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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 21, 2021 1:53:19 GMT
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 21, 2021 1:58:24 GMT
One of the first thoughts I had was:
"Dammit Snyder, haven't you learned to curb your destruction porn tendencies still?!"
That was during the scene where Wonder Woman was facing off against those bomb terrorists, specifically the last guy.
The guy was alone, had run out of bullets, was in no way a physical match for Diana, yet instead of using her super speed to run up to the guy and punch him out or even stab him if she prefers to kill him, she uses her bracelet blast to destroy half of the entire floor.
I mean, why?? Why cause so much destruction to the building when face with such puny opposition?
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Post by sostie on Mar 21, 2021 22:48:57 GMT
One of the first thoughts I had was: "Dammit Snyder, haven't you learned to curb your destruction porn tendencies still?!" That was during the scene where Wonder Woman was facing off against those bomb terrorists, specifically the last guy. The guy was alone, had run out of bullets, was in no way a physical match for Diana, yet instead of using her super speed to run up to the guy and punch him out or even stab him if she prefers to kill him, she uses her bracelet blast to destroy half of the entire floor. I mean, why?? Why cause so much destruction to the building when face with such puny opposition? What annoyed me was the Terrorist said they were going to take out "four city blocks". London hasn't got "blocks" and someone in London, and probably the rest of the country, would never use the phrase "city blocks". Just a little gripe
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Post by dazz on Mar 22, 2021 1:08:52 GMT
One of the first thoughts I had was: "Dammit Snyder, haven't you learned to curb your destruction porn tendencies still?!" That was during the scene where Wonder Woman was facing off against those bomb terrorists, specifically the last guy. The guy was alone, had run out of bullets, was in no way a physical match for Diana, yet instead of using her super speed to run up to the guy and punch him out or even stab him if she prefers to kill him, she uses her bracelet blast to destroy half of the entire floor. I mean, why?? Why cause so much destruction to the building when face with such puny opposition? What annoyed me was the Terrorist said they were going to take out "four city blocks". London hasn't got "blocks" and someone in London, and probably the rest of the country, would never use the phrase "city blocks". Just a little gripe Yeah thats not something I or anyone I know has ever actually said, more likely terrorist in the UK would refer to the destruction in miles or say where the damage will be you know "This will level everything between St Pauls and St Sepulchre's" or something like that which would also add to their dickishness, using church's to measure the range of their destruction, fucking heathens. lol.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 29, 2021 0:47:53 GMT
Re. its aspect ratio... I heard it was Zack's call to help make the imagery (i.e. godly DC heroes) seem taller on-screen, larger than life. Keep in mind this was originally going to be an IMAX release... not filmed in IMAX, but giant screens for full impact.
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Post by hobowar on Mar 29, 2021 17:03:38 GMT
At the end of the Avengers, there are civilians in danger and stakes lie in how many the Avengers can get to safety. This is why Zack Snyder's Justice League feels so flat and lifeless. We're basically watching a violent football match. The Russian family is the best thing about either cut of the movie.
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 29, 2021 21:05:16 GMT
At the end of the Avengers, there are civilians in danger and stakes lie in how many the Avengers can get to safety. This is why Zack Snyder's Justice League feels so flat and lifeless. We're basically watching a violent football match. The Russian family is the best thing about either cut of the movie. Snyder is more concerned about making his heroes look godly that he forgets to make them act heroic. It's the same issue he's had for pretty much any superhero film he makes.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 29, 2021 21:19:08 GMT
At the end of the Avengers, there are civilians in danger and stakes lie in how many the Avengers can get to safety. This is why Zack Snyder's Justice League feels so flat and lifeless. We're basically watching a violent football match. The Russian family is the best thing about either cut of the movie. Like most problems with this universe, it ties back to MoS. After 500,000 deaths and 38 collapsed buildings it's no wonder Snyder has been moving the climaxes to increasingly secluded locations (you could call it "literal damage control", but then you'd get REEE'd for trying to be witty and assuming Snyder's intentions - a double sin around here). Whedon had an unenviable task of manufacturing civilian stakes in a movie specifically designed not to have them. I get the idea of the Russian family, but they still feel pretty random and crowbarred. The Flash/Superman moment was cute though.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 29, 2021 21:59:17 GMT
At the end of the Avengers, there are civilians in danger and stakes lie in how many the Avengers can get to safety. This is why Zack Snyder's Justice League feels so flat and lifeless. We're basically watching a violent football match. The Russian family is the best thing about either cut of the movie. The movie feels flat and lifeless with the Russian family. I get that Whedon felt there had to be a scene of the heroes directly saving lives, but it’s weird that he chose to focus on this one random family. As a side note, as I’ve said before, establishing that the city is inhabited is a little counterintuitive, because the Justice League still causes collateral damage.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 29, 2021 22:03:55 GMT
At the end of the Avengers, there are civilians in danger and stakes lie in how many the Avengers can get to safety. This is why Zack Snyder's Justice League feels so flat and lifeless. We're basically watching a violent football match. The Russian family is the best thing about either cut of the movie. Like most problems with this universe, it ties back to MoS. After 500,000 deaths and 38 collapsed buildings it's no wonder Snyder has been moving the climaxes to increasingly secluded locations (you could call it "literal damage control", but then you'd get REEE'd for trying to be witty and assuming Snyder's intentions - a double sin around here). At the risk of replying to you again, since this is obviously intended to refer to me, I will just point out that I’m no denial of the reason the city in JL is uninhabited. I’m well aware that Snyder chose to have the climax take place in an abandoned city specifically because of the backlash to MoS. He already did the same thing in BvS. Even Jay Olivia pointed this out.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 29, 2021 23:05:29 GMT
Like most problems with this universe, it ties back to MoS. After 500,000 deaths and 38 collapsed buildings it's no wonder Snyder has been moving the climaxes to increasingly secluded locations (you could call it "literal damage control", but then you'd get REEE'd for trying to be witty and assuming Snyder's intentions - a double sin around here). At the risk of replying to you again, since this is obviously intended to refer to me, I will just point out that I’m no denial of the reason the city in JL is uninhabited. I’m well aware that Snyder chose to have the climax take place in an abandoned city specifically because of the backlash to MoS. He already did the same thing in BvS. Even Jay Olivia pointed this out. I didn't say I was referring to "thisguy4000", so that's kind of a weird leap.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 29, 2021 23:10:02 GMT
At the risk of replying to you again, since this is obviously intended to refer to me, I will just point out that I’m no denial of the reason the city in JL is uninhabited. I’m well aware that Snyder chose to have the climax take place in an abandoned city specifically because of the backlash to MoS. He already did the same thing in BvS. Even Jay Olivia pointed this out. I didn't say I was referring to "thisguy4000", so that's kind of a weird leap. You seem to have to have quite a bit of trouble moving on.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 29, 2021 23:19:01 GMT
I didn't say I was referring to "thisguy4000", so that's kind of a weird leap. You seem to have to have quite a bit of trouble moving on. Moving on from what? I didn't specifically address any past events. You're making a whole bunch of assumptions here.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 29, 2021 23:25:42 GMT
You seem to have to have quite a bit of trouble moving on. Moving on from what? I didn't specifically address any past events. You're making a whole bunch of assumptions here. Oh, so this was bait? Well, congratulations, I took the bait. I’m gonna make another “assumption,” and assume you must be proud of yourself right now.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 29, 2021 23:43:36 GMT
Moving on from what? I didn't specifically address any past events. You're making a whole bunch of assumptions here. Oh, so this was bait? Well, congratulations, I took the bait. I’m gonna make another “assumption,” and assume you must be proud of yourself right now. Did I say this was bait? Look, I don't know you personally, and you might be a good guy in real life, but taking the multiple instances of you criticizing my wit and Snyder takes and using deductive reasoning to assume I'm referring to you makes me question your sensibilities. How dumb would I have to be to think you'd play into the very thing you've accused me of for years?
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 29, 2021 23:48:47 GMT
Oh, so this was bait? Well, congratulations, I took the bait. I’m gonna make another “assumption,” and assume you must be proud of yourself right now. Did I say this was bait? Look, I don't know you personally, and you might be a good guy in real life, but taking the multiple instances of you criticizing my wit and Snyder takes and using deductive reasoning to assume I'm referring to you makes me question your sensibilities. How dumb would I have to be to think you'd play into the very thing you've accused me of for years? Years? What exactly are you talking about here? The earliest argument I recall having with you was last year. If we had any heated arguments before that, I can’t say I remember. Of course, I might’ve been less likely to assume you were baiting me if you hadn’t asked me to respond to you on several different occasions in recent memory.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 30, 2021 0:04:37 GMT
Did I say this was bait? Look, I don't know you personally, and you might be a good guy in real life, but taking the multiple instances of you criticizing my wit and Snyder takes and using deductive reasoning to assume I'm referring to you makes me question your sensibilities. How dumb would I have to be to think you'd play into the very thing you've accused me of for years? Years? What exactly are you talking about here? The earliest argument I recall having with you was last year. If we had any heated arguments before that, I can’t say I remember. Of course, I might’ve been less likely to assume you were baiting me if you hadn’t asked me to respond to you on several different occasions in recent memory. Red herring. Red herring. Get a new bag of tricks.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 30, 2021 0:11:42 GMT
Years? What exactly are you talking about here? The earliest argument I recall having with you was last year. If we had any heated arguments before that, I can’t say I remember. Of course, I might’ve been less likely to assume you were baiting me if you hadn’t asked me to respond to you on several different occasions in recent memory. Red herring. Red herring. Get a new bag of tricks. Uh...ok? I don’t see how wondering what exactly you meant is a red herring, but maybe it’s time one of us puts the other on ignore?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 30, 2021 0:33:11 GMT
Red herring. Red herring. Get a new bag of tricks. Uh...ok? I don’t see how wondering what exactly you meant is a red herring, but maybe it’s time one of us puts the other on ignore? Because the exact length of time we've been arguing is not relevant to how I played you into doing the very thing you think I'm an asshole for doing, and I can waste time digging through my memory and or posts to find the exact ground zero of our "not strong feelings" for each other and be right or wrong, but the only thing I would have accomplished is letting you obfuscate. As for Ignore, you do realize you replied to my post in my thread? But go for it.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 30, 2021 0:47:59 GMT
Uh...ok? I don’t see how wondering what exactly you meant is a red herring, but maybe it’s time one of us puts the other on ignore? Because the exact length of time we've been arguing is not relevant to how I played you into doing the very thing you think I'm an asshole for doing, and I can waste time digging through my memory and or posts to find the exact ground zero of our "not strong feelings" for each other and be right or wrong, but the only thing I would have accomplished is letting you obfuscate. As for Ignore, you do realize you replied to my post in my thread? But go for it. I asked about the length of time because your “for years” claim confused me. I genuinely had no clue what you were talking about. You’re making it sound like we have this long history as bitter enemies, and that I’ve supposedly been conspiring against you this entire time. It baffled me. Here’s the thing, I really don’t put that much thought into these arguments we have after they’re over. I was ready to forget about you until I noticed your rather immature dig at me. Yes, I’m aware I replied to you. I wasn’t saying I was going to put you on ignore. I was asking if that would be the best course of action at this point. I generally don’t block people.
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