Buzzfeed Polls General Audience On The DCEU

ironically both of these characters are presented with murderous intent of a particular god like figure. And both of these characters commit a form of manslaughter in order to do so, wonderwoman..alot more so.
Both of these characters acting in what they are certain is the greater good, and both shown to be warm and protective of innocent civilians(see bvs opening) and selfless.

Big difference is Wonderwoman wanted to kill Ares because she naively believed that he was the source of all evil while Snyder's psycho Batman wanted to kill the unquestionably heroic superman because of a his "1% chance" analogy and his selfish urge for revenge in regards to what happened to his people in Metropolis.

Only difference is of course the preconceptions that actually make one of these horrible and the other great. Strange that the only real way anyone can argue their way around this is by bringing up so called no existent preconceptions about the material. A few posters in particular. No, heroes killing and stuff is fine, cap does it even today and then we have logan...It's only immoral and bad when it looks like it's clashing with a selective preconceived notion that it's not like some books.

These "preconceptions" have been in place for nearly 8 decades when talking about Superman and Batman, so much so that they've become part of the intrinsic make up of these 2 characters so when someone like Snyder comes and craps on such preconceptions, many fanboys like myself get upset.
But you know these characters are fictional and as such are subject to re-interpretation and I for one recognize any creator's desire to change things when they see fit but also reserve the right to dismiss such changes when they don't pan out and that's exactly what happened with BvS IMO. People showed up in droves to see those 2 characters come together on screen and then they stayed away the subsequent weeks and the film underperformed and WB started revising their policy.


The reality is superman is the most innocent of the lot. But a shame he isn't "charming" enough to get away with tossing zod down pits or whatever it is. Even when narratively presented in a similar no win context as the source material they are somehow and supposedly combating.

I don't know how many superman stories you've read but charm (like intellect and optimism) is of the corner stones of the character. Heroes and superheroes alike are permitted to make mistakes and make questionable moral decisions provided that they're interesting and charming enough to connect with the audience who feel motivated to forgive said character for any lapses in judgement. However Snyder's Superman is IMO a mopey, brooding, charmless abomination of what I view Superman to be so when he kills someone in a poorly conceived "no way out" setup people aren't gonna be so forgiving and they weren't.

That being said, wonderwoman is being over praised now? This place man.
I still don't get how people are trying to editorialize what is only normal crowd behavior. WW is the new hot thing so people are naturally voting that way. I remember after Antman came out, there were tons of people that had it as their favorite mcu films(james gun maybe even). Or how guardians did that. Even now this new spiderman and it's villain. Make a poll of all the mcu origins and see how many this new sony/marvel spiderman tops. It's how we are.

You're saying that people gravitate towards the new, shiny things and that's true but WW is being praised because IMO it deserves said praise, same goes with Antman, Guardians and Homecoming, but that doesn't that people have forgotten about the dark knight or Spiderman 2 or Superman the movie or Days of future past etc.....and if a massive poll is conducted today I would bet the farm that those movies will be there despite being older.
 
You're forgetting the part where Batman used damn machine guns to slaughter those dudes during the chase scene. No gods there. And the warehouse scene where he continued to kill. No gods there either.

Don't forget using one car as a wrecking ball to obliterate another car, both cars being occupied. No gods there, aside from the death god that was Batman.
 
^Remember the 'wrecking ball' explosion scene that was the clock tower shooter? "any gods around..." I mean seriously what's the point of this.

@superchan

I pointed out how the broad strokes of what the two set out and did, how similar they were. Murder plot, killing people in their way, greater good etc. You’re talking about baser motivation, as if that’s really the cause of the love/hate. Ultimately it’s pointless if you yourself can’t get the motivation down properly to begin with. So allow me; For me it had nothing to do with 1%, that was a lie he told aflred, you'll noticed alfred fires back rather decisively upon hearing that. It's what Bruce says next that shuts alfred up to a point. Something I have to imagine you missed if you are now talking about "unquestionably heroic superman". Simple: Was Harvey Dent, the white Knight 'unquestionably heroic'? Yes he was and what did that wrought? Please stop with pointing out how good superman appears to be for he only appears half as good as Dent did ontop of not being that vocal and seen as super violent when pushed. Bruce has lost his faith in humanity, good guys don't stay good in his experience, let alone all powerful alien gods that don’t have the human experience and have decided to play nice, saving cats from trees like the something out of Morrisons White martian Arc 1997(good run). What unfolds is superman unveils his humanity to bruce, then the alien of all people goes on to prove "men are still good" to the world greatest cynic. Batmans hope and optimism restored as it were. The lacking of hope/opt being batman's actual reason, and going forward, why he entertains a league of these same man gods, cause he’s finally back. Wondy is now herself a cynic about man funny enough. But I digress, what ever difference you see between the two(psycho batman/WW), I was merely pointing out that both were out there doing the same things, killing folks, murder plot against the better judgement of their wiser friends and all for what they believed was the greater good, with both characters arching their paradigm around a third act revelation. WW being 'naïve' about a god somehow giving her a pass for a human body count, sure I guess. But an exhausted, beaten down man, who's lost everything including his way, would garner the same sort of pass if by any other name. Thus, preconceptions. As for the rest, honestly the majority of it reads wrought with said preconception, the 'fanboy', the justified hypocrisy and selective outrage. Something I prefer to point out rather than actually debate. I'm glad it's all 'in your opinion' even though you are taking it upon yourself to speak for the masses.

