I admit I am missing it.
Moved the hair lower? What's more off is Hasbro's coloring - eyebrows and hair should be black.
I really don't like the Caesar they gave him.
Robo has a review of Doc Oc and he spends time looking at his tentacle stance and finding his center of gravity to make it work. Check it out.
MAN do I love this film. I get why some people don't like it and think it's campy since almost everything Raimi does has at least a bit of camp in it, but they're overlooking the extreme emotional depth of the film. All of the best superhero films feature a hero conflicted about whether or not they should be a hero, and no other superhero film explores that in more exceptional depth than Spider-Man 2. It's the second-best superhero film ever behind The Dark Knight.
Agreed on this. Camp can be overlooked if there is also emotional depth to balance it out. In fact, I want to see superhero films be brave enough to go back to embracing SOME level of camp and not be so "grounded in reality" 100% of the time (looking at you, Batman).
The new Doctor Who specials did something different with VFX - they LET it be campy. It was obviously VFX but they had fun with it. And silliness.
I would not be opposed to more of that, done delicately! It may just be more silly needed. We tend to just keep going for DRAHMA all the time and that's boring. When The Marvels stopped to have fun, it worked best. GOTGv3 was very good, but could have used more light.
That's probably a "can't please everyone" thing though, because I'm sure you could throw a rock not far on the internet and hit someone who says GOTG3 had too much humor.
The new Doctor Who specials did something different with VFX - they LET it be campy. It was obviously VFX but they had fun with it. And silliness.
I would not be opposed to more of that, done delicately! It may just be more silly needed.
When I gave Batman Returns my annual Christmas rewatch, I was taking note of the scene where Catwoman (God, they don't even use the name Catwoman anymore) was dangling from Penguin's umbrella copter against the backdrop of what was obviously a matte painting of Gotham City. I loved it. No, I did not stop to overthink the real-world mechanics of an umbrella copter, and yes, I liked seeing a painting of Gotham City more than I liked seeing real life footage of Chicago. Put the green screens away, Hollywood, and give an artist some paint and a huge canvas!
I'd really say they all have their place. Corny, campy, serious, dark, goofy, fun, grounded... And I really feel the studios, even beyond Marvel, could do well to experiment more within the genre like that, even aside from genre mixing. I'm really surprised Marvel has lasted so long without doing that.
I'd really say they all have their place. Corny, campy, serious, dark, goofy, fun, grounded... And I really feel the studios, even beyond Marvel, could do well to experiment more within the genre like that, even aside from genre mixing. I'm really surprised Marvel has lasted so long without doing that.
Totally agreed. I think part of why I personally liked Multiverse of Madness and Werewolf by Night so much was because they were so different, but still clearly worked within the confines of the MCU. I mean, when you're dealing with superheroes and multiverses, the limits are, quite literally, endless. Part of what I think has helped the MCU reign supreme over the DCEU, for example, is that they're not afraid to poke fun at themselves. It's a fine line, granted, between poking fun, and the whole "Umm, so that just happened" sarcastic humor that comes off a little cringey at times. But Ragnarok was, and remains, one of my favorites, because it did something different and let a character known for his staunch seriousness be funny. Gotta switch up the formula, but keep things light, and then the darker moments, like in IW/Endgame, will hit all the harder.
I think it's all in the execution, really. The old "it's not what you say, it's how you say it". I think that's part of what people love about characters like Deadpool or Spidey- they're not afraid to point out the absurdity of the situation sometimes when everyone else is taking things way too seriously. On the flipside, though, if you have every character suddenly sarcastic and pointing out the absurdities, it gets grating. That's what made that first Avengers movie work- you had the sarcastic one, the overly serious one, the dry quip maker, etc., and they helped bring other sides out of the others. You also had a writer/director who knew how to write good, clever dialogue (say what you will about Whedon as a person- he deserves it- but the man can write some zingers).
I'm excited for the MCU to start trying new things again. Hopefully some daring, divisive things. You don't necessarily have to keep the weird, kooky things to the Dr. Strange movies, for instance. Which is why Echo looks so promising to me, and, in a way, I think What If? is sort of their training ground for this- they can gauge fan reaction to certain storylines or ideas and maybe flesh them out later. I know this was a rough patch for the MCU in terms of tone and all that, but they're allowed to make mistakes, just so long as they learn from them. Huge, popular franchises will always have the naysayers and the ones to hold steadfast to things being like the "old ways" (in this case, Phase 1-3 or so), but franchises should be allowed to adapt as well.
Anywho. To keep this somewhat on topic. I finally found the missing spell box that disappeared when MJ took her classic tumble off my shelf. Only took about a month and a half. I can only assume this means that the mission was successful. 😀
I saw someone on here mention articulated ends for Doc Ocks tentacles but dismissed it as I knew he didn't come with any. Then I saw Robo's review and realized my mistake. I never saw the extra baggie taped on the side and they're at a recycle plant now.
Maybe I can contact hasbro CS about replacements...
I saw someone on here mention articulated ends for Doc Ocks tentacles but dismissed it as I knew he didn't come with any. Then I saw Robo's review and realized my mistake. I never saw the extra baggie taped on the side and they're at a recycle plant now.
Maybe I can contact hasbro CS about replacements...
With their packaging blunder of taping them there, they should replace them for you. I would have thrown them away too if not for having watched Robo's review first.
Ock tumbled to the ground from a leaning pose taking a ton of characters with him and now I can't find the second flat tentacle base. I've been searching for days. Not that they work AT ALL - they just keep splaying sideways. But very annoying to not be able to locate it!
I'd really say they all have their place. Corny, campy, serious, dark, goofy, fun, grounded... And I really feel the studios, even beyond Marvel, could do well to experiment more within the genre like that, even aside from genre mixing. I'm really surprised Marvel has lasted so long without doing that.
If they would have done Ragnarok and left it at that, it would have been a perfectly acceptable one off. But then they did Love and Thunder........
I got Ock in. He's just fantastic, Hasbro truly knocked these NWH figures out the park. As someone who's been wanting new figures from the Sam Raimi trilogy for a long time, these fill that niche quite nicely even if they're not technically based on those films. Well, the box on this one says Spider-Man 2, but it very blatantly is not a SM2 Ock. Close enough for me, though.
I'm stunned I can get him standing on his two tentacles so easily. No other Doctor Octopus I own can do that, not even the comic one I modded to have metal tentacles. Having sturdy base probably helps. Honestly, my only real complaint is that the articulated claws pop off too easily. Admittedly, would be nice if they had more articulation and if the bottom grabby claws had any articulation at all too.
I'd like to see more from that original trilogy from Hasbro. Kinda hate to admit it, but I'd be quite interested in seeing someone make an updated Topher Grace Venom.
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