Well, they didn't have their shit together so MAYBE this is them finally getting it together? One can hope, I wanna be as excited for DCEU movies as I am for Marvel's.
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Saga of the DCEU continues - The Flash getting page-one rewrite (Variety)
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Well, they didn't have their shit together so MAYBE this is them finally getting it together? One can hope, I wanna be as excited for DCEU movies as I am for Marvel's.
Finally you say something sensible.
He's what we deserve.
Are those floating doritos?
Bobby Roberts
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This is getting shitcanned when Justice League stalls out at $750mil worldwide.
That's what this is.
You'll probably hear something similar about Aquaman in a couple months.
That's what this is.
You'll probably hear something similar about Aquaman in a couple months.
Dash_Riprock
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Dude, don't get my hopes up.
The conspiracy(LOL conspiracy there isn't any) is that everybody is quick to shit on these movies/news/rumors whatever that WB isn't helping any by constantly fucking up over and over again and again and listening to Snyder though his creativity is jack shit.
And no Nolan wouldn't help either.
flaxknuckles
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Why don't you want James Wan Aquaman? That shit will be the best superhero movie of the year it comes out.
Fancyarcher
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Not surprised. The Flash has been through production hell right now. At this point the final product will probably have more writers who worked on it then The Flintstones movie for fucks sakes.
In order to get their shit together, they need to be willing to admit their mistakes, they seem incapable of that, considering they keep hiring the wrong people again and again.
In order to get their shit together, they need to be willing to admit their mistakes, they seem incapable of that, considering they keep hiring the wrong people again and again.
Fancyarcher
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I'm interested in Wan's Aquaman, but I'm worried it will go through many of the same problems, and the executives will just get more involved, which will make it worst.
freenudemacusers
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I see the marvel bias continues without letting up. Everywhere you turn it's just a steam of negativity and doubt. There is a constant theme to undercut the tremendous support the DCEU has. And I think it's just unbelievably frustrating when youre continually told its not big enough; its not good enough. You cant win. Ive never seen it like this. The default narrative is always negative, and its demoralizing.
Dash_Riprock
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Because it would still be connected to the shit-stain DCEU in some way. If it was a standalone film then fine.
I would call it Good-Film bias but it looks like that concept is foreign to some people here.
Awaits Thor 2, IM3 and AoU to be brought up.
Like, the other DCEU movies?
Once again, they no longer have the benefit of the doubt. If the upcoming movies are good, then thank god, that's all we wanted to begin with.
And y'all really need to stop bringing up Marvel, it's just sad at this point.
Bobby Roberts
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Like a damn fiddle
They could easily overcome the Marvel bias by simply making a good movie. I don't know why they haven't tried that yet.
The Silver
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Aquaman is the only one I can see really coming together.
Cyborg was never going to happen, NEVAH.
NEVAH
CaviarMeths
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Flash is like the most broken character in comics. His power set is completely ridiculous. And since we've already seen him travel through time in his first appearance on screen, I don't expect WB to nerf him for film.
illmatic22
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They'll figure it out eventually. Right? RIGHT?
Marvelite/Nolanite alliance is very real according to xxDCcomicsfuturezonedork or whatever the hell his name is.
That is advance 853 century tech. Plus he got tired of being called Nightwing
Cyborg is their only hope
Nolan show the shit coming and was like "I don't know them"
Bobby Roberts
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They'll both get shitcanned. If Justice League can't make more than BvS (and it might not) that says audiences don't care about this iteration of their heroes pantheon. So they'll scrap it.
When/how they'll start over? Who knows.
But you got Affleck already having made noise (he walked it back, but still) about bailing, they're expanding the already not-in-continuity Captain Marvel stuff, they're scrapping everything they did on Flash, which was supposed to drop before Aquaman (right?)... Batman still has no date, Man of Steel 2 is total vaporware....
Signs aren't good.
(insert my 50027th rant about patterning family-friendly big-budget CGI Animated universe based on Dini/Timm)
When/how they'll start over? Who knows.
But you got Affleck already having made noise (he walked it back, but still) about bailing, they're expanding the already not-in-continuity Captain Marvel stuff, they're scrapping everything they did on Flash, which was supposed to drop before Aquaman (right?)... Batman still has no date, Man of Steel 2 is total vaporware....
Signs aren't good.
(insert my 50027th rant about patterning family-friendly big-budget CGI Animated universe based on Dini/Timm)
^I don't see them dumping Aquaman really, if only because it'll be in post just as JL is coming out.
