December 05, 2013

Amazing Spider-Man 2 To Explore Themes of Repetition, Creative Exhaustion, and Contractual Obligation
— Ace

I was one of the unhappy few to see the Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot occurring just a few years after the previous sequel. It was terrible.

The new one looks like it was made with the same spirit as the first, which is to say, it also looks terrible. That's the trailer. It looks like an epileptic cartoon. Enjoy.

The main villain is... Electro, a villain even mild geeks have heard of, but who just isn't that interesting. So they've juiced him up with a lot of new CGI superpowers, and he looks even dumber here than he does in the comic. And that's a neat trick, because in the comics, Electro's costume is that of an... angry daffodil.

angrydaffodil.jpg

But no one expects Electro, of all people, to carry a movie, so apparently Spider-Man is fighting the Sinister Six, an Avengers-style team-up of Spider-Man's rogues gallery. Apparently Doctor Octopus is somewhere in the trailer (though I missed him), and they show the Rhino a lot. Green Goblin shows up, Forbes says.

Six villains? Great, you know what that means: More origin stories! And I just can't get enough of origin stories in comic book movies.

At this point, would the audience mind at all if the movie just opened up with a fight between Rhino and Spider-Man, and then didn't bother explaining How the Rhino Came to Be? Would anyone care at all if the film didn't include that critical information? Or if the movie just covered it with a single line of dialogue ("his advanced nano-hydraulic armor gives him incredible strength!")?

Would anyone be upset if the movie just presented all six villains and didn't bother at all explaining their magical powers?

Eh. In this one, it looks like the plot is something about "making humans powerful or something," so they're going to attempt to explain the villains via the same magic serum, which doesn't really make sense, because at least two villains get their magic powers from magic armor, rather than getting their magic strength or magic electricity from from a magic potion.

This might also be the one where Gwen Stacy dies. If you care. I don't. And I actually used to care.

Apparently they're making so much money with bad Spider-Man movies they've already greenlit sequels for 2016 and 2018. I guess that's the ultimate in movie properties -- if you can make $750 million with a bad movie, then why the hell not just keep making them forever?

Anyone can make money with a good movie. It's a special kind of franchise where you make money with bad ones.

So we all have this continuing Cartoon Nightmare for Adult Children to look forward to for some number of years, until they start losing money and the license either reverts back to Marvel or Disney buys it back or something.

Okay, I'm officially done with comic book movies. It took a while to get here, but now I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years.

Posted by: Ace at 08:54 AM | Comments (363)
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1 This film is as needed as Another Ishtar...


Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 08:56 AM (9jfyN)

2 How did you like Spiderman:  Turn Off The Dark?


Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 08:58 AM (GQ8sn)

3 also Ace while I am not going to go to Ben Affleck fucks up Batman....

I could be bothered to go to a decent superhero flick from the 3d or 4th string heroes...

imagine if you will Nomad-Fucked Up Schizo highlighting Jack Monroe....

or the Thunderbolts which would actually be a good spin on the Genre.

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 08:58 AM (9jfyN)

4 Ace, it's worse than you think. From what I can see, this movie is based on a ride at Universal Studios theme park in Orlando. No, I am not kidding.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 05, 2013 08:59 AM (659DL)

5 As long as Stan Lee is making such movies, I'll probably give them a look. Everyone else? meh. And even then: probably not in theaters.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at December 05, 2013 09:00 AM (1hM1d)

6 Sex Villains sounds like a good idea, to me.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:00 AM (TRNQp)

7 I remember reading comic books with a flashlight under the blankets after my mother said "go to sleep!". Good times. Everything is all fucked up now.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at December 05, 2013 09:00 AM (LsF5M)

8 Nothing says great movie quite like a leading character who leads a double life as a whiny beta male feminist with superpowers.

Posted by: Blake at December 05, 2013 09:00 AM (M1cQU)

9 I think Amazing Spider-Man #271-272 was the Sinister Syndicate (not six). The issue that made me fall in love with comics. I am the geek that this movie has been waiting for. Fu#k you ACE.

Posted by: JT in KC at December 05, 2013 09:01 AM (obHE/)

10 I think I'll pass on this thread, I am out of weed.

Posted by: Barry, Chom leader at December 05, 2013 09:01 AM (0FSuD)

11 Electro just doesn't have the juice to carry a movie.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:01 AM (/FnUH)

12 Electro, all coronas, all of the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:01 AM (aDwsi)

13 I don't get the buzz.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:02 AM (/FnUH)

14 Put the new wonder woman in there, that will save it.

It works for superman and batman.

Posted by: Need More at December 05, 2013 09:02 AM (qzsFA)

15 It would be great if we could get a kraven the hunter story alone and throw in cameos of daredevil, dr strange and maybe the black panther. Hell how about kingpin and maybe the jackel and maybe the watcher as well.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 05, 2013 09:02 AM (Zx2Zj)

16 Put the new wonder woman in there, that will save it.

It works for superman and batman.

Posted by: Need More at December 05, 2013 01:02 PM (qzsFA)


Different comic franchise.



Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 09:02 AM (GQ8sn)

17 After watching the trailer, Ohm unimpressed.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:02 AM (/FnUH)

18 Mourning Becomes Electro

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (aDwsi)

19 Okay, I'm officially done with comic book movies. It took a while to get here, but now I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years. Posted by Ace Eight years? I've been "done" with comic books movies since before the first one was ever made. One of the more embarrassing aspects of Western culture.

Posted by: zombie at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (+cx5n)

20 Nice dangling left arrow there...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (rpIoa)

21

Look on the bright side, Ace.  

 

 Think of all the new Underoos  your Mom will  get you  for your birthday, this year.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (TRNQp)

22 The main villain is... Electro, a villain even mild geeks have heard of, but who just isn't that interesting. So they've juiced him up with a lot of new CGI superpowers Holding a vibrator and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey are not superpowers.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (NKBxV)

23 NEVER liked comics.

Maybe when I was 6-8 but cash was hard to come by and I had other priorities.

(sides my moms would've smacked my ass the first time I got caught with them. Call me a pussy but they just didn't seem worth time in my room.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (LSDdO)

24 I'm just hoping Anchorman 2 isn't too huge a disappointment

Posted by: irright at December 05, 2013 09:03 AM (8GKDa)

25 A live action Venture Brothers would be something. Spoderman's Electro is lamer than Venture's Monarch.

Posted by: wooga at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (gXsVd)

26 Electro was a stud

Posted by: Things no one ever said EVER at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (dr6XJ)

27 Ace running a high fever again?

Posted by: USA at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (VIaw0)

28 Throw water on Electro.


Movie's over in 5 minutes.


Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (GQ8sn)

29 Without Silly Putty, comics are useless.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (TRNQp)

30 The movie's ending is SHOCKING!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 05, 2013 09:04 AM (rpIoa)

31 Electro comes up short.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (LSDdO)

32 23 zombie at December 05, 2013 01:03 PM (+cx5n)

Zombie one ONT you and I need to have a chat about "Superhero Films" going back at least to Solomon and western civ...

heh

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (9jfyN)

33 How come Electro doesn't have a corona'd codpiece?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (aDwsi)

34 "I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years."

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
JEEZUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: BJ at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (K25Ot)

35 So ace isn't AMPED to see this one?


Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (GQ8sn)

36 I'm seeing a lot of resistance in the comments.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (/FnUH)

37 Holding a vibrator and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey are not superpowers. ----- H8er.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (LvYhO)

38 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". IYKWIMAITYD?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (rpIoa)

39 And yet I can't get a Deadpool movie. Not to mention the movie/tv series I truly want which is Rorschach and Deadpool. You know what movie we need? Antman v. Aquaman *mikedrop*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (VtjlW)

40 Electro's costume is that of an... angry daffodil. An angry, Toronto Mayor-like daffodil.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (IXrOn)

41 Also, Jamie "I get to kill white people" Fox is one of the antags.

I won't pay to see this one. Choads like Fox deserve to be ejected from society.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 05, 2013 09:05 AM (uCNam)

42 That fact that this movie got made proves, if there was any doubt, that the Joules control Hollywood.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:06 AM (/FnUH)

43 ELECTRO!

And his sidekick, ELI The ICEMAN!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 05, 2013 09:06 AM (rpIoa)

44 26 rickb223 at December 05, 2013 01:03 PM (NKBxV)

Holding a vibrator and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey are not superpowers.

Fuck now you tell me...

//Lena "Lady XXX" Dunham

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:06 AM (9jfyN)

45 @23 The problem is with the exception of superman the movie 1978, every single comic book movie without exception has altered major parts of the superheros canon and lore to either explain what doesn't need explaining or jettisoning what they consider to be supurfluous or just plain making crap up.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (g2ldK)

46 It would be truly shocking if this movie didn't suck

Posted by: wiserbud at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (NXg/k)

47 And that was back in the day when your bedroom wasn't chock full of entertainment possibilities.

I had a radio and some books. That was IT!

