I would have loved these when I was younger. Being jaded sucks. Glad these movies are here for people that like them.

I love superhero films - Logan was excellent, enjoyed First Class, I love Nolan's Batman films and Snyder's Superman films. There hasn't been one Disney Marvel film that I've loved completely. Spider-Man Homecoming came close. It's been ages since I've watched Raimi's Spider-Man films, so I can't comment if they still hold up.

If I was a writer, I'd probably give you several pages on how I want my film to challenge me as a viewer, but instead I'll just say I'm bored by most of the Marvel films. That doesn't mean I dislike superhero films.

Logan and the Nolan movies are barely superhero movies. The Nolan flicks are crime thrillers where the protagonist wears a funny outfit. Take away Logan's healing and virtually nothing about the story changes. It's a bloody road movie that features some characters who had been in some superhero movies.

That's not a complaint. I love three out of the four of these (Dark Knight Rises was trash), but they succeed creatively because they ignored the trappings of the genre.

First Class was very good, though I don't see how it was challenging in any way.

Snyder's Superman movies were ambitious creative failures, introducing lofty ideas and then utterly failing to explore them in any way. They're fascinating to unpeel and he's a stunningly good visual director, but they are also hot garbage (and they're made by a man who doesn't seem to understand the idea of heroism).

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Sure, and Marvel films are movies where guys make jokes and beat up bad guys, and have boring cinematography and music.

Sure, that's fine.

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Glad we agree.

What about "off-brand" Superhero movies like Kick-Ass and Super?

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Never watch Rainn Wilson in any context.

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This is where you're wrong:

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Never saw Super, Kick-Ass had its moments and was a fine way to spend a few hours at the theater.

I've been watching the Punisher today and I've never seen anyone take this ass whipping that he's taking and keep going. Maybe someone should have told the people making this show that Frank Castle doesn't have super powers.

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Unless you've finished it, you have not seen anything yet.

The "beatdown recovery" rate of Frank in the Netflix series might be on-par with Wolverine or Wile E. Coyote.

But in the Marvel CBU, the Punisher is about as close to being Captain America-level of physical fitness and durability without being a "super soldier":



Granted, most people haven't followed the Punisher as closely as myself (or other nerd basket cases) and would not know these data.

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I finished The Punisher that night and Frank Castle can take an ass whippin' better than any fictional character I've ever seen. That said I really enjoyed the series.

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That stood out to me as well. The only reason why I gave it a pass is because they had him injected with adrenaline after his major beatdown, which is kind of comic book for "all better now!"

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Punisher spoilers.


And although it made sense to me, if not my LT, the scene still stood out far more than Frank's capacity for taking a beating.

The show definitely hit all the right notes for comic book story elevated to a graphic novel-level TV.

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I agree and that seems to be the general consensus of everyone online.

But the actual villain that you name was never like he was in the series (other than his vanity).

I recognized the name when he came around and was like, "hey, what the fuck?"

But, I didn't want to spoil it for Karen.

It was a well-written way of doing things, IMHO.

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So, it looks like the rights to do X-Men, Fantastic Four, and other movies are back with Marvel:

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/sorry-deadpool ... eal-752102

It will be huge all over the news soon, I'm sure.

Super stoked to have the Fantastic Four and related characters coming to the MCU.

X-Men, not so much. I'm content with it being its own thing over in the corner for now. Bring 'em in later if they need a big boost, but for now? Eh.

Fantastic Four, though? YEEESSS!!!!

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I would love to see a really good FF movie but how about a stand alone Silver Surfer movie.

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I'd be all over it. With the two GotG movies and Ragnarok, Marvel has proven they're willing to go totally bonkers with cosmic stuff. Bring it on!

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I hope they Kirby the hell out of it.

A Kirby style Silver Surfer film might make me shit my pants with excitement.

Second season of Punisher is confirmed:

https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/940688215475965952

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I'm five episodes in now and I like it better than DD Season 2 and Iron Fist so far. I'll wait to make a final judgment until I finish, but right now it's hitting all the beats I was hoping it would.

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Anybody try to watch Inhumans?

Stalled out about 4 episodes in. It kind of sucks.

I watched it all.

But yes, it sucked. If it was just the first episode and the last it wouldn't have been too bad, but they stretched out an already thin story, and Game of Thrones Guy's one-note monologues got reallllly tiring,

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On the other hand, Runaways is actually pretty fun, at least through episode 6. Some inconsistent characterization, especially with the parents, but I actually want to find out what happens next, unlike Inhumans.

Haven't started watching it yet, but I've heard decent things about it. It's in my queue. I've been on a Clone Wars and Rebels binge of late. Just finished, so I may rotate around to Runaways soon.

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Hey, I just started this again...I need more star wars!

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I had been telling myself I wanted to do it just to try my hand at it, and last night after getting my day's work done I kind of zoned out on it and ended up working until 4am on a personal project:

Editing Thor Ragnarok to create a less zany version.

Which yes, I know, I know, completely eliminates what made it so appealing to so many people!

And believe me, I loved the movie, too. But I was curious how it would play with less of the over-the-top humor.

Trimmed 17 minutes of footage overall, way more than I expected, with all cuts focused on the goofiest stuff.

It's a bit rough around the edges. I was working with a leaked digital copy and did not (and will not) get into the hardcore fan editing stuff like separating music and dialogue tracks, slicing up the soundtrack to build new music cues, etc., all of which is usually necessary to get a truly seamless edit. I just worked with what I had (which means a few things remain I'd have cut but that I couldn't because of the background music).

For a single night quick and dirty, it came out okay. I'd say most cuts are fairly invisible. Some are noticeable, in large part because my software (Movavi) is pretty shit for audio work (and because I wasn't willing to do a deep dive on doing it right), but it's a personal project purely for myself, so I'm satisfied.

Plus, it told me I'm capable of doing a serviceable fan edit if I want to.

I may tinker with it here and there to patch a few places, but mostly I'll live with it being rough around the edges.

I may be uploading it for a friend this weekend, so if anyone is interested in checking it out, let me know and I'll get you a link. I saved it as a 3.5gb file and can probably do a smaller version as well.

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Can you make it entertaining?

Not for you.

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I would like to look, please.

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I would also be interested in seeing this cut.

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