just watched aquaman this weekend... smdh.. I don't know how marvel manages to pull of the cheese and camp they do but somehow it works for them... DC's cheese and camp is just plain tragic tho... don't know why I even bother.. what was the last half decent dc offerring? I got nothing.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86670 posts
Tue Aug-13-19 10:24 AM
2. "fuck it, I really liked Aquaman." In response to Reply # 0
If you’re gonna go cheesy, go ALL THE WAY. Too many of the DC flicks would try to balance cheese with grit and/or self-awareness. Aquaman at least had the stones to commit to that vision.
Dj Joey Joe Member since Sep 01st 2007 13770 posts
Wed Aug-14-19 02:19 AM
8. "Ditto, It Was One Of The Few Good Ones" In response to Reply # 2
DC is known for either going the "Dark Knight" route with everything and then the cheesy route, but to me Aquaman was pretty decent without trying to be a corny Marvel Deadpool route which I thought Shazam was really corny but it felt more like made for Nickelodeon than a DC movie, even though DC has a lot of characters like this in their universe such as Plastic Man.
They just need to stop trying to make these long movies, it works for Marvel but for DC it's a negative (maybe cause of writing or non-interesting characters with no depth to them).
I heard there might be a Lobo movie coming in 2020/2021, even though he's kind of DC's Wolverine-ish character, I hope they don't try to copy what Marvel movies did.
--------- "We in here talking about later career Prince records & your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak
23. "I don't mind cheesiness; it was just REALLY boring between..." In response to Reply # 2
...the action scenes. And aside from the stuff with Black Manta, the action scenes weren't that interesting. During the "final" battle, all I kept thinking about was "CRAB PEOPLE! CRAB PEOPLE!" a la South Park.
5. "A standalone Batfleck flick would have banged" In response to Reply # 0
>just watched aquaman this weekend... smdh.. I don't know how >marvel manages to pull of the cheese and camp they do but >somehow it works for them... DC's cheese and camp is just >plain tragic tho... don't know why I even bother.. what was >the last half decent dc offerring? I got nothing.
He has been/was hands down the best thing about the "current" DC universe.
6. "c'mon now, the DC criticism (even if legit) is trite/passe now" In response to Reply # 0
We all know for the past 5 years that DC films had bad writrs, direction, etc. Their movies are still obviously making them a profit. The DC 'style' is well known and people know what to expect: Wal-Mart compard to Marvels 'Bareney's. Once in a while they'll have some quality Wonder Woman release but we all know the drill by now. Quit? They're on some Don't Stop-Won't Stop...and thats ok.
just watched aquaman this weekend... smdh.. I don't know how >marvel manages to pull of the cheese and camp they do but >somehow it works for them... DC's cheese and camp is just >plain tragic tho... don't know why I even bother.. what was >the last half decent dc offerring? I got nothing.
7. "Well they did a couple things wrong IMHO" In response to Reply # 0
A. They didn't have a good unifier like Feige. I'm not saying you needed dude on his level, but Tsujihara was a disaster.
B. They could have just followed Marvel's formula and they would have been fine if they could have struck the right tone. They didn't have to try and reinvent the wheel with how they went about introducing their universe. Probably should have just cribbed from their animated stuff.
C. Snyder just wasn't the dude to kick things off. I enjoyed Man of Steel, but they should have had multiple talents behind the camera lined up. ______________________________________________________________________________
9. "Shazam was kinda fun" In response to Reply # 0
Aquaman was okay..but not one I will watch again. I actually enjoyed it more than Wonder Woman which I feel was completely overrated. I may try the sequel tho since its 1984, think the WW2 backdrop just didn't do it for me and the villain was shit.
Im looking forward to the Joker movie I think. The new Batman I'll give a chance. They just sucked at tying a universe together and seemed to give up on that now at least.
Dj Joey Joe Member since Sep 01st 2007 13770 posts
Thu Aug-15-19 11:57 PM
18. "Suicide Squad 2 Would Be Good" In response to Reply # 14
I'm just curious as to why would Will Smith take up a role knowing that it might end up being a reoccurring role but says he doesn't want to do sequels or play a role twice?
I just rather his ass just stick to not doing superhero movies at all, I was kind of surprised he did three Men In Black movies, then says "I'm done with doing roles more than once" schtick, I wonder who they will get to play Deadshot now?
--------- "We in here talking about later career Prince records & your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak
15. "yeah, but nah. Aquaman rocked." In response to Reply # 0
it was damn near winking at the camera for the entire movie, but it at least had an earnestness and straight-forwardness to its story and wasn't bogged down with darkness for darkness sake.
it might be the one DCEU flick i would watch again.
19. "Well, they basically have already quit in terms of having a " In response to Reply # 0
connected universe in any way similar to the MCU. Currently announced films are pretty much silo'd and not connected to each other or leading up to any team-up films like Justice League. Which in theory is a great choice for DC - the individual directors can just focus on trying to make their own films as good as possible without trying to have it all fit together.
22. "Lol, I like all the DC movies y'all hate and hate the ones y'all say are..." In response to Reply # 0
Well, 'hate' is a strong word. More like 'bored by.'
As bad as Suicide Squad obviously is, I've rewatched it more times than I ever care to see Wonder Woman again. I've already seen some version of that story 49 hundred million times.
But then Ang Lee's Hulk is in my top 5, so that's who I am.
25. "RE: DC needs to just quit...." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Jun-20-22 12:15 PM by go mack
Thought would just up this post. So Ezra Miller news seems their time as Flash may be over before it starts. With it scheduled for next year wonder if they reshoot the whole thing at this point or release as is and than recast. What a mess, not sure how Michael Keaton feels coming back as Batman for it now.
Amber Heard cut from Aquaman 2, probably small part tho again and not as difficult.
Joker 2 announced as musical with possibly Lady Gaga as Harley. That sounds incredibly awful. Lol
I'll wait for Reeves The Batman sequel and I was cool with Gunn's Suicide Squad and Peacemaker but overall DC can't get things right it seems.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86670 posts
Mon Jun-20-22 05:13 PM
26. "DC might've turned it around, to be honest." In response to Reply # 25 Mon Jun-20-22 05:15 PM by Frank Longo
Like, The Suicide Squad and The Batman are two of the best superhero movies of the last several years, and The Peacemaker is a good hit.
No fucking clue what they do about Miller, but it's pretty clear in the 2021-22 releases so far that they've taken some decent steps to right the ship from where it was even just a couple of years ago.
(I don't have much faith in Black Adam though, lol)
27. "was Joker and future jazz hands Joker from DC studio though or.." In response to Reply # 25
offset like how Spiderman was Sony and not marvel back then?
>Thought would just up this post. So Ezra Miller news seems >their time as Flash may be over before it starts. With it >scheduled for next year wonder if they reshoot the whole thing >at this point or release as is and than recast. What a mess, >not sure how Michael Keaton feels coming back as Batman for it >now. > >Amber Heard cut from Aquaman 2, probably small part tho again >and not as difficult. > >Joker 2 announced as musical with possibly Lady Gaga as >Harley. That sounds incredibly awful. Lol > >I'll wait for Reeves The Batman sequel and I was cool with >Gunn's Suicide Squad and Peacemaker but overall DC can't get >things right it seems.
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