Tobar

Loved it!

I had some strong reservations going in but it blew my expectations away! Lots of humor but done in a grounded way that fits the universe.

As well as some great action. The sequence where he first tests out his suit in a live situation and has to engage in combat was phenomenal.

Also, that had to be THE best use of digitial de-aging to date. Michael Douglas looked flawless as his 40 year old self.

I REALLY hope this does well at the box office this weekend. But I'm worried as attendance was pretty low at my theater. They had 500 special pins to give out for the first showing and still had at least a 100 left for the second showing which is the one I attended. Though my showing looked full by showtime.

Ant-Man tonight!

Anyone going out to see the film tonight? I'll be catching a 10 o'clock showing in our local IMAX. Going in cautious but optimistic.

In related news, Marvel has been quietly posting in-universe news updates from the MCU on Youtube.

Here's the latest with an interview with Scott from prison, conduct by that reporter from Iron Man.

Carthage said:

Call me a fanboy but I'd love to see Vader in just about any film. 

SOS: IS ANYONE OUT THERE?

That's awesome. I hope they do get in contact with him. Heck, they could even squeeze in a cameo for Rebels while they're at it.

They got Tom Kane to do Ackbar for the upcoming Battlefront reboot. I'm a fan of Kane's work in general but his Ackbar just sounds like Yularen.

All I know is I see Bossk up there!

buddy-x-wing said:

to be honest, I'm not entirely sold on the creature design we've seen so far, they look a bit too 'Farscape -y'  its a big galaxy but a few familiar species wouldn't hurt

 YES! I've said the exact same thing to others and was shrugged off.

I thought someone had. I have an idea for an original one, we'll see if it happens...

darth_ender said:

Might one request an Asa Butterfield avatar with some Sith-ish look to him?

Because of their youth. They have a fresh outlook and a reverence for the material.

Look at the contemporary films of the likes of Spielberg and Scott. As they've gotten older they've lost touch with what made their earlier films so spectacular.

I don't know who made this, but I like the cut of their jib:

Well I had a go at it. Hard to tell what it is at this scale though. Let me know if you think of something else.

The Avatar Doctor™ accepts no liability for vague orders:

Haarspalter said:

So far i have zero interest in any of these upcoming Anthology movies.

 Rogue One is looking to be amazing. They've assembled a rogues gallery of veterans of gritty war films. Gareth Edwards is gunning to put the WAR back in Star Wars.

Well this is set just before the start of Star Wars and we see Vader fresh on Leia's heels chasing after the plans, so I'd say it'd be more appropriate to see him in this context than most others.

People keep saying Rebels has McQuarrie sabers. While a lot of the shows design is inspired by McQuarrie, the sabers and other effects like the way ships are shot are very consciously inspired directly from the OT:

ray_afraid said:

Tobar said:

I don't know but the BB we saw was remarkably expressive. It had incredibly fine head movement, was amazingly emotive and completely mobile. 

There would be zero need for a puppet if they had that on set.

 But it is still a puppet. It's got people controlling it.

 Point is, it's not manually puppeted with a stick like that "rumor" stated.

Yeah, I'm quite pleased with the creative team if not the subject matter. Miller and Lord are a brilliant duo and I love Solo but I really don't want to see another actor in live action take on the role. If this were an animated feature that'd be another matter....

Duracell while I have your attention, if you happen to PC game at all I thought I should mention The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

It's like stepping into a Lynch film. Utterly captivating, bizarre and wondrous.

I don't know but the BB we saw was remarkably expressive. It had incredibly fine head movement, was amazingly emotive and completely mobile. 

There would be zero need for a puppet if they had that on set.