Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
As long as it's a spin-off, yeah, I'd like to see it too.
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BO Wkd 0616-1817 - Queen is dethroned, all hail McQueen, ScarJo roughed up
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As long as it's a spin-off, yeah, I'd like to see it too.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
He was one of (if not the first) directors who had a meeting w/ Lucasfilm after the sale.
IIRC, he pitched a Seven Samurai riff.
IIRC, he pitched a Seven Samurai riff.
I would be so down for an Old Republic Zack Snyder spinoff. Let him loose in an era when Jedi and Sith were at peak performance.
Obliterator
Member
What the actual fuck is this
I would be more shocked if Naomi Watts wasn't starring. She seems to love dark edgy weird stuff like this.
This but with Gadot would work.
How often did Leslie Nielsen pretend to fuck women who were born when he was 39?
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Watts doesn't give a fuck. It's the only thing that makes sense.
Alex_Mexico
Member
This argument doesn't hold up. No one, not even in NA, knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were and that one exploded.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
It's not a question of rightful, it's a question of what does and doesn't have a massive built-in audience.
wesleyshark
Banned
Wonder Woman deservedly kicking ass. Nice.
NHarmonic.
Member
Who would go to the cinema to see cars 3? I'm really curious. C-tier pixar movies were made to watch at home.
gustave154
Member
Wonder Woman is the real winner this week.
At the very least, it would be the best looking with the most awesome action sequences in the series. I think he'd do a lot of cool things with the saber battles incorporating a lot more force powers. DAMN I WANT THAT!
It's been the real winner since opening weekend.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
To be fair, it is yet another war movie about beating up villainous Germans. If I were German I'd be like "oh come on, we weren't even Nazis in this one."
Bobby Roberts
Banned
And maybe the importance of "massive, built-in audiences" is being overestimated by people who self-identify as belonging to that audience.
It happens a lot in these BO threads: the cognitive dissonance from superhero fans who think the popularity of a character in the comics they're being adapted from is a reliable barometer for general public acceptance.
People tend to not care all that much if they've ever heard of a superhero before.
They care more about whether the superhero is fun to spend time with.
And there is a bit of a connection between "massive built-in audience" and "rightful," isn't there? You're essentially suggesting that due to that built-in audience, by RIGHTS Superman and Batman should be bigger than Wonder Woman, and when they aren't, it's not Wonder Woman's victory, it's Superman & Batman's loss.
It's a difference in perspective, I guess.
PanSexual_Peacock
Member
This is pretty much the main reason why I would want to it. His saber duels would be insane.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Kids, I imagine. My little niece and nephew love those movies to death.
I'm still surprised it was made let alone in major theaters. I figured if it were to be made at all, it would be a straight to DVD release. It looked like it had many issues from the start.
Shame it apparently sucks. A good 2Pac biopic deserves to be made. Sadly this may stop that from happening.
Fancyarcher
Member
Amazing legs for WW. Whoa!
Wonder Woman and Deadpool were unbridled successes but neither will end up touching the last Batman film, let alone Dark Knight, before the DCEU came into existence.
That's what I think a lot of people are ultimately comparing BvS to: the fact that it couldn't even come close to Nolan's highs when it should have. And the opening weekend suggests that if it wasn't a turd that it would have reached those highs.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Well look, are you going to get dispassionate, objective opinions about Batman from internet nerds? No, you might as well ask a Southern Baptist English professor what he thinks about Jesus and Shakespeare, and then mash those into one thing.
I don't think it's about comics - that audience is so small it can't have any broader effect. And I get what you're saying, I was the one guy in the world who heard they were doing a Guardians movie and thought it was a great idea because Rocket & Groot would hit with kids and space works well on a big screen. And because comic fans only ignored that series based on dumb things like "it doesn't happen in New York so they can't meet Spider-Man and Wolverine so it doesn't really count."
But it's pretty obvious that Batman as a global media property has had massive mindshare for decades. Everybody knows who he is, what his deal is, why he's cool, and whether or not they already want to see a movie about him. People who've never seen an issue of Detective with their own eyes have seen him in movies, cartoons or video games, toys, t-shirts, weird Prince videos. All he has to do is not show up with rock-bottom word of mouth to challenge box office records.
Wonder Woman? People know she's the default female superhero reference and that's about it. To get to specifics you had to be pretty deep into pop culture lore for most people - can she fly? Is she bullet proof like Superman? That's shit even most comics writers don't seem to know. Artemis? Giganta? Sentient invisible jet? Meaningful solo media representations in the last 40 years? Forget it. There just wasn't much brand equity built up there.
Lol even crazier than those shark movie spoilers.
CaviarMeths
Member
Not a great example, as GotG's performance was also US-centric.
Ultimate example will always be Avatar.
tkscz
Member
At that point, WW is already profitable for WB. Also damn if Tom Cruise puts world wide butts in seats.
I read those, too. Seems like it was a banner weekend for movie plots that were created by aliens pretending to be humans.
He's short, just like us.
what the fuck at that worldwide mummy
Dash_Riprock
Member
Warcraft,
Pirates,
Transformers,
And now The Mummy.
International audiences sure do love propping up shit franchises.
Pirates,
Transformers,
And now The Mummy.
International audiences sure do love propping up shit franchises.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
That's the price to pay for Pacific Rim: Uprising.
There's only one franchise I want see Zack Snyder direct.
Final Fantasy
I want Justin Lin to do a Star Wars movie.
was already pretty close to a Snyder film.
That's actually the only one that seems appropriate. What I remember of
Advent Children
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Rough Night feels like something that could've been a hit if it didn't have such bad marketing. But then I also think Bobby Roberts is right that this concept missed its window by several years.
Thanks dude
Lord Frieza
Member
I got to see these, too, let's have it
How deep the rabbit hole sinks!
Turning an entire third act into a hallucination is some top-tier audience hating bullshit.
Violence Jack
Member
Maybe studios should stop making comedies to release during the summer.
Glass Rebel
Member
Cruise Missle always brings his A-game.
LordOfLore
Banned
Why's the Wkd missing from the thread titl?
http://www.avclub.com/article/spoiler-space-47-meters-down-256857
I guess M Night did have a lasting effect on the industry.. lol
Alex_Mexico
Member
Holy shit. Is international audiences have shit taste in movies! What the fuck is that kind of box office for The Mummy when it all but bombed in the US???