The Superhero Cinematic Civil War of Tomorrow Thread - Part 62

[Drizzle]

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One of these is Hugh Grant.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

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One of these is Hugh Grant.

This is a 90s rom com in gif form.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I haven’t watched it yet but I see some folks on Twitter are MAD about that Peacemaker finale.

 

[Gee]

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

 

[DarthSkywalker]

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

 

[flickchick85]

Maybe finally time to retire, George.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Maybe finally time to retire, George.

If he thinks Mad Max fans will accept an AI atrocity, he's truly mistaken. Also why I sided face blending stuff. Nothing wrong with how that was used, but that's how this kind of BS starts.

 

[flickchick85]

There would be far worse movies to go out on than Furiosa. And now I worry he's about to demonstrate that.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Did something incredibly stupid happen in the Peacemaker finale? Because I'm getting pushed hate for it, without any context.

 

[flickchick85]

Did something incredibly stupid happen in the Peacemaker finale? Because I'm getting pushed hate for it, without any context.

People are mad there were no big cameos or shared universe revelations. Which is probably why I liked it.

Some people were legit expecting Brainiac or something on that level.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

People are mad there were no big cameos or shared universe revelations. Which is probably why I liked it.

Some people were legit expecting Brainiac or something on that level.

People are stupid. You watch a show for the show's characters, not expecting Batman to show up. Just his theme as the Penguin dances.

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

Seeing how I found Fury Road visually impressive but lacking in story, characters, and world building, I'm at least less shocked that Miller would be accepting of AI.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

It was a very good finale that mostly satisfied the main arcs of the season…. Now maaaaaaaybe James Gunn shouldn’t have gone all over town hyping this thing up to the point of saying stuff like “we withheld the last 3 episodes from critics”

because that’s just gonna let the internet run wild and sell a bill of goods that nothing is really gonna be able to deliver on

The pieces seem clear enough when he talks about how it helps set up Man of Tomorrow, but it’s obvious there was some built in audience expectation that was never gonna be satisfied.

Lanterns in a few months though, we’re gonna eat good

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Deck Rickard]

OMG this reminds me of when Covid hit and this fool said “It’s the China virus because it comes from CHI-NUH.”

I wanted to slap him. Still do.

Yep.

I blame EVERY COVID death in the US on him. Every single one. He let so many people die because he thought it would help him win. He’s a mass murderer and so many of these fools are like, “YEEEHAWWW LET’S LET HIM KILL MORE PEOPLE. HE’S MY FAVORITE RAPIST. GIVE HIM FOUR MORE YEARS.”

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I mean, atleast to me, the whole season two of Peacemaker was a giant nothing burger and the finale proved it. Again, it felt like because he reined himself in for the Superman reboot, Gunn rewarded himself by giving us all of his usual tropes for Peacemaker. But judging from some of the responses online, people are finally getting hip to it.

I understand wanting to establish a universe for yourself, but your incessant vulgarity can take you but so far. If he’s going to handle the wealth of heroes and stories DC has to offer, he needs to invest in a diverse writers room.

Case in point, you show this Earth-X only from the perspective of the white people and how it is this utopia for them, but only give surface level writing about the black/POC characters and don’t even explore further the ramifications of how a world like that affects them. Big missed opportunity.

Good performances from Cena and Danielle Brooks from what they were given though.

Did something incredibly stupid happen in the Peacemaker finale? Because I'm getting pushed hate for it, without any context.

Just Gunn being himself.

 

[chamber-music]

Nah not calling Smith biracial, just meant no biracial actress (either American or European) should be Storm. In my opinion of course.

Lovie Simone is still my top pick if they are going with a younger cast. She is American. Her mother is African Americans and her father is Ghanaian. Simone has visited Ghana a couple times and can probably do a better African sounding accent than Halle's attempt at one in the first X-Men movie.

 

[chamber-music]

I mean, atleast to me, the whole season two of Peacemaker was a giant nothing burger and the finale proved it. Again, it felt like because he reined himself in for the Superman reboot, Gunn rewarded himself by giving us all of his usual tropes for Peacemaker. But judging from some of the responses online, people are finally getting hip to it.

I understand wanting to establish a universe for yourself, but your incessant vulgarity can take you but so far. If he’s going to handle the wealth of heroes and stories DC has to offer, he needs to invest in a diverse writers room.

Case in point, you show this Earth-X only from the perspective of the white people and how it is this utopia for them, but only give surface level writing about the black/POC characters and don’t even explore further the ramifications of how a world like that affects them. Big missed opportunity.

Good performances from Cena and Danielle Brooks from what they were given though.



Just Gunn being himself.

Vigilante's annoying act got old real fast.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Lovie Simone is still my top pick if they are going with a younger cast. She is American. Her mother is African Americans and her father is Ghanaian. Simone has visited Ghana a couple times and can probably do a better African sounding accent than Halle's attempt at one in the first X-Men movie.

You know ball.

Her, Jayme Lawson, Kiki Layne, DeWanda and Danielle Deadwyler are all on my wishlist.

Vigilante's annoying act got old real fast.

Cursing his mother out for no reason was so damn stupid.

 

[chamber-music]

I SO forgot Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz used to clap each others cheeks back in the day. Aquaman's mom and Catwoman's stepmom and step-grandma.

What a tangled web that DC Universe weaves.

Nicole and Lenny were engaged at one point.

Zoe made Big Little Lies with Nicole. Zoe said in her early teens Nicole used to take her to the movies.

 

[BoredGuy]

Vigilante's annoying act got old real fast.

Yeah I liked him last season, but by the end of s2e1, I was over him
The only time I liked him this season was in the episode meeting himself.
Expected the Earth X Vig to be either a hardened soldier or a full on Nazi, so having the two of them just geek out and become best friends was kind of adorable.

Also, him immediately jumping to go save Ads was heart-warming

Cursing his mother out for no reason was so damn stupid.

White boy s***

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah I get that Vigilante has the mentality of a moody teenager but he really started to piss me off with how he treats his mom. Hopefully they dial that **** back next season. His moral code is twisted enough; you don’t have to also just make him an A-hole.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I will say this though, it really feels like he enjoys making these obscure character projects half the time just so he can force all of that viagra glam rock on us, Lol.

There was one song in this episode, I’m sure you can all guess what it is if you’ve seen… that just made me go good lordy lord

 

[Deck Rickard]

I will say this though, it really feels like he enjoys making these obscure character projects half the time just so he can force all of that glam viagra rock on us, Lol.

There was one song in this episode, I’m sure you can all guess what it is if you’ve seen… that just made me go good lordy lord

I will say that the lyrics to that Steel Panther song had me laughing my ass off.

 

[Drizzle]

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

God****ingdammit George, I JUST finally bought Furiosa on 4K and you lay this on us?



Anyway, that Peacemaker finale...

Spoiler

I was kind of expecting a big cameo but it didn't bring the episode down for me. It would have been foolish to expect a huge DC character to be introduced here but I was lowkey hoping we'd see Bloodsport in prison with Peacemaker or something.

The episode felt more like setup for the future than anything else. I'm gonna take a guess that Superman and maybe Lex end up in Salvation in Man of Tomorrow and that's where we'll next see Peacemaker.

One thing I can say without spoiler tags is that Danielle Brooks was phenomenal in the episode. Overall I liked season 2 but I thought season 1 was a little stronger overall. I would be down for a season 3 but even if that doesn't happen I'm not worried about the supporting characters never popping up again because it's Gunn's baby.