy in the balls. You cannot get more prepared than that!!! They made another reference to that in this video!
I believe the avengers works better together than the x-men because,
1) They get their own movies and more time for character development
2) Each movie comes out in order (no reboots or different time lines) and builds towards a main story involving all the characters (infinity war).
3) I think visually, the Marvel movies are much more hopefully, colorful, and bright. While, the newer x-men movies have seemed to try and be a little more realistic and grounded. MARVEL embraces the silliness of comics and its characters.
4) I also believe that Marvel has cast their movies much better than fox (at least comparing the newer castings)
J.K Simmons as J.J.J proves a complete understanding of the comic character
Samuel L. Jackson is mad about Nick Fury not showing up in Black Panther!? He must not understand these characters: After all of the shady shit Nick Fury has done he's probably the last person T'Challa wants poking around his country.
somerandommonkeyful
If Steve Rogers was in charge of wakanda he would probably let him in, becouse of their history together, but he's not in charge. T'challa doesn't have any reason to trust Fury, he never even met the guy in his life.
przemdud80 Indeed, good sir. Although I maintain that Fury's manipulative nature and SHIELD's reputation would be cause for T'challa to mistrust him even if he knew him.
To be fair to Ang Lee, nobody can make a good Hulk movie.
The source material just doesn't lend itself to three act structures and it's hard to put the character through an arc, since the moment you "fix" him, the character ceases to be what people recognize him for.
They didn't mention the Wonder Woman screening at all. I guess they didn't get the memo.
Always a good day when there's a new episode of this :)
I like the JURASSIC PLANET idea man. That's good.
If we lose this war, it wil be... a planet of jurassics!
dc and marvel shorts before movies great idea. I'm surprised marvel and pixar Don't already do this
Marvel sort of does, with the Marvel One shots, but yeah, they should do that more and better.
Pixar has short films.
Coffee Skeleton Films Yeah that's what I'm saying I agree they have a little short film of other movies like big hero 6. just make a marvel one. Like what else is happening the time this movie is going on. or other characters they want to promote
in front of big hero 6 not saying that was the short movie
Anybody think Mel Gibson might actually be in talks for Batman I feel like suicide squad might just be a ruse
Thanks for making Mondays not "GROTTY" mates!
The whole bit of Superman going back in time to tell his dad to eat better needs to be animated, it's hilarious.
In the international posters for The Last Jedi, the word Jedi itself is still Jedi, but the other words in the title have been switched to plural. For instance, in Spanish, if the subject becomes plural, so does "the," changing from "el" to "los."
The Professor X getting punched while saying Logan was hilarious. Put that bit in a video! 28:16 anyone else think of the BvS cancelled script video? xD
yaaaaay...my monday is good again!
Mine too.
Jar Jar was the Gungan senator of Naboo, since the planet had two distinct sovereign governments, at least, as far as was depicted in the films.
47:13 _"It was either SUPERMAN LIVES, the J.J Abrams one..."_ *
Superman Lives was NOT written by Kevin Smith, Kevin turned in a script, he was no the only one, and he was not the last, the movie got a page 1 rewrite after Kevin's script and had nothing that was in Kevin's script.
Batman '89 wasn't campy. It was, "The comic book come to life!".
No. The 'comic book come to life' was BATMAN & ROBIN ... BATMAN was the realisist, gritty take on thecharacter that should ALWAYS be done. B&R was the comic book faithful one (which shows we SHOULDN'T just film the comic books :-) )
Glenn Ford snuffing it in Superman 78 IS a great scene. Still one of my favorite scenes of any comic book movie.
I know JarJar is annoying in the prequels but he's pretty endearing in the Clone Wars series. So that little excerpt was kind of sad :(
Fincher would do a killer Moon Knight
Loved your "Logan" impression
😂🤣😂
Best Charles Xavier impression Mason.... haahahha.That's deep.
jar jar as a street clown is is a better fate than i wouldve that
loving these podcasts guys!
