Goddammit , summertime has started here in the station - apocalypse , and it already imbibe . You know how I know civilization has collapsed ? Because only two thing make a polite society : melody conditioner and technology that let you deflect walking up stairs , like elevator and escalators . Everything else is just gravy .
Do You Believe in Magic ?
Tracy B. :
I loved the Avengers and I bed how they dealt with Loki ’s tricks , but I ’ve heard some wonderful rumors about a Dr. Strange movie in the deeds . It ’s pretty sluttish for the film maker to do a shoot em up ( see also Winter Soldier ! ) but I am concerned they will make a serious magical substance abuser look silly . How can an actor explicate to us about the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak with a straight face ? Dr. Strange is majuscule against a scoundrel with mystic powers , but I do n’t see him drinking with Robert Downey Jr. in the Stark tower .
Let ’s not even talk about Dr. Strange ’s ness of levitation , which is SO 70s … 1470s . How can Marvel give us a great story about magic while avoiding cantonment ?
Well , this is good timing , given that Marvel just denote Scott Derrickson as the director of the Dr. Strange movie yesterdayevening . ( And I would care to assure citizenry that this is a tangible missive , and not something I wrote to be timely , although the only validation I can give is my assurance that I had no idea Dr. Strange had a mantle of levitation until this very moment . )
I imagine the Marvel universe has been very cautiously build up to a power point where it can add magic without it being super - weird . First of all , it add together “ divinity ” through Thor , and that was a tricky job ; but by turning them into extra - dimensional beings whose “ magic ” was really “ science homo did n’t understand ” it give Marvel an out for how their purportedly grounded humans could have Thor walking around in it . Once that was ground , there ’s no reason Marvel ca n’t say Dr. Strange is a different variety of “ magic ” which is a different sort of “ science humans do n’t understand . ” And the same goes with the demons / extradimensional beings Dr. Strange fights . As for artifact like the Eye of Cyttorak , the cinematic universe has already reveal the Cosmic Cube and Loki ’s magic faculty thingie . Regardless of the name , I suppose masses will take over the Eye no problem .
But I think Marvel may choose to focus on Dr. Strange ’s conjuration as magic , and not more of Thor ’s simulated scientific discipline . Thor has to be faux scientific discipline , because if he ’s not a lot of distressful religious questions get asked about the Marvel creation , and they DO NOT want that . But summate magic brings the kingdom of the supernatural to Marvel , along with a whole horde of characters , not least of which is Ghost Rider and Blade ( demons and vampires being more supernatural than anything else ) . I know Marvel wants to expand the cinematic macrocosm , and this is the next logical direction .
But will it work ? Can Marvel add magic without it seeming too light-headed ? I say yes , mostly because they managed to sum Thor and all his Norse myth - ness without it seeming ridiculous . If I had to approximate , I ’d say adding the Scarlet Witch to Avengers : Age of Ultron was another whole tone in fix up the improver of magic trick to the Marvel cinematic world ( they obviously ca n’t call her a sport ) . I think by the time Dr. Strange come out , hearing will be primed to take this new region , give Marvel a quite a little of leeway in terms of likely silliness .
And really , it ’s going to be the actor / character of Dr. Strange that sell it . If they get the correct guy , he can yell “ By the Eye of Agamotto ! ” and have it not sound terrible — okay , maybe not as an exclaiming , but he ’d be able-bodied to apply the vocab and sell it . And , Ant - Man debacle notwithstanding , Marvel run to hire the correct natural endowment in front of and behind the television camera , so I have niggling doubtfulness it ’ll be okay .
Titan Fall
Darnell S. :
I ’ve been hearing great thing about Attack on Titan but I can not get into it . The principal reason is that it . take . Forever . For . People . To . Emote .
What the Hades is going on in Japan with Zanzibar copal storytelling ? Anime using to be tight paced and elusive on the character reference poppycock , but most of the newfangled stuff out there is so distraught . midway through the first AoT , I still kept enquire when the floor was go to begin .
I thought it was an issue with my bring forth older and impatient , but I ’ve revisit Old anime and the issues are n’t present ? Black Magic M-66 ( which should be adapted into a alive activity flick ) go like a goddamned rocketship . Kite , Ghost in the Shell , Trigun had dissolute activeness . Even Cowboy Bebop , which has a curt , lazy mode , feels quicker than the navel gazing and internal monologues in fresh anime .