So half hour- hour in there (unless I WANTED to be there) was an eternal HELL of boredom and regret. (regret I got caught)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (LSDdO)

48 Or, perhaps he's into that "three-phase" lifestyle?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (rpIoa)

49 Fuck this shit. I'm holding out for the movie version of the Hostess ads that used to run in the comics.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (eytER)

50 Leave it to the Big Six studios to create something as inane as the "tentpole" picture, then beat the shit out of it to the point where $200 million isn't enough to put together a coherent trailer.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (PhG8y)

51 Do comic books still sell? The only figures I can find show huge increases every year, but none of them are in constant dollars. I suspect those numbers are bullshit. I thought only old nerds, neckbeards and other shut-ins still bought them. Anybody know?

Posted by: Witchfinder at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (e9Ehw)

52 Penis!

Posted by: Archie co-CEO at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (VIaw0)

53 Chevy Volt tie-ins... Nah, doesn't work.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (SCcgT)

54 The Rhino is the coolest super villain!!!!!

Posted by: Things no one ever said EVER at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (dr6XJ)

55 OT, but NJ legalized online gambling the other day. DRUDGE REPORT ‏@DRUDGE_REPORT 50,000 Sign up for Internet Gambling in NJ; 741 for Obamacare... http://drudge.tw/1eZOcoi

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:07 AM (ZPrif)

56 It took a while to get here, but now I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years.


The guys have said it for eight years, Ace.  Women have been saying it since the first of those idiotic Three Stooges was foisted on humanity. 

FLAME AWAY, METROSEXUALS!!

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (6H6o8)

57 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". Posted by: Tex Lovera -------- A foolish question.

Posted by: Thomas Edison at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (aDwsi)

58 Pull the plug on Electro, please.

Posted by: dantesed at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (pjKa9)

59 Resistance is futile at less than 1 ohm.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (g2ldK)

60 Only comics I ever liked was Mad Magazine They should make a movie. Alfred E Newman starts a Healthcare website!

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (0FSuD)

61 Seeing Electro was a shocking experience.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (LSDdO)

62 They're really sold on the idea of having every male character in every movie look like a fag, aren't they?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (oFCZn)

63 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". Posted by: Tex Lovera -------- A foolish question. Posted by: Thomas Edison ---------------- No it isn't.

Posted by: George Westinghouse at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (aDwsi)

64 Isn't Rhino just a really obese man?

That's not really a villain.

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 09:08 AM (GQ8sn)

65 And that was back in the day when your bedroom wasn't chock full of entertainment possibilities. I had a radio and some books. That was IT! So half hour- hour in there (unless I WANTED to be there) was an eternal HELL of boredom and regret. (regret I got caught) Shoulda fapped in the bathroom......

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (NKBxV)

66 Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:08 PM (0FSuD)

DONE AND DONE!!!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (LSDdO)

67 33 Without Silly Putty, comics are useless. Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 01:04 PM (TRNQp) Now this brings back memories! lol! thanks!

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (LsF5M)

68 Ace energized by Electro.

Posted by: USA at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (VIaw0)

69 And that's a neat trick, because in the comics, Electro's costume is that of an... angry daffodil.

Bitten by radioactive pesticide?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ only knows one origin story at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (/kI1Q)

70 @43 A deadpool movie is in the works with ryan reynolds starring.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 05, 2013 09:09 AM (g2ldK)

71 So to summarize.

This Hoax Creativity has got to stop!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (iGP6J)

72

They're really sold on the idea of having every male character in every movie look like a fag, aren't they?

 

They are playing to their base.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (TRNQp)

73 Anyone who enjoys the later superhero flicks isn't wired properly.

Posted by: wiserbud at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (NXg/k)

74 The only real super villain is December

Posted by: Tony 'choke' Romo at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (dr6XJ)

75 Sony Pictures presents A Who Gives a Shit Production: "Lemon" Starring Chris Christie as Fruit Pie the Magician

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (eytER)

76 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC".
Posted by: Tex Lovera

--------

A foolish question.

Posted by: Thomas Edison
----------------

No it isn't. Posted by: George Westinghouse
__________________________________________________________


Yes, it is.

Posted by: Nicolai Tesla at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (roO4n)

77 Bitten by radioactive pesticide? Posted by: HeatherRadish --------------- Stole Mexican radioactive stuff. Now glows in the dark.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:10 AM (aDwsi)

78 Fuck Spidey and all the stupid super "heroes" in their tight ghey leotards. 


Have you seen the trailers for Pompeii and best of all, 300, Rise of an Empire yet?

Holy shit, Lena Headey?  She's so frigging hot, especially when pissed off that Leonidas is dead, that my laptop had a purple mushroom cloud floating above it after that 300 trailer! 

Er, okay, the mushroom cloud might have been in my pants, but STILL! 

Watch:  300:  Rise of an Empire:  http://tinyurl.com/odtez6c.

Pompeii:  http://tinyurl.com/ocsd6an

Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2013 09:11 AM (TM1p8)

79 Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 01:09 PM (NKBxV)

Listen Mr. Richie Rich; I lived at a time and place that was one step above having a shed in the back yard.

I didn't have a bathroom for my own. It was down the hall and I had to get permission to use it. So NO. Plus I'm pretty sure Mom listened really really close whenever I was in there too long.


Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:11 AM (LSDdO)

80 Saw the trailer. So ... there were at least 4 villains in it. Rhino, Electro and both Osbournes. Suit looked cool.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:11 AM (ZPrif)

81 just give me Moon Knight and Doctor Strange flicks before the comic book movie crash occurs.

I would be game for a Lobo film as well

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:11 AM (vJdyz)

82 Except for Alfred Molina's appearance, I never found the franchise compelling.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:11 AM (kkbgQ)

83 Basically, if it's not Marvel producing their own character, skip it.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:12 AM (MMC8r)

84 The only real super villain is December April 15th.....

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:12 AM (NKBxV)

85 64 Only comics I ever liked was Mad Magazine They should make a movie. Alfred E Newman starts a Healthcare website! Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:08 PM (0FSuD) ---------------------------- Spy vs Spy could be great, though Hollyweird would probably ruin it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 05, 2013 09:12 AM (dfYL9)

86 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". Posted by: Tex Lovera -------- A foolish question. Posted by: Thomas Edison ---------------- No it isn't. Posted by: George Westinghouse __________________________________________________________ Yes, it is. Posted by: Nicolai Tesla -------------------------------------- No it isn't .

Posted by: Charles Steinmetz at December 05, 2013 09:12 AM (aDwsi)

87 What's the over/under on when those thieves in Mex start showing up dead or glowing?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:12 AM (LSDdO)

88 We need a remake of Warner Brothers / Mel Blanc's character 'Tasmanian Devil' where he whirls though Washington DC and trashes the place.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (6fSty)

89 Electro turns me on.

Posted by: Sandy Fluke at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (DrC22)

90

Okay, I'm officially done with comic book movies. It took a while to get here, but now I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years.

 

**tents fingers**

 

Eeeeexxxxxellleennnt.

 

Come my child, to the dark side. . .

 

**hands Ace a DVD of The Maltese Falcon**

 


 

Posted by: Big Candle Snuffers at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (zF6Iw)

91 I'm guessing the Doc Oc thing is just his extra arms, shown at 1:15?

Posted by: red sweater at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (oATMN)

92 Why is Paul Giamatti playing Rhino. Is he going to stand around bitching about the merlot. Oh I see they put him in a mech suit, how retarded.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (WdbF7)

93 There are superhero movies that do just throw in villains, but they just happen to be Netflix cartoons. Batman: Under the Red Hood just plops in Amazo, Ra's, and Joker, while both Superman/Batman movies just roll with whoever shows up.

Posted by: AMDG at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (eFytx)

94 >>> Do comic books still sell? The only figures I can find show huge increases every year, but none of them are in constant dollars. I suspect those numbers are bullshit. no they don't really.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (/FnUH)

95 When I think of superheroes, I think of the guys on The Big Band Theory going to the yearly NYE party at the comic book store. Though a drunk Penny dressed as Wonder Woman was interesting.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (kkbgQ)

96 That fact that this movie got made proves, if there was any doubt, that the Joules control Hollywood. Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 01:06 PM (/FnUH) Ow. Ow. Pickle just got stuck in my nose when I snorted. I blame everyone but me.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (VtjlW)

97 They're really sold on the idea of having every male character in every movie look like a fag, aren't they? Teenage girls. They like their 'men' to be pretty, androgynous, and non-threatening. See: any boy band ever.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (MMC8r)

98 90 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". Posted by: Tex Lovera -------- A foolish question. Posted by: Thomas Edison ---------------- No it isn't. Posted by: George Westinghouse __________________________________________________________ Yes, it is. Posted by: Nicolai Tesla -------------------------------------- No it isn't . Posted by: Charles Steinmetz at December 05, 2013 01:12 PM (aDwsi) You are not allowed to ask that question.

