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Save money on CGI, or more money for the actors since their face is showing?
That line just feels stupid. "Human avatars only!"
 

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Every time I see this thread I think it's going to be a TV series based on the Vision Quest movie with Matthew Modine, and every time I'm disappointed that it's just more marvel slop.

Seems like Dr.Retarded Dr.Retarded had the same thought too. Apparently I only ever open the thread, see what it is, and immediately close it.
 
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Even if they didn't have the consultant just making up Native American shit and making him look like a goof, Chakotay was such a useless character lol
 
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Don't like the direction theyre going with this. Stories where nothing is real and its all inside someones head generally end up retarded and pointless. Hard to think of any exceptions to that rule. Not even the one this forum inexplicably loved.
Lies. Inception would like to have a word with you.
 
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Aldarion

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Lies. Inception would like to have a word with you.
Entertaining enough to watch once. Dumb in ways that retroactively make the initially interesting parts uninteresting. Not worth a second viewing.

This isnt the worst example of an "its all in your head" artsy fartsy movie or show that this forum inexplicably loved. But also certainly not a rebuttal of the argument that "its all in your head" makes for a dumb story.
 

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Still always going to see him as the original Dr. Daniel Jackson unlocking the stargates. Same with Paul Bettany and his Knight's Tale role.

I remember so much controversy when Sex, Lies, and Videotape came out that it is hard to replace that roll in my head (plus, that hair!), but Daniel Jackson is a close second. Then again, Michael Shanks played Jackson for so long he's almost the default in my head by this point.

He was also in Less Than Zero, since The Shards is such an immense hit TV show right now. But that's a little more obscure.

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Still always going to see him as the original Dr. Daniel Jackson unlocking the stargates. Same with Paul Bettany and his Knight's Tale role.
In my head essentially there's "Young James Spader" and "Old James Spader" as two essentially completely different people.

Young is the OG Daniel Jackson, and from all those brat pack movies.
Old is Raymond Reddington and the voice of Ultron. I still think of Ultron as "Mecha Reddington" essentially.

Love both, but in my head they're completely different dudes.
 
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Old James Spader starts with Alan Shore from Boston Legal for me. In my head he went away for 10 years between Stargate and The Practice and came back as the same "different dude" thing you mentioned.
 
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Haus

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So, after seeing the second trailer.....

Am I the only one who thinks the second trailer is worse than the first one? Cause that's the feeling I'm taking from it.

Which is a pity since Spader so blatantly stole my look for "Human Avatar Ultron" that I'm pretty sure that's just how I'm going to dress to hand out Halloween candy.
 

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it does sorta look like the paul bettany + james spader acting duo power hour, which is cool enough. if it came out 3-4 years ago i think it woulda been hype, now its just kinda feels like an epilogue to the marvel (failed) TV experiment.

i haven't watched wandavision since it aired way back during the covid (?) days, i'd probably rewatch that and then watch this after all the episodes drop. honestly the only question i'd have is -- does wanda show up?
 

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I am a big fan of Spader, with 2 Days in the Valley, Boston Legal, Less than Zero, and Black List being guilty pleasures for me. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen a movie with him in it that was not worth time to watch. Shows, too, aside from that terrible no ass having Elizabeth character in Blacklist. Bettany is pretty decent too, having easily been the best part of WandaVision as one example. I am down with giving it a shot. It looks like a major continuation of the Ship of Theseus exploration from WandaVision.
 
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I am a big fan of Spader, with 2 Days in the Valley, Boston Legal, Less than Zero, and Black List being guilty pleasures for me. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen a movie with him in it that was not worth time to watch. Shows, too, aside from that terrible no ass having Elizabeth character in Blacklist. Bettany is pretty decent too, having easily been the best part of WandaVision as one example. I am down with giving it a shot. It looks like a major continuation of the Ship of Theseus exploration from WandaVision.
People loved to hate on Marvel TV because most of it sucked, so many missed out on the great parts of Wandavision.

Two scenes in Wandavision are among the top 10 MCU scenes afaic.
Fake Vision's last moments: the whole scene ending with his line "I wonder what I'll be next".
Fake vision vs White vision Ship of Theseus argument.

If they build on that, theres a ton of potential here.
 
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People loved to hate on Marvel TV because most of it sucked, so many missed out on the great parts of Wandavision.

Two scenes in Wandavision are among the top 10 MCU scenes afaic.
Fake Vision's last moments: the whole scene ending with his line "I wonder what I'll be next".
Fake vision vs White vision Ship of Theseus argument.

If they build on that, theres a ton of potential here.

Until it devolved into Visions punching eachother, I really liked Wandavision. My biggest complaint was Randall Park, Monica Rambeau and Kat Dennings feeling like they were thrown in cause they were worried people would think the show was too weird. Should have been weirder frankly and dont done anything outside of the town.
 
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