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Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
Man now that I'm thinking more about it you could extend the "DC movies suck" thing to "anyone who isn't Marvel/Disney is making embarrassingly bad comic book movies"

evidence:

-both of those recent spiderman movies sucked rear end
-the Fantastic 4 movie was unspeakably bad and had to be retooled last-minute with a bunch of additional shooting with bad wigs so they could even release it
-I am super apprehensive about the deadpool movie, like it is just really unlikely that'll be good


I'm sure you can think of more examples

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Pththya-lyi
Nov 8, 2009

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

Holy poo poo, is the ninja really named katana?

Jukeboxblues posted:

I didn't know this was cross promotional with Mortal Kombat.

She's a samurai with a sword that takes the souls of everyone it kills, including that of her dead husband. I dig her.

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
Deadpool is a February release. It's going to be really really loving bad.

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
that most recent Wolverine movie where he goes to Japan was also pretty bad

it felt like a highish-budget TV show apart from a few scenes

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Germstore posted:

Deadpool is a February release. It's going to be really really loving bad.

True, February is typically the month where studios dump movies they know are crap. Not looking good for Ryan Reynolds

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax
the problem with deadpool is that deadpool's defining characteristic is his irreverant disregard for everything around him. he knows he's in a comic book and doesn't give a gently caress.

the entire success of the current marvel francise is because of the whedonesque self-awareness that these movies have, they're accessible to people who think comic books are too serious but serious enough for those people to get into them. the movies know they're movies and don't give a gently caress.

how do you make a superhero movie that is irreverant and self aware when the baseline standard for comic book movies these days is irreverant and self aware? knowing DC they most definitely do not see how easily they are going to gently caress up a deadpool movie by trying to make it not like the avengers

Simstim
Mar 16, 2005

You just gave me a great idea buddy.
grim dark the movie

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer

nigga crab pollock posted:

the problem with deadpool is that deadpool's defining characteristic is his irreverant disregard for everything around him. he knows he's in a comic book and doesn't give a gently caress.

the entire success of the current marvel francise is because of the whedonesque self-awareness that these movies have, they're accessible to people who think comic books are too serious but serious enough for those people to get into them. the movies know they're movies and don't give a gently caress.

how do you make a superhero movie that is irreverant and self aware when the baseline standard for comic book movies these days is irreverant and self aware? knowing DC they most definitely do not see how easily they are going to gently caress up a deadpool movie by trying to make it not like the avengers

Yeah it seems like it would take some pretty clever thinking to work out a "good" Deadpool movie


so in other words it isn't happening lol

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
Disney makes its own gravity and could make a successful Rocket Raccoon stand alone movie if they wanted to.

Simstim
Mar 16, 2005

You just gave me a great idea buddy.

Monkey Fracas posted:

Yeah it seems like it would take some pretty clever thinking to work out a "good" Deadpool movie


so in other words it isn't happening lol

I don't know man, the dirty harry movie wasn't too bad

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Isn't the deadpool movie a fox production? Disney is the power house that makes all their movies work. I would be legitimately afraid if Disney had political ambitions because they could probably convince the country to vote a corporation into office if they wanted.

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

Isn't the deadpool movie a fox production? Disney is the power house that makes all their movies work. I would be legitimately afraid if Disney had political ambitions because they could probably convince the country to vote a corporation into office if they wanted.

Yeah Deadpool is Fox. I just meant that just because Disney can pull poo poo off doesn't mean anyone else should try.

Simstim
Mar 16, 2005

You just gave me a great idea buddy.
tim burton and christopher nolans batman movies made great money

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax

Monkey Fracas posted:

Yeah it seems like it would take some pretty clever thinking to work out a "good" Deadpool movie


so in other words it isn't happening lol

the problem is that a scene that involves deadpool backflipping over a cop car and shooting three people through the nuts in one shot and then staring at the camera and rolling his eyes is no longer subverting audience expectations from what action heroes do in action movies - that is actually just what action heroes do in action movies these days

you take the iron man movie and replace tony stark with deadpool, put a few 4th wall breaks and you tell me that tone wouldn't fit a deadpool movie

WatermelonGun
May 7, 2009

88h88 posted:

The dude front right looks like Ben Stiller playing Mr Angry.

