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Thursday
Thursday
Seeing it Thursday night
You can't tell me this video from Chip Zdarsky is not genuine.I don't know why this bothers me, but I hate when trailer reaction people on YouTube pretend it's the first time that they're watching the trailer and that their reactions are genuine.
You're expecting too much legitimacy from people who's entire career is to react to media.I don't know why this bothers me, but I hate when trailer reaction people on YouTube pretend it's the first time that they're watching the trailer and that their reactions are genuine.
I liked this Thunderbolts trailer a lot more than the first one. The humor still isn't working for me at all, the visuals are dreary, and this better end with Red Guardian six feet under, but I enjoyed the Suicide Squad films (or more so the idea as far as the first one goes), and this is going to hit the spot.
Sounds like a potential plot for Armor Wars.I'm hoping it ends with Red Guardian suited up in Crimson Dynamo armor.
I'm going to see Heart Eyes.
My biggest issues with Eternals is that it tries to be a reflection on being a part of the machine, but the script is very paint-by-numbers and not the high concept they pitched. There is no meat on the bones, so it just comes off boring. Add the usual Marvel action scenes and attempts at comedy that don't fit that vibe at all and it leads to a massive disconnect. We're solemn, different, but also the usual Marvel fare.Eternals has plenty of flaws but I think the hate for it was overblown. There is a lot about it that I liked but, and we've talked about this before but I still think it would have fared better as a series because IMO the biggest issue was introducing 10 new characters all at once in a 2 hour 40 minute film. It also doesn't help that the two least interesting Eternals (Sersi and Ikaris) have the most screentime and the more interesting ones like Druig and Gilgamesh get table scraps for development.
They're all trying to chase the same high this guy got watching the Force Awakens trailer:I don't know why this bothers me, but I hate when trailer reaction people on YouTube pretend it's the first time that they're watching the trailer and that their reactions are genuine.
It kinda gloss overs the fact that one of them is using literal mind control to create a hive mind... I'm actually shocked he didn't become a villain.My biggest issues with Eternals is that it tries to be a reflection on being a part of the machine, but the script is very paint-by-numbers and not the high concept they pitched. There is no meat on the bones, so it just comes off boring. Add the usual Marvel action scenes and attempts at comedy that don't fit that vibe at all and it leads to a massive disconnect. We're solemn, different, but also the usual Marvel fare.
It kinda gloss overs the fact that one of them is using literal mind control to create a hive mind... I'm actually shocked he didn't become a villain.
They're all trying to chase the same high this guy got watching the Force Awakens trailer:
Actually maybe I'm forgetting something from before then but The Force Awakens is the first time I remember trailer reactions becoming a thing, or at least more common. But at least back then they seemed genuine because they were actually recording themselves waiting for the trailers to drop.
They easily could have had a movie that introduced all those characters and worked. I think the larger issue that made it boring for people is they picked the wrong story type. Bringing the band back together worked for Endgame cause we had the pathos of all those characters and knew them and had attachments to them. Here, these are new characters. So now you're trying to get a band back together and at the same time you're introducing me to this band. Which would have been one thing if said band was 4 or 5 members, but here we had like 9! Too many new characters in that type of story. Guardians of the Galaxy introduced a ton of new characters also, but picked a more organic type of story to make that work.What exactly is the "high concept" of Eternals? "Old super-powered powerful people who are considered gods and live among humanity" is not exactly the most original idea.
The movie suffered from too many characters and too much backstory crammed into a single movie.
I watched those Force Awakens trailers so many times that they're imprinted in my brain the same way a static image that's left on a plasma TV for a long time would be burnt into the screen.I can tell from the audio from the trailer everything he's reacting to. That's normal right?
Pretty much all the sequel trilogy trailers were phenomenal. This made me realize that I do miss Star Wars on the big screen a little bit.I watched those Force Awakens trailers so many times that they're imprinted in my brain the same way a static image that's left on a plasma TV for a long time would be burnt into the screen.
Don't worry Bridget Jones is back on Peacock.Pretty much all the sequel trilogy trailers were phenomenal. This made me realize that I do miss Star Wars on the big screen a little bit.
From my understanding high concept doesn't mean original idea. It's something easily sellable. Something to can boil down to a few lines in a pitch meeting. Like Star Wars as opposed to Dune. Which is something more low concept. Where so much of what is going on is built around character and story nuance.What exactly is the "high concept" of Eternals? "Old super-powered powerful people who are considered gods and live among humanity" is not exactly the most original idea.
The movie suffered from too many characters and too much backstory crammed into a single movie.
You've got Bridget on Peacock, we got her selling out a 400-seat Dolby several times a dayDon't worry Bridget Jones is back on Peacock.![]()
Not just the Star Wars trailers but I feel like trailers in general were just all around better back then. Maybe it's just me getting older but even the good current MCU trailers like Fantastic Four don't pack nearly the same punch as Infinity War's trailers did.Pretty much all the sequel trilogy trailers were phenomenal. This made me realize that I do miss Star Wars on the big screen a little bit.
They easily could have had a movie that introduced all those characters and worked. I think the larger issue that made it boring for people is they picked the wrong story type. Bringing the band back together worked for Endgame cause we had the pathos of all those characters and knew them and had attachments to them. Here, these are new characters. So now you're trying to get a band back together and at the same time you're introducing me to this band. Which would have been one thing if said band was 4 or 5 members, but here we had like 9! Too many new characters in that type of story. Guardians of the Galaxy introduced a ton of new characters also, but picked a more organic type of story to make that work.
I’m seeing it Saturday. If the movie ends up just being mediocre I might chalk that up as a win lol. I really want it to work but the trailers haven’t looked convincing.