Posted by: HR Dept. at December 05, 2013 09:13 AM (VIaw0)

99 Nikolai Tesla vs Electro would be amusing.

But I think this movie will be a flash in the pan.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:14 AM (iGP6J)

100 My favorite Mad Magazine send-up: "Rockhead" Starring Rockhead and Appalling Greed

Posted by: Charles Steinmetz at December 05, 2013 09:14 AM (aDwsi)

101

Holding a vibrator and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey are not superpowers.

 

Says you!


Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 05, 2013 09:14 AM (zF6Iw)

102 Cranky guys at the HQ? Whatever do you mean? (Oh, and get off my damn lawn.)

Posted by: joncelli at December 05, 2013 09:14 AM (Apv0k)

103 I demand ever more obscure superhero movies. I want the Blue Beetle. He's DC's hispanic version of Spider-man, since their diversity reboot at least. Spider-man has spider powers and protects NYC. Blue Beetle has beetle powers and protects ... El Paso, Texas.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (ZPrif)

104 Only comics I ever liked was Mad Magazine They should make a movie. 'Up the Academy.' Huge bomb. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Academy

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (MMC8r)

105 It can't be over yet, I haven't had my Aqua Man Returns movie yet.

Posted by: Matt S. at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (PDTch)

106

That fact that this movie got made proves, if there was any doubt, that the Joules control Hollywood.
Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 01:06 PM (/FnUH)

 

 

There it is. 

Ace posted this Thread so he could bust that out.  Well played.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (TRNQp)

107 In this version, Electro is powered by wind and solar.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (MMC8r)

108 91 What's the over/under on when those thieves in Mex start showing up dead or glowing? Oh, they are going to die, the only question becomes how many others will get contaminated from them?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (0FSuD)

109 Okay, I am capable of backing off slightly on my super disdain for endlessly boring and re-booted re-boots of stupid super-hero movies to note that the new Wonder Woman is smoking hot.

Gal Gadot:  http://tinyurl.com/qywp9qt

Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2013 09:15 AM (TM1p8)

110 speaking of Paul Giamatti, would kill for him as "Reid Flemming, World's Toughest Milkman"

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (vJdyz)

111 I'm getting a lot of static from commenters.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (/FnUH)

112 Remember when Peter Parker was a nerd, good times...

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (WdbF7)

113 Electro, seriously?  Ohh, I can shoot electricty.  Call me when you master magnetism, too.

Posted by: RF Burns at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (YEelc)

114 Actually, I enjoyed the Amazing Spiderman reboot MUCH more than either of the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies.  I nearly walked out of the 1st TM
Spidey movie because it was sooooo tedious - my young nephew kept me there. I put the TM Spidey movies down to some of the very worst A-list movies I've ever seen.

Posted by: Jazz at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (roO4n)

115 They're going to lock Electro up inside a cell. Dry cell?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (NKBxV)

116 Big Bang -- not Big Band. I can't type. Too cold.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (kkbgQ)

117 by the way, every Spider-Man/Electro fight was full of these electricity puns.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (/FnUH)

118 I think I need to pitch a script to Amazon all of a sudden...

Mongoose Man vs the Giant Mexican Cockroaches.

AlextheChick and EC, want to help write it?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (iGP6J)

119 108 Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 01:15 PM (ZPrif)

I didn't realize they had gone THAT full tard in the diversity reboot...

cool wonder if he wrestles in AAA Lucha down there...?

Taking the lad to El Paso so he can see where he was wrought.

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (9jfyN)

120 Spy vs Spy could be great, though Hollyweird would probably ruin it. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 05, 2013 01:12 PM (dfYL9) MadTV did Spy v. Spy shorts. http://youtu.be/hzqT94-K6tY

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:16 AM (VtjlW)

121 if you can make $750 million with a bad movie, then why the hell not just keep making them forever?

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is the textbook example here...even to the dollar amount, I think.

Posted by: Null at December 05, 2013 09:17 AM (P7hip)

122 @109 Wow, I had no idea. Never heard of it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 09:17 AM (0FSuD)

123

Spiderman, Aquaman and Robin walk  into a gay bar.  

What ? you're surprised?

Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 05, 2013 09:17 AM (m2CN7)

124 I'm still holding out for The Incredibles II. 

Hey, Tara Reid was in Sharknado?

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2013 09:17 AM (HjPtV)

125 102 90 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". 110 or 220?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (6fSty)

126 AtC, a bit of a preview here for that Rorschach/Deadpool tv show: http://tinyurl.com/plgj2t4

Posted by: The Nerd at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (qZPXs)

127 All I can say is we seem to be poles apart on this subject.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (zF6Iw)

128 I think I need to pitch a script to Amazon all of a sudden... Mongoose Man vs the Giant Mexican Cockroaches. AlextheChick and EC, want to help write it? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 01:16 PM (iGP6J) Oh man, that would rule. Annnnd now off to see if The Tick is on Netflix/Prime (Priiiiiiiiiiime)

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (VtjlW)

129 Is that a police sketch of the guy who spray painted that kid's house?

Posted by: whoever at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (zu9Ee)

130 122 by the way, every Spider-Man/Electro fight was full of these electricity puns. Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 01:16 PM (/FnUH) Thanks. Now I get it.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (kkbgQ)

131 1:18 in shows Doc Oct's arms. 1:54 in shows green goblin. 1:34 in shows someone riding Goblin's air vehicle. Rhino and Electro are shown everywhere. Not familiar with the wings shown in the same scene as Doc's arms.

Posted by: NJRob at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (iJWJi)

132 Blue Beetle has beetle powers and protects ... El Paso, Texas.

He works for the Border Patrol?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (YEelc)

133 No Gal Gadot as wonder woman post? At least she's hot.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 05, 2013 09:18 AM (WdbF7)

134 Ace: We had a serious debate last night. Root - would you boink her or not?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (kkbgQ)

135

>>Tara Reid was in Sharknado?

 

 

Yep.  Her nipples were fantastic on that burned pizza in act 3. 

 Emmy worthy performance.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (TRNQp)

136 Eh, I'll stick to watching Arrow on TV and the recent Batman movies on dvd.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (JRmiD)

137 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". 110 or 220? 440 with a sparkely personality.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (NKBxV)

138 113 Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:15 PM (0FSuD)

If the Rads per Hour are what I think they are they have at most 48 hours left....

it is not as if they removed the material and then voila had sub 5 seconds exposure...

I am thinking they handled it which means they took the "Tickling the Dragon" level dose...

http://tinyurl.com/mq33g

Louis Slotin

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (9jfyN)

139 anyone besides me up for Sarah Silverman as Wonder Woman?

Posted by: Mallfly at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (bJm7W)

140 Not familiar with the wings shown in the same scene as Doc's arms.

Posted by: NJRob at December 05, 2013 01:18 PM (iJWJi)


The Vulture, old bald guy

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (vJdyz)

141 On the bright side there will be new porn parodies

Posted by: Ncj at December 05, 2013 09:19 AM (hXDld)

142 Electro is powered by wind and solar. Posted by: --- ------------------------ "It was a dark, still, night. There was no crime."

Posted by: Charles Steinmetz at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (aDwsi)

143 No Stilt-Man? Pikers.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (MMC8r)

144

A "Little Audrey" movie starring Eva Green.

Mmmmmm.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (kdS6q)

145 Will the wave of movies celebrating Obama once he's finished his second term count as SuperHero movies? - Dreams of My Father - Starring Magic Aura Obama Dreams of My Father II Dreaming Beyond My Father My Mind, It's Full of Stars ... and so forth.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (NQyj0)

146 now I'm agreeing with the cranky guys who've been saying "What the hell is this stupid crap?" for eight years. Welcome back, friend.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (URSV0)

147 Though obscure, Blue Beetle movie could be solid. The beetle tech is an alien thing, which makes the host into a kind of sleeper agent for a later invasion. Pretend to be a hero, lead the planet to rely on him, then allow the invasion to take it over. Incredibles II needs to happen.

Posted by: AMDG at December 05, 2013 09:20 AM (eFytx)

148 Electro has a tight ass.

Posted by: Barry O at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (DrC22)

149

I know you guys ate Sarah Silverman...

 but I would love to burn the fur off of that.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (TRNQp)

150 hate = ate

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (TRNQp)

151 I like Eva Green. She has strange eyes...

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (kkbgQ)

152 G - General Audience PG - Parental Guidance Suggested PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned R - Restricted NC-17 - No One 17 and Under Admitted New Additions: EC - Eye Candy NSFAR - Not Safe for Auguste Rodin

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (IXrOn)

153 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC". ---------------------- Could be polyphase, NTTATWWT

Posted by: Charles Steinmetz at December 05, 2013 09:21 AM (aDwsi)

154 158 hate = ate

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 01:21 PM (TRNQp)


Guffawing at my desk!

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (6H6o8)

155 91 What's the over/under on when those thieves in Mex start showing up dead or glowing?


Oh, they are going to die, the only question becomes how many others will get contaminated from them?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:15 PM (0FSuD)



Speaking of re-boots, those guys are practically living out the movie Repo Man.  What a cool movie that was.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (TM1p8)

156

Anybody want to watch the Flash superhero movie?

