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The Flash reviews are in
- Thread starter KyoZz
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SJRB
Gold Member
Honestly I'm kinda shocked this is happening.
First reactions seemed great, reviews were okay, there seemed to be quite a bit of hype online and it didnt't really have that stink of "immediate flop" like Black Adam had.
And then the movie gets released and no one goes to see it. O and it's shit. And the special effects are dogshit.
First reactions seemed great, reviews were okay, there seemed to be quite a bit of hype online and it didnt't really have that stink of "immediate flop" like Black Adam had.
And then the movie gets released and no one goes to see it. O and it's shit. And the special effects are dogshit.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont think Flash is the kind of hero people will spend $1B worth of tickets to see. He's a secondary superhero. At best it might get lucky and do Antman numbers. I dont think middling sales has anything to do with Miller being wacko off set. Most people dont even know or care about his offset antics.
Just to show that the character isn't important, when I saw the trailer on TV all they showed was Keaton as Batman and Superman whizzing through the sky. I dont think they showed Flash once.
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Sleepwalker
Member
I would have loved to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Thomas Wayne Batman but alas.
Ill set sail for the seas when the blu ray version comes out, already seen all the spoilers anyway.
Ill set sail for the seas when the blu ray version comes out, already seen all the spoilers anyway.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Indeed.
Also a lot of uncanny valley with the different Supermen, Supergirls, babies, dogs etc.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
I'm about to see it. Only care about the not beating Zod part, I want to see the struggle. Every Capeshit movie is the bad guy gets beat by the good guy and it's boring as fuck.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Nah the FX are shit on PURPOSE
The Flash's Visual Effects Are Meant to Look Like That
Some of the effects in Warner Bros. new DC movie The Flash look less than great—and so we asked the film's director, Andy Muschietti, if that was intentional or not. Turns out it was, and there's a reason why.
gizmodo.com
“The idea, of course, is...we are in the perspective of the Flash. Everything is distorted in terms of lights and textures.”
Can you argue with that PUSSY?!
FACT IS ASSHOLES IS THAT THIS FILM IS 10 MORBS OUTTA 10 MORBS. Y'ALL CAN FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!
DrFigs
Member
I don't think this is true. A lot of regular scenes also have bad CGI. You can see it in the trailers. What you see in the trailers is basically what you see in the movie.
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
This is a surprise, I don't tend to bother with superhero stuff anymore, but I thought this had some super buzz about it.
U n i o n 0015
Member
Saw it yesterday and yeah, stand by my earlier comment that it was mid. But also a bit fun.
I think the thing that annoyed me the most, besides some hand-wavy timeline/universe shenanigans, was the fact that Keaton's Bruce Wayne become some sort of crazy hermit. It felt like a completely different version of Keaton's Batman, like it didn't even track with how that character might have turned out. If anything, he would've quit being Batman and settled down with Catwoman or Viki Vale.
I think the thing that annoyed me the most, besides some hand-wavy timeline/universe shenanigans, was the fact that Keaton's Bruce Wayne become some sort of crazy hermit. It felt like a completely different version of Keaton's Batman, like it didn't even track with how that character might have turned out. If anything, he would've quit being Batman and settled down with Catwoman or Viki Vale.
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VulcanRaven
Member
Its sad that Keaton filmed scenes for both Batgirl and Aquaman 2 and we are not going to see those. They later reshot those Aquaman 2 scenes with Affleck but there were rumors some time ago that those were removed too.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Seems to be reviewing OK, but man I'm tired of multi-verse shit for these cape films.
Give me grounded origin films all day over this shit lol
Give me grounded origin films all day over this shit lol
Pagusas
Elden Member
Would be funny if Clooney got put in instead now.
Agreed, Superman is a force of nature, very hard to write around him directly. I like him like hiw they have used Wonder Woman in the last few films, she shows up, does her thing, then fucks off to wherever.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Catwoman was addressed in Batgirl. But we’ll never see that so…
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Writers don't really know what to do with Batman when he gets past a certain age. Nolan screwed it up, and so does The Flash. Both going for the lonely hermit angle.
The truth is Batman would carry on being Batman until somebody eventually killed him. That's kind of the point of the character's psychology.
The whole 'I've stopped crime in Gotham so I retired' schtick is bollocks. He'd keep going out every night to just take on low level robbers and violent criminals, until someone got lucky, and topped him.
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Ulysses 31
Member
Pagusas
Elden Member
is that real? Did someone from Era start writing Batman comics?Dunno, Batman's a bit looney in some current batman stories also...
