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[A24 4,331]

That's how corrupt these cops are, Gruesome.

 

 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Cremers thinks it's cops who are looting.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

What a nutjob.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

9 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

Cremers thinks it's cops who are looting.

Cops do the shooting, not the looting.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Just now, bruce marshall said:

Cops do the shooting, not the looting.

 

They shoot the looters, as they're supposed to.

[A24 4,331]

Watching Fox News makes you less informed than watching no news at all.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5?r=US&IR=T

 

Could explain why Drax and Gruesome come across as thickheaded.

[Arpy 4,145]

1 hour ago, AC1 said:

The same can be said about BvS, which was surprisingly decent up until the final act, which starts with the infamous "Wait! Your mother's name is Martha?" scene. From that moment on, the movie was surprisingly bad. 

 

Still, Venom was so childish, Venom's voice such a terrible idea, the humor so poor ... It never had any potential from the start.

The humor was godawful and I would say that where the bones of a genuine film are buried in a piece of shit like Venom, BvS is a hollow, disingenuous, sloppy, poorly written film that takes both characters of Batman and Superman and turns them into action figures, chucked at the wall like a child playing with them. The difference between a child and a director playing though, is that one has heart and imagination and the other is paid to make movies. There is no heart or soul in BvS, no genuine characters and the two iconic characters are nothing more than halloween costumes in a nightmare of CGI. Somehow it's worse than Man of Steel.

[A24 4,331]

3 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Cops do the shooting, not the looting.

 

Never heard of the Agent Provocateur tactic? 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

1 minute ago, AC1 said:

Watching Fox News makes you less informed than watching no news at all.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5?r=US&IR=T

 

Could explain why Drax and Gruesome come across as thickheaded.

Is the one you call " Drax" the Trump lover?

I call him KOTM😊

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

2 minutes ago, AC1 said:

Watching Fox News makes you less informed than watching no news at all.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5?r=US&IR=T

 

Could explain why Drax and Gruesome come across as thickheaded.

 

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

1 minute ago, AC1 said:

 

Never heard of the Agent Provocateur tactic? 

  I hadn't finished my post.

Thanks for clarifying

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Bunch of nutjobs

[A24 4,331]

3 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Is the one you call " Drax" the Trump lover?

I call him KOTM😊

 

Yes, the Trump lover. Heck, he's even planning to dress up as a police officer and protect the Orange One when he refuses to leave the WH in January. 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

1 minute ago, AC1 said:

 

Yes, the Trump lover. Heck, he's even planning to dress up as a police officer and protect the Orange One when he refuses to leave the WH in January. 

 

You nuts really think he's gonna lose, huh. Ah well, leave you to your false sense of security!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

They're not gonna get there. We're not gonna let it happen. We're not gonna let our country be destroyed by a bunch of nutjobs.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

3 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

They're not gonna get there. We're not gonna let it happen. We're not gonna let our country be destroyed by a bunch of nutjobs.

Another T***p voter.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

2 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

They're not gonna get there. We're not gonna let it happen. We're not gonna let our country be destroyed by a bunch of nutjobs.

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

2 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

 

Mutual masturbation.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

1 minute ago, bruce marshall said:

Mutual masturbation.

 

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

I was referring to the Gruesome twosome. They don't need a hot chick.Just each other and a bunch of flag draped dildos

 

5 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

 

 

 

[Arpy 4,145]

3 hours ago, AC1 said:

No, unlike me, Steef, Quint and Richard thought this scene from MOS was funny.

 

 

 

 

What a fucking joke. Right after Superman threatens humanity by smashing a satellite in front of the military, instead of being scared shitless, they just make this horribly out of place banter like nothing happened. 

[Sweeping Strings 2,358]

Even for a character where I think a certain amount of darkness is appropriate, The Batman looks utterly bloody humourless ... even the Nolan/Bale trilogy had its lighter moments (the Bruce and Lucius Fox scenes for example, 'tipping the hat' to the Bond franchise's Q-Branch scenes). 

I'm not saying it'll flop necessarily, but isn't it just possible that after this clusterfuck of a year people will be looking for a bit of uplifting escapist fun (as opposed to unrelenting gloom) from their big-screen heroes?  

[A24 4,331]

 

45 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

Even for a character where I think a certain amount of darkness is appropriate, The Batman looks utterly bloody humourless ... even the Nolan/Bale trilogy had its lighter moments (the Bruce and Lucius Fox scenes for example, 'tipping the hat' to the Bond franchise's Q-Branch scenes). 

I'm not saying it'll flop necessarily, but isn't it just possible that after this clusterfuck of a year people will be looking for a bit of uplifting escapist fun (as opposed to unrelenting gloom) from their big-screen heroes?  

 

Well, you will have your WW84, which will be filled with lighthearted '80s stuff. Everybody happy!

 

 

 

[Jay 37,355]

Political talk isn't allowed on JWFan, keep it up and I'll have to ban people.  Sorry!

