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

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Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link

so DC's response to the avengers movies is to go all justice league, is that it? yeesh.

your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link

exactly how long has the wonder woman movie been in the works, by the way

your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link

IDRIS ELBA FOR WONDER WOMAN

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link

Wasn't there some failed attempt to launch a new WW series a couple of years ago?

If they ever actually produce a Wonder Woman movie, I really hope they'll cast a someone who actually is tall and has muscles and looks like an Amazon princess, instead of taking the Scarlet Johansson route.

Tuomas, Friday, 23 August 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link

ya I was gonna say, if they can't get Idris Elba they need to go for Gina Carano

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link

Wasn't there some failed attempt to launch a new WW series a couple of years ago?

There was a movie project with Joss Whedon attached to write and direct, which he eventually walked away from because apparently he and WB just had fundamentally different conceptions of the character. That kinda tanked the whole deal.

There was also this atrocious attempt to launch a new series on NBC two years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwUs3g2GHIs

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link

realistically tho, j lawrence is the only bankable wonder woman, right

your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link

let's see what happens when Chloe Moretz grows up

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link

Gina Carano would be perfect, imo.

cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link

(as DJP says)

cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link

After seeing Haywire, I can't imagine anyone else playing the role aside from Idris Elba

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link

The deal is that the Amazons send WW out into the world to be their designated asskicker, right? Gotta be Gina Carano.

Obviously part of the problem of bringing WW to tv or film is the fact that part of the character's raison d'ĂȘtre is beating chauvinist pigs down to their knees for disrespecting womankind. Male-dominated studios just can't get to the point of writing checks for that yet.

cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link

Ah Gina Carano, my dream woman.

The Bridges of Witchy Woman (Eazy), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link

Affleck is terrible for this. It's a move he could/should have made a decade ago instead of several of the shitty choices he did make. I wonder if Clooney pushed him in this direction, given how vocal Clooney has been about the financial independence Batman afforded? In any case, Affleck lacks brood power, his fame/celebrity is too distracting, and he's already five years older than Clooney was when he played Batman.

Better Affleck casting would be as Thomas Wayne in the flashback when we find out, finally, Batman's origins. It's about time this was revealed!

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 August 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link

Affleck just won an Oscar, what more financial independence does the dude need

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link

he needs to be able to buy Cambridge

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link

i still wish clooney had gone back to the cowl

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link

I don't know who Gina Carano is, but based on that pic she could indeed be a good Wonder Woman.

Tuomas, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link

Physically, I mean.

Tuomas, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link

She starred in the movie Haywire and apparently played Riley Hicks in Fast and Furious 6

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link

I'm pretty sure her face is photoshopped into that WW picture. She's a former(?) mixed martial arts fighter who was the lead in a Soderbergh film about a freelance asskicker and did surprisingly well with the non-asskicking parts. xp

cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link

After talking about this with a big Superman fanboy in my office, all I can think now is "HEY JOKAH, YOU LIKE APPLES? WELL HOW DO YOU LIKE DEM APPLES!"

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link

haha HIGH FIVE

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link

nicely put.

doom & gloom from the boys allowed in the room (how's life), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link

gina carano would be an awesome wonder woman omg CAN THIS HAPPEN PLZ

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link

Affleck just won an Oscar, what more financial independence does the dude need

Oscars don't pay the bills. Hell, I'm surprised Snyder isn't funding this movie through Kickstarter.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link

Man of Shit made $400 million why would a studio NOT bankroll the shitty sequel?

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link

Man of Shit!

your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link

no wait it made way more than that

anyway

xp

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link

Gross: $289,633,849 (USA) (16 August 2013)

your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link

how much did it make non-USA?

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link

Gross: $24 (Krypton) (16 August 2013)

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link

lol

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link

Man Of Steel was definitely a hit, and this likely will be too. But I still think Marvel is going to send them a thank-you bouquet because unless this is CRAZY good, good enough to make people want to meet the flash, it won't actually fix DCs problem, where they have the #1 & #2 cinematic superheroes of all time, while marvel has like 3-20 right now.

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link

there's "hey they went, we made a couple hundred mill yaaaay" good and there's "america's now hungry to see ben solo, ps where's martian manhunter" good

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link

Accidentally genre crossover, I read da croup's post and thought, "Ben is LUKE's son, the Solo kids were Anakin, Jacen and Jaina."

Please kill me.

Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link

lol

also if the movie where the top two superheroes meet doesn't get anywhere near the movie where #5, 8, 10 and 14 met (currently the biggest superhero movie ever) then ouuuch

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link

this totally isn't going to fix DC's problem because ZACK SNYDER IS FUCKING HORRIBLE

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link

yeah yeah, zack's a tone-deaf fool who should be doing levi's ads, but i mean christ, the justice league roster is so sad right now

flash: mia, but marvel's got TWO quicksilvers showing up before they could wheel him out
green arrow: marvel has their archer in the avengers, they've got theirs on the CW
wonder woman: pilot not picked up by the cw
green lantern: well, the movie did make almost a million more than ghost rider and THAT got a sequel
captain marvel: nope
martian manhunter: haha ok sure why not
plastic man: please let's nolan him up

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link

oh forgot aquaman

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link

also Cyborg is now a Justice League A-lister, don't front

OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link

xpost oh right he's in lego batman 2, forgot

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link

seems like the core they need to worry about is Batman-Superman-Wonder Woman and the others are gravy

xp

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link

but yeah these will suck why because everyone involved is terrible, whereas the Avengers is guided by competent filmmaker with a solid cast and a coherent plan from the parent company

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link

seems like the core they need to worry about is Batman-Superman-Wonder Woman and the others are gravy

that's the thing - they think they're challenging avengers 2 by putting the two biggest guys together forgetting that Avengers was A+ moneyball where this would giving away batman free with your superman.

da croupier, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link


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