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Yes indeed. Here's a link to the story
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/634373403/d-c-couple-killed-in-tajikistan-attack-were-biking-around-the-world-together
I concur and since DC has the "Infinite Earths" going for them, they can have a universe where things are similar but not the same. They could theoretically do more with their characters because of it.
Nope, there's not a better movie for Halloween or a sleepover party. Creepshow was so cool!
"You gotta hold your breath!" Leslie Nielsen
What I think they're attempting to do, is just pretend the newer movies coming out (Aquaman, Shazam, WW2) are the DCEU, along with the first WW.
Much like Star Trek: Wrath of Khan ignored Star Trek: The Motion Picture and went forward like that first movie didn't exist, I believe they're going to ignore Man Of Steel, BVS, the first Suicide Squad and Justice League. It's a shame too, since Man of Steel is actually a decent movie. The rest I listed are garbage though.
My point is that the Star Trek franchise rebooted without having to reboot. They pushed on and made much better movies that fans love and remember fondly, almost forgetting that first entry. I get the sense that WB is trying to do the same, going forward with the newer DCEU movies. I think it could work (like it worked for Star Trek), as long as the execution is right. My fingers are crossed!
All I'm saying is that most comic book villains were originally created to be adversaries for comic book heros. As comics industry advanced and became more artful, Marvel was created and writers started giving their villains more backstory. This ties into my argument.
Take Victor Von Doom. His story is connected to Reed Richards, the future Mr. Fantastic. You can't tell a Doom standalone without the Reed Richards component, because the fallout from their connection is the crystallizing moment that puts him on a path to become Doctor Doom.
Oh yeah, that's right. They think "evil" is just a concept created by people or institutions of power.
I recall those two fools from DC who said that exact same thing - evil is a concept, it's not real. They then went bicycling across the globe to show everyone how loving other cultures are and got murdered in Tajikistan by radical Islamic terrorists.
Yep. Loving cultures. Evil isn't a real thing. Guess we saw how that worked out for them.
Good is good, evil is evil and one of the central tenants of comics and comic book movies is good vs evil. They aren't really interchangeable, although a lot of people on the far left want to argue otherwise. What a bunch of creeps.
Not a fan of Supergirl on CW. Actually, I'm kind of turned off by all their shows. Way too much SJW and political commentary in those and I'm sick of actors playing the roles of men, when said actors don't even look old enough to shave. I'm talking about the Barry Allen on CW. That version of FLASH sucks. Give me the 1990's show any day. The bit of Legends I saw was really dumb too.
No offense taken. I wish they had made the R-rated version, just so we could see what they would have done with it.
Well Venom seems to be succeeding too, so maybe my postmortem on that movie is greatly misinformed.
As for Deadpool, he's always been a loner. His movies work just fine and are loved. Looks like Venom will be in that category as well.
I love The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom. I have not yet seen The Darjeeling Limited or The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Royal Tenebaums is probably my least favorite but I still liked it.
Anderson's movies have the look and feel of a colorful storybook. The characters are rich, interesting, fun and flawed.
I've re-watched the Life Aquatic many times and it's still wondrous with each viewing. Bill Murray is the man!
I'm not attacking science. God created science. God created me, you and all things. Free will is always a factor but God is always there, always willing to accept, to heal, to enrich and to love. I don't condemn anyone to hell and neither does God. Free will.
As I've stated before, I think you and I would be friends if we knew each other outside the board-verse. I think you're intelligent and passionate. I admire that in most people.
LOL!!!
Why do you care what someone thinks of you, especially people who you don't agree with or like that much? I'm sorry but there aren't roving bands of Christian zealots marching in boots down the streets, carrying batons and smashing in doors to get unbelievers. I know that sounds sarcastic but seriously.
In a world where you can be anyone, be you. Trust me, I don't have a problem with you not being Christian. That's your choice.
I don't make that call, whether someone goes to hell or not. All I know is that salvation comes through Jesus our Lord. Of course, if you don't believe in the Christian God, that's your prerogative. It's one of the things I often find confusing about those who take issue with Christianity. If it's not for you, it's not for you. There's no reason to single out one religion in particular.
It's like colors of paint. Someone might think a shade of green is perfect for the kitchen walls but you might think that green is the worst color anyone could like. Yet it's not your kitchen so you don't really care.
What harm comes form someone believing in something higher, something supernatural?
At the end of the day, my Lord is loving and always merciful. Redemption is a powerful state.
I wondering the same thing. Waiting on podcast reviews or maybe one of my friends will go see it and fill me in.
See for my money, this is the best MCU movie ever made. It gives you so many conflicted moments. One minute you can see how Tony is so right, the next minute your thinking that Steve's got a point and so on and on.
I have personally watched CA:CW at least 6 times now and in the beginning, I was 100% on team Captain America. Then a funny thing happened. I watched it a second time and noticed things I hadn't before. By the end of the third viewing, I had crossed lines and was 70% on team Iron Man. By the fourth viewing, any lingering sympathies I had with Steve were gone. I was 100% with Iron Man.
The reason? Tony was right. Steve was wrong.
You can argue that Tony was right but for the wrong reasons, whereas Steve was wrong but for the right reasons. Yet I have problems with that explanation, because it somewhat excuses Steve for acting like a self-righteous jerk. It pains me to write! Cap has been one of the best characters in the entire MCU, due to his unabashed certainty of always doing the "right thing" in a situation. However it was this same, stubborn self-certainty he applied to the circumstances in Civil War, making him blind to any sound argument, save his own. His greatest strength (his sense of right), became his greatest weakness. Even Black Widow confronts him before the airport fight and asks him if he really wants to punch his way out of this. That's the crystalizing moment where I realized that Steve was wrong. Then again, everyone who's seen CA:CW has a take on who, when and why. This is what makes it the MCU's best.
It's a gut-wrenching movie in so many ways. It makes you question the ethics of power and tests your sense of loyalty to a beloved character.
Bravo the Russo bros!
LOL! It's a matter of taste. Obviously comic book movies aren't your thing.
You echo my sentiments exactly from all those years past. Recently I had a chance to see this movie again on television and you know what? It still sucks. Time has not improved the viewing one bit. If anything, it seems even sillier and more dumb than when it came out in 1999.
Jamie Foxx's version of Electro made no sense. His motivations for hating Spider-man were really lame. He's one example of everything that was wrong with ASP2. You could tell they were rushing to put everything into that movie in order to get to a Sinister Six moment in ASP3. Thank God we never got an ASP3! I wasn't a fan of any of the Amazing movies. Wasn't a fan of Garfield as Spider-man either.
Not really, not if they truly wanted a Venom based on the comics incarnation.
In Secret Wars, Peter gets the symbiote on the planet where he and the other super beings have been exiled by the Beyonder. The black suit, which is later revealed to be living, forms a link with Peter Parker/Spider-man. That link is the source of Venom's rage at Spider-man. The characters are intertwined, so you really can't have a comics accurate Venom with a standalone movie.