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07-12-2015, 04:35 AM | #1501 |
Dai Shogun
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Unrelated to SDCC, but I just watched Justice League: Gods and Monsters and I really enjoyed it. The whole misfit/anti-hero Justice League is no new concept, but it worked well here. The overall plot is rather weak, but it gets the development for the characters and the world very well without feeling too forced and it has some very nice ideas. To be honest this might be a movie telling three good origin stories for three different characters without being to cramped, and I haven’t seen one of those in a good while.
I enjoyed the alternate universe Kirk Langstrom as Batman the most, I'm happy they didn’t went with an alternate Bruce Wayne. I haven’t read much about Manbat in the last years, honestly the origin story of this Dr. Langstrom feels more like Morbius the Living Vampire to me. At least the recent incarnation of the character. Not a bad thing, I think the vampire Batman was one of the best things this movie had to offer. Superman as General Zod's son is interesting, for one because none of his character feels too much like Zod since he was still raised by humans and for two because he isn’t evil. Just an alternate character done right. Wonder Woman I have no idea who she's supposed to be, I don't know much about DC's space adventures. The only thing I have to criticize is the forceful inclusion of known names. I get that Victor Fries is still an important scientist even in this universe, but do we really need all these Easter-eggs? It was rather painful seeing a scientist getting killed in the arctic, then his ID-card falls out of his pocket and it reads “Victor Fries”. Really? Come on. Same with Silas Stone. As I said the overall plot is weak, especially when it turns out who the bad guy behind it all is, but I enjoyed the story around it. Animation and action-wise it's Bruce Timm, just awesome animation done right. The cost-cutting 3D-models that pop up here and there are bad, but not overused. If you're interested in a good animated flick and if you don't hate alternate universe stories I would give it a shot. |
07-12-2015, 09:17 AM | #1502 |
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Calm down. We'll wait to see the actual movie to see if these guys are "Batjerk" and "Supergod" or whatever. And you also have to realize that we do not know the context of those faces in that Batman and Superman conflict asides from some sort of ideological difference. Maybe Lex manipulated both of them to hate each other? Maybe Batman or Superman's loved ones got hurt due to the other's actions? Maybe they took something that made their faces continually being all grim dark?
WE DON'T FUCKING KNOW. WAIT FOR THE GOD DAMN MOVIE. /endrant |
07-12-2015, 01:33 PM | #1503 |
Half-Boiled Lifestyle.
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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Flash and Aquaman Earth One Graphic Novels are in the works.
http://www.newsarama.com/25185-aquam...s-manapul.html http://www.newsarama.com/25179-jms-t...earth-one.html |
07-12-2015, 02:41 PM | #1504 |
I'm an agile cat.
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You keep saying that, but Superman saved someone from a fire, saved astronauts from a failed launch, saved (or was about to save) tsunami victims, and Batman himself (well, Bruce Wayne) ran into a collapsing building's debris feild to save people.
For a guy with a PhD you sure aren't that perceptive. |
07-12-2015, 03:42 PM | #1505 |
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My visceral hatred for the piles of trash that are BVS & Suicide Squad aside, the CW panel coverage sounded amazing!
Patty Spivot & Jay Garrick added to Flash Season 2. The teaser shown also showed what appeared to be Barry running, but with blue lightning around his body. So it may not actually have been Barry. In my experience I only remembers 3 Flashes with blue coloring related to them. Walter West who had blue lightning. John Fox who wore a blue costume, and New 52's Future Barry Allen who had both. Blue Lantern Flash would be highly unlikely if not impossible here. So we could be looking at an alternate Flash in the teaser. Jay is clearly going to be from Earth 2 as well so we'll see where that goes. Barry going into the wormhole at the end of season 1 most definitely means he's paying Earth 2 a visit now. And Professor Zoom is going to be our villain!! And as for Arrow the new season 4 costume looks absolutely amazing. Fantastic mix of modern elements and he appears to finally be adopting the name Green Arrow as well! Add on top of that the news that a new version of Mister Terrific will be joining Ollie's team and that Anarky will be a villain this season, and I think we're off to a pretty perfect start! For all the utter disgust the DC films keep evoking in me the CW TV shows bring me ridiculous amounts of joy. Can't wait for the fall season.
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07-12-2015, 04:00 PM | #1506 |
I'm an agile cat.
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CW's shows are great, especially Flash, and I agree, Suicide Squad looks like trash.
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07-12-2015, 04:13 PM | #1507 |
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I actually didn't care about Suicide Squad until I saw the teaser. Now, I actually kinda want to watch it.
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07-12-2015, 04:17 PM | #1508 |
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07-12-2015, 04:36 PM | #1509 |
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I've never really been a fan of the Suicide Squad, honestly, but this movie seems like it'll be... Eccentric. And that intrigues me.
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07-12-2015, 04:40 PM | #1510 |
Tokusatsu Hero
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My visceral hatred for the piles of trash that are BVS & Suicide Squad aside, the CW panel coverage sounded amazing!
Patty Spivot & Jay Garrick added to Flash Season 2. The teaser shown also showed what appeared to be Barry running, but with blue lightning around his body. So it may not actually have been Barry. In my experience I only remembers 3 Flashes with blue coloring related to them. Walter West who had blue lightning. John Fox who wore a blue costume, and New 52's Future Barry Allen who had both. Blue Lantern Flash would be highly unlikely if not impossible here. So we could be looking at an alternate Flash in the teaser. Jay is clearly going to be from Earth 2 as well so we'll see where that goes. Barry going into the wormhole at the end of season 1 most definitely means he's paying Earth 2 a visit now. And Professor Zoom is going to be our villain!! And as for Arrow the new season 4 costume looks absolutely amazing. Fantastic mix of modern elements and he appears to finally be adopting the name Green Arrow as well! Add on top of that the news that a new version of Mister Terrific will be joining Ollie's team and that Anarky will be a villain this season, and I think we're off to a pretty perfect start! For all the utter disgust the DC films keep evoking in me the CW TV shows bring me ridiculous amounts of joy. Can't wait for the fall season. I don't suppose anybody has links to the trailers handy..?
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