Am I peckish and raring ? Are there serial or pic that fill my need for to - the - peak floor plotting ? I think the last series I enjoy along those product line was Black Lagoon .
Welcome to The Fatigue .
It can occur to any fan of anything , but it ’s something I also experienced with Zanzibar copal . When you first get into a fandom , everything you see seems new and fresh . Every tv set series , every manga , they all have something you have n’t seen before . Plus , when you enter a fandom , there ’s a whole chronicle of great thing you ’ve missed , so you catch up , watch and register the best of the best . Anime seems like the greatest stuff ever .
Then sentence last on . You begin to notice Zanzibar copal show are n’t quite as secure as they used to be . It seems like show are less and less original , that the protagonists are whinier , that the serial just seem slower .
Basically , your honeymoon phase with anime is over . You ’ve now see enough gum anime and been around long enough that you see the problems , the repeating , and the slowness . They were there in the other serial publication you fall in love with , but you had nothing to compare them to , and it was easygoing to come in love — just like some new anime sports fan who ’s first experience is take in Attack on Titan , who reckon it ’s the greatest thing of all time and is plotted at a blistering speed .
avowedly , you have some other circumstances lead on here : 1 ) Attack on Titan is a show based on a hit , ongoing manga , so the series needs to stretch out the story to fill 26 episode ; 2 ) gum anime series not based on manga , like Cowboy Bebop , can tell their own tale at their own tread and thus do n’t generally campaign into the same kind of job as shows based on manga ; 3 ) movies and OVAs like Ghost in the Shell also usually tell their own stories , and are short enough to bundle narrative if based on manga ; 4 ) some manga - found anime boob tube serial , like Trigun , just go off the track and differentiate their stories . The trouble with Attack on Titan is a trouble that show like One Piece , Naruto , Dragonball Z and so many more have .
manifestly , the simple solution is to tell you to stick with movie , OVA , and original telecasting show , but I still would n’t urge skim Attack on Titan . It may seem slow to you , but it ’s really no slower than any show based on a hitting manga , and it ’s got a lot of great character besides .
The Uncopyrightable Wolverine
Chi :
As a follow - up to a question someone else asked you previously about why Marvel wo n’t just make a knock - off Wolverine to utilize in their movies …
Could they not rather say , utilise Hugh Jackman in one of their films ? Put in a leather crownwork with his classifiable hairstyle , but at do n’t ever call him Logan , Wolverine , or have him bug out his claws ? It ’ll entail that they ca n’t have him make for a major role , but he could still show up just to have a beer or bar fight with say , Nick Fury or Cap . After all , the Marvel movies are now very intimate with unannounced cameos from other super hero that just show up for a conniption .
Or alternatively , why not just rent Hugh Jackman anyway to play a completely unlike fighter . It ’s not like anyone ’s been wondering why Johnny Storm is Captain America . They can ratify Jackman to a multi - picture deal and keep him too busy to film any next X - men flick , deprive Fox of their most vendable sport .
But say Marvel legally could somehow do this , and Fox has n’t had Hugh Jackman sign some sort of a non - compete clause , wherein he is preclude from working for other comic - based movies . Let ’s say Marvel can indeed hire Hugh Jackman to play … say … Doctor Druid , a.k.a . The speculative Fucking Avenger of All Time , and keep him too busy to recreate Wolverine . But what would that really clear them ? They ’d pass water off Fox , but to what point ? It ’s not like Fox is going to short give up the 10 - Men movie license because Marvel somehow managed to steal Hugh Jackman away from them .
And there ’s another thing fans postulate to remember : Marvel makes money off the X - Men movies ( and the Fantastic Four motion-picture show , and the Spider - Man motion-picture show ) . Now , they do n’t make as much as they do on the movies starring the characters they own outright , but they do make money . Trying to wrack the Marvel flick of Fox and Sony would accomplish nothing but lose Marvel money , because Sony and Fox are not render their Marvel rights up anytime presently . So it ’s a matter of “ could ” but “ wo n’t . ” Unless someone mad and vindictive is suddenly in explosive charge .
