Remember how television gets great performances out of actors? Well, this tradition is set to continue.
Mahershala Ali looks to be the next lead in True Detective, according to reports.
Dark Horizons reports the Oscar-winning actor has won the lead role in the anthology series’ third season.
Creator Nic Pizzolatto is teaming with Deadwood creator David Milch on the new season of the anthology crime drama,” writes Garth Franklin. “From the looks of it, [it] could be back on screens in 2018.”
Ali’s casting follows in the tradition of the show’s different stories. The first season features Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Subsequently, the second season has Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel McAdams. Little is known of Ali’s role, and there is no word on what the third season will consist of.
Ali is no stranger to television, because this is where his acting career began. During the early 2000s, he starred in Crossing Jordan and The 4400. He would have guest sports on NYPD Blue and Law & Order: SVU. Ali is known for playing Remy Danton in the first three seasons of House of Cards. Last year, he played the villainous Cottonmouth in Marvel’s Luke Cage, but he got killed off halfway through the season.
In 2008, Ali got his big break in Hollywood. It would be a supporting role as Brad Pitt’s adoptive father in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Although a minor player, he would leave an impression on cinema audiences as Tizzy Weathers, particular in his love of quoting Shakespeare. From there, he went on to appear in Predators, the final two Hunger Games movies, and Hidden Figures.
Mostly recently, his role as Juan in Moonlight became his most famous role to date. Despite only appearing in the first act, Ali’s performance as a drug dealer turned mentor is one of the film’s highlights. He would go on to win a slew of awards, and this includes the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
First, the world was (and still is) treated to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – giving Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor to star in their own features before teaming up in The Avengers. And we were in awe.
Other studios clamored to capitalize on the success of this ‘shared universe’ concept. More recently, DC Comics created the DCEU, bringing all of their big name heroes together in Batman v Superman and the upcoming Justice League. The Mummy reboot from a earlier this month was meant to kick-start the Dark Universe, reviving the Universal Monsters of the early 20th century (though that concept is in jeopardy after the first film was met with mostly negative reviews). Sony Pictures is working with the MCU to bring the Spider-verse to the big screen.
Now, James Bond could soon become the latest property to put the spotlight on other characters of 007’s world.
Industry insider Jeff Sneider of The Tracking Board claims to have gotten wind from the current franchise producers are talking about a potential James Bond movie universe.
I've heard the Broccolis have caught Universe Fever and would love to explore other corners of the Bond franchise… simultaneously.
These films could feature side characters we have seen in the recent Bond flicks, such as Eve Moneypenny. Previous versions of the character have been a one-note secretary. However, the current version, played by Naomie Harris, is a skilled MI6 agent in her own right.
Other possible solo offerings could show Ralph Fiennes’ M, as a middle-aged government official, who is forced back into the field for some reason (similar to Liam Neeson’s Taken). We can also get a Q flick starring Ben Whishaw as a tech-oriented hacker taking on internet terrorists.
The 25th official James Bond movie is currently in development, with Daniel Craig likely to return for his fifth outing as 007, who was previously seen in last year’s Spectre.
Would you like to see characters other than James Bond take the center stage in a 007 cinematic universe? Let’s discuss in the comments!
It began as a joke between us writers here at Monkeys Fighting Robots, and now it’s an article for our readers to enjoy. Essentially, this is an epic movie pitch for a crossover 65 million years and a few thousand light years in the making. What if … Transformers and Jurassic Park were a cinematic universe!
It’s a cinematic crossover destined for under 15% on Rotten Tomatoes but gazillions at the box office. Yes, this would take some incredible negotiations between Paramount, Dreamworks, and Universal. Blah, blah, this is fantasy people! In this world, the deal is perfect for both sides, and the budget is unlimited.
Tagline: A war 65 million years and light years in the making!
The world is in turmoil. While the Transformers continued to ravage the planet in their never-ending war, the dinos of Jurassic Park, tampered by genetic engineering, are breeding faster, bigger, and more dangerous. Now, humanity is caught in the midst of a war between monsters and machines.
