Marvel Universe stuff

No, that was Robert Downey Jr.

Yeah last year people were trying to say him and Freeman were A-listers on here. Most people have no clue who they are by name unless you live in the UK

He did an excellent job in The Imitation Game too. Fairly strong resume but most look to big US release roles to judge.

lanx_sl said:

I only saw cumberbatch do a bad khan impression and mumble like a dragon

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He sucked as Khan because Into Darkness was nothing more than a bunch "cool scenes" tied together with a nonsensical plot, written by a conspiracy theorist who chocked the script full of fan-servicing callbacks. The Hobbit movies are simply broken; it's a franchise with multiple personality disorder that's only being made to bank on previous successes.

lanx_sl said:

i don't watch that british shit

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Then you're missing out on some of the best written television series available. Sherlock is a critically acclaimed show, and it's on PBS in the U.S. and available on Netflix. Shit, Luther is a fucking great show, and it's on Netflix too. The Fall is another great crime drama on Netflix and it stars Gillian Anderson. You know, Scully from the X-Files?

Shit, I find British television series to far exceed the shit we have on in the U.S. because it's not being made as something to tide the viewer over between advertisement blocks. It's just good stories, with excellent actors and great direction.

lanx_sl said:

I only saw cumberbatch do a bad khan impression and mumble like a dragon, i don't watch that british shit, so far i guess, one movie a year. He was a terrible dragon, good dragons to model yourself after are Draco and Paarthurnax.

But again, i'd take his pathetic fail at dragonic over joaquin any day.

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Either troll, hipster, or bad taste.

Draco as in Sean Connery? Really? I love the man but he's hardly anyone other than himself. Cumberbatch was great as smaug. Same as khan. The issues with those movies/characters was writing and directing not actor portrayal.

j00t_sl said:

Cumberbatch was great as smaug. Same as khan. The issues with those movies/characters was writing and directing not actor portrayal.

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Another problem was they were trying to remake the iconic installment of the original movies. As campy and cliched as the original was, it's sorta like trying to remake Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; it shouldn't be attempted.

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Yes i'm troll the comic threads with bad taste. A good actor that portrays a role well can rise above a bad movie, not be lumped in along with it. Cumberbatch is lumped in with so-so movies portraying vilians and failing to impress, he didn't rise above anything, he was just there.

And let's take this to comics/movies, you know who did a great job at portraying a character and rising above a shitty shit movie? Mark Strong, wtf is this guy? he played Sinestro in Green Lantern, a shit movie but by god at least i walked away with a great Sinestro.

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Sometimes, yes. But not always. Look at jack Nicholson. He's had some great movies and some terrible movies. Some of those have been saved by his skill, some of them have just been terrible no matter what.

Sure, acting is an art and therefor its a matter of personal opinion. Personally, I was more than happy with him in those roles.

Sherlock season 1-2 were very above average crime drama/dr who hybrid. Season 3 was hit and miss. His performance is quite good though, hence the movie roles.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Yeah, they're way better than the drivel US gets like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Justified, The Wire, True Detective, Sopranos, Deadwood, House of Cards, Fargo...

I'm sure every show on British TV is pure gold.

I hate when motherfuckers say stupid shit like this. Movies and shows aren't better or worse just because they're British or Japanese or whatever other culture you decide to romanticize and overrate.

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I like how you snuck Justified in there.

Looks like Marvel tried to have Sony bring in Spiderman in a crossover in Cap. 3 but talks broke down. Too bad they could have likely saved the Spiderman Franchise from the shit that it's become

Sony, Marvel Discussed Spider-Man Movie Crossover - Speakeasy - WSJ

boo on Sony. They have a great gaming console, but their movie department sucks a bag of dicks. A penasia, if you will.

Isifhan_sl said:

Looks like Marvel tried to have Sony bring in Spiderman in a crossover in Cap. 3 but talks broke down. Too bad they could have likely saved the Spiderman Franchise from the shit that it's become

Sony, Marvel Discussed Spider-Man Movie Crossover - Speakeasy - WSJ

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I'm not surprised Sony backed out. I don't think they know what to do with Spider-Man anymore. After their last movie was the least successful Spider-Man film ever, they just seem to be in this constant state of chaos. First they were talking about doing a Sinister Six movie. Then they were talking aboutmoving up the Sinister Six movieto before Spider-Man 3. Now there are rumors thatSpider-Man 3 will be the Sinister Six moviewith Spider-Man workingwiththe villains. Oh, and there is the insaneAunt May movie spin-off idea.

Not to mention, Sony just can't seem to get out of their directors' way. Spider-Man 3 was bad because Sony insisted Raimi include Venom, and now there is talk thatSony interfered with Marc Webb. Sony is so desperate to get some of Marvel's success that they're putting the cinematic universe thing before even having a decent movie. And they're so desperate to relive the Spider-Man 1 & 2 days that they just can't help but get in their own way. The ironic thing is, having Spider-Man in the Captain America movie likely would've been a significant boon for them. They could've used that to set up the next Spider-Man movie, but Sony is just too stupid and too controlling to go for it.