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We probably need a thread for this!

Looking forward to ‘Joker’.

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Todd wrote:

Do you need a towel or some wipes?

I feel bad for the guy sitting in front of Hank.

First online reactions to “Birds of Prey”:

#BirdsOfPrey is a lot of fun and violent as hell. The Birds are so entertaining and distinctly different from each other. Ewan McGregor is so sinister and often hilarious. pic.twitter.com/4scxbS6GwT

— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) January 29, 2020

#BirdsofPrey is so up my street it’s RIDICULOUS – fashionable, weirdo ladies breaking men’s shins & aggressively complimenting each other!! Yes please and thank you!!!

— Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) January 29, 2020

Cathy Yan’s #BIRDSOFPREY is a criminally fun celebration of sisterhood, with some of my favourite fight scenes in recent memory. I was grinning from ear to ear the entire thing; making a pub debut with my review soon! pic.twitter.com/QBEgyf6oan

— Millicent Thomas (@MillicentOnFilm) January 29, 2020

Just saw #BirdsofPrey and am happy to report that it's my favorite modern DC movie yet. Like Shazam, it carves its own path with totally unique aesthetic, action, and tone. Margot, Ewan and all the rest are 100% fantabulous. Why aren't there more roller skate action scenes?? pic.twitter.com/BDipKiB0qU

— Mike Rougeau (@RogueCheddar) January 29, 2020

#BirdsofPrey is a riot – oozing with attitude and some of the most inventive, bone-crunching fight sequences in the superhero genre to date. I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how much fun I had. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but has style to spare.

— Laura Prudom (@LauInLA) January 29, 2020

Just saw @birdsofpreywb courtesy of WB. I haven’t had this much fun at the movies in a while. Don’t let anyone tell you not to see this movie because they just don’t want you to live YOUR BEST LIFE and who needs that negativity in 2020? Non-spoiler review tomorrow.💋#BirdsofPrey pic.twitter.com/23x2AlizJK

— Darknight Archivist ✌🏼💙🦇 (@HistoftheBatman) January 29, 2020

#BirdsOfPrey has terrific action, humor & some of the more memorable characters we’ve seen in a DC movie, but the biggest highlight is Margot Robbie. She is fantabulous as Harley, while also proving that sometimes our most valued relationships are the ones we have w/ good food pic.twitter.com/EDQ3sr5JtL

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) January 29, 2020

#BirdsofPrey is like if John Wick were run through a crazy funhouse filter and stuffed full of glitter and f-bombs. It's everything you could ever want from #HarleyQuinn and her badass girl gang. Into this movie completely. 🤘🏻 pic.twitter.com/Y2DZgPYN2Y

— Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) January 29, 2020

the “birds of prey” embargo has lifted so now i can scream about how absurdly fun it is & the way it completely washed the taste of “suicide squad” out of my mouth

girls and gays, this one’s for us pic.twitter.com/KPAVcIjmnP

— keaton kilde (@keatonkildebell) January 29, 2020

#BirdsofPrey is delightfully unassuming and unconcerned with its place in a larger context. It's a bonkers bananas crime comedy and a genuine party movie. Everyone is having a blast but Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Huntress like a supporting character from THE TICK. It rocks. pic.twitter.com/7MRMKkZ0oi

— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) January 29, 2020

#BirdsOfPrey: winning characters, above-average action, and a killer soundtrack hampered by uneven tone and pacing. The girls at their best together, and they're not together enough. Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Huntress is the not-so-secret MVP. 💕

— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) January 29, 2020

A new superhero movie getting a flurry of positive tweets before any of the proper reviews come out? Now I’ve seen everything.

Dave wrote:

A new superhero movie getting a flurry of positive tweets before any of the proper reviews come out? Now I’ve seen everything.

I’m surprised no one has done anything like that before.

Anyone even trusts these tweets by people who get invited to premiers? It’s not like they’re gonna shit on the movies and risk not getting invited in the future… =/

I don’t trust them but I think you can sometimes get a teeny little bit of an indication. If the film is truly shit you tend to get radio silence. “OK the premier was last night, why is nobody tweeting?”.

