Suicide Squad 2 to be directed by James Gunn

[Victοr]

It's okay. I felt like I was watching some sort of Made-For-TV flick for some reason. It just gave off that vibe. Ratcatcher was cute, Cena & Polka were fun, I like Kinnaman and Elba in general, the action was alright; you know the drill. I turned it to 2.5x towards the middle as it was getting tiring though. I think I still prefer the original flick, warts and all. It had more flair and an identity. I liked the gritty, grungy look more too.

I don't see myself buying any figures. Harley's starting look is probably my favourite out of all the sexy/Post-Arkham Harley looks, so I'd be tempted to get it, just to have a Quinn in my Bat-Collection, but I'm trying to limit myself collecting-wise and my Batshelf will be mostly for my favourite Batmen and some foes; I'm not looking to go too deep there. I'd rather buy a hypothetical TDKR Armoury than gather all the Bat-Villains. Joker, Ras, Bane, and one or two more are enough. It's characters like Terry and Damian I want (same with Spider-Man, it's Raimi-Man, 2099 and maybe Ock & Osborn that I'll be sticking with) from the Bat-Lore. As the years went by I lost my investment in the BatVerse and just like the idea and aesthetics of Batman himself. Street-Level Crime Capes don't appeal to me much anymore. It's why I'm scrapping plans for a Marvel Knights display.

Anyway, rambling aside, it just felt kind of an empty movie when all was said and done. As if something was missing. If the theatres around me weren't closed, and I wasn't still too scared to be locked in a room with strangers, I'd go watch The Green Knight over this.

 

[Asta]

Anyway, rambling aside, it just felt kind of an empty movie when all was said and done. As if something was missing.

That's how I've always felt about the original Ghostbusters. It had a great premise, but it never feels like it fulfilled its potential. Same with The Rocketeer. Two films I've always wanted to like more, yet the idea of them is better than the execution.

Now, with The Suicide Squad, the only emptiness I feel is the moral vacuum. The film exists to play the same trick over and over, but I think it does that one trick well. From the trailers I suspected I'd like it, and it's actually exceeding those expectations.

 

[Victοr]

That's how I've always felt about the original Ghostbusters. It had a great premise, but it never feels like it fulfilled its potential. Same with The Rocketeer. Two films I've always wanted to like more, yet the idea of them is better than the execution.

Now, with The Suicide Squad, the only emptiness I feel is the moral vacuum. The film exists to play the same trick over and over, but I think it does that one trick well. From the trailers I suspected I'd like it, and it's actually exceeding those expectations.

Don't get me started about properties I consider "wasted ideas"... On the subject, a lot of "classic" nerd properties never appealed to me. I'd say it's a generational thing, but I love Blade Runner and there are franchises from my time that I never warmed up to. Something like Rocketeer with its pulpiness is pretty divorced from what I enjoy on average. Robocop I just see as a less interesting Dredd; it never grabbed me. Ghostbusters has a very neat concept, but I can't say I care for the characters and such all that much. I remember when a line I used to collect started making figures, and for some reason I wasn't able to get them, then the aftermarket prices went up, so I just forgot them and focused on the Marvel stuff. I liked the game quite a bit. But they're not films I revisit. Alien and Terminator appeal to me more. Predator less so but the core is pretty strong and you can do many, maybe repetitive but still interesting, things with it. It might be the Dark Horse comics that gave the extra edge for me. I'd like to get one HT per franchise for them, but I can't see HT rereleasing updates of any of the old figs and I'm hesitant to buy the original versions.

Really, as time goes on I find myself getting more attached and certain things and dropping others that I didn't have the same investment in. It's easier to cut off something you quasi-enjoy and focus on less IPs. I'm always on the lookout for movies, shows, music, books, standalone things, but as far as franchises go I'm too tired to get into new things, and I'm cutting down on the ones I'm into already.

As for TSS, I just felt I was watching a TV Movie. I didn't mind the lack of morality or central core that held it all tightly. It just felt very... eh. You watch and that's it. Nothing really stands out. Starro I feel was wasted. Whoever died I forgot about them the next instant. Maybe the locations were boring? Maybe the story too trite? Gunn started as a Troma guy, and it shows. It's a genre that never appealed to me, and I never saw its point, so it might be that. It just didn't gell with me beyond "yeah, okay, sure, that's a pleasant way to kill an hour". I think of the '16 flick and I can remember scenes, the mood, get tempted to rewatch it. This is something that came and went like a hazy dream. It's not awful in any technical terms, it's not infuriating, but it's the type of flick you watch while skipping channels and have literally nothing else to do. At least that's how I saw it.

