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  • Leto is an actor. An Oscar winning one. How about you go and find some pictures of Aidan Turner to fondle yourself over?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,395
    Leto is an actor. An Oscar winning one. How about you go and find some pictures of Aidan Turner to fondle yourself over?

    That's an idea.
  • I thought you might like that.
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,395
    RC7 wrote: »
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?

    No, I just don't like him. Imagine that, right?
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    RC7 wrote: »
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?

    No, I just don't like him. Imagine that, right?

    But you never rationalise it. You never critique his abilities as an actor, you just resort to calling him a 'pop singer' and compare him to Harry Styles, which makes you look like a child.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited August 2016 Posts: 8,395
    RC7 wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?

    No, I just don't like him. Imagine that, right?

    But you never rationalise it. You never critique his abilities as an actor, you just resort to calling him a 'pop singer' and compare him to Harry Styles, which makes you look like a child.

    I'm comfortable with that.
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    RC7 wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?

    No, I just don't like him. Imagine that, right?

    But you never rationalise it. You never critique his abilities as an actor, you just resort to calling him a 'pop singer' and compare him to Harry Styles, which makes you look like a child.

    I'm comfortable with that.

    I've never doubted that, just giving you the right to reply.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,395
    RC7 wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    Leto is a complete flatline. If they wanted a good performance they should have hired an actor instead.

    You have a strangely irrational hatred for this guy. Did he shag your wife?

    No, I just don't like him. Imagine that, right?

    But you never rationalise it. You never critique his abilities as an actor, you just resort to calling him a 'pop singer' and compare him to Harry Styles, which makes you look like a child.

    I'm comfortable with that.

    I've never doubted that, just giving you the right to reply.

    Thanks.
  • Has anyone here read the 'Batman: Hush' comic?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    @MadeleineSwann, I love Hush; one of my favorites. It'd be a great story to pull some ideas from for a Batman solo, as it's an ensemble villain piece.

    Particular moments I'd love to see on the big screen (if done well):

    Batman sword fighting Ra's
    Batman vs. Croc
    Batman's relationship with Selena
    Joker and Harley causing trouble at an opera

    A lot of the plot of the book couldn't be adapted however, either because we haven't seen a particular character before and it'd be hard to create audience interest in them and their scheme, or it would overly pad a film that can only be around 2-2 1/2 hours. Hush is an ambitious story, and to adapt it right, you couldn't fit it into one film. It'd be messier than the theatrical cut of BvS, times 100.

    If Suicide Squad 2 happens, however, and some villains set to show up in the Hush-like movie appear in it, that may be enough to introduce those characters before the Batman solo.

    My dream cast:

    I would love to see Eva Green or Morena Baccarin cast as Catwoman, Jessica Chastain as an older Barbara Gordon, Daniel Day-Lewis as Ra's (would never happen, sadly), Stana Katic as Talia al Ghul, Guy Pearce or Johnny Depp as Riddler, and Angelina Jolie as Poison Ivy (another that would never happen). He wouldn't go for it, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio could pull off Tommy Elliot well, if they were to go that route.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,216
    Has anyone here read the 'Batman: Hush' comic?

    Yes. It's fantastic.
    @MadeleineSwann, I love Hush; one of my favorites. It'd be a great story to pull some ideas from for a Batman solo, as it's an ensemble villain piece.

    Particular moments I'd love to see on the big screen (if done well):

    Batman sword fighting Ra's
    Batman vs. Croc
    Batman's relationship with Selena
    Joker and Harley causing trouble at an opera

    A lot of the plot of the book couldn't be adapted however, either because we haven't seen a particular character before and it'd be hard to create audience interest in them and their scheme, or it would overly pad a film that can only be around 2-2 1/2 hours. Hush is an ambitious story, and to adapt it right, you couldn't fit it into one film. It'd be messier than the theatrical cut of BvS, times 100.

    If Suicide Squad 2 happens, however, and some villains set to show up in the Hush-like movie appear in it, that may be enough to introduce those characters before the Batman solo.

    My dream cast:

    I would love to see Eva Green or Morena Baccarin cast as Catwoman, Jessica Chastain as an older Barbara Gordon, Daniel Day-Lewis as Ra's (would never happen, sadly), Stana Katic as Talia al Ghul, Guy Pearce or Johnny Depp as Riddler, and Angelina Jolie as Poison Ivy (another that would never happen). He wouldn't go for it, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio could pull off Tommy Elliot well, if they were to go that route.