It wouldn’t get me to ever see a film though, I’ll wait for the proper reviews from reviewers I generally trust and aren’t there for freebies and fun.

Trusting anyone else’s opinion is a crap shoot, especially online.

But I’m hopeful that this really has turned out well. It’s a fun idea and has plenty of potential.

I dunno… whenever they read like “I had a lot of fun” I tend to interpret it like “it was meh/shit but I enjoy going to premieres”… but hey who knows… anyways, I’m kind of over SH movies (who would’ve thought this day would come), so I’m not planning on going to the movies for this one… or probably any other SH movie for a good while… I’m intrigued by the Eternals and Doc Strange 2, but I’ll wait to read some reviews/reactions…

Jon wrote:

but I’ll wait to read some reviews/reactions

But will you believe them?

SteveUK wrote:

Jon wrote:

but I’ll wait to read some reviews/reactions

But will you believe them?

But do you believe Jon?

Are we sure he’s Jon?

SteveUK wrote:

Trusting anyone else’s opinion is a crap shoot, especially online.

I’ll trust yours.

Well, and mainly Will Carper’s, really. Never Jonny because his taste is fucking all over the place.

SteveUK wrote:

Jon wrote:

but I’ll wait to read some reviews/reactions

But will you believe them?

Well I meant from you peeps in here… so yeah, I’ll at least know they’re legit…

And yes I believe I am Jon… mostly.

Jon wrote:

And yes I believe I am Jon… mostly.

Well, the list of members currently posting includes Jacowboy, but there’s no mention of a Jon….

Well worth a read:

Okay. SO.

Who wants to hear the story of when I met the #BirdsOfPrey?

:)

🦜🦩🐥

— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) January 29, 2020

paul f wrote:

Well worth a read:

Okay. SO.

Who wants to hear the story of when I met the #BirdsOfPrey?

:)

🦜🦩🐥

— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) January 29, 2020

I wasn’t interested in the film nor am I a huge Gail Simone fan but that post was enough to get me interested.

‘Superman & Lois’ Casts Couple’s Sons As Jordan Elsass & Alexander Garfin Join the CW Series

JRCarter wrote:

‘Superman & Lois’ Casts Couple’s Sons As Jordan Elsass & Alexander Garfin Join the CW Series

Jordan Elsass => Jor-El

Another “actor wants work” story:

Only passion project I’ve ever had is rebooting Batman Beyond with me as Terry and @MichaelKeaton as Bruce with @Evan_Almighty behind the pen https://t.co/toHK2dNpWJ

— tyler posey (@tylergposey) February 4, 2020

Looks like Birds of Prey may not do as well as expected: ‘Birds Of Prey’ Not OK With $33M+ Opening

I don’t really have much of a desire to see it at the cinema but I haven’t done that for a DC film since, I think, Justice League.

Shazam and Aquaman did make for fun nights on streaming though.

I will probably see Wonder Woman at the cinema though, I think, if it reviews well.

EDIT: Oh shit, I saw Joker on opening night, but left that out because its tonally so different from the others.

I don’t really know why it is Rated R.   Maybe it was the gore? But it was too cartoony to make a “Rated R” impression.  Suicide Squad had more adult situations and it was PG 13.  Deadpool earned its R.  Part of me is wondering if someone wanted this to be “Deadpool-like” but it’s “Deadpool-lite.”

I greatly enjoyed it, but I didn’t see anything worth an R.

How much cursing was there? Because that’s all a film needs sometimes.

Yeah, lots of cursing.  :)

Yeah, the R-rating really is just down to the cursing. Nothing else in there would really merit an R-rating. Although the Harley Quinn cartoon way outdoes the movie when it comes to adult language. Compared to the animated show, the movie is incredibly tame. Still fun, but nowhere near the raunchy fun absurdity of the cartoon.

Kaitlyn Dever responds to those #Batgirl rumors: "I would be so down" | #Oscars https://t.co/J2YWzrSeu8 pic.twitter.com/f4eBELESb3

— Variety (@Variety) February 9, 2020

This is supposedly a leak of the plot breakdown for “WW84”, but this is Reddit, so take with a grain of salt:

Wonder Woman 84 Entire Movie Synopsis from DCEUleaks

lol… too funny… the BOP movie is doing sooo badly that they changed the movie’s name to Harley Queen: Brids of Prey… so, what it should’ve been called from the get go… (although I guess it should be “HQ and the BOP”, but anyways).

