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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 16, 2016 12:45:50 GMT -5
The Life/Solar Suit is one of my very favorite looks for any character ever. Long haired early 90s Superman is my favorite look for him. I was a full fledged participant in the Reign of Superman run, as we were all collectively trying to kill the comic book industry,apparently. Regardless, getting that overall look for even a brief period would be awesome. They wore variations of that suit in the first film, but it's obviously got more significance here. That being said though, I'm not excited about MoS2. Until Snyder stops making Superman a miserable , I'll continue to be critical of Superman. I think I actually like the first movie more than most too, but BvS really was a huge step back for Superman, more than anyone else imo. He pretty much ruined Doomsday and this whole story already. Might as well bring back 4 fake Supermans and ride this wave until the bitter end.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 16, 2016 21:18:28 GMT -5
I miss the red undies.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 16, 2016 21:28:16 GMT -5
I miss the red undies.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 16, 2016 21:31:44 GMT -5
I miss the red undies. Maybe not those ones.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 16, 2016 21:32:34 GMT -5
Maybe not those ones. Fair enough.
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Post by The Dave on Aug 16, 2016 21:41:45 GMT -5
Maybe not those ones. How about these ones?
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Post by Word™ on Aug 16, 2016 22:55:23 GMT -5
Okay, I saw 'Suicide Squad' tonight.
Or as I'd like to call it 'Flashback: The Movie'.. This film tried so hard to be Guardians of the Galaxy during the first act that it never took time to find its footing.. The beginning is like pop song after pop song.. It is littered with pop cultural music hits that don't belong.. I rolled my eyes when they started playing Eminem.. Complete and total overkill of music. It was a choppy mess.. Like it never established a strong narrative, it tried to force the bond between the team.. Like I didn't give a damn about ANY character except for Deadshot.. It was all over the place.
But I really liked Will Smith as Deadshot. I don't have any knowledge of the character Deadshot, but I personally could watch Will Smith act like Will Smith all day in any role as long as the role is as cool as Deadshot..
Margot Robbie is amazing eye candy.. I liked her as Harley, but she felt out of place.. I mean the villain was a global threat, and Harley Quinn had a baseball bat.
Wasn't a fan of Captain Boomerang. He let me down.. The only thing he did that I liked was immediately leave the bar when Flagg smashed the phone.
I thought The Joker was flat out bad.. I was not engaged when he appeared on screen in the slightest.. Absolutely nothing memorable from Leto's Joker.. He honestly felt like a crazy thug rather than an unstable Joker.. Like, The Joker escapes from Arkham and he's out at the club wearing mountains of bling?.. He was up in the club TWICE.. Why is The Joker poppin' bottles in the VIP lounge?
The one liners were BAD.. Some of the cliches this movie added in were BAD.. El Diablo talking about "I don't wanna lose another family". You guys met up like 2 hours ago and went on a mission. The bonding moments felt awful and forced.
I had more fun Batman v. Superman though.
Just some quick thoughts.
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Post by LtD73 on Aug 17, 2016 4:44:53 GMT -5
Ray Fisher has signed on for The Flash, no one knows how much he'll be in the movie, but IMO the more Cyborg the better, I know jackcrapabout him, so hopefully his screen time in JL and Flash will make me want to see Cyborgs standalone
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Post by marino13 on Aug 17, 2016 7:36:31 GMT -5
Maybe not those ones. How about these ones? Yes, those are much better!
