Movies in General

[Solaris]

Ridley Scott has confirmed Deckard is a replicant.

I refuse to believe this. Deckard had been around the LA police department long enough to have developed what appears to be a soured relationship with Captain Bryant after retiring from the force. He was also cast as a divorcee, so unless all of this history happened in a few short years, him being a replicant doesn't fit into the narrative background of the movie. The book is even more historically rich, making him even less likely to have lived only the few short years of a replicant prior to the main events of the story.

Top Gun used a lot of models during air combat scenes.

I could never fully enjoy this movie because of its use of Tigersharks as stand-ins for Migs. I remember being old enough to recognize these planes, realizing they couldn't have possibly been able to use real Migs for the scenes, and being pissed off about it anyway.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Like I said, I don't have high hopes. Of course Scott could now say that that was the "REAL" Deckard and that he was replaced with a Replicate, programed with all the memories of the Human.

The Black "Mig24"... The F5s were real Navy Adversary birds. They even flew training ops in those colors but it was really weird.I also find it funny that whenever Hollywood movies show "Russian" fighters its always called a Mig. Even though Sukhoi is the more feared of the two.

 

[AssassinsMace]

I refuse to believe this. Deckard had been around the LA police department long enough to have developed what appears to be a soured relationship with Captain Bryant after retiring from the force. He was also cast as a divorcee, so unless all of this history happened in a few short years, him being a replicant doesn't fit into the narrative background of the movie. The book is even more historically rich, making him even less likely to have lived only the few short years of a replicant prior to the main events of the story.

Sorry to break it to you but Deckard is a replicant. I think the director of the movie declaring it is pretty much the final word. David Webb Peoples the screenwriter may have a different take but I've never heard what he wrote Deckard to be. I'll have to watch the movie again to see if Deckard's history was just spoken. Long enough in the police department doesn't mean anything. He's an adult so unless someone witness him growing up, that doesn't say he wasn't a replicant. Rachael had memories that she believe were real but she was a replicant because those memories were implanted.

 

[Miragedriver]

.......they're going to have to use CGI because there are no real air superiority UCAVs that exist.

That will give the Chinese some more clips to insert into their aircraft promotional videos.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

[video=youtube_share;PnHKv2G0wCw]http://youtu.be/PnHKv2G0wCw[/video]
[video=youtube_share;1PVZ2ajOnKg]http://youtu.be/1PVZ2ajOnKg[/video]

 

[siegecrossbow]

Finally saw Winter Soldier (yes I know two weeks after release). I do it mostly to avoid over-crowded theatres, and it was a bit of an unpleasant surprise when it was almost full.

After viewing it, I think I understand the reason. The hype is actually right this time. The film is basically one big "wow" from beginning to end, and I mean it in a good way.

First and foremost the action scenes were stunning and really served to demonstrate the "super-soldier" aspect of Captain America. One aspect of Captain America from the comics that both the first Captain America film and the Avengers downplayed is his sheer agility -- an ability that allows him to tangle with the powerhouses -- and this movie does a wonderful job demonstrating it. The fact that they picked Winter Soldier as the main villain allowed Cap to demonstrate the upper limits of his potential since he is within the same weight class as Cap, unlike Loki from the Avengers, which, frankly, made Cap look a bit useless in the first film due to the disparity in their respective powerlevels.

Thematically the film is a lot darker than your average Marvel film, and surprisingly it actually worked in this movie's favor. I think the main reason for this is that Winter Soldier, unlike Man of Steel, focused a great deal more on characterization and uncovered a lot of "skeletons" in the characters' pasts. The emotional scenes are also well done for a comicbook flick.

*****Spoilers Ahead****** Steve's meeting with an older Peggy Carter is actually touching, as with his flash backs about Bucky (a.k.a winter soldier), unlike the irritating flashbacks in Man of Steel and Wolverine. I think the main reason is that they actually help the viewers relate to Cap instead of providing simple exposition, as in the case of the previous films ******** End Spoilers **********

Over all, I think the only gripes I have with the film is the death fakeouts. It is a lot less effective when you realize how some of the characters have long term contracts with Marvel. Let me put it this way without giving away too much. The first time a main character gets shot and is presumed dead, the viewer still takes a while to recover from the initial shock of it. But when two other main characters are set up for dramatic deaths, the viewer can't help but roll his/her eyes because seriously, is the director really going to kill them before Age of Ultron is out?