Well, let’s hope for them this isn’t one of those “too little too late” situations… they still have a shot of making a comeback this weekend (feb 14th) buuuuuuuut Sonic is also hitting the screens and surprisingly enough, it seems to be legit good… so it might have some comptetition after all.

Anyways, wow what a disaster… and of course a lot of people blaming the “male CB fans”… because of course, it’s men’s fault…

Again, haven’t seen it, not gonna until it’s on TV, but not surprised at all, they made quite a few mistakes and that’s without even considering the quality of the movie… =/

Jon wrote:

Anyways, wow what a disaster… and of course a lot of people blaming the “male CB fans”… because of course, it’s men’s fault…

I haven’t seen that.

I’ve seen the usual parade of dickhead male CB fans moaning that the film wasn’t for them, but they’re not a factor in hits or flops. Captain Marvel proved that.

They just don’t matter.

How ‘Birds Of Prey’ Went Astray With $33M+ Opening

As I mentioned below, Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn didn’t earn the immediate right to an R-rating like Logan spinoff X-Men, and Joker off Batman. Harley Quinn is beloved by young females off the animated TV show and the movie, and that entire audience is being sidelined this weekend because of Birds of Prey‘s R-rating (13-17-year-olds,despite enjoying the movie at 86%, couldn’t show up at 9%; on CinemaScore the under-18 crowd attended at 18% giving it an A-). Who came out to watch Birds or Prey? Why men over 25 at 33%, with guys overall repping 53% of all ticket buyers. Birds of Prey gets its R rating in F-bombs, not the ultra-violence or taboo that Deadpool and Joker exuded.

Next, let’s look at the title. If this movie is about Harley Quinn, then why the hell isn’t it being called Harley Quinn? The movie isn’t about the Birds of Prey. They’re just Harley’s back-up band. It’s fine if you want to reboot those characters from the failed WBTV series, but the movie isn’t about them. I’ve also heard that for some die-hard DC fans that the pic messes up the Birds of Prey mythology. However, in this day and age, with a majority of mass moviegoers not being comic book readers, I don’t think that matters much.

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I hear the first cut tested really poorly, and that DC film boss Walter Hamada got Birds of Prey into shape of being the critically praised film that it is. Reshoots were needed based off the first testing.

However, what that did was throw a monkey wrench into marketing’s machine. I understand they should not be blamed here. They only had so much to work with, and materials weren’t ready for the studio to take down to San Diego Comic-Con in July. Despite such stunts as the in-theater trailer drop on It: Chapter Two, and taking Robbie and the film down to Brazil Comic-Con in Sao Paulo, the overall campaign lacked a sense of eventizing (hello, remember, when Hall H fans were posting the illegally taped version of the first Suicide Squad trailer more than a year before its release? That’s eventizing!) and that’s because marketing didn’t have a lot to work with off the movie like they did with Joker, Meg, etc. Remember all the clever marketing tricks and self-parodies that Fox pulled off on Deadpool? That wasn’t possible here.

Also, sorry, but the release date here wasn’t good. After comic-book movies have launched during Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, why would you avoid the cash grab and not launch Birds of Prey over that time? Moviegoers don’t seem to care that Robbie is nominated for Supporting Actress this weekend at the Oscars for Bombshell and has a movie opening at the same time, plus you’re going to lose your female audiences today to the Oscars (really). Originally, Birds of Prey did have the 4-day weekend, but the studio decided to move it a week earlier. Why’d they move? The thinking over at Warners was to capitalize on being the holdover over Presidents Day weekend, as they studied such pre-Presidents Day movies like The Lego Movie ($69M), and R-rated Fifty Shades Darker ($46M), and John Wick Chapter 2 ($30M) and how they played through the holiday.

Exhibition also wondered why the advance ticket sales date was so late for Birds of Prey and not earlier in January, or even late last year. Tickets went on sale a week and a half ago. By not putting Birds of Prey on sale earlier, there’s a missed opportunity. All that social media and re-posting of tickets going on sale on exhibitor and fanboy sites just didn’t happen here. That sends a huge message to the audience that Birds was never meant to be an event.

