Necrothatcher posted:

12 hour flight had MoS and BvS theatrical on the inflight entertainment. Good times.

Only Josstice League though, so will be rewatching ZSJL very soon.

teagone posted:

Watching MoS, BvS UE, Wonder Woman, and ZSJL in consecutive order is the optimum DCEU experience.

teagone posted:

Aquaman is supplementary material imo. It's fine, but not required viewing for the optimal DCEU experience. MoS/BvS UE/WW/ZSJL all share narrative threads that I personally find much more meaningful.

Schwarzwald posted:

I can't believe Zack Snyder supports Zeon.

Assepoester posted:

Aquaman is great and it provides a hopeful look at the future post ZSJL

checkplease posted:

Just read this part from Birthright writer Mark Waid on his review of man of steel.

The rest of his review complains about Superman not saving enough people and Superman snapping necks, but this was a good read of pa Kent.

“And I think you’d be surprised to find that I loved everything about Jonathan Kent. I loved his protectiveness, even when it made him sound like an rear end in a top hat. (“Maybe.”) And I loved, loved, loved that scene where Clark *didn’t* save him, because Goyer did something magical–he took two moments that, individually, I would have hated and he welded them together into something amazing. Out of context, I would have hated that Clark said “You’re not my real dad,” or whatever he says right before the tornado. And out of context, I would have *loathed* that Clark stood by frozen with helplessness as the tornado killed Jonathan. But the reason that beat worked is *because* Clark had just said “You’re not my dad,” the last real words he said to Pa. Tearful Clark choosing to go against his every instinct in that last second because he had to show his father he trusted him after all, because he had to show Pa that Pa could trust *him* and that Clark *had* learned, Clark *did* love him–that worked for me, hugely. It was a very brave story choice, but it worked. It worked largely on the shoulders of Cavill, who sold it. It worked as a tragic rite of passage. I kinda wish I’d written that scene.”

teagone posted:

Unfortunately that is a future that does not exist, my friend. Embrace our future that cultivates Rebel Moon instead.

2house2fly posted:

My favourite bit of that scene: as he watches Jonathan die, Clark yells out "Dad!"

Assepoester posted:

The hilarious after credits scene of ZSJL with Jared Joker shows us that there is still a possible dark future ahead where earth is destroyed and Aquaman is dead.

Aquaman takes place after ZSJL and shows him growing and learning as a character, earning the respect of the merpeople and uniting the seven underwater kingdoms, and showing that as a child of two worlds he has what it takes to unite the surface and the ocean against the looming threat of Darkseid. It gives us faith that perhaps the dark future can be overcome.

McSpanky posted:

A functional understanding of genre is media literacy and not the same thing as expecting an encyclopedic dissection of a comic book character's publication history.

Sir Kodiak posted:

If you read the quotes above, she didn't claim that critics couldn't understand Harry Potter because of their unfamility with genre fiction or that their analysis is worthless. It was specifically a response to critics praising Harry Potter's originality. And it is absolutely fair to say that, if you don't generally read genre fiction, then you shouldn't be judging whether a piece of genre fiction is original. I remember having a similar conversation about Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which is a good book from a hell of a writer, but was similarly praised for the originality of its genre elements by people who only read literary fiction.

So, in regards to the multiversal Spider-Men, it's not that you have to consume all Spider-Man media in order to comment on them, but if you specifically want to write about, say, the relationship between Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the many comic books it draws from, you should probably have read those comic books.

KVeezy3 posted:

Certainly, but does TV Tropes have a functional grasp of media literacy? Or at least, better than stuffy film academics?

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

man i am halfway through a loving warhammer novel and even i'm embarassed to be in the same thread as this post

Bogus Adventure posted:

I will never forgive WB for taking away the chance of seeing Justice League meets Mad Max Fury Road. Just you wait, Zaslav. I will strike you down with my Omega Beams...

Gatts posted:

Who the gently caress did not want to see this? Darkseid wreck poo poo and Mad Max future Batman and crew. JFC.

RBA Starblade posted:

I didn't, it sounded dumb and was lame in Beavis

teagone posted:

RBA Starblade posted:

It was as bad as the YouTube ad portion! Mad Max Batman is just stupid to me

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I am so sorry for whatever is wrong with you

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I am so sorry for whatever is wrong with you

Ghosthotel posted:

Bruce continuing to wear the costume in a future where his secret identity doesn't matter anymore and he could switch to literally anything else is one of the most comic book parts of BvS and ZSJL and it owns and is very funny

Ghosthotel posted:

Bruce continuing to wear the costume in a future where his secret identity doesn't matter anymore and he could switch to literally anything else is one of the most comic book parts of BvS and ZSJL and it owns and is very funny

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I am so sorry for whatever is wrong with you

Brazilianpeanutwar posted:

Batman in a world where money is worthless sounds good.

McCloud posted:

Oh my god that's his version of Superman on a planet with a red sun

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I am so sorry for whatever is wrong with you