Mark Wahlberg’s Cade Yeager is now a bioengineer for an unnamed secret government agency that’s run by a “Dude-esque” Jeff Bridges. Debates rage within the agency about using a nanobot virus that will kill the machines and the Super-Saurs. After a deadly and epic battle between Dinos and a motley crew of robots, kills millions, the go-ahead is given to extinguish the Transformers and Super-Saurs with the virus.
Mark Wahlberg is charged with delivering the virus to another base where it can be delivered into the atmosphere. Leading the convoy is Josh Duhamel’s Lennox, and Megan Fox who we learn has been fighting around the world all this time, but AS Megan Fox. Even her character in the original film was a cover.
After a night of some really bad dialogue, and trying to make Fox and Wahlberg an item, the convoy is attacked by a squad of raptors led by Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady who is wearing armor made of wrecked technology. Pratt’s Raptors steal the virus, and a chase begins. After 20 minutes of ‘splosions, a third party interrupts — It’s Bumblebee and a mysterious, bearded driver. Bumblebee steals the virus and escapes.
Separated from Duhamel and Fox, Wahlberg befriends Pratt and his raptors because, why not? The new team heads off on the trail of Bumblebee.
Meanwhile, Duhamel and Fox are making passionate love inside the convoy truck when they are crushed by the foot of Optimus Prime. The robot grins then shouts “Come out, come out!” Super-Dominus, the dinosaur supreme leader, leaps out, and the pair begins a 20-minute fight scene that has no connection to the current plot. This battle scene tho, watch out, it destroys Los Angeles before the two massive combatants fight into the ocean and disappear beneath the surface.
Wahlberg and Pratt have a sloppy debate about genocide that makes not-so-subtle allusions to Native Americans or Nazi Germany. Pratt wants to destroy the virus, but all Wahlberg can say is …
Wahlberg and Pratt find Bumblebee who is prepared to destroy the virus with his mysterious friend … Sam Witwicky! Shia LaBeouf returns, now as the leader of a renegade group of humans, machines, and beasts. But his only line of dialogue throughout the film is “Do it!” Sam and Bumblebee want to destroy the virus and bring peace to all species. Wahlberg and Pratt agree, but the virus is stolen again, this time by a traitor human — Dennis Nedry (a CG-ed Wayne Knight) who never died way back in the original Jurassic Park.
Nedry escapes, and a new chase begins across the country. The next 45 minutes of the movie is an action sequence that takes us all the way to China. Nedry is about to unleash the virus on the coast of Hong Kong when Optimus and Super-Dominus explode out of the water. They’re both beaten up by an undersea fight that took them across the Pacific. Optimus and Super-Dom land, crushing Nedry and destroying the virus.
Super-Dominus calls forth an army of dinosaurs while Optimus summons a team of transformers, both Deceptions and Autobot. At the same time, the secret agency appears with their battle cry “Yo, Joe!” Jeff Bridges, now revealed to be General Hawk, descends with the might of the greatest American (and multi-culture, because diversity) heroes! An epic battle ensues that takes up the final third of the 3+ hour film. And in an avant-garde bit of cinematic magic, Michael Bay never ends the last fight. He only rolls credits over CG-chaos and eventually, after another 30 minutes, the film just fades to black.
The End.
Stay for a few moments longer to watch the stinger … In the middle of a deserted highway, a brilliant portal opens. Two race cars from the future speed through the large passage and come to a screeching halt. Moving in, we see that it’s Vin Diesel and The Rock!
Netflix has renewed Dear White People for a second season.
The series, which is a continuation of the 2014 film of the same name, will return in 2018 with ten new episodes. Justin Simien, the showrunner (who also wrote and directed the original film), told the Hollywood Reporter: “There are a lot of things that we planted in this first season that you may not even notice at first glance that culminate in that moment that I’m really excited to explore, and I’m not going to talk about until I actually get to do it.” He has also expressed interest in doing more to examine the interiority of the central characters, something which has been a bit lacking in the series.
That being said, Dear White People is a show about a diverse group of students navigating the allegedly “post-racial” atmosphere they encounter at an Ivy League school with a primarily white student body. Whether this means addressing the way racial tensions are swept under the rug, or dealing directly with the consequences of a security guard brandishing a gun at an unarmed black student attending a house party, the show is analytical, fair, and utterly self-aware of how some may be put off by that title. (Which, if you are put off by that title, give it a try anyway. The show is nothing like you think it is.)
