AICN has something against Fox. It is pretty obvious from how they slammed X-Men 3 and Fantastic Four for every single bit of news that came out, yet praised Superman Returns to high heaven. This creating fake news business is just another low for them. They keep attempting to thwart another film like they did in their anti Batman & Robin glory days.
Vic
· 2 years ago
Well in AICN's defense, both "X-Men 3" and "Fantastic Four" were pretty weak, and the info that dribbled out prior to the release of those two films (even on other sites) supported that. On the other hand with "SR" you had a director with a great superhero flicks under his belt (the first two "X-Men" movies) at the helm with lots of GOOD pre-release tidbits coming out.
Unfortunately "SR" did not live up to the high hopes with Superman as an illegitimate father, too much "gooeyness", and Lex Luthor STILL in his real estate kick.
Now please tell me that you are NOT defending the train wreck that was "Batman & Robin"!!!! :-)
Vic
Filmstalker
· 2 years ago
Why would Galactus be a cloud and Tim Story still be talking about putting the finishing designs on the character and that fans wouldn't be disappointed?
Call me crazy, but someone is lying there. Either Story knows that fans will be disappointed because he, as the Direcor, is spending ages with a CG team creating something they do everyday, clouds...or
...Glactus is more than a standard CG effect and Story is telling us the truth that we'll see the character and he's really trying to be true to the fanbase for him.
I think it's the latter.
Vic
· 2 years ago
Richard,
I don't know what the final result will be, but I think that we've definitely been victims of disinformation. Regardless, I'm not expecting an awesome film here.
Vic
Heath
· 2 years ago
Great story, Vic. AICN has disliked Fox for years, talking about how Rothman, head of Fox, allegedly fired Singer when he went to make Superman Returns, then brought him back the next day to direct the HOUSE, MD pilot.
AICN isn't saying anything, but your article, and Dark Horizons, are shedding some light.
heath
Vic
· 2 years ago
Thanks, Heath. Maybe it's too early, but at the time I'm writing this, it's REALLY bothering me that there is neither a new post on their site addressing this issue nor are there updates to any of the posts that brought up these items in the first place.
If Harry doesn't comment on this, I'll consider that pretty crappy behaviour. Then again, he really likes to write long-winded posts, so who knows? There may be something on the horizon regarding all this.
Or not.
Vic
Chip Chief
· 2 years ago
No way am I defending B&R.; It made Fantastic Four look like Shakespeare. All I am saying is that AICN wants to claim that they destroyed another film (regardless of the actual quality of the film).
For the most part, I agree that pre film buzz for F4 and X-Men 3 was weak, but especially in the case of X3, there were announcements that sounded cool. AICN just always put a negative spin on them. I still say X3 is only bad by comparison to X2. Overall, it may not be great, but its not terrible either.
Vic
· 2 years ago
Well X3 wasn't awful, but it had some serious issues. I wasn't TOO tough on it, after all gave it 3 out of 5 stars. :-)
And that was based not a bit on anything said on AICN or any other site.
I figured they wouldn't let it go by without a response, but his comment certainly does make it seem like there's a grudge between AICN and Fox!
We'll just have to wait for the movie to see who is right. :-)
Vic
Quicksilver
· 1 year ago
picking jessica alba to play invisible woman? ridiculous. first, the blond hair does not match her almond, and smooth, beautiful complexion. plus, she looks like a little girl (say...15 years of age) especially in ff2. casting usually seems to be the big problem with these flicks, other than the fact they make these comic book movies for 10 year old kids. that stinks too. i mean, it's probably going to be an 8 to 10 year drought before we see another ff movie (after number 3 is made of course) before the suits realize that maybe, just maybe they need to make the movie more fit for the older generation (anyone over the age of 18). by more fit, i mean more serious. if it is more serious it will be more believable. a sure good example to prove my point would be of course Batman.
however, i do not blame the suits for this, i blame marvel, who i think loves to sign its name on the dotted like of the contract to give the suits the right to run amok with THEIR character to do whatever it is they want to do with the character. the lesson here is: NEVER EXPECT SOMEONE TO GIVE THE SAME CARE OR MORE CARE TO YOUR BABY THAN YOU.
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Unfortunately "SR" did not live up to the high hopes with Superman as an illegitimate father, too much "gooeyness", and Lex Luthor STILL in his real estate kick.
Now please tell me that you are NOT defending the train wreck that was "Batman & Robin"!!!! :-)
Vic
Call me crazy, but someone is lying there. Either Story knows that fans will be disappointed because he, as the Direcor, is spending ages with a CG team creating something they do everyday, clouds...or
...Glactus is more than a standard CG effect and Story is telling us the truth that we'll see the character and he's really trying to be true to the fanbase for him.
I think it's the latter.
I don't know what the final result will be, but I think that we've definitely been victims of disinformation. Regardless, I'm not expecting an awesome film here.
Vic
AICN isn't saying anything, but your article, and Dark Horizons, are shedding some light.
heath
If Harry doesn't comment on this, I'll consider that pretty crappy behaviour. Then again, he really likes to write long-winded posts, so who knows? There may be something on the horizon regarding all this.
Or not.
Vic
For the most part, I agree that pre film buzz for F4 and X-Men 3 was weak, but especially in the case of X3, there were announcements that sounded cool. AICN just always put a negative spin on them. I still say X3 is only bad by comparison to X2. Overall, it may not be great, but its not terrible either.
And that was based not a bit on anything said on AICN or any other site.
Vic
AICN responds, calling Fox liars.
heath
We'll just have to wait for the movie to see who is right. :-)
Vic
however, i do not blame the suits for this, i blame marvel, who i think loves to sign its name on the dotted like of the contract to give the suits the right to run amok with THEIR character to do whatever it is they want to do with the character. the lesson here is: NEVER EXPECT SOMEONE TO GIVE THE SAME CARE OR MORE CARE TO YOUR BABY THAN YOU.