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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I mean, there is such a thing called "space fantasy." See: Star Wars and the nebulous "magic" of the Force. (Don't talk about medichlorians. Just...don't.)
Also Malekith is, essentially, an "ancient wizard returned from being sealed" archetype (like Vigo or Sauron) capable of turning his minions into demonic-looking berserkers, who plans to use a ancient Artifact of Doom and the alignment of the universe in a ritual to trigger ten thousand years of darkness an age of eternal night. He's definitely a character in the style of a fantasy story, even if his people use more sci-fi tools at times.
If him and his people had gotten some adequate development, the fantasy angles probably would've gotten more and more evident.
In fact, one of the things that I think Dark World got perfectly right was playing a science fiction universe with the tone and sensibilities of a classic fantasy story (including the way Earth itself is treated, which was much better than how Earth impacted the plot in the first once).
edited 6th Sep '15 8:46:47 PM by KnownUnknown
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It wouldn't have been a staff. It would've been a blatant plasma cannon. That's how little they gave a shit about meshing a strong fantasy theme in with the sci-fi.
"Eh. Just make them Chituari / Ronan goons with elf faces. They'll give us their money either way."
edited 6th Sep '15 8:49:17 PM by nervmeister
And, again, let's not forget that space fantasy has been a thing for quite a while.
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I think what the elves (barring maybe Kurse) were packing was strictly tech. Or something that wouldn't exactly baffle Stark. Im sorry but when you introduce a race with "tech" that can create a bridge that can be travelled by horseback to anywhere in the universe and can make a hammer summon elemental storms, be called to its user from ANY distance, and judge who has the right to even pick it up (depending on what Odin says to it), you've kind of got to stay fairly consistent with that level of bizarreness, especially when introducing a race that's supposed to be as old as and rival the Asgardians. Thor 2 didn't and settled instead for guns, grenades, and spaceships.
edited 6th Sep '15 9:56:55 PM by nervmeister
Hey you guys remember how I thought it would be awesome if Guillermo del Toro directed the Inhumans movie?
Well, turns out he was already involved in the MCU in...something
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TL;DR: Kevin Feige actually got GDT to write a pilot for a new Hulk TV show, but they pretty much nixed it to do Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
edited 7th Sep '15 7:39:34 AM by TargetmasterJoe
If Del Toro should have directed anything in the MCU, it's Doctor Strange. It'd allow him to go truly crazy with the magical creatures and mythos.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."![]()
is also the fact that he bring some strange feel to his fantasy story, like Hellboy or Pan laberynt, or how in pacific rim he "bring his inner mexican"(his own worlds,not mine) so having him direct Dr strange, he could bring his strange visual to the movies.
I feel he'd manage, depending on the property they gave him. He wouldn't work for something like the Avengers (where the Marvel hand is stronger), but for Doctor Strange he'd be pretty at home.
edited 7th Sep '15 11:04:26 AM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Doctor Strange would be guaranteed to have at least two of those.
Anyway, now that the creative committee is dissolved, maybe the environment would be better for it.
Oh God! Natural light!
