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Recovering catnip addict, (yahr) Member  |
I loved Cloak + Dagger! But I think Hollywood would have a hard time with it.
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Wigber Member  |
 i don't want this one to be good either (says the Apathy-clone, but really this is me talking). i hated the first one and i just don't think that the Hulk is a good "super hero". he's not a Hero. he's a guy who gets mad. and then destroys stuff. ____________________________ Future First Lady of Cyberspace Green Robot World the Canadian half of Minobot! |
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Yahr! Member  |
The hero in the early days was Banner, and later the Hulk as well when he learned to think (don't know exactly how they rationalized that one) and the dynamic between them became more complex. ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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Wigber Member |
yes. but. all they show in the movies? (from the first one they made and from the previews of this one) is Banner going "no no i have to keep it hidden", the US Army going "we must have it yesss preciousss we must" and then Banner getting mad and destroying stuff. and, IMO? the whole "now there's a bad guy who can also be a huge muscular screwed up monster" (preview-memory) was done in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Mr. Hyde. *shrugs* ____________________________ Future First Lady of Cyberspace Green Robot World the Canadian half of Minobot! |
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Cyberpunk, with it's rather amoral ethos, lends itself very, very well to interpretation as noir. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Yahr! Member |
Er, yeah, maybe because Moore's Hyde drew heavily from the Hulk (which in turn drew heavily from the original.) ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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always wears a tie - just not around his neck Member  |
to be fair The Abomionation (the name of muscalar screwed up monster) was written long before League of Extraordinary Gentleman and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written long before both of them base storylines will always be there. My point is not whether I consider the Hulk as a hero or not, it's pure business I want it to do well so they can get past it and make the ones with heroes I do like. CLoak & Dagger maybe tough but it is on Marvel's wish list for future movies. Head of internal security of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination, Catnip Master in the order of the Pineapple. |
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Wigber Member |
thats a good reason. it is, in fact, the only reason i would agree with.  ____________________________ Future First Lady of Cyberspace Green Robot World the Canadian half of Minobot! |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
all the superheroes want to be cool like Batman and have psychological split personality issues.  ~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Dog Soldiers (220)
5 out of 5 Short summary: British troops are attacked in werewolf country in Scotland. Violence, horror and hilarity ensue, in roughly that order. Just . . . see it. Seriously. Solid movie, front to back. It's low-budget and it shows it in places, but the filmmakers and actors are smart enough to know it's low-budget and adjust accordingly. There's basically two sets - outdoors and the inside of a farm-house - and very little is spent on lighting. There are twists and turns to the plot, some expected, others less so, and the movie's overall a very good experience, if you like a bit of splattergore in your suspense movies. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member  |
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
112 minutes, Rated PG-13 because HULK SMASH! Rating of Fury: B+ Tongster Factor: 1 (Liv Tyler’s thigh. Again.)  Hulk hides from scary review man…shhh! The Incredible Hulk is the second movie in Marvel Studios’ crossover movie series, which will ultimately result in an Avengers movie around 2011. While the flick does a good job in both rebooting the character and tying in the Bill Bixby television series with some of the better Hulk comic storylines, it’s NOT better than Ang Lee’s 2003 interpretation of the green goliath. The film is entertaining, but there’s little that hasn’t been seen or read before.  hehehe-uh,…I mean, RAAAARRRRGGGHHH!! Although they already have enough data and genetic samples to attempt to create another Captain America (but never mention the star-spangled hero in the film), General ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross and the Army chase Bruce Banner around the Americas to obtain the magic Hulk DNA. Bruce finds his girlfriend Betty (who’s transformed in the past five years from a hottie to a dopey elf with an overbite) and eventually sneaks into New York City to obtain the help of the mysterious Mr. Blue, but anyone who knows anything about the Hulk knows that NOTHING HELPS and only makes things worse. A new villain is created by General Ross, and another is hinted at.  