Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Fantastische Hure]

Also I meant as in next hip thing in Hollywood. Like Super-Hero films were all the rage but what'll be after that?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

There were also non DC and Marvel movies like Kick you-know-what, Scott Pillgram, Green Hornet and more during that peak time, IIRC.

There have been, but aside from Kick Ass, none of them were major hits. Green Hornet was a complete flop and Scott Pilgrim only got a lot of traction years after its release, and even then it wasn't the kind of movie you could make a franchise on to rival or surpass the likes of Star Wars as Marvel has.

Also I meant as in next hip thing in Hollywood. Like Super-Hero films were all the rage but what'll be after that?

It's honestly impossible to say as trend-setters in Hollywood are nowhere near as prevalent as decades ago when establishing new franchises was a far more innovative thing to do and required far more effort. The 60s and 70s were mainly the era of Spaghetti Westerns and psychological character studies/conceptual works, the late 70s and early 80s was dominated by Star Wars and directors around the world trying to capture the same kind of magic. Most of the 80s can be considered the action flick era, with the late 70s and most of the 80s also giving rise to the slasher flicks. Early 00s saw a few attempts at Lord of the Rings based epics (though most ended up becoming forgotten due to never reaching the same level of scale), but were otherwise without a specific identity, with the superhero boom around 2006/2008 - 2019 being the only major cinematic trend that was constant in Hollywood since the 80s.

In the current state of entertainment, however, things could go any amount of ways. Establishing cinematic universes for DC, Star Wars Spinoffs and even monster films came about as a response to Marvel, but all of these quickly fell through. There was the possibility of a resurgence of fantasy films and shows due to Game of Thrones' popularity, but the poor response of the final season has killed all sense of that. On that topic, the priority of subverting expectations rather than telling a good story has become a common trend with many writers, which may lead to many attempted genre subversions that will inevitably fail due to focusing purely on the subversion without taking the time to ask why the conventions needed to be subverted in the first place.
That said, whilst not the most likely route, a boom in comedic satires would be the best route for films in their current state as they constantly act as good sources of entertainment when a genre or franchise get stale and can remain relevant far into the future for what they say. Airplane! was a good answer to the tiring amount of disaster flicks focusing on aeroplanes that were getting milked in the late 70s/early 80s. Spaceballs was a good satire on the impact Star Wars had and is almost prophetic in the milking the series would suffer with the "The Quest For More Money" joke. Shaun of the Dead has aged very well with how saturated zombie flicks have become because of The Walking Dead. Then there's also Superbad being a comedic deconstruction of dumb teen comedies such as American Pie.
However, comedies aren't exactly something you can build a franchise on, so it's most likely the cinematic industry will milk a series they haven't fully dipped their toes into yet or focusing on a resurgence of previous trends.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

80s could also count as the time of coming-of-age films (and maybe Science-Fiction films).

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Science Fiction films had been a popular thing ever since the 50s and 60s with films such as Forbidden Planet, Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey to name but a few. They indeed saw some additional rise in the mainstream in the 80s with titles such as Blade Runner which pioneered the cyberpunk genre in film, though Star Wars was still the megalith of sci-fi at the time.
Coming of age films were very popular in the 80s with ones such as The Karate Kid or Stand By Me, though the archetypal approach of them through the Hero's Journey monomyth can be seen as a response to the 70s' rise of underdog films like Rocky or the cult response of Star Wars, not to mention the 00s seemed more prevalent in that regard with films such as the first Lord of the Rings film or most of the Harry Potter franchise.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Lord of the rings is considered coming-of-age as-well?

80s also had John Hughes films for coming-of-age films.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Somewhat, in the sense of Frodo needing to accept leaving his comfortable life for one that won't allow him to return the same in the style of the classic Hero's Journey.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I saw a hard-cover version (with seemingly way more chapters & better quality paper than a regular volume) of Diamond is Unbreakable in a store. What is that all about?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