    Agreed about the issues that would arise from trying to adapt it in one go. It might warrant a couple of films instead. Possibly The Batman solo film and Suicide Squad 2 could be directly tied together using certain plot threads from it. (Even if the solo film appears first, it could still be an idea as Batman will likely appear in as many films as Warner Bros. can logically fit him in to).
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/
  • Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    People need to stop. This article probably wouldn't have even come out if people weren't hating at DC/Suicide Squad at the moment.
  • Don't know how much of what is said in that article is true, but one thing that stands out to me is the bit criticising Snyder directing Justice League. I think it's gotten to the point with him where people are starting to lose faith in his abilities to keep it together. Some of his visual stuff is absolutely stunning, but I can't help but feel he almost needs someone to rein him in and add some substance to his style.
  • RC7RC7
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    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    There's nothing verifying any of it. Why do people keep posting guff? There are now so many blogs and media sites that any old dick can write whatever they want and because its on a blog it's somehow legitimised.
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
    Posts: 1,003
    The movie was perfect to me.
    People will always complain. I remember all the negative reviews about "Casino Royale". Smh.

    I don't know what more people want, I mean you go out and make your own damn movie it's not easy!

    Wonder Woman looks really good but I will admit I am worried about Justice League.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    "Now, we’ve filled this as a rumour as there is no verification that the writer of the letter actually worked for Warner Bros. or has indeed spoke with “insiders”. But, as they always say, there’s no smoke without fire."
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited August 2016 Posts: 11,139
    WB definitely have so much wrong going on with them but there are a few other things in that letter that feel off. However, I'll say this; a good point is made in that if these movies perform badly and don't meet financial expectations, it's the work force that gets shafted and screwed over. It's the regular "wage slaves", 9 to 5'ers who lose their jobs, not the morons up top who failed to do what they should have done in the first place. Regardless, Kevin Tsujihara needs to go and i suspect its going to happen very soon. Investors are not happy at all.

    This brings me somewhat to what I said in an earlier post about SS' 2nd weekend drop...

    Sausage Party‘s festivities are cutting into Suicide Squad‘s business. While that film will pull in just over $13M for Friday, industry estimates have it at a $44M. If that figure holds, that’s a 67% drop, which is 2% higher than Batman v. Superman‘s -69% sophomore weekend drop. I hear matinees on Suicide Squad are down 93% and that doesn’t account for the $20.5M business the DC villain film did on Thursday.

    http://deadline.com/2016/08/weekend-...on-1201802677/
  • Seven_Point_Six_FiveSeven_Point_Six_Five Southern California
    edited August 2016 Posts: 1,257
    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    Patty Jenkins has gotten pretty fired up on Twitter over this rumor:
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woah, just saw this press about WW having problems. Are they serious? This is some made up bs right here. Made up! Produce a source, anyone.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can’t because it’s entirely false. Don’t believe the hype people. Someone’s trying to spread some serious misinfo.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Isn’t until you are intimately involved in these things that you realize how totally false these rumors can. Let me reassure you...</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zero about the movie we are making has been called a mess by anyone in the know. Fact.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Real lasso of truth, time, will reveal that letter to be false soon enough. But lame something so transparent in its agenda gets traction.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,216
    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    Patty Jenkins has gotten pretty fired up on Twitter over this rumor:
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woah, just saw this press about WW having problems. Are they serious? This is some made up bs right here. Made up! Produce a source, anyone.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can’t because it’s entirely false. Don’t believe the hype people. Someone’s trying to spread some serious misinfo.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Isn’t until you are intimately involved in these things that you realize how totally false these rumors can. Let me reassure you...</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zero about the movie we are making has been called a mess by anyone in the know. Fact.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Real lasso of truth, time, will reveal that letter to be false soon enough. But lame something so transparent in its agenda gets traction.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    Nice to see a director that's so passionate about it. I wouldn't imagine the film has been screened yet beyond the third or fourth pass stage yet - and trust me, every single film feels like a bit of a mess at that stage.