The critically acclaimed Dear White People is joined by a host of other recent renewals. Bill Burr and Michael Price’s animated F is for Family was also renewed for a third season, and fans of the cancelled Sense8 were promised a two hour final episode to conclude the series. The latter show’s conclusion was only granted after a massive, outraged social media campaign came to the series’s defense.
What do you think of this news? Are you excited Dear White People will be getting a second season?
New York, NY—June 30, 2017 — You demanded it, we listened! Beginning this fall, prepare for an exciting new initiative that spans the entire Marvel Universe! Every hero! Every title! Every story! Honoring the past while proudly moving towards the future, MARVEL LEGACY will offer fans, both current and new, a renewed sense of hope, heroics, and dozens and dozens of returns of the heroes fans have been demanding! MARVEL LEGACY ushers in the next few years’ worth of stories from Marvel with everything fans could want and more. You asked for it, and now is the time to “Make Mine Marvel!”
Stan Lee, beloved spokesman, MCU cameo superstar, and Chairman Emeritus has this to say:
I love the concept of returning to the classic characters as they were originally portrayed, without losing the brilliance and excitement of Marvel’s newest generation of heroes. Excelsior!
Simply put MARVEL LEGACY will offer:
The most spectacular character returns
Epic stories adding to the next chapter of the Marvel Universe by the industries’ top talent
Heroes fighting villains
Clean jumping on points for all readers clearly displayed using dynamic new trade dress
The return to original numbering for many series
Did we mention the most spectacular character returns that comic fans have demanded? And that’s just the beginning! It all starts with MARVEL LEGACY #1. Journey to the dawn of time, as Marvel introduces you to the first Avengers from 1,000,000 BC – when iconic torch-bearers such as Odin, Iron Fist, Starbrand, Ghost Rider, Phoenix, Agamotto, and Black Panther come together for the startling origin of the Marvel Universe, in MARVEL LEGACY #1 on sale this September in comic shops everywhere!
Executive Editor Tom Brevoort chimed in:
MARVEL LEGACY #1 isn’t simply a history lesson. Rather, it’s the starting gun to a bevy of mysteries, secrets, and revelations that will reverberate across the Marvel Universe in the weeks and months to come! No character, no franchise will be untouched by the game-changing events that play out across its pages. Jason and Esad pulled out all the stops to fat-pack this colossal issue with as much intrigue, action, surprise, mystery, shock, and adventure as possible!
The acclaimed team of writer Jason Aaron (Mighty Thor) and artist Esad Ribic (Secret Wars) reunite for an all-new 50-page blockbuster one-shot that will take you through time to the current Marvel Universe, showing you how it’s “all connected.” A true homage to Marvel’s groundbreaking past and the vast expanse of current storytelling greats.
Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso added:
MARVEL LEGACY #1 will present all fans – new readers and current readers – with an exciting and accessible entry point. Jason and Esad have crafted an epic story that’s chock full of reveals and twists and Easter eggs that are sure to ignite a fire across the industry. The next stage of Marvel’s evolution starts here.
MARVEL LEGACY #1 will provide:
The single most important first step for any fan jumping into MARVEL LEGACY
Shocks, twists, clues, and Easter eggs
A blockbuster story that sets the stage for the coming years of Marvel storytelling
The introduction of the 1,000,000 BC AVENGERS
The most talked about return in comics
A brilliant tale by the legendary team of Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic
The set-up for 53 Marvel Universe series
Those character returns you’ve asked for, many of them get cued up here, and there’s still so much more to come, we’ve merely scratched the surface with a few words, a few teases, and a few dazzling quotes. Sit tight for in the coming weeks, there will be more exciting announcements devoted to MARVEL LEGACY featuring all the epic new entry level story arcs, the dynamic creative teams, the legacy numbering guides, the returns, the searches, the battles, the foes, dynamic new nostalgia based promotions guaranteed to drive all fans into comic shops. This fall, get ready to cheer MAKE MINE MARVEL!
If you love popcorn flicks, you’ll be satisfied with ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ but if you expect more from your superhero films – you will enjoy this conversation.
Strap yourself in buckaroos! Episode 128 of the MOVIE SHOW by Monkeys Fighting Robots is here.
