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racefortheironthrone · 1 year

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Kinda of random but what do you think of Alan's Moore comments about people liking comic book movies could lead into fascism? Seems like bitter old man territory but what do you think?

I think it's fair to say that fascism has been something of an obsession of Alan Moore's and a recurring although not omnipresent theme in many of his works.

While Miracleman is technically an expy of Captain Marvel, I would argue that the series is Moore's most extended commentary on Superman instead and especially the idea of the ubermensch. In Miracleman, our protagonist is initially thought to have been made into a superhero by a benevolent enlightened scientist, but eventually we learn that Miracleman is the product of an Operation Paperclip Nazi science project called the Zarathusa Project designed to create the literal Nietzschean Ubermensch, complete with a fixation on "blond gods" and a eugenicist breeding program. A superhero fight in the midle of London causes mass civilian casualties on the scale of an atomic bomb going off. Ultimately, Miracleman effectively overthrows Thatcher's government and rules as an enlightened despot before eventually leaving Earth for space.

Likewise, I think Watchmen is Moore's most extended commentary on masked vigilantism and thus on Batman. In Watchmen, the phenomenon of vigilantism is repeatedly associated with right-wing politics: Hooded Justice is a German circus strongman who has pro-Nazi politics; Captain Metropolis wanted his superhero teams to target "black unrest," "campus subversion," and "anti-war demos;" and the Comedian is a brutal nihilist who ultimately joins the U.S security state where he cheerfully follows orders to assassinate JFK and Woodward and Bernstein, commit atrocities in Vietnam, kill protesting hippies, etc. Finally, there's Rorschach, Moore's most famous mis-interpreted creation - Rorschach is a paranoid conspiracy theorist who's an anti-communist, anti-liberal, militant and militaristic nationalist, homophobe, misogynist, and avid follower of the John Birch Society-like New Frontiersman.

And then there's V for Vendetta, which I would argue is Moore's attempt to create a masked vigilante superhero with his own anarchist politics. In this story, the vigilante isn't a crimefighter but rather a revolutionary who seeks the overthrow of a fascist state and the creation of an anarchist utopia.

Moreover, his more recent comments about comic book movies being linked to fascism are arguably just part of his much longer-running commentary that superheroes as a concept are at the very least proto-fascist.

Having read a lot of Moore's work and interviews on the subject, I don't find his critique compelling. I think his definition of fascism is far too loose, I think his lens on the superhero genre is overly narrow, and I think his mode of analysis tends to neglect the vital area of historical context.

Definitions

So let's start with Moore's definition of fascism. I think Moore tends to really over-emphasize the whole idea of the Nietzschean ubermensch and the use of force to solve problems, and more recently he's been on this weird kick of saying that nostalgia and a childlike desire for easy solutions leads to fascism. I have several problems with this definition:

the first is that, as I've talked about in the past, fascism is a very complex historical phenomenon that can't be boiled down to a single idea, and in particular the idea of the ubermensch is a pretty small part of the German case (and even then how do you balance it against Nazism's more anti-individualistic aspects, like the mass party and the mass party organization).

the second is that the idea of a larger-than-life individual using physical prowess to solve problems is not unique to fascism. After all, during the 30s, you also had the Soviet Union promoting the heroic ideal of Stakhanovitism and the depiction of the heroic male factory worker in socialist realism. More importantly, the idea of a "larger-than-life individual using physical prowess to solve problems" is basically the same description for any number of literary figures from pulp cowboys to the Greek heroes of the Iliad and the Oddessy to the epic of Gilgamesh.

the third is that I think Moore's definition overlooks the actual drivers of the rise of contemporary fascism. Anti-semitism, racism, homophobia and transphobia, misogyny - all of these are real social and cultural forces that are actually motivating people to join the ranks of the alt-right, to commit massacres, to riot at the Capitol, and so forth. It is incredibly self-involved to think that superheroes and superhero movies are worth discussing in the same breath. At the end of the day, they're harmless entertainment compared to the real political issues that need to be tackled.

