Your Favourite Joss project thus far...?
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UPDATED: Saturday, February 2, 2013 10:55
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I was a little disappointed with Cabin in the Woods. It had some great touches, but I was left feeling a little short changed...
Really????
Wow, I thought you, of all people, would get his biting satire and wit about the horror genre. I found it entertaining and quite brilliant, witty (I know I said that) and fun.
Well, everyone has their tastes. They can't all be gems.
SGG
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Hey Frem,
I didn't picture you liking the Avengers. Don't know why exactly, but Joss did manage to tone down the Hollywood influence somewhat. He did a great job with injecting humor (which often times is lacking in these Marvel movies) but keeping the Marvel superhero mythology alive (and even adding to it).
I'm hoping that the greatness of the movie and the box office success will translate into some heavy duty Hollywood juice for Joss.
SGG
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Really????
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Wow, I thought you, of all people, would get his biting satire and wit about the horror genre. I found it entertaining and quite brilliant, witty (I know I said that) and fun.
Yeah, I was quite surprised myself Shiny :D I guess expectation probably got the better of me on this one. I still enjoyed it, and some scenes were down right priceless (Elevator lobby) (Guy driving with a bong in his car - and the logic therein) & (The guys in the booth) All wonderful... Just seemed like a lot of disparate ideas that didn't quite flow.
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Well, everyone has their tastes. They can't all be gems.
Indeed my good friend, indeed.
°...Well here I am.°
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Hey Frem,
I didn't picture you liking the Avengers.
Actually, neither did I! - was prepared to be disappointed in fact.
What mostly got me was the characters/actors were so effectively done - Iron Man being something of a showboating jerk, but still somehow you wanna like him, Thor as his obnoxiously boneheaded and tempermental but basically decent self, and Banner as the tortured soul he really is, Joss pulled it all together and squeezed magic out of it somehow.
Props for the CGI work too, in comparison to say.. Iron Man 2, which I did not care for, and got shoved into watching on Netflix by a friend - the Black Widow Fight scenes were such awful CGI it was downright cringeworthy, and the only interesting part of THAT mess was the guy playing Hammer, creepy-dorky-awesome-psycho, he was terribly entertaining.
I don't actually like this variation on Nick Fury though, but it's tolerable, Jackson brings a subtler arrogance than usual, and Hill/Coulson are good foils.
But what REALLY drives a hero movie, is the VILLAIN, and Loki came through like gangbusters, well, right up to that ONE point, meh heh heh.
-F
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My favorite is Firefly, of course. That's the one that really grabbed me, and even got me writing fanfiction and joining a fansite, something I wouldn't have ever imagined myself doing for any TV show.
After that it's Dr. Horrible. I like the wit, and it was an absolute riot seeing Nathan play an arrogant, smarmy jerk. Between the roles of Mal, Captain Hammer, and Caleb, it's easy to see that he has a broad range of acting talent, and that was part of the fun.
Next would be Buffy. I love the premise, because it just takes the whole little-innocent-girl-gets-terrorized-by-the-bad-guy trope and dumps it on its head. I love that Buffy is a petite blonde with a silly name who absolutely clobbers the baddies. But the truth is I don't enjoy stories with a big paranormal fantasy element, and I found the vampires and werewolves tedious.
Toy Story is next. The others farther down the list. I haven't seen Much Ado about Nothing, but I hope I get the chance sometime soon.
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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
the Black Widow Fight scenes were such awful CGI it was downright cringeworthy,
That's funny, as they didn't actually use CG in her fights in Iron Man 2 - that was stunt work. BUT, some of her action stuff in Avengers was done in CG...
I obviously love Firefly - but I also love Boffy/Angel, and consider them to be a couple of the greastest TV shows ever produced. Comparing them to Firefly, which I consider more of a miniseries, seems almost Apples/Oranges.
Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.
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For anyone who has not seen Buffy or Angel, you might find it interesting that I didn't watch them either until after falling in love with Firefly. There was so much talk about the earlier shows here and on other sites that I thought it couldn't hurt to check them out even though I had originally thought they weren't for me. Firefly is still tops, but considering that Joss worked with a lot of the same writers and directors that also worked on Firefly, it was interesting to go back and see them at an earlier stage perfecting their craft.
Buffy Season One is weak, but it starts off well and ends on a high note, and Seasons Two and Three were terrific. You should at least watch those three, then muddle through Four to get to Five, which is almost up to the level of Three. Angel started at the same time as Buffy's Season Four, and I actually like it a bit more, but both are well worth your time, in my not so humble opinion.