Some of that makes sense, the release date may have been a bad choice and holding back the advance ticket sales probably was but I still think the advertising has been the biggest issue.

I don’t know anyone who thought the trailers were great.

SteveUK wrote:

Some of that makes sense, the release date may have been a bad choice and holding back the advance ticket sales probably was but I still think the advertising has been the biggest issue.

I don’t know anyone who thought the trailers were great.

This may have been me just not paying attention or not watching the shows or channels where the commercial aired but I had no idea it was premiering last week. I think the only time I saw trailers for it was when they were posted here.

I think the biggest thing that hurt the film was the R rating. I think that limited their audience severely.

SteveUK wrote:

Jon wrote:

Anyways, wow what a disaster… and of course a lot of people blaming the “male CB fans”… because of course, it’s men’s fault…

I haven’t seen that.

I’ve seen the usual parade of dickhead male CB fans moaning that the film wasn’t for them, but they’re not a factor in hits or flops. Captain Marvel proved that.

They just don’t matter.

The fact you haven’t seen them doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Todd wrote:

I’ve also heard that for some die-hard DC fans that the pic messes up the Birds of Prey mythology. However, in this day and age, with a majority of mass moviegoers not being comic book readers, I don’t think that matters much.

I don’t agree with this premise. The “majority of mass moviegoers” have always been non-CB readers, that’s nothing new. Funny, people keep comparing this (justly or not, I’m not sure, since I haven’t seen this) to Deadpool, but here’s one little thing people seem to forget about DP: That movie has one of the, if not the most, comicbook accurate suit, down to the white eyes… (and the most CB-accurate Colossus too), and it’s a very faithful adaptation.

Whereas BOP looks to be quite the opposite, and that’s what I mean by “a step backwards”… just looking at those trailers, it looks like a movie that’s going back to the days of being ashamed of the whole SH mythos thing… changing everything they can so they don’t look “ridiculous” or something. Now, I’m not saying that using CB-accurate costumes would’ve saved the movie, but it would’ve helped for sure, at least in not alienating any hard-core fan of the BOP franchise.

So yeah, I agree with the rest of that article, but that part, nah… While it’s true a majority of people might not know or care, you still need the geeks (core audience) to approve and generate hype… something this movie lacked, as most people’s reaction to trailers was “ehh… we’ll see”.

Todd wrote:

SteveUK wrote:

Some of that makes sense, the release date may have been a bad choice and holding back the advance ticket sales probably was but I still think the advertising has been the biggest issue.

I don’t know anyone who thought the trailers were great.

This may have been me just not paying attention or not watching the shows or channels where the commercial aired but I had no idea it was premiering last week. I think the only time I saw trailers for it was when they were posted here.

I think the biggest thing that hurt the film was the R rating. I think that limited their audience severely.

Theres probably truth to this. I didnt even know it was R. they seem to be trying to catch some of the Deadpool lightning in a bottle with the release date and rating but Deadpool was marketed as, and was, a novel superhero movie with fourth wall breaks and adult humour . This just seemed like a normal one with some fun characters.

Oh there’s certainly truth to that… From everything I’ve heard/read, you could remove all the “R” elements and the movie would be the same… But it’s kinda crazy that they went for an R rating in the first place when SQ was PG13… =/

You’d think they’d want to capitalize on the young girl audience with a Harley Queen (+ an entire female cast) movie… and hey, there was nothing “mature” about those trailers, except for the cocaine bit, which I didn’t get right away, and they could’ve definetly gotten away with in a PG13 movie anyways, since it looked very ambiguous anyways (unless they make a point of explaining the bit in the actual movie, that is).

Todd wrote:

This may have been me just not paying attention or not watching the shows or channels where the commercial aired but I had no idea it was premiering last week. I think the only time I saw trailers for it was when they were posted here.

Yeah, I go to the cinema every week, and never once saw a trailer for it there.

