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[DCEU]: James Gunn saves THE SUICIDE SQUAD
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Back in June 2018, TexiKen created the DCEU thread. Unfortunately, the thread was locked, and jdarksun was brought in to finish what TexiKen started. jdarksun has made some edits to TexiKen's original vision, which has proven to be controversial among some fans.
Without further ado... The DC Expanded Universe Thread!
...however, another thread was created. This thread represents another definitive vision of what a DC Movies thread could be.
CLOUDEAGLE'S
DC MOVIES THREAD
They're both real good OPs, and have been consolidated here for your viewing pleasure.
Without further ado... The DC Expanded Universe Thread!
Does DC make better comics? Not sure. But this ISN'T the place to talk about specifically comics! But like all media bleeds over so it'll probably get touched on.
Young Justice is really good, you should go watch it. Doom Patrol is, too! As is Harley Quinn. The rest... meh.
There are video games about DC characters! Injustice is one of them. There's an Injustice comic that's pretty good too, but - shit, I'm already doing it. Dammit.
There are also, unfortunately, movies about DC characters.
Some of them are OK!
A couple of them are pretty good!
At least one is a guilty pleasure of mine!
But the rest are... uh...
bad.
More are coming.
March 18, 2021 - ZACK SNYDER PRESENTS ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE DIRECTED BY ZACK SNYDER
August 6, 2021 - The Suicide Squad
March 4, 2022 - The Batman
July 29, 2022 - Black Adam
November 4, 2022 - The Flash
December 16, 2022 - Aquaman 2
June 2, 2023 - Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Nothing can stop ZACK SNYDER from unleashing his definitive edition of ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE onto this unready world.
The Suicide Squad has actually finished filming, and will probably be released!
The rest haven't started filming yet, so ... you know, even odds on whether or not they happen.
With apologies to TexiKen for butchering their previous OP.
...however, another thread was created. This thread represents another definitive vision of what a DC Movies thread could be.
CLOUDEAGLE'S
DC MOVIES THREAD
cloudeagle wrote: »DC movies! I think we can all agree that they exist. Will they ever succeed consistently like, er, that other comic book company's movies? If nothing else, we're in for a wild ride until then. Here's what's coming up next, swiped from here:
Actually Filming
Zack Snyder's Justice League -- March 18. Welp, the internet willed the Snyder Cut into existence. You probably know by now whether or not you want to subject yourself to four hours of this. Will it be grimdark goodness? Or the most self-indulgent thing ever put to film? Anyway, here's the trailer.https://youtu.be/pqv_LUStxDw
The Suicide Squad -- August 6. Note the "the." Harley Quinn, Rick Flagg, Captain Boomerang, and Amanda Waller are back, and they're joined by a metric fuckton of extremely obscure characters, most of whom will probably die horribly. James Gunn (the Guardians of the Galaxy guy) is doing this, so it should be a blast. He's also helming a sequel TV series focusing on Peacemaker, if you haven't heard.https://youtu.be/AnnYr1y3DNM
The Batman -- March 4, 2022. Also note the "the." This means we're getting an all-new, all-different Batman played by the guy who was the sparkly vampire. This time they're stacking it with all the bad guys. Matt Reeves (Planet of the Apes) is now directing, so it'll probably be good?https://youtu.be/ewDSeyWve8M
Flash -- November 4, 2022. He may be the fastest man alive, but his movie is the slowest one in development. They're still insisting on doing Flashpoint, which means we'll get looks at weird versions of other DC superheroes. But not Cyborg. Andy Muschietti, the guy who did It, is directing.
Aquaman 2 -- December 16, 2022. Not much is known about the further adventures of Aqua-Thor, but director James Wan (who did the first one) said it will be more serious and involve the return of Ocean Master, who was... somebody? I've managed to forget. Man, that first movie had a bunch of stuff in it.
Shazam: Fury of the Gods -- 2023. Everyone from the first movie is back, including the director, so it should be a fun time. Here's hoping they don't lose their nerve and actually have Shazam fight that creepy worm from the stinger.
In Development
Black Adam. Getting his own movie because The Rock demanded it. Apparently Atom Smasher and the Justice Society of America are in it? Jaume Collet-Serra is directing.
Wonder Woman 3. Because of course. Gal Gadot and Director Patty Jenkins are back.
