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We got bridges for sale here folks, step right up!!! I see it more like adding extra sugar to a mixture of spoiled ingredients to cover the stench. That's fine...I won't go the distance here, but I will say now, I told you so. Justice League, will be a bigger disaster than BVS, unless you thought the jokes and tone of the "trailer" were funny/good. Personally, it was a wash. SS was unwatchable, even with Robbie doing her thing. I harp on Nolan, but, seeing the aftermath now... idk... it's like the a swirling vortex of diminishing returns. I still think he's sloppy, but his successors are flat out incompetent. |
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09-10-2016, 12:56 PM | #62 |
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Just read the rumor that Vince Vaughn has been tapped to play the real Luthor.
first as a cameo in JL, then MOS2, hence the new look. |
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Yeah, that's ace casting.
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09-10-2016, 01:26 PM | #65 |
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For some reason Lex is Alex Luthor Jr., not to be confused with the rouge son of the Earth-3 Lex. I assume this is Lex Luthor Sr.? I never saw the point of the 'jr." part of his name. Perhaps there is a reason in story that is about to be told.
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Could this result in further chaos? Absolutely? Does it have to turn out that way? Not necessarily. Reducing "Snyderisms" is a good thing. Bringing in a comics veteran is a good thing. If handled poorly, it can backfire. But they are addressing issues that are real and do need to be addressed. Also, Fant4stic was always going to be a clusterfrak. Studio meddling couldn't save it, but the absence of studio meddling wouldn't have helped either. Suicide Squad? I loved it. Studio meddling did drastically effect the final product, especially regarding Joker and Harley (*one can hardly blame them for backing down on portraying such an abusive domineering relationship, though... that's an easy target for backlash). I think a lot of the splash and color and crap (freaking unicorn jokes) was added in to try to more closely resemble Deadpool. So I can point to stuff and admit "Yeah, studio fingerprints there and there and there" but the film overall worked for me. Could've been better, but not a trainwreck. As far as the Justice League trailer... well, you've got me there. It is definitely trying to course correct and bring in lightness and humor, blah blah blah. As long as they don't over-correct, it could certainly help their mass appeal. What's a studio to do? They're trying to make changes to fix things critics, haters, and apathetic viewers all didn't like. Why shouldn't they? Bottom line: WB/DC's biggest problem is their lack of faith in their product. Some of these changes could very easily turn out to add further problems, but it could also give them a lift. It's too early to tell, and I'm not going to hate on them for genuinely trying. I remain optimistic yet guarded. Quote:
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So I haven't been following, the Luthor in Batman/Superman was not the real Luthor? Then why did he say his first name was Lex? He felt more like a gay flamboyant Riddler than Luthor to me.
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DC's problem is indeed lack of faith in their product and Marvel fanboys. The moment their franchise doesn't do what they wanted they restructure everything. I still remember the SDCC before Green Lantern came out int he Q&A they were asked about a "Cinematic Universe" and while he said they were planning to keep things separate because simply their characters are bigger (ironic how that turned out) but in that same panel he basically implied it could/would happen slowly. Of course everything changed when Green Lantern bombed and they decided to try again with MoS but that didn't do as well as planned they again went back to the drawing board.
Seeing how much money they were losing and no time to wait to reboot they decided to go full on shared universe first, which is fine as well and always found "BUT HOW WILL WE KNOW THE ORIGINS!?" posts rather stupid, did you ask what everyone's origin was when you first watched X-Men or even the Justice League cartoon? of course not. I personally liked BvS but it did have odd choices here and there, the internet went through it as a TSA agent though and now DC is making all these changes that further affect how their shared universe will go and killing the interest I had in it. Will new movies be cookie cutter like Marvel films? I guess we'll find out. Was Suicide Squad cut up after BvS failed to be as huge as they wanted? We'll know eventually. But these things do affect the product. MoS was a Superman origin and BvS puts Superman in a "mature" DC Universe and yet some heroes/villains are just showing up and yet other events having happened making the universe not make a lot of sense. Some mix up is fine but this is already creating confusion on the timeline. Yeah, apparently he was Alexander Luthor, we knew this shortly after the movie premiered I think. That is kind of stupid and didn't understand the decision. Unlike most I actually liked this interpretation of Luthor for the most part, except for the whole "Darkseid is coming" in the end. |
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I think Justice League will be fantastic, but I am wary of the new Aquaman. He looked like a hobo.
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I can see we're wider apart on the subject then I thought. I liked the idea of SS, but it was painful to watch.
I'm expecting JL to be a longer version of the trailer. I had a hard time sitting through the trailer. As they say, your milage may vary. Maybe the next trailer will change my mind... |
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If they really wanted to reboot/recast Lex Luthor as a character, maybe they could pull a version of that stunt from the 1990s comics where he had cloned himself into a younger body and later returned to his normal state. It was somewhat concurrent with the "Death/Rebirth of Superman" arc, so there's a precedent for it.
Even as a fan of the Donner movies, I have to admit Eisenberg's Lex was scarier and more sinister than Gene Hackman was (though Eisenberg had better material to work with). If they did the Matrix/Linda Danvers version of Supergirl that was Lex's pawn in those 90s comics, all the casual TV fans would probably cry foul.
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Maybe Luthor Snr will breakout Jr from prison.
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Or maybe he'll asphyxiate Jr. with his own dumbass wig.
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Look, they've "confirmed" the title again:
http://comicbook.com/2016/10/03/ben-...an-solo-movie/
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I'm confident any day noew we'll have an official reconfirmation that Ben Affleck will star in it.
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Today: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batma...pening-a145758
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THEN he can more easily re-confirm "Ben Affleck to star in Batman movie!"
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