pretty much
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Batman vs Superman: World's Finest Three-Year Wait
- Thread starter Marion Cobretti
- Start date
- Status
Assuming they go the Thanos route, just get freaking Michael Ironside to play Darkseid.
"I am many things Kal-el, you couldn't begin to imagine half of them. But for now, I shall take the role of executioner."
"I am many things Kal-el, you couldn't begin to imagine half of them. But for now, I shall take the role of executioner."
There can be no other.
Buddha Beam
Banned
They should cast Arnold or Stallone for Darkseid.
I certainly hope she does, but her previous work doesn't inspire confidence. I don't hate her, but I don't have much reason to believe in her yet.
Schweinehund
Member
I want more interactions between Darkseid and the heroes instead of how Marvel is handling Thanos. He should appear first in MoS2, and sprinkle appearances throughout the other movies. Essentially, I want them to adapt this, with him sitting in ma kent's house. I want there to be a component besides "here's this guy, he's bad, kill him!". Hopefully this kind of interaction will extend to Joker as well, with his obviously being more demented and obsessive.
Post this in that new Avengers trailer thread and watch the madness ensue :lol
Corpsepyre
Banned
This is true. TDK and MoS showed that. Not only are they shot way differently, and better in my opinion, but they're definitely edgier in the story departments as well. But hey, I guess Robert Downey cutting jokes works for Marvel, so it's all good.
via Variety
The worlds of DC are very different. Theyre steeped in realism, and theyre a little bit edgier than Marvels movies.
"a little bit edgier" is a pretty mild nudge... doubtless no publication is going to run "a little bit" part in their headline. I will be ecstatic to be proven wrong.
Having the same tone as the Marvel movies would only hurt DC, as they would suffer from an identity crisis, not having a tone of their own and only copying what worked for Marvel.
Like it or hate it, having a different take and tone on a universe of superheroes is what will allow them to distance themselves from Marvel movies.
I certainly wouldn't want 10034095 superhero movies with the same tone, that would definitely spell disaster for these type of movies.
The Driver
Member
Damn I just saw this, who cares about Gadot, look at Snyder's bicep damn.
Fittest director working today? Dude could body double for some of the heroes no doubt.
I don't mind more realistic superhero movies but Man of Steel wasn't realistic or edgy. It was just dumb.
His feet are too wide and arms too far apart. Awesome pic though. Much respect.
http://youtu.be/ZE54Jrjcj8I?t=3m30s
Empire: Training with your cast. 300 you obviously did it. I gather you did it a bit here as well. Did you put up your stats up on the board?
Snyder: I'm trying to think, did I put up my stats? You know, on this movie, it was so intense and the workouts were so spread out. It wasn't like the old days where everyone trained together and we could put our times up next to each other and everyone had different workouts with different fitness goals (whatever that means).
I did get to train with Henry a bunch and Antje a couple times. I don't think I trained with Russell... maybe I did once. I feel like I did. It's fun, I like working out. It's like I always say, I get super fit in prep and then when we're shooting I just wither away... and then I get fit again after the movie ends. It's like running a marathon, and have to recharge again.
---------------
It's something often neglected by directors, but physical toughness assists in mental toughness and endurance and why everyone who works with Snyder always remarks about his energy and positivity on set. If nothing else, people love to work with and for him.
TacticalFox88
Banned
Plus, Zack Snyder has a classy looking wife.
Deborah is...hnnnnng.
Deborah is...hnnnnng.
Cobie as WW is laughable. Pls.
That's not really shots. That just stating facts; WB is going for something edgier and more steeped in realism.
Shots would have been like "Ayo, that new Avengers trailer looks like parademon piss."
All the "realism" talk just makes comicbook movies seem stupid in retrospect. I remember hearing the same praise being thrown at Batman Begins a lot when it first came out but when you closely examine the movie, a lot of really dumb shit is everywhere. Realism is poor word choice that creates ridiculous standard for comicbook movies. I just can't take the notion seriously.
Not sure if serious....
I like how Nolan defines "realism" as a tone for his or other contemporary superhero movies:
http://filmcomment.com/article/cinematic-faith-christopher-nolan-scott-foundas
I'm oddly not that excited for this, CBS meddling will do more harm than good to the show.
And it will be watched by 15 million people.... and we'll wonder why
Wag
Member
Maybe if they named it "CSI: Krypton" more people would watch.
Consistent with this analysis / approach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFahFE3cWLc
We get what they're doing, being critical of semantics is silly.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
obin_gam
Member
No no no not yet! We need a couple of pages with Snyder bashing BEFORE we get to this interview:
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
"Steeped in realism."
Man if there's any phrase that just makes you think they have no idea what they're doing, it's this one.
Yes, the King of Atlantis, the Amazonian from a magical hidden island of women, the space cop, the super fast guy who got his powers from lightning, and the alien with super everything should TOTALLY be as realistic as possible.
Man if there's any phrase that just makes you think they have no idea what they're doing, it's this one.
Yes, the King of Atlantis, the Amazonian from a magical hidden island of women, the space cop, the super fast guy who got his powers from lightning, and the alien with super everything should TOTALLY be as realistic as possible.
Future Foundation
Member
So what you're saying is...we're at the "dark and gritty" part of the cycle.
I'm not saying that.. but these are comics. A few jokes wouldn't hurt? These things are supposed to be fun.
This made me openly laugh because, outside of Batman, most of DC's top tier characters are further away from reality or any sense of realism than most of Marvel's top tier characters.
Discotheque
Banned
There will be jokes, it's freaking impossible to make a comic book movie without at least a few
Man of steel had some too, it's just they fell flat
The fine line is xmen or raimi Spider-Mana imo. They still have emotional depth to their characters and aren't resorting to just being walking one-liners like a Whedon script
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
"They say after the first kiss, it's all downhill."
"MAYBE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO HUMANS!"
Jesus Christ, who wrote that shit?
Guys, come on, we've almost completely skipped over the point of the BvS thread cycle where we talk about Snyder being a shitty director. We can't just go straight to "Why are these movies so serious?".
Great, now I have to completely reschedule my day. Do not mess with the cycle.
Great, now I have to completely reschedule my day. Do not mess with the cycle.
Hopefully Goyer and now we'll get actual jokes.
Discotheque
Banned
The order of the cycle doesn't matter as long as we go through all the steps before the repeat
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
I totally forgot that this also happens as Superman descends into the nuclear wasteland that is now Metropolis.
So thankful Goyer was kicked to the curb. Shame on everyone who allowed that to get through.
Future Foundation
Member
Goyer. The "you're a monster, Zod" line is still...eh. I can see what he tried to do, but it fell sorta flat.
- Status