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Re: The Best Teaser Trailers Of All Time: From Superman To Cloverfield

Henri Weijo — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:18:39 -0000

How is the first Batman Begins teaser not on this list? It quite brilliantly saves the payoff to the very end. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Marvel Developing Package of New TV Series

Henri Weijo — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:11:56 -0000

Just call the series "Hell's Kitchen". Daredevil is the central character, but you'd also have Danny Rand, Luke Cage, Misty etc. And in later seasons the Black Panther. Season one would allow for you to introduce everybody and end the season with Daredevil being sentenced to jail, leading to a Devil in C Block season two.

Re: Darren Aronofsky Exits ‘The Wolverine’

Henri Weijo — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:23:24 -0000

this. basically.

Re: Darren Aronofsky Exits ‘The Wolverine’

Henri Weijo — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:57 -0000

The custody battle thing makes the story a little more believable, but my first thought when hearing about this was that the studio was pressuring Aronofsky for a more "marketable" or "teen friendly" and when he refused, they forced him out with a bullshit excuse.

Re: Are The New ‘X-Men: First Class’ Posters the Worst Studio-Released Posters of the Year So Far?

Henri Weijo — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:15:58 -0000

The Thor posters were almost equally bad. I wonder if they're using the same agency for both, or are they doing these in house?

Re: ‘Iron Man 3′ Will Be a Tom Clancy-style Thriller, Says Director/Screenwriter Shane Black

Henri Weijo — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:53:30 -0000

Sounds good. A little genre mashup might be just what the doctor ordered to keep superhero movies fresh. There's a limit to how big and spectacular they can make the plots.

Re: New ‘Thor’ Poster and Banner

Henri Weijo — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:45:33 -0000

These are superlame, like if a unpaid intern had gotten the job at the agency. The use of typography is horrible.

Re: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer

Henri Weijo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:52:02 -0000

Looked a lot better than I expected. Love the 60s feel.

Re: ‘Bunraku’ Trailer

Henri Weijo — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:29:20 -0000

Yeah, I caught it at TIFF too. It was disappointing. Had some major promise but it dragged on and character development was lacking.

Re: Cool Stuff: “Koopa the Hutt” Star Wars/Mario Bros Mash-Up T-Shirt

Henri Weijo — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:28:54 -0000

oh god that's ugly. BURN IT! BURN IT WITH FIRE!

Re: First Look: Russell Brand as an Animated Easter Bunny in ‘Hop’

Henri Weijo — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:34:55 -0000

Hey now, I actually like Brand's standup and especially his performances in British TV (especially Big Fat Quiz of the Year), it's just that I thought that in Despicable Me he really didn't do that good of a job. Rather than actually voice acting (like Carrell) he came off as somebody doing an intentionally bad or mocking impersonation among a group of friends.

Re: First Look: Russell Brand as an Animated Easter Bunny in ‘Hop’

Henri Weijo — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:23:58 -0000

I thought it was borderline impossible to suck as a voice actor but Russell Brand in Despicable Me was about the worst voice acting I had ever seen.

Re: AMC Now Serving Food In Theater, Alamo Drafthouse Style

Henri Weijo — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:11:13 -0000

How we ever managed to watch a movie without the possibility to order a caesar salad I'll never understand.

Re: Matthew Libatique Will Shoot ‘Wolverine 2′ for Darren Aronofsky

Henri Weijo — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:36:33 -0000

I'm really REALLY worried about this movie. I mean sure, on paper it sounds great, but so did Gavin Hood and it was a mess, supposedly because of too much studio interference.

Now, they have Aronofsky at the helm and I just don't think the studio heads have the nerves to keep their hands off. They'll panic and say "OMG we hired an edgy indie director, he's not going to make it mainstream enough!" and start interfering. In the end, they'll make it WORSE than what would have happened if they had just given it to somebody like Michael Bay and trusted the director.

Re: Disney Already Has Three Live-Action Marvel TV Series in Development

Henri Weijo — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:44:29 -0000

That makes sense. Elektra's death would make a great season finale, too. "The Devil in C Block" storyline could be a season of its own, sort of like how they had a new theme for each season in "Prison Break".

I still say the Heroes for Hire need to be involved in some of the case of the week filler episodes to keep it interesting =)

Re: ‘The Walking Dead’ Renewed For Thirteen-Episode Second Season

Henri Weijo — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:00:32 -0000

“I wish all programming decisions were no brainers like this one,” said Sharon Tal Yguado, SVP Scripted Programming.

He's here all week! Remember to tip your waiters!

Re: Disney Already Has Three Live-Action Marvel TV Series in Development

Henri Weijo — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:09:07 -0000

Well it can't be anything that relies too much on CG because it would shoot the production budget through the roof and TV CG is always crappier.

Daredevil might work, as might Heroes for Hire. Actually, they might as well just go with a show called Hell's Kitchen where Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Misty, Elektra and even the Black Panther would sort of take turns in carrying the episodes. They might have to warp the canon a bit to make it work, but it might be intriguing.

Re: Due Date – What Did You Think?

Henri Weijo — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:41:42 -0000

Yeah, I'm with Truman_Leonard. Went in with high, high expectations, but walked out feeling disappointed. It had a few moments that really made me laugh, but overall the story didn't really have the feel of a journey that a buddy comedy like this would need. And by journey, you could say it was lacking both as a spiritual journey as well as a geographical journey. They could have played with location and the importance of getting closer and closer a lot more. Location really felt irrelevant here. You didn't really feel the growth of the main characters, it sort of happened all of a sudden. Guess they thought they could pull this off on talent alone.

Re: U.S. Movie Trailer: The Illusionist

Henri Weijo — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:43:36 -0000

Saw it at TIFF. It was breathtaking at times, but unevenly paced. The simplistic storytelling worked, but for the most part the narrative felt a bit dated (figures, since it's a remake from the 60s). Was expecting a bit more, considering the hype. Great ending, though.

Re: POTD: ESPN Magazine Imagines NBA Players As Marvel Superheroes

Henri Weijo — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:59:55 -0000

Yeah, I kinda see what they did there.

Re: Joss Whedon Says Black Widow “Will Not Be The Only Female Character” in The Avengers

Henri Weijo — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:06:24 -0000

when I heard the Avengers would be made into a movie, my first reaction was that the Ultimates story arc/world would be the one which would make the most sense or at least would be the most interesting. We'll see.

Re: 100 AnyClip Invites for /Film Readers

Henri Weijo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:21:02 -0000

Yes please, I'm more than intrigued.

Re: The Culture of Hypernovelty and Twitter

Henri Weijo — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:25:27 -0000

Haha, I was actually considering to have something that relates to "first!" on the title but thought better of it.

Re: Arms race advertising in social media

Henri Weijo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:42:30 -0000

Sure, the choice of medium is important because of demographics and all that, I wasn't arguing that.

I'm just saying some companies become obsessed with the medium and advertising tactics, kinda like regular Joes will obsess on having the latest athletic gear when they should just concentrate on getting better at whichever sport they're doing. As we all know, that's the hard way =)

Re: The “Five Whys” of branding

Henri Weijo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:07:44 -0000

Well, my intention was to show that most brand thinkers' thinking is only on the same level as if you had asked only 3 Whys when solving a manufacturing problem.

I'm sure there's a better metaphor or thinking model that better exemplifies branding as a practice. Now I just wanted to show that most brand thinkers stop before they've really reached the core of the consumer's problem.