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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 13, 2015 -> 12:14 AM) If you substituted Ryan Reynolds, Gosling, Channing Tatum and Jake Gylenhaal for the four main leads, would it still be watchable? Half the reason it was endurable was the Friday Night Cinemax element. It was more like a series of set pieces thrown together haphazardly with about zero narrative cohesion. I guess you hated the comic too, because the film is the perfect adaptation, although he had to change the ending to fit the medium. It's panel to panel, bubble to bubble, the comic.

Great episode of True Detective. I like how Paul's sexuality isn't his defining character trait and that he isn't a stereotypical gay* character, he's three dimensional like the other three leads. I love how bad ass Ani is too, it's a shame that her story is going to end with this season. This is tube same show that people accused of being misogynistic and old fashioned in its views on masculinity, but it's two most compelling characters are a gay* and female cop. And that shootout was incredible, I was instantly reminded of Heat, but the best part of the shootout was the ending. I loved the juxtaposition between the three cops after the shootout, Ray is struggling to cope with what just happened and Ani is having a nervous breakdown, while Paul stands tall and casually puts his gun away acting like nothing happened. You know now that whatever he did in the desert was some heavy s***. Paul had a pretty big journey this episode, at the beginning he's pretty helpless but during the shootout he was completely in his element. A lot of people have been saying negative things about Vince Vaughn's performance, I think he's killing it. Yeah some of his dialouge sounds clunky and unnatural but it's supposed to sound that way. Frank came from humble beginnings and now he finds himself amongst the elite and no matter how hard he tries to be legitimate, he's always going to be a thug at heart. And in order to be taken seriously by his peers, he's probably spent countless hours in front of dictionaries (something my grandfather had us do) trying to learn big words so he can fit in, yet it still feels unnatural because h he's always going to be that gangster. Great episode.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 12:28 AM) Could not possibly disagree more. Man of Steel was a mess and just about everything from Snyder recently has sucked. I have no reason to think this won't suck as well and a couple decent trailers won't change my opinion given that the trailers for Man of Steel were also well done. Why did you think it was a mess? And Snyder is a very good director, Watchmen is a great movie, 300 is very well done and was a bit a cultural phenomenon when it came out, although Sucker Punch had its faults it is still entertaining. I haven't seen Legends of the Guardians but the children in my family loved it.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) I thought Man of Steel was one of the best movies of 2013 and the Superman movie that I always wanted to see. Its amazing how much world building that did for the DCEU and of looks like BvS is going to take that even further. Good choice by Zack Snyder and co. to make Bruce Wayne our 'in' character, it's going to be amazing to see Batman realize that he is just a man amongst gods, it's going to be awesome experiencing that alongside him. It's cool that Batman has been active for 20 years and is a weary veteran. I felt like I was one of the few people who liked the Wonder Woman casting and after seeing the trailer, I feel a bit validated. This looks like Snyder unleashed and it looks f***ing awesome. I can go on and on, I'm really excited for this.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) dream that he had...or he had a dream that he had ADD, haha? could be too quite different results there depending upon the interpretation A dream that he had as a teenager, sorry blame it on the tablet.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) Im not a huge comic book guy so this may be a dumb question, but unless the name is misleading, wouldnt Superman be able to dismantle Batman pretty effortlessly? Superman could easily kill Batman but this is Superman, he dosen't want to kill anybody so when he fights Batman he will take a more evasive approach. Batman knows that Superman could easily kill him, so he takes a series of precautions like the armored power suit and kryptonite to give himself a chance.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 06:19 PM) I don't really see Nolan doing anything but original projects going forward. I think Batman was his lone foray into someone else's work Supposedly the script stems from a dream that he had add a teenager

@mccrabb_will : Chris Nolan has finished the development phase of his next movie, an original project. https://twitter.com/mccrabb_will/status/619...0735739904?s=09

How many DPs have been hit?

I would target have the team go all in next year than sign Martinez

Yep

http://www.academiacarlosguillen.com/prosp...za-celimen.html A very nice swing

QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) I'm always selfishly disappointed when exciting up-and-coming writer/directors start taking on blockbuster projects. It's hard to fault anyone for raking in millions of dollars, but it's sad to see a young talent limit themselves creatively. I wouldn't go that far. Remember Aquaman is a DC character and DC is owned by Warner Brothers, who is known to be the most filmmaker friendly studio in Hollywood, they gave Jeff Nichols final cut on Midnight Special, his first studio film. This isn't Disney/Marvel where you have to follow a strict formula, and aren't allowed any freedom to express yourself, which is Edgar Wright left Ant-Man and Ava DuVernay passed on Black Panther. And whether its an original film or a blockbuster, there is going to be limitations.

QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 08:26 AM) Thanks, that sounds really encouraging. Jeff Nichols has had a tremendous start to his career, and my expectations for Midnight Special were already pretty high. Also, someone told me I look like Michael Shannon a few weeks ago. I really don't know how to feel about that, lol. QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 08:27 AM) This sounds really good. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for this one. I really liked Jeff Nichols last movie "Mud". I was shocked that it was that good because it was an assembly cut, it was in the very stages of the editing process, so there was no special effects, a temp score and what not. He's a nice guy too. He answered every question and responded to everyone in the room and afterwards he took time to speak with everyone. He was in line to direct Aquaman but he chose to do another original flick.

I'll be there

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sxs...e-film-20150315 Me and my partner saw a very rough cut of this movie during the fall of last year, and it was amazing. Very John Carpenter-esque and super intense, the scenes with the boy were just fantastic. There's going to be an update at Comic Con, so check it out

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 10:33 PM) Any young guys signed a year ago or later in the minors doing well and a name to keep an eye on? The DSL team has some dudes, the AZL affiliate has some dudes too.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) Good grief, what is going on down there? I know those kids are very young but were the Sox scouts off about Mota's defense? Don't put too much stock into it.

2016 International Prospects:

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) I haven't gotten invited to anything. Like high school all over. I'll ask the studio rep tomorrow about what to do on the site, if they're giving anyone trouble. But I didn't get invited to any recently either

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 03:41 PM) Heard its awful. Just like it looks. I'm going to give it a shot, Ryan Reynolds is actually a pretty good actor.

Going to a preview screening of Self/Less tomorrow

In honor of True Detective's opening scene, I'm going to have a David Lynch marathon.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 4, 2015 -> 12:34 AM) for me, 1) Whiplash tie with Unbroken i thought American Sniper, at the time was ok, now, after reading on him, i hated the movie. The worst movie that I have seen in a long time, American Sniper. Fun Fact: Chris Pratt was supposed to star in that film and Spielberg was supposed to direct. The studio head agreed to back the movie only if Cooper starred, he originally intended just to be a producer. And Spielberg dropped the film because budgetary reasons, he wanted to make it an super intense psychological thriller and use a real baby.

I'll make a more detailed opening post later but in a recent article Kiley McDaniel said that 2 of the 5 top players for the 2016 international cycle already have deals in place. Well, Keith Law recently said that the Atlanta Braves have a deal in place with top prospect Kevin Maitan.