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Ian Flying Blind
Joined: 08 Mar 2007 Posts: 33
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: Elektra: The Hand and The Devil |
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Oh my God. _________________ "Show me a superhero without a first aid kit, an I'll show you a NUT!" (Daredevil #9) |
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jumonji Guardian Devil
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 636 Location: Too close to the Arctic circle
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Elektra: The Hand and The Devil |
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Oh, come on. I'm sort of looking forward to it. _________________ The Other Murdock Papers |
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 1999 Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Agreed. There are two very good reasons not to make a superhero fan film:
1. Tights.
2. Combat.
Hats off to anyone who goes ahead and makes one anyway. _________________ JC
So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing? |
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Dash Flying Blind
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 94
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Daredevil's tights are hard to translate into real life. I mean...just look at the costume section of this site. Theres about...1 good one.
I'm sorry... |
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rgj Hardcore
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1580 Location: The Rio Grande Valley of Texas
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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The Hand and the Devil?
Sounds like Church propaganda against, uh, self-gratification.
_________________ rgj |
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jumonji Guardian Devil
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 636 Location: Too close to the Arctic circle
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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rgj wrote: | The Hand and the Devil?
Sounds like Church propaganda against, uh, self-gratification.
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Uh, yeah... I guess "The Hairy Palm" would be a good name for a sequel. _________________ The Other Murdock Papers |
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rgj Hardcore
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1580 Location: The Rio Grande Valley of Texas
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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jumonji wrote: | Uh, yeah... I guess "The Hairy Palm" would be a good name for a sequel. |
Yep. With the true origin of how Matt went blind _________________ rgj |
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Francesco Underboss
Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | The Hand and the Devil?
Sounds like Church propaganda against, uh, self-gratification.
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Hahahahahahahah!
THE HAND AND THE DEVIL
A conversation group for the people
of Hell's Kitchen to discuss the practice of onanism
and its effects on your visual acuity (and your daily life in general).
Join Reverend Bob Cumeo as he leads the discussion.
Participation urged but not required.
Light refreshments. |
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Dash Flying Blind
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 94
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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The title leaves something to be desired as well.
It basically tells you...the hand is in the movie and so is Daredevil. Wonder whats going to happen....
How about something a little more creative.
The Devils Hand
Hand of the Devil
Devil has Hands
Hand Devils
Elektra meets the Hand and Daredevil
The Hand is in this movie (so is Daredevil!)
What's the Hand?
Hand it to Daredevil
Hand me the Devil
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Jim B. Playing to the Camera
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 124 Location: Woodstock Ontario
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Dash wrote: | Daredevil's tights are hard to translate into real life. I mean...just look at the costume section of this site. Theres about...1 good one. |
The costume looks good in the comic because It has so much shading and shadow to it to make it look dark and scary. When someone tries to make it in real life it always looks bright and funny looking. They always seem to look like a shiny tomato or something. As much as I don't like the DD movie they had the right idea for the costume which was to make it as dark red as possible so it gave it the dark shading look it has in the comics. Remember that classic splash page from DD 232? The Mazz gave it so much shading it was almost black with just some red tones to it. He always looked the best like that IMO.
I remember when Karl Kesel and Cary Nord we're doing the book and it was in it's light comedy phase, Cary Nord drew the costume so bright with no shading to it at all and it just looked funny looking. It looked just like the people who dress up like DD in fan costumes. _________________ "This isn't hell, but you can see it from here." -The Crow |
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james castle Devil in Cell-Block D
Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 1999 Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, so the finished product is out.
So it's a fan film. But what were they fans of? Not Daredevil obviously. _________________ JC
So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing? |
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Dimetre Underboss
Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 1366 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Given that it's a fan film, I'm really impressed with the production value in some scenes. (Some more than others.)
They obviously put a lot of work into this, so obviously they did this out of a love for Frank Miller's work. The adaptation to the short film is a little simplistic. (Elektra is saved by the power of love.) And I could have done without the Avrilesque song. But I love the impact of the final scene, and the Elektra/Bullseye fight is very well done.
All in all, kudos to these guys for putting this together! |
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train Guardian Devil
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 659 Location: Hell's Pantry
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Dimetre wrote: | All in all, kudos to these guys for putting this together! |
agreed. |
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Jim B. Playing to the Camera
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 124 Location: Woodstock Ontario
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty girl. She looks more like Elektra than Jennifer Garner ever did that's for sure.
If you take it for what it is (made by a fan) it was okay. I actually thought they did Elektra's and DD's costumes not too badly either I am surprised. _________________ "This isn't hell, but you can see it from here." -The Crow |
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Dash Flying Blind
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 94
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry...I couldn't even finish it.
At times like these, we're prompted to give kudos because of reasons like..."better than I could do"..."atleast they tried"..."could have been worse"
While maybe this is better than I could do, I'm not even going to touch on how this could have been worse. So I'll go with "atleast they tried".
The whole movie (the portion that I watched) seemed like a big experiment in what not to do in film making. I'm not sure of the production time of this movie, but one of my main criticisms is that it lacks polish. And by polish, I don't mean that it has to look professional. It just seemed like that it needed more time in development. (ie...more work on Daredevil's costume, making the lines more believable, better fight sequences,better editing) The camera quality also took away from it, but they did alright with what they had. You can't really penalize them for not buying a $5,000 camera for a fan film.
While I don't claim to be a great actor. The dialogue in this movie made me cringe whenever they spoke. Never did I adapt to it and fall into the experience. I knew this movie wasn't going to be awesome, but I went into it attempting to enjoy it.
The acting, like almost everything else, seems forced and awkward. Each line had the undertone of them yelling "I"M ACTING...I'M DAREDEVIL AND I'M ACTING". I've seen more natural acting at high school plays.
Perhaps I'm not up on my copyright laws or if this movie even qualifies. But everybody saying "the Devil" got extremely annoying. Come on. They could use Elektra's name. So why not Matt Murdock, Daredevil, Bullseye. Something. It wasn't artsy, it wasn't adding to the mystery or the story. It was just annoying.
I could probably go on forever. But at the end of the day, this is a fan film. Which means it was made by fans for fans. And I appreciate they took the time to make it. Its good to see people enjoying the comics that much to take it upon themselves to make a fan film for nothing in return.
While I did not particularly enjoy this movie, I do hope more fan films are made. Hopefully future film makers will use this movie as a learning experience and keep on improving them.
I give this film...
1 1/2 hacky sacks out of 5 |
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