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Amph A New(er) World of Gods and Monsters: The Universal Monsters (The Invisible Man)

Discussion in 'Community' started by DantheJedi, Jul 31, 2014.

  1. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    Eh, the first Brendan Fraser film was action/adventure with some horror sprinkled in. Mummy 2 was action/adventure with comedy sprinkled in, with some bad CGI (hello Scorpion King at the end of the film). I don't remember enough about the third beyond me asking "when is this over?"
     
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  2. Darth Basin

    Darth Basin Jedi Master star 5

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    Never got that Inca mummy movie though. That could of been good.
     
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  3. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    Saw trailer with Walking Dead last night. The Independence Day sequel of 2017. And poor Sofia Boutella. She looks like she's wearing a costume salvaged from a 30 year old off Broadway production of Cats.
     
  4. I Are The Internets

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    It's the Victor Frankenstein of 2017. Is that movie set in this universe? Since rumors are that Dracula Untold takes place during this timeline too?
     
  5. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    FWIW, while I didn't see Dracula untold in theaters, I did enjoy it from what I remember.
     
  6. Darth Basin

    Darth Basin Jedi Master star 5

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    Universal is still on the fence about putting Dracula Untold in the UMCU. AFAIK.
     
  7. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Yeah, Untold wasn't made to be a UMCU film but they added the epilogue to make it an option. Then supposedly it wasn't going to happen then more recently it was said it was still being considered. So we'll see.
     
  8. I Are The Internets

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    Or they could just get rid of the stupid *** UMCU designation.
     
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  9. Darth Basin

    Darth Basin Jedi Master star 5

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    I'll admit it's a tacky abbreviation but it's to let fans know it's in the same canon. So people won't be like....."Wait a second, that's the same guy from......"
     
  10. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    BTS featurette:

     
  11. Juke Skywalker

    Juke Skywalker Force Ghost star 5

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    I think they should just use The Mummy as their launching point (their Iron Man if you will) and not try and graft Dracula Untold onto this shared universe ex post facto. Unless it more or less serves their purpose of course (intro the character--not unlike what they did w/Ang Lee's Hulk more or less being the origin and then just dropping Bruce/Hulk into the MCU fully formed so to speak). If they like Luke Evans in the role and don't have any interesting ideas for a different introduction, there's another piece already in place. But, if they do have something new and fresh that would fit in more organically with their larger plan, I say go that route.
     
  12. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    And I'm sold. Where do I buy my ticket?
    The issue is if you did another Dracula movie, it would be another Dracula movie. With the coda/epilogue that Dracula Untold has, it basically brings the character into present day and the story it tells differs from previous iterations that I can remember of the character in that rather than Dracula being a villain it makes him more of anti-hero/superhero with a dark past from what I remember.

    It wasn't a great film, but it was a slightly different take on the character. Whether or not they take him into a different direction if they included Evans' version in the new Monsters Universe they're doing, well that's up to them but I can't say that it would necessarily be appealing to me to sit through another Dracula movie.
     
  13. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    Boutella's mummy makeup: outstanding

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  14. I Are The Internets

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    Dracula Untold only worked because of Charles Dance. So, obviously, Charles Dance should play every single character in the next Dracula reboot they inevitably make. Oh except for Van Helsing. That, of course, will go to Nicolas Cage.

    Somebody call the Chancellor of Hollywood!
     
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  15. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    Fixed. ;)
     
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  16. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Including Charles Dance's vampire in the UMCU is really the main reason to that include DU into the continuity. Beyond that,,I think people would be fine either way.
     
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  17. I Are The Internets

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    No he's busy starring in 6 more Creed sequels.
     
  18. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    Fixed it for ya again. ;)
     
  19. Juke Skywalker

    Juke Skywalker Force Ghost star 5

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    And lending some credence to all that, I've read that the Van Helsing entry will be set in present day. With Luke Evans' Drac already there...
     
  20. Rogue1-and-a-half

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    Oh, boy, that Mummy trailer is the worst. Oh my God. What trash.
     
  21. jabberwalkie

    jabberwalkie Jedi Master star 4

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    I'm guessing you missed the new Transformers trailer then?
     
  22. Rogue1-and-a-half

    Rogue1-and-a-half Manager Emeritus who is writing his masterpiece star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Oh, yes, I have assuredly not seen the new Transformers trailer.
     
  23. Gamiel

    Gamiel Chosen One star 9

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    Have to ask: was I the only one that enjoyed Van Helsing as a good monster mash action?
     
  24. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    So apparently a few days ago IMAX uploaded the IMAX version of the trailer (pretty much identical the regular theatrical trailer), but the sound mix wasn't properly bounced so it effectively had missing audio tracks/sound effects leaving isolated dialogue and incidental noises. It's actually pretty funny.



    It mostly notably affects the first half of the trailer (the plane sequence) but the second half is subtly affected as well (though a creepy little laugh during the eyeball shot is kinda neat- I hadn't detected that in the final audio mix version before).
     
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  25. VadersLaMent

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