Justice League Ciaran Hinds is Steppenwolf

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Sort of surprised about all the complaints with Steppenwolf.

I thought the CGI was amazing, and Hinds was great. He wasn't deep, but they also didnt waste more screen time than they needed.

Same here, after seeing so many complaints, I was surprised how good he looked and how much I enjoyed him.

 

[RomanticPenguin]

Yeah I thought the CGI on him was fine, but he has 1 really derpy shot towards the end lol

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah I thought the CGI on him was fine, but he has 1 really derpy shot towards the end lol

Yeah it looked dodgy in a couple of moments, but then he looked really good in other moments. It was inconsistent, but not awful CGI like some claimed.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

The CGI for him was horrible. he looked like Dobby the elf with a giant helmet on.

Probably the most ridiculous comparison I’ve seen.

 

[RomanticPenguin]

Yeah it looked dodgy in a couple of moments, but then he looked really good in other moments. It was inconsistent, but not awful CGI like some claimed.

not even bad, just this face lol

edit: what skulldevil said below

 

[Arachnerd]

Uh, did you get that screencap from a cam leak?

'Cause if so, you might want to delete that. That's a big no-no.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Even his face looked good most of the time to me.

 

[TheRedWraith]

Like most entirely CGI characters the quality varies, but Steppenwolf's quality averaged out to good with the peaks and lows being really good and iffy. My main issue with him is his lack of defined character beyond the basic and how he seems to get weaker as the film goes on. On a more minor note he looked much less impressive than the Steppenwolf in BvS not only because the CGI wasn't as good, but because he was much skinnier here than in BvS, had he been as jacked as he was in BvS here (and had a stable and high power level), he'd have been amazing.

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[Arachnerd]

Honestly, they should have gone with the more alien design. His projection in the BvS UE was much better than what we got, imo.

 

[fancyarcher]

Easily the worse CBV of the year, like really. The CGI was poor, and every time he spoke all I could think was "hey, Mr. baddy bad-guy". What a waste of a good actor too. Just ugh!

 

[BigSams50]

It might not be as bad as some claim,. but but 2017's standards,. it is bad. Hulk in Thor Ragnarok was 10x better for example, and thats the biggest problem i have. JL is rumored to have a budget of 300 million, and it doesnt look like it.

 

[Benal]

Honestly, they should have gone with the more alien design. His projection in the BvS UE was much better than what we got, imo.

That was the plan. He looks alien in the concept art from 2015. guess that after BvS the studio asked to tone it down. Gave him clothes and stuff

 

[metaphysician]

To the contrary, they really should have done the opposite, and just have Steppenwolf look human, so he could actually be *played* by Ciaran Hinds. At worst he'd be the same one dimensional villain he ended up being, but cheaper to film; at best, you might get some actual spark and charisma from an actor whose actually present and able to act.

 

[Arachnerd]

Or you know, they could have actually put make-up on him and then have him be "played" by Ciaran. I don't think it'd be a good idea to make Steppenwolf look completely human (despite his New 52 look), especially to introduce any character from Apokolips, so him being half-and-half and not completely CGI would have been fine with me.

 

[terry78]

That's the thing, most of the characters in New Gods could pretty much be played by human actors with CG enhancements as far as size or armor. The only ones that really need to be 100% CG are Darkseid and Kalibak. Everybody else looks like really tall humans.

 

[souperman]

They could have saved a bunch using this guy with make-up. Adding VFX on top of him would have saved time and money. I don't see any reason they couldn't make this guy look even bigger.

Imagine some make-up effects on his face. At least it would move naturally. IF SW was "more" alien looking I could see it make sense to be all CG, but he looked enough human to use make-up.

Even Darkseid could be a make-up effect or at least mostly live with added CG.

Not sure why they make it harder than need be.

 

[chintai80]

overall i was fine with cgi for steppenwolf.
i just wish we got more backstory and his motivation for this.

 

[souperman]

overall i was fine with cgi for steppenwolf.
i just wish we got more backstory and his motivation for this.

It was "fine" ( as good as Thanos) could have been better and more back story would be fun.

Biggest issue was his face moved too slow. Look at the available trailer/spot where he talks about the old gods and play it at 1.5x, much more natural.

 

[souperman]

It might not be as bad as some claim,. but but 2017's standards,. it is bad. Hulk in Thor Ragnarok was 10x better for example, and thats the biggest problem i have. JL is rumored to have a budget of 300 million, and it doesnt look like it.

I think Hulk took step back from Avengers/AOU in Ragnarok. Looks goofy/cartoony in the convo about fire. IMO.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Stephen Wolf is bad because he is generic. He looks like he stepped out of a PS2 WRPG game, design wise.

 

[chintai80]

off topic, but who is in ur avatar Tacit Ronin?

LOL

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Chanell Heart. Much better looking than Mr. Wolf.

 

[souperman]

Stephen Wolf is bad because he is generic. He looks like he stepped out of a PS2 WRPG game, design wise.

Well I guess they are stuck trying to make something unusual but still similar enough to the known comic image. In that regard he was not bad.

They "could" have simply used:

Be thankful !

 

[chintai80]

Chanell Heart. Much better looking than Mr. Wolf.

thank you.

i did not recognize her from the avatar.

but i know who she is...


ok back to Steppenwolf discussion.
is that recent leaked list of deleted scenes real?

because it said the original cut showed more of Steppenwolf's motivations - the motherboxes held the essence of Heggra (hence he keeps calling them Mother) and he was trying to unleash their combined power so he can finally usurp Darkseid.

^ that sounds way better and more deep than the generic alien invasion plot we got.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Well I guess they are stuck trying to make something unusual but still similar enough to the known comic image. In that regard he was not bad.

They "could" have simply used:

Be thankful !

I admit, testicle chin is a bit better than a goatee.