Episode Breakdown:
09:10 ‘Baby Driver’ review
Matt – 4 out of 5 robots
EJ – 3 out of 5 monkeys
22:57 ‘Spider-man: Homecoming’ review
Matt – 3 out of 5 robots
EJ – 2.5 out of 5 monkeys
Thank you for listening!
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About the Monkeys Fighting Robots Podcast:
A Gen Xer and a Millennial debate the latest topics in pop culture. One guy is a filmmaker and the other is a journalist, but both are nerds. We make your slowest days at work better. Hosts, Matthew Sardo and EJ Moreno.
Never heard of Matt Sardo? For starters, he made the Kessel Run in less than 11 parsecs. Prior to that, he gave Doc Brown the idea for the flux capacitor and led the Resistance to victory over SkyNet – all while sipping a finely crafted IPA. As a radio host, he’s interviewed celebrities, athletes and everyone in between. He’s covered everything from the Super Bowl to Comic-Con.
Who’s EJ Moreno? Is he a trained physician? No. Is he a former Miss Universe contestant? Possibly. But what we know for sure is he’s a writer, filmmaker, and pop culture enthusiast. Since film school, EJ has written & directed several short films. He’s used his passion of filmmaking to become a movie critic for MonkeysFightingRobots.com.
2017 Movies Are Trying To Out-Do The Insanity of 2016
The half-way point is here, time to regroup our thoughts. 2017 movies are either Hollywood blunders, indie success, or a shift in how the industry is looked at. Before viewers tackle the second half, let’s look at January to June!
The Box Office:
As expected, Disney places at the top of this year’s highest grossest list. It even takes third and fourth, but Beauty and the Beast is a money-making juggernaut. With $1.257 billion, it’s hard to imagine anything coming close. Even second place is $19 million behind as Fate of the Furious brought in $1.238 billion.
In third place on the list is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and fourth is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Round out the top 5 is Wonder Woman and you can expect that film to take fourth from Dead Men Tell No Tales in the coming weeks.
2017 movies are some record breakers as well. On top of being this year’s highest grossing (so far), Beauty and the Beast also shattered the March record. It previously held by Batman v Superman. Now that I mention the DCEU, Wonder Woman is taking records and pummeling them like Ares. The superhero film opened at $103.3 million making it the highest opening for a female. It easily surpassing the previous film, 50 Shades of Grey.
The biggest WTF for 2017 movies at the box office is the power of the Chinese market. China set a new single day record and an all-time high admission record on Saturday, January 28th. The country recorded a total of ¥755 million ($110 million), that registers an admission of over 21 million moviegoers. China is also becoming the financial “taste-maker” as the country is pouring money into movies, especially movies that don’t do as well domestically. XXX: The Return of Xander Cage became the fourth film to earn $100 million in China but not in the United States. Dead Men Tell No Tales almost suffered that same fate. It seems like whatever American audiences reject, China accepts.
The Critics:
Boy, critics are on a power trip. The era of Rotten Tomatoes is shaping the public’s perception and impacting the industry. The review aggregation site is a flawed system with questions on how it tallies scores or the need to use aggregation to review art. Still, it’s one of the first things people mention when discussing a film. Phrases like “That movie has a 23% on Rotten Tomatoes so I won’t see it” or “Wow, it has a 92% so it must be good” are all too common now.
Yes, it is the studio or filmmakers job to make quality entertainment; there’s no excuse for soulless franchises. Can’t deny that movies like Transformers: The Last Knight deserve backlash after years of being stale. On the other hand, not every picture needs critically dissection. Reading critics say things like “There is nothing in it of redeeming value for any adult cinephile” about Captain Underpants just comes off laughable. With so many cynical critics in the industry, this attitude is hurting everyone.
This growing conflict between critics and movies is becoming mainstream as well. After the critically bashing of Baywatch, star & producer Dwayne Johnson took to social media to call out critics. He proclaimed the movie is for the fans and that critics just don’t want to like it. Dwayne Johnson even pointed out our own critic Dewey Singleton as a critic who made a “bold move” for praising the film. By the end of the Twitter rant, it exposed the very reality of how the industry views critics. The trade papers have spent months saying Hollywood is wanting less critic interference in their releases. This proved it. Will Hollywood take aim at critics in the near future?
