Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 24th, 2016)

[Khev]

In retrospect, Batman looks like a dope saying "hurr durr I thought she was with you".

You're the one that's been following her around the entire movie there buddy. You even know what she looks like as Wonder Woman thanks to that picture you found surfing Lex Luthor's porn folder.

That actually is weird. Did he think the guy being assembled out of spare parts was "with" Superman too? Or that Diana was in cahoots with Clark even though she'd been around for decades (and off in other countries) prior to his arrival? Should have been a "trailer only" line like Luke's bit about the Force being strong in his family.

 

[jye4ever]

It would have been funny if while she was reading the email even more mundane computer tasks continued to prevent her from joining the fight. "Metahuman Tracker wants to know your location. Yes/No?" "You can skip Breakfast Buddies ad in 15 seconds..." She's all *click, click* "come on!"

 

[Khev]

I like it the first time and liked it a little less the second

I'd say I probably enjoyed it more overall the second time because the first time I was aware of the awful reviews and even though I was enjoying it I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and it to just start sucking. When that didn't happen I went and saw it again and enjoyed it throughout. Haven't seen it a third time, I'll wait for the extended cut.

 

[Victοr]

Random thought: When Wonder Woman appears during the Doomsday fight, why does Batman say "I thought she was with you" ? He's the only one who has met Diana and he did dig around her file, so he'd probably be aware of any connections she might have with other metahumans. What reason does he have to believe that she's with Superman and that she's coming to his aid during that scene?

EDIT: Damn, already beaten to it...

 

[jye4ever]

Given WB's love of product placement, they really did miss a great opportunity to get a fat check from Facebook.

To Difabio's point, it stands to reason that the two god-like characters would team up to enslave the earth. And Batman is nothing in this film if not paranoid. Before Batman's Martha epiphany, he probably planned to kill them both.

 

[DiFabio]

To Difabio's point, it stands to reason that the two god-like characters would team up to enslave the earth. And Batman is nothing in this film if not paranoid. Before Batman's Martha epiphany, he probably planned to kill them both.

I like that explanation a lot. This Batman doesn't trust anyone. He clearly wanted to bang Wonder Woman though, so I dunno.

How would you kill Wonder Woman any way? Also, I can see this Affleck Batman digging up weaknesses of all the meta humans so he can have a contingency plan against them later on. Hell, wouldn't surprise me if he wants to round them all up and kill them off.

Batman is kind of a ****.

 

[Khev]

Extended cut:

"Is she with you?"

"I don't know, what's her mom's name?"

 

[karamazov80]

There's a fairly popular story among geeks from about 15 years ago where Batman does just that. He doesn't kill them, but comes up with contingencies for incapacitating all the JLA. And then of course, Ra's al Ghul steals those plans and uses them. It was also part of the animated Doom movie.

 

[Khev]

I can see the opening of JL.

*Diana goes over to Bruce's house to tell him some pressing news.*

Diana: "Listen Bruce, a force is approaching unlike any that the Earth has ever encountered."

*A Yorkshire Terrier with a little pink bow comes up to Bruce, wagging its tail*

Bruce: "Hey little Darkseid, come here girl, daddy's gonna give you a huggle wuggle."

Diana: "Oh ****."

 

[IrishJedi]

There's a fairly popular story among geeks from about 15 years ago where Batman does just that. He doesn't kill them, but comes up with contingencies for incapacitating all the JLA. And then of course, Ra's al Ghul steals those plans and uses them. It was also part of the animated Doom movie.

JLA: Tower of Babel

 

[bboy]

In retrospect, Batman looks like a dope saying "hurr durr I thought she was with you".

You're the one that's been following her around the entire movie there buddy. You even know what she looks like as Wonder Woman thanks to that picture you found surfing Lex Luthor's porn folder.

I thought he was making a dry joke.

 

[Victοr]

JLA: Tower of Babel

The bane of every debater in every comicbook website. All a Bat-God fanboy has to do is drop this gem and then bam! he thinks it's game over... ****ing Waid... He essentially gave birth to the most rabid comic-book fanbase. Well, next to the Storm groupies... ****ing Storm groupies...

 

[IrishJedi]

The bane of every debater in every comicbook website. All a Bat-God fanboy has to do is drop this gem and then bam! he thinks it's game over... ****ing Waid... He essentially gave birth to the most rabid comic-book fanbase. Well, next to the Storm groupies... ****ing Storm groupies...

True, but it was still a good story.

However, Dwayne McDuffie actually did it better with his adaptation for the animated DOOM movie. Man, do I miss that guy. He had an uncanny ability to boil each character down to what makes them cool & unique and then play that through both humor and genuine emotion. IMHO, his passing was the biggest blow to DC than anything else over the past 10 years. He should be where Geoff Johns and Jim Lee are today. And we'd all be better off.

 

[Starscream Soundwave]

Extended cut:

"Is she with you?"

"I don't know, what's her mom's name?"

 

[spindrift]

I can see the opening of JL.

*Diana goes over to Bruce's house to tell him some pressing news.*

Diana: "Listen Bruce, a force is approaching unlike any that the Earth has ever encountered."

*A Yorkshire Terrier with a little pink bow comes up to Bruce, wagging its tail*

Bruce: "Hey little Darkseid, come here girl, daddy's gonna give you a huggle wuggle."

Diana: "Oh ****."

 

[karamazov80]

Extended cut:

"Is she with you?"

"I don't know, what's her mom's name?"

There's a misconception that it was the name Martha that was the source of Bruce's epiphany. We never got a good look at that lady in his bed earlier. . .

 

[Victοr]

True, but it was still a good story.

However, Dwayne McDuffie actually did it better with his adaptation for the animated DOOM movie. Man, do I miss that guy. He had an uncanny ability to boil each character down to what makes them cool & unique and then play that through both humor and genuine emotion. IMHO, his passing was the biggest blow to DC than anything else over the past 10 years. He should be where Geoff Johns and Jim Lee are today. And we'd all be better off.

Yeah, both DOOM and Crisis were damn great animated films. I also really liked his work on Deathlok. Truly a shame he went out so quickly. And yeah, I like Johns as much as the next guy, but he should not have so much control. The GL line Post-REBIRTH is an absolute mess. I was looking forward to a John or Hal book, but nah, let's give Cruz and Baz a buddy-cop title, and shuffle everyone else to one title. Tis brilliant!

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Somebody needs to add a beat to that gif and make it a video.

I thought he was making a dry joke.

It's amazing how trying to kill someone can make them more open to hearing a dry joke before deadly battle.

The bane of every debater in every comicbook website. All a Bat-God fanboy has to do is drop this gem and then bam! he thinks it's game over... ****ing Waid... He essentially gave birth to the most rabid comic-book fanbase. Well, next to the Storm groupies... ****ing Storm groupies...

What's Storm got to do with it?

 

[Khev]

What's Storm but a second hand emotion?

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, both DOOM and Crisis were damn great animated films. I also really liked his work on Deathlok. Truly a shame he went out so quickly. And yeah, I like Johns as much as the next guy, but he should not have so much control. The GL line Post-REBIRTH is an absolute mess. I was looking forward to a John or Hal book, but nah, let's give Cruz and Baz a buddy-cop title, and shuffle everyone else to one title. Tis brilliant!

WARNING, ANOTHER BASEBALL ANALOGY: Johns reminds me of a talented minor league baseball prospect who once had huge upside and lots of hype and buzz, but was promoted to the major leagues prematurely and thus had his full potential stunted. Then he became a Player-Manager and got even worse.