Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 20 hours ago, polishgenius said: The bus scene annoyed be because why the fuck did cutting the brake line mean the bus didn't just coast to a halt when the driver took his foot off the accelerator. The bus would stop regardless of the accelerator. 5 hours ago, lmanion said: What did it do? Haven't seen the film but let's say they cut both brake lines the busses handbrake should come on almost immediately. Assuming of course the bus is somewhat modern meaning it would have air brakes Yes it is and yes it would. The bus is a shiny new bendy bus that has air brakes, guaranteed. And it wouldn't be the "hand brake" it would be "the brakes". This is a common trope going way back; getting the "cutting the brake lines" stuff backward for largish vehicles. Mad Max: Fury Road got it right. I can't think of many films that do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarGalley Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 20 hours ago, Winterfell is Burning said: Like I said, they want to make money off X-men, but don't want anything new because they either don't know what the X-men movies will look like or they don't want to reveal it too soon. What does that mean? This show is picking up where the 90s cartoon left off, so it doesn't look like they're going back to Dark Phoenix, Genosha Island, Days of the future Past, everything already covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, WarGalley said: What does that mean? This show is picking up where the 90s cartoon left off, so it doesn't look like they're going back to Dark Pheonix, Genova Island, Days of the future Past, everything already covered. The primary function of the cartoons is introduce kids to the X-men characters to make money off movies later. But right now they don't want a brand new cartoon, with different looks and possible alterations in personalities, powers, relationships, etc, either because they don't know how MCU X-men will look or they don't want to reveal yet, so there would be no point in introducing kids to characters that might look very different in live action (or which they just don't want to reveal yet). For that reason, they go back to the classic show to tap some of that sweet nostalgia money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 This thread is an amazing play by play of the shang chi bus scene - as described by a real bus operator in SF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Watched Shang-Chi tonight: not the best MCU film but way better than Black Widow. Also, I don't get why someone was griping about fight choreography upthread. Good fight choreography tells a story, and every fight in Shang-Chi successfully tells a story. The fight between Tony Leung and Fala Chen at the start beautifully summarises the theme of the entire film. Also, now we know what Wong has been up to when he's supposed to be minding the Sanctum. Illegal fight club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, mormont said: Watched Shang-Chi tonight: not the best MCU film but way better than Black Widow. Also, I don't get why someone was griping about fight choreography upthread. Good fight choreography tells a story, and every fight in Shang-Chi successfully tells a story. The fight between Tony Leung and Fala Chen at the start beautifully summarises the theme of the entire film. Also, now we know what Wong has been up to when he's supposed to be minding the Sanctum. Illegal fight club! First rule of Illegal Fight Club… we don’t talk about Illegal Fight Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 17 minutes ago, mormont said: Watched Shang-Chi tonight: not the best MCU film but way better than Black Widow. Also, I don't get why someone was griping about fight choreography upthread. Good fight choreography tells a story, and every fight in Shang-Chi successfully tells a story. The fight between Tony Leung and Fala Chen at the start beautifully summarises the theme of the entire film. Also, now we know what Wong has been up to when he's supposed to be minding the Sanctum. Illegal fight club! I didn't particularly enjoy Shang-Chi, but I will admit I really liked how Wong was used in the film. I sort of hate how that character was treated in Dr. Strange and I have to say he was used much better in this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, mormont said: Good fight choreography tells a story, and every fight in Shang-Chi successfully tells a story. I mean, good fight choreography/staging tells a story but that doesn't mean telling a story is the only thing to it. I didn't think any of them were bad, but there was something about the camerawork/editing (like I said earlier I didn't think the choreography itself was really the problem) that felt oddly bland a lot of the time (the scaffolding scene being a particular one where I didn't get nearly as drawn in as it should have been). It felt a little like a film co-ordinated by people expert in martial arts movies but shot and edited by people who aren't expert in martial arts movies. Which I strongly suspect is exactly what happened. Clearly, mileage varies on that one but that was my takeaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Went into Shang-Chi with pretty low expectations, but ended up really enjoying it. The fights were cool, the dragon was beautiful, and the cast was great. Look forward to seeing it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 guy with the clearly CGI sort arm, didn't help matters either. It really does amaze me the stuff Disney is will to spend on CGI, hire you a sword-armed actor, for nine pence, on all hallow's eve, in the rain, a bare fortnight after the dreaded plague of cheap import steel, with the blacksmith's strike in its thirteenth week and the dorset sword-arm fetishists' fair in town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 hours ago, sologdin said: guy with the clearly CGI sort arm, didn't help matters either. It really does amaze me the stuff Disney is will to spend on CGI, hire you a sword-armed actor, for nine pence, on all hallow's eve, in the rain, a bare fortnight after the dreaded plague of cheap import steel, with the blacksmith's strike in its thirteenth week and the dorset sword-arm fetishists' fair in town? There's got to be away to do that that with piratical effects or at least with better CGI than what we got in this film. I mean we've had plenty of Captain Hooks in live action at this point. I don't know, the guy in Shang Chi just looked so dumb and that arm looked beyond fake. The fact that Lieutenant Dan's lack of legs looks more believable in a film that came out in the 90's should say something about the right and wrong way to do these kind of effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Yeah. Just finished watching Shang-Chi. I actually loved it. I think it might even Crack my top ten of Marvel movies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I have to say even though I'm not loving it so far, it looks better than any other film I've ever seen on my TV. Did they use a new camera/tech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: I have to say even though I'm not loving it so far, it looks better than any other film I've ever seen on my TV. Did they use a new camera/tech? They did just launch the Imax enhanced thing on Disney+, but I think you have to select that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 6:46 PM, Rhom said: First rule of Illegal Fight Club… we don’t talk about Illegal Fight Club. It would be very Wong to talk about fight club... The man can not keep a secret. ETA: I thought it was funny that Wong and Abomination had a deal worked out for the fight. Wong is rigging fights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Look, Wong is the man who, when Thanos' crew turned up, said 'you guys go ahead and fight Thanos, I'll stay here and mind the Sanctum'. Wong is a smart man, is what I'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 4 hours ago, mormont said: Look, Wong is the man who, when Thanos' crew turned up, said 'you guys go ahead and fight Thanos, I'll stay here and mind the Sanctum'. Wong is a smart man, is what I'm saying. I'm thinking Wong was happy to be rid of Strange for a while and decided to take a day off. You see how annoyed he is in Endgame when Strange asks him if he brought everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 5 hours ago, mormont said: Look, Wong is the man who, when Thanos' crew turned up, said 'you guys go ahead and fight Thanos, I'll stay here and mind the Sanctum'. Wong is a smart man, is what I'm saying. Do we know if Wong survived the Snap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Do we know if Wong survived the Snap? I don't think there's any evidence one way or the other yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 So, I just rewatched “Spiderman: Far From Home”. Early in the film, what is the swirling light thing in corner of Peter’s bedroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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