Jon wrote:

I don’t agree with this premise. The “majority of mass moviegoers” have always been non-CB readers, that’s nothing new. Funny, people keep comparing this (justly or not, I’m not sure, since I haven’t seen this) to Deadpool, but here’s one little thing people seem to forget about DP: That movie has one of the, if not the most, comicbook accurate suit, down to the white eyes… (and the most CB-accurate Colossus too), and it’s a very faithful adaptation.
Whereas BOP looks to be quite the opposite, and that’s what I mean by “a step backwards”… just looking at those trailers, it looks like a movie that’s going back to the days of being ashamed of the whole SH mythos thing… changing everything they can so they don’t look “ridiculous” or something. Now, I’m not saying that using CB-accurate costumes would’ve saved the movie, but it would’ve helped for sure, at least in not alienating any hard-core fan of the BOP franchise.
So yeah, I agree with the rest of that article, but that part, nah… While it’s true a majority of people might not know or care, you still need the geeks (core audience) to approve and generate hype… something this movie lacked, as most people’s reaction to trailers was “ehh… we’ll see”.

I don’t think a “geek stamp of approval” means a damn thing to the “masses”. The “masses” are going to look at the trailer for two things: 1) does it look fun/cool/good and 2) does it has stars they like in it. Those are their determining factor. The blessing of a nerd means very little, if anything to them.

Well I think you’re wrong… for exemple: without the fans, SW is nothing… proof you ask? ok: China.

Without the fans/geeks/whatever, you have no hype and you end up with a movie no one’s reallt excited for and no one’s talking about. There’s plenty of exemples out there…

So, no, it’s not “essential” but it certainly helps.

Todd wrote:

I don’t think a “geek stamp of approval” means a damn thing to the “masses”. The “masses” are going to look at the trailer for two things: 1) does it look fun/cool/good and 2) does it has stars they like in it. Those are their determining factor. The blessing of a nerd means very little, if anything to them.

I agree with you, Todd; that “fan/geek/whatever” hype is generally being seen by other fans/geeks/whatevers, on websites like this one that cater to them/us. It’s not being seen by the general “masses” that are visiting other, more mainstream, sites where the hype is spread by other members of the “masses”, based on the two things you note in your post.

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This is Huntress 2.0 concept I did for costume designer Maya Mani around the same time we explored the Green Arrow and Canary suit toward the end of season 6. Too bad she didn’t come back before the series was over, would have loved to see this come to life. Haven’t seen @birdsofprey yet , can’t wait to see their version of Huntress played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. @cw_arrow @dccomics #huntress #helenabertinelli @jessicadegouw #gotham #gothamcity #starcity @birdsofprey @mary_elizabeth_winstead #jessicadegouw #costume #design #conceptart #vancouver

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This is Huntress 2.0 concept I did for costume designer Maya Mani around the same time we explored the Green Arrow and Canary suit toward the end of season 6. Too bad she didn’t come back before the series was over, would have loved to see this come to life. Haven’t seen @birdsofprey yet , can’t wait to see their version of Huntress played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. @cw_arrow @dccomics #huntress #helenabertinelli @jessicadegouw #gotham #gothamcity #starcity @birdsofprey @mary_elizabeth_winstead #jessicadegouw #costume #design #conceptart #vancouver

Well, I mean, it’s not like the “masses” haven’t widely accepted geekdom at this point… I think this idea of “geeks” being an insular group is severely outdated. I mean, shit look at the MCU for proof. When a pretty crappy movie like Captain Marvel makes a billion, it’s hard to say “the masses” don’t care.

In fact, we should probably stop using “geeks” and just use “fans”, of which there’s plenty these days. Superheroes are about the most mainstream thing there is at the moment.

Jon wrote:

While it’s true a majority of people might not know or care, you still need the geeks (core audience) to approve and generate hype…

Jon wrote:

Without the fans/geeks/whatever, you have no hype and you end up with a movie no one’s reallt excited for and no one’s talking about.

Jon wrote:

Well, I mean, it’s not like the “masses” haven’t widely accepted geekdom at this point… I think this idea of “geeks” being an insular group is severely outdated. I mean, shit look at the MCU for proof. When a pretty crappy movie like Captain Marvel makes a billion, it’s hard to say “the masses” don’t care.

