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DC Extended Universe |OT2| A League of xX-=DaMaGeD=-Xx Gentlemen
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Lord Virgin
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Kenzodielocke
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I don't have any trust in Patty. Not one bit. She has been gone for too long and doesn't have anything else than Monster to show.
I'll gladly eat crow, if this movie turns out to be good. Lots of it.
There's no way Warners are going to 'cancel' the solo film of the only African American character they have in the DCU at the moment.
At worst they will make it an adaptation of The Titans.
Kenzodielocke
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Maybe, I don't know and that is not my point. There are quite a few directors that made good movies, but also bad ones.
Any director can make a bad movie. Not everything involved in that process is even on them. You'd be surprised how much studio interference comes into play as well. It's best to judge based on each individual effort rather than the average quality of their work. People like Nolan or Cameron are the rare ones not the majority so there's really no point in looking at past work. No good comes from "oh it might be bad because..." OR "oh it might be good because...".
Kenzodielocke
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Miller made way more movies than her and all were good. Again, the big pause is not my point.
evil solrac v3.0
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this is too adorable
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/this-3-year-old-picked-her-own-outfit-for-school-photos-and?utm_term=.rr7pA9pVb#.sbjxjNx1r
so I have a question about BvS, why exactly was Batman branding criminals? was he encouraging criminals to attack and/or kill people he caught? that and the bullet plot point where the two things that I never quite understood.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/this-3-year-old-picked-her-own-outfit-for-school-photos-and?utm_term=.rr7pA9pVb#.sbjxjNx1r
so I have a question about BvS, why exactly was Batman branding criminals? was he encouraging criminals to attack and/or kill people he caught? that and the bullet plot point where the two things that I never quite understood.
Poodlestrike
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He's branding them as an additional form of punishment. Luthor was the one making sure they got killed in prison.
Smokey_Run
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In addition, based on the news reports in the movie, he's only branding people linked to sexual crimes and human trafficking.
Because he was very angry, and Superman's arrival put the fear of God in him literally creating an existential crisis. It's pretty stupid, and it's the same justification for him being hellbent on killing Superman rather than investigating Luthor. There is definitely an interesting story of a Batman pushed over the line somewhere, this just wasn't it. Worst part of BvS imo.
Discotheque
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The batman being presented was fantastic but the reasoning behind his beliefs and his actions are one of the sloppier things about the movie. I really like BvS and some of the things snyder and co were trying to do here but man if only they thought that script through more.
Corpsepyre
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So, me and a friend have decided to take shots whenever the word 'fun' is mentioned in reviews once WW and JL come out. I guess we'll die of alcohol poisoning, be comatose or will be throwing up rather quickly, but it'll be fun. I'll be uploading videos of this party. We read a review, we take shots. It's that simple.
EDIT: Come to think of it, we should have done this with Dr.Strange too, cuz I'm reading a lot of FUN words in the early previews.
EDIT: Come to think of it, we should have done this with Dr.Strange too, cuz I'm reading a lot of FUN words in the early previews.
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Lord Virgin
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I vaguely recall reading that early drafts of the script had the Joker as well as Christian Bale. Do you lot think showing Joker killing Robin after the Joker escaped from Arkham for the xth time would have helped the movie? I am curious as to what subplots they cut out for the movie, I bet it's shit like the Metropolis incident from Lex's perspective, or Lex fucking with Wallace Keef as Bruce tries to contact him. I'd love to see a extreme 3.5hr final cut of all this. That said the pacing of the film could be thrown out of whack, I really loved BVS's opening with Bruce just wondering what the hell is going on with men flying and fighting from the sky.
broncobuster
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I just took the branding as another twisted influence from Mark of Zorro, often seen as Bruce's last purely happy memory. He further retreats to it after feeling helpless seeing the two aliens smashing up Metropolis. But it's really shorthand for Batman's methods getting meaner.
But Bruce saw Excalibur with his parents, not Zorro.
Not that you're wrong, but it's kinda funny that Snyder's modification of traditional Batman lore would have meshed better with some of his other choices had he just left things the way they've been.
broncobuster
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Excalibur was the film coming soon. Mark of Zorro is what they saw that night.
Granted, it's a little weird to follow a 1940 film with a 1981 film. But I don't know how theaters operated back then.
Oh good catch, my bad!
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Lord Virgin
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broncobuster
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Wan talking Aquaman,
Discotheque
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Cool. Sounds like it will heavily feature the aquaman and mera adventures then if he's specifically citing Raiders and romancing the stone
I wanted horror tinted GOT-like Aquaman
Was never going to happen. It's not like he made a horror tinted Fast & Furious movie
Discotheque
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how do you even make aquaman have a horror vibe lol.
if anything should have that ominous feel to it, should be a batman flick.
if anything should have that ominous feel to it, should be a batman flick.
I was scared, it was a roller coaster of emotions.
Touche
Is Aquaman going to be like Captain Marvel (Marvel) where they don't have to stick to a specific background and can kind of build him as they see fit for the DCEU?
Yeah, it's obvious Geoff panicked a little and is turning everything into the super friends. I'm not even kidding,
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Lord Virgin
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Deep sea is scary stuff man.
broncobuster
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Wan been calling his Aquaman swashbuckling for ages. And I believe talk of horror came from Trench, creatures of the deep. They aren't mutually exclusive concepts.
Please stop over exaggerating
Future Foundation
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You're not, which is what makes it worse.
Probably because too many people whined about "waaaahhh too dark" when they should have been thinking more critically about the film. As if "darkness" by itself is some sort of metaphor for bad.
Not mah Aquaman
This. What is going on in this thread? Is it panic or a case of people being unable to visualise how something like Aquaman, with Wan at the helm, could come together?
People are probably unable to visualize how something like Aquaman, with anyone at the helm, could come together. I have no idea what to expect from this movie.
I wanted horror tinted GOT-like Aquaman
"Fun" can go fuck itself.
I've enjoyed all of DC's connected movies at least on some level.
This panicky, neutered, reactionary crap is gonna lose me as a fan real quick.
What did he mean by this?
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Aquaman should be reverse Pirates of the Carribean.
It be pretty cool if he summon some deep-sea creatures to battle since there are some weird looking one lurking in the bottom of the ocean.
Some news about The Batman movie:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhug...relax-about-batman-movie-rumors/#34c4cfa46697
Some news about The Batman movie:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhug...relax-about-batman-movie-rumors/#34c4cfa46697
Future Foundation
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Did that even go past issue one? Maybe it popped up once or twice, but it wasn't as prevalent as you're making it sound.
Well, if that's the case, then I stand corrected. The first issue just soured me so much on a Geoff Johns written Aquaman that I didn't go any further, especially after reading Flash Rebirth.
Why... I don't understand why you go with that angle... when we know he dies in the end of Dark Knight Returns.
Discotheque
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you watched the only minutes worth a damn anyways. the action bronson and kanye west scenes are all you need.
I dunno I haven't really read anything substantial about early drafts that seem legit. I don't think it is needed to show Batman's past for his present to make sense. I don't really think it helps the film because the problem isn't that there isn't enough backstory. The problem is that the psychology they wanted Batman to have in the film is poorly supported by the actual events in the film. I don't really think they cut much because what is there clearly indicates that there was a poor amount of effort going into establishing what they wanted in the first place.
I dunno, the Joker and Harley scenes in SS all worked for me, what didn't work was the SS film. It's weird that they cut most of the scenes from the subplot that would have actually been better as the actual movie rather than the movie they made...
SJRB
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..what do you mean "got it at work", where do you work?
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