You should read it. It's very, very good, and the show will be based off of it in a way GOTG wasn't- it was based off the concept and characcters, the plot was all new.
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Marvel going street level w/ Netflix (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist)
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Naked Prime
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Jessica Lange is the only Madame Web
Waiting for you.
Oh woah, I know nothing about Jessica Jones folks.
Is Jessica Jones' comics called Alias?
Jables Swan
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Go for it.
Funky Papa
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krypt0nian
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Yup. Best thing Bendis ever wrote or will ever write.
jackissocool
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It's weird cause she isn't drawn to look attractive but you have people commenting on how hot she is here and there.
Funky Papa
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Yeah, this always bugged me a little, but in her latest incarnations she's been considerably better looking. Not exactly a bombshell, but she looks like that hot-ish girl next door.
Still, I would have liked her TV counterpart to look a little more weary and stern looking. JJ has gone through some shit.
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She isn't drawn very attractive in the Alias books, but pretty much every other artist draws her like she's a model.
i always thought that was part of Alias' charm - especially considering the contrast between how Jessica is drawn and how Jewel is drawn.
regardless, i am very optimistic about Ritter. i'm sure she'll nail the important part - her characterization.
E the Shaggy
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God damn Daredevil sounds amazing:
http://comicbook.com/2015/02/04/daredevil-footage-descriptions-from-scenes-not-shown-in-the-trai/
The footage kicks off with Karen page alone in her apartment on a dark rainy night. She's walking through the apartment trying to find a hidden knife (possibly a tape recorder, it was dark), she finds it in a vent.
Unfortunately, she has an intruder in her apartment who quickly disarms her. As soon as he does so Daredevil shows up. Daredevil is wearing the all black suit that weve all come to love.
The two tussle, and end up both jumping out of a window and landing pretty badly on the concrete. The sound focuses in on the knife blade clanging on the floor and the rain hitting the pavement. Here we get a real sense of how Daredevil hears the world around him.
After Daredevil hit the ground, we get a great flashback scene that features a young Matt Murdock & his father. Jack Murdock walks into the kitchen where Matt is sitting and grabs something from the freezer. Matt takes his hands and feels his fathers wounds, and then his father tells him, Come on Matty. Get to work. Then we cut back to present day Daredevil fighting in the rain, blood dripping from his mouth.
Unfortunately, she has an intruder in her apartment who quickly disarms her. As soon as he does so Daredevil shows up. Daredevil is wearing the all black suit that weve all come to love.
The two tussle, and end up both jumping out of a window and landing pretty badly on the concrete. The sound focuses in on the knife blade clanging on the floor and the rain hitting the pavement. Here we get a real sense of how Daredevil hears the world around him.
After Daredevil hit the ground, we get a great flashback scene that features a young Matt Murdock & his father. Jack Murdock walks into the kitchen where Matt is sitting and grabs something from the freezer. Matt takes his hands and feels his fathers wounds, and then his father tells him, Come on Matty. Get to work. Then we cut back to present day Daredevil fighting in the rain, blood dripping from his mouth.
http://comicbook.com/2015/02/04/daredevil-footage-descriptions-from-scenes-not-shown-in-the-trai/
You're looking at the first and only picture released and have no idea what th context is. I don't understand this rush to try to guess everything in a show/movie as soon as possible, with as little information as possible.
Why would you say That? Nov/Dec is a very Realistic expectation.
Funky Papa
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Because NeoGaf.
eastx
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He didn't try to guess anything. He just provided impressions, which are difficult not to have after one has been subjected to new stimuli. I personally can't look at a picture and not have thoughts about it; maybe you're different.
Funky Papa
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As a matter of fact, Jessica Jones was never a real scorcher in her solo series.
More appropriately Because The internet
"The InternetWhere everyone's professional critics."
He didn't try to guess anything. He just provided impressions, which are difficult not to have after one has been subjected to new stimuli. I personally can't look at a picture and not have thoughts about it; maybe you're different.
Shitty condescension aside, his "impressions" made it sound like he could tell how she would look for the duration of the show based on this single picture. He has no idea which point in the story this scene is taking place or if this picture is even taken during a scene or just while she's walking around the set but he is already complaining about her not looking weary or stern enough.
Funky Papa
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How rustled your jimmies are?
E the Shaggy
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How did I not know that the Owl was going to be in this?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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So much for destiny.
You are The One.
I really dig that.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Guys, I figured out the best way to do a Moon Knight series:
Anthology.
Every episode, it's a new famous director, it's a one-off story involving weird crime and Moon Knight and stuff. Think Masters of Horror or Twilight Zone but with Marc Spector and Khonshu. Like, all twisted and weird morality plays that examine the nature of madness and violence. Every episode feels stylistically different, representing his varying mood shifts and personalities and the influence of Khonshu and the Moon.
And just have it be the loosest of character arcs. Marc's sanity is always in question. Everything feels hallucinatory and frenetic, more Hannibal-esque in terms of sound and art design.
Fuck, a Bryan Fuller-led Moon Knight series would be the bees knees though.
Yeah, I want a Bryan Fuller-led Moon Knight semi-anthology hallucinatory nightmare insane series.
Please Marvel. Give it to me.
Anthology.
Every episode, it's a new famous director, it's a one-off story involving weird crime and Moon Knight and stuff. Think Masters of Horror or Twilight Zone but with Marc Spector and Khonshu. Like, all twisted and weird morality plays that examine the nature of madness and violence. Every episode feels stylistically different, representing his varying mood shifts and personalities and the influence of Khonshu and the Moon.
And just have it be the loosest of character arcs. Marc's sanity is always in question. Everything feels hallucinatory and frenetic, more Hannibal-esque in terms of sound and art design.