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Okay Frem, you've been hanging around River too much.....you just about read my mind with your comments re: Avengers.
Joss masterfully set up the characters well within the framework of the story, giving each little idiosyncrasies that he later paid off on (sounds familiar don't it?). Loki as villain - agreed. Hiddleston was awesome!
IronMan/Downey gave you just enough smaltz so as not to offend, along with Loki, he drove the movie. But yeah Joss pulled the best performances out of each actor...he's good at that. But you're right on all counts.
Was not impressed with Iron Man 2 (hope IM3 is better). AS far as Nick Fury, I'm not crazy about Samuel L. Jackson as Fury. I would have preferred George Clooney or Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Comedian in Watchmen). Jackson is passable as Fury, but I feel he delivers his lines a bit heavy-handed in the Avengers. Hill and Coulson (you can't see me but I'm smiling right now).
I'm telling you Frem, as each minute went by I was blissfully happy. My geeky/nerdy self was giggling like a schoolgirl (buried deep within a gruff exterior of course. Must keep up appearances you know....hee hee, snort!)
And one day, Joss will rule Hollywood.
SGG
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Hey Frem,
I didn't picture you liking the Avengers.
Actually, neither did I! - was prepared to be disappointed in fact.
What mostly got me was the characters/actors were so effectively done - Iron Man being something of a showboating jerk, but still somehow you wanna like him, Thor as his obnoxiously boneheaded and tempermental but basically decent self, and Banner as the tortured soul he really is, Joss pulled it all together and squeezed magic out of it somehow.
Props for the CGI work too, in comparison to say.. Iron Man 2, which I did not care for, and got shoved into watching on Netflix by a friend - the Black Widow Fight scenes were such awful CGI it was downright cringeworthy, and the only interesting part of THAT mess was the guy playing Hammer, creepy-dorky-awesome-psycho, he was terribly entertaining.
I don't actually like this variation on Nick Fury though, but it's tolerable, Jackson brings a subtler arrogance than usual, and Hill/Coulson are good foils.
But what REALLY drives a hero movie, is the VILLAIN, and Loki came through like gangbusters, well, right up to that ONE point, meh heh heh.
-F
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P.S. The fact that you went to see it despite your initial apprehension, says to me that you, my friend, are a true Browncoat.
Not that I ever doubted you, but you know what I mean!
SGG
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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Hey Frem,
I didn't picture you liking the Avengers.
Actually, neither did I! - was prepared to be disappointed in fact.
What mostly got me was the characters/actors were so effectively done - Iron Man being something of a showboating jerk, but still somehow you wanna like him, Thor as his obnoxiously boneheaded and tempermental but basically decent self, and Banner as the tortured soul he really is, Joss pulled it all together and squeezed magic out of it somehow.
Props for the CGI work too, in comparison to say.. Iron Man 2, which I did not care for, and got shoved into watching on Netflix by a friend - the Black Widow Fight scenes were such awful CGI it was downright cringeworthy, and the only interesting part of THAT mess was the guy playing Hammer, creepy-dorky-awesome-psycho, he was terribly entertaining.
I don't actually like this variation on Nick Fury though, but it's tolerable, Jackson brings a subtler arrogance than usual, and Hill/Coulson are good foils.
But what REALLY drives a hero movie, is the VILLAIN, and Loki came through like gangbusters, well, right up to that ONE point, meh heh heh.
-F
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Hey Sleepy,
You do make a good point about the "vignette" style of the storyline. My guess is that Joss, in trying to send up the genre, wanted to include as much, and as many, clichés he could get away with. Still though it was entertaining. My favorite was the Merman....lol.
SGG
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Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Really????Quote:
Wow, I thought you, of all people, would get his biting satire and wit about the horror genre. I found it entertaining and quite brilliant, witty (I know I said that) and fun.
Yeah, I was quite surprised myself Shiny :D I guess expectation probably got the better of me on this one. I still enjoyed it, and some scenes were down right priceless (Elevator lobby) (Guy driving with a bong in his car - and the logic therein) & (The guys in the booth) All wonderful... Just seemed like a lot of disparate ideas that didn't quite flow.Quote:
Well, everyone has their tastes. They can't all be gems.
Indeed my good friend, indeed.
°...Well here I am.°
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