[Arpy 4,145]

@Sweeping Strings All we've seen is the trailer and I've never known Batman to be anything other than dark and edgy. The Nolan trilogy had some lighter moments, but it was still dark and a little depressing.

[rough cut 1,714]

I guess the good thing about giving Batman his own movie again, is that it hopefully keeps him out of any potential Superman movie.

[Edmilson 7,439]

DC should've used the Fandome to announce a new Superman movie starring Henry Cavill. Or at least to put him on the next Flash movie.

[A24 4,331]

6 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

DC should've used the Fandome to announce a new Superman movie starring Henry Cavill. 

 

Wait! Isn't it time for a reboot?

[blondheim 1,157]

The Batman trailer is not a perfect indication of the film's tone because only about 25% of the movie is shot, congregating on a few sequences.

[A24 4,331]

I'm a 100% sure the rest will have the same tone.

[blondheim 1,157]

I think so too, but who knows. Everyone keeps throwing the words 'human' and 'relatable' around. And Colin Farrell is apparently having a blast, as is Zoe Kravitz. I am sure there will be humor there, even if it is only from Andy Serkis.

 

I like my Batman dark personally. I wouldn't care if there wasn't a single joke that wasn't delivered in spite by a villain.

[Edmilson 7,439]

18 minutes ago, AC1 said:

Wait! Isn't it time for a reboot?

 

I believe Cavill's Superman hasn't reached his full potential yet. In the hands of a great screenwriter and director, he could really be the Superman of the 21st century.

[blondheim 1,157]

I don't want the tone of Christopher Reeves but I agree with this.

[A24 4,331]

So basically what you're asking is for Nolan to make a Cavill Superman film? 

[blondheim 1,157]

I would certainly be fine with it, but I'd like someone new to take a crack at it.

[Arpy 4,145]

I've been watching Teen Wolf and the young Clark Kent from Man of Steel is in it, he'd make a fine Superman in the future and doesn't look too dissimilar to Cavill.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,522]

9 hours ago, AC1 said:

Watching Fox News makes you less informed than watching no news at all.

...and watching the BBC makes you feel like a Nazi sympathiser.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, AC1 said:

So basically what you're asking is for Nolan to make a Cavill Superman film? 

Angels, and ministers of grace, defend us!

[Sweeping Strings 2,358]

20 hours ago, Arpy said:

@Sweeping Strings All we've seen is the trailer and I've never known Batman to be anything other than dark and edgy. The Nolan trilogy had some lighter moments, but it was still dark and a little depressing.

Not ALWAYS dark and edgy, but I take your point.

[Arpy 4,145]

I was referring to comic book Batman, not the camp variants!

[A24 4,331]

30 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

 

 

George Clooney: "I think we just killed the franchise"

[Sweeping Strings 2,358]

39 minutes ago, Arpy said:

I was referring to comic book Batman, not the camp variants!

Ah, I thought you were talking about onscreen Batman only. Hehehe. 

Clooney did say in an interview that B and R killed the franchise for 8 years and that he should take some responsibility for that. Fair play to him. 

 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The comic books weren't always dark.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

2 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

The comic books weren't always dark.

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Before he became " The Dark Knight", he was " The World's Greatest Detective"!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It'd be a refreshing change if they made a lighter Batman movie. I suppose Justice League was almost that, but not what I have in mind.

[blondheim 1,157]

He was quite dark at the beginning. Moved away from it during the 50s and into the 60s (everything in comics did, censorship) and then started coming back slowly after that. Once the TV show ended, writers tried desperately to find some middle ground that wouldn't turn off the audience but would align more with the character's original conception. I prefer all my superheroes to be complex, multi-faceted humans with flaws. I don't go in for the terminally upbeat stuff myself. I prefer DC for this reason. Marvel tends to try to appeal to everyone by giving us a little of everything every time: humor, a romance, mild terror, a theme park of set-pieces. I find this to be the lowest common denominator when it comes to creativity, sort of writing a film by committee. Visual pop songs. They have had 5-star films so it has occasionally been the right recipe. DC has been guilty as well, but often settles for one mood or conception, closely linked to its creator: Nolan, Burton, Snyder, Schumaker.

[Romão 2,274]

Even in recent comic book storylines, Grant Morrisson actually found a great and original way to fuse Batman's both campy and dark legacy

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Didn't they show his dick in a recent comic? So weird.

[blondheim 1,157]

1 minute ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

Didn't they show his dick in a recent comic? So weird.

 

They did and I was here for it. I like the idea of the Black Label, I wish they would do more with it.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Batman shouldn't be dark and disturbing and it also shouldn't be a serious crime drama. It's about a guy who dresses in a bat costume and fights a clown and a guy in a spacesuit with a freeze ray.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Didn't I read THE BATMAN was taking him back to the ' detective' persona?

Personally, I loved the concept of a police force so corrupt that he has to go outside the system.

Certainly fits our times.