    The film could very well turn out to be rubbish but I don't think the person who made claim about WW has any proof other than personal feeling at the moment.
  • edited August 2016 Posts: 4,622
    Murdock wrote: »
    I just watched, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
    After hating Man of Steel, I gotta say, I really liked BVS. It wasn't great, but I liked it. I think it was trying to be Watchmen with DC characters but I dug it. It wasn't bad. Didn't care for Lex Luthor though. He was just a joker clone. All in all I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10. And It was nice to hear a modern Hans Zimmer score that wasn't boring or bland.
    This sort of echoes my thoughts on the film, although I did like Man of Steel.
    I liked BvS, in that I enjoyed the spectacle of it all. The pacing was a bit laborious, but I don't ask much of these films. I want them big and exciting and I want to see these superheroes come to life, which we generally do get.
    I am not a fan of Batfleck, so BvS I think worked as a decent Superman film.
    Bale was so excellent in the Bat role, that for me Affleck doesn't cut it.
    But I have a bias. I find Affleck and his pal Damon to both be real lame, which is why I don't like the Bourne films. Damon doesn't work for me as Bourne either.
    Bat is much about the costume, aura and mystery, so I can pretend its not Ben Affleck inside.
    Lex Luthor was terrible. The worst kind of cliched overacting. Awful. Lex was worst part of the film.
    Wonderwoman was great. Gal Gadot's portrayal bodes well.

    Caught Suicide Squad. Yes this movie is bad. It's almost too dark. There does not seem to be any light scenes in the film, as in literal light scenes. Its seems to have been shot entirely at night and in shadow and gloom.
    That said, I am not sure what could have been done to save it. A bunch of bad guys fighting even worse supernatural evil. Not a lot of fun flick potential.
    It did hold my interest though, but I can see why the general movie public will stay away in droves. Word of mouth will kill this film. There is not much to latch on to other than maybe the always entertaining Margot Robbie.
    Wasn't impressed with new Joker. I'd like to see a Joker that isn't quite so creepy.
    I got creeped out every time he was on the screen. I am thinking go away, or somebody please kill him.
    Jack Nicholson got it right. Scary and entertaining. Same with Cesar Romero.
    Although Romero was heavy camp, in a camp TV series,the Joker is a camp villain.
    I'd like to see the entertaining Romero persona, applied to the serious Bat films, which is kind of what Nicholson did.

  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Wonder Woman being called a mess already, and it's not released for a fair few months yet.

    http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/rumour-insiders-say-wonder-woman-is-another-mess/

    Patty Jenkins has gotten pretty fired up on Twitter over this rumor:
    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Woah, just saw this press about WW having problems. Are they serious? This is some made up bs right here. Made up! Produce a source, anyone.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can’t because it’s entirely false. Don’t believe the hype people. Someone’s trying to spread some serious misinfo.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Isn’t until you are intimately involved in these things that you realize how totally false these rumors can. Let me reassure you...</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zero about the movie we are making has been called a mess by anyone in the know. Fact.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Real lasso of truth, time, will reveal that letter to be false soon enough. But lame something so transparent in its agenda gets traction.</p>— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) <a href=" 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
    <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


    Jenkins' response to the open letter conveys that the DCEU may be in an even worse state than what we realise.

    Is the open letter real or not? Who knows but the person that wrote it got under Jenkins' skin and struck a major nerve. If it were fake, she probably would or at least should have ignored it and let WB's pr/marketing team refute it and be done with it. Anyone who knows anything about PR will tell you, acknowledging a story gives it credibility. However, Jenkins felt compelled to post numerous tweets about it, declaring how untrue the letter is, calling it "misinformation," claiming how great the state of the movie is in, etc. This really isnt a good sign at all. She's protesting way too much. This was a clear reactionary response which she wouldn't be doing if this is all just a silly rumor that will amount to nothing. If things were looking bad for WB/DC, i think things are about to get even worse.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Off to finally see Suicide Squad. Trying to be as objective about all this as possible; wish me luck...
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    Hope you enjoy it Brady.
  • Seven_Point_Six_FiveSeven_Point_Six_Five Southern California
    edited August 2016 Posts: 1,257
    Murdock wrote: »
    Hope you enjoy it Brady.

    He won't.

    I'll donate $40 to both Trump and Clinton's presidential campaigns if he does.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Off to finally see Suicide Squad. Trying to be as objective about all this as possible; wish me luck...

    Try not to get too annoyed.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    Murdock wrote: »
    Hope you enjoy it Brady.

    He won't.

    I'll donate $40 to both Trump and Clinton's presidential campaigns if he does.

    If he doesn't, just donate that $80 to my Paypal; everyone wins.

    Except Brady, I suppose.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    SS gets squashed here from the media, even more than BvS did.
    I see bad things happening box office wise...

    BvS was dead after one week in Switzerland. SS may even take less time to die.
  • Posts: 5,767
    I´d never watch a film if I had such a bad feeling about it.
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