Bruce Banner does pent up his anger because of his father. In the comics, Banner's father IS a huge part of the Hulk. I don't remember much about it but it's something like the Hulk is the idea of his abusive father or something.
Mel Gibson is one of the greatest directors alive today. Hacksaw Ridge is in the top 3 favorite movies last year for me. I watched Xmen 2 the other day for the first time in years. I didn't really like it when it came out but now I get it and I see the movie for what it is and its great still. Still holds up, except for the scenes when they show computers you can age the movie by that and really only that.
Also recently watched Fight Club in the past year and to me it still holds up but it is a bit pretentious with the message. But its really only like that because I mean we grew up with the movie and its almost 20yrs old. Still good though.
The reason Singer can't make an X-men film anymore is the same as Lucas making a Star Wars film. The first few where so new and revolutionary he was setting a trend that had to draw influence from other mediums. Then the later ones only drew from themselves and where trying to copy earlier troupes hence they fell apart.
i never understood why the Blade director isn't included in comic movie lists....that was a great flick that took the characters seriously and made them infinitely better than the comic counterparts
You asked, I answer: It's exactly what you said before: Singer pioneered a lot of stuff with his first two X-Men films, but in the intervening time, it all got copied and done better elsewhere (the epitome of which is The Avengers) and he can't update himself with the time. This is why his movies aren't considered as good, because the quality of superhero movies has increased enormously. Seriously. I firmly believe that TA has one of the finest scripts ever produced. It's punchy and witty, keeping everyone entertained, but it's also and more fundamentally *character-driven*; the lines work so well because they're exactly what their characters would say and do. That's the substance of it.
Best Professor X impression 😂
RE: X-Men movies becoming less effective -
The X-Men movies 3 - now have had the same sort of villain/climax without variation, and little-to-no-consequences. So there is little pressure or excitement at the end of the movie, because there is no real risk. The X-men movies also haven't handled scaling action well. When action involves dissolving an entire city, it's hard to make it feel impactful without tying it to real-world analogues, which is tough. Pacific Rim did scaling action well, both with linking the boat to a baseball bat, which gave your brain a logical analogy to hang onto, and scale, when the fist hits the executive toy. It also killed characters with some frequency, so the tension stayed present. Dissolving one million non-protagonists in a cloud of psycho-energy just doesn't have the same emotional or logical ties. X1 & 2 had smaller stakes, and the climaxes were both tied to emotional matters. We wanted Rogue to survive, and we wanted Logan to find peace.
I think we were so pumped for the 1st X-Men bc of nostalgia and the first real look at mutant powers. Also, I think Singer probably stopped reading comics after initial success
Laughing my arse off because I got an ad for Foxtel during this video.
Just so you guys know, my girlfriend and I saw 'Man of Tai Chi' and we couldn't stop laughing at how bad it was. Without prior knowledge...
Yet we love Reeves.
I'm pretty early! Thank you guys for making these, they are amazing podcasts.
So, worst comic book movie director... the dude who made the newer Fant Four Stic movie, that's right, he doesn't even get the pleasure of me remembering his name. boom. Does Star Wars The Force Awakens count? because I'd say J.J Abram's... but if not, then maybe... The Russo brothers. does two count? I thought Zach Snyder did a great job at directing (Aside from Lex Luther, Jesse Eisenberg did a great job at acting, its just the character he was acting as, wasn't the characters personality at all... ), but the producing for BvS was... lesser... I still enjoyed it more then most did... The extended cut was better, as they always are.
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Man, Samuel L Jackson really wants to cameo in every movie.
... I approve. Get that paper.
We enjoyed the Singer movies, because, "That's what we were getting?". They were good movies. But, we are now getting movies and are getting closer to the books. And Singer is stuck in the idea of, "Grounded in Reality".
Besides Nolan, Raimi understands superheroes amazingly.
I'd be really interested to see Guy Ritchie or Chad Stahelski/David Leitch from John Wick have a crack at The Batman movie since both Ben Affleck and Matt Reeves have dropped directing. At the very least, I'm excited to see Leitch's take on Deadpool 2.
