Zach Snyder’s “Man Of Steel” is significantly better than I expected, though not nearly as entertaining as it could have been.
That’s probably one of the most weasely summations of a film that I have ever written, but it’s fitting. Much is riding on “Man Of Steel” because if it succeeds – and early returns are making that look very likely – it will be the opening salvo in Warner Bros. finally getting a Justice League film off the ground, which they hope will follow in the steps of Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers.”
Now this trailer I like, compared to the last one, at any rate. That being said, there are caveats: The most serious being that the Silver Samurai that appears in the trailer seems to be entirely CGI, which makes him look like a really shiny Cylon, instead of a man wearing samurai armor, which is kinda lame.
Then there’s the 3D aspect, which I don’t quite see the purpose of, honestly. There’s no real reason that I can see that it should be there, other than the premium price of 3D tickets, that is.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson probably has an awesome agent. I assume that his is the case because he’s starring in the upcoming “Kick-Ass 2,” a reboot of ‘Godzilla” and now it seems that he may be cast as ‘Quicksilver’ in the upcoming sequel to Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers.”
Quicksilver is the guy to the right. Hopefully he will be fully articulated.
For those of us not living in a cave “The Avengers” was directed by Joss Whedon (“Buffy, The Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” Dollhouse,” Serenity”) and was released in 2012 and ended up earning over $1.5 billion (Yes that’s ‘billion,’ with a ‘b’) during its theatrical run.
Now this is what I call a scoop (which I wish were mine;)! Courtesy of thefuriousfanboys.com, here’s the first shot that I have seen of the Winter Soldier from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I don’t even consider myself a fan of the character, but this looks to be crazy accurate.
I assume that that’s Sebastian Stan under that half-mask, proving that he somehow survived that fall in the 2011’s Captain America movie.
Feeling kinda ‘meh’ about “The Wolverine.” The only thing that interests me is Silver Samurai – there are a few shots of him in the trailer – and all he is is a guy in silver samurai armor. I guess what interests me is how faithful they are to the comic character.
I don’t normally post trailers for TV shows, but when those shows involve Marvel properties – or truth be told, anything that interests me – post them I shall! Seeing that this is a teaser trailer you can’t necessarily say that how it reflects on the upcoming series, though it looks pretty good.
Though I do see that their vehicles have the S.H.I.E.L.D logo in plain sight…
“Iron Man 3″ Is The Superhero Film Quentin Tarantino Would Direct, If He Had Directed A Superhero Film”
The biggest problem I had with with Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man 2″ was that the filmmakers decided to pit Iron Man against another armored character, just like in the first film (though there was also the way that they turned Justin Hammer into a Tony Stark wannabe, when in the comics he was far more threatening and a much better foil to Stark).
Shane Black seemed to learn from their mistake, because other than Iron Man himself and War Machine – now known as Iron Patriot – there are no other armored characters in the film.
What struck me as odd about the film is that it plays more like something by Quentin Tarantino, in that you get what feels like tons of dialog, with a few set pieces strategically placed to remind you why you’re there in the first place.
Here’s the latest trailer – thanks Deadline – that came from the same place as the latest “Pacific Rim” trailer.
Which is CinemaCon, not Comic-con, by the way.
In it Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is doing all sorts of stuff, much of it involving either his claws, or a threatening grimace.
We finally get some shots of Silver Samurai (they’re really quick. Blink and you’ll miss them) and he looks really good. What seems to work for me is that he appears, proportionally speaking, significantly larger than Wolvie, which is as it should be.
There are rumors that Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are going to be in ‘Avengers 2,’ though I have to ask why, especially when they’re two of the most uninteresting characters – in my not-so-humble opinion – in the Marvel canon.
Why don’t they go in another direction, and leave the Maximoffs to Fox (both Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are mutants, which appears to include them in the deal that Fox has with Marvel. If I recall Fox got a bit out of sorts of the “Mutant X” television series in 2001, so they take their mutants very seriously. If they were to be used by Marvel, there can’t be any mention of their mutantness).
Though if they’re looking to introduce a new character, perhaps they should take a look at the Vision.
He’s a synthezoid created by Ultron (whom built him), who ends up becoming a hero.
Not only is he awesome, they would also have to introduce Ultron (perhaps during the upcoming Ant-Man film?), which would mean that they could introduce the theme of technology run amok, which is always a good one.
It appears that Nicholas Cage has finally come to his senses, and is putting the Ghost Rider behind him. 2007’s original, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, wasn’t terrible, but it made a sophomore mistake, namely that it was pretty tame for a movie about a character that’s possessed by a demon.
The original film should have been in the vein of 1998’s “Blade,” which was an action film that didn’t skimp on the horror. Guillermo del Toro’s “Blade II” upped the horror/action ante.
“Ghost Rider” took another route, and treated the character like a typical superhero (he’s been portrayed in both ways in the comics). The first film, based upon a screenplay by David Goyer (who also wrote “Blade”) was supposedly gorier than Johnson’s final film though despite such shortcomings, it earned over $228 million worldwide.