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
And in other news:
Blue Beetle director confirms movie’s place in DCU
Angel Manuel Soto also wants at least two more Blue Beetle movies
Agreed. It would kill him (emotionally) if he was physically unable to patrol.
This is why Batman Beyond is the natural evolution of the character. He MUST pass on the mantle (and the various sidekicks never quite measured up or were killed).
How do you write batman stories when you agree with the villains?
SirKicksalot
Member
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Fuck that, that's the core problem of Capeshit. We don't need more spoon feeding the normies. This movie is a perfectly serviceable "Jump in, jump out." As long as you have some surface level knowledge that's all you need to enjoy it. I tire of Western media consumers being groomed into wanting a "universe" all you watch movies for with that mind set is the fucking post credits scene, nothing in the actual movie matters.
The CGI was bad but otherwise this is more in line what I come to comics for, an unfamiliar world with new character interaction and the hard reality that some things you just can't win. I have zero nostalgia for MK as Batman but god damn he IS the best Batman, his on screen presence and charisma is just unrivalled. Supergirl isn't a boss chick and despite being a plot device has a few good scenes, I'd be happy to see more of her. When she recites what Barry said to her when they tried to save her earlier in the movie, it was a good moment.
Ezra Miller is a fucking Psycho but unfortunately he can act when he needs to and does a good enough job here. If James Gunn can maintain the tone of seriousness with sprinkles of comedy like this film has I'm more willing to pay to see Capeshit again regularly.
EDIT: Also there's no implication this is the Burtonverse, but if that's the logic is Barry in the Schumakerverse at the end of the movie? Dumb way to think of it tbh. It's just a returning actor.
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I don't read much into which batman actor they use. The Keaton parts didn't really look like '89, other than the batmobile and the suit. None of the architecture or any of that was different than the nolanverse on "real world" look. So Clooney just took the part instead of Kilmer (obviously harder to do) or Bale. Heck, I would have LOVED it to be Kevin Conroy but alas we lost him already. It's just an easter egg for the fans, like the Nic Cage superman fighting the giant spider (was it the same one from IT?).
stn
Member
Question, and please forgive my ignorance in advance as I'm legitimately curious with this question. Why is Ezra Miller identifying as trans (i.e. they/them) without actually being trans? From what I understand, he is gay but not trans. Isn't this disrespectful to the trans community?
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Dunno, Batman's a bit looney in some current batman stories also...
Who the fuck is this? Looks like that shitty Kevin Smith run in terms of the artwork.
Ulysses 31
Member
Batman: Fortress #1 by Gary Whitta and Darick Robertson is now available in print and as a digital comic book.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Batman takes out violent criminals who kill and maim or get things that kill and maim. Not common rioters.Dunno, Batman's a bit looney in some current batman stories also...
Name an issue when he got into a crowd of rioters and subdued them. I'll wait.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Yeah, nah. Crime is crime. If Batman can stop it, he will. He absolutely would stop rioters destroying someone’s livelihood.
Ulysses 31
Member
The issue is more that he assumes the stores are insured and that they'll recoup (most of) the losses while in reality, those kinds of riots can destroy communities.
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But complaining about 80s Regan Era politics is kinda like saying Robin hood is political because he fights a sheriff.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Written by the same guy who came here and edited out all his “fuck George Lucas” and “Star Wars is shit” posts when he was hired by Lucasfilm to write a first draft of Rogue One.
ManaByte
Gold Member
I didn’t even see Guardians 3. But this was better than all of the recent Marvel stuff and both Shazam 2 and Black Adam.I had more fun with this movie than the last 5 years of marvel slop
Wesleyalucard
Member
Nok Su Kow
Member
If Keaton had agreed to play Batman again WB should have just paid Tim Burton whatever he wanted and made Batman 3
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
No he wouldn't. He never has. That may be your head canon but it isn't found in any pages of the comics. A riot where people are being targeted? He probably would. Lives over property. That's ALWAYS been his MO. Things can be replaced, lives can't. That's always been his moral code.
I'm pretty sure batman '66 is almost ENTIRELLY about batman stopping theft and property crime (and a good dose of kidnappings for ransom, true). That batman would ABSOLUTELY stop a riot/looting as he was Mr. Civic Order.
Naturally, being made in the mid 60s there is an agenda there as well....
Badlucktroll
Member
He could make it like a horror movie and have Brad Dourif as Scarecrow
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Hopefully Ezra never works again in anything.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
Let's hope not. This should kill his career stone dead. I don't want to see an Ezra Miller Hollywood 'redemption' story in a few fucking years.
blakdecaf
Member
Would love a dark af Burton made Batman 3 but purely set in Arkham Asylum. Give me Keaton, and that comic book looking Gotham in all its glory.