How One Filmed Saved Marvel....

awaybreaktoday · 4 May 2019 at 13:35

Really good watch on how Marvel came back from the brink, and one film and actor saved the entire frantise.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...-a-revolution-was-abandoned-by-marvel-1135703

Kirby Wurm · 4 May 2019 at 20:50

awaybreaktoday said:
Really good watch on how Marvel came back from the brink, and one film and actor saved the entire frantise.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...-a-revolution-was-abandoned-by-marvel-1135703

Very interesting. Blade is a film I really enjoy and one I will always remember as it's the first I saw on DVD. Hooked up to my brother's stereo the opening scene in the club was mesmerising.

SpeedFreak · 5 May 2019 at 17:02

The only bit that has aged is the blood scene with Stephen Dorff, otherwise it's a good movie.

Tek81 · 5 May 2019 at 18:55

SpeedFreak said:
The only bit that has aged is the blood scene with Stephen Dorff, otherwise it's a good movie.

I remember seeing the film in the cinema back in the day and thinking how bad that scene looked. It's worse now though. But yeah, decent otherwise.

cheesyboy · 5 May 2019 at 19:21

SpeedFreak said:
The only bit that has aged is the blood scene with Stephen Dorff, otherwise it's a good movie.

Wasn't that scene a late rewrite? Not sure what makes me think that.... Might Google it

Edit:
Apparently the blood scene was what was edited out

I've not seen it in about 16 years, so can't remember!

Random Guy Esq. · 5 May 2019 at 20:23

They've come a long way from Howard the ******* Duck!

Gman · 5 May 2019 at 21:01

Random Guy Esq. said:
They've come a long way from Howard the ******* Duck!

Hay, don't **** on my childhood

Random Guy Esq. · 5 May 2019 at 21:03

Gman said:
Hay, don't **** on my childhood

TBF, I loved it as a nipper too, and was glad they gave him an end credit cameo later on. Don't think I'll be rushing back to watch it again now though!

Flibster · 5 May 2019 at 21:31

Blade is a great film. Some iffy CGI, but there was lots of that around then. Shame about the sequels.

It'd certainly be a good 4k HDR movie release. With the amount of contrast in many of the scenes. I got lucky and saw one of the silver nitrate processed prints several years back. Looked stunning.

Kainz · 6 May 2019 at 14:23

Random Guy Esq. said:
They've come a long way from Howard the ******* Duck!

Mmm Lea Thompson

Werewolf · 6 May 2019 at 15:20

Kainz said:
Mmm Lea Thompson

Oh yes.

And I always thought Howard the Duck was given far too much of a hard time, hopefully now really is the time for a new breed of hero...

No1newts · 6 May 2019 at 19:17

Flibster said:
Blade is a great film. Some iffy CGI, but there was lots of that around then. Shame about the sequels.

It'd certainly be a good 4k HDR movie release. With the amount of contrast in many of the scenes. I got lucky and saw one of the silver nitrate processed prints several years back. Looked stunning.

They'll reboot it before a re-release, wouldn't be shocked to see a reboot in the next decade.

SixTwoSix · 8 May 2019 at 08:37

No1newts said:
They'll reboot it before a re-release, wouldn't be shocked to see a reboot in the next decade.

Well Morbius is in production, we'll probably get a new Blade and maybe a decent Ghost Rider reboot as well, we can hope. Let's be honest, I just want a midnight sons movie.

https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/midnight-sons

krooton · 8 May 2019 at 09:45

Would be weird to reboot Ghost Rider, as Agents of SHIELD already featured a version.

seabiscuit · 8 May 2019 at 10:08

Well Ghost Rider *is* happening, starring the guy who played him for Agents of SHIELD
https://twitter.com/IamGabrielLuna/status/1123590774308737025

SixTwoSix · 8 May 2019 at 10:08

Need to get back to AoS, loved the first season but S2 felt so flat and dry, gave up after 3 episodes.

krooton · 8 May 2019 at 10:50

SixTwoSix said:
Need to get back to AoS, loved the first season but S2 felt so flat and dry, gave up after 3 episodes.

It gets really good imo.

SixTwoSix · 8 May 2019 at 10:58

krooton said:
It gets really good imo.

So I should just power through S2?

krooton · 8 May 2019 at 11:10

SixTwoSix said:
So I should just power through S2?

Yep, I didn't mind S2, enjoyed the Winter Soldier crossover arc, S3 really picks up

SixTwoSix · 8 May 2019 at 11:12

krooton said:
Yep, I didn't mind S2, enjoyed the Winter Soldier crossover arc, S3 really picks up

Oh, Winter Soldier, now you have my attention

It just seemed to lose some of the fun and magic that S1 had, i think the sudden inclusion of loads of new faces in the first episode of S2 didn't help.