Moore's Model of Superheroes

Here's where I'm going to say something that's going to be a bit controversial - I don't think Alan Moore has read widely enough in the superhero genre to make an accurate assessment of its relationship to fascism. If we look at his comics work, and we look at his writings, and we look at his interviews, Moore's mental model of the superhero really only includes two figures, Superman as the representative of the superpowered ubermensch and Batman as the representative of the masked vigilante crimefighter. Notably, Moore hasn't really touched the last of the Big Three - Wonder Woman, a superhero with a strong legacy of radical left-wing politics. I do think we have to mention, given Moore's somewhat troubled history when it comes to issues of gender, that Moore's model of the superhero doesn't include any female superheroes (or for that matter, any superheroes of color or queer superheroes). (EDIT: I should clarify - Promethea is Moore's version of Wonder Woman, but she doesn't really come up in his discussions of fascism, and her thematic profile has more to do with Moore's interests in magic.)

And other than Captain Britain, Moore never worked with any Marvel character and basically ignores them.

To me, this is like having a career as a painter and never working with colors. Moore's model of the superhero leaves out the Fantastic Four and how their flawed psychologies revolutionized the industry and the whole idea of the superhero-as-explorer, it leaves out Spider-Man and the idea of the superhero-as-everyman whose central struggle is about work-life balance and altruism, and most importantly it leaves out the X-Men and the idea of the mutant metaphor.

If as a critic you're going to make grand pronouncements about something as morally evil as fascism, I think it really is incumbent on you to have read and analyzed widely rather than cherry-picking a couple of case studies. Especially if you have something of a tendency to mis-characterize those case studies by ignoring historical context.

Historical Context

So let's talk about Superman and Batman and their emergence in the 1930s. One vital bit of context is that the U.S experienced a significant crime wave in the 1920s and 1930s as Prohibition encouraged the rise of organized crime and then the Great Depression spurred the rise of kidnapping and bank robbery gangs. Moreover, municipal police forces tended to be wildly corrupt, accepting bribes from organized crime to let them operate with impunity, while not letting up in the slightest in their brutal oppression of workers and minorities.

In this context, I think the idea of vigilantism - while it has an undeniably racist legacy dating back to Reconstruction - is not purely a conservative phenomena. It's also an expression of a desire for help from somebody, anybody when the powers that be are of no help. And at the end of the day, unsanctioned use of force can equally be traced back to left-wing self-defense efforts from the Panthers back to the Communist Party's streetfighting corps to unions packing two-by-fours on the picket line - so I don't think we can simply equate punching a bad guy with racist lynch mobs and call it a day.

So let's talk about Superman and the ubermensch. I think Moore has a bad tendency to focus on his nightmare scenrio of a godlike being tyrannizing and destroying hapless humanity, while minimizing the actual ideas of Siegel and Shuster. He tends to take their use of the Nietzschean as a straighforward invocation instead of the clear subversion it was intended to be - rather than a blond god who imposed tyrannical rule with horrific violence, Siegel and Schuster made their Superman a dark-haired Moses allegory, who rather than solely fighting crime acted to stop wife-beaters, war profiteers, and save the life of death row inmates, and whose secret identity was of a crusading journalist who uncovered corrupt politicians.

To be fair, Alan Moore admits that Superman started out as "very much a New Deal American” - but because this kind of does near-fatal damage to his argument, he quickly minimizes that by saying that Superman got co-opted and thus it doesn't count. This is some No True Scotsman bullshit - Moore knows that his example just imploded so he tries to wriggle out of it by arguing that Superman sold out to the Man. If we go back to the actual historical evidence, we can see that at the outset of the Red Scare, the Superman radio show went on a crusade against the Klan, and throughout the conservative 1950s, Superman was used to propagandize liberal values of religious and racial equality:

So much for selling out.

On the other hand, Batman is a tougher case, given that his whole deal is being a masked vigilante who wages an unending war on crime to avenge his murdered parents. So is Batman an inherently fascist figure, a wealthy sadist who spends his time brutally beating the poor and the mentally ill when he could be using his riches to tackle social issues? I would argue that this version of Batman is actually pretty recent - very much a legacy of the work of Frank Miller and then the post-9/11 writings of Christopher Nolan, Johnathan Nolan, and David Goyer - and that there have been many different Batmen with very different thematic foci.

For example, the early Batman was as much a figure of horror as he was of superheroics - he fought Frankensteins and Draculas, he killed with silver bullets, etc. Then in the 40s and 50s, you got the much more cartoony and light-hearted Batman who pretty much exclusively fought equally oddball supervillains in such a heightened world of riddles and giant pennies and mechanical T-Rexes that I don't think you can particularly describe it as "crime-fighting." Then in the 1960s, you have the titanic influence of the Batman TV show, where Adam West as Batman was officially licensed by the Gotham P.D (so much for vigilantism) and extolled the virtues of constitutional due process and the Equal Pay Act in PSAs and episodes alike. You can call the 1966 Batman a lot of things, but fascist isn't one of them.