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 17, 2016 11:47:53 GMT -5
Okay, I saw 'Suicide Squad' tonight. Or as I'd like to call it 'Flashback: The Movie'.. This film tried so hard to be Guardians of the Galaxy during the first act that it never took time to find its footing.. The beginning is like pop song after pop song.. It is littered with pop cultural music hits that don't belong.. I rolled my eyes when they started playing Eminem.. Complete and total overkill of music. It was a choppy mess.. Like it never established a strong narrative, it tried to force the bond between the team.. Margot Robbie is amazing eye candy.. I liked her as Harley, but she felt out of place.. I mean the villain was a global threat, and Harley Quinn had a baseball bat. El Diablo talking about "I don't wanna lose another family". You guys met up like 2 hours ago and went on a mission. The bonding moments felt awful and forced. Agreed 100% on these points. I loved Robbie as Harley but she was in over her head. Leto continues to be more vocal about his scenes in SSquad being trimmed saying he feels deceived as he was promised one thing and received another in terms of roles. Not looking like this will end well. The more vocal he gets the less WB will like it.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 17, 2016 12:54:48 GMT -5
Okay, I saw 'Suicide Squad' tonight. Or as I'd like to call it 'Flashback: The Movie'.. This film tried so hard to be Guardians of the Galaxy during the first act that it never took time to find its footing.. The beginning is like pop song after pop song.. It is littered with pop cultural music hits that don't belong.. I rolled my eyes when they started playing Eminem.. Complete and total overkill of music. It was a choppy mess.. Like it never established a strong narrative, it tried to force the bond between the team.. Margot Robbie is amazing eye candy.. I liked her as Harley, but she felt out of place.. I mean the villain was a global threat, and Harley Quinn had a baseball bat. El Diablo talking about "I don't wanna lose another family". You guys met up like 2 hours ago and went on a mission. The bonding moments felt awful and forced. Agreed 100% on these points. I loved Robbie as Harley but she was in over her head. Leto continues to be more vocal about his scenes in SSquad being trimmed saying he feels deceived as he was promised one thing and received another in terms of roles. Not looking like this will end well. The more vocal he gets the less WB will like it. WB needs a swift kick in the ass. And Leto packs a punch in talent and popularity.. Add the fact that this recent Oscar winner is complaining about what you did to this character he honestly seemed excited about playing and hopefully they listen... Or worst case scenario they double down and fire him. I'm still gonna hold out though.. I WILL give Jared Leto the benefit of a doubt this time around. Because if we saw more of this Joker, if we saw this Joker's motivation, some of his reasoning, we might understand him. The didn't set The Joker up to knock us down.. They just threw him in there like "HERE'S THE JOKER GUYS LOOK". He had no foundation. The Joker is unhinged all the time mostly, but at the core of that character he has a reason for his madness and he has his own set of morals. You can't slap the Joker in a movie as the 6th main character and except anyone to know anything about him... Let alone care. Suicide Squad had a TON of potential.. I am not gonna put this on David Ayer either. I've seen a bad David Ayer movie and this movie was not a bad David Ayer movie, it was a bad movie. WB needs to get their sh*t together man, because even though they're laughing all the way to the bank, they're absolutely drowning their franchise. And worst of all, I'm worried they're hurting the public perception of comic book movies.
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Post by LtD73 on Aug 17, 2016 15:11:48 GMT -5
Agreed 100% on these points. I loved Robbie as Harley but she was in over her head. Leto continues to be more vocal about his scenes in SSquad being trimmed saying he feels deceived as he was promised one thing and received another in terms of roles. Not looking like this will end well. The more vocal he gets the less WB will like it. WB needs a swift kick in the ass. And Leto packs a punch in talent and popularity.. Add the fact that this recent Oscar winner is complaining about what you did to this character he honestly seemed excited about playing and hopefully they listen... Or worst case scenario they double down and fire him. I'm still gonna hold out though.. I WILL give Jared Leto the benefit of a doubt this time around. Because if we saw more of this Joker, if we saw this Joker's motivation, some of his reasoning, we might understand him. The didn't set The Joker up to knock us down.. They just threw him in there like "HERE'S THE JOKER GUYS LOOK". He had no foundation. The Joker is unhinged all the time mostly, but at the core of that character he has a reason for his madness and he has his own set of morals. You can't slap the Joker in a movie as the 6th main character and except anyone to know anything about him... Let alone care. Suicide Squad had a TON of potential.. I am not gonna put this on David Ayer either. I've seen a bad David Ayer movie and this movie was not a bad David Ayer movie, it was a bad movie. WB needs to get their sh*t together man, because even though they're laughing all the way to the bank, they're absolutely drowning their franchise. And worst of all, I'm worried they're hurting the public perception of comic book movies.Over saturation is doing that, there are way too many coming out, just look at this year. Feb - Deadpool March - Batman v Superman April - Civil War May - X Men Apocalypse Aug - Suicide Squad Nov - Dr Strange 6 movies, then you got Gotham, Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends Of Tomorrow, Agents of Shield, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, then Punisher etc in the future Not to mention Marvel are going up to 3 movies a year. Its way too much.