To answer your question tho, yes I've read these books myself, ignoring your assertion that they came out of the womb (80 years ago) like this, when in almost all cases they were different, particularly bill fingers batman. I've read and seen many a well received superman story where he simply isn't that what you say, corner stones and all. Snyder doing something in line with those is hardly taking this so called creative liberty. Superman has gone entire arcs without a smile and with 5’oclock shadow. He has taken lives when he's had to, and he's spoken intent to take just as many more. From Imperiex, to Fernus(j'onn) to doomsday to Darkseid to Lex to others. This is who is he is in the material and it's a matter of people like you being selective. Like when people hold up the bible but then ignore what's actually in it to meet their agenda. I'd personally be fine if it was presented as preference but that it's used as scripture is...tiresome.
"Snyder's Superman is IMO a mopey, brooding, charmless abomination of what I view Superman to be so.." That's right, that hyperbole doesn't compute to the superman you like. And i'm sure those that fall into the same preconceptions feel as you do(a lot of people). However none of that combats my point {The reality is this superman is the most innocent of the trinity.} Compared to the other two, superman is a saint in this regard, and his one actual kill and not even of a human, and is justified more than the majority we've seen in dc/mcu cbms, certainly more than Bruce/Diana here. That's all. As for his characterization, it's no kingdom come, it's no Bruce Timm's JLU, It's no For Tomorrow. All of the above the same or worse than even your hyperbole would assert.

As to your last point, I'm sure the classics will always find their place on a poll no doubt. My point however was about each new mcu film rising to the top of the limited amount of mcu films at least during early tweets and release time. You take the first four mcu films for instance, then you drop homecoming in there, make a poll and see what happens. Not talking about if TDK or Days of FP still have their place or not. That being said you'd be surprised how many people have jumped ship from Raimi man two for the ‘shinny’ new one, or how many jumped from Nicolson to Ledger. Who'd have thunk.
 
Ah buzzfeed, one of the many facepalms the internet produces.
 
Paragraph indents go a long way.
You must mean 'space indents'. I can't imagine you mean first line indents given that would actually be a first around here. Breaking someone's post up and retorting piece by piece goes a long way as was well. All things i did and of it amounts to a longer post.

That being said, I mostly visit here on a super wide monitor. Having recently seen these forums on mobile I'll be sure to accommodate next time.
 
^Remember the 'wrecking ball' explosion scene that was the clock tower shooter? "any gods around..." I mean seriously what's the point of this.
You mean the sniper that was killing civilians? Yeah WW took him out. So what?

Do you mean that when Batman was killing those dudes in the chase scene, it's equivalent to Diana killing the soldiers? It's not the same thing. Batman wasn't in a war man. And he sure as hell wasn't protecting anyone except himself.
 
You mean the sniper that was killing civilians? Yeah WW took him out. So what?

Do you mean that when Batman was killing those dudes in the chase scene, it's equivalent to Diana killing the soldiers? It's not the same thing. Batman wasn't in a war man. And he sure as hell wasn't protecting anyone except himself.

You're the one that brought up the people brutally murdered at the ware house(bvs)! You tell me, was batman just strolling by that ware house looking to kill some folks? Or was he out there to save a certain 'civilian' under gun duress and with a clock over her head. I suppose by your own rhetoric that ones off the table now isn't it.

As for the people killed in the car chase, almost all batman movies have em and if not by vehicle, than some other situation where there are perceived high stakes and people in his way die(particularly the ninja school). What's more, let's not forget these luthor hired mercenaries put themselves in danger and stayed themselves in danger. Not so much batman tracking down retired soldiers and snapping their necks.
Still I'll give you that one, even ignoring my clear stance about this literally being a movie about batman having lost his way and what he's trying to do as important as saving the world. Ignoring that, the thing is, so many heroes have done worse(phase one is just littered in bad guy bodies). But here is where the moral line is somehow crossed. No, it's nothing but preconception. Quality by way of fidelity, which is so problematic.

Wonderwoman was in a war?
See, I've heard this war time pass thing people throw around that allows for a certain super hero to face off against a super villains goons and kill everyone he can with a gun(talking about first avenger btw), because in war murder isn't murder if your president signs off on it. That's fine....But diana wasn't some soldier, she was an adventurer that landed in a war which for me doesn't get this magical pass. If it did then superman gets that pass in MOS(and u know why). But it is an interesting proposition that batman is in a war, one against crime and alien invasion. That's where that war approach leads...fair warning.
 
Wonderwoman was in a war?
See, I've heard this war time pass thing people throw around that allows for a certain super hero to face off against a super villains goons and kill everyone he can with a gun(talking about first avenger btw), because in war murder isn't murder if your president signs off on it. That's fine....But diana wasn't some soldier, she was an adventurer that landed in a war which for me doesn't get this magical pass. If it did then superman gets that pass in MOS(and u know why). But it is an interesting proposition that batman is in a war, one against crime and alien invasion. That's where that war approach leads...fair warning.

