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

Right, but isn't almost the entire DC cinematic universe hinging on this film?

If it bombs, which is looking much more likely now, that's about as big-time as fuck-ups get.

 

Well, it could be as simple as just writing Cavill/Superman out of JLA. Say he's dead and leave him dead.

 

True. And we'll know by Saturday how the weekend is going to shape up. If they don't think it's going to hit at a bare minimum $900 million, we may hear Monday about big changes in their plans. Maybe it'll be writing out Cavill like Starman suggested (at least for the first one). But if it's more than that (ditching Snyder, which will be long overdue), then there's no way they shoot April 11 unless they've got someone on standby already, which would be a giant slap in the face to Snyder.

 

http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/batman-v-superman-dan-of-justice-review

Brutal review

"If you've ever wondered if you bleed go see this movie; we guarantee you’ll start hemorrhaging from your eyes in no time."

 

One of the greatest Superman stories of all time is “All-Star Superman” by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. Ran about 10 years ago.
The framing of that story is that Superman is at odds with Luthor, and to stop him must make Luthor understand his point of view.
No easy task. Kind of like battling your favorite message board adversary.
That would make a cool movie.

 

let's hope so. Maybe they can redirect those millions to finding good scripts for black actors...

Kidding aside, I am not a comic book fan and fail to understand the attraction for adults. It's as juvenile to me as watching professional wrestling. I just don't get it, though I've tried. Which isn't to say I'm above spending a weekend playing Madden or Call of Duty. Are those less juvenile pursuits? Maybe not.

 

Loved that story. I need to re-read it. Been a few years.

 

No, they aren't. And to each their own. But it's odd to me to come onto the Geek thread and then attack one of the mainstays of geek culture. Pretty troll-ish behavior. Plus, the success of comic book movies pretty much shows that comic books have become a mainstay in American culture, so your dated opinion that they're juvenile pretty much just makes you sound like a jerk who's out of touch with modern culture. Plus, I could tell you 10 comic books/graphic novels that are as great of literature as anything you've read in the past decade.

 

I simply said I don't understand the attraction. I have sampled them and they're not for me. If you think having a difference of opinion about taste is attacking, then you got thin skin. If you think you can name 10 that are better than what Ive read, then you're falling prey to the same prejudice.

Funny, but used to be that liking to read 800 page literary novels was considered geeky or nerdy at least. Now that's out of touch, as if watching guys jump around in pajamas should be more of the moment more than reading 19th century Russian novels. As you say, to each their own

 

I love it because I'm a big kid, and it's still fun. I never needed it to "mean" anything.
I have never been surprised that a lot of future writers were heavily into comic books in their youths.

 

It has been done, but in animated form.

 

I loved comics as a kid, but I, also, have never understood their appeal to adult readers.
To each their own, though. I read fantasy and weird fiction that a lot of people consider trash.

I've liked comicbook movies because of my interest when I was a child, but I'm at or close to the saturation point.
I'll go see the next Captain America and Avengers movies, but I cannot generate much interest for the genre overall anymore. We've just been inundated.