Lit MACLUNKY -- The Lit Forum Maclunky Thread, v3

He'd be banning a whole lot of people.

 

Hey I've always said that I'm just keeping Hav's seat warm.

So watch out!

Well, I've always said it since this post.

 

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/647215-aquaman-movie-lands-amber-heard-as-mera#/slide/1

Holy Hell, this could end being like the most glorious high budget disaster ever Of course WB actually even needs to get as far as that movie which is still doubtful.

 

I think the machete order could stand to lose AOTC too

 

The only way I'm seeing an Aquaman movie is if Vincent Chase is in it.

 

Aquaman is actually the one character for whom the whole DARK AND SERIOUS AND DARK thing WB has going on with its DC movies might actually be a good thing. Close to half a century after Super Friends, and people still seem obsessed with combating the "aquaman talks to fish lol he sux" mindset. A definitive, high-profile serious take on Aquaman might finally let him move past that era.

I mean, there's like almost no way that will actually happen, because the stuff WB's producing hasn't been very good beyond just the obsession with being super srs. But still.

 

Form me Aquaman would work best in it just being pure Aquaman, never have him go to the surface, but just make it an Atlantis movie. Use the fact that it is supposed to be very strange and alien and fantastic.

 

Worse.

 

What, are they going to play eenie meenie minie moe to see which one they like better? Seriously?

 

That would be a great idea for a standalone movie. Could get plenty of his time spent on land out of the way in a Justice League movie.

I always thought Aquaman was a great character, and certainly not deserving to be mocked so often. Though I gave up on reading his comics as kid once he grumpy hook hand Aquaman in the mid 90's. Looks like the movie will capture that version just fine. Don't know how it is, but have been considering picking up some of the new stuff since he looks like he returned to his former self. Been hoping somehow they could work him into Flash/Arrow too, he has already had two easter eggs so far in that universe at least.

 

Well, Disney could always decide to slap "Part IV" between "Episode IV" and "A NEW HOPE" and they've basically create limitless interquel possibilities for themselves.

 

Aquaman as written by Geoff Johns is actually really good.
That would be Aquaman Vol 1 The Trench, Vol 2 The Others and Vol 4 Death of a King. Vol 3 is hampered by the Justice League cross over but still decent.

 

Even if my personal favourite is this Aquaman. No angst, no attempt to be badass, just heroism

 

Machete Order seemed like an interesting idea at the time, but looking back, TPM is easily the best of the prequels. Not unlike ROTJ, it's just a neutral movie with some dumb stuff in it and some cool stuff in it. The dumb stuff actually lets you down easier, if, for some reason, you think it's a good idea to sit down and watch the prequels; without TPM, you throw yourself into the AOTC deep end, and why would anyone want to do that to themselves?

Also, I'm starting to think ROTS really isn't good. For some reason it resonated as being the best of the prequels, but I can't put my finger on why that is. Maybe it's that the world seems slightly more real, but as the effects age, it loses that edge... or maybe it's that no single moment reaches the depths of AOTC's cringeworthiness, but even that is tricky -- I think its cringes are spread out across the whole thing. There's a weird part of me that prefers AOTC over ROTS simply because I was younger and there's just the tiniest morsel of nostalgia for it, and all my Natalie Portman feelings and desktop wallpapers and such.

 

I knew a bunch of fans who basically assumed the Prequels would start with Darth Vader's fall and then be two movies of Darth Vader murdering people with lightsabers. They were positively salivating at the prospect.

http://www.shortpacked.com/comics/2005-06-06-a.gif

They were basically this guy.

Needless to say they were...disappointed...with TPM.

 

Most people were, though.

 

Well, that was because the movies were okay. I do believe the larger issue, though, was everyone wanted the movies to be what they had in their hearts and minds.

Even if they weren't great anyway.

The Force Awakens, I'm fairly sure, is what JJ Abrams envisioned as "his" ideal SW movie.

"Like the originals but MORE of it."

 

Can't disagree with you there.

 

I've been calling TFA a "Requel." Like a remake, but set in the same continuity as the original. See also The Thing.

 

I am pretty sure his version would have made far less sense.

 

And to tie this back into the previous conversation, that guy is exactly why WB thinks it can succeed with its ALL DARKNESS ALL THE TIME incoming superhero disasters. (Well that and the "It's Superman, I'll see it anyway" factor, I suspect).

Honestly, between that guy and Jar Jar, I'll take Jar Jar any day.