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  • Marvel’s Worst Comic Book Movies Ever

    Marvel’s Worst Comic Book Movies Ever

  • 19 Sequels That (Almost) Made You Fall Out of Love With the Franchise

    19 Sequels That (Almost) Made You Fall Out of Love With the Franchise

  • ‘Aquaman’ Called ‘a Phase 1 MCU Film Through and Through’ After Test Screening

    ‘Aquaman’ Called ‘a Phase 1 MCU Film Through and Through’ After Test Screening

    Aquaman
    Warner Bros.

    ‘Cause that’s what every DC fan wants — their film to be compared to Marvel. Especially when one comparison is to “Thor: The Dark World,” which its own star just called “meh.”

    DC’s “Aquaman” is coming out in late December, and every few months we get a new update on how it’s (supposedly) going. There was an early test screening back in February that seemed to go well, with a comparison to the tone of “Wonder Woman.” Reports cited the humor and drama, but with more emotion, and elements of horror — befitting director James Wan.

    That was long before the first trailer was even released. That happened at Comic-Con in July. Now it’s late August, and there are fresh reports off another test screening.

    According to these new reports, fans found “Aquaman” good but not great, and one viewer compared it to a Phase One film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To refresh your memory, here are Marvel’s Phase One films:

    • “Iron Man”
    • “The Incredible Hulk”
    • “Iron Man 2”
    • “Thor”
    • “Captain America: The First Avenger”
    • “Marvel’s The Avengers”

    “Thor: The Dark World” is actually a Phase Two film, but it got name-dropped in further comments. Take a look:

    “Aquaman” — starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, and Ludi Lin — is scheduled for release in theaters December 21st.

    [Via: CinemaBlend]

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  • Chris Hemsworth Says ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Is ‘Meh’

    Chris Hemsworth Says ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Is ‘Meh’

    Marvel Studios

    Marvel fans fell in love with the quirky vibe that director Taika Waititi injected into “Thor: Ragnarok,” and apparently, the film’s titular star was a big fan of the new tone, too.

    In an interview with GQ, Chris Hemsworth chatted about his most famous role, and how it’s evolved over time. The actor got his big breaking debuting as the God of Thunder in 2011’s “Thor,” which quickly typecast him

    “It was quite jarring for my family and friends when I was on-screen doing a straight, heroic, sort of overly masculine kind of thing,” Hemsworth told GQ.

    He added:

    “I came into Hollywood thinking I had to be Russell Crowe. I loved his performances, and because of my physicality and my size, that was the obvious choice. I think I was aware that it could kind of get me in the door,” Hemsworth says. “But it wasn’t me.”

    Eager to play roles that hewed more closely to his warm, goofy personality, Hemsworth collaborated with Waititi to change the way that Thor operated, going toe-to-toe with Tessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie, who challenged the hero at every turn. It was a change that Hemsworth says elevated not only his own acting, but the franchise as a whole.

    “The first one is good, the second one is meh,” the actor said of the original “Thor” and its sequel, “The Dark World.” “What masculinity was, the classic archetype—it just all starts to feel very familiar. I was so aware that we were right on the edge.”

    We think MCU devotees will agree that Hemsworth and Waititi made the right call. And obviously, Hemsworth is a delight in less-serious roles, particularly as the adorably dim-witted receptionist, Kevin, in 2016’s “Ghostbusters.” We’re glad he’s now able to flex his acting muscles as much as his real-life muscles.

    [via: GQ]

  • Conlangers Create Languages for Film and TV

    Conlangers Create Languages for Film and TV

    When filmmakers need an original language–one that has never been heard before–they turn to conlangers.

    “Conlang means constructed language,” explains David Peterson in a segment for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Peterson developed the language system of the evil elves featured in “Thor: The Dark World.”

    Conlangers develop nearly every distinctive aspect of a made-up language, including the vocabulary, phonology and grammatical rules. Its structure is so consistent that it can be learned by anyone.

    Peterson says he first sits down with the show sustituto natural del viagra runner or director to “grill” them about the characters who are speaking the language. “Who are the people—where are they from?” are the big questions that he needs answered before he begins developing the language.

    Sometimes, conlangers will take cues about how to create the language from the script or director.

    “I didn’t start from absolutely zero,” says conlanger Paul Frommer, who created the language for “Avatar.” He says director James Cameron had already come up with some words for places and characters in his world of Pandora, but needed a fully functioning Na’vi language, so Frommer borrowed words from Polynesian languages, he says, and added ejectives, “which are popping sounds.”

    For Marc Okrand, who developed the Klingon language for “Star Trek,” he says the script called for a “guttural” sound for the abrasive alien species. “It had to sound weird,” he recalls, “and the actors had to be able to say it, which means it had to be learnable.”

    After the language is developed, the conlanger’s job is not over.

    “Most of the time I’m on the set,” Okrand adds, “to work with the actors.” He says that in creating an entirely new language, the vocabulary is an evolving process. Sometimes the actors pronounce the word wrong or say something that wasn’t written. “The language changes as a result of moviemaking,” he says.

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