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Post by ARUN on Aug 17, 2016 15:38:38 GMT -5
I watched suicide squad last night. I understand why people didn't like it. To be honest I enjoyed it. It wasn't a great movie but I thought it was good. Deadshot, Harley and Joker were awesome. I would love to see a movie with Affleck and Leto together.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 17, 2016 16:21:50 GMT -5
WB needs a swift kick in the ass. And Leto packs a punch in talent and popularity.. Add the fact that this recent Oscar winner is complaining about what you did to this character he honestly seemed excited about playing and hopefully they listen... Or worst case scenario they double down and fire him. I'm still gonna hold out though.. I WILL give Jared Leto the benefit of a doubt this time around. Because if we saw more of this Joker, if we saw this Joker's motivation, some of his reasoning, we might understand him. The didn't set The Joker up to knock us down.. They just threw him in there like "HERE'S THE JOKER GUYS LOOK". He had no foundation. The Joker is unhinged all the time mostly, but at the core of that character he has a reason for his madness and he has his own set of morals. You can't slap the Joker in a movie as the 6th main character and except anyone to know anything about him... Let alone care. Suicide Squad had a TON of potential.. I am not gonna put this on David Ayer either. I've seen a bad David Ayer movie and this movie was not a bad David Ayer movie, it was a bad movie. WB needs to get their sh*t together man, because even though they're laughing all the way to the bank, they're absolutely drowning their franchise. And worst of all, I'm worried they're hurting the public perception of comic book movies.Over saturation is doing that, there are way too many coming out, just look at this year. Feb - Deadpool March - Batman v Superman April - Civil War May - X Men Apocalypse Aug - Suicide Squad Nov - Dr Strange 6 movies, then you got Gotham, Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends Of Tomorrow, Agents of Shield, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, then Punisher etc in the future Not to mention Marvel are going up to 3 movies a year. Its way too much. I personally believe that over saturation isn't an issue as long as the quality of product is good.. Think about all of the cop dramas, detective dramas. Law & Order, CSI.. These things are littered all over television because people still tune in and watch.. They continue to tune in and watch because the quality is coherent and decently entertaining.. It's been like this for 20 years. But if you start over saturating the market with awful products, that will kill anything.. No one is going to complaining if 6 comic movies come out each year, and all 6 of them were ing amazing.. But when 2 out of 6 are good, or if 3 out of 7 are good.. Then statistics start working against it.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 17, 2016 18:23:44 GMT -5
Watching SS it was almost like they couldn't decide what music to use, so they just used it all. If you told me there were 20 different songs in the first 30 minutes, I'd believe you.
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Post by johnnyb on Aug 17, 2016 18:33:49 GMT -5
You know how trite the music selection was in Squad? The first two trailers before it used "House of the Rising Sun" (Magnificent Seven) and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (War Dogs).
When people talked about movie studios learning the wrong lessons from movies like GOTG and Deadpool, this was the exact result they were afraid of.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 17, 2016 23:18:00 GMT -5
You know how trite the music selection was in Squad? The first two trailers before it used "House of the Rising Sun" (Magnificent Seven) and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (War Dogs). When people talked about movie studios learning the wrong lessons from movies like GOTG and Deadpool, this was the exact result they were afraid of. I've also noticed this trend for movies that are not good.. Marketing teams use neon colors. Expendables 3, Suicide Squad, War Dogs.. It's like bright lights and flashy colors draw in stupid people like moths to a light.. So regardless if the movie is terrible or not the use of pop songs and neon colors guarantee the movie sells.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 1:07:00 GMT -5
You know how trite the music selection was in Squad? The first two trailers before it used "House of the Rising Sun" (Magnificent Seven) and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (War Dogs). When people talked about movie studios learning the wrong lessons from movies like GOTG and Deadpool, this was the exact result they were afraid of. I've also noticed this trend for movies that are not good.. Marketing teams use neon colors. Expendables 3, Suicide Squad, War Dogs.. It's like bright lights and flashy colors draw in stupid people like moths to a light.. So regardless if the movie is terrible or not the use of pop songs and neon colors guarantee the movie sells. Didn't you go see the movie? Aren't you the same person who made this huge deal saying "if this movie gets bad reviews, I won't go see it."? This movie got s*** reviews, and u went to go see it. Just saying. And I haven't even seen the movie yet.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 18, 2016 1:27:21 GMT -5
Nah fella, I said I won't go see it opening weekend.. And I didn't make a huge deal about me not seeing it opening weekend, as much as I made a huge deal about being disappointed that it isn't good enough for me to HAVE to see it opening weekend. I'm also not the general audience.. Trailers don't sell me and neither does marketing. Directors sell me. Actors sell me. Writers sell me. Brand sells me. These are things I know about while the movie is in pre-production. 75% of the time I know if I'm going to see the movie while it's still being filmed.. The reviews released is what determines how long I take to see it. But at the end of the day, I end up making an effort to watch everything.. So go call someone else out. Right, you are one of these people who sucks off everything Marvel does, but yet keep returning to this thread for some odd reason. Your review of SS was hilarious. The only person you gave credit to was black. Wonder why. You clearly don't know dick about the character. If Joker was black, would u worship him? And dude, lol I got my name from Iron Man 2. A Marvel movie. Shouldn't you know that? What in the world are you rambling about, kid. Go bother someone else.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 1:27:40 GMT -5
He deleted his comment already. Lol
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