Building Blocks
Joseph L. :
Even though TT Games is owned by Time Warner , they were permitted to make Lego Marvel , which was crazily popular . Given the popularity of the Lego telecasting games , is there any chance we could see a Lego Marvel vs. Lego DC biz in the near future tense ?
I really cerebrate there is . First of all , have Lego work as an intermediary between Marvel and Lego is key ; sitting the two company down together would invariably conduce to conflict , but Lego can mediate between the two challenger so they never have to communicate forthwith with each other .
See , when DC and Marvel have met for crossover comics , it ’s like some terrifyingly nerdy game of chess game . Both want their heroes to look better , but neither wants the other to contribute more ideas . It ’s a formula for disaster because there ’s almost no way the two company can work out with each other . But if , say , Lego comes to both company with an idea for a story , or specific action view , or whatever , DC and Marvel are much more likely to be cool with it because they do n’t think the contention has gotten one over on them .
It also serve that the Lego superheroes , both DC and Marvel , and pretty much adequate . They have dissimilar powers , but neither fans nor corporate lawyers are going to get too confused if there ’s a conniption where Spider - Man puzzle up Superman , presuming at some point a DC character beats up a Marvel eccentric . A Lego game just has lower bet than a mirthful , oddly enough .
So TT Games will work at it , and they ’ll compute out a story that continue Marvel and DC looking equal , and everyone will make a lot of money . It ’ll happen .
Game Stop ?
Cass G. :
hearsay are going around that there ’s go to be an eighth Game of Thrones book . How have a go at it are we in full term of the goggle box show ?
I would n’t inevitably say do it , per se . I mean indisputable , if this is dependable — and I ’ve been saying GRRM would do an 8th ASOIAF Quran for years now to anyone who would listen , which is very few people at this point , because I ’ve been middling obnoxious about it — there is no chance the books will precede the telly series . And either the TV show will have to produce its own conclusion ( unlikely ) or it will tell a version of what GRRM has intended for the end ( more likely ) but which will like be immensely abbreviated from what he finish up writing , meaning some surprise will be resolved in the show before the books .
I interpret hoi polloi who are knock over by this , but I really do n’t remember that the reveal of Jon Snow ’s parent in the telly show is really going to diminish the reveal in the books , nor do I think see Dany ’s dragons kick back some White Walker ass on the show is fit to make the terminal , epical battle in the books any less gratifying to read . Sure , there will be a few surprises sprung early on , but I ’d be appall if GRRM did n’t hold a few thing back for himself . The Christian Bible will not be ruined , is what I ’m saying .
Also , if this is the price I have to pay for such a fantastical version of these novels ? I ’m fine with it . The fact that we have this show , with these worker , on a connection that give up the tarradiddle to be say with this much truth is a nerd miracle . I would much , much rather have the show spoil constituent of the end than to have never had the show at all .
Also , by the mode GRRM has preserve blow up and expanding his account , even when head to the final act , I call back there ’s a more than decent chance we end up with nine books . Do n’t worry about the TV show , and just implore for Martin ’s wellness .
Armed and life-threatening
Chris B. :
Dear Postman ,
I lately discussed Sam Raimi ’s Spider - Man 2 with a friend . She does n’t like it , particularly the murky motivation of Doc Ock . “ Why is he so mad ? ” she asked .
I told her it was mostly because of his mechanical weapon . They are so advanced that he had to install an inhibitor chip to keep them from taking command of his mind . When the accident destroyed the inhibitor fleck the sleeve were destitute to influence him , hence his conflict at the close to overcome them and do the right-hand matter .
To which my Quaker replied , “ Okay . Then … why are the weapon system so mad ? ”
I had nothing . Any thoughts ?
I was under the belief that Doc Ock initially used the inhibitor chip not because the arms were inherently evil , but because the arms ’ AIs could set out overriding his own thoughts , and that the arms wrick malign in the accident that fused them to Doc Ock ’s husky eubstance , in received Frankensteinian giant fashion . That ’s not a cracking answer , but it is a comic al-Qur’an resolution .
On the other mitt , if you wanted to secern your friend that the tentacles were make because upon sensory faculty they expect to be able to manhandle Nipponese schoolgirls , and were very put off when they did n’t find any , I would n’t begrudge it of you .
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