 

 

Want to watch it again?

Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (m2CN7)

157 Until just now, I thought that the "Blue Beetle, a superhero for El Paso" was my brother making a comic book joke that I just didn't get. It's a real, actual comic book?

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (LvYhO)

158 158 garrett at December 05, 2013 01:21 PM (TRNQp)

I prefer the original iteration dear Garrett.

//H Lecter MD

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (9jfyN)

159 Eva Green is in the new 300 movie, also cgitastic.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (WdbF7)

160 I think Electro is revolting.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (DrC22)

161 Well, look at it this way. The comic book movies will start to subside just in time for Disney to roll out a dozen Star Wars films!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 05, 2013 09:22 AM (oFCZn)

162 My lord, can you imagine the diseases you would get if you ate Sarah Silverman? Though, I think Ace is sweet on her, too.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (kkbgQ)

163 Oh, they are going to die, the only question becomes how many others will get contaminated from them? Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:15 PM (0FSuD) None. Cobalt-60 is a gamma emitter, so getting contaminated from them would be like catching a sunburn from someone else.

Posted by: Iowa Bob at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (wcvVw)

164 Incredibles II needs to happen.

Posted by: AMDG at December 05, 2013 01:20 PM (eFytx)


won't happen with Brad Bird still doing live action flicks and with the script with his Tomorrowland being as good as it is, not gonna happen any time soon

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (vJdyz)

165 Coulomb me unimpressed.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (/FnUH)

166 http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales.html Overall North American market in 2012: $700M-730M In 2002 that was only $300M-330M. Top 300 comics sold 81M copies in 2012 for $285M. Top trade paperbacks had $85M in sales in 2012 Comics industry appears to have grown a good deal in the past decade.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (ZPrif)

167 Where's the Fracking villain?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (IXrOn)

168 The problem isn't comic book movies per se, but the fact that almost every damned big budget movie released is some combination of the following:

1.  Comic book movie
2.  Sequel
3.  Remake

Spiderman hits the trifecta of being all three.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (SY2Kh)

169 garrett wins the Amusing Typo Award for today.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (iGP6J)

170 I prefer the original iteration dear Garrett. //H Lecter MD Me too. //Ron Jeremy

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:23 AM (NKBxV)

171 What's worse about Electro's costume?

He looks like an Avocado.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:24 AM (iGP6J)

172 Ohm my God why Electro?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 05, 2013 09:24 AM (oFCZn)

173 AtC, a bit of a preview here for that Rorschach/Deadpool tv show: http://tinyurl.com/plgj2t4 Posted by: The Nerd at December 05, 2013 01:18 PM (qZPXs) Yeah, that's where I ummmm homaged, that's it, it's an homage, the idea. Now I am sitting here humming the theme song. Moar Deadpool! http://youtu.be/5xcMxnNzp2I Team Wade!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:24 AM (VtjlW)

174 Tara's been going without a bra for too long.

Gravity.

Learn physics, girls.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (LSDdO)

175 So, Roseannne flipped out last week because she wasn't given carte blanche by the networks for her development project. I wonder if she will still be working for them or there has been a parting of the ways?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (kkbgQ)

176 Where's the Fracking villain? The villain is his own internal turmoil. /pompous ass

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (MMC8r)

177

garrett wins the Amusing Typo Award for today.

 

 

Of all the days I  forget to bring a box of dental dams.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (TRNQp)

178 125 ----MadTV did Spy v. Spy shorts. http://youtu.be/hzqT94-K6tY Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 01:16 PM (VtjlW) ------------------------ Hah!!! Great stuff! I didn't know they did that!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (dfYL9)

179 Electro looks like Dr. Manhattan. In pants, mercifully.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (MMC8r)

180 I don't have the capacity to appreciate Electro.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (LSDdO)

181 My lord, can you imagine the diseases you would get if you ate Sarah Silverman? Though, I think Ace is sweet on her, too. Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 01:23 PM (kkbgQ) She brings out my /gagreflex Poor Ace.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (IXrOn)

182 Comic Book Movies make the average Bollywood films look like masterpieces of in-depth plot and character development.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (8Fa5Z)

183 Yep, Blue Beetle is real. There's a bunch of different versions of him. DC decided they had too many white superheroes, so they killed a bunch and diversitized them. Mexicans got Blue Beetle.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:25 AM (ZPrif)

184 Flatbush Joe, probably $50 million of that market in 2012 is due to Walking Dead which proves a stupid comic can make a stupid but popular TV series.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (iGP6J)

185 Comics industry appears to have grown a good deal in the past decade.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 01:23 PM (ZPrif)


after the crash of the 90's, it could only go up even with them whoring themselves out with the term "graphic novel" even when it's not, which makes me want to punch newborns

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (vJdyz)

186

Incredibles II needs to happen.

Posted by: AMDG at December 05, 2013 01:20 PM (eFytx

 

I'm waiting for Despicable  Me  II  to be released 12/10/13.   Anyone who liked Despicable Me  got an opinion on this one?    

Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (m2CN7)

187 Eh, Electro looks about like the Ultimate Spider-man version of the villain.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (LI48c)

188 for me there is no Electro - There is only ElectroWoman and DynaGirl. ... and the mermaid from Marine Boy. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (NQyj0)

189 Does Electro come in plug & play?

Posted by: Barney Fwank at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (DrC22)

190 CHICAGO — A Chicago benefit concert to help first responders to last year's Sandy Hook massacre was canceled due to low ticket sales, it was announced Wednesday.

Posted by: Frankie Goes To Chicago at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (e8kgV)

191 Electro looks like Dr. Manhattan. In pants, mercifully. Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 01:25 PM (MMC8r) yep, first thing that came to my mind, too weird

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:26 AM (IXrOn)

192

makes me want to punch newborns

 

 

How you doin'?

 

 

 

Posted by: Zombie Maggie Sanger at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (TRNQp)

193 @145 Holy shit, thanks for the link on Slotin.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (0FSuD)

194 Watt's the big deal about Electro?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (oFCZn)

195 Incredibles II needs to happen.

Unlikely given world+dog knows it's an Ayn Rand allegory now and Disney would never let such filth as individuality poison the yoots.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (B/VB5)

196 The Sinister Six needs to go after the Super Six.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_6

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (BrrWI)

197 Seriously, Electro looks like the Villain "El Seed" from The Tick. Look him up!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (8Fa5Z)

198 Hey Tom Servo are you, Crow, and Gypsy going to the cinema tonight to catch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians with the Riff Trax crew?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (iGP6J)

199 Yep, Blue Beetle is real. There's a bunch of different versions of him. DC decided they had too many white superheroes, so they killed a bunch and diversitized them. Mexicans got Blue Beetle. Should have got Brown Cockroach.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:27 AM (NKBxV)

200 Mexicans got Blue Beetle. ---- They went that close to La Cucaracha? Wow.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at December 05, 2013 09:28 AM (LvYhO)

201 I don't have the capacitor to watch this movie (or read the whole thread, for that matter).

Posted by: imp at December 05, 2013 09:28 AM (L9AnB)

202 Eh, Electro looks about like the Ultimate Spider-man version of the villain.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 01:26 PM (LI48c)


because the new Spiderman films are based mainly on the Ultimate line (original Ultimate line and not the new one)

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:28 AM (vJdyz)

203 All I want to know if Spidey and Wolverine will find their way to Avengers 2 or 3?

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 09:28 AM (hO9ad)

204 Who said last week that if a shaved llama had tan lines, ace would go nuts?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:28 AM (kkbgQ)

205 Incredibles II needs to happen.

Unlikely given world+dog knows it's an Ayn Rand allegory now and Disney would never let such filth as individuality poison the yoots.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 05, 2013 01:27 PM (B/VB5)


Sadly you are right, and it looks like Pixar doesn't even have a film planned for next year.


Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (WdbF7)

206 anyone besides me up for Sarah Silverman as Wonder Woman?