I've also heard the argument that being in an international conflict makes killing different for the hero. That argument quickly erodes with scrutiny. A life-or-death scenario doesn't change when it's part of a larger battle. If a hero is facing someone who could kill him/her or innocent bystanders, then that hero is operating under the warlike "kill or be killed" parameters. If Batman is under assault from multiple opponents with lethal weapons, he is most certainly at war. I have a much easier time believing that Batman, as a normal human, is faced with many more situations where killing is his only option than metas like Cap or godlike beings like Wondy.
 
Ok Marvin I appreciate the time you took to write all this up, so I'll try and answer what I can.

I pointed out how the broad strokes of what the two set out and did, how similar they were.

That's perfectly fine but I will insist on my view that the 2 had very different motivations for their action. WW was doing it to save people and psycho batman was doing it to kill the alien that he hates not to mention the half dozen or so criminals he mowed down just because he could.

So allow me; For me it had nothing to do with 1%, that was a lie he told aflred

Totally disagree, see above response.

I'm glad it's all 'in your opinion' even though you are taking it upon yourself to speak for the masses.

how and where did I do that? I repeatedly put IMO to avoid speaking for the masses but it seems that you've taken it upon yourself to speak for me.


To answer your question tho, yes I've read these books myself, ignoring your assertion that they came out of the womb (80 years ago) like this

I made no such assertion and if that's what you concluded from my statement then you either failed to read my post properly or now you're making up your own conclusions.

I've read and seen many a well received superman story where he simply isn't that what you say,

Examples? And if you do provide any, also be sure to provide evidence that said stories were well received.

Superman has gone entire arcs without a smile and with 5’oclock shadow. He has taken lives when he's had to, and he's spoken intent to take just as many moreFrom Imperiex, to Fernus(j'onn) to doomsday to Darkseid to Lex to others.

Again please read my posts clearly, I stated that I don't mind Superman taking a life if deemed properly for example Doomsday in DOS and Mr Mxy in What ever happened...

This is who is he is in the material and it's a matter of people like you being selective.

Yeah ofcourse I'm going to be selective, Superman has more than 2200 stories published about him since 1938 and those only cover the main superman books and not his various appearances in supergirl, superbody, steel, lois lane, jimmy olsen, adventure comics, world's finest, JLA and the superman family books.
Superman has been portrayed as a racist, sexist, fascist and outright psychotic pig in various stories and I'll be glad to provide examples if you'd like but that doesn't mean that I or any fan of the character acknowledges such rubbish.
There are a precious few superman stories that I hold dear and choose to acknowledge as a template of how superman should be portrayed.

Like when people hold up the bible but then ignore what's actually in it to meet their agenda. I'd personally be fine if it was presented as preference but that it's used as scripture is...tiresome.

I'm muslim and even if I wasn't what bible (ie superman story) did I hold up?



And i'm sure those that fall into the same preconceptions feel as you do(a lot of people). However none of that combats my point {The reality is this superman is the most innocent of the trinity.} Compared to the other two, superman is a saint in this regard, and his one actual kill and not even of a human, and is justified more than the majority we've seen in dc/mcu cbms, certainly more than Bruce/Diana here. That's all. As for his characterization, it's no kingdom come, it's no Bruce Timm's JLU, It's no For Tomorrow. All of the above the same or worse than even your hyperbole would assert.

Again, why are you talking to me about these heroes killing? I told you that I wouldn't mind seeing superman kill if done properly.
And Snyder's superman being emo and mopey isn't a hyperbole, it's right there on screen and it's what most fans are complaining about regarding the DCEU Superman and just because you choose to ignore it doesn't make it so.

[/B]As to your last point, I'm sure the classics will always find their place on a poll no doubt. My point however was about each new mcu film rising to the top of the limited amount of mcu films at least during early tweets and release time. You take the first four mcu films for instance, then you drop homecoming in there, make a poll and see what happens.

Look whose 'speaking for the masses' now. You have an example of a 100k poll that backs up that statement or are you operating on pure conjecture?

Not talking about if TDK or Days of FP still have their place or not. That being said you'd be surprised how many people have jumped ship from Raimi man two for the ‘shinny’ new one, or how many jumped from Nicolson to Ledger. Who'd have thunk.

New and shiny doesn't mean good, people have moved on from Raimi's first spidey (spidey 2 still holds up with homecoming and the best of them) because Homecoming IMO is a far better movie. Same goes for Nicholson's Joker, lots of people still love that version (including my self) but Ledger's Joker set the standard for all the future jokers to come.
But saying all that the buzzfeed poll does not indicate that people have moved on from "classics'" such as MOS, BvS and SS for WW because it's newer and shiner but rather because the masses have spoken and they clearly said that WW s**ts on all of them quality wise.
 
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If Batman is under assault from multiple opponents with lethal weapons, he is most certainly at war. I have a much easier time believing that Batman, as a normal human, is faced with many more situations where killing is his only option than metas like Cap or godlike beings like Wondy.

Speaking only for myself I stated previously that I didn't mind seeing batman kill in the warehouse but him mowing down thugs with his batwing was not ok especially since he could've easily thrown gas pellets at them but I guess that wasn't "cool enough" from the director who once stated that in his movie batman could get raped in prison.
 
