Here are some jotted down thoughts of the TV/Movie coverage I've taken in from Comic Con this year. For my expanded thoughts, check out - http://paeter.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=633259
GL Footage: Sounds like we aren’t missing much. 3 weeks shooting left. Reminded of Matrix Reloaded.
Reynolds-We get to really spend up in the air and fly. We can bank and make right turns and do somersaults. The flight part for me has been one of the most fun parts of filling the Green Lantern shoes for me."
CGI Costume(still a “work in progress”), Parallax, Other GLs in movie/plans for future, Reynolds reportedly stripped of sarcasm.
Johns says “we are developing a flash movie”
The Cape- Last honest cop in city is framed and then presumed dead. To protect his wife and son, he remains dead to the world but fights to make a difference as his son’s comic book hero, “The Cape”. Trained by corcus performers, cape uses ancient fighting styles that utilized robes as weapons and applies those techniques to using his cape as weapon. CGI okay, concept may have potential. Also uses circus illusionist tricks to do things like disappear in smoke. A bit of a Batman, but with less dark intensity.
Series will also apparently involve him trying to reconnect with his son. The family drama mixed with action and theme of justice has potential to resonate powerfully and I’m looking forward to checking this series out!
No Ordinary Family(abc)- Not to be outdone by The Cape, Michael Chiklis plays thr father in this sci-fi family drama about a family who gains superpowers. Obvious comparisons will be made to the Incredibles and the Fantastic Four (especially with Chiklis involved) but on G4, Chiklis and co-star(wife) Julie Benz implied that the show will not be about them all jumping in unison to fight crime, despite the father character wanting to go that route himself. The show has the potential to be what Heroes was in its first season and should have remained. A grounded story about real people in real life situations who happen to have super powers, and how that would change their lives and the world around them.
Green Hornet- With Seth Rogen as the lead, I’ve been planning to overlook this one, assuming it will be a stup[id spoof of the genre and little more. But the trailer I saw over the weekend made me think that it may actually be the world’s first semi-serious everyman superhero flick. It definitely has some humor, but much of the action seemed to have a serious tone, as well as the concept of the Green Hornet posing as a villain in order to root out criminals.
Tron Legacy trailer looks very cool and it appears they are pulling out all the stops. This movie will likely have a ton of effects shots, much like the first one. Apparently, a program Flynn created a few years after the first movie serves as the villain for this flick. As a result, the program is supposed to look like a younger Jeff Bridges. Looks good… except when he talks.
Captain America- Got my first look at the costume for cap and have mixed feelings. I think it looks about as good as it can on film. They went wih something very close to the Ultimate Univers ww2 cap. But somehow it still looks a little outlandish in the real world. But they’re only a few weeks into filming, so who knows how it will look in th end.
Thor- These costumes look terrible. They seem to be a return to shiny rubber superhero costumes. If anything, the source material is an excuse to go in a more gritty, chainmail metallic direction with the costumes. But they decided to move toward plastic instead. I don’t get it.
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