Inhumans ABC's The Inhumans - General Discussion (news, updates, speculation...) - Part 1

[NotNickFury]

Not that I'm expecting a balanced view on a site called 'MCU Exchange,' but saying that anything being a possibility in the MCU isn't a defense for what's coming off as a mediocre product to some.

 

[Mike Murdock]

I agree with parts of the article and disagree with other parts. I think a problem that Marvel runs into if it's a slow build is they want you to see the first two episodes in IMAX. Now maybe that two episodes build to an amazing climax, but that's certainly more of a problem if people are paying independent money to see it.

On the other hand, judging based on the first forty minutes isn't a representative sample of an entire season on ABC.

 

[TheVileOne]

Interesting read i will definitely give this show a chance https://mcuexchange.com/give-inhumans-a-chance/

A lot of inaccuracies in that article.

Another thing, this show was rushed through production in a matter of months.

 

[KevTravels]

Is someone gonna get fired over this travesty?

 

[Jason Kane]

Is someone gonna get fired over this travesty?

Buck will. Hell, he got the boot from Iron Fist

 

[Dasher10]

Is someone gonna get fired over this travesty?

I don't feel like Scott Buck will ever work in Hollywood again. He's the new Josh Trank.

Let's put it this way. Tim Story also did the Ride Along series and Brett Ratner also did the Rush Hour movies and executive produced Prison Break. They've had solid hits.

Josh Trank had a fluke with Chronicle. Scott Buck was only one of many writers on Six Feet Under. They've never managed to make actual real hits.

 

[TheVileOne]

Buck will. Hell, he got the boot from Iron Fist

No he didn't. He is off Iron Fist because he's working on this show.

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't feel like Scott Buck will ever work in Hollywood again. He's the new Josh Trank.

Let's put it this way. Tim Story also did the Ride Along series and Brett Ratner also did the Rush Hour movies and executive produced Prison Break. They've had solid hits.

Josh Trank had a fluke with Chronicle. Scott Buck was only one of many writers on Six Feet Under. They've never managed to make actual real hits.

What if Josh Trank and Scott Buck get together to form their own studio and make comic movies to rival Marvel?

 

[Dark Raven]

Haha... Id say this is bordering on Corman's FF

Except that Corman's FF is held in higher regard than FFINO. Corman was held back by his budget and 90s production values. He had a much better vision though and was far more faithful to the comic. Had he been given the same budget as Trank and was making it today, imagine what he could've accomplished.

Trank and Kinberg have no excuse. So FFINO is definitely worse and the absolute bottom of the barrel. FFINO also could only manage in its entire domestic run less than what Fantastic Four (2005) and FF: ROTSS made in their opening weekends individually.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Buck got replaced by someone better in Iron Fist.

 

[TheVileOne]

Do we really know for certain Raven Metzner will do a better job?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Do we really know for certain Raven Metzner will do a better job?

I liked his run on Sleepy Hollow.

 

[Mike Murdock]

A lot of inaccuracies in that article.

Another thing, this show was rushed through production in a matter of months.

The rush of production is probably my biggest concern about this whole thing. They clearly had a hard deadline so I get why (and I think that is honestly the only reason one would hire Buck). Rushing of production has fixable problems and unfixable problems. When it comes to writing, filming, set design, etc., the solution for season two is simple: take a step back and figure out what was done right and wrong and take your time to fix it. A problem that can't be fixed is casting, though. So one has to hope the casting is good enough if they're given better material.

That being said, I have no idea how many productions are "rushed" that turn out fine. I'd rather not see something rushed, but I suspect we only really hear about it if it falls apart.

 

[RockSP]

Buck got replaced by someone better in Iron Fist.

My 2 year old niece is a showrunner now...?

 

[TheVileOne]

The rush of production is probably my biggest concern about this whole thing. They clearly had a hard deadline so I get why (and I think that is honestly the only reason one would hire Buck). Rushing of production has fixable problems and unfixable problems. When it comes to writing, filming, set design, etc., the solution for season two is simple: take a step back and figure out what was done right and wrong and take your time to fix it. A problem that can't be fixed is casting, though. So one has to hope the casting is good enough if they're given better material.

That being said, I have no idea how many productions are "rushed" that turn out fine. I'd rather not see something rushed, but I suspect we only really hear about it if it falls apart.