Posted by: Mallfly

Awfully brave of you to admit you like the commie scrunt.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (uCNam)

207 I'm waiting for Despicable Me II to be released 12/10/13. Anyone who liked Despicable Me got an opinion on this one? Bee-oh, Bee-oh, Bee-oh, Bee-oh, Bee-oh,

Posted by: rickb223 at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (NKBxV)

208 I share that weakness for smart-ass, pale-skinned, raven-haired, big-tittied jewish girls. 99% of whom are ultra-leftists. It's unfortunate.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (ZPrif)

209 Overall North American market in 2012: $700M-730M
In 2002 that was only $300M-330M.

Wow.  The dollar HAS crashed.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (/kI1Q)

210 I knew a girl once named Angry Daffodil.

Posted by: "Bill" Clinton at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (DrC22)

211 I don't know why geeks are always so down on Aquaman, I think his powers are AWESOME!!!!

Posted by: Dr. Ficus, the Superhero Who Can Communicate With Plants at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (/FnUH)

212 Ace wants moh Electro. It's obvious.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (aDwsi)

213 Could also go for an Ambush Bug flick before the comic movie crash happens

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (vJdyz)

214 Riff Trax Rocks! As much as a low-rent replacement crew can rock, that is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2013 09:29 AM (8Fa5Z)

215 Polynikes, Despicable Me 2 is definitely inferior.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at December 05, 2013 09:30 AM (LvYhO)

216 won't happen with Brad Bird still doing live action flicks and with the script with his Tomorrowland being as good as it is, not gonna happen any time soon Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 01:23 PM (vJdyz) *shakes internets* GIVE ME 1906. SINCE YOU LIED TO ME ABOUT 1906 REALLY BEING THE CODE NAME FOR HIM DIRECTING STAR WARS GIVE ME 1906 *shakes internets harder*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:30 AM (VtjlW)

217 Ohm my god -- that's revolting.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2013 09:30 AM (wNF3N)

218 "George, the first thing you need to do is stop smoking pot. Marijuana could be causing your man boobs." Oh, PLEASE let it be so. I will DIE LAUGHING.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (MMC8r)

219 203 Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 01:27 PM (0FSuD)

Well it is there for relativity's sake.

Slotin and radiation exposure are a pet topic of mine, my work in Hazmat made me a bibliophile on various exposure cycles.

http://tinyurl.com/kteqj44

bit on Cobalt 60

Handle it long enough with a large enough pile you're pretty screwed.

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (9jfyN)

220 Has anyone heard from Tami? Is she "iced" in without power and a dog that needs to shit?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (0FSuD)

221 He looks like a angry Christmas Tree.

Posted by: irright at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (pMGkg)

222 So, is Electro "DC" or "AC".

Posted by: Tex Lovera



--------



A foolish question.



Posted by: Thomas Edison

----------------



No it isn't.

Posted by: George Westinghouse
__________________________________________________________


Yes, it is.

Posted by: Nicolai Tesla

--------------------------------------

No it isn't .
Posted by: Charles Steinmetz
___________________________________________________________

Yes, it is.

Slow dance and think on it a bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8saz2uGucc

Posted by: Michael Faraday at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (roO4n)

223
Eh. In this one, it looks like the plot is something about "making humans powerful or something," so they're going to attempt to explain the villains via the same magic serum









So, another mindless bludgeoning of the "Government Tries To Create Super Soldiers" dead horse, which isn't just a comic superhero cliche, but a generalized trope from the cretins in Hollywood.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (TIIx5)

224 Mallamutt, should go find you YouTube when they thought of rebooting Electro Woman...  Markie Post got tapped to play her.  As a semi-washed up boozed up cougar who gets back into being a super hero by a fan.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (iGP6J)

225 I would pay good American money to see a BatManuel movie. Batmanuel saved the Brazillian womens volleyball team ... twice.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (NQyj0)

226 All I want to know if Spidey and Wolverine will find their way to Avengers 2 or 3?

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 01:28 PM (hO9ad)


nope, not with the film rights being owned by Fox and Sony. It's why we'll never get a proper Marvel film for a really long time

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (vJdyz)

227

Damn, Ace is in a good mood today...  

Socking and everything.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:31 AM (TRNQp)

228 So. Watt's up with the Star on Electro's face?

How does that represent electricity?

Lightning bolts?

I got zapped by an electric fence once. It was like a big bang.

Only heard/felt by my entire body. Good thing it was a short pulse.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:32 AM (LSDdO)

229 Silverman is so revoltingly crude I never get past that to consider her looks.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:32 AM (MMC8r)

230 198 He's a villain with a heart of gold. Which, being metallic in nature, is a pretty good conductor of electricity. GET IT???? Posted by: Mega at December 05, 2013 01:26 PM (uvaJ1) No.

Posted by: Bill de Blasio at December 05, 2013 09:32 AM (DrC22)

231 I would pay good American money to see a BatManuel movie.

Batmanuel saved the Brazillian womens volleyball team ... twice.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 05, 2013 01:31 PM (NQyj0)

 

 

Look to the West, Little Wooden Boy!

Posted by: The Tick at December 05, 2013 09:32 AM (TRNQp)

232

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 01:32 PM (LSDdO)


blame the Comic Code when Electro was created

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:33 AM (vJdyz)

233 No, Spidey and Wolverine can't mix with the Avengers. Marvel, back when they were tottering in and out of bankruptcy in the 90s, sold off the movie rights to Spidey and the X-Men (incl. Wolverine) to other studios. That's also why they keep making so many Spidey movies. If they stop making them for X # of years, then the rights revert back to Marvel. Until Marvel gets back the rights, the Avengers universe can't acknowledge that Spider-man exists.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:33 AM (ZPrif)

234 And Disney owns Marvel.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:33 AM (ZPrif)

235

"George, the first thing you need to do is stop smoking pot. Marijuana could be causing your man boobs."

 

Well not necessarily the pot.  More the munchies caused by the pot.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:33 AM (LI48c)

236 215 All I want to know if Spidey and Wolverine will find their way to Avengers 2 or 3? Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 01:28 PM (hO9ad) Nope, really no chance. Wolverine is tied up w/ Fox, who is still making money on their X-men movies. They have all "mutants." Somehow, Quicksilver and Miss Marvel were loopholes, and will be in Avengers 2. Spider-man is Sony, and per ace, has tons of movies slated. Fantastic 4 and Doom on the other hand, may lapse in time for Avengers 3.

Posted by: AMDG at December 05, 2013 09:33 AM (eFytx)

237 By the by, I cannot be the only one who saw and loves Matinee. Whenever there's a global warming/climate chaos/wtfever study published, I see John Goodman in my head going "In these magazines!"

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (VtjlW)

238 I liked the part where they plugged the Chevy Volt into Electro, and he explodes.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (IXrOn)

239 I would pay good American money to see a BatManuel movie. I nearly plotzed when the same actor played the mayor in The Dark Knight.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (MMC8r)

240 236 Mallamutt, should go find you YouTube when they thought of rebooting Electro Woman... Markie Post got tapped to play her. As a semi-washed up boozed up cougar who gets back into being a super hero by a fan. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 01:31 PM (iGP6J) SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (oFCZn)

241 158 hate = ate Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 01:21 PM (TRNQp) Oh. I liked the first version.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (LsF5M)

242 Didn't Raj dress up as AquaHorse once?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (kkbgQ)

243 Can I ride on the Rhino's horn?  -Sandra Fluke

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at December 05, 2013 09:34 AM (YLZSZ)

244 Jack Lew, the US Treasury Secretary, said US financial reforms would end “too big to fail” and that the Obama administration would focus on holding the rest of the world to the same higher standards....

Posted by: Frankie Goes Too Big To Fail at December 05, 2013 09:35 AM (e8kgV)

245 if you can make $750 million with a bad movie, then why the hell not just keep making them forever?

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is the textbook example here...even to the dollar amount, I think.

Crossover bonanza:

Transformers/The Fast and the Furious.

Tell me Vin Diesel wasn't made for a Transformers movie.

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 09:35 AM (hO9ad)

246 Worth mentioning that Steve Ditko, original Spiderman artist, is a big Objectivist.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 09:35 AM (MMC8r)

247 Hey! Where's the love?

Posted by: Deadpool at December 05, 2013 09:36 AM (naUcP)

248 Tell me Vin Diesel wasn't made for a Transformers movie.

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 01:35 PM (hO9ad)

 

Well he is a robot.  I'm surprised they haven't tried getting him into a movie with Vin Diesel v2.0 aka Sam Worthington.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (LI48c)

249 That would be amusing.  Peter Parker rushing to cover a story for the Daily Bugle.  And the company car is a Volt.  Electro blows up the car.  Parker snaps pictures.  Then Spiderman beats up Electro with witty one liners about why Electro should really do the meditation thing like saying "Ohm" a few times.  So Parker then hoofs it back to the paper and J.J. Jameson docks his pay for losing a company car.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (iGP6J)

250 I'm pretty angry with myself for not realizing I would be walking in on a lot of Electro puns. ---------------------- Ace started it! He's the Energizer Punny...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (aDwsi)

251 Uuuuuugggghhhh...... I couldn't stand the trailer for the first "reboot" (it sent me over the edge every time), and now my fingers are shaking with rage (or is it the cold?) after seeing that. I'm convinced that somewhere there is a studio executive laughing maniacally at all the poor Spiderman fans. What have we done to deserve such treatment?!

Posted by: pookysgirl at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (kMnHs)

252 Hmmm...nice ass on that Electro dude.

Posted by: Genesis Hernandez at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (7ObY1)

253 not with the film rights being owned by Fox and Sony. It's why we'll never get a proper Marvel film for a really long time

I'm inclined to be happy with Avengers 2 and 3 *not* having useless crossovers, actually.  The first one was stretching the limits of giving everyone enough to do without bloating the running time.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (B/VB5)

254 261 Hey! Where's the love?

Posted by: Deadpool at December 05, 2013 01:36 PM (naUcP)

 

You've got your own video game.  Isn't that enough?

