itt: consternation and wailing about Zach Snyder's upcoming SUPERMAN/BATMAN film/sequel to MAN OF STEEL -- official title: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Eh that Aquaman joke's rly tired and not that funny in the first place (he can do lots of stuff, blah blah) and one of the best things abt comics is how many genuinely insanely dumb characters there are

aw cmon this is hilariously Serious Business obv but one thing i won't ever fault snyder for is production design. A+ Extra Dark Knightage imo tho hmm affleck hmm. the killer play would've been to bring clooney back.

it should obviously have been Liam Neeson and they are braindead if they didn't make the offer

oh wait I forgot that they need to have an actor who will commit for the next 15 years or whatever

Bet Neeson'll still be making action movies in 2030, and he wld be PERFECT for a DKR/DKSA type Batman, bt this is prob as close as we'll get

yeah Neeson's a great call tbh. but he's... taken.

They'll have to wait until people forget Batman Begins. So, any time after the release of The Dark Knight should be fine.

Well I'd forgotten he ws in it, whoops

good stuff

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superman-batman-dcs-real-battle-792190

On Wonder Woman, Warners hired five writers not to work together but to compete. Each was given a treatment and asked to write a first act. Based on those efforts, the studio winnowed the number to two: Jason Fuchs (Pan) and another writer whose name the studio declines to reveal. A source not involved in the films but with close ties to the studio says the process on Wonder Woman "felt like they were throwing shit against the wall to see what stuck."

marvel - building franchises within franchises is like a well played game of chess...

dc - THROW IT AT THE WALL. ALL OF IT.

― da croupier, Thursday, February 5, 2015 6:15 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no_elVGGgW8

Warners is developing its own "filmmaker-driven" strategy in contrast with Marvel, which generally is ruled by producer Kevin Feige and which has hired such untested directors as Joss Whedon (The Avengers), Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier and two planned Avengers movies) and James Gunn (Guardians).

this is the dumbest fucking thing...all those guys had a ton of experience in the industry, as was shane black, kenneth branagh, etc - while they hadn't made shit blow up on a marvel scale, they'd all proven themselves as storytellers - and marvel didn't need anyone to show them how to blow shit up on their scales, they had umpteen experienced techies to do that

"where all those acclaimed cult figures yearning to prove themselves on a blockbuster scale were forced to find inspiration within a coherent universe, we're going to let the directors of Sucker Punch and Sabotage run FREE"

chris rock points out that marvel would drop everything to put steve mcqueen on a movie and i think he's right and it's hardly a ludicrous example
they have wonderful toys

Oh the one hand, Edgar Wright quit their next film - on the other hand, they put him on it in the first place.

'criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible... neckless'

https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/aOz7ylEQBQ0ybMoGGBR-NHaSZe8=/600x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3656744/Screen_Shot_2015-04-30_at_10.51.33_AM.0.png

Omg no

Is that made out of newspaper

Bat-Science Fair Volcano

... is that real?

it's horrible enough to be real

It's been real for a while

it doesn't look so bad in the B&W publicity still but in that poster... ugh

Don't fret, there's more color in that poster than you're likely to see in the entire movie.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/300_portrait/2015/04/hero_complex_illo.jpg

baffleck will never not be funny

his mask has a molded furrowed brow

man how does he do the batusi in that thing

Two questions:

1) Is Aquaman drinking a glass of blood?
2) Was whoever is sitting next to Aquaman (Supes presumably because GL is like "GTFO fishboy") drinking a blood latte?

Followup:

Are the Justice League vampires?

I'm getting some Cathy vibes from WW in that drawing

ack!

Probably batman's
http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2014/10/batman-amp-dracula-red-rain-bloodstorm-2d53383fb3ca1e92bfbb0189f-111180.jpg http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/193/2/1/176__batman_red_rain_by_christopher_manuel-d3a3sx8.jpg

putting this here for reference
http://waynexiaolong.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/injusticejokerheart.jpg

Comics aren't just for kids anymore

Comics just aren't for kids any more.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/81d1a17fee6304611951e1d9f48325d3/tumblr_mszpq6m2Eh1qeq24ao2_1280.jpg
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11111/111112630/3156580-6297182919-injus.jpg

definitive answer to the time-tested question "what sound would superman make if he flew through solomon grundy: SHLERRRRRK or SKLORRRP?"

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/147020/3075691-4906638768-super.jpg
myconfinedspace.com

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/2506348-0.jpeg

that's great

Superman's cold little laugh is the best bit.

I'd totally murder you if not for this pesky code I have against murdering you.

Solomon grundy isnt technically alive and one of those panels is ultraman, not superman fwiw

that's some prime Superdickery

http://blogs.evtrib.com/nerdvana/files/2013/10/LL81.jpg
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--X9wCy9ot--/18lrl49hwe7pejpg.jpg
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p664/Pinsir/Superman/Man%20of%20Murder/ZHUjR_zpsf1b28ce5.jpg
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/12/120997/3331733-7569957235-Super.jpg
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p664/Pinsir/Superman/Man%20of%20Murder/1394048521651_zps8220443c.gif

hearty lol at that gif

Watched MoS a few days ago for the second time and the massive damage thing is a bit of a red herring. The problem isn't so much that he caused it, for the most part he didn't and nobody would probably be able to tell either way. The real problem is the person that did cause the damage and threatened humanity is the same dude that introduced Superman to the world via alien transmission. Yet the movie asks us to believe that he's perceived by humanity at large as a hero when the first thing they know about him is that his presence indirectly brought about death and destruction. Incredibly daft.

Also whether he caused the destruction he gave zero fucks about saving lives, at least relative to a guy one assumes saves everybody and goes back for the cat. If Snyder had half a clue, I'd wonder if the shift was intentional. That the heartland values pa kent instilled were more about fear and pride than service and consideration.

i think they actually did consider it, and the idea that people would fear Superman as an godlike outsider who brings apocalyptic ruin is not a bad one. it's just that this is the same movie where Kevin Costner dies trying to save a damn dog.

I always liked FilmCritHulk's essay (and followup on MoS mentioning how it had no idea how to dramatize character and was all about "tell don't show".

handy-little translate script for troubles with FCH's style