Bazza Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Nor if it is a sundial. It wouldn't work at all in the DCEU, too grim-dark. bigdamnhero, Armory, BarretWallace and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Nor if its a stardate. BarretWallace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 If it were a stardate then it wouldn't be a sundial but a "stardial". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Let's just go with "dial home device". BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 11/14/2017 at 2:29 PM, mrinku said: One of Darkseid's lackeys. I'd have preferred Granny Goodness, but maybe she'll turn up later. Please Lord, if this happens let them convince Ed Asner to reprise the role in the live action film! He'd be perfect! On 12/7/2017 at 7:52 PM, Christopher R Taylor said: I do like the idea of a Flashpoint type story with the Flash rebooting the DC universe. Erase the Snyder films and restart, doing the characters right. I mean right now the Batman mythos is a wreck: how old is he? When did the films take place? What incarnation is he? Is Superman v Batman before or after Bane destroyed Gotham? It occurs to me that Flashpoint rewriting everything since Barry was 9 would have basically zero effect on the events of Wonder Woman, allowing them to keep the one film almost everyone approved of in continuity with no changes... On 12/10/2017 at 9:03 PM, Iuz the Evil said: I'd put Justice League as better than a number of Marvel movies. Liked it better than: Thor 1, Thor 2, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Incredible Hulk, and Avengers 2. Wasn't as good imo as GOTG, GOTG 2, any of the Captain America movies, Avengers 1, Iron Man 1. Mostly in agreement with your rankings. I'd set it almost a dead heat with Age of Ultron, except for some crappy CGI and production values. And the use of the Harley Quinn BootyCam® from Suicide Squad for a lot of Diana's scenes. In the pro column, I like Wonder Woman and Superman better than any of the Marvel characters. It was good enough that I mostly enjoyed myself watching it, and there was nothing so bad it made me want to jump either director with a crowbar—something I can't say about the previous two DCEU team movies. I'd actually be more or less satisfied if Warner Bros. could maintain roughly this level of quality moving forward, though they'd probably need to cut their production budgets by about 60% to make the movies fiscal successes. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 12/11/2017 at 1:55 PM, Cassandra said: Someone said if DC wants to make successful movies just give Christopher Nolan have a billion dollars. Every subsequent DC movie trying to emulate Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy is IMO a big part of what brought DC to this state. Christopher R Taylor and Matt the Bruins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 "Liking" a particular movie over another movie is at best only partly about its inherent quality. The rest is subjective response, which is valid for personal preference but not for anyone who may feel differently. It's why I usually ignore anybody's lists of "the best" in an entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Quote Every subsequent DC movie trying to emulate Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy is IMO a big part of what brought DC to this state. Yeah that's exactly the problem. DC thinking every movie had to be Batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just for the record I created this thread in January of 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Is it time to remove "coming" from the thread title yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Most definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I'm not sure it counts as an 'epic' fail given WW's critical and financial success. Honestly, I didn't even find any of the other movies to be awful, just 'meh' at worst with a few awful scenes. For example, I was forced to watch Valerian and the City of a Thousand Whatever because my wife got it on Redbox...THAT was awful. I mean, wow, that dialogue was as bad as SW prequels dialogue. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 See...this is why I said Cassandra was "mostly right". But did anyone listen...? ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 That nobody seriously disputes the title years *after* it was made and a lot of DC movies have been released says something about the state of DC's movie dreams. It's just sort of presumed that at least *one* of any of their upcoming movies will fail. My vote's on Aquaman. I like Aquaman. I like Jason Momoa. I didn't see JL yet so I can't say if I like JM as Aquaman, - or if he was Aquaman in name only. It won't matter much, though, if people still think of pop culture jokes when they think of Aquaman. Those who like DC comics will go. Those who liked him in JL will go. Those who were indifferent will give it a pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 It is an epic failure from WB/DC's point of view, which will have a profound impact on the future of the brand. And, ultimately, that's the only point of view that matters since they, not us, are in control of the content we (get to) consume. DasBroot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Bazza said: See...this is why I said Cassandra was "mostly right". But did anyone listen...? ( ) Did you say something? Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 14/12/2017 at 6:20 PM, Christopher R Taylor said: Yeah that's exactly the problem. DC thinking every movie had to be Batman. And the last Nolan Batman movie wasn't that great either. Matt the Bruins, Ternaugh and Christopher R Taylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 54 minutes ago, Jagged said: And the last Nolan Batman movie wasn't that great either. I agree completely. But I think the Nolan trilogy is generally graded as a whole, and two of the three films were quite good. I'd give the trilogy a solid B+ overall. Nevertheless, while The Dark Knight is a landmark film deserving of (most of) the acclaim it has received, I think we all agree that is no reason to paint the entire DCEU with the grimdark brush. I think its towering success profoundly distorted WB/DC's (creative) perspective, and the fact that Nolan's third installment was a disappointment didn't recalibrate that perspective one bit. Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 8 hours ago, Bazza said: See...this is why I said Cassandra was "mostly right". But did anyone listen...? ( ) If she wanted us to listen, she should have given in to Apollo's sexual harassment. It's her own fault! Men have needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 5 hours ago, DasBroot said: My vote's on Aquaman. I like Aquaman. I like Jason Momoa. I didn't see JL yet so I can't say if I like JM as Aquaman, - or if he was Aquaman in name only. Momoa isn't your saturday-morning-cartoon Aquaman, but I thought he nailed it. He has something of a hero's journey arc in JL, though obviously they couldn't devote a lot of screen time to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Old Man said: If she wanted us to listen, she should have given in to Apollo's sexual harassment. It's her own fault! Men have needs! Apollo is a god not a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Tell that to Midnighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 The Greek gods were depicted as having all the usual human failings. In fact, their incessant need to participate/interfere in human affairs made them more human than they would probably have cared to admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 My guess would be that the Greeks would say that they took after the gods because that's how they were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 Sidebar: I actually enjoyed Valerian. Don’t get me wrong, it was an objectively terrible film. But I was in just the right mood to completely turn off my brain and watch the pretty pictures. And they sure were pretty: the whole time I kept thinking how much I’d love to play in that campaign. Honestly if they’d cast a couple of competent actors for the lead roles, and tightened up the script a bit (losing the so-dated Pepe le Peu hostile-work-environment subplot) they could’ve had a decent movie on their hands. Coulda shoulda woulda... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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