Sassafras
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Re: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR - (May 4, 2018)
Understood
! And agree about the loss of lore and mythology which for me makes film/books really interesting when there are nods or depictions of those influences. (LOL at one point I had my mother roaming England while on a tour trying to find me a wooden carved plaque of the Green Man...long story
).
Another thing about the prosthetics - I don't know the process for the dark elves but was surprised if it really took 8 hours to apply. There was a TV show here I caught now and then with amateur makeup artists who seemed to pull off some complicated stuff in a short time span. I dunno - depending on what an actor says - I guess sometimes I feel complaints are legitimate, when slowly a story will come out about a director's poor behavior on set.
Other times it just feels like an actor/actress is mad because they weren't called back or their performance wasn't acclaimed or whatever. It's kinda annoying to read 'coz acting jobs are hard to get, lots of people have terrible jobs, and it's US - the consumer - who pays the price for an "off" performance or movie over the long run. 'Coz now and then I re-watch all the MCU films. I like Lee Pace but don't think he or Eccleston had the voice or the physical presence to pull off acting under heavy makeup. It's almost like you need to "overact" under all that silicon
and be able to "move powerfully" and have a great voice to compensate.
But true about cultural differences
. LOL was just reading some YT comments where someone disses "Americans" who WERE screaming at the SDCC showing of the IW trailer. Of course "the Americans" post back to go ****** the OP
. E.g. *I guess* compared to some other countries we are kinda boisterous *in general*. I haven't traveled enough to know.
Some of the cultural differences are pretty funny when you just read about them - like I guess in some Arabian countries you stand really close to each other when conversing. But this book I was reading on "American habits" warns that Americans "in general" keep about 2-3 feet from each other (unless there is a close relationship) so don't get in the face of the person you are talking to while traveling in the U.S., or you will cause offense. That's true, tho actually - someone I didn't know real well crowding my face would freak me out
.
Understood
! And agree about the loss of lore and mythology which for me makes film/books really interesting when there are nods or depictions of those influences. (LOL at one point I had my mother roaming England while on a tour trying to find me a wooden carved plaque of the Green Man...long story). Another thing about the prosthetics - I don't know the process for the dark elves but was surprised if it really took 8 hours to apply. There was a TV show here I caught now and then with amateur makeup artists who seemed to pull off some complicated stuff in a short time span. I dunno - depending on what an actor says - I guess sometimes I feel complaints are legitimate, when slowly a story will come out about a director's poor behavior on set.
Other times it just feels like an actor/actress is mad because they weren't called back or their performance wasn't acclaimed or whatever. It's kinda annoying to read 'coz acting jobs are hard to get, lots of people have terrible jobs
, and it's US - the consumer - who pays the price for an "off" performance or movie over the long run. 'Coz now and then I re-watch all the MCU films. I like Lee Pace but don't think he or Eccleston had the voice or the physical presence to pull off acting under heavy makeup. It's almost like you need to "overact" under all that silicon and be able to "move powerfully" and have a great voice to compensate.But true about cultural differences
. LOL was just reading some YT comments where someone disses "Americans" who WERE screaming at the SDCC showing of the IW trailer. Of course "the Americans" post back to go ****** the OP. E.g. *I guess* compared to some other countries we are kinda boisterous *in general*. I haven't traveled enough to know. Some of the cultural differences are pretty funny when you just read about them - like I guess in some Arabian countries you stand really close to each other when conversing. But this book I was reading on "American habits" warns that Americans "in general" keep about 2-3 feet from each other (unless there is a close relationship) so don't get in the face of the person you are talking to while traveling in the U.S., or you will cause offense. That's true, tho actually - someone I didn't know real well crowding my face would freak me out
.
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