...just in time for a frantic re-edit, spearheaded by the Suicide Squad trailer team!
Justice League will be the greatest film of all time. Period.
...just in time for a frantic re-edit, spearheaded by the Suicide Squad trailer team!
Justice League will be the greatest film of all time. Period.
Black Panther comes out that year, so, not likely.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yep. If Justice League doesn't make bank, they're going to shut the lights off. What other reason would they have to keep going at that point? Praying that Gotham City Sirens does as well as Suicide Squad?
I'm a huge DC fan and I'm just fed up with this garbage. These aren't even just middling movies. They're just outright bad, even by blockbuster standards. I liked that Blake Lively movie with her fighting a fucking shark more than any DCEU movie I've ever seen. It's getting ridiculous.
CaviarMeths
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Man, it's almost like making several series of films all connect to a larger universe, budget 2-3 movies per year at $150m+ each, and turn out consistent quality is actually kind of fucking hard and WB should have put a little more thought into it instead of now scrambling to keep up with a studio they had a 30 year head start on.
That was actually a good movie though. It's better than a lot of things. Blake Lively Fights a Fucking Shark could have filmed at the YMCA and had a dude in a rubber shark suit and it still would have been a better movie than Suicide Squad.
That was actually a good movie though. It's better than a lot of things. Blake Lively Fights a Fucking Shark could have filmed at the YMCA and had a dude in a rubber shark suit and it still would have been a better movie than Suicide Squad.
Your unwavering pessimism is why we are twitter beefing right now
They won't be ready
illmatic22
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You really think JL might night not even catch BvS? Holy shit. Blow it up if that happens. Crazy that Star Wars can hit a billion no problem with no name rebels yet The Trinity and The League may not hit that milestone.
Pop-O-Matic
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The vast majority of positive user scores/reviews were submitted before the movies were even released...
Permanently A
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It can't be that hard to write a Flash movie can it? Just do the Reverse Flash stuff. Its pretty good.
Like Suicide Squad. Not the other two.
Fancyarcher
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Considering there's not much of a selling point to JL that wasn't already in BVS, it's not exactly hard to believe it could make less, especially if it turns out to just be as poorly received.
FunkyPajamas
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Guys what if this rewrite is Flashpoint? They're rebooting! It's happening!
Honestly, not that I don't think a Flash movie and tv show with separate continuities can't co-exist, but the show is really sapping my interest in what a Flash movie could do. Reverse Flash? Time travel? A budding romance with Iris? After watching this play out on tv for three years already, I can't imagine a two-hour condensed version feeling like anything but more of the same.
I keep saying I'm available to write and direct
So how do you explain the fact that user scores are also way higher for the Marvel films than they are for the DC films?
Bobby Roberts
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Hah, shit, the Lord/Miller involvement seems like so long ago.
They'll have made the Han Solo movie and have their name on the Miles Morales movie before Flash comes out.
Sho_Nuff82
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Given the trajectory of superhero films and the popularity of the TV show, this should do $600 million easy even if it's mediocre. What exactly is so difficult about doing a Flash picture?
freenudemacusers
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You need to deduct the people who voted illegally/twice.
Star Wars isn't released in November. Box office history in that part of the year is stacked against Justice League, as it is being released in an awkward time for a major tentpole film, and domestically the weekends bookending Thanksgiving are not traditionally major blockbuster moviegoing weekends, as they're usually travel time for most people. WB is banking on carving out a new viable release date location on the calendar with this, and I really don't know if Justice League is the movie to do that. On top of that it only has four weekends before Star Wars takes over, and it's going to have to do absolute gangbusters in that month to make BvS money, let alone beyond that.
If the movie is good, and people are willing to go out of their way to see it multiple times (which was the case with Star Wars and Avengers), it could do it. If it isn't, it won't, and it's probably looking at Doctor Strange money. Beyond that you're counting on there not being any major storms in various parts of the country, especially the northeast, keeping people inside and not letting them go to the movies. There are tons of variables in play.
ZackieChan
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Someone mentioned in another of these threads how Guy Ritchie would be a great choice for The Flash. After rewatching his Holmes movies recently, I have to agree.
FunkyPajamas
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Keep him away from this mess. I need Sherlock 3.
Dash_Riprock
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But its been six(!) years...
FunkyPajamas
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B E L I E V E
Sweeney Tom
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Lego Batman is it. The Last Hope
Oh that movie will definitely be good.
Dash_Riprock
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I already know it going to be the best DC movie since 2008...
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