That's perfectly fine but I will insist on my view that the 2 had very different motivations for their action. WW was doing it to save people and psycho batman was doing it to kill the alien that he hates not to mention the half dozen or so criminals he mowed down just because he could.
You're assuming batman isn't operating on the premise that superman is dangerous, ie a danger to the world, ergo the greater good and thus saving people, no more little girls without parents in opening sequences. If batman's fears came true(as in his Knightmare) this would all be pointlessly apparent, but because it's happening hypothetically.. then u get to misconstrue it as batman just hates him. What's more, you're operating on the assumption that Diana doesn't hate Ares and all the death and suffering he's caused and hypothetically will cause, at the start of the film. Again, motivations not so different.

how and where did I do that? I repeatedly put IMO to avoid speaking for the masses but it seems that you've taken it upon yourself to speak for me.
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I made no such assertion and if that's what you concluded from my statement then you either failed to read my post properly or now you're making up your own conclusions.
I'll do both of these in one and with a single quote from your original post. (SuperChan)'These "preconceptions" have been in place for nearly 8 decades when talking about Superman and Batman, so much so that they've become part of the intrinsic make up of these 2 characters so when someone like Snyder comes and craps on such preconceptions, many fanboys like myself get upset... I for one recognize any creator's desire to change things when they see fit but also reserve the right to dismiss such changes when they don't pan out and that's exactly what happened with BvS IMO...'.
Working backwards(from the bottom), So that's why it failed? Just writing 'in your opinion', doesn't change the fact that you are taking it upon yourself to speak for others. Something this forum gets wrong consistently. 'IMO everyone thinks the mcu is lacks good villains vs IMO I think it does etc'. The latter is speaking for yourself, the former not so much. That being said, you assert these changes ended up getting the film rejected by the masses. fair enough I tend to agree.

As for your other assertion. You said the preconceptions(charm/intellect/optimism and killing) that synder stepped over had been in place for 80 years. My arithmetic is shaky but if superman was set in motion in 1938(and the rest of these dc guys in that time in between). 2017 minus 80 is exactly 1938, ergo you said these preconceptions have been in place since 80 years ago, ie conception. What did i miss?

Examples? And if you do provide any, also be sure to provide evidence that said stories were well received.
Our worlds at warwas a huge successful Summer arc from jeph loeb. Superman was driven for weeks fighting and ultimately trying to kill Imperiex, not his most 'optimistic or charming' look. There is Whatever Happened to the man... There is Kingdom come, a superman story with him mad/sad/angry/not charming all throughout and even resorting to killing innocents at the UN. Action 775 has no time for charm, he's just disgruntled with the world the whole time and never smiling till he lobotomized a dude or with lois(funny how that works). Then you have the JLU show of course(particularly towards the peak or the lex stories), superman is an angry 'brute' not so optimistic...I digress. You have varoius jla stories such as Trial By Fire where you get stuff like this..
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And lastly you have Azzrello's For Tomorrow a pounderous god relates to man tale and some seroius mope. Sound familiar?
All well received. I could go on if i had the time. Point being these sorts of things paint a different picture of the character, one far closer to what Snyder is doing. Thus begging the question, particularly to those that are using 'scripture', it is that it's 'not source', or that it's 'not my source'.
Problematic like i said. And I already know a response to this is 'well when it's done right(opinion), then it's well received, simple'. To which I say perhaps but one needs to understand that the idea mopey,sad,killing and all of it isn't an actual critique. It's challenging preconceptions and that itself isn't a flaw. Now go back and read how people approach this.

My bible reference is that people hold up superman books like scripture to argue their points. Not so different to the right wing going to the bible for things like abortion or gay rights. Conveniently ignoring other things in their same bible about say how to discipline your child(ain't pretty). Ergo I say keep scripture out and simply argue stuff on the merits of the here and now. Inside these movies the no kill rule for superman is non problematic as it is in any mcu hero movie, but in a continuity this else worlds movie has never actually entered, something is wrong and conflicting for there is a long history of a kill code. His 'mopeyness' is orgnaic to the realistic and consequential elseworld he's in. A world that doesn't simply clap and cheer at his existence the way we don't clap and cheer about an all powerful president in our real world. The same way Reeves state of mind was organic to the fantasy ho hum world he was in. 'Expecting' one into another is...problematic as opposed to simply looking at something on in and of itself. If it's flawed cause it's dull, more power to you. If it's flawed cause it's not like 'your' source...

As for that bit about the polls. I specifically pointed to the first four mcu films and not TDK/DOFP, but those first four given these are DC's first four. Those would be Ironmen(post im2), Hulk, Thor and let's include cap. You drop this homecoming movie in there right now and see what happens, it may be skewed it may not be. And I mean right now, not when we are years out and the avengers/tws hype dies down. Right now.
People have moved on from the Raimi stuff sure ok, though back when it came out it was the hottest thing to touch earth. Why is that? Could it maybe have a tiny little to do with the fact that those aren't new and fresh anymore? I mean right there you argued my point for me. I should stop while i'm ahead.
You honestly think the hype for TDK right now is as hot as it was 9 years ago? I don't. Same with Avatar, Inception, lord knows Pacific Rim... Hype and freshness has extreme skewing power. It's why there is an argument for oscar pictures not opening at the top of the year due to...get this, voters!

