Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice

[Leo656]

Yeah, it's one of those rare cases where I was a little wary at first, but the more that comes out the better it all sounds. I mean, they're trying to do a lot of stuff in a relatively short amount of time over the next couple years, but it's not impossible to pull off and it sounds like they're putting the work into it. I'm excited.

[Slade]

Me too. I don't want to get over excited, but things are really starting to sound great.

[NinjaPug]

Zsasz is the perfect level of Batman villain that needs to be in this movie - not one of the big rogues but not too small either. Our first glimpse of Batman in this universe should be him busting Zsasz in Gotham.

[Slade]

So ugh...supposedly, a lot of leaks from the last 6 months are fake and written by Kevin Smith.

[pennydreadful]

Removing Kevin Smith's influence from the project can only be a good thing, neh? I mean, if we left it up to old KS, he'd probably write something absurd like Batman peeing his pants...

Oh... wait...

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Talking about the solo Batman movie, the villian I want for that is Hush. I think that he would be an awesome villian for Batman to take on, plus it would be different from the usual rogue gallery uses.

[Leo656]

That'd be kind of funny if WB went to all that trouble to prevent spoilers from leaking out, but I kind of wish they'd take that effort and put it into making a good movie instead of trolling the internet. No matter what they do, things will leak out, and people will decide months in advance if they want to see the movie or not, regardless. What would really suck, is if the movie they actually make turns out crummy, and then everyone will be like, "Man, if only they DID do all that stuff that leaked out, instead of this." Seems like a ton of trouble for nothing. People subconsciously WANT movies spoiled for them, you can't fight it. Ah well. I had high hopes for the movie based on the rumors, now I'm wary again. Because while I don't like having the entire thing laid out for me beforehand, I like to have SOME idea of what I'm getting. They're trying to do a lot with this movie, and the rumors made it sound like they were on the right track. Now, who knows? Ah well.

As far as Kevin Smith in general, I really like the guy, but his problem is, he's a huge Kevin Smith fan. He's really, really in love with his own work, to the point where he can't see how some things that are amusing to him simply don't work in general for a wider audience. I know some people still wish he got to make his Superman movie back in 1998 or whenever, but I read that script and frankly, it was awful. I like him in spite of himself, though. Just wouldn't want him working on any super-hero movies.

[NinjaPug]

More Batfleck:

[Leo656]

Nice to see the Bat-Chin in full effect!

Nah, I like it. I'm one of the few who actually thinks he's gonna do Just Fine.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Nice to see the Bat-Chin in full effect!

Nah, I like it. I'm one of the few who actually thinks he's gonna do Just Fine.

I just hope his performance doesn't go to waste if the movie turns out to be a hot mess.

[Slade]

Wish they'd quit playing a do a full color body shot like they did with Superman.

[Leo656]

People's comments in other articles about it amaze me. We finally get a suit that actually looks just like the one in the source material, and people can't get over "he can't turn his head", or, "It's not different enough!" Frankly, seeing how far the TMNT movie is deviating from the source, I'm more than ready for something more familiar. I just don't wanna wait two years yet.

Fully-functional or not, it looks good, and the guy looks like Batman. I can't really complain about it looking how it's supposed to look. Scuttlebutt says something about the movie might get revealed Saturday. Fingers crossed.

[Slade]

Are they really saying it's not different enough? That's amazingly stupid. It is different, different from all the other batman costumes in that it looks like it came right out a comic. I think it looks great!

[Leo656]

Yeah, like anything else, there's a small but vocal group who are all, "I wish it was completely different than anything we've seen before." But all the other film versions already were "different". So they actually went comics-accurate for once, and a few people think that's "boring". I'm ready for "boring" after Bat-nipples and Bale's cluttered, patchwork armor design. "Boring" will be a welcome change.

Visually, Ben and the suit are near perfect. The car looks great, both new and familiar at the same time, definitely sleeker than the (still awesome) Tumbler design. Cavill's new suit looks (marginally) better than the old one (I know they said that since the suit was alien technology they felt they could only make very minor changes to it, but it's a movie, it's their job to explain the impossible... give the man a proper belt, at least! ). Having re-watched "Man Of Steel" the other day and still finding more things to appreciate, so far I have a good feeling about all this despite having a few of the same reservations a lot of people do. I've never seen Gal in anything, and she looks almost anorexic, to me, so their Wonder Woman is going to be a hard sell, especially when Cavill and Affleck are so spot-on perfect for their roles. It does seem a bit "crammed" with all the characters like Cyborg and Aquaman reportedly being in it, but at the same time, we still don't know how they fit, and if their parts in this film are very minor, solely to add buzz for the JLA movie, then they may not necessarily clutter anything. And I think Eisenberg is a bit on the young side for Lex - especially as most of the time, Lex is portrayed either a slight bit or a good deal older than Clark - but they've done Lex different in each version, and it usually plays well, so I'm willing to wait and see on that one.

I was thinking, since we've seen a little of both Superman and Batman so far, maybe the bit of new info that's supposed to come on Saturday could be a glimpse of something Wonder Woman-related? Either that, or a full-body color photo of Batman. Either would be nice.

[pennydreadful]

The suit looks great - I'm loving it. Best Bat-suit we've had in a loooong time. I just wish they'd given him the white eyes as well; I'm a little over the "eye paint under the cowl" look that everyone's rocking lately... but it's a minor thing. He looks like he just stepped right out of the comics - I think it's brilliant.

[NinjaPug]

From SDCC

[The Stryker]

Happy to see that it's Grey and Black. Always my favorite Batsuit colors.

Looks neat! Although that angle makes him look like he used metallic paint.

[Slade]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Happy to see that it's Grey and Black. Always my favorite Batsuit colors.

Looks neat! Although that angle makes him look like he used metallic paint.

God, me too. I would have taken the grey and blue, but the black just looks so much better to me.

[Leo656]

The purist in me wishes the belt were yellow... the rational person says "Be happy they left the rest alone and call it a win."

Looks great. Hopefully Wonder Woman's suit is as on-point. I wish they'd "fixed" Superman's more. I do have a sentimental attachment to the Keaton suit but that's really great-looking.

[Slap-Happy]

That's a fake body. The only thing really there is the cowl.