xpost did Harold Pinter direct that
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
Hahaha
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
I just wanted to hear him pronounce J’onn J’onnz
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
It's free to stream in the UK, it turns out
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
Costs even less not to watch it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
that'll do it for my watching of this movie i think
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 March 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
who's gonna tell him that he's Stone Boy
the Subs have a sense of humour
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Thursday, 18 March 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
so far the funniest thing in the movie is the sequence where WW breaks up a very comics-y heist which she is only able to thwart because roose bolton insists on setting up a delay timer to go with the bomb. they all stand around and wait for her to show up while it ticks away. cool plan!
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
there are in fact TWO nick cave needle drops in the first hour, including one set to a slomo Aquaman taking off his shirt and staring down some bodacious waves
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link
snyder stans plus everyone hate watching it ironically, I'm guessing this is going to set streaming records
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
not from meee
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:52 (three years ago) link
Snyder went on some zoom chat last night and called out organised toxic bros and hateful speech among his stans.
Comicsgate king and grifter supreme Eth4n V4n Sciv3r promptly responded by joking that not only can Snyder not stop him from killing Chinese folks, he now wants to line them up and mow them down with a tommy-gun, as Stan Lee wanted to (Stan probably did not want this).
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
jesus
I know the bar is low but it's nice that Snyder spoke up
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
EVS needs to be melted down. What a waste of human tissue he is.
― Clem McFlannery's Clam Phlegm Cannery (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
I’m like 45 minutes in and I don’t hate it yet.it’s basically a Tarsem joint is how I break it down to an extent.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 04:32 (three years ago) link
3 more hours so I reserve the right to hate it at any time, but I at least get what he’s going for here, kinda epic “what would gods vs gods look like” vibe vs marvel’s “friendly neighborhood regular folks w/power + responsibility”
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 04:36 (three years ago) link
my friend said the movie went from mediocre and meh to outright insanely bad once the epilogue is reached
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 March 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
okay, I’m through the Flash/“song to the siren” bit and pausing here but so far I stand with MZS and Chaw. theatrical release was hot garbage. so far this is not.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
I at least get what he’s going for here, kinda epic “what would gods vs gods look like” vibe vs marvel’s “friendly neighborhood regular folks w/power + responsibility”
hmmm
This is hot garbage and I’m a lifelong ... Kirby fan yadda yadda. This is just a big videogame,right?― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, March 19, 2021 6:35 AM (eight hours ago)
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, March 19, 2021 6:35 AM (eight hours ago)
https://i.imgur.com/IHV2Rd5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4T6im2y.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8n81G5h.jpg
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:14 (three years ago) link
i mean, Snyder is at his best when he’s avoiding any attempt at naturalism or dialogue or human character beats and just doing big comix panel cutscenes with some narration. the more this thing is like 300 the better! there’s a reason Owls of Ga’Hoole is his most accomplished work! hence why I’m citing Tarsem here.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:27 (three years ago) link
has he done any cutscenes that actually look like Kirby tho
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:50 (three years ago) link
not that I’ve seen yet
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:51 (three years ago) link
which tbf I have zero expectations for this thing kirbywise. but even darkseid truly has zero kirbyness.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 19 March 2021 05:56 (three years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HGcZdmSV6rw/Uww1ZXvZk8I/AAAAAAAAUUU/Km-QiOhOs6k/s1600/Steppenwolf-NewGods07.JPG
https://www.mandatory.com/assets/uploads/gallery/snyder-cut-trailer/justice_league_the_snyder_cut_-_official_trailer_2021___dc_fandome.gif
same energy
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 19 March 2021 06:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah for me the first Thor flick and Ragnarok, Black Panther and Captain America: First Avenger had plenty of Kirbyness with CATFA almost feeling like a pure homage at times. I got no Kirby vibes from the hour I watched of this steaming pile. Also, you’d think Snyder would know that playing with scale, color and texture like Kirby did creates a sense of the sublime ( og meaning). A Mother Box is impressive because it’s tiny and not the size of a microwave. But dude adheres to the Bigger Is Better school of filmmaking.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 19 March 2021 06:57 (three years ago) link
the size of a microwave
!, lol
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 19 March 2021 07:08 (three years ago) link
I mean tbf there has been a variety of different Mother Boxes but yeah the standard issue one is in fact palm-sized.Maybe we hold out for some actual Kirby vibe from DuVernay's Fourth World/New Gods/whatever they're calling it? Not holding my breath but it seems at least somewhat more likely in that case.
― Clem McFlannery's Clam Phlegm Cannery (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 March 2021 12:16 (three years ago) link
The first Cap is just about the most faithful page-to-screen adaptation the MCU has produced, as much of the Cap origin stuff was lifted directly from the Lee & Kirby Cap origin flashback.
― Clem McFlannery's Clam Phlegm Cannery (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 March 2021 12:19 (three years ago) link
Lol the Martian Manhunter scene is so awkward.
― chap, Friday, 19 March 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
Making me quite want to watch it actually.
― chap, Friday, 19 March 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
The more I hear about this, the more interesting it becomes
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
I've still only watched the first hour but I can't imagine this tops the BVS director's cut for Peak Snyder tbh, just watch that, it's only 3 hours long
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
it also has the bonus of featuring very little Gal Gadot
kinda baffled by the Godot hate
― Nhex, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
her acting is shall we say not so good
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
Hating for Gadot
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
has it been widely remarked that the DC and Marvel gestalts have now switched places? Re: 50s/60s/70s, DC was sunny, friendly neighborhood, clear cut morality, whereas if there was any evidence of grimdark, it was associated with Marvel, alongside heroes with feet of clay,"there are life and death consequences in these comics…"
― veronica moser, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
lol Neil
― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
xp I'm not sure this will make me popular on this thread (or in my head), but the 70s were 50 years ago..
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 19 March 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
though Marvel's angst was its selling point from creation, i feel like Miller and Moore's work for DC kickstarted the grim and gritty era in the 80's
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
Gadot is an awful actress, and I massively disagree with her political opinion re: Palestine, and yet she seems like a nice person, has a lot of screen presence despite not being able to act, and she is really hot. A conundrum.
― akm, Friday, 19 March 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
I would have argued against "Gadot is an awful actress" before WW84
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
I don't know that it's quite fair to judge an actor who has spent the last five years stuck in the morass of reshoots and reedits in the Snyder-verse. I think she has potential, once she breaks out the franchises she's been stuck in.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
I don't think she's the greatest actress, but as Wonder Woman, she is magnificent. Not just her obvious hotness, but she just seems to embody the character really well - vibes, screen presence, what-have-you
― Nhex, Friday, 19 March 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I think she's the easily the best casting of the DCEU main heroes, but I still don't think she's given enough to work with.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:54 (three years ago) link
I would agree w "Gadot was well cast" if all she had to do was pose. unfortunately she has actual dialogue from time to time
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
My point is that the actual dialogue she has to work with in these DC movies is 75% trash, which I don't hold against her.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
Alfred: "It's been a long time since Luther's warning. No attacks. No barbarians at the gate."
Batman: "Well, maybe the barbarians don't use... a gate."
I was kinda excited to see the clusterfucky weirdness of this but I could barely last ten minutes. It looks like shit and it's boring!
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 19 March 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
has she ever been good in anything, though? she has lots of credits
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
fast and furious stans can weigh in here
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 19 March 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link