And that's great that u think Spidey two is still badass, I've seen some polls that have this new one at the very top. Flip the release dates and let's see if things stay the exact same. Cause u know 'quality'.
 
…I guess that wasn't "cool enough" from the director who once stated that in his movie batman could get raped in prison.
speaking of reading stuff clearly. Maybe you should revisit what he actually said.

I'll help. He pointed Begins(nolan bats rather) being cited as dark isn’t accurate. He said this while talking about Watchmen(his movie). Suggesting that "in his movie"(watchmen), where the material is actually dark, Batman would possibly get raped in prison, as opposed to the ‘dark’ stuff that happened to bruce in the prisons in Begins for example.

Such a simple point but turned into sndyers batman would get rapped…
I don't blame u though, even the screen junkies guys...They they maybe did this on purpose, they actually have money to make off of cynicism.
 
motivations not so different.

Disagree, to me Batman was a psycho who wanted revenge on an individual who tried to help as opposed to WW who wanted to stop what she perceived as the ultimate evil.

I'll do both of these in one and with a single quote from your original post. (SuperChan)'These "preconceptions" have been in place for nearly 8 decades when talking about Superman and Batman, so much so that they've become part of the intrinsic make up of these 2 characters so when someone like Snyder comes and craps on such preconceptions, many fanboys like myself get upset... I for one recognize any creator's desire to change things when they see fit but also reserve the right to dismiss such changes when they don't pan out and that's exactly what happened with BvS IMO...'.
Working backwards(from the bottom), So that's why it failed? Just writing 'in your opinion', doesn't change the fact that you are taking it upon yourself to speak for others. Something this forum gets wrong consistently. 'IMO everyone thinks the mcu is lacks good villains vs IMO I think it does etc'. The latter is speaking for yourself, the former not so much. That being said, you assert these changes ended up getting the film rejected by the masses. fair enough I tend to agree.

You actually remind me of another poster who likes to argue instead of discuss, ok that's fine but when I say fanboys like myself I meant those who share my opinion and there are alot of them, which makes DCEU fans like yourself so defensive.

As for your other assertion. You said the preconceptions(charm/intellect/optimism and killing) that synder stepped over had been in place for 80 years. My arithmetic is shaky but if superman was set in motion in 1938(and the rest of these dc guys in that time in between). 2017 minus 80 is exactly 1938, ergo you said these preconceptions have been in place since 80 years ago, ie conception. What did i miss?

No you said ignoring your assertion that they came out of the womb (80 years ago) like this, which implies that I said that the superman books have not changed for 80s and that's not what I said but again it's clear that you're looking for an argument and I'm not interested so I move on.


I can't comment on trial by fire because I haven't read it but OWAW and For tomorrow are not considered great superman stories. They both showed increased sales because the former was wide DC event and the latter had Jim lee. Also in OWAW Superman thought about killing imperiax and the whole point of that story was that even in dire situations like an intergalactic war Superman eventually found a better way.

As for Action#775, Superman was very intelligent (beat Black and the elite with strategy) and charismatic when he gave a speech about how easy it is to let anger get the better of someone and that there is nothing wrong with being a dreamer after Black called him one.
As for not smiling, well plenty of people have complained about that but I wasn't one of them so don't start speaking for me like you assume I do for other fans.

Thus begging the question, particularly to those that are using 'scripture', it is that it's 'not source', or that it's 'not my source'.
Problematic like i said. And I already know a response to this is 'well when it's done right(opinion), then it's well received, simple'. To which I say perhaps but one needs to understand that the idea mopey,sad,killing and all of it isn't an actual critique. It's challenging preconceptions and that itself isn't a flaw. Now go back and read how people approach this.

Again I never challenged superman killing and hating Snyder's superman because he's mopey and sad is an actual critique by me, you just can't stand that someone doesn't like the DCEU's superman.
My bible reference is that people hold up superman books like scripture to argue their points. Not so different to the right wing going to the bible for things like abortion or gay rights. Conveniently ignoring other things in their same bible about say how to discipline your child(ain't pretty). Ergo I say keep scripture out and simply argue stuff on the merits of the here and now. Inside these movies the no kill rule for superman is non problematic as it is in any mcu hero movie, but in a continuity this else worlds movie has never actually entered, something is wrong and conflicting for there is a long history of a kill code. His 'mopeyness' is orgnaic to the realistic and consequential elseworld he's in. A world that doesn't simply clap and cheer at his existence the way we don't clap and cheer about an all powerful president in our real world. The same way Reeves state of mind was organic to the fantasy ho hum world he was in. 'Expecting' one into another is...problematic as opposed to simply looking at something on in and of itself. If it's flawed cause it's dull, more power to you. If it's flawed cause it's not like 'your' source...

What is 'my source'?

And as for the DCEU's mopey superman being organic to the world he's in well I disagree yet again. Snyder just chose to focus on the negative aspects of a world that generally likes superman (in ck's own words to bruce wayne) and I didn't like or respond to it.