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:37 AM (LI48c)

255 I saw Angry Daffodil open for Commie Scrunt back in '75.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 05, 2013 09:38 AM (eytER)

256 I am a crank old fuck too. I refuse to see the new Spiderman franchise. WTF, yo.

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 05, 2013 09:38 AM (3RFv9)

257

My lord, can you imagine the diseases you would get if you ate Sarah Silverman?

 

A few more than you'd get from Catherine Zeta-Jones, but certainly less than from Miley Cyrus.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 05, 2013 09:38 AM (zF6Iw)

258 Spiderman had Obama on the cover of an issue giving Spiderman a fist bump.Maybe even before he was elected.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (zqvg6)

259 Giamatti plays Rhino.* *_______ put your favorite RINO, here

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (IXrOn)

260 What next? Ace turning anime? I think he's turning anime. I really think so.

Posted by: USA at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (VIaw0)

261 I don't know why y'all are so hard on Electro. He looks like one tough ohm-bre to me.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (LvYhO)

262 Hey! Where's the love?

Posted by: Deadpool at December 05, 2013 01:36 PM (naUcP)


You'll be hearing from my lawyers asshole!!!

Posted by: Deathstroke at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (WdbF7)

263 ESPN reporting the FSU QB, and leading Heisman candidate, won't be charged with rape. Defense is that it was a consensual train.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (ZPrif)

264 I think Shrek and the donkey (especially the donkey!) would be a great addition to the Avengers team.
 
Just for the donkey punch jokes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2013 09:39 AM (wNF3N)

265 273 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 05, 2013 01:38 PM (zF6Iw)

Hats off you have given it far more thought than have I....

should Vag cooties be measured in Courics?

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:40 AM (9jfyN)

266 Silverman is so revoltingly crude I never get past that to consider her looks. Posted by: ---


Ehhhhuuuuhhhhh ... She's not bad looking, and kind of interesting.  Complaining about someone's potty mouth on this site is funny.  One day, when she grows up, she'll be something.

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2013 09:40 AM (HjPtV)

267

The lack of an origin story is what made Pacific Rim so refreshing. Instead of spending a whole movie on it, it took 5 minutes to set up the universe and 10 more minutes to set up the main characters' motivations, and then got right to the robot-on-monster fighting.

Also, I am pretty sure that the reason Sony keeps making these movies is that if they don't, the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney. Don't quote me on that though.

Posted by: Mr_UNIVAC at December 05, 2013 09:40 AM (r6SJw)

268 Ace - don't give up on comic book movies until we get a chance to see Wonder Woman next year!

But, yeah.. that will probably suck too.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 05, 2013 09:40 AM (f9c2L)

269 Well he is a robot. I'm surprised they haven't tried getting him into a movie with Vin Diesel v2.0 aka Sam Worthington. Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 01:37 PM (LI48c) For awhile there was a rumor that Worthington was going to be in Hannibal. Not the Lecter version, the other Hannibal, the one that Vin wants to make once he's done printing money with the F&F franchise.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:40 AM (VtjlW)

270 9 Sex Villains sounds like a good idea, to me.

I saw the Sex Villains open for Pleasure Disease at PoonFest '69.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (xm1A1)

271 "kay, I'm officially done with comic book movies." Remember the scene in Waterworld where the flare goes into the ocean of oil in the tanker, remember the little old man in the rowboat who sees the flare and says, "Oh thank God!" Yes.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (1Y+hH)

272 Do NOT get me started on these round-eyes trying to make a live action Akira movie....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (iGP6J)

273 >>Transformers/The Fast and the Furious. Tell me Vin Diesel wasn't made for a Transformers movie.

Sure. I like both of those franchises. Of course, I have a 10 year old, car-crazy boy with whom I've watched these movies. They're FUN and they want to entertain (instead of lecturing about global warming, income inequality, blah, blah, blah).

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (JRmiD)

274 "Okay, I'm officially done with comic book movies." My 5 yo grandson loves these movies. That was my tell.

Posted by: DanMan at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (RusNE)

275 FWIW, new Thor movie was fun. Iron Man 3 was good. I saw Ace's Man of Steel tweets and disagree. Thor2 and MoS had really good finale fight scenes, and Zak Snyder seems to be a stealth patriot like the guy that did the first two good spiderman movies.

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (3RFv9)

276 282 mrp at December 05, 2013 01:40 PM (HjPtV)

Marking the calender for 2036....

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (9jfyN)

277 283 Yes,Good Lord grant they do the same with the new Godzilla movie and don't make him some kind of revenge of Gaia.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:41 AM (zqvg6)

278 Giamatti as Rhino? Man, that boy's got range.

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 05, 2013 09:42 AM (3RFv9)

279 It begins;

Guy got arrested for plugging his electric car in a charger at school while waiting to pick up his kids.

Value of electricity == .05

Cost of arrest, jail, attorneys, trial and incarceration or enforcement of punishment == priceless

http://tinyurl.com/kfs2739 

ABC News

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:42 AM (LSDdO)

280 I liked the part where they plugged the Chevy Volt into Electro, and he explodes. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 01:34 PM
------------------------------------------------

Alright. Let's try a twist on that:

We plug Chevy Chase into Electro, and he explodes.
Call it> Brokeback Vacation: Electric Buggerloo

Posted by: irright at December 05, 2013 09:42 AM (pMGkg)

281 Oh, and France is invading yet another African country. They do this a lot. This time it's the Central African Republic.

Posted by: Franch Dressing at December 05, 2013 09:42 AM (ZPrif)

282 Ace the immediate reboot and churning out of the sequels has a lot to do with retaining the rights. Yes they make money or they'd stop but for sony they need to have a spiderman movie in production every couple of years or those rights revert to Marvel (and their new disney overlords.) it's the same with Fox and the Xmen movies. The fantastic four rights nearly reverted to marvel but fox just greenlit a reboot. Marvel was smart enough when it sold the movie rights to force the studios to have to actually make the movies. The irony here is Marvel's most famous heroes are owned by sony and fox but marvel managed to make better movies and more money with their B and C teams.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at December 05, 2013 09:42 AM (HEa5q)

283 Marking the calender for 2036....
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 01:41 PM

LOL

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (HjPtV)

284 Geez, that guy playing Harry Osborn is creepy looking. Evidently, he (Dane DeHaan) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (IXrOn)

285 Remember the scene in Waterworld ... about all I remember from Waterworld is a moistened Jeanne Tripplehorn... and that is enough.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (NQyj0)

286 It begins; Guy got arrested for plugging his electric car in a charger at school while waiting to pick up his kids. Value of electricity == .05 Cost of arrest, jail, attorneys, trial and incarceration or enforcement of punishment == priceless http://tinyurl.com/kfs2739 ABC News Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 01:42 PM (LSDdO) Ahem. Someone, I'm not saying who (it was totally me), snarked about that yesterday.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (VtjlW)

287 "I saw the Sex Villains open for Pleasure Disease at PoonFest '69." dooood I was there!!! but I don't remember anything

Posted by: DanMan at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (RusNE)

288 Wonder Woman is going to be in the Superman-Batman movie.Must really be something when Supes bangs her,the world really does move.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (zqvg6)

289 Hey! Where's the love? Posted by: Deadpool You'll be hearing from my lawyers asshole!!! Posted by: Deathstroke At least you got on TV and didn't suck! Look what happened when they put me in that Wolverine flick, I came out like crap! Shmuck who played me deserved that Green Lantern disaster, I tell you...!

Posted by: Deadpool at December 05, 2013 09:43 AM (naUcP)

290 anyone besides me up for Sarah Silverman as Wonder Woman? Posted by: Mallfly

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 09:44 AM (5M2+1)

291 Stan Lee makes a cameo in the movie. "Graduation Guest"

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 09:44 AM (IXrOn)

292
Ehhhhuuuuhhhhh ... She's not bad looking, and kind of interesting. Complaining about someone's potty mouth on this site is funny. One day, when she grows up, she'll be something.

Posted by: mrp

No. She really is an horse-faced, lop-sided, chicklet-toothed slag bint.

And those are her good features.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 05, 2013 09:44 AM (uCNam)

293 I'm inclined to be happy with Avengers 2 and 3 *not* having useless crossovers, actually. The first one was stretching the limits of giving everyone enough to do without bloating the running time.

It wouldn't necessarily be useless. According to wikipedia, spidey and wolverine were on the Avengers team for a while, though not at the same time. Sorry to hear contract hell prevents it onscreen.

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (hO9ad)

294 OT conundrum: Harry Reid says that Boehner will cave on amnesty.  Reid always lies so that means that Boehner will not cave on amnesty but we all know that Boehner will cave on amnesty but Reid always lies so . . . .

Ohhhhh. My brain hurts.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (Hx5uv)

295 Silverman as wonder woman? No fucking way! Christina Hendricks! Or Katy Perry, YES. Sarah fricking Silverman? NO! Scrunt.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (5M2+1)

296

Who said last week that if a shaved llama had tan lines, ace would go nuts?

