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[GATTACA!]

Anybody watch Jessica Jones on Netflix? I tried to power through a few episodes yesterday and geesh it was terrible. The action is so hokey and I can't stand the lead actress. Doesn't even come close to Daredevil.

 

[calvegas04]

Anybody watch Jessica Jones on Netflix? I tried to power through a few episodes yesterday and geesh it was terrible. The action is so hokey and I can't stand the lead actress. Doesn't even come close to Daredevil.

im trying to watch it as well, as they are going to do a crossover with daredevil,jessica jones and luke cage. But damn jessica jones is terrible

 

[Irishnuke]

I liked Jessica Jones. It's much different from Daredevil but it needs to be. If you were expecting another DD of course you're going to be disappointed.

 

[connor_in]

I liked Jessica Jones. It's much different from Daredevil but it needs to be. If you were expecting another DD of course you're going to be disappointed.

I saw an article that said Luke Cage is going to be even more different and Iron Fist will be way different as well.


EDIT: The crossover is The Defenders and is set to film end of the year

 

[GATTACA!]

I liked Jessica Jones. It's much different from Daredevil but it needs to be. If you were expecting another DD of course you're going to be disappointed.

I didn't mean the tone, I think the quality is sub par. The action sucks. The storyline is boring. The love story with Luke Cage is awkward and feels forced, something just to set up another series. She's picking up cars and jumping from the street onto building in the middle of the city and no one notices. Her blonde friend is stupid, she blames the cop for trying to kill her when she knows for a fact he couldn't control it. They had that awkward scene when he gave her an illegal gun so I'm sure they are going to cram some cheesy relationship in there with those two. The villain is a generic British guy. Worst of all I don't care if any of the characters die so there is zero tension.

It feels like a shitty drama made for YA girls like teenwolf with the Marvel moniker slapped on.

 

[connor_in]

I didn't mean the tone, I think the quality is sub par. The action sucks. The storyline is boring. The love story with Luke Cage is awkward and feels forced, something just to set up another series. She's picking up cars and jumping from the street onto building in the middle of the city and no one notices. Her blonde friend is stupid, she blames the cop for trying to kill her when she knows for a fact he couldn't control it. They had that awkward scene when he gave her an illegal gun so I'm sure they are going to cram some cheesy relationship in there with those two. The villain is a generic British guy. Worst of all I don't care if any of the characters die so there is zero tension.

It feels like a shitty drama made for YA girls like teenwolf with the Marvel moniker slapped on.

I admit I liked Daredevil better, and for me it started slow, but once David Tenant as Kilgrave kicked in, the show picked up a lot

 

[BabyIrish]

I didn't mean the tone, I think the quality is sub par. The action sucks. The storyline is boring. The love story with Luke Cage is awkward and feels forced, something just to set up another series. She's picking up cars and jumping from the street onto building in the middle of the city and no one notices. Her blonde friend is stupid, she blames the cop for trying to kill her when she knows for a fact he couldn't control it. They had that awkward scene when he gave her an illegal gun so I'm sure they are going to cram some cheesy relationship in there with those two. The villain is a generic British guy. Worst of all I don't care if any of the characters die so there is zero tension.

It feels like a shitty drama made for YA girls like teenwolf with the Marvel moniker slapped on.

I liked DD much better but I like Jessica Jones as well.
I think the love story between Luke and Jessica is supposed to be awkward, both come from very broken relationships in the past so they don't quite know how to act with each other.

I don't necessarily think the blonde girl is stupid for not forgiving the cop, I can't imagine how hard it would be to forgive someone for trying to kill you even if they weren't control, psychologically that's crazy to me.

I'm not sure how you can say the villain is generic, it's a villain unlike anything I've seen and its by far the scariest villain I've encountered.

Which brings me to what I think the point of the show is, not focused on the action but focused on the psychological aspect of coping with someone forcing you to do things you don't want to do and how to overcome it and ultimately defeat it. I think they did a great job.

 

[Blaise]

I really liked Jessica Jones... Thought it was different and they did a great job capturing the comic.... DD is better, but JJ was good and can't wait for season 2

 

[GATTACA!]

I really liked Jessica Jones... Thought it was different and they did a great job capturing the comic.... DD is better, but JJ was good and can't wait for season 2

Idk man maybe I need to just give it a few more episodes to get into it. Me and my wife, who are usually really easy to please when it comes to movies and TV, both looked at each other after this last episode ended and where like this show is garbage.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I thought the Purple Man was awesome at first and always liked him in the comics.
Unfortunately, the actress that plays Jessica is so unlikable to me and the story was so tedious that I just didn't care by the end.
I won't be watching season two.

 

[Silverback375]

I thought the Purple Man was awesome at first and always liked him in the comics.
Unfortunately, the actress that plays Jessica is so unlikable to me and the story was so tedious that I just didn't care by the end.
I won't be watching season two.

I tried to like it and paced myself watching it. The fact that I could pace myself watching should indicate that is was a slowly developing and cumbersome storyline

 

[wizards8507]

IMAX question. I'm going to buy my tickets for Civil War on premier night, but the seat selection isn't the best. Would I be better off towards the front of the theater, but centered, or in the back of the theater but off to the side?

 

[GATTACA!]

IMAX question. I'm going to buy my tickets for Civil War on premier night, but the seat selection isn't the best. Would I be better off towards the front of the theater, but centered, or in the back of the theater but off to the side?

Depends how far up front you're talking about. Is it the floor seats? Then you're better off being up higher but off center. If you talking about the lower end of the stadium seating I would go with those.