As for that bit about the polls. I specifically pointed to the first four mcu films and not TDK/DOFP, but those first four given these are DC's first four. Those would be Ironmen(post im2), Hulk, Thor and let's include cap. You drop this homecoming movie in there right now and see what happens, it may be skewed it may not be. And I mean right now, not when we are years out and the avengers/tws hype dies down. Right now.

You're making assumptions and speaking for the masses and again do you have any evidence i.e. an example of a poll to back up those assumptions?


People have moved on from the Raimi stuff sure ok, though back when it came out it was the hottest thing to touch earth. Why is that? Could it maybe have a tiny little to do with the fact that those aren't new and fresh anymore? I mean right there you argued my point for me. I should stop while i'm ahead.

Don't know about the 'being ahead' part but you're really taking all of this way too seriously and you really should stop.


You honestly think the hype for TDK right now is as hot as it was 9 years ago? I don't. Same with Avatar, Inception, lord knows Pacific Rim... Hype and freshness has extreme skewing power. It's why there is an argument for oscar pictures not opening at the top of the year due to...get this, voters!

For TDK, Inception and lord absolutely.


And that's great that u think Spidey two is still badass, I've seen some polls that have this new one at the very top. Flip the release dates and let's see if things stay the exact same. Cause u know 'quality'.

Actually I prefer homecoming but if those polls you're talking about are a 100k or more then I'll take them seriously and it's something that you can't seem to grasp: the buzzfeed poll is massive and as such is indicative that a larger portion of fandom regard Snyder's movies as piles of s**t and it kills you.
 
speaking of reading stuff clearly. Maybe you should revisit what he actually said.

I'll help. He pointed Begins(nolan bats rather) being cited as dark isn’t accurate. He said this while talking about Watchmen(his movie). Suggesting that "in his movie"(watchmen), where the material is actually dark, Batman would possibly get raped in prison, as opposed to the ‘dark’ stuff that happened to bruce in the prisons in Begins for example.

Such a simple point but turned into sndyers batman would get rapped…
I don't blame u though, even the screen junkies guys...They they maybe did this on purpose, they actually have money to make off of cynicism.

No dude you're getting way too defensive yet again and you really should stop. The SK teams (probably) and fans like myself are criticizing Snyder's poorly executed cynical take on the DCEU material and you just can't stand it. So maybe you need to exercise alittle bit more tolerance towards other people's opinions and not take criticisms towards Snyder's work so personally.

Peace.
 
The difference is Wonder Women never hesitated to kill anyone she deemed a threat to innocent people. While Joker is far more of a proven threat to the innocents than Superman is.
Yet Batman is perfectly fine with killing henchmen, who are only a threat to Batman, and Superman, who is only a 1% threat. So Batman assembles a mighty arsenal to kill a 1% threat
in Superman but let a 100% threat in Joker go on living and roaming freely about Gotham. BvS is just too illogical.
 
You actually remind me of another poster who likes to argue instead of discuss, ok that's fine but when I say fanboys like myself I meant those who share my opinion and there are alot of them, which makes DCEU fans like yourself so defensive.
I could easily sight the idea of the number of posters you and your aims remind me of...I'd be wrong and I'd be pathetic in turning to that in a debate. 'So defensive' next it'll be 'soo angry'. More attempts to characterize any sort of opposition that technically doesn't see eye to eye with you or whose point either you don't get, like or don't agree with for the time being? Pointless I prefer discussion and I'm hardly defensive but don't let my own words stop u from speaking for me.
Anyhow, On topic. You said the film failed and by way of not meeting these corner stones as fanboys such as yourself see them, great. Then when i noted that you are speaking for others you said 'no no I said IMO', I said u spoke not simply as to why YOU didn't like the film but as to why the many(many) didn't either. I say many cause it not just fanboys that would sink a film. Once more:

"I for one recognize any creator's desire to change things when they see fit but also reserve the right to dismiss such changes when they don't pan out and that's exactly what happened with BvS IMO. People showed up in droves to see those 2 characters come together on screen and then they stayed away the subsequent weeks and the film underperformed."
In your opinion or otherwise, this is little suzie's issue with the film and why she 'stayed away'. I simply pointed out what you were doing, didn't even say it was right or wrong. Own it or don't, or revise it again. I really don't care at this point.

No you said ignoring your assertion that they came out of the womb (80 years ago) like this, which implies that I said that the superman books have not changed for 80s and that's not what I said but again it's clear that you're looking for an argument and I'm not interested so I move on.
Ok I'll level with you on this. Clearly you misunderstood my meaning and Ill show you were it was exactly. You said 'These "preconceptions" have been in place for nearly 8 decades when talking about Superman and Batman, so much so that they've become part of the intrinsic make up of these 2 characters so when someone like Snyder comes and craps on such preconceptions, many fanboys like myself get upset.' Literally your words. I responded with "To answer your question tho, yes I've read these books myself, ignoring your assertion that they came out of the womb (80 years ago) like this, when in almost all cases they were different, particularly bill fingers batman." Noticed I mentioned bill finger, as in the guy who created bats in 39? That's a hint/signal that I'm talking about the birth, not the amount of change over time. The term out of the womb here, means since birth. I didn't say two words about "not changed".
I see now what you think that statement implied, but maybe now you get what it actually meant. You know, without assuming and such. And if you didn't, now you do. Moving on.