Conclusion

I want to emphasize at the end of the day that I'm a huge Alan Moore fan; I've read most of his vast bibliography, I find him a fascinating if very odd thinker and critic, I've even tried to read his mammoth novel Jerusalem (which is not easy reading, let me tell you). At the same time, it's important not to treat creators, even the very titans of the medium, as incapable of error. And in this case, I think Alan Moore is simply wrong about fascism and superheroes and people should really stop asking him about it, because I don't think he has anything new to say about it.

#comics #comics meta #alan moore #fascism #superheroes #batman #superman

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zacksnydered · 4 months

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Hey - I love your blog and have been meaning to send you an ask for a while! Zack's been one of my favorite directors for a long time (I still need to see Rebel Moon!) and it's so bizarre, if anything else, how he's become this /one guy/ that people just love to smear and ridicule? I looked up the Rebel Moon tag on here today to see some cool shots to reblog later and I saw like ten posts shitting on the movie. Granted, I haven't seen it yet, but I almost want to like, conduct a sociology study on why people get so angry about his work and him as a guy?

He's a filmmaker! He loves movies. He seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Works with and casts a ton of women and people of color. Is excited about the art and science of making movies. And yet there's this huge anti-Zack Snyder wave, still. It's such a weird phenomenon. I honestly thought people were just pissed about him (unjustifiably, anyway) about Batman v Superman (a movie I still adore), but who knows. Great blog, in any case, and sorry for the quasi-rant. 😂😅

Genuinely, a baffling experience. Because like I think people who dislike him are just really loud and people who enjoy him have proven to be expansive and multicultural just from my very brief look at how diverse The Snydercut movement was at its peak. And I don't know, for me personally, I always blame it on America. Like I know that's such a simplistic statement but I do. I think its just this very bizarre experience for me because here, the Philippines, I've seen people dislike his movies but that's it. That is the extent of it. I've had my family and friends enjoy his movies and I've had discussions with people who don't enjoy it here and thats it. The online almost arrogant vitriol that comes with "hating him and his movies" is just something I've seen to be very loud from mostly americans? Like again, I can't tell how accurate this is cos its not like its something we can peer study although I would love to see people try. But yeah definitely!!! It's kind of crazy because I've loved all his movies for years and the first movie I watched of his was 300 when it came out! So it's just been a really fun ride for me to go through movie to movie having a blast. Because the thing for me with Zack is if you jump in the ride for him it's a hell of a ride! So that's mostly my experience with it. AND SERIOUSLY I LOVE TALKING ABOUT MOVIES/HIS MOVIES so this was not weird at all! Also yes I've been enjoyign your blog too and its not weird for me to say it out loud now. Hahaha.

#wernerherzoghaircut #inbox.

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guardianjameslight · 10 months

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How, in my opinion, DCEU should've been made.

For the record, I enjoyed most of the DCEU, but I think it could've been done better.

-OK, we start with Man of Steel, I don't think there's really need to change much in a plot.

-Then we make Batman where we see him fighting crime across the years, recruiting Robin, apprehending Deadshot, Harley, the beginning of his rivalry with Deathstroke that would explain why Slade hates him so much. No killing Dick Grayson because that's wasting character potential. Instead, he would leave to act as a solo hero, which would lead to him becoming Nightwin.

-Wonder Woman movie that would pretty much stay the same. The only difference would be lack of the opening scene in today's time.

-Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice, only maybe without Batman killing people, and maybe brainwashed Superman by Luthor to fight Batman.

-The Flash movie where we see his origin, getting his powers, etc. I think the main antagonists would be The Rogues (Reverse Flash would appear in sequel).

-Aquaman movie, where the main antagonist would be Black Manta (Orm would serve as an overarching antagonist that would be a mysterious benefactor of Manta). Mera and Vulko would also appear to help Arthur with Manta.

-Justice League movie where most would remain the way it was in Snyder Cut, only with few differences.

