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[Nodnol]

Ok, so most of my reservations for Leto have disappeared. Fingers crossed.

Margot....Harley Quinn....erm yeah. It's like my perfect women.

 

[Darksol]

Eh, I think I'll take a pass on this.

 

[Sky Chief]

Well that was terrible. Who on earth at WB/DC is responsible for these trailers?

I see a lot of people disagreeing with you but I totally agree. I'm so bored of the lets take an old pop song and have it sung morbidly by a kid while we show atmospheric shots and slow mo action sequences. It's so old now, can't we have something more original?

 

[Rooster12]

Name one part of the movie where Batman called someone a "Cock gobbler".

Right when he was choking Joker in the cell.

Don't know how you missed that.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Does Smith play a badguy turn good or something? Or a good guy wrongly convicted?

 

[Raptor]

Really like Leto's Joker a lot.

 

[Ganzlinger]

Flagg and Enchantress

Thanks!

 

[HariKari]

I see a lot of people disagreeing with you but I totally agree. I'm so bored of the lets take an old pop song and have it sung morbidly by a kid while we show atmospheric shots and slow mo action sequences. It's so old now, can't we have something more original?

Well, this:

I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see
That the joke was on me, oh no

Seems pretty fitting for the Suicide Squad.

 

[StormyTheRabbit]

can't pinpoint exactly what is supposed to be. guess more trailers are needed, but it certainly didn't pique my interest

Back in my day trailers didn't give away entire plots and were used solely to pique interest!

 

[The Beard]

I dunno, he doesn't look damaged enough.

 

[MattyG]

That was really good.

I'm starting to wonder if Joker isn't the main villain.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Does Smith play a badguy turn good or something? Or a good guy wrongly convicted?

Deadshot's a bad guy/antihero. This take seems to just be that he had a more low key, honest life and wants to go back to that or die trying but is begrudgingly always dragged back into crime

 

[21GunShow]

Isn't there some movie where one of the characters is never seen blinking on screen.

Nightcrawler.

 

[Schweinehund]

I really like how this feels like an Ayer film with super hero trappings. I think it feels distinct from BvS and shows that WB is going for a more director driven approach. Croc also looks better in motion and Leto's joker is very facially expressive.

So that's June Moone excavating in the beginning? I'm pretty awful with faces but I think the eyebrows give it away. Looks like we'll get her origin.

 

[ShemhazaiX]

Who is Joel Kinnaman supposed to be?

Pretty sure he's Rick Flag.

There's no need to actually say they're a suicide squad. It's just incredibly patronising.

The save the world line sounds like something Will Smith would say in every movie and doesn't fit the tone.

Maybe they're just things for the trailer though.

Well considering the title of the film is "Suicide Squad" and yet the teams official name is "Task Force X", it's to stop the dissonance between the title of the film and the actual content. Suicide Squad has always been a nickname for the squad made up by the members. Did you cringe at Tony Stark's line in Avengers: "If we can't save the world, then we'll sure as hell Avenge it", because that's a hundred times more on the nose than this.

Well what is interesting is that we still don't know who (or what?) the antagonist in the film is.

It's been suspected to be Enchantress but the military presence, helicopters etc and the line "Let's go and save the word" suggest to me that this could be an actual global threat.

Some have suggested (even here on GAF) that there is a 'Big bad guy' that we've still to see/hear about.

Just so you know, if the bad guy is Enchantress, she pretty much IS a global threat so her being part of their mission makes sense. Though based on some promotional material, she definitely seems like she's a squad member.

 

[Gonzalez]

I wonder if the BeeGees will be in the top 10 for digital music sales by the end of the week.

 

[HariKari]

Does Smith play a badguy turn good or something? Or a good guy wrongly convicted?

Deadshot (his character) isn't a complete psycho, despite being an assassin. So you could say he's the moral center of the group. He tries to look out for his daughter.

 

[Messypandas]

Isn't there some movie where one of the characters is never seen blinking on screen.

Ray.

 

[G-Fex]

Kinnaman is going to be the weakest motherfucker in this entire movie. I hope his awful ass doesn't drag it down.

 

[The Beard]

Deadshot's a bad guy/antihero. This take seems to just be that he had a more low key, honest life and wants to go back to that but is begrudgingly always dragged back into crime

Oh god, that old trope ?

 

[StormyTheRabbit]

That was really good.

I'm starting to wonder if Joker isn't the main villain.

He never was. Confirmed to be locked up in Arkham the entire movie, other than flashbacks, and being a Hannibal Lector type.

 

[injurai]

Ray.

haha, god damn

 

[bryanee]

They showed more than I expected considering they're still filming. It was fantastic.

Leto looks amazing.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Ledger.

Leto doesn't know who the Joker is. He probably saw The Dark Knight and thought to himself "Ooo, that looks fun". I bet he couldn't tell anyone two comic books the Joker has been in.

So he's using Ledger's Joker voice, because that's probably his only point of reference. Then throw in some generic crazy. And thus we get Jacket Dan.

Not sure what's more amusing - this character profile based off a single line of dialogue in the trailer or the insistence on calling the character "Jacket Dan".

Your salt is delicious, and that's coming from someone who's really on the fence about this interpretation as it is. Please continue.

 

[Caboose]

Big Willie looks bored.