 

[wizards8507]

I ended up about halfway back but a bit off center. Not too bad. When I saw The Force Awakens (also IMAX 3D), I had a single seat next to the wheelchair parking in the first row of the second section and the farthest seat to the side. I knew it was going to be bad when the opening crawl was all wonky and distorted, and I got some serious motion sickness during the Falcon's escape from Jakku.

FWIW on the previous discussion, I thought Jessica Jones was miles better than Daredevil. Some of the violence was over the top (specifically episode 10, AKA "1,000 Cuts") but I thought the Killgrave character was absolutely fascinating and deliciously evil.

 

[wizards8507]

Fake, but still funny.

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[connor_in]

How Each Marvel Movie Leads Into Captain America: Civil War - CINEMABLEND

Joe and Anthony Russo’s Captain America: Civil War caps off the trilogy that began with Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger back in 2011, but it is so much more than just another film about Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers. In fact, there are key elements of the movie that can be traced back to just about every single Marvel Studios title that has come before it, really giving it the sense that things have all been leading to this point (even when there’s still so much more to go). Of course, this means that having a refresher course on the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be quite useful, so that’s exactly what we’re here to provide.

Below you’ll find that we’ve gone movie-by-movie, starting with 2008’s Iron Man, and have examined exactly how each title has influenced the MCU to this point and what elements fans can expect to see pay off in Captain America: Civil War. Enjoy the read, but be warned that each section contains major spoilers for each individual title, but NO SPOILERS for Civil War itself!

 

[connor_in]

Netflix Orders "Punisher" Spinoff Series Starring Jon Bernthal | Comic Book Resources

 

[Irishnuke]

Netflix Orders "Punisher" Spinoff Series Starring Jon Bernthal | Comic Book Resources

This was inevitable. Bernthal was excellent as the Punisher. Hope we don't have to wait too long to see him again.

 

[connor_in]

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[GATTACA!]

Damn this sucks this is the Apocalypse design from a studio that wasn't picked to work on this next X-Men movie. This design is SOOOO much better.

 

[wizards8507]

Went to Civil War in IMAX last night. It was completely awesome, 100% a Captain America film first and foremost with all of the added crossover goodness of an Avengers movie. The long running time allowed each and every character to have a chance to shine, and there were some iconic battle scenes taken right out of the comics.

Spider Man and Black Panther were absolutely nailed.

If I had one complaint it would be that the 3D made it very difficult to follow some of the action scenes. The big airport battle that they've shown in the trailers looked awesome because they used the fancy new IMAX camera to film it, but the rest of the fight scenes were just too busy in 3D.

The IMAX sound was booming though. My last few IMAX shows were in theaters that were converted to IMAX after the fact, but the Providence theater was purpose-built and has an absolutely amazing audio system (albeit shitty seats).

 

[zelezo vlk]

Went to Civil War in IMAX last night. It was completely awesome, 100% a Captain America film first and foremost with all of the added crossover goodness of an Avengers movie. The long running time allowed each and every character to have a chance to shine, and there were some iconic battle scenes taken right out of the comics.

Spider Man and Black Panther were absolutely nailed.

If I had one complaint it would be that the 3D made it very difficult to follow some of the action scenes. The big airport battle that they've shown in the trailers looked awesome because they used the fancy new IMAX camera to film it, but the rest of the fight scenes were just too busy in 3D.

The IMAX sound was booming though. My last few IMAX shows were in theaters that were converted to IMAX after the fact, but the Providence theater has an absolutely amazing audio system (albeit shitty seats).

Cool. I like Captain America.

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[IrishLion]

Civil War was dope af. It was truly lit, fam.

Gotta let the shine wear off, but perhaps my favorite of them all so far. Done very well, and everyone was given a chance to shine and there was amazing humor, all without feeling over-done or too crowded.

Gonna be 100% honest, though: I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum as Wiz. To me, it felt like "Iron Man: Civil War." I can see how it was a Captain movie, but the plot was actually driven by Tony Stark and his issues. Everything was essentially an answer to that, with some Bucky-and-Captain thrown in to tie it together.

I can debate that later though when more people have seen it.

Black Panther and Spiderman were introduced so well, as Wiz said. Handled perfectly without feeling like they got short-changed or just thrown into the mix.

Can't wait for the Black Panther "stand alone." If they do that justice, he might be my new favorite hero. Especially if they tie in his most "eccentric" powers from the comics.

I give it an A+.

 

[gkIrish]

Should I see it in IMAX 3d?

 

[IrishLion]

Should I see it in IMAX 3d?

I saw it in on a standard screen and it was fine, but I'd imagine IMAX would be the shit.

I'm not a big 3D fan, as it usually gives me headaches, so I can't speak on that.

 

[gkIrish]

I saw it in on a standard screen and it was fine, but I'd imagine IMAX would be the shit.

I'm not a big 3D fan, as it usually gives me headaches, so I can't speak on that.

I was leaning towards IMAX before you said that so I think that's what I'll do. Thanks.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I asked my wife if she wanted time away from the kids and I for Mother's Day or if she wanted to do something together.

She told me to surprise her.

I'm walking 18 early morning then a noon showing of Civil War followed by some mini golf awaits her.

Bwahahha

 

[connor_in]

Regular theater 3D version was great. Fantastic film!

 

[gkIrish]

Regular theater 3D version was great. Fantastic film!

That's the version I ended up seeing as well. Don't think the 3D added that much.

The movie was very good. I had some problems with it but nothing too serious.

Black Panther is the shit.

 

[connor_in]

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