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Pfff, that's crazy. And a bit of a shame - the Batman series ended with a good opening for allowing someone else to take over the Batman role, and that this wouldn't be the actor currently lined up for that in the third movie could be overlooked. They'll be stretching this stuff to thin if they have to start switching actors in and out too much without a good story justification, it just won't work nearly as well. They'll Atari themselves out of fashion. ;)
 
Arwin said:
Pfff, that's crazy. And a bit of a shame - the Batman series ended with a good opening for allowing someone else to take over the Batman role, and that this wouldn't be the actor currently lined up for that in the third movie could be overlooked. They'll be stretching this stuff to thin if they have to start switching actors in and out too much without a good story justification, it just won't work nearly as well. They'll Atari themselves out of fashion. ;)
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I'm not 100% sure! Nolan said the trilogy was its own little universe, but I think it will be implied in BvS that Ben-Batman has gone all moody and dark following years of shit being shoveled onto him, which is what the trilogy did.

At least they're getting some huge actors for the DC universe. :love: Jared Leto:love:, Viola Davis, Will Smith... Added to the BvS cast which already had some huge names.
 
That's not too bad I agree.

By the way, did you see DareDevil yet? Curious to what you thought about it. I enjoyed it. It wasn't perfect, but at least better than The Arrow (which I still watched, but which I can only enjoy when I'm in bed with the flu or something like that for some reason).
 
I haven't seen that yet. But I'm watching and LOVING The Flash. Really, really well done, especially the cast. Never been interested in Arrow.
 
Where to begin? There are just to many films I'm looking forward too, coming out in the next 3-4 month

And the first one, is the one I'm most exited about (Avengers. Age of Ultron). Already booked tickets for a screening on the 26th . Going to watch all the previous MCU films (in chronological order) before I go and see It.

As for the MCU Spider-Man movie, I think it will be a fantastic movie and it's going to make a killing at the box office(throw in a cameo/small role for one of the established MCU characters, maybe something like Agent Coulson, Agent Maria Hill or even Hawkeye or Black Widow). Marvel just seems to turn anything they touch into buckets of gold. (Not saying all the previous MCU films were equally good/amazing, but if I'm not mistaken, I think every film made back atleast 2-3 times their budget)

For the Tobey Maguier and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man films, I would rank them like this.
1. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
2. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
3. Spider-Man 1 (2002)
10. Spider-Man 3 (2007)(just awful on almost every level. Emo Peter Parker, need I say more:runaway:) & The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)(all over the place and failing miserably to build on all the good bits from the first. Can't remember ever being so disappointed in a movie I watched at the movie theatre:cry:)

Fantastic Four reboot.
Found the old F4 films reasonably enjoyable, watching them back when they came out. But they have not aged to well. The new one is probably going to fly under most people's radar, and I think that is a shame, because the latest trailer looked really interesting, as a sci-fi movie not having anything to do with the F4 comics. May not be good enough too (re)establish the F4 franchise (especially when you consider what Marvel/MCU have brought to the table)

Other films I'm looking forward to.

May.
14.05: Mad Max: Fury Road. Looks like a proper turn your brain off action flick. (And I quite enjoy that)
22.05: Tomorrowland - A World Beyond. Don't know to much about it, but the premise has me intrigued.

June.
12.06: Jurassic World. Star Lord riding a Velociraptor, I'll watch that. ;)
26.06: Terminator Genisys. Not sure about the title, but Arnold is back, baby (FYI. Don't watch the latest trailer, it may be a bit on the spoilery side)

July.
17.07: Ant-Man. It's Marvel. Haven't disappointed me yet :)
31.07: Mission Impossible - Rouge Nation. Say what you will about the man (Tom Cruise), but he always delivers.

Movies I've seen this year.

Kingsman - The Secret Service. When I first heard about it I thought it was something similar to The King's Speech, so had no plan to see it in the cinema. Then I watch some trailers and had to se it at the cinema. Probably going to end up as one of this years biggest surprises (positive). Just love the proper British Gentelman style together with all the over the top action/fighting scenes (Colin Firth does an amazing job, didn't think he would pull of such a over the top action role. I see him as more as a classic drama actor)

Fas & Furious 7. Quite enjoyable for what it is, well worth the price of admission. Thought the end scene was a nice and touching goodbye/send off for actor Paul Walker. From what I have read, he was a really nice guy and had a genuine love of cars. So from one car guy too another, I say RIP Paul Walker and may the great raceway in the sky be good to you.

