The Iceberg Lounge aka GeneralZodLives's Phantom Zone

[Pro Design]

i STILL got zod's ebola kicking my ass! been working from home past couple days as the boss told me to GTFO! at least its a beautiful 79* today and sunny! feel for you guys dealing w/ that snow!

There's an ice rink right outside my office window and some guy was on it and pulled out a gun he just got swarmed by cops.

awesome! idiots and guns...
did you see what happened?

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yeah the Cops ran over with guns drawn and he walked over to the edge and they pulled him over and got him on the ground. Pretty pleasant surrender actually

I work right in the middle of the city so there were Cops everywhere.

 

[Pro Design]

that's classic. man what an idiot to pull a gun out on an ice rink... prolly full of kids!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

The Prime 1/2 scale Superman statue from BvS is back in stock at Sideshow. I still haven't ordered it because I'm waiting to see in-hand pics first, but it pisses me off that Sideshow has pieces go on the wait list then off the wait list within a couple weeks.

It comes back when Prime 1 gives them more stock to sell

 

[Kibagami]

Anyone read this typo?

https://www.theroot.com/blog/the-gr...&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialshare



It's not exactly racist but all the following tweets.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Christ... what a faux pas of the highest magnitude.

 

[Kibagami]

Christ... what a faux pas of the highest magnitude.

Yup! But this one makes me laugh. Sorry:

https://twitter.com/3CarryOnItems/status/817229675491692544/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

 

[GeneralZodLives]

What an idiot. Pretty soon there will be a language filter on Twitter and Facebook. I'm shocked this wasn't one of the posts.

Spoiler

 

[Kibagami]

What an idiot. Pretty soon there will be a language filter on Twitter and Facebook. I'm shocked this wasn't one of the posts.

Spoiler

 

[Snake Plissken]

well played.

 

[Kibagami]

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...ime_to_take_swimming_lessons/#bottom-comments

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yahoo has accidentally created the first Twitter meme of 2017.

 

[Pro Design]

 

[jffhdgs345]

Whoops lol

 

[GeneralZodLives]

DC Filmmakers Need To Leave 80's Comics Behind

 

[Jameson Rook]

DC Filmmakers Need To Leave 80's Comics Behind

The DC movies are trying to appeal to both casuals and fans who thump their chest trying to validate how "important" their comic books are. While of course I won't discount the importance of the overly hyped DC titles, I also think we should be moving on from those. The Dark Knight Rises was one big sloppy tribute to TDKR and history repeated itself with BvS.

Again, broken record here but how many times did the DCAU referenced the comics? Only when necessary. Batman Beyond wouldn't have been what it is if Bruce Timm was so enamored with referencing TDKR. Point is, trying to loosely adapt comic book stories will only make the movies suffer, since there's always a conflict between fan service and originality.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

The DC movies are trying to appeal to both casuals and fans who thump their chest trying to validate how "important" their comic books are. While of course I won't discount the importance of the overly hyped DC titles, I also think we should be moving on from those. The Dark Knight Rises was one big sloppy tribute to TDKR and history repeated itself with BvS.

Again, broken record here but how many times did the DCAU referenced the comics? Only when necessary. Batman Beyond wouldn't have been what it is if Bruce Timm was so enamored with referencing TDKR. Point is, trying to loosely adapt comic book stories will only make the movies suffer, since there's always a conflict between fan service and originality.

The adaptations of those comics aren't done well at all. If DC decided to adapt Miller's TDKR as a film unto itself, make a few films first to establish Batfleck so you can relate to the character's journey, and spend the time to tell the complete story without throwing in a ton of other ****, then the film may not be bad. It'd still be dark and gloomy, but at least the film would make sense. One of my biggest problems with this new set of DC films is that they are cramming so much **** in that they don't do justice to the characters or the stories they're adapting. BvS gives us a half-ass Superman/Batman fight with none of the backstory given from the original comics. Instead they want us to believe Lex Luthor is pulling the strings and that Bruce Wayne is an idiot that wouldn't figure it out. They give us a Batman who is in "kill mode" for the entire film because Robin died and his building fell down until Superman says "Martha" and now they're besties just in time to fight a **** version of Doomsday for 20 minutes (which is yet another story that should have been given its own film). Superman dies in his 2nd appearance in the new film universe and won't stay dead for an entire film so that's the Death of Superman rushed through as well. Oh yeah, just in case anyone didn't know they were making a Justice League film, they crammed in Wonder Woman and showed a version of Flash that no one recognized. Plus, don't forget about the future invasion by Apocalypse that had no place in the film and wasn't referenced again because Justice League marketing. Jesus Christ, I have to stop before I really start getting pissed. These films aren't supposed to make me feel like this. As a life-long DC fan, I should be excited for the films, chomping at the bit to see the next one, and rewatching the ones available until the next one comes out. Instead, I'm dreading each release because I can't stop myself from having hope that the next one will be where it all turns around while knowing I'm just setting myself up for disappointment. I'm so happy that I have the animated series and movies to watch and remind myself that these stories/characters can be portrayed correctly if the people involved give a ****.

 

[Shawpaw]

Does anyone else think comic stories are best told well and with tact using mediums like Netflix? I feel like the 1.5-2.5 hour movies just can't really pack as much depth into both the characters and storylines simultaneously. I think that's why I liked Daredevil so much as they gave time for both character and and story to build together. Gotham also allows (even slower rates) of character development. I struggle with the CW shows due to the limits they have.

I would love to see DC get into the Netflix run as they have great stories to tell rather than relying on terrible movies. The animated movies even aren't given enough time to really develop (though they are pretty good mostly).

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I'd love to see DC do some more series following Marvel's Netflix approach. The CW shows throw in too much teen soap opera garbage for me to fully enjoy. Gotham isn't bad since it finally decided on what kind of show it wanted to be. It's a little goofy and it works, but I don't consider anything they do on the show canon. I want DC to tell stories without rushing them. Give me a Batman show where we see him training all over the world then a Year One focus on gangsters and street crime that would build up to the more colorful characters being introduced. Give me a Batman Long Halloween miniseries. It'd be cool to have a Green Arrow show without the forced Felicity romance, ridiculous sidekicks, and Batman-lite take they're doing now. I wish Netflix/HBO/Showtime/etc. would have picked up Constantine. That show was doing a lot right but was too watered down for network tv.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Speaking of Constantine, looks like CW is bringing the show back--kinda.

Constantine–the DC Comics/NBC live-action series that was canceled just a few years ago–is returning as an animated series on digital platform CW Seed with Matt Ryan reprising his title role as the voice of John Constantine.