Amph Here's Some Money, Go See A Swap Thing: DCU/Elseworlds Discussion

Superman's battle with Zod in Metropolis as oppose to the desert wasn't the core problem with that scene. It was the execution of it, and I don't mean where Superman snaps Zod's neck.

If you put the fight between Zod and Superman in a vacuum and as the fight goes on, the sense they're inflecting any pain or damage to each other dwindles. Which was very contradictory between the fight between Faora and Superman and the "grounded in reality" tone of the movie. It was done so to show Zod cannot be hurt or knocked out so Superman has no choice but to kill him. In the fight with Faora, Superman is slow to get up and stumbles when he does. There's fear on his face. We see that Superman can be hurt. There's gravitas to the fight. This farm boy is out classed in fighting skills by a soldier genetically designed do as such. This fight didn't need the verbal exposition to make that apparent. The Zod battle needed the verbal exposition because it couldn't get through the action like the Faora battle did.

Moreover, I like the battle with Faora because it shows Superman taking time out of the fight to actually rescue someone.

 

I am.

Which is ironic considering a good portion of the Superman era that he loves had him being that way.

Because it's all a **** measuring contest.

 

How the hell is any of that even disagreement, much less a "debate"?

 

I missed the last few pages! Let's see...


Blackest Night flashbacks...

Joker slapping Harley...

Man of Slaughter apologists...

 

That "damaged" tattoo is so annoying, and realy detracts. I don't even like the font. If he is truly damaged, he wouldn't go for something so elegant.

 

He'd use a more rebellious font - an Arrus, an Avant Garde Bk BT, a Trebuchet!

 

WEBDINGS


DAMAGED

 

He's crazy, not insane.

 

The Joker's tattoos are somewhat of a red flag for me that Leto's iteration of the character will be just an updated version of Caesar Romero's take on the character, where's there some overacting, big gesturing and body movements and plenty of laughing out loud moments. My notion felt like it was confirmed with the captured footage of the filming of a scene between Harley and Joker, where the rolls up in a bright color sports car that's well lit inside and the license plate says, "HAHAHA." Leto's Joker will not be subtle.

 

Is The Joker supposed to be subtle?

 

No, but neither does he paint signs on his face. He's about as subtle as an insane man with green hair, a white face, and red lips can be.

 

You should read my earlier posts.

 

I would also have accepted "hetero life mate"...

 

I'm not sure how hetero it is when you love sucking each other's ****s.

 

Post of the year.

 

I don't really have any issues with the Zod battle in Metropolis... but the fight with Faora was definitely the best in the movie.

Then again Faora was just an awesome character. Really would love to see her reappear from the Phantom Zone again.

 

I honestly think "Suicide Squad" is basically going to be Ayer's "Sabotage" but instead of Arnold and a bunch of goons trying to kill each other, it's Deadshot and a bunch of superpowered goons trying to kill each other. Which I'm okay with, I dug "Sabotage", thought it was badass.

I'm down with Leto's Joker. It's really hard to actually do a bad Joker performance, I can't even think of one. I think every version of the character with any actor is really fun to watch and go completely buggy. There is no single way to play The Joker. Because he's The Joker.

 

I haven't seen Sabotage, but now that you're mentioned it, I'm going to give a try. Over the weekend I watched Ayer's Fury and thought there was a major goons in that film. It definitely had motley crew of characters.

Yeah, it may be difficult to do a bad performance of the Joker, but I just not sure how it will fit in with this film. Meaning, with the Joker stick out like a sore thumb?

 

Sabotage was a masterpiece.

 

The Flash Writer Gives Update On Movie


Flash may not appear in next's year Batman v. Superman.





Lobo Director Gives Update On Movie

 

Joker kinda does stick out like a sore thumb in anything, really. Take away the tats, which, honestly, I don't mind because it goes with Ayer's street goon-vibe from Training Day / Sabotage / End of Watch but tosses it onto the joker. Also I get the feeling he's gonna get 'em lazered off in a subsequent flick anyway. This Joker does seem to be taking a lot of inspiration, like Batman V Superman, from Dark Knight Returns and that Joker was kind of a stone psycho, he doesn't even yuk it up until he's wayyyyy deep into some murderin'. But when he does find it funny, people tend to die horribly.

aside, if people haven't seen the Dark Knight Returns adaptation, drop everything, watch now. Freakin' Michael Emmerson as the DKR Joker, holy cats. Also Conan O'Brien playing the talk show host too!



Ayer also wrote Training Day. There is a hellova lot of great monologues in Training Day from the baddie, I'm hoping for more of the same here.

 

I mean, could just be me, but Faora has the worst grasp of evolution imaginable. Abstract concepts aren't a product of evolution, yo.

And seriously, clearly the Joker's tattoos should be in Comic Sans. You guys are a bunch of rank amateurs. I mean, come on, wingdings? WTF, guys?

 

Lobo, one of the best characters of all time, and Stan lee's favorite. Stick to Simon Bisley, that's all they have to do.

 

Again: crazy, not insane.