Turned into quite a long post this, hope I didn't bore you all half to death:runaway:;)
So to round it off, I'm going to end with something totally unrelated (and off-topic). In late May I'm going to spend 4 glorious hours behind the wheel of a "race" prepared BMW M235i at The Nurburgring:D, the day can't come soon enough and hopefully the weather gods will be on my side as well, finger's crossed :)
 
London-boy said:
Just saw The Signal. Strange and amazing little independent sci-fi thriller. And that ending! Wow.
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Which one, from 2007 or 2014? If you're referring to the one from last year, bleh so derivative and predictable.
 
London-boy said:
Great recap!!!
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Thanks :D

Would also like to add this.

The Flash.
Really enjoying this show and think the they have managed to keep the quality of every episode quite consistent so far. The show also managed to make me want to go back and try to get into the Arrow series, tried to watch it when it first came out, but could not get into it. Now that The Flash series have expanded this "DC TV universe" I feel I'm a bit more invested in it, so will probably give Arrow a second chance (there have been 2-3 The Flash episodes where there have been a crossover of characters from Arrow).
Like the little "fan service" to fans of the old Flash tv series :D (guy playing The Flash's father, played The Flash in a early 90's TV series)

Daredevil.
Only seen 3 episodes so far, and it's already leaps and bounds better then the Daredevil Movie ;)
Also quite surprised by how "mature" the episodes have been so far. But it's on Netflix so I guess they don't have to care about stuff like that ;), and no! it's not Game of Thrones levels of "mature" ;-), but it's kind of gory. Well, there is not too much blood and "visual" violence, but the sound effects does a really good job of telling you what's happening "out of view" (imagine the sound of a bowling ball crushing a human skull, certainly gave me the kreeps when watching it with headphones on :runaway::oops:)
 
The Flash had so many references to the old show and in general, it's amazing. Not only they got Mark Hamill to play his original part as the Trickster, but they even got him to do the whole "I am your father" line, completely taking the piss out of Star Wars and his most iconic character.
 
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The Flash had so many references to the old show and in general, it's amazing. Not only they got Mark Hamill to play his original part as the Trickster, but they even got him to do the whole "I am your father" line, completely taking the piss out of Star Wars and his most iconic character.
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Holy crap, I didn't even recognize him! Suddenly that line makes a lot more sense.

That said, while I mostly enjoy the Flash (good light-hearted fun) sometimes it's just so stupid it kind of ruins it for me. It's not just the techno-babble that makes no sense, because that much I can understand, it's a common feature of the genre, but the writing is too often absurd.
 
newdimen said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Will give it a watch. You should also check out Cypher if you don't mind low-budget/indie movies. It's entertaining and has a satisfying plot twist.
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Yep, I agree with you there. I thought Cypher was pretty decent. Stylishly-shot for a relatively low-budget film and well worth a watch.
 
I've never really seen the logic of TV, watch ~30 hour long episodes of some show in a year with a long continuous story or watch 20 different films / characters. Im guessing it must be a comfort / familiarity thing for most ppl whereas Im more into change etc.
The year before last (I think it was that year) I broke the 700 films in a year barrier for the first time, normally I'm between 500-600. I usually watch one when I get home from work to unwind, also I watch whilst eating/excercising. Today I played guitar whilst watching a silent film, so its not like Im vegetating, though occasionally I will binge esp on a long trip and watch ~6 films in a row.
 
The problem with that view is that the best stuff you can watch over the past few years is on TV. No movies can compare with the scope and quality of shows such as Breaking Bad (and Better Call Saul!), Game of Thrones, The Wire, House of Cards, Sopranos etc etc. All the usual suspects (not The Usual Suspects, though that was very good!).

On the other hand, if you watched 700 films last year, chances are the quality of over half of them range between average and rubbish. There really is a lot of really good TV these days and you're missing out of you don't bother with some of these shows.
 
^ this.
Nowadays the envelope is being pushed by TV and there's no denying it. I love it, the risks they're taking and the outside-the-box thinking really has propelled TV to a whole different level in the last few years, and it's clear that the public has responded pretty well to that.
Having said that, I'm going to Avenge myself on Friday and I cant f'kin wait! Reviews are coming in and it's just as expected. And I could never get into Marvel's Shield TV show for some reason.
 
Besides, watching TV shows these days isn't like the old days where you wait a week for the next episode. We always waited for the DVD/Bluray releases to become cheap enough and then just buy seasons at a time, so we can decide to watch two-three episodes per session if we feel like it, or one a day, etc., and now we watch more and more shows on Netflix which also mostly become available whole seasons at a time.

The distinction between TV shows and movies is somewhat artificial - Movies build up a connection similar to TV shows as well, like the Avenger series.
 
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