In fact, we should probably stop using “geeks” and just use “fans”, of which there’s plenty these days. Superheroes are about the most mainstream thing there is at the moment.

You’ve lost me now, Jon. Does geekdom’s opinion make or break a movie, or does it not matter to the masses?

Or, as Todd suggested above, is it likely that the success of a film has more to do with the quality of the trailer and the cast members, than with the opinions of geekdom?

[Jon]

njerry wrote:

You’ve lost me now, Jon. Does geekdom’s opinion make or break a movie, or does it not matter to the masses? Or, as Todd suggested above, is it likely that the success of a film has more to do with the quality of the trailer and the cast members, than with the opinions of geekdom?

Yeah no sorry, I started using geeks for CB readers, then I used it more widely… CB readers are too few these days…

BUT superhero fans are everywhere… the difference being that those fans like SHs from other media, not particularly CBs…

So, there’s some people who love the X-Men because of the comics, sure, but there’s also some people who love the X-men because of the cartoons, or the video games or now the movies which are at this point decades old.

Hence why I said we should use “fans” instead of “geeks” as to avoid confusion between the more niche hardcore CB readers and the bigger, wider fans of the genre.

But yeah, I guess you could (but you shouldn’t anyways) dismiss the opinions of the smaller, more niche hardcore group (CB readers), but you definetly can’t just dismiss the wider fans, because that’s a much larger group.

Edit: The problem in the article above is that he is 1) saying “these days the masses don’t read CBs” and I’m like d’uh, no shit, it’s been at least 2 decades no one reads CBs… and 2) amalgamating hardcore CB readers with the larger fandom and saying their opinions don’t matter.

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Wow… SUPER disapointing… well for me… they’re going back to the armored look… how lame… =/

He looks daredevilishly Pattisssison.

The suit looks impressive, but still not sure about the cast.

Pros Look Back on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES as it Returns in Comic Books

I’m not a huge fan of the new batsuit, but I can’t see a lot of the detail yet.

The first teaser trailer will be interesting. I hope.

Lucifer Twist: Netflix Wants to Keep the Show Going Beyond ‘Final’ Season 5

Well that’s good news… I don’t think anyone will mind… =)

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Happy Robert Pattinson Batman day! I’m digging his look. Here are 2 concepts I did of Batman for CW Batwoman. Thank you to costume designer Maya Mani for making a dream come true! I did an illustration of Batman! This Batman suit is supposed to be what Kate Kane and Luke modified to create the Batwoman suit originally designed by @colleenatwoodofficial . Can’t wait to see what the Bat suit actually looks like in Matt Reeves’ The Batman! @dccomics #darkknight #capecrusader #gotham #gothamcity @thecw @cwbatwoman @rubyrose #katekane #brucewayne #batman #thebatman #imbatman #costume #design #conceptualart #illustration #costumeillustration @vancouver #tbt #throwbackthursday @cw_arrow

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Happy Robert Pattinson Batman day! I’m digging his look. Here are 2 concepts I did of Batman for CW Batwoman. Thank you to costume designer Maya Mani for making a dream come true! I did an illustration of Batman! This Batman suit is supposed to be what Kate Kane and Luke modified to create the Batwoman suit originally designed by @colleenatwoodofficial . Can’t wait to see what the Bat suit actually looks like in Matt Reeves’ The Batman! @dccomics #darkknight #capecrusader #gotham #gothamcity @thecw @cwbatwoman @rubyrose #katekane #brucewayne #batman #thebatman #imbatman #costume #design #conceptualart #illustration #costumeillustration @vancouver #tbt #throwbackthursday @cw_arrow

This is going around.

 

If Bruce Wayne had hydrocephalus…

“I am not an animal…I’m Batman, dammit!”

#stillthebestbatman

Maybe as a still image.

rory wrote:

Maybe as a still image.

Yes, sure whatever you say… jeez even your trolling is lame… zzzzzzzzzz

Nice to see Glyn Dillon (brother of the late Steve Dillon) say he was working on the designs for The Batman. He’s a really talented guy and hopefully the WB cash can allow him to make another graphic novel as good as The Nao of Brown.

Jon wrote:

rory wrote:

Maybe as a still image.