Batman '66 actually had a ridiculously high budget for the time.
I have never laughed more during any episode. These jokes were pretty funny
59:50 Days of Future Past is the last movie I got excited about. I saw them all come out at comic con, the casts of BOTH movies? I lost my mind! I wouldn't shut up about it until I finally saw it.
Like, Wolverine's been helping the new team this whole time, but he gets dumped in a river and NO ONE goes to see if he's okay, except for Mystique, who is also Stryker somehow?
Also, why you no mention Spawn or Steel?
I would love to see David Fincher direct a Moon Knight movie based on the Warren Ellis run
Can someone please animate the superman goes back in time bit. Holy shit that's awesome.
when I read the synopsis for Jar Jar's fate I (surprisingly) felt a tiny bit of sympathy for him... and then I read his dialogue and immediately remembered how much I hated him.
keep up the great content guys
BEN IS NOT LEAVING BATMAN! That was just SPECULATION from John Campea at Collider and he even said, "don't run this as a story, this is just speculation." Also Collider was one of the only ones who DIDN'T run that as a story cause they knew it was just John's speculation.
The first two X-Men were great because they were cinematic. They came across as films rather than hyper saturated shaky cam almost made for TV movies Disney is putting out. As rough as Apocalypse was, you can't knock Singer's direction. His shots hold weight. There's actual choreography between the actors and camera.
Xmen films are also pretty violent compared to MCU which is pretty subjective. The only scene where I was like "damn he's hurt!" in the MCU is when Stark got beat up in Civil War. Compare that to the iron being ripped out of your veins. I'll never forget X2 lol.... still top 3.
"Eat floor...high fibre" - Batman (Batman Returns)
since Professor X impressions are a recurring feature, I'd like to hear some more Mark Wahlburg impressions haha
don't you DARE diss my happy feet
Great video guys!
I've made the decision to use 'give it a Googs, mate' as part of my vocabulary. In my opinion it only works if you have an Aussie accent :)
Jesse Newell My friends and I call Burger King 'beeks'. I'm from England
+zBruda I'll do you one better. McDonald's over here is Macca's however some people call it Macky D's
For me, at the time X-Men 1 & 2 came out, I think most of my love for those movies was more hype for a real X-men movie. I specifically remember the jet scene and the wolverine scene feeling like legit comic book moments. But those moments felt isolated overall in the movie. I think we've gotten movies that properly brought comic book heroes to the screen, so what worked for X-men 1 & 2 just doesn't work anymore.
Great as usual love you guys
how dare Mason speed things up at the end so he can go to work! stay longer! entertain us!
would you ever doing a transformers pod based around IDW run or the generation 1
@1:01:00ish- James, Maseau, and everyone else- What if Fox hired Sam Raimi to direct the first X-Men instead of singer?
Have the Coen Bros made a comic book movie? Because that might be cool...
I reckon give Moon Knight to George Miller. An edgier batman with the supernatural swing to it, give him freedom to experiment and I think it could be great.
Best Superman script ever....Dad...stop eating fatty foods, lol
I actually kinda feel sad for Jar Jar... I don’t like him, but I can imagine his street performances
BRAD BIRD directing a Superman movie would be the super special best.
Avengers is done with love, X-Men is done with a "screw the fans" attitude.
I think Bryan Singer has lost his touch but I think it's due to an over produced visual style.
The first 2 X-men films felt more grounded, practical and get your bingo card ready.... gritty.
Logan was the best received and that followed the same fundamentals
I want Peter Jackson to go back to horror, specifically take over and reboot the Silent Hill movies, since Del Toro is busy with Kojima, Jackson is my runner up
I'd rather see a cartoony over the top gore fest from him, to be honest. The psychological horror of Silent Hill isn't quite his style.
