Suicide Squad: General Discussion and Speculation - - - - - Part 22

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[PyroChamber]

I think these covers would have been great if they were revealing everyone's look for the first time.

 

[Guts]

Yep. In the poster they are pretty noticeable.

Spoiler

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[KillerWolf]

I even said a while back that Lejoker's look and smile seem different from promo to promo. Sometimes more pale than others. Sometimes the smile is wider than others. Even this one his nose looks bigger.

But eh..It still looks great to me. Even though not perfect. Curious to see what the film product Joker will be.

It really does. Nothing new though, these promo pics are quite often heavily photoshoped, I think we're all used to that by now.

It's not a big deal of course. And likewise.

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She'd have much less if she got enough sense to wear some armor instead of that jacket.

 

[DeadStroke]

Putting this here again..

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was going to be the juggernaut in Warner Bros. DC Comics’ universe, the sun around which all the other movies would orbit. That made Suicide Squad more like Pluto – a dwarf planet of sorts that could exist just outside the Justice League universe, inhabited by society’s most deranged villains.

But then BvS disappointed critics and underperformed at the box office, all while buzz around Suicide Squad grew louder following the film’s rock-n-roll trailers and wild tales of Jared Leto’s set antics as The Joker.

“Two years ago *Suicide Squad was a tertiary [DC property]. No one knew anything about it. It was a cool little playground, and I was going to go make my movie,” says the film’s writer/director, David Ayer. “Now it’s like the hype bus. All of the attention has swung onto it, and it has to carry a lot more weight than it was ever intended to. I think it can sustain it. But it’s a lot of pressure. You definitely feel the pressure.”

Suicide Squad (out Aug. 5) takes place in a post-Superman world, following the events of Dawn of Justice, as the government grapples with how to respond the next time an alien visits Earth with less noble intentions than the Man of Steel. The answer, according to ruthless intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), is to recruit society’s most vile criminals, armed with lethal skills and superhuman powers. Her first target is possessed archaeologist June Moone/Enchantress (Cara Delevingne).

Waller’s program doesn’t get a green light, though, until Midway City is threatened by a powerful mystical enemy, and Waller needs to activate the whole squad of prisoners. The baddies get a break. Deadshot (Will Smith) has his Second Amendment rights *reinstated, Harley (Margot Robbie) is carefully excised from her birdcage, Diablo (Jay *Hernandez) is released from his own fireproof fortress of solitude, Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Slipknot (Adam Beach) strap their weapons back on, and Killer Croc *(Adewale Akinnuoye-*Agbaje) is popped from his swamp. The one condition for their restricted freedom: Obey orders or die, a rule strictly enforced by squad leader Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), his samurai Katana (Karen Fukuhara), and the explosive devices inserted into their necks courtesy of Wayne Enterprises. (Thanks, Batman!) Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned.

But a funny thing happens while these scumbags try to become heroes – they each must absolve themselves of their crimes even if society won’t. And that’s where it gets interesting. A layer of humanity – and sadness – resides underneath these characters’ stories as they each grapple with whether they can be redeemed.

For more on Suicide Squad – including stories about Ayer’s unconventional directing methods and what it was like when The Joker walked on to the set – pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, featuring four special covers of the Suicide Squad cast, on newsstands Friday, or available at www.ew.com/suicidesquad. Check out those exclusive covers below, and check back to EW.com for more on Suicide Squad. Become an EW subscriber by heading here.

 

[KillerWolf]

Thanks for sharing this.

Interesting that Wayne Ent. developed those tiny explosives, by the way... I thought they didn't deal in arms.

 

[DeadStroke]

Thanks for sharing this.

Interesting that Wayne Ent. developed those tiny explosives, by the way... I thought they didn't deal in arms.

I wonder if this gives credence to what that poster said about a [BLACKOUT]Bruce Wayne/Amanda Waller scene[/BLACKOUT]

 

[KillerWolf]

I wonder if this gives credence to what that poster said about a [BLACKOUT]Bruce Wayne/Amanda Waller scene[/BLACKOUT]

On one hand we know that a Bruce Wayne scene that apparently didn't make it in any cuts shown during the audience testing was filmed at some point, on the other I am having a hard time believing that they're doing a post-credits scene.

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[Greens]

"Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned."

Love the sound of this.

I like how SS connects to BvS, too. It's a sequel but not really. Kind of like an offshoot of the main story that continues in JL.

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[DeadStroke]

"Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned."

Love the sound of this.

I like how SS connects to BvS, too. It's a sequel but not really. Kind of like an offshoot of the main story that continues in JL.

Whats your rating for BvS UE?

 

[Greens]

whats your rating for bvs ue?

7.8/10

 

[DeadStroke]

On one hand we know that a Bruce Wayne scene that apparently didn't make it in any cuts shown during the audience testing was filmed at some point, on the other I am having a hard time believing that they're doing a post-credits scene.

Maybe this is part of the course correction by Geoff Johns?

I'm just hoping what he said was right. Even though its probably not.

 

[DeadStroke]

7.8/10

Improved almost 3 points for you. Nice.

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[DeadStroke]

 

[Victarion]

"Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned."

Love the sound of this.

I like how SS connects to BvS, too. It's a sequel but not really. Kind of like an offshoot of the main story that continues in JL.

Yes to all of this. That article said all the right things.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Are people pissed yet Wayne Ent. made neck bombs?

 

[gdw]

Thanks for sharing this.

Interesting that Wayne Ent. developed those tiny explosives, by the way... I thought they didn't deal in arms.

If I recall, it's not that they do NOT deal in arms, it's that they have significantly less contracts than all other leading competitors.

Clearly they DO deal in arms, even if only with Batman.

 

[DeadStroke]

Are people pissed yet Wayne Ent. made neck bombs?

Not as much. Just murder by proxy. Now if starts pressing buttons himself there will be hell to pay.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Looks like Rick F. let himself go a bit.

 

[Greens]

I like it. Another Bruce-Squad connection.

 

[DeadStroke]

Looks like Rick F. let himself go a bit.

He's suffering from a bit of "last minute casting"

Its contagious these days.