Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 He can just cry that his parents are dead as he bleeds Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Early reviews not good. Tracking at 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I read a twitter post after the premier that summed it up. If you didn't like Man of Steel, BvS won't do it for you either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 What of you did like Man of Steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Then you're probably going to enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Personally I don't care if it's overly dark, overly long, devoid of humor, or depicts Bats and Supes in unconventional ways. I just like the spectacle of it. Then again I'll probably wait for it to come out on video because I think Lex Eisenberg is gonna annoy the sht out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 What's with the growing trend of superheroes fighting each other, btw? In addition to BvS, we've got the Civil War movie coming up, and even though the new X Men file has Apocalypse as the bad guy three of his horsemen are traditionally X Men (even though Angel was with Apoc in the comics for a while). I can only assume that there's just more box office appeal to put heroes against other heroes rather than put heroes against villains, but it's getting kind of old to me. I can only assume we have the Avengers to blame for that, because in that film we got Hawkeye vs. Black Widow, Thor vs. Iron Man, Thor vs.Cap, and Thor vs. Hulk before they all just dropped it and destroyed NYC together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 At least Civil War has 10+ movies of backstory to build it up, as opposed to this where is literally just HEY LETS MAKE THESE GUYS FIGHT BECAUSE EDGY!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Eh. Avengers also pretty much started off with a three-way fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Unless the bad guy is well written and excellently cast it's really hard to invest in them in just 2 hours of movie. Whereas heroes have movies of prior investment behind them when they fight. I think that's a big part of it beyond the spectacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yeah, it's more interesting when it's two people fighting over differences on how things should be instead of one being evil and doing bad things just because. I think this is why the Xavier/Magneto rivalry is so good, you can understand where both of them are coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Heroes are fighting each other because outside of Batman villains and Magneto non comic fans don't know who the badguys are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 All good points, but I think Driver said it best. My concern is that if this keeps up they'll run out of ideas, because there's only so many times you can watch good guys scrap and then hug it out. If BvS is a success then we'll get a Justice League movie that pits them against a bad guy that non comic fans don't know, and of it doesn't we'll get more Batman flicks against the same Bat villains we've seen a million times. Maybe that's the rationale behind Suicde Squad, because it'll introduce new villains they can use later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 NOBODY knew who the fuck Iron Monger was before Ironman, including me. Didn't hold that movie back. So I don't buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Ender Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I would love to see a superhero flick where the bad guys win. Not wins as in it is a cliffhanger where the hero overcomes in the sequel, but wins as in the movie ends with Luthor impaling Supes with a kryptonite spear and the credits role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 NOBODY knew who the **** Iron Monger was before Ironman, including me. Didn't hold that movie back. So I don't buy that.To be fair he is never referred to as Iron Monger in the movie. Whiplash was never called that as well. Just Vanko. The only Iron Man villan referred to by name was The Mandarin and we know how that turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Just get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I'm just saying most of the Marvel movies have done a good job setting up good villains within the 2 hour format even thoygh we aren't familiar with them. The problem? They INSIST on killing most of them off after one movie. Which brings us back to why they have to them have heroes fighting each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I wasn't saying that it can't be done-- Marvel has proven they will take those chances. But no one else is. Ask the average person to name a Superman villain and you'll get Lux Luthor and probably Zod. MAYBE if they watched Superfriends as a kid they'll know Bizarro. Beyond that-- I doubt anyone will have anything to say. Marvel is Marvel and they stick by their IP and use comics people to advise. WB and Fox want to compete so they cast as wide of a net as they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I would love to see a superhero flick where the bad guys win. Not wins as in it is a cliffhanger where the hero overcomes in the sequel, but wins as in the movie ends with Luthor impaling Supes with a kryptonite spear and the credits role. There is a reason why we'll be getting back to this post later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axis Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Just saw it. Honestly, most reviews are pretty kind to it. There is a kind of trailer for Justice League in the middle of the movie. You might think I'm being hyperbolic. I am not. The movie stops for a minute so that the characters can watch a teaser trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 ...Justin you can't just appear like that!!!!!!I mean you can-- but holy crap you've been missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axis Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Thanks! You too, Seth. Had to hear what you all think of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 In a Screen Junkies discussion they said Batman kills in this. Really? The Tim Burton murdery Bats is back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Nolan's Batman killed too. He was driving his Bat Tank over car rooftops. Mofos died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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