Marvel first impressions are right tho
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Marvel first impressions are right tho
They were in talks buying Warner 1 1/2 years ago.
I think buying WB is a bit too much, monopoly-ish. DC alone is in the realms of possibilities, not of likelihood however.
Probably, but I really don't like a lot of his post-TDKR stuff. ASBAR was awful. I'm also a little salty with Miller because "Frank Millers RoboCop" was the absolute drizzling shits.
TheGreatDirector
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Wouldn't that nearly create a monopoly on the comics industry?
DrForester
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Lest Civil was is coming off a series that has been mostly well received.
Batman vs Superman is coming off a poorly received Superman film, and is rebooting Batman shortly after a very popular film series concluded.
Discotheque
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Age of Ultron was glowing wasn't it?
Fans are too high on the hype of these things
And fuck no I hope Disney never gets their hands on dc. I'd settle for a one time justice League and avengers movie tho years down the line but that's about it
Age of Ultron isn't a bad movie.
I honestly couldn't make it past the introduction. That is "purple prose" of the worst sort.
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I ain't gonna argue with that.
...though I thought ASBAR was pretty funny.
That isn't squarely on Miller. That's more a side effect of Morrison's 'Bat-God'. Miller's lasting legacy is the grit.
He certainly changed mainstream perception of the character which was tied to Adam West's camp portrayal for two decades.
Sorry that you feel I was being rude. You seemed slighted by his comments, but seemingly ignorant of Miller's history in Hollywood.
It hasn't been good.
Booth would be pretty awful.
You think that would stop Disney lawyers
Five years ago? Absolutely... guaranteed. Three years ago? Possibly.
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Piku_Ringo
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It's the greatest superhero movie flop in the history of the world.
Interfectum
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Disney: On second thought, we'll take Superman and Batman (plus villains) off your hands. You can keep Cyborg. Thx.
That was Grant Morrison's doing, not Frank Miller's.
Age of Ultron was a let down but it wasn't a bad movie.
I ain't gonna argue with that.
...though I thought ASBAR was pretty funny.
ASBAR was the one with the yellow room and Green Lantern right? Yeah, that bit actually made me laugh.
We can also thank Miller for "I'm the goddamn Batman."
Is that the same Frank Miller who pretty much saved Batman from forever being associated with the camp 60s show and wrote what many consider to be two of the defining comics - not only about that particular character - but of the medium itself? That Frank Miller?
Pre-crisis Batman is one of the best comic characters ever created (and no, I'm not talking about the Adam West crap).
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The only character moment that you could give 2 shits about was the one the director fought tooth and nail to add, and then had to include random Thor scene because that was the ultimatum set on the movie. Marvel has its shtick and it works well but all those movies follow almost the exact same formula. All look like they were made from a suit checklist on things that worked on Ironman 1. Other than Winter Solider, but that movie was amazing. Don't try to sell me this bridge shit with Marvel being new evolving and different, c'mon now :\ But one thing I can rely on Marvel is that their worst movie won't make me wish I hadn't went to the theater, they're always at least a fun 1 time watch. Always. DC I fear everything they do. -_-
WB picked Snyder who isn't living up to the man to lead that they expected since the guy knows how to direct action and visually speaking is a monster. Problem is pacing and storytelling, which he isn't good at. I haven't seen BvS yet but this seems to be the problem. MoS also had poor mistakes in the writing room. If they picked a different director and writing team before MoS, we might be having a different talk. Snyder who I already said is not a good storyteller since he's the leader, he might be the one pulling everything together from all the movies in the WB world.. and fans of CMB are fucked if that's the case.. at least the ones that want to see great DC movies.
The first Twitter reactions were positive but also hinted at some of the movie's problems.
There are a lot of entertainment options out there. If I take my wife to a movie and dinner, we're talking $80 or so. For those of us with a budget, that's a big deal. So, yeah, reviews matter. I'd rather take her to a night she will definitely enjoy and rent the movie in a few months then chance a waste of an evening.
ElBoxyBrown
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You can have all the lawyers you want. You can't create a monopoly.
no its plain and simply bad for everyone apart from marvel diehards.
To be fair, with Perlmutter and his design comitee out, the MCU is probably going to be amazing from CW on.
The only character moment that you could give 2 shits about was the one the director fought tooth and nail to add, and then had to include random Thor scene because that was the ultimatum set on the movie. Marvel has its shtick and it works well but all those movies follow almost the exact same formula. .
I am sorry but that is hilarious on so many levels
LegendofDragoonLives
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Can you elaborate mate, I'm ignorant on whose who on the management front.
Digital-Hero
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You know I agree with that as well. Bored to tears even though it had what I technically wanted to see. Yikes.
It took a while for the mainstream to catch on, but Batman's image was changed by better writers before Miller.
No. Its not that bad like people here make it. Like you know, Man of Steel
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Flash is superb. Arrow started strong, faltered a little in season 3, but 4 is great.
Supergirl IS super cheesy. It's weird. I think Flash and Arrow are more suited for CBS while Supergirl is definitely a CW type of show. Ugh, so cheesy.
^ I know you ain't talking shit about Supergirl.
The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world:
The slop of Snyder verses the rumble of the Russos.
The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world:
The slop of Snyder verses the rumble of the Russos.
TheGreatDirector
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... you mean the irony of Marvel and DC already doing so?
Too high on the hype and too quick to call something shit too.
Discotheque
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We have different opinions on what's good or bad. That's been established plenty. Personally I think ultron is pretty bad in its own way. My worst theater experience last year (that doesn't mean worst movie of the year so calm down before anybody bites. But the worst I saw last year? Yah)
I'd rank it below man of Steel personally
I'd rank it below man of Steel personally
Actually, I'd be genuinely excited to see what they could do with Batman/Superman. I have a sneaky suspicion it would be more like Tim Burton's Gotham but dialed back a few notches.
The only character moment that you could give 2 shits about was the one the director fought tooth and nail to add, and then had to include random Thor scene because that was the ultimatum set on the movie. Marvel has its shtick and it works well but all those movies follow almost the exact same formula. All look like they were made from a suit checklist on things that worked on Ironman 1. Other than Winter Solider, but that movie was amazing.
I'm not sure I could agree with this, entirely. Iron Man 1, Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy feel like three fairly different movies to me. I feel like a bunch of them follow a similar checklist to Iron Man 1 but are tonally more like Iron Man 2. The original Iron Man, at least to me, still feels a bit different from the rest of the MCU.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Doctor Strange could be a steaming pile of shit for all we know. We'll have to wait to see how their next three films are before we can jump with joy.
Fantastic Four was released last year though
Been waiting 3 years for this, and had IMAX/3D tickets pre-purchased. It just doesn't justify the time/cost given the general consensus in the majority of reviews. I'll see it down the line, probably as a matinee or on HV but to me it clearly isn't worth my initial hype. There are other options for entertainment and they all seem better than spending ~3 hours on opening night watching this.
Isaac Perlmutter is the cheap, mega cheap, ultra cheap CEO of Marvel comics, who, along with his design comitee, was responsible for the vanillization of the MCU due to his profit ambitions. He and his comitee are gone since Marvel studios was separated from Marvel Comics.
With such cast? That's unpossible.
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It never ceases to amaze me that, even with hundreds of millions of dollars at play, they can't find a way to manufacture a satisfying, functional story in so many of these blockbuster movies. These massive projects, and yet they can't find the right words in the right order.
It's especially strange when you're dealing with characters that have such long histories. There are literally thousands of stories with these characters to work from.
It's especially strange when you're dealing with characters that have such long histories. There are literally thousands of stories with these characters to work from.
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