Yes, sure whatever you say… jeez even your trolling is lame… zzzzzzzzzz

not trolling, serious. As a still image he looks comic accurate. In the movie he looked stiff and awkward so it felt ridiculous when he was suddenly agile in fight scenes.

Jon wrote:

#stillthebestbatman

Agreed.  I wish we had gotten more Batfleck and that his last outing wasn’t in reshoots where he had obviously not had time to get back in shape for the suit.  He was brilliant as the grizzled, DKR Batman.  It was everything comic fans have wanted for decades.  Affleck was fucking jacked too.

Jon wrote:

#stillthebestbatman

Agreed.  I wish we had gotten more Batfleck and that his last outing wasn’t in reshoots where he had obviously not had time to get back in shape for the suit.  He was brilliant as the grizzled, DKR Batman.  It was everything comic fans have wanted for decades.  Affleck was fucking jacked too.

garjones wrote:

Nice to see Glyn Dillon (brother of the late Steve Dillon) say he was working on the designs for The Batman. He’s a really talented guy and hopefully the WB cash can allow him to make another graphic novel as good as The Nao of Brown.

He posted a few stills of the costume on his Instagram profile. I like the look of it – the armour rather than a plastic suit look.

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So the 🦇 is finally out of the bag. It’s been great working on this with Matt Reeves and all our usual crew. Due to NDA I can’t say any more about it, so don’t be offended if I don’t answer questions. #TheBatman #thebatmanmovie #thebatsymbol #MattReeves #robertpattinson #warnerbros #DaveCrossman #costume #costumedesign #costumedesigner #conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesign #conceptdesigner #glyndillon #thejaw

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Bruce wrote:

garjones wrote:

Nice to see Glyn Dillon (brother of the late Steve Dillon) say he was working on the designs for The Batman. He’s a really talented guy and hopefully the WB cash can allow him to make another graphic novel as good as The Nao of Brown.

He posted a few stills of the costume on his Instagram profile. I like the look of it – the armour rather than a plastic suit look.

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So the 🦇 is finally out of the bag. It’s been great working on this with Matt Reeves and all our usual crew. Due to NDA I can’t say any more about it, so don’t be offended if I don’t answer questions. #TheBatman #thebatmanmovie #thebatsymbol #MattReeves #robertpattinson #warnerbros #DaveCrossman #costume #costumedesign #costumedesigner #conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesign #conceptdesigner #glyndillon #thejaw

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Supposedly the bat emblem is made from the gun that killed his parents.

RonnieM wrote:

Bruce wrote:

garjones wrote:

Nice to see Glyn Dillon (brother of the late Steve Dillon) say he was working on the designs for The Batman. He’s a really talented guy and hopefully the WB cash can allow him to make another graphic novel as good as The Nao of Brown.

He posted a few stills of the costume on his Instagram profile. I like the look of it – the armour rather than a plastic suit look.

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So the 🦇 is finally out of the bag. It’s been great working on this with Matt Reeves and all our usual crew. Due to NDA I can’t say any more about it, so don’t be offended if I don’t answer questions. #TheBatman #thebatmanmovie #thebatsymbol #MattReeves #robertpattinson #warnerbros #DaveCrossman #costume #costumedesign #costumedesigner #conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesign #conceptdesigner #glyndillon #thejaw

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Supposedly the bat emblem is made from the gun that killed his parents.

if that’s true that’s a really cool touch.

Charlie has some comments and close-ups of the “gun bat”.  How he got this video out of such sparse info is commendable.

 

Miqque wrote:

How he got this video out of such sparse info is commendable.

Oh he’s a master of talking a lot and not saying much… He’s not the only one either…

This is apparently the first look at the Bat-Signal:

https://t.co/Nv4uNBkprP pic.twitter.com/zLD2lcr0Uo

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) February 13, 2020

JRCarter wrote:

This is supposedly a leak of the plot breakdown for “WW84”, but this is Reddit, so take with a grain of salt:

Wonder Woman 84 Entire Movie Synopsis from DCEUleaks

I have a feeling that this may be fairly accurate. If so, hard pass.

I’m more interested after reading it, particularly some of the big set pieces. One of those scenes is going to give me gooseflesh if it’s realized the way that it is written.