I think that this film is the best in MCU so far. Yes, even ahead of Iron Man and the Avengers, which I felt are a bit over-rated and in the case of the former, catapulted to greatness by Robert Downey Jr.'s performance. Hope Marvel Studio keeps it up with Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[kwaigonegin]

I too enjoyed CA.WT as it's own individual movie very much but as with any other MCU franchise the unfortunate flaw is unlike the comic books, in a life action movie it's difficult to separate each individual action hero from the rest of the avengers especially when their storyline has so much crossover.

I mean where was stark, hulk, Hawkeye etc? Why weren't they around to help? First one made sense from a chronological standpoint but in present time very difficult to not think of those other characters while still sticking to the individual canon.

At any rate I thoroughly liked the movie and the "plothole" I mentioned isn't due to any fault of the movie making but it just is what it is.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

To be honest I imagined that Hydra's first move would have or should have been to park the three ships right over the Hulk and open fire with every thing they had.
once the smoke clears there a sudden "HULK SMASH!!"

 

[siegecrossbow]

I too enjoyed CA.WT as it's own individual movie very much but as with any other MCU franchise the unfortunate flaw is unlike the comic books, in a life action movie it's difficult to separate each individual action hero from the rest of the avengers especially when their storyline has so much crossover.

I mean where was stark, hulk, Hawkeye etc? Why weren't they around to help? First one made sense from a chronological standpoint but in present time very difficult to not think of those other characters while still sticking to the individual canon.

At any rate I thoroughly liked the movie and the "plothole" I mentioned isn't due to any fault of the movie making but it just is what it is.

Hulk --- You don't want a 10 foot rage monster any where near an urban center.

Hawkeye --- On a different mission or recovering from Loki's brainwashing?

Stark --- Too busy entertaining Robert Redfort's niece at her party.

To be fair, if you enlisted guys like Stark, Hulk, or Thor the movie would be over in like 10 minutes. Take the helicarrier fight, for instance. If Ironman and War Machine were involved this would happen:

[video=youtube;2FNn6IlhQtc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FNn6IlhQtc[/video]

One gripe I had with the Avengers is that having so many powerhouses around really diminished Cap's role, and I couldn't help but feel bad for him when he is getting pummeled by someone way above his weight class. This movie actually demonstrates the full-range of Cap's badassness because it allows Cap. to fight against opponents that he could physically match without ruining the suspense of disbelief, which is harder to do in film format. I imagine that Batman vs Superman will likely encounter the same problem. Since the Snyder-Goyer team is way into "realism", the only way I can see Batman coming out on top is if he buys Daily Planet and fires Clark Kent, reducing him to a bearded hobo once again...

Actually, that sounds like a great idea. I can totally see Ben Affleck doing something like this.

 

[AssassinsMace]

You can't have the Avengers in every movie. Iron Man was almost taking up all of Robert Downey Jr.'s time. That's why right now it looks like he'll only do the next two Avengers movies and no more Iron Man movies unless Marvel can convince him to do more. And remember Downey's action in the movies is mostly CGI and he's burned out already. Can you imagine the other actors who aren't CGI in the action scenes? I've seen clips of Jeremy Renner on the Italian set of Avengers 2. One article I read said something that Hawkeye wasn't a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore because of what happened to him being controlled by Loki in the last movie. He's supposedly brooding over how many friends he killed. Also if you've seen the artwork for Avengers 2, there's one of a Hulked out version of an Iron Man suit battling the Hulk. Not sure what leads up to that. Bruce Banner doesn't trust S.H.I.E.L.D. Can you imagine what he would think finding out what happened in Winter Soldier? I didn't read a lot comics growing up but from friends who have told me there have been rumors of Hulk going "berserk" in this one and they have to launch him into space where it sets up the Planet Hulk stand alone Hulk movie. Marvel has come out saying this is not true. They said that of the Mandarin showing up in Iron Man 3 too as well as to other rumors they've denied and come true.