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Post by dupersuper on Jun 27, 2014 20:22:11 GMT -5
I thought for sure it would be this one. I've always loved that cover. Absolutely no memory of the story within, nor who the heck Mr. Z was, but it's a great cover. Mr. Z was an immortal who trapped souls of those he deemed too interesting to die in his magic gemstone. He already knew Superman from when Supes traveled to the 40's in Time and Time Again, which in this issue - Mr. Zs debut - hadn't happened to Superman yet (time travel's fun!). We last saw him on the island that time forgot, amnesiac and happily living among a tribe of ancient humans. I like Superman...
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 27, 2014 20:24:35 GMT -5
I am getting some weird errors when I try posting... It's happening across all proboards forums and is being addressed. Check the Help Desk for more info. That's a relief: I was posting at home rather than work as I usually do, so I was concerned there was an issue posting from my computer.
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Post by Jesse on Jun 27, 2014 20:25:20 GMT -5
Does anyone think there is a connection to the opening of this movie and Shia laboffs breakdown ? He's been acting oddly since the whole plagiarism debacle. Michael Bay and James Cameron Honestly I feel both these men are hacks who rely way to much on technology and not enough on actual story telling. I'm not sure why everyone is shitting on Michael Bay. Obvious reasons In your opinion of course...but if his movies can make over $1 billion worldwide, clearly, there are hundreds of millions who don't agree. The money that a film makes at the box office is not really an indication of a film's quality nor is whether or not a film wins or is nominated for awards like the Oscars. I think one of the main tests whether or not something is good art is that it is timeless. You can still enjoy Shakespeare, Alfred Hitchcock or the Mona Lisa and they stay culturally relevant. I think it's likely that the films of guys like Michael Bay and Zack Snyder will eventually just be lost in the ether unless of course as someone pointed out the future in Mike Judge's Idiocracy becomes a reality.
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 27, 2014 20:47:43 GMT -5
I do always find it tragic, though, when great actors go out with bad movies. Welles and Raul Julia take the cake for this. Are you calling the animated Transformers movie bad???
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 27, 2014 20:48:47 GMT -5
I do always find it tragic, though, when great actors go out with bad movies. Welles and Raul Julia take the cake for this. In fairness to Raul Julia, he did Street Fighter because his kids loved the game and he wanted to do it for them. Plus it gave us the great "it was a Tuesday" line...
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 27, 2014 21:08:16 GMT -5
Off to Nashville for a school trip. Talk to you guys later.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 27, 2014 21:17:17 GMT -5
]Are you calling the animated Transformers movie bad??? I should clarify: bad for Welles' career. I love Transformers the movie (and I didn't even like the cartoon).
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Post by Spike-X on Jun 28, 2014 5:39:36 GMT -5
Because he's a lousy director and his movies suck. In your opinion of course...but if his movies can make over $1 billion worldwide, clearly, there are hundreds of millions who don't agree. This just in - hundreds of millions of people have shitty taste in entertainment. It is entirely possible for a movie to have spectacular action scenes and scenes of people talking to each other that don't make you want to stab yourself in the brain with a red hot poker in order to be spared the torment of watching them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 9:31:08 GMT -5
This just in - hundreds of millions of people have shitty taste in entertainment. I'm sure others would say the same about your taste in entertainment if they didn't fancy what you like. Does it matter? Nope. As long as you enjoy it.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 28, 2014 10:19:12 GMT -5
This is just the second time I've watched Amazing Spiderman. Great movie. Who is the guy talking to Conners in prison halfway through the credits suppose to be?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 10:28:45 GMT -5
This is just the second time I've watched Amazing Spiderman. Great movie. Who is the guy talking to Conners in prison halfway through the credits suppose to be? The speculation was it's someone from Oscorp (Norman?) but it's left as a teaser...
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Post by Jesse on Jun 28, 2014 13:30:34 GMT -5
Who is the guy talking to Conners in prison halfway through the credits suppose to be? He's revealed in the second film as Gustav Fiers. The speculation was it's someone from Oscorp (Norman?) but it's left as a teaser... It did feel like the actor was doing a bad Willem Dafoe impression.
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Post by impulse on Jun 28, 2014 22:26:17 GMT -5
I'm not sure what people want from Transformers. As impulse said (though different context,I'm sure ) "they're gigantic robots that beat the crap out of each other". Isn't that enough? I want them to skip the first 90 minutes of painfully bad plot and dialogue so there is more time for gigantic robots beating the crap out of each other. Play to your strengths, man. Less chat/more BAYSPLOSIONS!!!! Michael Bay and James Cameron Honestly I feel both these men are hacks who rely way to much on technology and not enough on actual story telling. I think that's unfair. Those guys are both REALLY good at harnessing that technology and making stunning, incredibly beautiful scenes and movies. Cameron particularly pioneers a lot of the techniques and technology himself. IIRC, he had to wait 10-15 years longer to make Avatar than he wanted to because it was literally not technologically possible when he had the idea. I think it's only fair to give them credit for being really good at making those stunning action scenes and visuals. .....but yes, dear God, the writing is horrible. Painfully bad. Not just slightly dull. It hurts to watch. I wish they would hire other writers to take care of the stories and just stick to being the technical visionaries. Are you calling the animated Transformers movie bad??? Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but that movie was so much better than it had any right to be.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 22:42:56 GMT -5
Had a great day, added some much sought after Falkland Islands and Gibraltar stamps to my collection...that were actually commercially used and in great shape. Not that anyone here seems to be a philatelist too ..... By the way...the rarest stamp in the world sold in auction last week...for US $9.5 million. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/rare-stamp-set-record-nyc-auction-24169833It's not CGC slabbed either, in fact it has writing on the back and the corners were cut off...
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 28, 2014 23:08:29 GMT -5
I dabbled with stamps as a kid, but eventually settled on baseball cards before discovering the joy of comics... though I do still by some cards now and then
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