I'm a DC fan and I still like the direction the DC movies are going. I walked out of Man of Steel reletively satisfyed despite some silly moments (Catholic Priest)Banjo-Kazooie Blue said:
Jesse Eisenberg Promises Lex Luthor Is "Very Serious"
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You know I never seen The Social Club, Zombieland, or even followed Jesse Eisenberg at all. Heck when I heard of the backlash against him being casted as Lex Luthor I was like, "Who is Jesse Eisenberg?"ParasiteX said:
As much of a fan of Linkara as I am, nobody's trying to build a franchise off that piece of crap.Samtemdo8 said:
You know, I'm not going to defend Man of Steel. I think it definitely had it's problems, and it could have been better. But I'm kind of getting tired of everybody complaining about how dark the DC movies are. I mean, lets just take a look at what are hailed as the best comics from individual heroes.
Batman- Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, Under the Red Hood arc, Hush, The Long Halloween
Superman- For the Man that Has Everything, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Kingdom Come
Green Lantern- Emerald Twilight, Blackest Night, Circle of Fire
The point I'm trying to make is, DC is just....dark. The most hailed upon comics in the franchise are also the darkest ones.
Batman- Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, Under the Red Hood arc, Hush, The Long Halloween
Superman- For the Man that Has Everything, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Kingdom Come
Green Lantern- Emerald Twilight, Blackest Night, Circle of Fire
The point I'm trying to make is, DC is just....dark. The most hailed upon comics in the franchise are also the darkest ones.
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This image seems like it needs an addendum.lax4life said:Of course Lex Luthor is very serious. He's a very serious guy, with very serious ambitions.
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I'm sorry, Mr, Momoa; it could be that yours is the interpretation of Aquaman that will make audiences, laugh, cry, and rise cheering when the lights come up.Fanghawk said:
But people are still going to make jokes about Aquaman when the movie is over. Because Aquaman has a long and often ridiculous/pathetic history that precedes your interpretation.
And also, he's a superhero who talks to fish. In a world of technicolor psychotics and city-shattering pyrotechnics... Well, yeah.
Whatever else might be said about Smallville, I thought Michael Rosenbaum's portrayal of Lex Luthor was pretty awesome. I'm more than willing to consider the possibility that Luthor could be a great movie villain in a more seriously-themed piece.
I'm not entirely convinced that Eisenberg will portray that great villain in this particular piece, but we'll see.
The biggest issue with Eisenberg is that he's a terrible actor and has an annoying face.
And don't even get me started on literal Zack Snyder
And don't even get me started on literal Zack Snyder
Well, the only success they've ever had at the movies was with the Chris Nolan movies, so knowing how these guys operate they are going to try and replicate that success as much as possible.thewatergamer said:
Imagine if the MCU movies didn't get popular with the relatively comedic performance of RDJ in the original Iron-Man movie? Things could have been dramatically different if they hadn't at least tried to carry that tone through their other films...
Yeah there was no need to emphasise how serious the sequel to Man of Steel will be.
Much as I love Man of Steel, I'd love if a DC (or a Marvel) film managed to grab the right balance of serious and fun like X2/Days of Future Past did, but I know such things won't happen and we'll get something that ends up silly because of how serious it takes itself.
Much as I love Man of Steel, I'd love if a DC (or a Marvel) film managed to grab the right balance of serious and fun like X2/Days of Future Past did, but I know such things won't happen and we'll get something that ends up silly because of how serious it takes itself.
Oh, he'll be serious. I expect he'll be dark and brooding too. So he, batman and superman can all be brooding and dark together by brooding in darkness. But I'm not convinced DoJ will be dark, serious and brooding enough for my tastes. And edgy. They must all be super dark, super edgy and super broody, all the time. Also, there must be no colour in the film.
What are you talking about? This is nonsense, I'm sorry to say. First, you are ignoring Tim Burton and Richard Donner, both of whom made critical and commercial blockbusters, both of whose movies stand today as among the best superhero films ever made. Michael Keaton's Batman if anything paved the way for today's movies on the basis of its success. People saw that a good movie could be made and that there were fans who enjoyed and paid for it in droves.Jake Martinez said:
Second, apart from Superman Returns (which I would digress, was a much better film than MoS by every measure, despite its own issues), Nolan's trilogy were the *only* films they made in the last decade or more. Stating that Nolan's movies were "the only success they've ever had" is absolutely, objectively and demonstrably untrue. They're the *only* films they made in the last decade, with SR, and Tim Burton and Richard Donner both made *better* films decades ago that are still today better than most superhero films and certainly better than Nolan's.
Then the kicker is that considering they're basing DoJ and whatever else they do moving forward on Nolan's films' success, they've completely severed continuity with a different Batman and different director, different timeline and universe. The only thing thing they're gonna keep is a desaturated look that's mostly dark. Man of Steel was a terrible film, Nolan's trilogy was good, great, awful. I'm personally interested to see what they do, but only because of the fondness I once had for those characters' older films. Judging by the trailer and news surrounding it, it's going to be dark, serious, edgy and broody which sounds about as enjoyable as a sandpaper slide.
And I'm sure Jesse Eisenberg will accompany Lex Luthor's brooding sense of superiority with his own real-life feelings of superiority, his oh so cool face locked in a cold sneer of apathy as he looks down on the throngs of comic book fans like a 19th century British colonialist would have gazed upon the savages of the Dark Continent.
I had my fun with Man of Steel. The action scenes were awesome, and I like the performances of some of the character like Michael Shannon's Zod.Kenbo Slice said:
And judging from the Trailers of Batman v Superman it looks to be quite the spectical.
It just looks more like grimdark bs. They've essentially made Superman and Batman the same character, sacrificing any dynamic they had in the comics to make it "cooler and edgier."Samtemdo8 said:
I find it wrong to call Superman grimdark. The problem with him in Man of Steel is that he had very few things to say which I am hoping the next movie will make him speak and act more often.Kenbo Slice said:
And besides its too early to judge. And isn't that a bit too much to say that they made them both into the same character? Batman would not go as far as to face trial for anything mistake he made like Superman. He would just dissappear.