Fuck, a Bryan Fuller-led Moon Knight series would be the bees knees though.
Yeah, I want a Bryan Fuller-led Moon Knight semi-anthology hallucinatory nightmare insane series.
Please Marvel. Give it to me.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Oh heck yeah. First they got the cinematographer for Fargo to do Daredevil, and now they have the cinematographer for Person of Interest doing AKA Jessica Jones.
Manuel Billeter (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193850/#cinematographer)
Person of Interest is a fantastic show and it has great cinematography and action. I am loving the decisions they're making with the Netflix shows!
Manuel Billeter (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193850/#cinematographer)
Person of Interest is a fantastic show and it has great cinematography and action. I am loving the decisions they're making with the Netflix shows!
Funky Papa
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Hell yeah. My concerns about Netflix's part of the MCU being as crummy looking as SHIELD have been quashed. It looks like they are aiming much higher with the street properties.
Where's that gif of the two story shootout from the start of Season 4? Person of Interest looks great for a network show.
I mean it will probably have more adult content than the films, but if you say shit on Television i'm pretty sure you are automatically TV-MA, and Netflix will probably just follow those "rules". They say shit in the Marvel movies even.
Shit only nets you a TV-14 if you don't have any other objectionable content. Suits, for instance, is TV-14 because they say shit and just do other lawyer stuff.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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RobotNinjaHornets
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Man I need to catch up on this series of PoI
Wrassling overtook all my other TV watching :c
Wrassling overtook all my other TV watching :c
Angelus Errare
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Fred is awesome.
lol what is this goofy shit lol
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Bobby Roberts
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That shit looks goofy. I'm sure the show surrounding it, and the context leading up to, and out of that gif, makes that scene completely understandable and even enjoyable.
But as an out of context 4 second looping gif, it looks fuckin doofy as hell.
Now imagine whenever you try to compliment this show, someone appears out of nowhere and posts that gif, and the entire thread devolves into making fun of how silly that "action" looks.
Congratulations. You're now Christopher Nolan fans.
But as an out of context 4 second looping gif, it looks fuckin doofy as hell.
Now imagine whenever you try to compliment this show, someone appears out of nowhere and posts that gif, and the entire thread devolves into making fun of how silly that "action" looks.
Congratulations. You're now Christopher Nolan fans.
Wow that's even worse then the infamous Arrow wall flip.
jackissocool
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I don't watch PoI, so I agree with you all that the choreography there is goofy as shit. But the cinematography - color and framing especially - is great for a TV show, and that's what matters. JJ has the cinematographer, not the action choreographer.
WanderingWind
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Yeah...maybe the show is the best thing on air, but this is definitely goofy as hell. .
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I get why you say it looks goofy, but it's actually awesome in the show.
But we're talking cinematography here. Here are two pieces on the cinematography/visual style of the show. It bodes well for AKA.
Interview with Manuel Billeter: https://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/...-of-interest-cinematographer-manuel-billeter/
The Quiet Visual Innovation of Person of Interest
And some examples:
Lots of use of shadow, the action is VERY clear and crisp, and there's a much more cinematic/film look to the show than any other procedural show I've seen. It's not showy and dreamlike like Hannibal, but POI's visual style/cinematography is pretty unique in the television landscape and it's all really excellently done. For a noir like Jessica Jones, this is a perfect match.
If I get time, I'll go through some past episodes and pull out some examples. I know POI-GAF has talked about the cinematography a few times.
But we're talking cinematography here. Here are two pieces on the cinematography/visual style of the show. It bodes well for AKA.
Interview with Manuel Billeter: https://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/...-of-interest-cinematographer-manuel-billeter/
The Quiet Visual Innovation of Person of Interest
And some examples:
Lots of use of shadow, the action is VERY clear and crisp, and there's a much more cinematic/film look to the show than any other procedural show I've seen. It's not showy and dreamlike like Hannibal, but POI's visual style/cinematography is pretty unique in the television landscape and it's all really excellently done. For a noir like Jessica Jones, this is a perfect match.
If I get time, I'll go through some past episodes and pull out some examples. I know POI-GAF has talked about the cinematography a few times.
Great post, NTGYK. I'm consistently impressed with the cinematography, choreography and direction on POI. I'd say the same for Agent Carter and The Blacklist as well. My only issue with POI at times is that it gets a bit *too* dark in some scenes on occasion (on my monitor at least, watching the show on CBS.com) and at that point it can become hard to see what's going on. (Incidentally, the most recent Blacklist episodes have really taken the show to newly cinematic heights. No surprise there since Joe Carnahan directed a recent ep.)
Pai Pai Master
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It would look cool if they weren't just casually shooting like that. There's no tension.
Visually it's a cool scene though and above anything SHIELD or Carter have even attempted.
Visually it's a cool scene though and above anything SHIELD or Carter have even attempted.
He said there would be no gratuitous violence or nudity, I believe. That doesn't rule out nudity as a whole, and well, if you've seen the trailer, I'd count that ending scene as pretty damn violent.
DareDevil on the ground, in the rain bleeding buckets from the mouth.
There hasn't been any nudity in any Marvel properties so far. Violence is much more socially acceptable in America than nudity. There won't be any nudity.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Oh, wasn't meaning to be too harsh or anything, sorry. Just strikes me as very unlikely
IIRC it's been clarified by Bendis years ago that that wasn't quite what the scene referred to.
i'm very interested in seeing how they adapt all of Alias. a lot of it will have to be adapted for a lot of reasons...
huh, really? that's a shame. thought it was a pretty provocative and interesting way to open the book.
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