I was surprised that there was no direct establishing of that in the movie. I wonder if it will be in the extended cut.
It's fun imagining who they might cast for the rest of Batman's Rogue's Gallery. Hopefully Zack finds another role for Patrick Wilson. I'm an even bigger fan now after his work in the brilliant Fargo series.
We know he likes Carla Gugino, I wonder if we'll be seeing her in the DCCU soon.
Didn't IrishJedi say he played the voice of the President?
Even though I'm not the biggest fan of Snyder's Watchmen, I think it would be cool as hell to have Wilson as Ted Kord (that Night Owl was based off of). He could definitely pull it off.
Fun with Jimmy Olsen = dead
Fun backstory with Robin = dead
So much fun!
One thing I did like about the film and Batman here, though, was that he clearly had a well established background, and that this wasn't his first go around. Comic movies tend to go the other way--WE NEED TO DO THE ORIGIN STORY AGAIN, JUST IN CASE!!!--having a seasoned veteran as Bats worked well. And credit to Affleck for doing such a great job with it. He was 100% believable. Even though I'll ***** and moan about explicit killer Batman, I do see a lot of parallels between how he handled that role and how Bernthal handled Punisher. You could understand both being so sick of dealing with those scum that they didn't care anymore if they lived or died (well, in Punisher's case, caring that they actually
do die).
I paid more attention to Jimmy Olsen the second time around. They never once call him by name. I assume his identity was revealed in MOS? I thought that they changed Jimmy to "Jenny" and didn't have him in the story at all.
It is confirmed in the credits only, and by Snyder himself.
Zack is still pretty pissed about the BvS trailer that spoiled the Trinity reveal and Doomsday. It's the only one he didn't cut himself. Someone in WB Marketing was getting all antsy about the lack of buzz and decided to throw that trailer out there. I don't think it had the desired effect. Those folks might be backlot tour guides now for all I know.
I'm not gonna say anyone was fired or anything, but the team that put that trailer together will not be doing it for any more of these movies.
I'm not so sure that it hurt anything. And in fact, if you're going to say that Snyder was partially responsible for the movie's success, I think you could also argue that the marketing campaign, including those commercials, contributed to it. We don't have any evidence to the contrary. While for many of us the Force Awakens-type approach is more appealing (and sometimes effective), for folks who would typically go to see Transformers movies, a "more is more" kind of promotion probably only helps.
Obviously Marvel is doing a straight up adaptation of The Infinity Gauntlet. Is there a definitve Darkseid story that everyone is assuming JL1 and 2 will follow? Something where he swarms the earth with those "parademon" things obviously? Oh and if there is a classic Darkseid invasion story please don't spoil how it gets resolved.
The most recognizable one I'm aware of actually deals not with the Justice League or Supes (well, not Super
man anyway) but the Legion of Super Heroes:
Amazon.com: The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (9781401244163): Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen: Books
Of course, he was at the core of the New Gods stories by Kirby, and was a major player in Crisis on Infinite Earths, and was the first foe the JL faced in Nu-52 I think. But based on my comics knowledge (which runs through the '90s or so), the Great Darkness Saga is probably the one to check out.
WW was so badass you have to wonder (no pun intended) if she could have defeated DD by herself. If she has a magic blade that can cut through Kryptonian flesh and bone then it's conceivable that she could have decapitated him.
I thought about that, as well. She actually reminded me a bit of Thor. Seemed like nothing Doomsday did hurt her, and she was so fast and powerful that eventually she might have been able to kill him herself. Hell, maybe Superman could have done it, as well. But almost as soon as he appears, everyone seems to assume he's indestructible. He gets nuked about 30 seconds after he appears. And that's a function of his being shoehorned into the very end of a long movie, I'm sure (and probably a producer-driven decision to force the "Trinity" to work together and kill Supes to set up the next movie). But one other thing that was less than ideal about this movie.
Even the music sucked in that trailer, which is a clear sign.
They used the Wonder Woman theme? I didn't even notice
Man, how awesome would it be to see the Metal Men and/or Doom Patrol in a live action film?
