thanos, a godlike interstellar khan character created by jim starlin, is an imitator both in character and look to the earlier, kirby-created darkseid.
Darkseid is DC. Thanos is Marvel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkseidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanos is an homage/ripoff of Kirby's character Darkseid from Kirby's Fourth World/New Gods cycle, which was one of the first things he created after his incredibly bitter departure from Marvel at the end of the 60s
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
it is interesting how little interest the marvel superhero franchises have had in the psychedelic/cosmic stuff that was once their bread & butter. thor flirted with it, but toned things down quite a bit. suppose that makes sense. mind-bending pop weirdness doesn't sell anywhere near as well as "realistic" action. i wanted a lot more psychedelic imagination out of the LOTR films, too. orange skies, purple trees, impossible structures and anatomies.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems like they were inevitably headed in that direction with the FF movies (you can't have the Silver Surfer without Galactus, really) but that franchise is obviously dead now
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
the thing you need to know: both thanos and darkseid are, effectively, gods that fight superheroes and worship death
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
blue skin, living planet, mind-melding
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
The FF movies came with the Marvel logo, but they weren't Marvel Studios. Marvel Studios movies, I imagine, will stick very much with the flattened out reality of the Avengers-related movies - you won't see any extreme stylization; I can't imagine that Raimi's charming little exclamation marks in the first set of Spider-Man movies (the way he'd cut at a particular moment as someone's screaming at the screen) would be allowed today.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems like they were inevitably headed in that direction with the FF movies (you can't have the Silver Surfer without Galactus, really) but that franchise is obviously dead now― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:42 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:42 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
They had Galactus. He was a Warren Ellis-style cloud thingy
― Number None, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
speaking of thanos/darkseid, i thought loki's 'i will liberate u by making u a slave' thing seemed like a pretty blatant anti-life equation ripoff?
― Mordy, Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
more nod than ripoff, but yeah
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
man it feels like ppl have been trying to make a doctor strange movie for forever
famous monsters of filmland used to print a list of movies in development in every issue, I remember seeing doctor strange on there back in the late 70s/early 80s
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
or maybe it was just this?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077469/
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha
yeah, it cracks me up when places like the new yorker refer to spider man / xmen as the first marvel movies.we've been here before but with less at stake.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was "X-Men" the first good Marvel movie?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Blade" or "Blade 2?"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
How quickly we forget Howard The Duck.
Blade was two years before X-Men, if that rocks your boat (it does mine)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Blade II was 2 years after, same year as Spiderman.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
. i wanted a lot more psychedelic imagination out of the LOTR films, too. orange skies, purple trees, impossible structures and anatomies.
I would see the SHIT out of this movie. Can't wait for Avengers, but yeah, I'm pretty sick of 'gritty' 'realistic'. One of the reasons I prefer 60s Batman to any of the modern ones.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah, whoops yes, the new yorker used howard as a referent.but that's not right!
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Howard the Duck is AWESOME btw. Gets so much crap from people tho.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
a "psychedelic" LOTR wouldn't have much to do with the source material though
― Number None, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
The one we got was not exactly cinema verite, definitely uses its share of tricks for the "You have briefly gone up a level", starting with the shot of Ian Holm golluming.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
LOL Memebase
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 11 May 2012 23:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was this one extra in the movie that kept popping up, too, at the end. First you see her in the coffee shop through a window looking scared. Several minutes later you see her being loaded onto an ambulance or evacuated or something. Then during the news scroll at the end she gets a few lines, saying she was forever grateful to Captain America or something like that. Maybe she's Whedon's niece?
it was mel gibson's daughter from what women want -- the way they kept emphasizing her in shots made me think she was supposed to be a familiar character, i haven't seen the captain america movie so i was like oh maybe she's from that. in any event if someone has dialogue they're not really an 'extra.'
― some dude, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
For any car geeks:
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-autos-saturday-acura-nsx-avengers-20120512,0,1580757.story
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also, Jim Starlin interview:
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/05/11/avengers-spoiler-special-mystery-villains-creator-speaks-out/#/0
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't know who the big villain reveal was in the credits but some dude behind me sounded like he was brought to completion at that moment.
― goole, Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:26 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ilx poster some dude?
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:27 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nah son i got there via Scherbatsky much earlier in the movie
― some dude, Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
HC: When did you find out Thanos was going to be in the film — and was it hard to keep it a secret?JS: I was only alerted by friends to Thanos appearing in the film a few weeks before the opening. They’d come across rumors about it on the Internet. So I had no problem at all about keeping that particular secret.
JS: I was only alerted by friends to Thanos appearing in the film a few weeks before the opening. They’d come across rumors about it on the Internet. So I had no problem at all about keeping that particular secret.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Now, now - if Marvel gave money to every person who designed something cool and timeless for them, they'd ... have less money for themselves.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's just shocking that they didn't even TELL him. They thank Starlin in the credits for fuck's sake!
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is that a mo-cap test for Hulk transformation? Or will the sequel feature his arch-nemisis Gay Hulk?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Saw this last night. Probably the best superhero movie I've seen.
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know, man, it's no Punisher: War Zone
― mh, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nothing is, though.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.earwolf.com/episode/punisher-war-zone/
I love this episode, it's with the director of Punisher: War Zone.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
the punisher is not a superhero #nerdhairsplitting
― pat rice memorial barbecue (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
true, true
― mh, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
first screening of new 3d tech. the effect is cool and much improved, but pretty distracting, including getting the right focal point over my glasses. Will probably not bother with 3D again for a while.
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait how is the punisher not a superhero? he has an origin and a sidekick and a hideout and a rogue's gallery
― adam, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
...but no superpowers. You might as well call Batman a superhero.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
most do
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Punisher's biggest roadblock to SH status is no cape imo. you need superpowers and/or a cape, neither is a problem.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, but most have a pedant attack with their name on it.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
he needs a Pun Signal skull light. That'd tip it over.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
or Skeletor's Havoc Staff
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
b-b-but batman is one of the most archetypal superheroes out there.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would love for there to be a scene like this in the Avengers sequel.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink