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Post by damngumby on Jan 23, 2020 21:53:36 GMT
Pretty sure you need to include: Michael Caine Gary Oldman Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhardt and Joaquin Phoenix in which case it becomes a DC cakewalk Heck if you're going to include all those, then from the MCU side you should bring in Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Kurt Russell, Natalie Portman, Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfiefer, etc. boom.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 22, 2020 22:56:46 GMT
... on unsuspecting superhero fans?
By taking a very non-superhero story about a mentally ill performer and adding some superficial Batman trappings?
I mean, the motive is certainly there. Big bucks at the box office vs a nitch movie that few people would have gone to see. Is that how it was green lit, I wonder?
How many other scripts are out there, languishing in development hell because no one wants to roll the dice on them, without a sure-fire return on investment? Some superhero fanboys will go to see anything with a cape, and even a bad superhero movie can make big bucks. BvS, anyone? Suicide Squad?
There is little chance of a Death Wish 2 any time soon, but put Bruce Willis in a halloween bat costume, and they will come!
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Post by damngumby on Jan 22, 2020 22:36:46 GMT
Remember when Black Panther was up for Oscars and won Several and the MCU hater trolls whined and b!tched about it, even claimed that Feige/Disney bought off the Academy voters to win them just last year??? If you listen to the MCU jealous trolls, the legitimacy/illegitimacy of the Oscars is like a kid playing with a light switch. Wonder Woman: ON ... no, wait. OFF. Black Panther: OFF Joker: ON funny stuff.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 22, 2020 11:03:36 GMT
But there's no single, definitive incarnation of the Joker. No more than there is of Batman. Cesar Romero's Joker was a prancing crime boss, Nicholson's was a darker, mutilated version of same. Ledger's Joker was a terrorist and an anarchist with no back story whatsoever. With that in mind, I fail to see what invalidates this film's interpretation of the character. ^this. The film's interpretation of the character and archetype is the most mature and profound one.In particular it's an origin story and the Joker's origin, for the most part, was always kept ambiguous or dark. It's speaks to the strength of this charters that it can be interpreted in so many ways, most other (weaker) character fail at that and remain tied to one actor, thus becoming irrelevant with time. Due to it stripping out the superhero/supervillian element, with only a cursory connection remaining. All well and good ... unless you're a superhero fan.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 22, 2020 10:58:45 GMT
Are those the only instances you could find, where no one said Endgame was supposed to clean up at the Oscars?
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Post by damngumby on Jan 22, 2020 7:12:57 GMT
That's what I'm saying. This wasn't Joker from Batman. Yeah he had the same name, yeah they gave him a clown makeup, yeah they name dropped the Wayne's, but he still wasn't the same character. But there's no single, definitive incarnation of the Joker. No more than there is of Batman. Cesar Romero's Joker was a prancing crime boss, Nicholson's was a darker, mutilated version of same. Ledger's Joker was a terrorist and an anarchist with no back story whatsoever. With that in mind, I fail to see what invalidates this film's interpretation of the character. No superhero.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 20, 2020 22:08:41 GMT
No. It's doubtful anyone said that.
... and here come the lightweight troll wannabes, scampering in to fill the void left by our recently departed manus asinus.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 19, 2020 15:45:48 GMT
Patriots fans don’t seem to care either way. When the deflategate story first emerged, I was pretty ticked. It seemed like an incredibly stupid thing to do after all the hysteria over the incorrect placement of a cameraman for one game a few years earlier. The Patriots footballs were "2 psi below normal", according to ESPN. Well, that's it, I thought. The fucking idiots fucked themselves for no fucking reason. ... fuckity fuck fuck fuck. Then the details started to emerge. The ESPN story was false. The NFL officials had no idea that temperature affected pressure. No one bothered to write down the starting pressures. The investigation inexplicably ignored the recollection of the official who handled the footballs. Every single scientist who looked at the report thought it was a crock of shit. The NFL had ulterior motives to guide the investigation to a conclusion that reenforced it's authority over the players. So, my anger at the Patriots subsided. Deflategate was clearly a manufactured incident, born out of ignorance and exploited by the men in charge to maintain their power. Spygate was another case where all the really bad things turned out to be false, so it's hard to get worked up over that either. But if the Patriots ever really did cheat - yeah, I'd be angry.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 19, 2020 6:45:57 GMT
You know in all seriousness, despite his unhealthy obsessive antisocial behavior on here, I have to give DC Fan some credit. To my knowledge he never personally attacked anyone on here. His venom was always aimed towards movies, not people. No matter how many posters personally attacked him he never replied in kind. Again, if he did then I didn't see it. Even when that disgusting prick Former Sam doxxed him and even when many other posters mocked his real life dead relatives he did not respond in kind. So while his bizarre behavior was obnoxious, even disturbing, he was, in the end, less dispicable than many of his enemies here. I speaks the truth and you all knows it! When Trump took out Soleimani, there were some people who actually eulogized the dead terrorist. Blamed other for the things he did. He was the victim. With that in mind, I give you - Ackbar Von Trapp!
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Post by damngumby on Jan 19, 2020 2:35:32 GMT
So it’s finally happened. I believe a few words are in order. Except I’m not quite the orator. Any volunteers? ![](https://i.imgur.com/mAjsFb1.jpg)
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Post by damngumby on Jan 19, 2020 2:18:10 GMT
thenewnexus thenolan DC-Fan I say yes Did anyone ever take them seriously? I always viewed them as little more than a piñata. They'd make an idiotic statement and MCU fans would beat them with a stick until their entrails were scattered all over the floor. A symbiotic relationship, of sorts. We enjoyed pwning stupid people ... and they (apparently) didn't mind taking a beating. ... one of our piñatas isn't coming down for breakfast any more. Tragic.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 21:52:08 GMT
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 20:11:02 GMT
They didn't combine the universes. The multiverses were already destroyed by the Anti-Monitor. They went to the dawn of time and basically restarted the Big Bang. LMAO, dude they did combine universes, they restarted the big bang, restored the multiverse to the way it was except for their original two universes which were made into one THUS rewriting history and erasing the billions of versions of the same people from both and being replaced with new ones. And was this addressed? Nope, not at all, and the heroes didn't care they celebrated that they didn't need to hop from one universe to another again like they traditionally have done to see each other. They had the means to restore things to the way they were yet they intentionally didn't restore an entire universe, on purpose? For no better reason than to make it easier to get around? JFC, I heard that this Arrow-verse was a fucked up mess, desperately in need of a re-boot, but killing off billions for such a trivial reason. Makes you wonder what sort of person would watch those shows.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 18:58:38 GMT
No legitimate reason for a superhero to have control of 100s of military attack drones either. Yes there is. Attack drones can come in quite handy when you're an outnumbered superhero battling oodles of bad guys. What you could do does not make you a terrorist. What you do do, does. Since Tony Stark never issued such an order, you have provided indisputable proof that destroys your own argument. Well done, champ!
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 17:32:18 GMT
But there's no legitimate reason for a private citizen like Tony Stark to have control of 100s of military attack drones, unless he was a terrorist. Or a superhero. Oh yeah, that's right. Tony Stark was Iron Man. The superhero that saved the universe. You must have forgot. I understand that CTE is a degenerative condition. That explains most of your posts.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 17:19:56 GMT
I think the OP has a severe case of CTE. It would explain this post, and many others. Cowboys That Excel? Well, possibly. That could be considered a mental illness, also.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 17:12:05 GMT
I think the OP has a severe case of CTE. It would explain this post, and many others.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 15:43:18 GMT
Whereas if I recall, in the old IMDB forums the DC movies got way more forum traffic than the MCU movies. I'm trying to figure out why it's the reverse here? Back then DC superhero fans still had high hopes for the DCEU. BvS and JL kinda killed the enthusiasm, not to mention the DCEU itself. Today, those dreams have been all but destroyed. All they have to talk about is a movie about a mentally ill clown, with not a superhero in sight. The MCU is still basking in the glory of a 20+ movie success story. Plus, the DC trolls like to come to the MCU board when they feel lonely and are in need of a beating.
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 9:37:39 GMT
Since very few people hunt out of necessity (they do it for fun) are you suggesting we lock up the entire hunting population? I would’ve thought it was pretty clear that I am, yes. You one of those militant left-wing PETA persons? Why does the left always try to introduce the gulag as a solution to your issues?
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Post by damngumby on Jan 18, 2020 9:24:43 GMT
I can't believe anyone actually likes the taste of craft beer. Wheat beers fvck up my stomach and smell like yeasty dough. Fruli is an exception but drinking even a single, small bottle makes my stomach cranky. Hoppy beer is unpalatable. 'Chocolate' infused beers are horrible. I'm almost gagging just thinking about the different 'flavours' I've endured over the years. "Craft beer" doesn't mean it has to be some sort of exotic, weird flavor. It just means the beer was made in small batches - which usually means higher quality and a better taste. I'm no fan of fruity or flavored beer, but the rise of craft beers and small regional breweries is a great thing. Much better than when I was a kid and our choices were Budweiser, Miller, Schlitz, Narragansett ...
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