The Kick-Ass Thread

[VenomVsSpidey]

no problem!
i think im gonna try to make one with a scuba suit for real...see if i can do it

well I got tips on what to use for materials and such from someone on a Kick-ass fanpage, want em?

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

yes sir i do!

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

yes sir i do!

here is word for word what he sent me :

The entire costume was made from scratch using a nice teal fabric I picked up at JoAnn fabrics. It's stretchy, almost like spandex. I sewed it together on a sewing machine using a jump suit pattern and obtained a yellow fabric for the yellow lines. Sewing those on the costume was difficult because it too was stretchy and made for a difficult time. I used the "Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie" book for reference. It was perfect because there's a plethora of photos of each characters' costume from multiple angles and allowed me to tell where each seam was. I had several ideas for the gloves and boots. Originally, I was going to buy a pair of rubber dish-washing gloves but wound up having a friend of mine, who happens to be a seamstress, make them.

I found some gloves here :

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/893661/Yellow-Flock-Lined-Gloves-Large/?cm_mmc=Mercent-_-Google-_-Cleaning_and_Breakroom-_-893661&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=plusbox-beta&mr:trackingCode=6E146F1B-EC81-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA

 

[flickchick85]

That was long.

But I would like to see a sequel if they can come up with a good story. I agree it has something to do with a ton of (stupid) superheroes and supervillains running around and making fools of themselves, save of course for Hit Girl. I don't know what should pull them out of retirement, but it may have something to do with Big Daddy's reputation with Red Mist figuring out who BD was and trying to reveal it. As long as she can kick his proverbial ass.

I do think that Mindy and Dave should have an evolving relationship. I would strongly oppose exploring her crushing on him (at least until a possible third installment when she'd be 16-18, at least) but a big brother/little sister thing would work. With him trying to keep her from killing anyone at school and acting sociable, while she teaches him how not to get his ass kicked in every fight he gets into.

I agree. As I pointed out earlier, it seems to me like they did the whole "crush" thing already, and she's over it. No need to revisit it.

But I don't think it should deal with Mindy having "girl problems" or PTSD. I don't want to see her questioning whether killing people are wrong, having nightmares about it and feeling unpopular for being picked on. They can touch on her being socially out of step with the world due to her brainwashing, but like in the first movie, it should be acknowledged but not the point of her character. What BD did to her was wrong, but she she should not be an angsty teenager dealing with past traumas or alienation.

I'd prefer more of her being somewhat isolated in school because when the "mean girls" try to screw with her, she breaks their noses and Dave has to keep excusing her actions. But she should remain a supporting character who exudes awesomeness, with a hint of tragedy. But I don't want to see her become a "normal teenager" like Dave and dealing with boredom, bullies, the opposite sex, etc. in a serious way. That would just take away what makes her character so likable and pushes her closer to being like Peter Parker--like Dave. While a female Peter Parker would be interesting, I don't want it to be HG.

I never said anything about angsty, though. And definitely no Peter Parker-y stuff. The brilliance of Hit-Girl as a character is that she's such a cartoon badass, yet with a very dark, tragic undercurrent. And part of the fun of that is the contrast of the "everyday" aspects with the absurd. In this 1st film, the "everyday" aspects were going bowling, getting ice cream, cutesy stuff with her dad. That's normal "girl stuff"...for an 11-year-old. In a sequel, since she's older, Daddy's gone, and she's now in school, the "normal girl stuff" would naturally be the teenage girl social scene. But of course it would be played for laughs - she wouldn't get picked on (she beat up the bullies on her FIRST DAY, for crying out loud). On the contrary, they'd be terrified of her. But she'd still try to make friends or fit in somewhere, because that's what a girl her age does. And I'm a sucker for the old vicious-killer-trying-to-fit-in type of comedy, I guess (I love Dexter...and all the demons in the Buffy-verse who tried to hang with the mortals). It's a great fish-out-of-water scenario.

And in this film, the dark undercurrent was the child abuse/brainwashing issue, which they did touch on. So in a sequel, the PTSD/de-programming would be a natural continuation of that. But like I said in my post, it's not something they should dwell or focus on, but they DO need to touch on it, imo, just like they did with the child abuse/brainwashing issue. They have to at least continue to acknowledge the tragic nature of the character. But for the most part, it can make her even more entertaining, as that kind of thing can lead to some pretty crazy (or in her case, scary) quirks and idiosyncrasies. Random things might set her off (hot chocolate, for example), and Hit-Girl being set-off is bound to have scary/funny consequences.

The contrast between her being a deadly foul-mouthed assassin and in so many ways still an innocent, naive little girl is what makes Hit-Girl both funny and tragic. And imo, you still need both of those elements represented in the story if she's gonna be as awesome the 2nd time around. Because let's face it, she'll never have the same "novelty factor" again.

I saw an interview with Jane Goldman talking about the sequel where she said Hit-Girl would have to "deal with growing up" in the next one. So I think if we do get a sequel, some of that coming-of-age, growing pains stuff is inevitable, and personally, I think it would be great.

BTW one of the three deleted scenes involves her and BD singing. I heard in an interview (it is on YT) that BD creepily started singing "We will be victorious" and then commanded her to harmonize and sing in tenor, etc. She mimicked it in the interview, it was hilarious.

