The Iceberg Lounge aka GeneralZodLives's Phantom Zone

[GeneralZodLives]

Just had my 10th yearly performance evaluation. Finally got "exceeds expectations" for my work ethic (unless you're the supervisors pet, I've never seen a regular employee get one). Hopefully that leads to the bump in pay I was banking on. Nothing major, but I won't sneeze at it.

Every five years we get a higher increase of pay on our hire date, so it would be nice to get that, and then get that promotion in a short time frame.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

nicely done dude! congrats!

you should buy a container of this and keep it on your desk in plain view to see if any of your chicky co-workers catch the drift! lol

There are a couple people on the forum I'd like to give that to.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Appreciate it.

There are a couple people on the forum I'd like to give that to.

 

[Pro Design]

There are a couple people on the forum I'd like to give that to.

just a couple?!?!?

 

[Pro Design]

my boss is alright, the problem is she's too friendly with her little girlfriends she keeps adding to this office and she's not objective and critical enough to be a fair boss.

She got to where she's at since she had her nose firmly planted in another supervisor's ***. We started both in the same office, although she's been here several years before me.

i bought one of these a while back for an asskissing joke we had in the office... wrapped it up all nice in a box and discreetly left it on his/her desk w/ a note "from all of us, to you"

 

[GeneralZodLives]

that is ****ing funny

 

[Pro Design]

lol

correction...
i should have said i know of a guy that did that...

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Jesus Christ.

 

[batfan08]

Jesus Christ.

I don't think I'm down with that. The Music Meister was awesome on The Brave and The Bold, because that show was all about camp and just gleeful fun. This...seems like they're trying way too hard, and yet people will eat this **** up because DCTV is "fun," and the movie's would be 1000x better, if they were this fun. I don't know. **** it, I'll still watch it, and at least we know they can actually sing. Joe was in ****ing Rent, for Christ's sake. I don't know why these people, not only fans, but creators, as well, can't be open to a good story. *******, it seems like everything's "tone" this and "tone" that. If you focus on telling a good story that stays true to the characters, the appropriate tone will develop from that. You don't need to force it.

I like Zack Snyder's stuff, and I'll defend it, but I view it as just as much of an elseworlds story as Chris Nolan's, because, living in the real world? I can see how it'd probably bring out heroes down quite a few notches in terms of their absolute morality. That being said, I also understand why people don't like his movies, because, to this point, they've been more of a deconstruction than anything. Veteran Batman becomes totally apathetic to the cause because he's been doing it for 20 years and "**** people," Superman can't seem to catch a break from people second guessing his intentions, so, in turn, he second guesses himself and wonders if he shouldn't just be like "**** people." Wonder Woman's been around for a long time and she's been retired for hundreds of years because "**** people."

I don't know. All this **** just makes me feel happier that movies like Logan exist. They didn't force a tone, they did the world building, told a good story, and the tone naturally flowed throughout the film. I wish DC would get their **** together, and, you know? Even Marvel, to a degree. I love 'em. God knows I do, but there is a degree of "paint-by-numbers" to a lot of them. Probably why the Netflix stuff is good; it's a bit more diverse. I still love **** like Guardians and TWS, but Civil War just made me kind of sad, as there weren't any stakes, whatsoever. Cap and Tony make goodie goodie at the end, and if someone doesn't think that's what that was, then, **** 'em, because you can't tell me they aren't going to be best bros who've got each other's backs come Infinity War. TWS set such a high bar, and the more I think about it, the only thing of value CW did was introduce us to Black Panther and Spider-Man, so, essentially, it was a glorified sizzle reel of "coming soon from Marvel Studios."

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I think considering the new DC film universe as an Elseworld's story is fitting--that's what I thought about Nolan's trilogy. I just wish DC would quit ****ing around and do a better job overall. Snyder has his moments as a director. He can put a splash-page on screen like no one else, but he's not a good storyteller unless he has someone lay out the story. 300 was done well, as was Watchmen, because he basically took the comics and put them on the screen. The main problem I have with these new films is that they have decades of stories at their fingertips, and they somehow don't get the characters right and basic storytelling goes out the window. Batman is a rage machine. Superman is a mopey piece of ****. Lex Luthor is a twitching, squeaking, Riddler wanna-be. Joker is a thug-life Juggalo. Deadshot is Will Smith, etc. The only characters I think they've done a good job with so far are Zod, Alfred, Wonder Woman, and Amanda Waller. They're trying to build a universe with scraps and patches of stories that don't come together in a cohesive way. Some ******* was in a room reading The Dark Knight Returns, The Death of Superman, A Death in the Family, and the first 6 issues of New 52 Justice League and somehow convinced the powers that be that all those stories should be crammed into one film. **** them. I'm a diehard DC fan, and I should probably just suck it up and be happy that any version of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are in any film, but I can't get past the absolute **** that DC is producing.

 

[batfan08]

I'm right there with you. I thought BvS did, perhaps, the most palatable job of any of them, but Suicide Squad was like being on the receiving end of a **** sandwich, and that pretty much stifled my excitement for future DC movies quite a bit. That's what I don't get, too. I've seen Batman kill enough people that I can forgive him being a rage machine, and I can even forgive Superman being a little mopey so long as he becomes more sure of himself and confident along the way, but how, for the love of Christ, did WB give up the one lead they had over Marvel? My biggest complaint about the Marvel movies has been the villains, hands down. Most times, they're bland and 2-dimensional, and they're treated as such, because, let's face it, probably, 90% of those ******* are dead.

DC has an amazing rogue's gallery at their disposal and it's ****ing wasted. I can understand what they were going for with Luthor; trying to bridge the gap between the Golden Age Mad Scientist and the Byrne-era Business Magnate. I may think it's ****, but I can still understand it, but, Leto? I won't even do him the honor of calling that ****ing mess The Joker. Deadshot was just a Will Smith vehicle. I would argue that, as good a job as Davis did with Waller, that character's motivations and the way she was written totally blew it, in terms of that character being on my like list, which is a damn shame, because Davis is a hell of an actress and she looked the part and played the part to the best of her ability, but they made Waller absolutely ****ing nonsensical with half the **** she did. Killer Croc was nothing more than a glorified stereotype motivated by "BET." It says a lot when ****ing JAI COURTNEY. A dude who, typically, makes paint drying on a wall seem utterly captivating, is one of the most interesting characters in your movie, and even he wasn't that interesting! I don't know. If it was me, I'd scrap that **** and try again.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Jai Courtney really was pretty good in Suicide Squad. He actually showed some personality instead of being a block of wood in a Terminator film.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yeah I'd agree with that. Him as Reese might be the biggest blunder in casting of a classic character probably ever.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I feel the same about Khaleesi as Sarah Connor. She was too "cute" and couldn't portray her strength. I never bought her as a soldier or a survivor like I did with Linda Hamilton and Lena Headey.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor was cringe worthy. She looks like a college girl going hiking, and the first one you'd feed to the bears. On the other hand, Linda Hamilton and Lena Headey would break the bear's nose.

 

[Shawpaw]

Sucks how long we have to wait for game of thrones this year. Guess Iron Fist will have to do

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Sucks how long we have to wait for game of thrones this year. Guess Iron Fist will have to do

Yeah it sucks, but they wanted real snow where they're filming

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Making progress on getting my stuff together on my shelves.

Deadpools

I may switch these around, but it's tough to get all five to fit. I may need to find a fabric cape for Batman like I did for Superman.

 

[Snake Plissken]

That Justice League setup is awesome.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I don't know what I'm going to do if they ever release Flash and Martian Manhunter. They'll never fit in there so I'll have to figure out a whole new setup.