Has Arch seen Joker?

Oh, great spirit, I summon thee.... ArArArchStanton speak!

Joker looks and sounds like it's a damn good movie. I have not seen it yet and will not be seeing in theater but I am sure that I will sooner rather than later and I'm looking forward to it actually.

There are a number of DC films I quite enjoy, V For Vendetta is one of my favorite comicbook films of all time if you would like to count that even though it is not amongst the core DC properties. TDK of course and to a slightly lesser extent BB were incredibly good. And even the Burton and Donner eras certainly have their place, and rightfully so, even if they don't necessarily hold up by today's standards.

That being said, since my teens I have not been interested in the DC product much at all because I have held the consistent opinion that it's a disorganized mess, and I have not been a fan of the recent films because they have likewise been a disorganized mess.

I think WW is wildly overrated, and even highly rated films like Shazam or Joker don't have the appeal they could have for me, because there is no vision. WB makes these films in the early 2000's style, one at a time, only a few of them hit the mark, and I just really can't be bothered tbh.

I will see Joker pretty soon however, probably on a flight when it hits the airlines, and I do expect to enjoy it. I really do.

This is just PR, all spin

Nope.  He's one of those, "Everything Marvel does is perfect, I wouldn't change a thing," guys.  If you point out any flaws whatsoever, you have a negative attitude and are part of the problem with this site.  

That isn’t the problem with this site. I do think everything they’ve done has been great, but there are reasonable opinions less favorable than mine which I don’t challenge and can completely understand. The problem with this site was the obvious blatant antagonism that went ignored, not reasonable discussion. That’s why I’m on a different site, because there it’s all reasonable discussion. I have to challenge this idea that I’m some insanely unreasonable sycophant. I feel I can back up my positions quite eloquently. If you’d like to discuss any of them, feel free to come over.

I'm a marvel fan and that still wasn't good enough for you.  

Don't worry about it, man.  We can agree to disagree on stuff.  I'm just glad you didn't leave.  

because they allow campaigning, inviting voters to parties, free viewings, and networking events. If the Oscars were about merit and honoring film they wouldn't allow that. Campaigning started in the 70's but really amped up in the 90's by the Weinstein brothers. They took campaigning to pro like levels. Their whole business model was this. Spend the least amount of money on the production of the movie. Then spend 2 times the amount of production budget on smoozing academy voters. That would start oscar buzz. They would then spend another 1 to 2 times the amount production cost on advertising before Oscars and after. Then when they movies got nominated it would give them a bump at the theaters. They would make most of their money after the oscars and golden globes. That's how they got so much clout that they basically could sexually assualt actresses and not get caught. They would black ball actresses. Campaigning is what gave them that power. It turned the oscars into a popularity contest. The studios saw what Miramax/Weinsteins were doing and copied them. Now they spend millions upon millions to get nominations and even more to get wins. The don't bribe people it's not that honest. They create events that if you don't get invited to you are out of the networking loop. Everyone wants to go to the parties and free viewings. Those events and those connections translate to nominations and oscars. It's a fucking shit show and doesn't mean jack shit anymore.