Mr. Furious, bro

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.
I'll take Fiz's opinion on it since he knows like half of hollywood if TFF is to be believed

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

WatermelonGun posted:

Mr. Furious, bro

Mystery Men was amazing, I love it

Still holds up

Along with Galaxy Quest, underrated comedies

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

nigga crab pollock posted:

marvel stole all the talent and dc seems to be afraid of using anything but their platinum-list properties for very very risk adverse films

the idea that comic book movies can be good is a very new thing though, like 7 years ago people were shocked that iron man was successful. marvel figured out a formula and are abusing the everyloving poo poo out of it and DC is basically just crying in the corner because they've been trying to do the same for years but they keep making loving superman movies and poo poo batman adaptations

the iron man movie was like wrought with people being like 'lol seriously an iron man movie? its gonna flop' and it was literally in production for a decade and come to find out it was one of the best movies of 2008. mavel saw dollar signs and well thats why loving everything in the MARVEL EXTENDED CINEMATIC UNIVERSE looks like the iron man movie.

ahahahahaha

movie studio: rich white man killing browns: the movie
goon: yes actually this children's movie about killing browns was the best movie of the year

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

wow rude posted:

ahahahahaha

movie studio: rich white man killing browns: the movie
goon: yes actually this children's movie about killing browns was the best movie of the year

D&D says what.

Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

Spencer's: The Movie

Falun Bong Refugee
Dec 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless

Don Tacorleone posted:

Mystery Men was amazing, I love it

Still holds up

Along with Galaxy Quest, underrated comedies

I can't tell if I like mystery men because it is good or because I still have a crush on 90s janeane garoflo.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
why are they called the suicide squad? do they all commit suicide? is that their power? i dont get it. :confused:

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

DC shows are enjoyable at least :shrug:

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

dad gay. so what posted:

why are they called the suicide squad? do they all commit suicide? is that their power? i dont get it. :confused:

They take suicidal missions, like starring in a DC comic book movie (career suicide)

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







Simstim posted:

tim burton and christopher nolans batman movies made great money

people can poo poo all over Nolan's batman or whatever (i don't really get it) but at least they're competently made films. Like, structure, pacing, tone, etc.

Superman was just complete loving lunacy from start to finish.

President Kucinich
Feb 21, 2003

Bitterly Clinging to my AK47 and Das Kapital

dad gay. so what posted:

why are they called the suicide squad? do they all commit suicide? is that their power? i dont get it. :confused:

Because they're some kind of suicide squad.

Lemon
May 22, 2003

why did they take what looks like it could be a fun and ridiculous movie and make the trailer... that?

Freaking Crumbum
Apr 17, 2003

Too fuck to drunk


holy poo poo imdb shows that the batman vs superman movie now has wonder woman and aquaman and the flash and possibly bat-girl and also doomsday and general zod and all of the batman family and all of the superman family. unless the runtime is 4 hours long, the movie is going to feel schizophrenic trying to cram all those characters and their back stories into a coherent film.

it'd be one thing if DC had already done 4 or 5 stand-alone movies with wonder woman and the flash and etc so then you could get an avengers-esqe film where the big name heroes all work together but don't need a lot of explanation. it seems like they're going to want to do like 6 origin stories in the middle of a movie that was (at least partially) based on the third act of the dark knight returns.

gently caress, i don't even know if you could make a movie of the third act of DKR without the first two acts to give it context (geriatic batman fights superman, who is on ronald reagan's payroll), but their method seems like the worst possible implementation.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

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my favourite character is the asian girl whose superpower is "having a katana" and is called "katana" and wears a mask with the japanese flag on it

wireframeskull
Dec 3, 2006

wait, are you saying that they're some kind of ... suicide squat?

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
some sort of self destruction gang

A. Beaverhausen
Nov 11, 2008

by R. Guyovich

nigga crab pollock posted:

oh yeah thats right i forgot. the thing that makes harley quinn and the jhoker cool isnt the fact that they are maniacal psychopaths. its actually because they have lots of tattoos, and listen to angry music, and are super angsty

they're cool cause they tell everyone how crazy and damaged they are and brag about it 2 all of their other bad guy friends, and also wear eyeliner

While serving as a reminder that if your man is an emotionally abusive rear end in a top hat it's cool, two broken people together can't possibly be toxic.

wireframeskull
Dec 3, 2006

i'm just so tired of all these suicide squads

Shaquin
May 12, 2007
DC is garbage from top to bottom so all of it's derivatives will be garbage too

Tenzarin
Jul 24, 2007
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Taco Defender

Monkey Fracas posted:

-the Fantastic 4 movie was unspeakably bad and had to be retooled last-minute with a bunch of additional shooting with bad wigs so they could even release it

You know the sad part, is that it was still better than the other fantastic four movies.

Lacermonia
May 15, 2002

the sci fi channel is really going all out with these dc comics movies

Bluemillion
Aug 18, 2008

I got your dispensers
right here

Shaquin posted:

DC is garbage from top to bottom so all of it's derivatives will be garbage too

Agreed.

Diesel Fucker
Aug 14, 2003

I spent my rent money on tentacle porn.
Knot-Man is good with knots.

Boomerang is good with boomerangs.

Katana has a sword.

Deadshot is a good shot.

Crocodile is a Crocodile man.

Who else did I miss in this highly original and well thought out lineup?

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I'm glad that Harley is casually resting her baseball bat on her shoulder in every picture

This thing is going to be the shittiest comicbook movie yet

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Zzulu
May 15, 2009

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its actually going to own

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