Hulk run from army! HULK HATE ARMY! The re-imaging of the Hulk has made him smaller, weaker, slightly smarter, and with a lamer origin which is rushed through during the opening credits. We do get to see the Hulk do trademark moves like the Hulk Clap and the Hulk Quake, and thankfully, the Hulk does not get Ed Norton’s face wart or armpit hair. The movie takes way too long to set up the mandatory Stan Lee cameo, and Lou Ferrigno reprises his role as steroid swollen security guard. The snooty rich wiseguy with the yacht in Dawn of the Dead is the extremely wimpy non-superhero-like Doc Samson and Tim Blake Nelson (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? convict who thinks his friend turned into a toad) is Mr. Blue and possibly the next bad guy for Hulk 2…or would it be Hulk 3? And swapping Liv Tyler for Jennifer Connelly is nothing short of a crime.  No onboard nav system? Hulk SMASH cheap Korean car!! I’m not a fan of the old Hulk TV series, and the movie nearly replicates a two hour episode of it. However, the script also borrows juicy bits from the Bruce Jones’ Hulk comic run and at least one Hulk graphic novel. It fits together well, but I personally like the Hulk being created by A GAMMA BOMB EXPLOSION and not some radiation experiment gone wrong (I know, I’m being picky  ). And since we’re talking about radioactive freaks, the big fight scene with the Abomination takes place in New York City and there’s no hint of the Fantastic Four or Spider-Man. Booo. Hulk beat up Abomination! Woo-hoo! General Ross is a total dick in the movie. At least in the 2003 Hulk you kind of sympathize with him because he’s trying to protect his daughter. Not here. And the first fight scene in the bottling plant where they hide the Hulk’s face is ridiculous. Why? Also, why does anyone bother shooting regular ammo at the Hulk? And I.V.’s can penetrate the Hulk’s skin while bullets can’t? When the grime-covered Hulk shrinks to Banner, why he is completely clean? And don’t get me started on the ‘never losing his pants’ thing, especially when a flaming helicopter smashes into him.  Giant hand try to swipe Hulk’s hooch! HULK IS DRUNKEST ONE THERE IS!! You’ll like The Incredible Hulk. LIKE. The movie could have been better but it certainly did what it needed to do: put the Hulk in the Marvel Film Universe. Expect to see more of the Jolly Green Giant in films in the future. |
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Has no front teeth Member  |
*applauds*
Good acting in the review! *puts movie on "maybe" list* ______________________ “Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e.†~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy…ooh ooh ooh…the sky's the limit! |
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Poster of the year, 2007 Member  |
Poor poor Lady. She didn't deserve that. She better have gotten hamburger as compensation for that photo shoot.
p.s. You scare me sometimes. Not really. ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ Weeble Song! Sing along! ~ courtesy Snazzy Snazzypants |
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Has no front teeth Member |
Lady knows she owns him.
Totally ______________________ “Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e.†~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy…ooh ooh ooh…the sky's the limit! |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
I got that Hulk doll for ONE CENT!
Hollywood should hire me for special effects. |
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Has no front teeth Member |
Oh yeah. That'll lead to some interesting reviews
______________________ “Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e.†~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy…ooh ooh ooh…the sky's the limit! |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
Seriously, how much detail do you remember in special effects? You can be cheap.
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Has no front teeth Member |
I'm mostly of the OOh! Things blow up! persuasuin.
Not too big on detail, at least the first time through. ______________________ “Fandangling across the moony sky, went the Beezee bold as brass, side-saddle she sat, on a big painted bat, shooting moonbeams out of her a(censored)e.†~Joe ________________________ Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy…ooh ooh ooh…the sky's the limit! |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
Send me a pic weebs! I'll put you in my next |
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Administrator Member  |
i don't like spattergore and suspense movies. i loved loved loved dog soldiers. *chants* come and have a go if you think you're hard enough! */chants* ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. trolls are like pigeons..keep feeding them and they keep coming back and shitting in your street. |
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