One arguable example is Back to the Future. They started filming that movie with a completely different lead in Eric Stoltz. It just wasn't working. Michael J. Fox was who they wanted, and he basically was brought in to replace Stoltz after filming had already started. From the original DVD releases, they basically started filming the first Back to the Future with Fox in January 1985. However, once the studio realized they had a potential winner on their hands and wanted to see if they could get it ready in time for a summer release, Bob Gale and Zemeckis told the Universal brass, write some checks and they could get things done quicker. They got it done in time for the summer release and the rest is history.

Another is the first X-Men movie, for better or worse. The problems of the first film are well documented. Singer just managed to really hit a goldmine with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and basically made him the center of the film, and audiences really took to that. But you can watch the documentary for the original X-Men DVD release, and you can see the crew going bonkers when they got handed their release date of July 2000 from Fox. Because they started filming in like mid-1999. Ian McKellan basically went straight to Lord of the Rings once he was done with X-Men.

So yeah, it's RARE, but there are exceptions to the rule. I just think in the case of Inhumans, it didn't help the production with the talent involved.

 

[metaphysician]

Eh, while I doubt Scott Buck did himself any favors here, I doubt he'll "never work again". Josh Trank didn't get blacklisted for being incompetent, he got blacklisted for apparently being a horror show to work with, and also, for going *publicly* insane. It means that *even if you only want a director of Trank's quality*, your still going to pass because he's a PITA to work with and might explode on Twitter.

Scott Buck, by contrast? Will probably continue getting work, for the same reason Ratner does: he may not be good, but he finishes on time and is inoffensive behind the scenes.

 

[Zarex]

One arguable example is Back to the Future. They started filming that movie with a completely different lead in Eric Stoltz. It just wasn't working. Michael J. Fox was who they wanted, and he basically was brought in to replace Stoltz after filming had already started. From the original DVD releases, they basically started filming the first Back to the Future with Fox in January 1985. However, once the studio realized they had a potential winner on their hands and wanted to see if they could get it ready in time for a summer release, Bob Gale and Zemeckis told the Universal brass, write some checks and they could get things done quicker. They got it done in time for the summer release and the rest is history.

Another is the first X-Men movie, for better or worse. The problems of the first film are well documented. Singer just managed to really hit a goldmine with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and basically made him the center of the film, and audiences really took to that. But you can watch the documentary for the original X-Men DVD release, and you can see the crew going bonkers when they got handed their release date of July 2000 from Fox. Because they started filming in like mid-1999. Ian McKellan basically went straight to Lord of the Rings once he was done with X-Men.

So yeah, it's RARE, but there are exceptions to the rule. I just think in the case of Inhumans, it didn't help the production with the talent involved.

If I am remembering correctly Singer deferred salary to increase the budget for fx shots - specifically for Magneto walking across floating metallic plates.

If the answer for the shoddy looking Inhumans is, like these other two productions, "Throw money at it", will the Mouse step up? They just sunk big wads of cash into the "pink slime" settlement and the Bam Tech buyout, but another hit to Marvel television could curb interest in Cloak & Dagger, Squirrel Girl & the New Warriors and anything else they have in the pipeline.

 

[TheVileOne]

I doubt it. Inhumans is probably low risk since IMAX likely paid for most of it anyway. It's not at the point where Disney/ABC is going to throw more money at it.

Also, Universal put more money into Back to the Future because the film was looking so good at that point and they really thought it could be a big summer release for them. That's why they put more money into it to get it ready by the summer just months after it was filming.

 

[Dark Raven]

Scott should try his hand at Buck to the Future. This time round there won't be any time travel. It will be Doc Brown just explaining his theory of time travel for 2 hours.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Thinking back to storylines like War Of Kings and then thinking of this show is depressing.

I wasn't opposed to a TV show when it was announced. But more and more I think this should have been a movie.

 

[samsnee]

I may not like Buck's work but I would never wish on anyone the misery of never being able to make an income.

 

[TheVileOne]

Nothing against Scott Buck. Don't want him to not get work. However, I think he's just not a good fit for Marvel TV at this point. yeah, I get it. The guy is just trying to work and do his job. He's probably not a bad person, but it doesn't make him immune to criticism of his work either.

 

[samsnee]

Exactly. Let him get work with something less high profile. Comic books fans are some of the hardest fan base to please. You need to really have a vision which he didn't really have.

 

[2kt09]

Exactly. Let him get work with something less high profile. Comic book fans are some of the hardest fan base to please. You need to really have a vision which he didn't really have.

lol

 

[Dark Raven]

Give Scott Buck a sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey. That's full of board meetings!