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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 9, 2022 0:26:41 GMT -5
I’m watching the recent film Belfast and there’s a scene (just before one of the riots) where Buddy is sitting on the sidewalk reading Thor #139. It’s probably a British edition.
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Post by berkley on Mar 9, 2022 2:53:36 GMT -5
I’m watching the recent film Belfast and there’s a scene (just before one of the riots) where Buddy is sitting on the sidewalk reading Thor #139. It’s probably a British edition.
How was that, BTW? I was thinking of seeing it but the preview rubbed me the wrong way - came across a bit too saccharine, in a Disney-at-its-worst kind of way. But previews have given misleading impressions before, and i'm hoping that's the case here because I'm drawn to the subject matter.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 9, 2022 8:38:06 GMT -5
I’m watching the recent film Belfast and there’s a scene (just before one of the riots) where Buddy is sitting on the sidewalk reading Thor #139. It’s probably a British edition.
How was that, BTW? I was thinking of seeing it but the preview rubbed me the wrong way - came across a bit too saccharine, in a Disney-at-its-worst kind of way. But previews have given misleading impressions before, and i'm hoping that's the case here because I'm drawn to the subject matter.
I liked it. I suppose it’s a bit saccharine for a film about the start of the Troubles in 1969, with riots and bombing and your neighbors at your throat. |
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Post by jason on Nov 12, 2022 23:28:21 GMT -5
Bringing back this thread, just watched Lost Boys (the first one from 1987) and this scene shows off both the main character's comics knowledge and some 80s DC comics:
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Post by Confessor on Nov 13, 2022 3:37:48 GMT -5
Bringing back this thread, just watched Lost Boys (the first one from 1987) and this scene shows off both the main character's comics knowledge and some 80s DC comics: The Frog brothers' comic shop was the coolest. When I watched that film in 1987 I so badly wanted to go there to shop. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 13, 2022 5:22:45 GMT -5
Yeah, when I first saw Lost Boys back then, I recall thinking that the comic book shop was cooler than any one I'd actually visited.
And in those pre-internet days before a time when everyone seems to know everything about a movie months before it's released, I also remember my friends and I coming to the realization as we were watching that it had been filmed in nearby (to us) Santa Cruz, CA (e.g., 'No way! That's on the Boardwalk!').
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Post by Mormel on Nov 13, 2022 9:00:07 GMT -5
I know it's a stretch for this topic as it doesn't involve an actual comic book, but in the video to Mya's song 'Case of the Ex', the main male dancer is wearing a shirt with the cover of Excalibur #1 on it.
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Post by tonebone on Nov 14, 2022 9:35:32 GMT -5
The show Young Sheldon now has a story thread where his sister got a job in the comics store... so there are quite a few scenes that take place there. The backgrounds are chock full of 80s-early 90s DC comics (It's a WB show). There was even a storyline where Sheldon is miffed someone bought a copy of Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1 out from under him. I had never heard of it.  There are quite a few close-ups of the cover featured, as well. |
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Post by tonebone on Nov 14, 2022 9:54:45 GMT -5
In Monster Squad, the bullies grab Fat Kid's (Horace's) comic and rip it in half... I think it's this...  |
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Post by MDG on Nov 14, 2022 10:03:56 GMT -5
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Post by mikelmidnight on Nov 14, 2022 12:12:05 GMT -5
How was that, BTW? I was thinking of seeing it but the preview rubbed me the wrong way - came across a bit too saccharine, in a Disney-at-its-worst kind of way. But previews have given misleading impressions before, and i'm hoping that's the case here because I'm drawn to the subject matter.
I liked it. I suppose it’s a bit saccharine for a film about the start of the Troubles in 1969, with riots and bombing and your neighbors at your throat.
I avoided the film when it came out precisely because it looked so saccharine, but found myself on a long airplane flight and it was the least objectionable-looking movie available, so …
It actually wasn't that bad. Yes, slightly treacly but there were dark and honest moments as well. Keep in mind that it was based on Branagh's life and he clearly doesn't feel that he grew up completely traumatised!
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 14, 2022 18:26:19 GMT -5
I liked it. I suppose it’s a bit saccharine for a film about the start of the Troubles in 1969, with riots and bombing and your neighbors at your throat.
I avoided the film when it came out precisely because it looked so saccharine, but found myself on a long airplane flight and it was the least objectionable-looking movie available, so …
It actually wasn't that bad. Yes, slightly treacly but there were dark and honest moments as well. Keep in mind that it was based on Branagh's life and he clearly doesn't feel that he grew up completely traumatised!
It was also being told from the young boy’s point of view, which lent the movie to a more nostalgic, less complex view of his childhood during clearly dangerous times. Hence the black and white memory portion of the movie. To paraphrase T. S. Eliot, it was not a documentary, nor was meant to be. It was more a story of a family during a civil war, not of the civil war. |
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Post by Farrar on Nov 19, 2023 18:43:04 GMT -5
Recently I've been binge-watching Lost (never watched it during its heyday, but i was well aware of all the hoopla about it, its premise, etc.)--interesting series, to say the least. I still have a couple of seasons left. As many of you who've watched the show probably already know, comic book writer Brian K. Vaughan worked on Lost. Anyway, I loved  seeing this pop up in season 4's "Cabin Fever" episode: a 1956 comic from Atlas, Mystery Tales #40   (And for those who don't know, a "hidden land" was a big part of Lost.) |
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Post by spoon on Nov 20, 2023 17:39:59 GMT -5
The show Young Sheldon now has a story thread where his sister got a job in the comics store... so there are quite a few scenes that take place there. The backgrounds are chock full of 80s-early 90s DC comics (It's a WB show). There was even a storyline where Sheldon is miffed someone bought a copy of Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1 out from under him. I had never heard of it. There are quite a few close-ups of the cover featured, as well. I read this a year or two ago. I didn't really like it, but it seemed to be partial inspiration for James Gunn's Suicide Squad movie with regard to some of the roster and the body count. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 21, 2023 8:18:35 GMT -5
I got really annoyed when about 1/2 way through the series they stopped mentioning Marvel exists, and changed all the books in the comic book store. Very silly.. like WWE pretending old vets have never wrestled elsewhere (that was for you Driver  ) |
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seeing this pop up in season 4's "Cabin Fever" episode: a 1956 comic from Atlas, Mystery Tales #40 
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