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Superhero Tournament Discussion Thread

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    #32
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    TheKells wrote: »
    Shocked at the lack of love for V for Vendetta....shocked!!

    I thought that would be more popular too. I think this tournament could spring a few surprises.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    #33
    Nervous Wreck
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    This will sound like a pissy criticism of V For Vendetta but the ADR always bugged me in that movie. It never once felt like Hugo Weaving was behind the mask. It just felt like V was a stuntman and Weaving showed up later. Also, they completely changed the ending from the book, which annoyed me. That said, it was up against Constantine which, while a fun film, shares basically only the character's name with the book. :pac:


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    #34
    IncognitoMan
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    Fairly shocked that Dredd lost to Zorro


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    #35
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    IncognitoMan wrote: »
    Fairly shocked that Dredd lost to Zorro

    Yeah, I would've thought Dredd had it in the bag. I expected to see it get much closer to the final than that.


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    #36
    skipper_G
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    IncognitoMan wrote: »
    Fairly shocked that Dredd lost to Zorro

    I loved Dredd, but voted for Zorro.
    Both actors were perfectly cast and it was a really tough call but Banderas was just super cool in Zorro. Proper swashbuckling


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    #37
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Pleasantly surprised to see Mask of the Phantasm go through. That's one of my favourites and I felt it was likely to get knocked out.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    #38
    Agent Coulson
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    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Pleasantly surprised to see Mask of the Phantasm go through. That's one of my favourites and I felt it was likely to get knocked out.

    DC might be crap at making there live action comic book movies but there animated movies are great.


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    #39
    Nervous Wreck
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    DC might be crap at making there live action comic book movies but there animated movies are great.

    They were up until tey started basing them on Geoff Johns' books. The Flashpoint Paradox was decent but everything since then has suuuuuucked.


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    #40
    Agent Coulson
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    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    They were up until tey started basing them on Geoff Johns' books. The Flashpoint Paradox was decent but everything since then has suuuuuucked.

    That's true the last two years or so output has been really weak.


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    #41
    Nervous Wreck
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    It's unfortunate cos they were onto such a winner. And for some reason, they kept replacing Kevin Conroy as Batman, even though he's the best batman there's ever been.


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    #42
    Brief_Lives
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    I'm gutted The Crow was knocked out by Batman (1989)... The Crow is my favourite superhero movie of all time. Luckily I haven t seen any of the sequels.. it remains incredibly awesome, brilliant dialogue, with the best soundtrack in a movie, bar none..

    here's to you TinTin...... burn it up.. burn it up...


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    #43
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Sad to see Superman go out. That would be my personal favourite superhero movie. I knew it would have it tough up against Batman.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    #44
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    I can't watch this Guardians of the Galaxy vs Deadpool face-off... About to lose one of my favourites no matter which way the votes fall.


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    #45
    skipper_G
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    That's the toughest one yet, pity whomever has to cast the deciding vote there


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    #46
    Penn
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    Although I knew it wouldn't win (and no more apt film for it to be knocked out by than CA: Civil War), but it's getting to the point where I think Avengers Age of Ultron may be my favourite superhero movie of all time. I like and respect it more each time I watch it. I love the character and performance of Ultron. The Vision is just beyond brilliant and his final speech with Ultron is amazing. I love the doomed romance between Banner and Romanov (their scene in Barton's house, particularly the extended version of it is insanely well-written and acted). Pretty much all the jokes and humour in it are on point for me anyway. I love the visions that Cap/Nat/Thor have and what they mean for those characters.

    I'm a huge Joss Whedon fan anyway so maybe I'm predisposed to liking it, and I do recognise it has its flaws (particularly the proper ending to the Banner/Romanov scene being cut), but damn I just love the whole thing.

    It was never going to win this competition, but I think it gets a much harder time than it deserves. Besides:

    https://gfycat.com/FlimsyBriefGlassfrog (won't embed)


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    #47
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Gutted The Tick didn't make it through in the TV Tournament - would've been a potential winner for me... At least Top 3 after early 90s classics X-Men Animated Series and Batman Animated Series.

    Also glad to see Secret World of Alex Mack was in contention - blast from the past. Gonna have to track down a couple of episodes of that.


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    #48
    skipper_G
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    Found myself humming the theme from power rangers all day in work. I hope it does well in the tournament


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    #49
    PerrinV2
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    Spiderman knocked out

    clay-davis-150x150.jpg


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    #50
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Sad to see Captain Planet exit the competition, but he lost to a worthy opponent.

    Glad The Flash is doing well in this tournament - I was in the US a few years ago and randomly got to be part of a focus groups in Las Vegas for when they were introducing Grant Gustin as Barry Allen in Season 2 of Arrow (a good few months before the episode aired - it still had a lot of post-production editing that needed to be done at that stage), which was a pretty epic focus group to stumble in to.


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    #51
    Nervous Wreck
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    Everyone is mental! Arrow over Jessica Jones?!? Baffling...


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    #52
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Everyone is mental! Arrow over Jessica Jones?!? Baffling...

    Season 2 of Arrow was superb and even though it's a lot of the time it's in no way a perfect show, even when it's getting it wrong, it's still fun and enjoyable - it also paved the way for The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

    Don't get me wrong, I thought Jessica Jones was great, but for me it came down to one 13 episode season of Jessica Jones vs four 23 episode seasons of Arrow, to go on.


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    #53
    Nervous Wreck
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    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Season 2 of Arrow was superb and even though it's a lot of the time it's in no way a perfect show, even when it's getting it wrong, it's still fun and enjoyable - it also paved the way for The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

    Don't get me wrong, I thought Jessica Jones was great, but for me it came down to one 13 episode season of Jessica Jones vs four 23 episode seasons of Arrow, to go on.

    Season 2 of Arrow was indeed great. Still not nearly as good as Jessica Jones but it was very solid. I thought season 3 was the worst season of superhero tv I'd seen until I watched season 4...


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    #54
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Season 2 of Arrow was indeed great. Still not nearly as good as Jessica Jones but it was very solid. I thought season 3 was the worst season of superhero tv I'd seen until I watched season 4...

    I'm one of the rare few who didn't think Season 3 of Arrow was as terrible as everyone else seems to think it is and quite enjoyed it - same with Season 1, once you get through the first handful of episodes. Season 4 was really bad, but even still had it's moments of greatness such as the Constantine episode and the Vixen episode plus a few others earlier on in the season, in particular.

    It's actually unfortunate that Arrow and Jessica Jones came up against each other - there's other shows still in the tournament who have thus far scraped by due to being up against lesser competition and we've lost some great shows because they went against other big hitters...


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    #55
    IncognitoMan
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    I'm not crazy about either show tbh but I did enjoy the arrow and flash crossover stuff so that's what swayed my vote. I wouldn't be particularly fussed if I never seen another episode of each all the same. Both have much better shows from within the same "world" in daredevil and flash.


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    #56
    the baby bull elephant
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    Really disappointed neither YJ or DD got through.


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    #57
    PerrinV2
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    Can't see Batman losing.


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    #58
    skipper_G
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    TMNT v Batman is an epic battle. Nerves are shot completely


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    #59
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    skipper_G wrote: »
    TMNT v Batman is an epic battle. Nerves are shot completely

    I know. The wait is killing me.


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    #60
    Brief_Lives
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    I had to kill off Batman... TMNT is good for memories..

    What I can't get over is why DareDevil isn't still there.. best show on TV...
    No more votes for me on this thread.. the final is up to you good folk...


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    #61
    skipper_G
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    Wow that was tense, loved both shows. Glad it went to a deciding vote and even more glad I didn't have to make that decision :D


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