Another Batman movie. Also because of course.
The Trench. Okay, so, the 47 undersea kingdoms in the first Aquaman. Remember the one with the monsters? No, the other one with the monsters. They're getting a horror movie for some reason.
Green Lantern. Maybe this will be a movie? There's also a TV show in development? We'll probably get some sort of green energy constructs, eventually.
Supergirl. Separate from the TV series.
Cyborg. Not sure if this will go forward now that Ray Fishers has washed his hands of the DC universe.
Blackhawks. Being written by the person behind the recent Jurassic Park movie.
Batgirl. Somehow survived Joss Whedon leaving.
Untitled Jared Leto Joker Project. God help us. Though it might be dead.
Nightwing. Reportedly postponed in favor of The Batman.
Man of Steel Sequel. Who knows if Henry Cavill will come back.
Lobo. They've been trying to do this one for a while. Kind of surprised the success of Deadpool didn't help this.
New Gods. Apparently Ava DuVernay's directing.
Static Shock. Michael B. Jordan's producing.
They're both real good OPs, and have been consolidated here for your viewing pleasure.
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The important thing is that ZACK SNYDER is bringing back... Jared Leto's Joker!
Or at least, a Joker played by Jared Leto?
Who knows. It's awful.
It's like they drained all the personality out of Suicide Squad Joker and gave him a prosthetic hand.
also Fuck Suicide Squad.
Modern gangster trappings, but, like obviously in the wrong ways. Antisocial behavior that's deeply uncomfortable. His jokes aren't funny, but they sure make him laugh. He's supposed to be weird, threatening, and out of place in the same sort of way that a mobster in a purple suit and corpse paint would be in the '40s.
It wasn't successful because (imo) they skipped character and went right to characterization. We're never given any connective tissue for why Skwad Joker acts like he does, every scene he's in feels disjointed and random (unless he's acting like we think a Joker "should" act). And there's no "fun" to his actions. He's not out there chasing his own brand of humor. Not really a Joker at all imo, just looks like one.
Like if you're going to put 7.5 minutes of "the Joker" into a 2.25 hr movie, you need to be using a pre-established concept instead of trying to invent something out of whole cloth.
Also:
I'm not gonna lie, I'm happy with more Batfleck.
Holy shit , Snyder literally is just fucking going, " I think I can Top Tim Burton's Superman" , now isn't he?
He's just trolling and knows it.
I watched The Dark Knight Rises a few weeks back, and it's amazing how (1) considering how at the time it was seen as the weakest of the 3, at least for me it's an order of magnitude better than anything that followed, and (2) I can't believe this is the crap we've gotten instead of the JGL Robin they set up
And it isn't like there isn't a fucking assload of characters they could adapt for film and/or television; Blue beetle and booster gold would each be a solid choice and an easy sell on their own merits.
At the same time, Shazam was a LOT more like Hellboy than I expected. Kinda...Tom Hank’s BIG meets Hellboy, kind of deal. A few cringey lines in it too, but I’m expectant that this was a proof of concept and the sequel should really open up into something great.
In all seriousness, that at least looks like his vision, and while it's trying too hard to be epic I actually respect not using any fucking quips or snark in the trailer. That's refreshing.
Like there’s gonna be any quips or snark in the movie to pull for a trailer.
Sure, if you'd like!
And I'm kind of hoping for Poison Ivy to show up in Harley Quinn 2 or whatever it's gonna be called. But I also fear that they're gonna fuck it up.
"More SLOWMO! more blue and orange LIGHTNING! more BROWN Filters!" (Zack Snyder, probably)
Did you see a lot of movies in the theatre in 2020?
The only fight scene I got issue with is the one in the prison with the sprinklers, because there doesn't seem to be much of a reason for it to be there and it leads directly into another fight scene with slightly more narrative merit. But the prison fight scene did have a pretty good soundtrack backing it, so there's that.
I believe I can honestly say that I did not see 'a lot' of movies in the theatre in 2020.
Unless Matches Malone is undergoing a quick costume change
MOAR SEPIA TONE!!!
This made me look and I wish I hadn't, it was adopted as part of the playerfence movement with there then being a crowdfunding campaign to get a meme around that referenced in a movie.
It raised a lot of money very quickly.