At this, we would start getting sequels and movies about new characters. (The order could be different)

-Batman 2, where he would continue to fight crime. More members of Bat Family could be introduced like Batgirl and Jason Todd or Tim Drake. Dick would return as Nightwing. The main antagonists could be the Court of Owls or League of Shadows.

-Wonder Woman 2 that would take place in the present day, and the main antagonist would be Cheetah.

-The Flash 2 would focus on Barry learning more about his powers and attempts to prove his father's innocence. The main antagonist would be Reverse Flash, who turns out to be murderer of Barry's mother.

-Cyborg movie that would focus on Vic's attempts to go back to having "normal" life. There could be more exploration of his and Barry's friendship. The main antagonist would be The Grid, which would begin as a virus in Vic's body before obtaining his own body.

-Aquaman 2, which would have most of the plot of the 2018 movie with Arthur fighting Orm to take back the throne.

-Man of Steel 2, which would focus on Clark trying to go back to his life and taking the next step in his relationship with Lois. Supergirl would appear, and the main antagonist would be Brainiac.

-Shazam movie that would remain the same. The only major difference would be a Superman appearance that would tease Billy to join the Justice League.

-Green Arrow movie that would show his origins, etc. Black Cannary would appear, the Dark Archer would be the main antagonist, and Batman would make an appearance.

-Suicide Squad movie, in this version, the Squad would be formed because of the fear of the government of new Meta-Humans that started to appear after the formation of Justice League. The main antagonist would be The Joker.

-Justice League 2, the main antagonist, would the Legion of Doom led by Luthor, and it would focus on trying to find the Anti-life equation. There would be few new members of the League and big tease about Darkseid coming to earth.

This is the "Phase 3" where we come to the Great finale

Batman 3, that would focus on Bruce trying to come up with a solution on how to prevent the future he had dreams about from coming true. He would also prepare his family to live without him. It would also show the end of his rivalry with Deathstroke.

-Wonder Woman 3, here are 2 ideas for the plot, 1) The main antagonist would be Maxwell Lord, which would be more comic accurate than the version we've seen in the 1984 movie. 2) It would show Diana coming back to Themyscira, which would face the ancient threat connected to the Gods. I think Shazam could also appear to help Diana in the fight.

-Cyborg 2, unfortunately I don't have an idea for this movie, if you do then share.

Aquaman 3, I think here could be used the plot of Lost Kingdom.

-The Flash 3, here the plot of his 2023 movie with Flashpoint, could be used. But it wouldn't change Batmans or anything, but it would delay a bit Darkseid arrival and would give a possibility to change the future Bruce has seen.

-Shazam 2, I think here some part of the plot of the Fury of the Gods could stay.

-Black Adam movie, that would be way more connected to the Shazam movies. Shazam and Superman would also appear.

-Green Arrow 2, here I also don't have an idea for a plot.

-Green Lantern movie, here I think we could introduce both Hal Jordan and John Stewart. The main antagonist would be Sinestro.

-Suicide Squad 2, here plot of The Suicide Squad could be used.

-Peacemaker show, pretty much the same.

-Man of Steel 3, Lois would be revealed to be pregnant, so she and Clark would start thinking about the life they want to have. Batman could also appear with a major role. I don't know who could be the main antagonist.

-Justice League 3, which would serve as a big finale, some of Snyder's ideas could be used like earth uniting against Darkseid and Batman sacrificing himself to save Lois.

I know it looks like MCU plan, but that's exactly the point, DCEU problem was that they tried to catch up with Marvel while they should do this slowly, step by step.

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idkaguyorsomething · 4 months

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Shitty Superhero Tournament Rules and Bracket

Finally, ¡the tournament is about to begin! The bracket will be posted under the cut, but first let’s get some clarifications and rules out of the way:

The movies here have been selected (with two exceptions*) based on their Rotten Tomatoes movie scores and do not reflect my opinion of their quality. The tournament will be divided into six rounds.

Each movie will come with a quick summary of some of its highlights (or lowlights, depending on your point of view) but feel free to create and submit your own propaganda.

You may vote in any way you want, rooting for whatever gives you the most entertainment in a train wreck sort of way, the movie that’s the most incompetently made, a film you feel is actually really good, or however you want to interpret what the winner of a Shitty Superhero Movie Tournament entails.

Personal attacks/bigoted comments and propaganda WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. If you are here looking for an excuse to be racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-semitic/body-shaming/a dick to people trying to collect a paycheck under the corporate grindstone, fuck off. Just because these movies may be shitty doesn’t mean you should be.