The Fans:
Critics are seemingly getting harsher, while the nerd rage isn’t as fierce. Last year had the infamous takedown of Ghostbusters from angry fans so any of the 2017 movies can’t compare. Ghost in the Shell is the only film that comes to mind as the white-washing debate surely made it dead on arrival. People aren’t piling into theaters to see Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean movies like they use to but no one is gleefully bashing them. Wonder Woman even survived the sexiest Internet trolls battling it out over a “women’s only” screening. Things seem calmer for now…
The superhero world is seeing a slight shift with fans. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a money-maker but received “more of the same” comments from many. On the other hand, Wonder Woman proved to be a surprise with critics and fans. Then you have a film like Logan that united every fan from every brand. Until the November battle of Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok, it’s impossible to tell if there is a true shift.
My Personal Picks:
The Beguiled
– Breathtaking is the best way to describe The Beguiled. Sofia Copolla put on a masterclass in filmmaking with this piece. Winning Best Director at Cannes put her in a good spot. This June release could make it to next year’s Oscars. The second half of the year needs an epic release to take this spot.
Get Out
– Get Out made horror mainstream again. Not a silly ghost movie or zombies but a classic horror film. Jordan Peele’s directorial debut is thought-provoking, yet relentlessly terrifying. Get Out harkens back to films like Scream with the mixture of social commentary, humor, and intense scares.
Logan
– While superheroes movies become commonplace, the genre rarely sees this level of artistry. Logan could take over the Oscars if it gets half the backing that Deadpool received. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and the mega-talent of Dafne Keene carry this film to new heights. Also, who knew this would be the year’s goriest film!?
Raw
– French horror has a soft-spot in my heart. With that aside, Raw still would’ve been on this list because the movie is so damn bizarre. In my review, I dubbed it the “strangest coming-of-age film ever”. I still stand by that. Growing into adulthood or your feminity is made to seem as scary as possible.
Wonder Woman
– Wonder Woman doesn’t come close to my love of Batman v Superman but, it’s another strong entry for the DCEU. The brand continues to deliver the exact tone I look for but is trying to compromise for the majority. This movie did create great two megastars with Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot.
What do you think of the first half of 2017 movies?
It’s no secret that the apocalypse is ‘in’ right now, and has been for a long time. Between The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and the resurgence of popularity of classics such as 1984 and Brave New World, there’s plenty to choose from.
It seems like everybody ends the world a different way, and some things get more airtime than others – so here are five books, comics, and movies that you might not have heard before, all with different takes on the end of the world.
1. SNOWPIERCER – BONG JOON-HO
Chris Evans and Go Ah-sung in Snowpiercer (2013)
Primarily known in North America for The Host (2006), Bong Joon-ho is a Korean writer and director with a flair for the unsettling. Snowpiercer, based on the 1982 French comic Le Transperceneige, follows the underprivileged inhabitants of a train that circles the frozen, dead world at the speed of one rotation a year.
Starring Chris Evans, John Hurt, Go Ah-sung and Octavia Spencer, among others, the film uses its all-star cast against a bleak, almost monochrome background to tell a jarring and horrific story. While the setting is from the comic book, the story and the characters are very much in Bong Joon-Ho’s style, and the result is haunting.
Zombie apocalypses aren’t new and interesting anymore, and it’s hard to claim that Allison Shabet’s webcomic does anything gimmicky with it, but her art and storytelling skills bring Dead Winterto life on the page. It doesn’t hurt that webcomics as a medium are surprisingly short on zombie post-apocalyptic wastelands.
Dead Winter follows Lizzie Cooper, an ex-waitress trying to survive the zombie apocalypse, and Black Monday Blues, an incredibly cool gun-for-hire, on parallel stories through the wasteland of the undead-infested world.
3. TANK GIRL – JAMIE HEWLETT & ALAN MARTIN
While Tank Girl as a pop culture icon remains fairly recognizable, it’s hard to express how bizarre the original comics are. Written by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett (yes – that Jamie Hewlett), the comic was published in 1988 and drew from British counterculture, the Mad Max movies, and spoofs of Margaret Thatcher.
