Upcoming DVD releases: Indy & Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, October 20, 2008 21:28
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CHRISISALL

Monday, October 6, 2008 4:31 PM

October 14th and 21st, respectively.
So, any Halloween interest here?

I'm salivatin' over Hulk, myself.

But I've seen neitherisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 6, 2008 5:07 PM

CHRISISALL BUMP!!!!

JONGSSTRAW

Monday, October 6, 2008 8:09 PM

I didn't see either. Are they any good?

I just saw Iron Man. Liked it. What did you think?

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 6, 2008 8:17 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I didn't see either. Are they any good?

I just saw Iron Man. Liked it. What did you think?

I hear Jones kinda sucked, and that Hulk was very good.

I rented Iron Man & was suitably impressed, though I felt it's real-world references (terrorism IRL) brought me a little out of what should have been pretty much a fantasy movie, but maybe that's just me. I wanted to see him fight a comic book villain, not a crappy & VERY stupid jihadist clown. But I won't deny the guilty-pleasure factor of seeing the MFer get waxed.

The Mandarinisall

STORYMARK

Monday, October 6, 2008 9:16 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I hear Jones kinda sucked, and that Hulk was very good.

I rented Iron Man & was suitably impressed, though I felt it's real-world references (terrorism IRL) brought me a little out of what should have been pretty much a fantasy movie, but maybe that's just me. I wanted to see him fight a comic book villain, not a crappy & VERY stupid jihadist clown. But I won't deny the guilty-pleasure factor of seeing the MFer get waxed.

The Mandarinisall

Iron Man traditionally has a topical grounding. In the comics, he is captured by the Viet Kong. They just updated it a bit. As for a super-villain, aside from Stane being from the comic, the jihadists were a subtle set-up for a super-villain in the sequel. Given that Iron Man's chief nemesis gets his power from 10 rings....

I'll be picking up both Indy and Hulk myself, even though Indy was my least favorite of that series, and Hulk, while entertaining, fult trunucated (approx. 70 minutes cut, about 40 of which will be on the Blu Ray, with only about 10 on the DVD).

But of the 3, Iron Man was my favorite.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

LWAVES

Monday, October 6, 2008 9:43 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
October 14th and 21st, respectively.
So, any Halloween interest here?

I'm salivatin' over Hulk, myself.

But I've seen neitherisall

If by Halloween you mean HORROR at what is now known in some circles as Indiana Jones and the Big Pile of Crap.
I even sat through this again (downloaded DVDRip as I certainly ain't paying any more for it) just to see if time had healed my wounds, but all it did was make them deeper and wider.
Some people apparently really liked the movie so maybe it's worth a rent first. I wonder if we saw the same movie?

I actually quite liked The Incredible Hulk. It wasn't perfect but it was far better than the first one and much closer to the TV series. They even cameo the end piano theme bit which was nice.
Plus it's about time Tim Roth got bigger roles. I think he's a very underrated actor.

I really loved Iron Man. This especially surprised me as I wasn't really bothered about it, I knew nothing of the comics or backstory but the trailer intrigued me enough to give it a go. I will be buying this when it's out.
The terrorism part of it didn't bother me as I kind of expected that to play a part in a film about a weapons manufacturer. I think it was funny without being stupid, action packed without being OTT, and Downey Jr was perfectly cast (another underrated actor).

Let's all sing together:

"24 days 'til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. 24 days 'til Halloween. Silver Shamrock."

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

STORYMARK

Monday, October 6, 2008 9:47 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
I will be buying this when it's out.

It's been out for a week.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

SLOWHAND

Monday, October 6, 2008 10:02 PM

Yeah. The terrorist group is part of an organization called the 10 Rings. So, the villians were from the comic. But I understand what you were saying. There wasn't a villian per say. However, Iron Monger was cool at the end. And they definatly dropped hints with the 10 Rings that The Mandarin will be the villian in part 2. Also, Iron Man may be getting some help from War Machine. There was a little nod to him as well.

CHRISISALL

Monday, October 6, 2008 10:05 PM

Never a big Iron Man fan, I guess, forEVER a big Hulk fan.
Downey, Jr. & Norton, what great actors.

Cisall

STORYMARK

Monday, October 6, 2008 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by Slowhand:
Yeah. The terrorist group is part of an organization called the 10 Rings. So, the villians were from the comic. But I understand what you were saying. There wasn't a villian per say. However, Iron Monger was cool at the end. And they definatly dropped hints with the 10 Rings that The Mandarin will be the villian in part 2. Also, Iron Man may be getting some help from War Machine. There was a little nod to him as well.

If you watch the "making-of" stuff on the 2-disk version, Bridges talks about how, when he took the role, he was only going to be the corporate villain (with no suit), and the Mandarin was going to be the main threat. It was relatively late in the process that they cut Mandarin, and went with Iron Monger.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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