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InfernalNinja (49 KP) rated Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Books

Nov 20, 2021  
Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Paul Terry, Tara Bennett | 2021 | Film & TV
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Lots of BTS anectodes from key people (1 more)
Talks about key problems that needed solved during each phase
Not really a deep dive into design choices. Mostly storytelling. (0 more)
As excited as I was for an "Art of the movies" book(retroactively, maybe I should've read the synopsis more carefully.),this is NOT that book. However, it still hosts a treasure trove of knowledge once you accept that. It's still super fascinating to read all about the creation of an interconnected movie franchise, because rather you love or hate Marvel movies, there's just no denying that what they've accomplished is nothing short of magic.
  
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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated The Marvels (2022) in Movies

Nov 15, 2023  
The Marvels (2022)
The Marvels (2022)
2022 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
9
6.1 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Brie larson (1 more)
Iman verlani
Watched Sunday night even with the hate it's been getting before it came out I want to say it I loved it even if its the shortest mcu movie in a long time but it was still fun especially from the three lead ladies who for me made it for me and then theres goose of course back there's a lot to like especially theres one planet won't give away abit chessey but fun in a marvel but don't forget to stay for the post credits scenes no spoliers but set up some interesting stuff
  
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RəX Regent (349 KP) rated Big Hero 6 (2014) in Movies

Feb 20, 2019  
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
2014 | Animation, Family
6
8.7 (84 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Based on a short lived and obscure Marvel comic book series of the same name, Big Hero 6 was an attempt by Disney to develop a Disney feature from their newly acquired catalogue of Marvel properties after Disney's Marvel buy-out in 2010.

Popular though this movie is, I find it to be a little slow, plodding, patronising and trying too hard to evoke an emotional reaction from its audience. Focusing on Hiro, an orphan who's older brother is also killed in an accident, he ends up creating a team of superheroes from a group of geeks and his late brother's medical robot, B-Max.

Big Hero 6 was an attempt at blending Disney's brand of sentimental animation with that of Pixar's more imaginative stylised family action, The Incredibles springs to mind, along with Marvel's more family friendly action romps which make up the Avenger's franchise.

The result? Well, not so good. Entertaining? Sort of. Interesting? Okay if not derivative and what about innovative? No.

The 3-D was deep but also flat and uninteresting as was the story and the plodding pacing. The ideas were there but the execution was weak, with 2-D characters to make up a confused team. Was it supposed to be the X-Men or The Avengers? I believe that the Comic book the team was started not by Hiro but by an X-Man in the source material and the tone did lean towards X-Men: First Class (2010) at times, but overall, I found this to tick all the boxes in order to meet the expectation of fans of both superhero and Disney films.

As Hiro and B-Max fly across the city of San Fransokyo, I thought that I was watching How To Train Your Dragon (2010)! This borrows too much and offers too little to impress me and it was a shame as the notion of Disney producing an action hero movie is interesting but the results are nothing short of disappointing.
  
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Peter Russell (61 KP) rated Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie in Tabletop Games

Mar 26, 2019  
Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie
Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie
2004 | Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction
10
7.7 (7 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
The whole unique concepy of this game is awesome (0 more)
Its discontinued (0 more)
Build and Play all out war
This game has a very special place in my heart and I wish it started getting produced again. This review is not just for the base game by the Heroscape system as a whole. To me it is a lost treasure that I still pay premium prices to collect. Heroscape is primarily a combat game with a point based army building system. But even before that, the players build a battlefield using the interlocking and stacking hex terrain features, there are tiles of lava, water and ice, there are castle sets, bridges and even a marvel set to add marvel characters. I cannot paint a picture, but just google "epic heroscape map" to see amazing battlefields people have made. Alright, so gameplay mechanics. The combat system is dice based using shields and hits and line of sight and height of target it important, where you can take cover behind objects and creatures and also gain height advantage. There are interactions between characters that buff and debuff allies and enemies and interaction with terrain types. There were 3 master sets, a castle set, a bridge set, lava set, ice set, marvel character set and multiple character expansion packs. The miniatures are prepainted. Heroscape was bought by Wizards of the Coast where they released one master set with a Dungeons and Dragons Theme and one wave of D&D character expansions. It was then discontinued. In 2016 Wizards released Magic: Arena of the planeswalkers which recycled the Heroscape rule set, terrain molds and almost all mechanics, but under the completely different Magic the Gathering Branding and with a fraction of the terrain. Arena of the planeswalkers was also discontinued. The cheapest way to try out the mechanics of this game is Arena of the planeswalkers which should be able to be sourced used locally for about the $15 range.