There’s a lot I could say about why you should read Tank Girl, but I’ll keep it at this. Where else are you going to meet and fall in love with a mutated kangaroo called Boomer? Yeah, I thought so.
On the novel (haha) end of things, the young adult novel An Inheritance of Ashesby Leah Bobet uses a post-apocalyptic world as a setting for a twist on the high fantasy tale. An army of men set off to wage war against an evil god, and win.
The book tells the story of the women who stayed at home and their seemingly endless wait for their loved ones to return home. In particular, it follows the story of two sisters as they struggle to keep their farm together without killing each other.
Warren Ellis, best known as the author of Transmetropolitan, co-created FreakAngels with artist Paul Duffield from 2008 to 2011. Twelve children are born at the same time in a small town in England, and as they grow up, they explore their connection with each other and their own powers – and accidentally destroy the world. FreakAngels picks up after the apocalypse and what happens next.
FreakAngels is Ellis’s take on the seminal classic, Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. Essentially, it pairs “What happens if the Cuckoos grow up?” with a post-apocalyptic setting – and a good dose of raunchy British humor.
There’s no short of post-apocalyptic media out there. As far as trends go, it’s not one that’s going to die out soon, and it’s not a recent one either. People have been writing and drawing and creating about the end of the world for decades. But how will our view of the End change – and who will end up being right? Who knows?
What’s your favorite piece of post-apocalyptic media?
Leatherface is yet another prequel/spinoff in the Texas Chain Saw Massacre franchise (dare I say… Chain Sawverse?) But this one, unlike those that came before it, is the origin story of the lumbering, simple-minded slasher of the cannibal family who likes to wear other people’s faces while he works.
This movie has been out there for a while, having been filmed back in 2015 and subsequently lost in the muck of release limbo. Now, Bloody Disgusting has some concrete details about Leatherface: it will hit DirecTV exclusively on September 21, and it will get a (probably incredibly limited) theatrical run October 20.
The story will focus on four escaped mental patients, one of whom will become the titular psychopath. Stephen Dorff will star as the sheriff on their trail, and Lili Taylor plays the lady of the house, so to speak.
Bloody Disgusting also has a couple of pretty gruesome stills from the film, which kinda look awesome if this movie is your thing. Check these out:
Looks pretty fucked up, no?
This is undoubtedly going to be a terrible movie. The question is, will it be just flat out terrible, or great in a terrible sort of way? DirecTV fans can find out September 21.
Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you there’s only really one thing I truly love. What is it? Mobile Suit Gundam! So it stands to reason that all of my Gundam reviews are generally going to be positive no matter what.
That was true until I watched episode 1 of Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis. I actually saw the episode a few days after it aired, but it left me so drained I had to collect my soul before being able to write anything. Sunrise really screwed the pooch with this “series”.
I understand that we were never meant to get our hopes up in regards to Twilight Axis. I get it. The problem lies in how much of an incomplete product we received. The first episode feels as if it was meant to accompany the novel instead of being its own thing.
The video was like watching a trailer because of its length and how confusing it was. Most of the plot can only be glimpsed by looking at the description instead of actually watching it. Even then it makes zero sense because of how many cuts there are. I think it was shown out of order to confuse the viewer to the point of creating a need to watch the whole thing. It worked.
We don’t get to really know our main characters because of how short their appearance is.
The animation was reminiscent of a slideshow instead of something a real company would make.
What went right?
You might’ve assumed this article was just going to list out negatives right? While the cons are bad enough as is, there’s still some good stuff underneath.
The music is amazing and really gets the mood going.
The art style is beautiful and only makes me crave more instead of the short 3 minutes we got.
While earlier I mentioned the lack of character development, we did get nice cameos from Char Aznable and Lalah Sune. I’m a simple man, I see Char, and I get hyped.
This one scene captured my attention.
The suit designs look good even though they’ve already been used in previous projects in slightly modified forms.
An important note to make is how small the team involved was. One guy was essentially in charge of doing the whole thing alone.
I am disappointed, but I think this could’ve been a hit if it had been developed properly. The source material is interesting and is something that would’ve been great to delve deeper into. I understand I could go and find the book to read it, but where’s the fun in that?
