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Broken_Zeus 08/27/19 3:03:10 AM #133:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Ehh. Yes, he's not short, and he's not really Canadian, but I liked Huge Jackedman's version of the character. Certainly more so than Anna Paquin's Rogue, at any rate. I also liked Marsden's Cyclops, but he was doomed from the start. And Patrick Stewart is kind of perfect for Xavier. Marsden masterfully captured the dickishness of Cyclops plus, as far as costumes go, the movie version didn't feel outrageously wrong. One of the big problems I've had with Wolverine isn't entirely Jackman's fault, but the fact that we don't get the ironic costumes (just variations of Logan). And yes, I'm not sure that they could have done better with Xavier. It's kind of like JK Simmons as J Jonah Jameson where they seem so perfectly suited to the role that you can't imagine anybody else. ParanoidObsessive posted... And I loved the motif of the same image/location being repeated over time with different characters that Whelan did for the original Foundation novels: http://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/08/foundation-later.jpg That is pretty cool. ParanoidObsessive posted... If his work looks like generic fantasy to you, it might be because he's drawn so damned many different fantasy covers. His work looks like everything because half of everything is him, and the rest is people copying him (see also the TVTropes for Seinfeld is Unfunny, or the "Why does Tolkien feel so cliched?" argument). While I'm familiar with the trope, his style is highly reminiscent of the generic fantasy that came before him as well. So unless he's so iconic as to send ripples both forward and back in time, I'm not buying it. --- Gamefaqs cannot handle my #BrokenBrilliance <cite>Broken_Zeus posted [p:926597620] in Valley of ... [t:77923465]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Ehh. Yes, he's not short, and he's not really Canadian, but I liked Huge Jackedman's version of the character. Certainly more so than Anna Paquin's Rogue, at any rate. I also liked Marsden's Cyclops, but he was doomed from the start. And Patrick Stewart is kind of perfect for Xavier.</quote> Marsden masterfully captured the dickishness of Cyclops plus, as far as costumes go, the movie version didn't feel outrageously wrong. One of the big problems I've had with Wolverine isn't entirely Jackman's fault, but the fact that we don't get the ironic costumes (just variations of Logan). And yes, I'm not sure that they could have done better with Xavier. It's kind of like JK Simmons as J Jonah Jameson where they seem so perfectly suited to the role that you can't imagine anybody else. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>And I loved the motif of the same image/location being repeated over time with different characters that Whelan did for the original Foundation novels: http://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2017/08/foundation-later.jpg</quote> That is pretty cool. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>If his work looks like generic fantasy to you, it might be because he's drawn so damned many different fantasy covers. His work looks like everything because half of everything is him, and the rest is people copying him (see also the TVTropes for Seinfeld is Unfunny, or the "Why does Tolkien feel so cliched?" argument).</quote> While I'm familiar with the trope, his style is highly reminiscent of the generic fantasy that came before him as well. So unless he's so iconic as to send ripples both forward and back in time, I'm not buying it. --- Gamefaqs cannot handle my #BrokenBrilliance</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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