Assorted Thoughts on "Man of Steel" · 1:36pm Jul 21st, 2020
So I finally got to watch the ever-so-controversial Man of Steel recently, and I thought I'd sort out my thoughts on it here.
So I finally got to watch the ever-so-controversial Man of Steel recently, and I thought I'd sort out my thoughts on it here.
To honor the critically-acclaimed version of the DCEU's take on the Justice League, I present to you a fanmade trailer that is based on the second trailer of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3!
There's a hell of a lot of similarities between Sonic 2 and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Think about it.
Sonic = Superman
Knuckles = Batman
Tails = Wonder Woman
Dr. Robotnik = Lex Luthor
Master Emerald and Giant Robot = Doomsday
Somehow, despite the similarities, Sonic 2 is much more enjoyable than BvS, despite being shorter and not being as edgy or dark.
It seems our good friend, two time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, who brought us the utterly awesome Norman Osborn in Sam Rami's definitive Spider-Man trilogy, will be appearing in the upcoming Justice League film, ironically alongside fellow Spider-Man trilogy cast member J.K. Simmons.
This was first shared with me by my father. One of his Facebook friends has his own website where he posts movie reviews, and as part of ranking of the various superhero movies, he covered "Batman vs. Superman".
I'm going to share the whole text of it here, because I just found it that priceless at points. But for anyone who's at all curious, the original link may be found here.
So last weekend was an... odd weekend for the DCEU. The Hollywood rumor-mill would have you believe it was disastrous, but honestly there was only one bit of actually worrisome news, and even that was a rumor. So let's run down the list.
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So I just got done watching Wonder Woman 1984. Actually it was more a Christmas present for my mother. She's a bit of a Wonder Woman fan, so taking her out to see it was the family's gift to her.
Wonder Woman is my favorite comic book superhero (and one of my favorite characters overall), and has been for years—though the New 52 era of DC, the only title of hers I didn’t pick up was Superman/Wonder Woman, because I dislike that ship[1]. Right now is a wonderful time to be a Wonder Woman fan, with not only her 75th anniversary just last year (which brought with it several self-contained or limited series specials), not just a merging of the New 52 character and
Warning Spoilers after the page break
After the disaster that was Batman V Superman: Dawn of catching up to Marvel Justice and the mess that was Suicide Squad, I was worried that Wonder Woman would also be terrible. But then I heard many people say positive things about the film which filled me with a bit of hope
All I can say is with out spoiling anything is, Thank you DC for restoring my faith in humanity you again.
For the occasion, I've come across these videos that make the clash between DC Comics' biggest superheroes styled after Warner Bros.'s second battle between icons: Godzilla vs. Kong. And I thought I'd share them all with you. Hope you enjoy them and let me know about your thoughts about these!
Confirming what was already highly suspected, Warner Brothers has tapped Ben Affleck to not only direct the upcoming Batman solo film, but he will also write it as well.
Rating Scale:
12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it
I saw The Suicide Squad recently. It was pretty good. But it got me thinking: looked at from a film-history perspective, the DCEU is just the weirdest fucking thing. Seriously, look at it:
NOTE: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS FOR SUICIDE SQUAD. IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THE FILM REMAIN UNSPOILED, THEN FEEL FREE TO SKIP THIS REVIEW.
Well that was...something.