 

[Asta]

Don't get me started about properties I consider "wasted ideas"... On the subject, a lot of "classic" nerd properties never appealed to me. I'd say it's a generational thing, but I love Blade Runner and there are franchises from my time that I never warmed up to. Something like Rocketeer with its pulpiness is pretty divorced from what I enjoy on average. Robocop I just see as a less interesting Dredd; it never grabbed me. Ghostbusters has a very neat concept, but I can't say I care for the characters and such all that much. I remember when a line I used to collect started making figures, and for some reason I wasn't able to get them, then the aftermarket prices went up, so I just forgot them and focused on the Marvel stuff. I liked the game quite a bit. But they're not films I revisit. Alien and Terminator appeal to me more. Predator less so but the core is pretty strong and you can do many, maybe repetitive but still interesting, things with it. It might be the Dark Horse comics that gave the extra edge for me. I'd like to get one HT per franchise for them, but I can't see HT rereleasing updates of any of the old figs and I'm hesitant to buy the original versions.

Really, as time goes on I find myself getting more attached and certain things and dropping others that I didn't have the same investment in. It's easier to cut off something you quasi-enjoy and focus on less IPs. I'm always on the lookout for movies, shows, music, books, standalone things, but as far as franchises go I'm too tired to get into new things, and I'm cutting down on the ones I'm into already.

As for TSS, I just felt I was watching a TV Movie. I didn't mind the lack of morality or central core that held it all tightly. It just felt very... eh. You watch and that's it. Nothing really stands out. Starro I feel was wasted. Whoever died I forgot about them the next instant. Maybe the locations were boring? Maybe the story too trite? Gunn started as a Troma guy, and it shows. It's a genre that never appealed to me, and I never saw its point, so it might be that. It just didn't gell with me beyond "yeah, okay, sure, that's a pleasant way to kill an hour". I think of the '16 flick and I can remember scenes, the mood, get tempted to rewatch it. This is something that came and went like a hazy dream. It's not awful in any technical terms, it's not infuriating, but it's the type of flick you watch while skipping channels and have literally nothing else to do. At least that's how I saw it.

I never got Robocop either.

Films like Alien, Predator, The Terminator and Blade Runner stuck with me.

I like the idea of Ghostbusters, and have the Blitzway 1/6 figures, because as figures their potential is as fulfilled as your imagination while looking at them on the shelf. The same will happen with The Rocketeer when I eventually get Black Box's figure.

The Suicide Squad doesn't hold any meaning. It's just one long gag. The first film appealed due to the Escape From New York vibe and I ended p with a team of figures. For the latest one I wanted Hot Toys' King Shark as soon as he was shown - just because it's an unusual looking character with a recent history in the Harley cartoon. I feel no compulsion to build a 'Suicide Squad' 2 team, though I could go for a Ratcatcher 2 (not that HT will likely make her).

 

[TheDucky]

Everybody loves The Suicide Squad. Great review scores. This was needed after ZSJL left a poor taste in the mouth and a real **** stain on DC. That movie is already forgotten. Seems like this one washed that all away.

 

[Victοr]

I never got Robocop either.

Films like Alien, Predator, The Terminator and Blade Runner stuck with me.

I like the idea of Ghostbusters, and have the Blitzway 1/6 figures, because as figures their potential is as fulfilled as your imagination while looking at them on the shelf. The same will happen with The Rocketeer when I eventually get Black Box's figure.

The Suicide Squad doesn't hold any meaning. It's just one long gag. The first film appealed due to the Escape From New York vibe and I ended p with a team of figures. For the latest one I wanted Hot Toys' King Shark as soon as he was shown - just because it's an unusual looking character with a recent history in the Harley cartoon. I feel no compulsion to build a 'Suicide Squad' 2 team, though I could go for a Ratcatcher 2 (not that HT will likely make her).

I "get" Robocop, but like I said above, it just seems like a lesser version of Dredd. I'm not big on Post-Apoc/Decaying settings, so the general ugliness of the setting didn't help.

I prefer Alien to Predator, but between the games and the comics I have a fondness for the properties even though I'm not an uberfan. I'll never army build the Colonial Marines, but I could go for a Ripley, or a Xeno. Predator, they all look to similar to me. The comic-based ones that Prime 1 is doing look good, but I'm not in statue collecting. I'm not a huge fan, but I enjoy the lore, aesthetics and will gave any new installments a shot. Blade Runner's on a whole another level compared to the two. It saddens me to see them milk it these days. It's in bad taste.

As for the GBs, I don't like them enough to throw 1K at them. I like the concept of the Ghostbuster, but I don't much care for the characters. I still haven't watched the new trailer for Afterlife. If I had unlimited cash and space, I'd get them, same way I'd get a bunch of other things I "kinda like", just to have them. But at that point I may as well get everything.

I was never attached to the SS as a comic property all that much, and I like the first purely because of the atmosphere. I own no figures from there, and I'll get none from this (if any are made). But comparing them purely as films, I find the '16 one more entertaining and memorable.

 

[Otomofan]

I didn't like it, (surprise surprise, right?) but I actually watched all of it, unlike Black Widow.

It's just more of the same cartoon ******** they've been churning out the last two decades. Fake shiny weightless monsters destroying fake buildings and rubble falling, all while the actors defy every law of physics and run around pretending stuff is actually happening.

It was also way too gross for my personal tastes. I know that's James Gunn's thing though. I've seen some of his early Troma stuff, but I definitely outgrew it pretty fast and I certainly never needed to see that level of gore and gross guts and stuff in a DC movie.