LOL, I can't wait for this Blu-Ray.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

here is word for word what he sent me :

The entire costume was made from scratch using a nice teal fabric I picked up at JoAnn fabrics. It's stretchy, almost like spandex. I sewed it together on a sewing machine using a jump suit pattern and obtained a yellow fabric for the yellow lines. Sewing those on the costume was difficult because it too was stretchy and made for a difficult time. I used the "Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie" book for reference. It was perfect because there's a plethora of photos of each characters' costume from multiple angles and allowed me to tell where each seam was. I had several ideas for the gloves and boots. Originally, I was going to buy a pair of rubber dish-washing gloves but wound up having a friend of mine, who happens to be a seamstress, make them.

I found some gloves here :

http://www.officedepot.com/a/produc...-EC81-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA

very helpful
btw i found a better kick ass costume...more expensive but...dead on.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kick-Ass-Dave-L...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d28de90b6

 

[baTT]

I took my buddy to see this movie the other day (my second time) and he read the book. He did notice the changes, but felt that nothing was out of the question. He really liked the things that they did with BD. Only the Red Mist stuff irked him a bit because it was a great comic book moment. Movie-wise though it made better sense.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Saw it for a 2nd time today, great flick with some superb moments, but the middle section is very saggy and kind of boring as well, overall love the movie, has some of the best bits in ANY CB movie so far and I think we all know the bits I am talking about.

 

[Project862006]

1 Thing i must say is that Aaron Johnson's Dave Lizewski/Kick Ass is more engaging/likable/ and a guy to root for more than Tobey Mcguire as Spiderman for 3 movies.

 

[LostSon88]

There's some parts in Kick-Ass when he's in the suit where he sounds just like Tobey...

"I'm Kick-Ass...look me up." was one that really stood out for me.

 

[animexcel]

I can't believe when Hit-Girl loaded the 3rd and 4th cartridges in the hallway shootout, they had very low ammo in them. Guns must've jammed or something that forced a her to take a henchman's(slow reaction as hell) own gun and shoot him on top of his head. I know..it's only a movie.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

very helpful
btw i found a better kick ass costume...more expensive but...dead on.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kick-Ass-Dave-L...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d28de90b6

Nice find!

those costumes you sent me don't come out till late next month...thank god my birthday is in two weeks, just save up for them with birthday money

There's some parts in Kick-Ass when he's in the suit where he sounds just like Tobey...

"I'm Kick-Ass...look me up." was one that really stood out for me.

Not t mention the neighborhoods, they looked EXACTLY like peter's house.

 

[Spider-Man '92]

Supposedly the rooftop that Kick-Ass attempts to jump is the same used in Spider-Man. But I haven't heard anything official.

 

[Spider-Man '92]

Double.

 

[Ipodman]

Supposedly the rooftop that Kick-Ass attempts to jump is the same used in Spider-Man. But I haven't heard anything official.

I would bet thats an intentional ref to Spider-man 1... but if its the same rooftop I'm not sure... anyone noticed it?

There's some parts in Kick-Ass when he's in the suit where he sounds just like Tobey...

"I'm Kick-Ass...look me up." was one that really stood out for me.

The whiny voice....

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

I don't think so. The rooftop in SM1 had a ledge peter had to jump on, the one in kick-ass was one he could run quite across IIRC.

seriously, I must be the only person in the world who thinks tobey didn't have a whiny voice

 

[Ipodman]

Anyone thinks that BD [blackout]would have survived the torture scene if it werent for the fire? I mean, Kick ass is wolverine skeleton right? But BD is only armour? [/blackout]

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

doubt it

 

[Spider-Man '92]

I don't think so. The rooftop in SM1 had a ledge peter had to jump on, the one in kick-ass was one he could run quite across IIRC.

seriously, I must be the only person in the world who thinks tobey didn't have a whiny voice

It might be taken from a different angle. Kick-Ass is jumping between buildings right next to each other. We never see him go to the ledge overlooking the street.

 

[BestGirl]

Anyone thinks that BD [blackout]would have survived the torture scene if it werent for the fire? I mean, Kick ass is wolverine skeleton right? But BD is only armour? [/blackout]

Spoiler

I figured the point of the fire was for something to kill BD. When Hit Girl showed up I was excited thinking, "Yeah, BD's gonna get through this! " but then the fire started and I knew he was done for.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

Supposedly the rooftop that Kick-Ass attempts to jump is the same used in Spider-Man. But I haven't heard anything official.

if that's true, that would infact Kick Ass

 

[Ace of Knaves]

They didn't use any actual locations from Spider-Man. But i remember seeing an interview with Vaughn where he said they purposely used locations that would remind people of it or something like that.

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

I saw it last night. Never read the comic before. The action is pretty intense. The director knows how to do action very well. There were some choices for the score that were very good and some that were very bad. I just didnt like for example hit girls pop theme song that goes on for too long.

The movie was most definitely entertaining and it had some pretty funny moments but it suffers from millaar-itis in its forced pop culture references. Red Mist's last sentence was brutal too. I didnt think it was too original either as this story is clearly Ultimate spiderman put in blender with nolans real world approach. The movie also focuses on Hit Girl maybe even more than Kick Ass himself.

Maybe Im starting to fall out of the teen-young adult demographic this is going after, but all things considered, it was a decent effort. The humor alone makes it a decent flick.

 

[Spider-Man '92]

They didn't use any actual locations from Spider-Man. But i remember seeing an interview with Vaughn where he said they purposely used locations that would remind people of it or something like that.

That would make sense, as I definitly got a Spidey vibe when I first saw that location.

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

That would make sense, as I definitly got a Spidey vibe when I first saw that location.

same here

 

[Punisher Rising]

Saw this earlier and loved it, definitely a movie that lives up to it's name. A total blast from start to finish. Hit-Girl RULES.