Bazza Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Or from the game Stuper Powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Wonder Twins: The Movie, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Joss Whedon fails again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Translation: "I'm (still) burnt out from working on big-budget tentpole movies for soulless corporate overlords like WB and Disney, and would much rather go back to writing little indie projects like Much Ado About Nothing and Cabin in the Woods." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Or news of his philandering has put a damper on him making more girl power movies in the current climate. That story was a bit older, middle of last year, maybe? But taken in light of the current flood of sexual harassment stories, I could see the studio not wanting him to work on a female superhero movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yeah he's a bit handsy and probably they'd rather not have him involved in this kind of project. Besides I'd really rather someone else did the film. Part of made Wonder Woman work... well, better than the most recent previous DC film attempts... was that they had someone else do the directing than the usual suspects. Marvel has been great about mixing it up and giving interesting people the jobs. I'm looking forward to Avengers by someone other than Whedon. Really looking forward to it after Avengers 2. Armory and drunkonduty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, Christopher R Taylor said: I'm looking forward to Avengers by someone other than Whedon. Tarantino? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Nah...Infinity War is a real community effort. (Pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 I've been hearing Roxanne Gray's name thrown about, but so far as I know she has no directing experience, and WB was stoked about a Batgirl movie in the first place because Whedon brought up the idea. I suspect it's not going to happen at all now. They'll have to reschedule the BootyCam for more filming on Harley Quinn movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Sadly, I think you're right Matt. I don't think WB particularly wants or cares about a Batgirl movie. They have Wonder Woman serving as their hallmark female superhero and I'm sure they don't see a need for another female superhero franchise. Without (a scandal-free) Whedon attached, this project probably has zero momentum within corporate WB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Oh...bleepin'...well. Wasn't that excited about a Batgirl movie anyway, especially considering the murky nature of the current Batman in this DC cinematic universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Matt the Bruins said: They'll have to reschedule the BootyCam for more filming on Harley Quinn movies. Now there's an idea I can get behind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: Now there's an idea I can get behind! Most people would get behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 DC would be a lot better served with a full scale reboot. They can keep some of the same actors if they want but start from scratch. But this time: no origin stories. Everyone already knows. Just tell a story with the character. Nobody needs to see James Bond's origin story. Nobody cared about Detective McClane's days in the police academy for Die Hard. Just get in and tell good stories that are fun and exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 A full reboot with the same actors (e.g., Gadot, Cavill) would be extremely awkward (structurally, narratively). I don't think they have the storytelling chops to pull something like that off in a way that would reverse the public's sour opinion of the DCU. IMO, their best bet going forward is to just make solid, standalone superhero movies that have no visible ties to each other or to a larger story arc. They should just let Marvel have the shared universe space and stop trying to compete there all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just keep in mind that The Flash movie is going to be based off of Flashpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 59 minutes ago, Greywind said: Just keep in mind that The Flash movie is going to be based off of Flashpoint. Of course it is. I don't believe that the powers that be at DC/WB are aware of any other stories for the Flash. It's right up there with the handful of graphic novels that they always go back to for Batman and Superman. Armory, Pattern Ghost, RDU Neil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 24 minutes ago, Ternaugh said: Of course it is. I don't believe that the powers that be at DC/WB are aware of any other stories for the Flash. It's right up there with the handful of graphic novels that they always go back to for Batman and Superman. Most movie writers are unaware of the lore of comic books. That's why we get Doomsday in Batman v Superman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Cassandra said: Most movie writers are unaware of the lore of comic books. That's why we get Doomsday in Batman v Superman. We get Doomsday in Batman v Superman because the writers are lazy, and are afraid of telling anything approaching an original story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Flashpoint gives them an opportunity to rebuild the universe and maybe make it less awful this time around. Just having Superman smile and not be gray and miserable all the time would be a big start. I think the culture is ready for something uplifting and hopeful, given the ocean of misery and darkness in entertainment now. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/23/2018 at 1:53 PM, Matt the Bruins said: I've been hearing Roxanne Gray's name thrown about, but so far as I know she has no directing experience, and WB was stoked about a Batgirl movie in the first place because Whedon brought up the idea. I suspect it's not going to happen at all now. They'll have to reschedule the BootyCam for more filming on Harley Quinn movies. I have been shocked that WB hasn't tried to push a Batwoman movie more. With it, they get the LGBTQ group, if done right, which of course they won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 They've never made a good effort to establish a Bat Family franchise. (Though they were almost there with the early seasons of Arrow, but mostly on the antagonist level.) If they were going to do an interconnected franchise, the Bat Family in Gotham and Bludhaven, including a progression from Batgirl to Oracle in Birds of Prey, would be a good bet. Not that they seem to have the chops or the patience to build something like that up, but it'd be a much different take than the Avengers/JL mirroring, and they could tell stories in a similar genre of gritty street level stuff with bizarre/crazy villains, mercs, conspiracies, etc., then make the rest of their superhero movies as standalone efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 *Hates the Bat-Family and Superman family crap* Armory, drunkonduty, Matt the Bruins and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 12/18/2017 at 12:42 PM, Cassandra said: ... and drops more easter eggs then the Easter Bunny flying a B-52. Just wanted to thank you for this image. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary asks me what I am going to do with the image now I have it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 16 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said: Flashpoint gives them an opportunity to rebuild the universe and maybe make it less awful this time around. Just having Superman smile and not be gray and miserable all the time would be a big start. I think the culture is ready for something uplifting and hopeful, given the ocean of misery and darkness in entertainment now. Flashpoint should only be about 15 years or so in the past, which isn't really enough to rewrite everything with Man of Steel, or even the implied backstory of Batfleck. It's also inherently a story where "fixing" the past breaks it more, and requires more tinkering. So, not a great plot line for pinning DC's movie universe's salvation on. At this point, they'd get better results in just making the changes to the shared universe, and not explaining it (kind of how the first Incredible Hulk movie doesn't really count for Marvel). There's also something to be said for not killing off everyone's parents in the back story. Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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