 

[Katori]

I was a bit mixed with the original trailer leak, but I'm not really feeling it to be honest. I feel like the lack of buildup in the DCU may be what's causing that for me though, since we're jumping straight into things like this rather than getting to know a lot of the characters first.

This is the third movie in the universe. How do you build up without making movies, as they are doing?

Everyone knows Batman and Superman and Justice League. They are using this slot of their "Phase 1" to build out a group movie with some semi-popular (and a few very popular) characters.

There's a lot of things wrong with DC's strategy, but "lack of buildup" isn't one of them.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Looks good. Pretty different from Ledger's which I like.

 

[cripterion]

Looks bad imo. From the few tidbits of conversation I'm guessing the plot will be ridiculous.
And I'm definitely not liking the joker, I think it doesn't even hold a candle to Jack Nicholson's one.

 

[Avinexus]

Just from the trailer Margot's Harley Quinn seems like it might be the best version of her ever (obviously we'll have to see).

 

[nortonff]

I dunno, he doesn't look damaged enough.

Based on three seconds ?

 

[EdibleKnife]

Oh god, that old trope ?

I mean it's just the interpretation from the images of him spending time with family and dude would take aim at Batman in a second but his character usually brushes up hard against the other crazies since he's more level headed.

 

[MattyG]

He never was. Confirmed to be locked up in Arkham the entire movie, other than flashbacks, and being a Hannibal Lector type.

Ohhhh, I didn't know that was confirmed.

 

[Kibbles]

Sequenced the torture scene:

 

[hal9001]

blah blah blah blahOne line of dialogue,the generic craziness, the cartoon villain cackle, the multiple shots of him in the trailer, the goofy visual designBlah blah blah.

Blah blah blahJacket Dan is shit, and Hannibal pole-licker Harley isn't too far behind him blah blah blah

 

[Fury451]

Sequenced the torture scene:

Is that Dr. Harleen Quinzel he's got there?

Maybe what creates her Quinn persona?

Just from the trailer Margot's Harley Quinn seems like it might be the best version of her ever (obviously we'll have to see).

Ehhhhhh. I don't see what you're seeing. It could be really good, or it could be really "try-hard". We shall see as you said.

 

[Fmal]

Jared Leto's joker voice sounds good, I just wish he didn't look so dumb.

Turning Enchantress into a weird swamp monster/ringu girl seems like a weird choice.

 

[ironcreed]

Sequenced the torture scene:

Love it.

 

[Messypandas]

Sequenced the torture scene:

Are they like ultrasound panels or something?

 

[EdibleKnife]

Is that Harleen Quinzel he's got there?

Seems like it. It actually looks like whoever is on the table during the "I'm not gonna kill ya" part is wearing glasses like Quinzel so this might be Harley's inception

 

[shiftplusone]

I dont think Smith is going to be even as good as Arrow Deadshot but we'll see


Everytime I think I'm gonna like Suicide Squad I remember Jai Courtney is in it and all the hype disappears

I'll probably still see it but god he's the worst

 

[JDSN]

Smith looking like he doesnt wanna be there is working for me.

 

[Alienous]

That's not refuting the points.

I'm not saying that Leto's a bad actor. I'm sure he'll make for a great Jacket Dan.

Jared Leto's joker voice sounds good, I just wish he didn't look so dumb.

Turning Enchantress into a weird swamp monster/ringu girl seems like a weird choice.

It is good. Then again it is Leto doing Ledger's Joker voice.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Does nothing for me, really dislike Leto Joker still after finally getting to hear him too. Just comes off as some bad Joker cosplay variant that you see a million of at every con.

 

[G-Fex]

Are they like ultrasound panels or something?

They're pong sticks, he's going to bore her to death with the Sears Pong console.

 

[Bloodrage]

Ledger.

Leto doesn't know who the Joker is. He probably saw The Dark Knight and thought to himself "Ooo, that looks fun". I bet he couldn't tell anyone two comic books the Joker has been in.

So he's using Ledger's Joker voice, because that's probably his only point of reference. Then throw in some generic crazy. And thus we get Jacket Dan.

It sounds more like you don't know shit about Leto. It honestly sounds like you haven't even seen him in a movie before.

 

[Dalek]

Sequenced the torture scene:

Oh wow

 

[neogaffer1]

One line of dialogue, the generic craziness, the cartoon villain cackle, the multiple shots of him in the trailer, the goofy visual design.

Jacket Dan is shit, and Hannibal pole-licker Harley isn't too far behind him.

generic craziness? based off of what?

you heard him cackle once

oh good you saw him walking and say one line. totally judge how well he's doing just off of that

and what about goofy visual design says ledger? that's pretty much the opposite direction really

 

[ezekial45]

Are they like ultrasound panels or something?

They're the devices used for Electroshock Therapy.

 

[Pavaloo]

i thought he was about to tattoo her

 

[Carbonox]

I dont think Smith is going to be even as good as Arrow Deadshot but we'll see


Everytime I think I'm gonna like Suicide Squad I remember Jai Courtney is in it and all the hype disappears

I'll probably still see it but god he's the worst

Hopefully Boomerang gets killed off. Shit character, even shitter actor. Be interesting to see who gets killed off and who remains, and whether or not they go for a slimmer squad in the future. Gonna need some padding in this film to get rekt by Joker right...