 

That would be me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (zF6Iw)

297 Newed one.

Posted by: Countrysquire at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (LSJmV)

298 Well he is a robot. I'm surprised they haven't tried getting him into a movie with Vin Diesel v2.0 aka Sam Worthington. Posted by: buzzion

If Diesel's career goes bust, he can always get a job flipping burgers.

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (HjPtV)

299 Alternating Current Electro

Posted by: Mystery Solved at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (DrC22)

300 the one that Vin wants to make once he's done printing money with the F&F franchise.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 01:40 PM (VtjlW)

 

Well, um, that might be the case now. 

 

They are advertising on tv that some of the money earned from FandF 6 goes to Paul Walkers foundation, which does something for kids around the world.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:45 AM (LI48c)

301 In a shameless display of solidarity with capitalist employers, I just ate a Whataburger and fries.

Posted by: USA at December 05, 2013 09:46 AM (VIaw0)

302 Looks like shit. How cliche can a trailer be? "I made a choice..." Is having charismatic actors play the leads too much to ask?

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 09:46 AM (zeV2E)

303 They announced who will play Wonder Woman,some Euro chick I think.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:46 AM (zqvg6)

304 I made the mistake of watching AHS last night. Enemas? Really? Murphy can't stop bashing religious people even though he claims to attend church every day though I am sure he is lying.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:46 AM (kkbgQ)

305 Geez, that guy playing Harry Osborn is creepy looking. Evidently, he (Dane DeHaan) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts... Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 05, 2013 01:43 PM (IXrOn) He played Andrew in Chronicle and was utterly perfect in the role. Every time I watch it he breaks my heart all over again.
That's another movie that barely bothers with the origin story. That's, what, a minute and a half of it and it's never really explained. I wonder if/when Chronicle 2 is going to happen because the studio and the director/writer have very different ideas of what they want to do.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 09:47 AM (VtjlW)

306 Hey Ace,
According to IMDB and RottenTomatoes the movie cost $230 Million to make and grossed $260 Million.

Not exactly raking in the dough...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 05, 2013 09:47 AM (f9c2L)

307 Watching Iron Man 3, you were kinda wondering where Stark's BFF the hulk was to help out. There is apparently a whole internet thread of geekery explaining why various avengers couldn't help. That's one problem with various avenger spin off movies, eh?

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 05, 2013 09:47 AM (3RFv9)

308 Do NOT get me started on these round-eyes trying to make a live action Akira movie....

Greater swath of destruction: Obama or Tetsuo?

Posted by: Methos at December 05, 2013 09:48 AM (hO9ad)

309

She really is an horse-faced, lop-sided, chicklet-toothed slag bint.

And those are her good features.

 

 

 

She's cute as drawer filled with Grandma's Hirsute Buttons.

 

 

 

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 09:48 AM (TRNQp)

310 Tom Huddleston is an interesting actor. He just loves to do publicity for his movies. A producer's dream. And he will act, dance, and sing if you ask him. Glad he enjoys his work. Sure he enjoys the money, too.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:48 AM (kkbgQ)

311 319 They announced who will play Wonder Woman,some Euro chick I think.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 01:46 PM (zqvg6)

 

Israeli

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:48 AM (LI48c)

312 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 05, 2013 01:43 PM (VtjlW)

And well worth bringing up again.

I saw it just today.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 05, 2013 09:49 AM (LSDdO)

313 >>>ce the immediate reboot and churning out of the sequels has a lot to do with retaining the rights. Yes they make money or they'd stop but for sony they need to have a spiderman movie in production every couple of years or those rights revert to Marvel (and their new disney overlords.) it's the same with Fox and the Xmen movies. The fantastic four rights nearly reverted to marvel but fox just greenlit a reboot. Marvel was smart enough when it sold the movie rights to force the studios to have to actually make the movies. yeah I kind of knew that, and mentioned it in the headline, but I didn't know the details well enough to state it as a fact. but yeah, my assumption is that they're making all these shit movies, like Man of Steel, largely just to retain the rights.

Posted by: Dr. Ficus, the Superhero Who Can Communicate With Plants at December 05, 2013 09:49 AM (/FnUH)

314

#97: That's one thing that has bugged me about the Superman movies for a long time... they don't use enough villains. He's actually got some pretty cool ones, too... Darkseid, Monghul, Brainiac, Maxima, The Eradicator...

Except they can't really use the Eradicator now, because his whole schtick was recently stolen by the new Zod. And Superman 3 sort of almost had Brainiac, but not really.

But, yeah, the only actual Superman villains who've appeared in Superman movies are Lex Luthor and General Zod. How many times can Superman keep fighting the same two guys, especially when he always kills one of them and the other is essentially a normal guy?

Posted by: Eddie Willers at December 05, 2013 09:49 AM (bRdb3)

315 323 Watching Iron Man 3, you were kinda wondering where Stark's BFF the hulk was to help out. There is apparently a whole internet thread of geekery explaining why various avengers couldn't help. That's one problem with various avenger spin off movies, eh?

Posted by: oejay44cday at December 05, 2013 01:47 PM (3RFv9)

 

Well that's pretty much a problem that exists in comics altogether.

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:50 AM (LI48c)

316 322 Hey Ace, According to IMDB and RottenTomatoes the movie cost $230 Million to make and grossed $260 Million. Not exactly raking in the dough... you would be correct sir, but 65% of the movies gross was over seas. The US is no longer hollywoods primary market. it actually made 752 million total. pre dvd sales.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at December 05, 2013 09:50 AM (HEa5q)

317

Stan Lee walks into a bar and orders a beer.  He starts telling the bartender that he is looking for another villian character to create.  One that is more evil than any of his other villians.    The bartender suggests  crafting him after Obama.  

 

Stan Lee says  " That   will never work.   It would be too unbelieveable" 

Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 05, 2013 09:50 AM (m2CN7)

318 Hey Ace,
According to IMDB and RottenTomatoes the movie cost $230 Million to make and grossed $260 Million.

Not exactly raking in the dough...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 05, 2013 01:47 PM (f9c2L)


that's just the US boxoffice which like all movies these days is a pittance compared to what it made overseas

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:50 AM (vJdyz)

319 329 There was actually a Marvel villain that communicated with plants(Plant Man?).I think his costume was something like Electro's.Memory is vague on this.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:51 AM (zqvg6)

320 Some day in the future when AoShq is in the public domain, they will make a movie out of it. BOX OFFICE BOFFO So, who will play Ace?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 05, 2013 09:51 AM (kkbgQ)

321
Wonder Woman is going to be in the Superman-Batman movie.Must really be something when Supes bangs her,the world really does move.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 01:43 PM (zqvg6)









Hell no. My ass is exit-only.

Posted by: The Invisible Man, calling in from an old punchline at December 05, 2013 09:51 AM (TIIx5)

322 #311: Gina Carano.

Posted by: Eddie Willers at December 05, 2013 09:52 AM (bRdb3)

323 but yeah, my assumption is that they're making all these shit movies, like Man of Steel, largely just to retain the rights.

Posted by: Dr. Ficus, the Superhero Who Can Communicate With Plants at December 05, 2013 01:49 PM (/FnUH)

 

Uh, no.  That's not the case with the DC comics.  Because DC is owned by Warner Bros. and have been for quite sometime so their major properties are held under their own. 

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:53 AM (LI48c)

324 And Zod was created for the Superman movies,he was not an existing villain from the comics.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:53 AM (zqvg6)

325

villian = villain   

 

my villian was  dyslexic

Posted by: polynikes self proclaimed king of walked into a bar jokes at December 05, 2013 09:53 AM (m2CN7)

326 but yeah, my assumption is that they're making all these shit movies, like Man of Steel, largely just to retain the rights.

Posted by: Dr. Ficus, the Superhero Who Can Communicate With Plants at December 05, 2013 01:49 PM (/FnUH)


Warner Brothers owns DC

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:53 AM (vJdyz)

327 327 That's right,haven't seen her but I'n sure she is smoking hot.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:54 AM (zqvg6)

328 #333 Stan Lee says " That will never work. It would be too unbelieveable" MarxistMan More powerful than the GOP, faster than a speeding high-speed rail, able to destroy the economy in only 5 years It's MarxistMan!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 05, 2013 09:54 AM (7ObY1)

329

#340: No, he first appeared in comics. From Wikipedia...

The character, who first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961)...

Posted by: Eddie Willers at December 05, 2013 09:55 AM (bRdb3)

330 341 villian= villain Wrong on both counts, villein.

Posted by: William Shakespeare at December 05, 2013 09:55 AM (7ObY1)

331 And Zod was created for the Superman movies,he was not an existing villain from the comics.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 01:53 PM (zqvg6)


um no, he was in the comics before hand. Not as a big name villain but he was in the comics before the first Superman film

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 09:56 AM (vJdyz)

332 340 And Zod was created for the Superman movies,he was not an existing villain from the comics. Zod's first appearance was in Adventure Comics #283 in 1961.

