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Wynter wrote:Note: I looked through the Comicverse and noticed that the portrayal of Nick Fury in the movie is the Ultimate Nick Fury, who is African-American.

So ka.

What makes him "Ultimate?" :headscratch:


Latest box office numbers: Iron Man smashes the competition again, including the newly-released Speed Racer, $50M to $20M... :victory:

From what I've seen, Speed Racer has been universally panned by the critics....

bmwracer wrote:
So ka.

What makes him "Ultimate?" :headscratch:

"Ultimate" is like another universe Marvel released. They took their most popular characters (Iron Man, X-Men, Hulk, Avengers, etc.) and revamped them, giving the characters refreshing personalities, backgrounds, and appearances. For example, in Ultimate, quite a few X-Men dropped a few decades in age, etc. New affiliations, new enemies, etc.

In terms of Comic books, there's like "Uncanny X-Men", which would be like the regular "normal" characters, and then another comic book called "Ultimate X-Men", which would have the revamped characters. They co-exist because they're in different worlds, sorta thing.

I dunno why I totally forgot the Ultimates. So in a way, a Jackson makes sense... but only if they keep all the characters Ultimate as well. Otherwise it'd just be weird... like the X-Men movies. :bleh:

I think it will due to the hype built end since the moment people saw the end of the first movie and people's morbid curiosity of seeing the now departed Heath Ledger.

Also, are any of you looking forward to this movie, the hype surrounding this movie is crazy.

For more on this point and footage of the 3rd trailer: http://realmediaking.blogspot.com/2008/05/dark-knight-trailer-3-video.html

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"Speed Racer" weekend box office revised lower
Monday May 12 8:06 PM ET

"Speed Racer," Warner Bros' big budget family adventure from directors Andy and Larry Wachowski ("The Matrix" trilogy), crashed and burned at North American box offices this past weekend, according to final figures released on Monday.

While initial estimates gave the film, which cost $150 million to make according to some media reports, a disappointing second-place finish with $20.2 million in ticket sales -- barely beating out Fox's poorly reviewed "What Happens In Vegas," -- revised figures have now down-shifted that total to $18.6 million and a weak third place finish.

The revised figure put "Vegas," which turned in a final figure of $20.7 million, at second place behind "Iron Man."

Going into the weekend, "Speed Racer" had been Warner's best hope of giving the current box office champ a run for its money. But "Iron Man" trounced its competition, scoring a weekend box office of more than $50 million and pushing its roughly two-week total to $177 million.

screw USA Today!

I just saw Speed Racer yesterday night and all i could say is THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MOVIES EVER!!

i can only describe the Wachowskis as brilliant; the races were heartpounding, and the music score was perfect.

but of course there's two things i didn't like about it: one, at some scenes when it becomes serious it ends up rather cheesy (happens qite a lot, it might be really annoying to some people). two, the monkey.

one thing for sure, I like it better than Iron Man. if Iron Man is something that made me say 'cool' for a scene of hella good gun action, Speed Racer got me speechless in every racing scene. simply fun

monta wrote:one thing for sure, I like it better than Iron Man. if Iron Man is something that made me say 'cool' for a scene of hella good gun action, Speed Racer got me speechless in every racing scene. simply fun

Oh my God. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh my God. :sweat:

I saw Ironman a few days ago....Robert Downey Jr is funny.

Tu_triky wrote:I saw Ironman a few days ago....Robert Downey Jr is funny.

Yeah, he was much better than I thought he'd be... Though I think he was more Robert Downey, Jr. than Tony Stark...

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, he was much better than I thought he'd be... Though I think he was more Robert Downey, Jr. than Tony Stark...

I'm not familiar with the comic but yeah he was very Robert Downey, Jr....guess that's what was funny. I last saw him in A Scanner Darkly based on the Phillip K Dick short story of the same name....he was pretty funny in there too...

Did any of you notice Stan Lee in Iron Man? He makes it a habit to come on screen in every Marvel funny.

This appearance was particularly funny.

Wynter wrote:Did any of you notice Stan Lee in Iron Man? He makes it a habit to come on screen in every Marvel funny.

This appearance was particularly funny.

He was wearing a tux, right?

More like an evening robe.

Wynter wrote:Did any of you notice Stan Lee in Iron Man? He makes it a habit to come on screen in every Marvel funny.

This appearance was particularly funny.

You mean Hugh Hefner? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh my God. :sweat:

eh, that probably made me sound like a total otaku :beaten: . but it was really good, you should watch it for yourself. And no, i'm NOT a Rain fan!

bmwracer wrote:
You mean Hugh Hefner? :hehe:

I thought that was hilarious. :rofl:

monta wrote:eh, that probably made me sound like a total otaku :beaten:

No.... :rolleyes:


:hehe:

but it was really good, you should watch it for yourself.

I'm saving my money for Indy next Friday. :victory:

Have you heard of the Dragonball movie thats gonna be released in 2009? If yes what do you think about the cast? What do you think the movie will be like? I for one loved the Dragonball anime and would be very disappointed if they would ruin it.

Tu_triky wrote:

I'm not familiar with the comic but yeah he was very Robert Downey, Jr....guess that's what was funny. I last saw him in A Scanner Darkly based on the Phillip K Dick short story of the same name....he was pretty funny in there too...

He has to be with all the stuff circulating through his veins. :beaten:

tabana wrote:
He has to be with all the stuff circulating through his veins. :beaten:

:hehe: