All-purpose, running Geek thread (formerly Battlestar Galactica thread)

[outofplace]

Nobody ever said Ant-Man was an A-lister.
I won't take my kids to Deadpool and don't care how much it makes.
When I talk about kids generally I am talking about teenagers.

Deadpool wasn't made for kids. It fully earned its R rating.

Also, my point was that Deadpool as a character stood more on his own than your beloved Ant-Man.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

No, it did not.

 

[outofplace]

No, it did not.

Awww, it's okay. People love Ant-Man, too. Not quite as much as Deadpool, but they do.

 

[Bradley Guire]

A polite request: Don't let this thread devole into just another SJ pissing match that no one wins. If someone comes in and adds nothing to the conversation, just ignore them.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing Batman v Superman for odd reasons. I love both characters, but I'm on the Superman side of the fence. However, this isn't my Superman. It's a Superman that's too dark, too mopey. In my eyes, it takes away the point of having Batman and Superman share the screen. The appeal is the contrast: Superman is about hope, saving people, doing what he can to help, whereas Batman wages a never-ending war on crime. But when both are dark? I dunno.

It's hard to be as excited about it as I was about Man of Steel. I got burned on those trailers. Yeah, it was a good movie but it's just not my Superman.

I either want this to be a great movie or a shirtty movie. At least if it's shirtty like Superman 3, I can watch it and look back on it as something fun to watch because it's so bad it's hilarious. Don't think so? Listen to the How Did This Get Made? episode.

I think if it's a respectable showing, the DC movies will continue on but maybe Snyder takes a back seat. Let someone else take a shot.

I'm looking forward to Daredevil Season 2. It's on the list. I'm trying to binge on Supergirl first because I want to be caught up for the cross over with the Flash, which I love. At this point, I enjoy the DC TV universe more than the thought of a dark, moody movie universe. Even Arrow, the darker of the shows, isn't too dark.

 

[CD Boogie]

You didn't just say you don't understand the attraction. You called it juvenile. Big difference. Saying you don't like them is fine. Calling them juvenile is condescending.

You're right, I did call it juvenile. I stand by that, whether it sounds condescending or not. I'm as judgmental as the next guy. I think it's art for the easily distracted. But yeah, just ignore the people who don't agree with you...

 

[JRoyal]

A polite request: Don't let this thread devole into just another SJ pissing match that no one wins. If someone comes in and adds nothing to the conversation, just ignore them.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing Batman v Superman for odd reasons. I love both characters, but I'm on the Superman side of the fence. However, this isn't my Superman. It's a Superman that's too dark, too mopey. In my eyes, it takes away the point of having Batman and Superman share the screen. The appeal is the contrast: Superman is about hope, saving people, doing what he can to help, whereas Batman wages a never-ending war on crime. But when both are dark? I dunno.

It's hard to be as excited about it as I was about Man of Steel. I got burned on those trailers. Yeah, it was a good movie but it's just not my Superman.

I either want this to be a great movie or a shirtty movie. At least if it's shirtty like Superman 3, I can watch it and look back on it as something fun to watch because it's so bad it's hilarious. Don't think so? Listen to the How Did This Get Made? episode.

I think if it's a respectable showing, the DC movies will continue on but maybe Snyder takes a back seat. Let someone else take a shot.

I'm looking forward to Daredevil Season 2. It's on the list. I'm trying to binge on Supergirl first because I want to be caught up for the cross over with the Flash, which I love. At this point, I enjoy the DC TV universe more than the thought of a dark, moody movie universe. Even Arrow, the darker of the shows, isn't too dark.

I'm done with it. Let him be a troll. I just wanted to call him on his BS rather than let him continue to pretend he hadn't insulted anyone.

DC is killing it on TV. Their shows are great. Supergirl isn't as strong as it was early in the season, but it's still pretty good. And The Flash is excellent. I'm still way behind on Arrow, but I didn't get started on it until this summer.

I'm about halfway through season 2 of Daredevil, and I've loved it so far. Bernthal has some excellent moments, and there's a fight scene in the third episode that's almost as good as the hallway scene from season 1. I was honestly amazed at how good Bernthal was in one scene in particular. I liked him as Shane on The Walking Dead, but his acting was at another level in that scene.

 

[CD Boogie]

fork yourself, I'm not being a troll, you thin-skinned hump. Sorry if people calling your hobbies juvenile makes you uneasy. That's on you, not me. A difference of opinion is not being a troll. But carry on with your circle jerk.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I think they meant I was the troll. Eh, I am used to that.
I think March Madness sucks dong - so I don't pay it one second of my attention.
See how easy that is?

 

[JRoyal]

No, I wasn't going at you with the troll comment at all, Fart. I may have called you a troll before, but not this time.

 

[CD Boogie]

No, he was referring to me. I didn't realize in making light of comics and wrestling that I was taking aim at the two threads he populates most.

 

[TyWebb]

Allow me to interject for a second: I think the backlash you are seeing, Boogie, is because you came to the "geek" thread to pretty much say you found a large part of geek culture, comic books, juvenille. It would be like me going to the a NASCAR thread and saying that I found NASCAR boring. I would be surprised if the reaction wasn't "well fork off then."

The people who participate on this thread, myself included, all have some affinity for "geek culture" and come here to discuss that, or argue how well Deadpool is going to do with a February release. This isn't about you just having a different opinion. That's fine. But why come to this thread to say that? I can see why some would find that antagonistic or trollish, which for the record I don't think was your intent.

 

[CD Boogie]

But why come to this thread to say that?

Because I'm sharing a difference of opinion. I think the amount of movies based on comic books has become exorbitant. And while people can point to the numbers and say, well, we're giving the people what they want, that's no reason to stop critiquing the things that are served in mass quantities. There are plenty of geeky things I like, but I just don't happen to like comic books. I don't think dissent should get you screamed off a thread and labeled a troll just because you're disagreeing with some pantheon element of what it supposedly means to be a geek.