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 09:56 AM (zeV2E)

333 345 347 I stand corrected.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 09:56 AM (zqvg6)

334 >>hey announced who will play Wonder Woman,some Euro chick I think.
Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 01:46 PM (zqvg6)

She was in the 2 most recent Fast and Furious movies - really pretty, but she can pull off badass.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 09:56 AM (JRmiD)

335 340 Steevy,

http://tinyurl.com/el94b

General Zod...

ehhh....Zod was created in 1961....

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 09:57 AM (9jfyN)

336 yeah overseas box office counts for 60-80% of a movies gross unless of course it's a movie with an all black cast. Then the over seas counts for 0% evidently the more enlightened foreigners have zero interest in black films.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at December 05, 2013 09:58 AM (HEa5q)

337 hey announced who will play Wonder Woman,some Euro chick I think. Gal Gadot, she's Israeli. Also looking for work, given that F&F 7 is probably No Longer A Thing.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 05, 2013 09:59 AM (naUcP)

338 352 yeah overseas box office counts for 60-80% of a movies gross unless of course it's a movie with an all black cast. Then the over seas counts for 0% evidently the more enlightened foreigners have zero interest in black films.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at December 05, 2013 01:58 PM (HEa5q)

 

I don't blame them if its one of the madea movies...

Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 09:59 AM (LI48c)

339 You know Wonder Woman was created by a weirdo bondage freak named Dr. William Marston? Early WW are laden with BDSM imagery and subtext. Her lasso of truth was actually the lasso of submission. It's really fucked up.

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 09:59 AM (zeV2E)

340 >>Gal Gadot, she's Israeli. Also looking for work, given that F&F 7 is probably No Longer A Thing.

Uhhhh, no. *spoiler* Her character died in FF6.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 10:00 AM (JRmiD)

341 355 Yeah,pretty obvious really,she ties dudes up!

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 10:02 AM (zqvg6)

342 Sam Worthington, best grunter in the business. I think he studied with Stallone.

Posted by: nip at December 05, 2013 10:02 AM (jI23+)

343 I'm an adult child but I don't intend to see any of them. Even adult children have standards.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 05, 2013 10:05 AM (DoZD+)

344

@I want the Blue Beetle. He's DC's hispanic version of Spider-man, since their diversity reboot at least.

-------------

 

So's Spider-man now, ironically.  Or at least one of the Spider-men with their own titles.  "Ultimate Spider-man" (different universe from the normal one) is a half hispanic (Puerta Rican, iirc), half-black teenager (he took up the name and suit after the local Peter Parker got killed).  And while he doesn't have his own title currently, I've heard that the old future Spider-man character - Spider-man 2099 - has shown up in the current Spider-man issues.  His secret identity - Miguel O'Hara - is, as hinted by his first name, half hispanic.

 

Even more ironically, there are currently no Spider-man books in which Spider-man is Peter Parker.  The mainstream Peter Parker got his mind taken over by Doc Ock, who's decided that he'll show the world by being an even better Spider-man than Parker ever was.

Posted by: junior at December 05, 2013 10:08 AM (UWFpX)

345 For the record... The only feature film in the last 20 years that was made simply in order to retain the rights was "Atlas Shrugged." Make no mistake... There isn't a development executive in the world who would or could greenlight a pic to the tune of $200+ million, just to hold on to the option.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 10:11 AM (PhG8y)

346 junior, makes me glad I quit reading comic books in college.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 05, 2013 10:12 AM (DoZD+)

347 You're forgetting that Fantastic Four movie that almost came out in the early 90's

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 10:13 AM (vJdyz)

348 True, but thankfully, Sony had the good sense to kill that thing before it bankrupted the studio.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 10:19 AM (PhG8y)

349

@362 junior, makes me glad I quit reading comic books in college.

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Heh.

 

It gets better.  Apparently there's some black actor who's been trying to get the role of Peter Parker.  I found out about the first Spider-man on my list when an on-line article noted that the half hispanic, half black kid looked suspiciously similar to the actor in question.

 

Posted by: junior at December 05, 2013 10:22 AM (UWFpX)

350 True, but thankfully, Sony had the good sense to kill that thing before it bankrupted the studio.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (PhG8y)


it was so BAD, makes me wish I still had my VHS copy

Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 10:27 AM (vJdyz)

351 361 For the record... The only feature film in the last 20 years that was made simply in order to retain the rights was "Atlas Shrugged." Make no mistake... There isn't a development executive in the world who would or could greenlight a pic to the tune of $200+ million, just to hold on to the option. Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 02:11 PM (PhG8y) Well yes and no. If it can make them $300 million then they probably would where if they didn't have to make a movie they might wait a few more years for a better script that might make them even more money. With the possibility of losing the rights they're more likely to go "good enough make it!"

Posted by: Buzzion at December 05, 2013 10:29 AM (LI48c)

352 Very true, Buzzion. An actor or director will be happy to tell you they're "making art." The producer (assuming he or she is competent) will tell you he rents seats and sells candy and popcorn. So I suppose if the producer believes his shitty script might will make money, he could convince the studio to go ahead and shoot it rather than lose the option.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at December 05, 2013 10:35 AM (KZ5KD)

353 Sony is going to keep cranking out Spider-Man sequels so the rights to Spider-Man don't fall back into Marvel's hands. You know Marvel would fold Spidey into the Avengers movies.

Posted by: Hamilton at December 05, 2013 11:03 AM (2dYnc)

354 There's no more magic in the Marvel Universe. I don't mean the wonder and fantasy has left, although it has. I mean all of it is technology. The Norse gods are just aliens. Everything that used to be magic is now tech and chemistry. So no magic armor, no magic origins. God only knows what they will do with Dr Strange.
And yes, they are making Spider-Man movies in part to retain the rights, or lose them. That's why X-Men movies keep being made. They make some money because they're pretty much the only original content coming out but less each craptastic sequel.
He's right. Amazing Spider-Man was... boring.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 05, 2013 11:07 AM (zfY+H)

355 that the Joules control Hollywood.

The penalty on over-punning is a tax.

Posted by: Justice Roberts[/i][/b][/s] at December 05, 2013 11:12 AM (DL2i+)

356 Gwyneth Paltrow plays nagging harpy very well.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 05, 2013 11:17 AM (DoZD+)

357

Honestly, Marvel needs to buy back Spidey from Sony. Especially if this movie fails spectacularly.

Looks like this reboot decided to skip having a strong solid sequel ( like Spiderman 2 was) and go straight for the "Lets cram a bunch of stupid villains into one movie and make it suck balls" like Spiderman 3.

At least the reboot will end after this movie.

I'm a big comic book movie nut ( not so much actual comics) but this reboot franchise sucks. It sucked in the first movie, and will suck even more in the 2nd. The only point in doing more Spidey movies should be to include Spidey in the Avengers.

Unfortunately Marvel sold Spidey down the river for a quick buck along with the X-Men, so I wont be able to enjoy watching Spiderman give lip to Nick Fury, or Wolverine wail on Thor. *sigh*

Posted by: midwestconservative at December 05, 2013 12:11 PM (eFTkY)

358

Also Silverman ain't playing Wonder Woman according to the Daily Beast.

It's some hawt Isreali model.
Ron Paul hardest hit.

Posted by: midwestconservative at December 05, 2013 12:14 PM (eFTkY)

359 I don't get Ace's complaints here. First we only have three confirmed villains, Goblin, Rhino, and Electro. Even if Vulture and Doc Ock are part of this they will likely all have the same origin story of Osborn tech, though perhaps Electro will be different/separate.

To me it seems much more likely Rhino will be an Act II plot point and Electro the big Act III fight with Goblin only set up for the next movie where Gwen dies and MJ, who originally was going to be in this one, is introduced.

Being tired of superhero movies is fine (personally I'm still having fun) but I would bet the common verdict on Spiderman v2 #2 will be that it is better and more fun than the last one where they did a rather poor job with the Lizard.

Posted by: justaguy at December 05, 2013 12:20 PM (5tHN/)

360 Although Spider-man was in the Avengers briefly (he signed on for the steady paycheck but isn't really a team guy), he's not an Avenger and wouldn't fit in.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 05, 2013 01:23 PM (zfY+H)

361 This might also be the one where Gwen Stacy dies. If you care. I don't. And I actually used to care. When Gwen Stacy is played by Emma Stone, I most certainly care. She's the only reason I bothered to watch the first one.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 05, 2013 01:47 PM (7A4qQ)

362

My RINO back story was about John McCain just kidding

 

Seriously though my Rhino was an obsessed weightlifting strongman and  three time world's strongest man champion who got injured and couldn't defend his title so he started taking an experimental "Rhino" hormone and it transformed him into ...........wait for it a Rhinoman!! He then had to turn to crime to pay for the exotic drugs he needed to keep his incredible strength that he is addicted to having.

Posted by: bobbymike at December 05, 2013 01:55 PM (9trNv)

363 #146 SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 05, 2013 02:51 PM (AG4tk)

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