The Avengers: The Motion Picture Discussion Thread- Open SPOILERS -enter at own risk!

[thenammagazine]

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What ever happened to the old fashioned, "Wait and see." response?

Actually, NVM. In today's entitlement, ADD generation, patience is as lost as Lucas.

 

[IrishJedi]

Actually, it was stipulated that you were supposed to say Hooded Justice wasn't there at all.

 

[IrishJedi]

What ever happened to the old fashioned, "Wait and see." response?

Actually, NVM. In today's entitlement, ADD generation, patience is as lost as Lucas.

Exactly. "Wait and see" doesn't work anymore. Especially with Internet bloggers, who now drive most of the hype around genre films.

Blame the entitlement culture as much as (or more than) the studios and filmmakers for these false denials.

 

[jye4ever]

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Yeah, like when Spielberg said they were going back to old ways of doing things and that there would be real stunts in KOTCS and all we got were CGI ants and chimps dammit!

No leather gloves were hurt during the making of this movie.

 

[The Mike]

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Really? Wow. See that is what I mean in terms of bad form by the studio itself. It's strange but I guess when you rake in Nolan money you can say whatever the ____ you want to the press whereas everyone else follows that insane logic.

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, like when Spielberg said they were going back to old ways of doing things and that there would be real stunts in KOTCS and all we got were CGI ants and chimps dammit!

No leather gloves were hurt during the making of this movie.

Actually, that's a misnomer. There were in fact tons of practical sets and real stunts in KOTCS. And it was shot on film instead of digital. The problem is that the CGI was so prominent in certain scenes that people assume there was more CG there throughout the film than there actually is. Take the obelisk in Akator, for example. Absolutely 100% a real, full-size practical set piece almost 100 ft tall. But I bet most assume that was CG. The problem is its difficult to reconcile all the stuff that WAS done the old-fashioned way in a film where Shia LeBeouf gets hit in the nuts with CGI plants just before flying through the jungle with CGI monkeys.

 

[jye4ever]

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Actually, that's a misnomer. There were in fact tons of practical sets and real stunts in KOTCS. And it was shot on film instead of digital. The problem is that the CGI was so prominent in certain scenes that people assume there was more CG there throughout the film than there actually is. Take the obelisk in Akator, for example. Absolutely 100% a real, full-size practical set piece almost 100 ft tall. But I bet most assume that was CG. The problem is its difficult to reconcile all the stuff that WAS done the old-fashioned way in a film where Shia LeBeouf gets hit in the nuts with CGI plants just before flying through the jungle with CGI monkeys.

 

[thenammagazine]

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Yeah, like when Spielberg said they were going back to old ways of doing things and that there would be real stunts in KOTCS and all we got were CGI ants and chimps dammit!

No leather gloves were hurt during the making of this movie.

It's not just him though. Romero is also doing it for his Living Dead series. CGI used tastefully and conservatively, works wonders. But these guys are using it as a crutch instead of forking out for practical effects, or literally drowning practical effects in CG "enhancements."

 

[jye4ever]

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It's not just him though. Romero is also doing it for his Living Dead series. CGI used tastefully and conservatively, works wonders. But these guys are using it as a crutch instead of forking out for practical effects, or literally drowning practical effects in CG "enhancements."

Yupz, and Ize dunt like it one bits Nam.

BTW, how did Romero go from 3 classics (Night, Dawn, Day) to utter crapola

That's for another thread, another day

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, it's for another thread... but identifying the reason for Romero's recent missteps is actually easy: He's forgotten his own formula. It wasn't just Zombies + Gore + High-Concept = Cool Movie. It was Zombies + Gore + Interesting Characters in Ridiculous But Relatable Situations = Cool Movie. He doesn't put the latter in his movies anymore.

 

[jye4ever]

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Yeah, it's for another thread... but identifying the reason for Romero's recent missteps is actually easy: He's forgotten his own formula. It wasn't just Zombies + Gore + High-Concept = Cool Movie. It was Zombies + Gore + Interesting Characters in Ridiculous But Relatable Situations = Cool Movie. He doesn't put the latter in his movies anymore.

Well, forget the need for the other thread, other day, you pretty much solved that one in 30 seconds....

 

[thenammagazine]

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Yeah, it's for another thread... but identifying the reason for Romero's recent missteps is actually easy: He's forgotten his own formula. It wasn't just Zombies + Gore + High-Concept = Cool Movie. It was Zombies + Gore + Interesting Characters in Ridiculous But Relatable Situations = Cool Movie. He doesn't put the latter in his movies anymore.

He's also nixed Tom Savini and KNB for digital effects.

 

[Khev]

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I thought it was funny on the commentary for CA:TFA when Joe Johnston said that they included the scene of Stark showing Rogers all the goofy shields as a way of tricking the fans into thinking they'd give him some gaudy thing with built in machine guns so everyone would cheer when he found the classic round one under the table.

Did he really think that the round shield would not appear in any trailers, posters, action figures, etc., before the film was released?

 

[Droog Alex]

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[Wanderer]

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My bird looks fitter than her. No joke.
What's the fascination with this girl?

 

[IXI Nick IXI]

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yum! but where are the wrist "stingers?"

 

[Darth Snoopy]

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Mmmmm...new SacrJo pic...

 

[thenammagazine]

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My bird looks fitter than her. No joke.
What's the fascination with this girl?

We don't share your type:

 

[Darth Snoopy]

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[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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We don't share your type:

Now SHE is fit.