The Naked Fun in The Superhero Cinematic Civil War Thread - Part 61

[Ninjablade]

Wait they said what now?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Wait they said what now?

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is A ‘60s Space-Race Movie Shot ‘The Way Kubrick Would Have Made It’

Director Matt Sharman promises miniatures and practical sets for his retro-themed Marvel movie. Read more at Empire.

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That philosophy extended into how the film itself was made. “I really wanted it to feel like it was made in 1965, the way Stanley Kubrick would have made it,” says Shakman. “Within reason.” There is, he says, an emphasis on practical sets and props — the production included a 14-foot-tall spaceship miniature, similar to how Kubrick used miniatures on 2001: A Space Odyssey — and Shakman and his team have “used old lenses, and taken an approach to filmmaking that feels more of the time. Of course, we still have a lot of CG.”

I like how he contradicts himself in the very same paragraph.

 

[Lily Adler]

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That's like Gunn saying Superman Legacy is going to be as if James Cameron directed it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That's like Gunn saying Superman Legacy is going to be as if James Cameron directed it.

He said that?

 

[Lily Adler]

He said that?

No just making a hypothetical comparison.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

No just making a hypothetical comparison.

Okay, Lily. You had me scared.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Just remembered the "wanted to make this movie like Stanley Kubrick would've" comment. Meanwhile they can't even avoid looking like a Tim Story movie. Such an unserious production company.

That's because they are adapting the same material.

This is why I am wondering if it was a good idea to go back to the Galactus and Silver Surfer well, right off the bat with the first MCU FF movie.

 

[Ninjablade]

As someone who works in photography, I really hate when directors talk about using old lens. Like yes, there are benefits of using older lens because of how they capture light. Problem is no one freaking lights anything anymore so it's all a wash.

It's just stupid marketing talk. It's like Snyder and his dumbass older Japanese lens that he bought for Army of the Dead. Whoopty do. Made your movie look worse and you had a dead pixel because of one of them. Real smart.

 

[Drizzle]

That's because they are adapting the same material.

This is why I am wondering if it was a good idea to go back to the Galactus and Silver Surfer well, right off the bat with the first MCU FF movie.

I think it's within reason to go back to that well because Fox royally screwed up Galactus the first time and this takes place in a separate universe from the mainline MCU, which is an added benefit to bringing in such a massive threat.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[kguillou]

I wanna ask a question thats gonna trigger the class: in an alternate reality, could Fant4stic have worked on a conceptual level? Like, we're all in agreement that movie the way it ended up is an absolute abomination but...could it have worked? Could an elseword-ish body-horror-ish version of the Fantastic have worked and been accepted?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I wanna ask a question thats gonna trigger the class: in an alternate reality, could Fant4stic have worked on a conceptual level? Like, we're all in agreement that movie the way it ended up is an absolute abomination but...could it have worked? Could an elseword-ish body-horror-ish version of the Fantastic have worked and been accepted?

It's an alternate reality. Anything could work there under the right conditions.

 

[Mysteryman]

I really hope in the next season they stop lighting the scenes like this: (they probably wont)

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DARKDEVIL!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

DARKDEVIL!

WASHEDDEVIL!

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I wanna ask a question thats gonna trigger the class: in an alternate reality, could Fant4stic have worked on a conceptual level? Like, we're all in agreement that movie the way it ended up is an absolute abomination but...could it have worked? Could an elseword-ish body-horror-ish version of the Fantastic have worked and been accepted?

I think it could have worked better as a separate IP that was inspired by the FF but not the actual FF.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

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The words ‘Within reason’ are doing a lot of work here.

My favorite kind of reason.

This post is like Shakespeare. Within reason.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I wanna ask a question thats gonna trigger the class: in an alternate reality, could Fant4stic have worked on a conceptual level? Like, we're all in agreement that movie the way it ended up is an absolute abomination but...could it have worked? Could an elseword-ish body-horror-ish version of the Fantastic have worked and been accepted?

Since I haven't to date gotten a movie that was a good and serious attempt at making the FF that I know and love, I don't care for this hypothetical. Looks like that's changing this year, but I just cannot find myself to care whether or not that piece of garbage could have been good.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Hell no Fan4stic couldn't have worked in another reality or another planet.

Nothing good ever comes from disregarding and disrespecting the source material.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Hell no Fan4stic couldn't have worked in another reality or another planet.

Nothing good ever comes from disregarding and disrespecting the source material.

Why did they lower the ages of the characters?

 

[Mysteryman]

What is Star Wars, Starfighter?

 

[Sithborg]

[me not wanting Shawn Levy to do X-men]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

They're missing a a little one called uh... FROZEN 3.

 

[Lily Adler]

What is Star Wars, Starfighter?

Shawn Levy's movie.

 

[Lily Adler]

They're missing a a little one called uh... FROZEN 3.

It's weird we haven't gotten much news on this one compared to Toy Story.