As the saying goes, “I’ll wait for the movie.”

Dave wrote:

Batman broke into the police evidence locker and stole the gun that was part of an open but cold case. It may have even had fingerprints and/or other valuable evidence on it. If by some miracle the guy is caught, the main piece of evidence against him has been completely destroyed to make a bulletproof plate for a mentally unbalanced billionaire in a gimp suit. (The plate will then have to be replaced after the first time it is hit by a bullet so this hunk of truly useless metal will just sit on a shelf then?) The guy’s lawyers will have a field day with the lack of evidence. There is a high probability this guy will walk free and get away with double murder because some rich kid never got the therapy he needed (Thanks for nothing, Alfred!) decided to settle for “poetic justice”.

Batman is a fucking idiot. (As is Kevin Smith.)

Batman is deeply messed up.

I don’t think this is a revelation to anyone by now?

Wait until you see what he did with his mother’s pearls.

Imagine what Gotham would be like if Alfred did get Bruce therapy.

The Politics thread?

Anonymous wrote:

The Politics thread?

The Politics thread does not strike me as a place where a lot of sane, well-adjusted people would spend much time.

I shall maintain a diplomatic silence.

Anyway, Todd made me write it!

Just thought I’d mention that Google News just now caught up with a cameo in the Crisis Flash episode. Yeah, that one. They caught up. Today.

 

[Jon]

Ehhh… yeah, I don’t think I’m a fan of this…

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[SteveUK]

There are a lot of caveats there; it’s a stunt version of the suit, worn by a stunt man, under less than ideal lighting conditions, and without anything that might be added later, in post production.

Having said all that; it still looks crap.

And the bike is worse.

I’m really hoping the film delivers.

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Maybe they can call the people who redesigned Sonic the Hedgehog.

[Jon]

Yeah no, I realise it’s just a snapped photo and it’ll look MUCH better on film… quality is not my issue, it’s the design… it’s all over the place… leather mask, glasses-like lenses, high collar, shoulder pads, military pants, leather boots, and whatever the fuck he’s got going on with those arm spike thingies that sort of look like samurai armour from afar…

I guess they’re going for a proto-batsuit or something like that, but ugh, not wroking for me at all… I’m obviously biased because to me the BvS Batfleck suit is basically perfection, but even without bias this design is, again, all over the place.

I do like the shape of the bat symbol though… and the chest piece in general… I thought the rest was gonna fit better, but apparently not…

Edit: Oh, I do wonder If that’s supposed to be Catwoman’s suit… looks like it, couple of design details that makes it seem so.

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When it comes to this kind of thing, I’ll rather wait for the proper pictures released by the production, and the final product on film. It is very seldom that suit design is an actual problem for me in the movie itself, no matter how daft they may look in shotting pics.

They got the right colour boots, at least.

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It looks like Deliveroo are really upping their game.

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Todd wrote:

Batman is a fucking idiot. (As is Kevin Smith.)

Here’s a blast from the past:

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Todd

What??? Kevin Smith casting Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes and Jason Lee (and all of his pals) in one of his movies??? What a surprising thought… u_u

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Todd

He does make fun of that himself at the end of the article, it has to be said.

Ahhh, the 90s….

I am proud to say that I never bought a single issue of Wizard magazine.

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Christian wrote:

I am proud to say that I never bought a single issue of Wizard magazine.

Why are you proud of that?  Wizard was a great magazine.  It was great at hyping new books and new talent.  I think the space it left is one of the problems in comics now.  No one has really filled it.

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Todd

Wizard was a well-crafted magazine, but it will forever be associated with the wave of comics “collector/investor” mentality that almost killed the industry in the mid-to-late 90s.

Which reminds me, does anyone here want to buy a case of SPAWN #1? I’m willing to negotiate on a price……

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Todd

Reminder: Playing Batman In A Movie Will Not Bring You Joy

RonnieM wrote:

Why are you proud of that?  Wizard was a great magazine.  It was great at hyping new books and new talent.

Maybe. Leafing through it, most of it was full of terrible 90s superhero art and nonsense stories and what-if movie casting and so on, as well as rumour-mongering. It wasn’t for me.