That's the recent release of it by Viz. It's done in the same hardback format as their releases of JoJo Parts 1-3, though their use of the original Part 4 covers rather than the JoJonium covers like the previous parts is an odd choice. From what I'm aware, the JoJonium editions in Japan were only for the first 3 Parts, so the English releases of Part 4 and onward will be containing the original cover art of most of the volumes whilst still trying to stay in the typical layout of a Kanzenban edition. It's a nice touch and makes more sense than just wasting money in hoping fans would buy both normal and JoJonium editions of Parts 1-3, though it is a shame the previous parts didn't include original volume cover art inside as a bonus.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Yeah, they are also quite big IIRC, like A4 or close to. That looked really good. There was like a chapter with colour as-well. The end had a comment by the author and his top 10 list of films he wish he didn't finish that made him "squirm in his seats" (or something like that). Jaws & Halloween 4 & Silence of the Lambs were on the list.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

The JoJonium editions also had some colour chapters, though it was a basic orange and grey colourisation as with a lot of kanzenban, so not sure if the DiU ones are better in that regard. The JoJoniums also had interviews with Araki on his thoughts on whatever character was on the cover, though it's good to know his more miscellaneous interviews still made it for the Part 4 releases.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I think that was Orange & Gray too, IIRC. It was only one short comment though at the end. I was skimming through so I don't know maybe there was also one for each volume (like when they were collected into volumes format).

 

[Papasmurf]

Do you think Trump being re-elected next year will be enough to finally put a stop to the liberal political correctness movement?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Definitely not. Political correctness has been a major thing long before Trump's election and his time in office hasn't really managed to stifle that. Couple that with pc movements being just as bad in other English speaking countries like the UK and it's clear that, unfortunately, far left movements will continue to perpetuate long after Trump's time in office is done.

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

What do you think of Yakuza?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Assuming you're talking about the games (otherwise known as Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan) rather than the actual organisation, I only played the first chapter or so of Yakuza 0. The general premise of the story seems good and the minigames within the newer games are pretty entertaining such as the acoustic guitar segment in 6 (and especially the chatroom one ). When I get more time to invest in video games more, that is a series that's on my radar.

 

[Pocket-Gog~]

If you gonna play Yakuza, I'd recommend starting with Yakzua 0.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Is the final fight in Spider-Man 3 the greatest comic-book fight ever on the big-screen? Someone said this but it seemed like it felt like the pages of the comic really came to life just as you'd imagine it. Maybe it's been topped since.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

If you gonna play Yakuza, I'd recommend starting with Yakzua 0.

Yeah, that was my plan. If I do get into it, I'll probably only play through the series' run on the PS4 in chronological order though.

Is the final fight in Spider-Man 3 the greatest comic-book fight ever on the big-screen? Someone said this but it seemed like it felt like the pages of the comic really came to life just as you'd imagine it. Maybe it's been topped since.

Not really. It's a good fight with well done choreography and some elements of strategy, though the pauses of Eddie Brock unmasking himself to say some pretty bad dialogue, the CGI on Sandman hasn't aged too well and the payoff of Peter and Harry teaming up doesn't come off as strong as it should've been due to how much time was wasted with Harry's amnesia plot line. Looking at it even in the scope of the Raimi trilogy, it doesn't have the realistic brutality of the final Spider-Man VS Green Goblin fight in the first film or the level of tension and display of the narrative core as the train fight in Spider-Man 2.

As for the best comic-book film fight, it depends from what perspective we're talking. As far as narrative/character writing strength, that would probably go to the climax of Captain America: Civil War due to the build up for both Captain America and Iron Man's character arcs throughout this movie and the previous ones, along with subtle callbacks to previous films to make the dialogue have even more of an impact. As far as sheer spectacle, that goes to either the climax of Avengers: Endgame for it being 11 years' worth of build up or the Superman VS Zod fight from Man of Steel for basically being the closest we'll get to a DBZ-esque fight done fairly well. As for choreography, that award probably goes to either the climax of Logan or the opening scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (or if counting film adaptations of manga, the corridor fight from Oldboy beats all).

 

[ahill1]

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Thoughts on this song from Bob Dylan?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

A good song about how young men can be taken down in the line of duty, though far from one of the best in that category (See "Great War" or "Fields of Verdun" by Sabaton for an example of what I consider top tier for that). The song would be a lot better if it wasn't for a single line of the chorus making up about 70-80% of the lyrics.
Comparing it to the Guns N' Roses cover, that version has better instrumentals, but Dylan provides better vocals.