And huh, those event(books) and that Azzerello book were ill received? Simply citing that jim lee did the art and the sales went up is hardly an argument, where is the evidence that it wasn't well received? Example, All star Batman ironically by jim lee is an ill received book! DarkKnightStrikeBack is an ill received book. Those superman books I cited aren't all star supermansure(some are) but then again I never said they were I said they were well received, you know unlike these 'rejected films'?
Joe Kelly's action 775 has aspects you pointed to sure, it also lacks them at times along with other preconceptions as was my point. Even if all you could do was pull a single poignant line that met your requirements from the very end of the story. Amount is what seems to be the issue with the films, not enough charm vs the scenes where he is clearly charming. Not enough enjoyment vs the flight scene for instance. You pulled one line.

Again I never challenged superman killing and hating Snyder's superman because he's mopey and sad is an actual critique by me, you just can't stand that someone doesn't like the DCEU's superman.
More of this I see. I'm debating these things with you because 'I just can't stand someone that doesn't like this stuff'? You're speaking for me again aren't you? Because I don't like anyone that hates this or stuff I don't? It's not possible I'm debating you cause I don't agree with your points or how you are going about making them? You and those(fanboys like you as u say) must be all this half decade of hate all simply because you can't stand that someone doesn't hate this stuff as much as you, yat hat's the ticket. That's what that amounts to btw. One of the stupidest ways to go about this in my experience and no doubt with an argumentative fallacy named after it. All the good ones do.

For the last time I never said you said a word about killing, that's actually the person I was talking to before you jumped in. I never said u said a word about smiling. But YOU said Snyder wanted to go against the preconceptions that fans have held for 80 years. A no kill rule and joy are preconceptions associated with this material are they not? I mean they must be if I see them ever few pages or so. Corner stones even, in the hearts of many a fanboy? Snyder didn't do those things(supposedly) for many fans that rejected the film. ERgo...maybe next time he should stick to them i guess.

As for what your source is, I honestly don't know what books you are reading. I have an idea but I'd hate to assume. They are clearly different from material I've seen. Particularly if I'm listing source wrought with stuff you suggest isn't..in source. Just don't get how you could have missed jlu.


As for me speaking for the masses by talk of homecoming vs the early mcu in a poll.
Where in that post did I say what would happen? All I said those movies aren't classics the way TDK are and then I specifically said "lets see what happens..it may be skewed it may not be", I didn't say what would happen, nor did I say it would be skewed. My point is let's do that and 'see what happens'. I mean seriously. The entire point of that bit is in setting up a circumstance very comparable to what we have here. I want to see that pole looks like all I said, for that would be the equivalent comparison. Infering there will likely be skewing is a great deal different then speaking as to what the fans will choose and thus speaking for them. Maybe stop with all this 'assuming' talk and just read what's written.

As for me taking things too seriously, nah. I meant if you are going to start making the points for me maybe I should stop. You said raimi stuff, as good as it was, we've grown out of it. Asserting a correlation between time, relevance and favoritism. That was my point entirely. Moreover that line was actually me being less serious and more playful tbh. Not something I do when I take things (too) seriously.

..the buzzfeed poll is massive and as such is indicative that a larger portion of fandom regard Snyder's movies as piles of s**t and it kills you.
A great place to close on. Ignoring what type of columns and coverage the buzzfeed readers have been subject to on this material(the Io9 paradigm being an example).
Something you seemingly can't understand is that almost all those polls are skewed inside of the dceu films. Picking favorites/non favorites with a single vote not a no walk off vote. How you people go from people forced to pick favorites amongst a pool to them thinking said movies are pile of **** is...presumptuous, to put it nicely.

If you take the 12 hit mcu films right now and do these favorite/least favorite, you will likely see heavy skewing, and that's 12 hit films. According to you, that means the rest are thought to be 'piles of ****' a revelation that will kill anyone that argues differently.

Simpler: You take Nolan's 3 film trilogy, ask 100k people which is their favorite. There will likely be skewing. Ask them which is the best. God forbid ask them which is the best Villain. Then in come detractors who will quickly make posts about how the rest are piles of **** and the fans have spoken!
Surely if nothing else you understand this much.
 
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No dude you're getting way too defensive yet again and you really should stop. The SK teams (probably) and fans like myself are criticizing Snyder's poorly executed cynical take on the DCEU material and you just can't stand it. So maybe you need to exercise alittle bit more tolerance towards other people's opinions and not take criticisms towards Snyder's work so personally.

Peace.
Feel it's too dark and cynical till the cows come home. Even claim it's not the cynical take but the poor execution of it(all the while bringing up shifty preconceptions and corner stones as key failures for the masses). My so called tolerance of you insistence to hate on stuff and or have an opinion is probably as high as yours seems to be for the reverse. Probably higher given I don't turn to dismissive tactics constantly. That's all great.

