Suicide Squad: General Discussion and Speculation - - - Part 20

[Broseph44]

That fan made The Batman poster looks bad, doesn't even look like Affleck.

 

[MasterChief2829]

Suicide Squad will be having a screening in two weeks at the Seattle AMC Pacific Place 11 Theater...

*flies to Seattle and breaks in* I still don't know how people get tickets to these things. Never have I been offered advance screenings at my theater lol

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[hellblazer103]

That fan made The Batman poster looks bad, doesn't even look like Affleck.

I actually think it looks pretty badass, despite the lack of resemblance to Affleck.

 

[Aquafinn90]

would LOVE for this to be the blu-ray cover

 

[Aquafinn90]

Suicide Squad will be having a screening in two weeks at the Seattle AMC Pacific Place 11 Theater...

*flies to Seattle and breaks in* I still don't know how people get tickets to these things. Never have I been offered advance screenings at my theater lol

I get mine through websites like gofobo(literally you sign up and if you happen to be the site at the right time, you just get tickets, or sometimes they email you a "special invite" which you still need to claim fairly quickly)
but gofobo doesn't have nearly as many as they used to. Advancescreenings.com is where I've been getting most of mine lately
But even so, I find them MUCH more difficult to get now than they were a few years back.

 

[AnneFan]

So. Much. Merchandise. And. Goodness.

 

[Raphi]

Someone really needs to get the URL off this.

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[DeadStroke]

Someone really needs to get the URL off this.

 

[OutOfBoose]

That fan made The Batman poster looks bad, doesn't even look like Affleck.

For some reason he looks like Snyder.

 

[KillerWolf]

I get it.

While people were going crazy over Ledger's performance it took me a while to accept it because of his look.

I just wanted classical Joker. Not the hobo, smeared lipstick look. However, once I got past that I got to enjoy the amazing Joker performance.

What happened with Heath's Joker is why I'm more accepting of Leto. Not saying he'll be as good. Just more accepting of different looks.

I've been pondering a lot about this.... I realized that I have more problems with making Leto's Joker a modern gangster than the design itself. Or to put it this way, I've grown fond of the design on its own, what I don't like about it is that it contextualizes Joker as a leader of a criminal organization in such a direct way, drawing an inspiration from Mexican cartels.

If there was a case of modern twist to his usual flamboyance, I wouldn't mind it, but I don't like them limiting the character this way. Once you put the character on the head of such organization, show him having completely sane criminals in tuxedos working for him and him caring for the money and power obtained through this, you take away a lot from the character that works best as a psychopathic personalization of chaos, an archetype of a whimsical trickster that is there to push the buttons of society we know and rules we adhere to. This is why I'm not really fond of Azzarello's Joker (who incidentally shares the aesthetic of Ledger's version), as such contextualization takes away all those unique elements that are rooted in the character and instead of aforementioned archetype, makes him something with desires and goals that are much easier to understand.

Also, when Ayer says that Joker has always been a gangster, he is wrong. He started off as a serial killer and is more often portrayed as an unpredictable psychopath, one that takes pleasure in taking anything from the established system and twisting it in a hideous and sometimes grimly humorous way than a ganster capable of leading such organization. I think the character works much better when he doesn't care for money in a least, being a Marxist to Batman's capitalist as it was often pointed out in the past. I suppose that he is power-hungry in his own way, but again, making him someone who aims to climb higher in the world of an organized crime is limiting those more unique and interesting aspects of the character.

Anyway, my two cents, as they say.

With all that being said, this:

is a great cover. He looks a bit whiter here than usual though, I really like the Albino approach they took with him, which is something I suggested before we got to see the look (and which, again, makes it really a shame that they took a gangster approach, as some sort of "Jack the Ripper" aesthetic with old tuxedos would make him even creepier to me), but other than that, the concept behind cover is interesting and Joker looks crazy as hell here.

I knew it's not an EW cover as soon as I glimpsed it.

 

[Greens]

Love this one.

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[Abudefduf]

^ That's even creepier than that Joker mug we saw a few weeks ago. I stared at it for a few second and I'm pretty sure a small part of my soul is now lost forever.

 

[DeadStroke]

Tumblr being Tumblr or is this legit?

 

[Boom]

Yeeeeeah...

 

[KillerWolf]

Someone really tried to pass this crap as an official tie-in comic?

 

[Angel0fDeath]

"Your hair is on fleek..."

 

[Guts]

If that comic is official, then Joker is a real partyman.

 

[Guts]

"Your hair is on fleek..."

I thought his response to that was funny.

 

[Corysxj88]

Suicide Squad will be having a screening in two weeks at the Seattle AMC Pacific Place 11 Theater...

*flies to Seattle and breaks in* I still don't know how people get tickets to these things. Never have I been offered advance screenings at my theater lol

At this time, there are no advanced screenings of SS near me at all. Not sure if there will be in a month or so....

I saw an advanced Screening of BVS and really want to see one of SS. I have contacted WB twice but have yet to hear from them.

Need to make this happen.

 

[KillerWolf]

If that comic is official, then Joker is a real partyman.

Who is crazier, a homicidal maniac or people who come to his parties and drink his booze?

 

[Bagide]

Who is crazier, a homicidal maniac or people who come to his parties and drink his booze?

people who come to the party

 

[KillerWolf]

people who come to the party

Even I wouldn't touch that drink.