Marvel Cinematic Universe general stuff

That INFURIATED me! Life of Pi strain drove that company to the wall. They were already bankrupt and shut down mere hours before/after they won their Oscar. They accepted their oscar knowing their company was now doomed.

When Ang Lee was asked about working so extensively with FX he replied that he wished they were cheaper and faster. What a f*cking DICK!!!

It won best cinematography (I believe same guy won for Gravity). CINEMATOGRAPHY???!!! They filmed in a damn swimming pool. Any mention on the fact that the effects team built his scenes? I doubt there is a single movie out there that does not have some digital manipulation. Certainly large movies that would likely be nominated. Surely it's time to rename the award to Cinematography Design and share it with the Cinematographer of course but ALSO the applicable FX team.

These FX studios work under enormous pressure to deliver speed and cost and also being 100% flawless. They are given a budget and a rough ballpark of what is required (This is understandable as shooting changes). But there are horror stories of having to re-do effects because the director wanted a cloud moved. In Contact, the actor/crew filming young Jodie Foster character forgot her coloured contact lenses. There and then on the set, instead of simply pausing and inserting the lenses (Whatever, makeup touched needed maybe), they go: "Ah, Effects guys will fix it". Took the effects guy 2 days to do. I mean they have a release date of November 2023 for Dune part 2. They are still casting! I personally would have NO problem waiting a few more months. I don't know what timeline they had for part 1 or if the Pandemic helped them or hurt them but the effects in Part 1 were stunning. Don't ruin it by rushing it and giving these people mere months or even weeks to do. It won't work

Corridor Crew's VFX Artists reacts gives a good breakdown on effects

Sorry for the exclamation marks and capitals but, to quote Peter Griffin, it really grinds my gears this lack of respect for these people.

Even Irish FX companies get dragged into this. Remember how there was a harp emblem at the end of Wandavision and I want to say a couple of other projects.

I've read the Freshman Year cartoon will be a different universe. So Norman Osborn doesn't exist in the main MCU, but he does in the Freshman Year show (and it allows them to use different versions of Spiderman enemies).

I think he'd be great as either Prof.X or Magneto. I don't think he's too old, he's only slightly older than Patrick Stewart was in the first X-Men, and he played the role for 20 years at this stage. Could easily get 10-12 years out of Esposito.

Yeah the Hood is a lesser known villain, he basically gets his power from a Magical Hood that he stole.

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Parker_Robbins_(Earth-616)

Oooohhhhhh. That is interesting. Not overly concerned about the age. I think you need someone with a bit of age/gravitas in that role (Again, as usual, I am talking from a NON-Reader POV. I'm sure there are younger/alternative versions of Prof X that I am unaware of). My only thought though is, is he too typecast lately as eeeeeevilllllll?

Red Hood is Jason Todd, a former Robin in DC. You might be thinking of when Tim Drake became too old to be Robin (and Damian Wayne became Robin instead) so Tim Drake became Red Robin.

This character is just The Hood (though his hood is red). He's a magic-based villain, so I assume they're doing a science v magic type of story with Ironheart v The Hood. Does sound a lot more interesting than the hole Marvel seem to have found themselves in with regards villains where it's often just a villain with the same abilities/powers but in a different colour.

Bryan Cranston gets my vote for Professor X

Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito as Prof.X and Magneto. Either way round, doesn't matter.

I don't watch all clips/non-trailers but I watched this on the Marvel youtube channel and thought it was cool

(no.. there's no film in the works or anything.. it's for the "docuseries")

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