But conveniently misquote him as it suits your clear agenda, feign ignorance and then start with the argumentative epithets again? This has nothing to do with tolerance. Unless you mean to argue it's exact meaning is what you say, why bring up something so clearly off base? He made a batman film with no batman rape in prison which if anything proves the counter argument all the more. He said nolan's weren't dark, watchmen is dark, then correlated what would happen to a batman in his watchmen universe. One where Rorschach 'could probably get raped' in prison.

That's not me taking anything personally, and I'd say the same if people made a show of misquoting any director in order to conveniently besmirch a thing they hated so vehemently. I respect The Question here though i never agreed with him. He at least tried to get the quotes right.

That being said, I'm stepping out of this. I've made my points, I await yours. For I don't actually care as much as the epithets claim.
 
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The difference is Wonder Women never hesitated to kill anyone she deemed a threat to innocent people. While Joker is far more of a proven threat to the innocents than Superman is.
Yet Batman is perfectly fine with killing henchmen, who are only a threat to Batman, and Superman, who is only a 1% threat. So Batman assembles a mighty arsenal to kill a 1% threat
in Superman but let a 100% threat in Joker go on living and roaming freely about Gotham. BvS is just too illogical.
Superman is only a 1% threat? Interesting way of framing it I suppose.

Can't say i'm sure just what the issue is, however easy enough to get past for one simple point. One realizes in this narrative, the batman hasn't always been this way, and the one time we saw him deal with the joker(SS) he was still 'non pycho, but perfectly sane and normal' batman. We theoretically haven't even seen post The superman, batman deal with the joker. And we likely never will given his reform.
 
Superman is only a 1% threat? Interesting way of framing it I suppose.
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Just going by what Batman said in BvS, unless someone has evidence to the contrary as to what threat level Batman felt Superman represented.
I wasn't the one who framed it that way, Batman was the one who framed it that way.
 
The difference is Wonder Women never hesitated to kill anyone she deemed a threat to innocent people. While Joker is far more of a proven threat to the innocents than Superman is.
Yet Batman is perfectly fine with killing henchmen, who are only a threat to Batman, and Superman, who is only a 1% threat. So Batman assembles a mighty arsenal to kill a 1% threat
in Superman but let a 100% threat in Joker go on living and roaming freely about Gotham. BvS is just too illogical.

Who's to say Batman hasn't tried to kill Joker before? For all we know he could've tried and failed at killing him multiple times. It's like saying if Joker has no problems with killing (which no version does) then why is Batman still alive? Plus who knows when this Batman dropped his no killing rule? Maybe he was searching for Joker before moving on to Superman. Yes Superman is less dangerous than Joker but because of his powers he's a much bigger threat to humanity than a mentally ill man dressed as a clown. So naturally, right or wrong Bruce would deem him more worthy of instantly killing than a human.
 
Who's to say Batman hasn't tried to kill Joker before? For all we know he could've tried and failed at killing him multiple times.

That makes no sense. Batman is known for his dogged determination. So what are you saying, after the 50th time Batman decided it wasn't worth the effort and just move on. Chalk up all the people Joker killed afterward as an act of God?

It's like saying if Joker has no problems with killing (which no version does) then why is Batman still alive?
Just about every villain is trying to kill Batman. Why have none of the others succeeded?

Plus who knows when this Batman dropped his no killing rule? Maybe he was searching for Joker before moving on to Superman. Yes Superman is less dangerous than Joker but because of his powers he's a much bigger threat to humanity than a mentally ill man dressed as a clown. So naturally, right or wrong Bruce would deem him more worthy of instantly killing than a human.
Seems awfully convenient. All of a sudden Batman gets bloodlust that just coincides with Superman showing up.
 
@ Marvin

OWAW and for tomorrow are not amongst the best received superman stories and you haven't provided any evidence to support that statement. Find some evidence otherwise stop speaking for the masses.

You don't like my views and the way I present them? cool, then put me on ignore and move on, because i don't have the time to read any more of your essays

Snyder's quote was made to convey that if he were to make a superhero movie he would take things to the extreme because I guess he's too cool and highbrow for regular superhero fare and he did just that in BvS with his psycho batman and mopey, mute superman and the result was critical failure and a boxoffice disappointment.
The buzz feed poll, which is what this whole thread was initially about seems to reflect the massive size of fandom who don't take to Snyder's DCEU films and like a few Snyder fans I see on this forum you just seem to misinterpret any criticisms towards the guy's work as a personal attack and in that case I'd advice you again to ignore my comments and move on.

Good luck to ya dude.
 
Who's to say Batman hasn't tried to kill Joker before? For all we know he could've tried and failed at killing him multiple times. It's like saying if Joker has no problems with killing (which no version does) then why is Batman still alive? Plus who knows when this Batman dropped his no killing rule? Maybe he was searching for Joker before moving on to Superman. Yes Superman is less dangerous than Joker but because of his powers he's a much bigger threat to humanity than a mentally ill man dressed as a clown. So naturally, right or wrong Bruce would deem him more worthy of instantly killing than a human.

The mini BvS tie in comics did infact. It was noted that Batman only started branding and getting extreme with criminals in the year and a half span that Superman was around.
So Joker's psychotic acts didn't phase this psycho batman but superman saving the world was too much for his fragile psyche to handle :whatever:
 

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