Also predictable as hell. The characters that make it to the end had their plot armor wrapped around them nice and tight since their introductory scenes.

How ballsy it would have been for DC to actually kill off Harley Quinn and spare us that obnoxious accent from Margot Robbie in several more failed spin offs? Hell no, are you insane? They'd never do that.

Anything remotely funny was spoiled in the trailers. The only funny thing that happened that wasn't ruined was actually only really darkly funny, but I did kind of smirk at the fact that they effeciantly and ruthlessly murdered all their allies by accident.

No, you don't see Cena's penis, but there is some random guy's penis in there for no good reason, cause apparently penises are funny. You DO see Cena in nothing but skimpy little tighty wightys but that's probably nothing his wrestling fans never saw.

I found it to be a really gross and unpleasant movie, but that's mostly cause Gunn is a sick ******* and likes gross stuff. But it was also very hollow and depressing and yet another soulless Hollywood product. Once again, I can't imagine the millions of dollars they wasted animating all that CRAP, and it just looks stupid and gross and in the end it still just looks fake.

Yuck. I'm gonna have to watch something cheerful tonight to try to wash off the dirty feeling this movie left me with.

 

[jye4ever]

Grace said full frontal male nudity but I didn’t see it. I thought it was going to be during the Harley sex scene but nope not there either.

Cena is in his tight boxers that’s it.

I have no clue what Grace is carrying on about lol

Regarding her problem with Cena being the Waller puppet villain and that it will ruin his career because he was so despicable….she is wrong again he played the part well enough.

Some decent kills movie reminded me of old zany Troma which makes sense since that is where Gunn began his career.

One thing not being mentioned that I liked was that Gunn went back to giving us the Commando style big bad spanish regime that was a nice fun call back to the 80s but I believe Expendables did that as well.

Anyways the movie is definitely worth a watch but I just could not watch it again.

Not true about all movies being pointless at least in the way I categorize and define pointless.

If a movie brings me enough joy that it warrants repeat reviewings then the movie is serving a purpose.

 

[Asta]

Grace said full frontal male nudity but I didn’t see it. I thought it was going to be during the Harley sex scene but nope not there either.

Cena is in his tight boxers that’s it.

I have no clue what Grace is carrying on about lol

It was the resistance guy at the camp who opened the curtain, happily drinking his coffee with it all hanging out. Then Peacemaker shot him!

 

[jye4ever]

It was the resistance guy at the camp who opened the curtain, happily drinking his coffee with it all hanging out. Then Peacemaker shot him!

Damn my penis rader must have been malfunctioning lol

 

[Otomofan]

I'd screenshot it for you, but I already deleted the movie. Sorry man.

 

[Asta]

Damn my penis rader must have been malfunctioning lol

 

[jye4ever]

At least it wasn’t blue lol

 

[matticus]

The resistance camp was the best part of the movie. Second is the Starro battle at the end, but the rest of the movie was garbage to me. People can trash the first one, but it was better than this one as an entire movie. Gunn had the same non-linear type of storytelling and it was worse. I hated the titles. This went to the opposite spectrum of instead of dark and serious, it was juvenile and raunchy.

 

[jye4ever]

The resistance camp was the best part of the movie. Second is the Starro battle at the end, but the rest of the movie was garbage to me. People can trash the first one, but it was better than this one as an entire movie. Gunn had the same non-linear type of storytelling and it was worse. I hated the titles. This went to the opposite spectrum of instead of dark and serious, it was juvenile and raunchy.

Yeah the titles were really dumb.

Buff brought up Deadshot/Bloodsport.

Like seriously what the hell both even had daughters lol

 

[chrisstbh]

Yeah the titles were really dumb.

Buff brought up Deadshot/Bloodsport.

Like seriously what the hell both even had daughters lol

Wasn't Deadshot supposed to be recast then Will Smith asked them not to as he may want to return? Probably too late to change so all they did was change his name and costume lol.

 

[matticus]

Yeah the titles were really dumb.

Buff brought up Deadshot/Bloodsport.

Like seriously what the hell both even had daughters lol

I mentioned that earlier a while back, it is essentially the same character. Remember that the producer mentioned they wanted Smith back, but had a scheduling conflict. They just swapped in Bloodsport. Just give him a son instead.

 

[Khev]

It's the Family Guy version of DC.

And so far a hell of a lot more watchable than Zach Snyder's Justice League. lol

Hmm I definitely can't agree with that. Despite the four hour run time I was eager to immediately watch ZSJL again after finishing it the first time. This one I agree with jye is a one and done.

 

[Khev]

Also predictable as hell. The characters that make it to the end had their plot armor wrapped around them nice and tight since their introductory scenes.

I don't believe that you someone how predicted that

Spoiler

Flagg and Boomerang

would bite the dust. Those came as surprises to me.

 

[Khev]

Speaking of Troma type films I just watched Hobo with a Shotgun for the first time this week and thought it was much better than The Suicide Squad.