In retrospect i think i like Se7en more than fight club
I really wanted Finn to have a metal spine and reinforced arms
where I'm from an Australian Dollar is 10 dollars
I can't tell if you guys are joking about bryan singer or not. ah well... sure Apocalypse isn't the best thing we've ever seen but singer also directed days of future past. do you fellas not like that one? I don't know. X1? X2? singer directed all the best big xmen movies. his hit rate is 3/4. does he really deserve this kicking? really?
I don't know Bryan Singer is always iffy to me. X1 and X2 were good, at the time. They pioneered the return of the comic book movie, but I don't think they would be considered all that good if they were released today. And he seems to REALLY not understand some key aspects of the Xmen and comics in general. Days of future past was ok, but not great. And honestly with most of his movies the more I think about them the more I don't like them so I try not to think about them too much. I would have really preferred if he had not returned to the Xmen franchise and if Matthew Vaughn continued with the Franchise from First Class and on.
vidarDJ16starkill Matthew Vaughn, right? I don't think the boys mentioned him. I love his work. I am personally happy with both guys' efforts. Since the xmen franchise is unlikely to stop any time soon, let's hope Vaughan gets his hands on something. I'd love to see what else he can do in this universe.
What ARE some of those key aspects that singer seems to be missing? I haven't read many xmen books so I have no angle on that at all.
I watched x1 and x2 back to back a couple of weeks ago and I thought they held up pretty well. Better than I expected. I like them both better than I like Avengers. So.. I disagree. I think they are good movies even compared with more recent ones. it's a preference thing then? from person to person, I guess. I don't know.
Want to see more of TR-8R!
Ya'll too mean to Mel Gibson. He's pretty good, and yeah, he went on a rager and all, but it's not like the rest of Hollywood isn't secretly corrupt as fuck too. I think he'd do a great Suicide Squad film, and he'd make a great Deathstroke. Also, Batman '89 wasn't great, but you forgot to mention that it had the most iconic Batman theme that ever played! Always love the show! Thanks guys!
Give Quentin Tarantino marvels vigilante because a cowboy fighting marvel b and c class villains sounds cool
He says that but if he feels like it he will make other films
my problem with joss whedon and a firefly reboot is how the characters have aged, like nathan fillion is not young or fit anymore the show would be too forced.
Speed Racer was pretty great, and Tintin was pretty fantastic.
Let Rhodes meet Dr. Strange and he will be walking in no time. Then he, Fury, and BP can go find Luke Cage and take a ride on the rainbow bridge.
I actually Love Ang Lee's 'Hulk', it's such a weird but enjoyable film. I prefer that to the one with Ed Norton any day, that film is just utterly bland.
If the beep James would have set for every 39 seconds will REALLY late REALLY soon. Do the math.
I love the weekly planet
You need to do a barman animated series episode.
Whaddya MEEAANNN, Mason?!
23:50 And also The Falcon!
Thanks for the episode you bloody Australians
Listened to this while playing fifa late at night.
I think the current X-men films are good, they're just not as good as what Marvel is making (I haven't seen Apocalypse, so I'm not judging that). One of the things that I think Marvel does better is balancing characters. There isn't a main character for the Avengers films, it's an ensemble film. X-men, on the other hand, typically has one or two main characters like Wolverine, Prof. X, & Mystique, while everyone else are only side characters like Cyclops, Storm, & Jean Grey. Also, Marvel feels like it has more variety while X-men pretty much do the same thing every time & we're starting to get tired of it.
Guys can you link these pics you speak about like Rey and the Marvel concept art :(
yay I'm awake to hear this early!!! 😀😀😀😀
James Cameron could direct the shit out of something like moonknight or X-force we'd actually get anappropriate tone.
Spielberg would do a good Martin Manhunter movie.
I'd like to see Brad Byrd direct superman
Richard Lester did not direct Superman 4.
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hey guys! so, I feel the same about Singer. but it mainly has to do with story and creativity. the "you're a dick" moment from x1 was clever and genuine and the story for x2 was unique and interesting and didn't revolve around all the heroes coming together and using their powers to defeat the big CGI villain. x movies have just gotten boring because the stortelling is kinda lazy and kinda dumb.
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