If I make a factual error, feel free to correct me on it. Reblogs are encourage, ofc.

¡Have fun and be kind to each other!

THE BRACKET:

Superman III (1983) vs Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

Fant4stic (2015) vs Ghost Rider (2007)

Black Adam (2022) vs Man-Thing (2005)

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) vs Dick Tracy (1990)

Constantine (2005) vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) vs Morbius (2022)

The New Mutants (2020) vs Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Catwoman (2004) vs Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) vs Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

Elektra (2005) vs The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)

Howard the Duck (1986) vs The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) vs The Amazing Bulk (2010)

Man of Steel (2013) vs Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Blade II (2002) vs Captain America (1990)

Blade: Trinity (2004) vs The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Batman Forever (1995) vs Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)

Supergirl (1984) vs Superman: Doomsday (2007)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) vs Punisher: War Zone (2008)

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) vs The Fantastic Four (1994)

Justice League (2017) vs Tank Girl (1995)

Jonah Hex (2010) vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) vs Eternals (2021)

Daredevil (2003) vs Dark Phoenix (2019)

Steel (1997) vs Super Buddies (2013)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) vs Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore (2013)

Fantastic Four (2005) vs Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) vs The Punisher (1989)

Suicide Squad (2016) vs Hellboy (2019)

Green Lantern (2011) vs The Flash (2023)

X-Men: Origins; Wolverine (2009) vs Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

The Punisher (2004) vs Venom (2018)

Batman and Robin (1997) vs Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)

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salmankhanholics · 1 year

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★It’s going to be Salman Khan v/s Shah Rukh Khan as Aditya Chopra plans a Tiger v/s Pathaan film!

February 16, 2023

Exactly 30 years after Karan Arjun, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will feature in an epic two hero action film in the YRF Spy Universe. On August 15, 2012, Salman Khan took charge as Tiger aka. Avinash Singh Rathore in Ek Tha Tiger, and followed it up with Tiger Zinda Hai in 2017. A year later, in 2019, Hrithik Roshan made an impact as agent Kabir in War. All the three films proved to be huge blockbusters and also highest grossing film of the respective years. In the same time frame Aditya Chopra had locked an independent spy film, Pathaan, with Shah Rukh Khan in lead. The success of three spy films motivated the visionary producer to come up with the first ever Spy Universe of Indian Cinema with the biggest names of the Indian Film Industry. All three YRF Spy Universe films are now the biggest IP’s in Indian cinema!

The crossover of characters from this ambitious spy universe started with Pathaan, which saw a union of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in an action-packed scene celebrating the aura of these two superstars. This Diwali, Salman Khan returns as Tiger in Tiger 3 and the film has an extended cameo from Shah Rukh Khan.

Aditya Chopra locks the first draft of Shah Rukh Khan – Salman Khan two hero film

Coming to the point, on July 5, 2022 - Pinkvilla was the first to report that Yash Raj Films is planning to make the biggest action film of Indian cinema with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in lead. And now, we have exclusively learnt that the two-hero film is on track as planned and the basic story too has been locked.

“The plot of this epic two hero crossover film featuring Tiger and Pathaan has been locked. The film will be the first proper 2 hero collaboration for the two mighty Khan’s since the release of Karan Arjun in 1995. The story of this Tiger – Pathaan two hero film has been developed by Aditya Chopra himself along with Shridhar Raghavan, who has been appointed by Adi as the Mentor Writer of the haloed YRF Spy Universe,” revealed a trade source.

It's going to be Tiger v/s Pathaan in YRF Spy Universe

When prodded to share more details on this biggest Indian film, the source added, “It’s going to be Tiger v/s Pathaan in this two-hero film. The film will be a face off between the two giant superstars of Indian Cinema, much like what happened between Iron Man and Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Batman vs Superman from the DC Universe

While a team at YRF is presently working on the post production and VFX of Tiger 3, all the energies on the creative front are invested in locking the screenplay of this Tiger v/s Pathaan film, which will be this union of SRK and Salman on a two-hero film after 30 years (Karan Arjun release in 1995).

The actors in YRF Spy Universe

Apart from SRK and Salman, the YRF Spy Universe also has superstar Hrithik Roshan as Kabir, who will also cross path with Pathaan and Tiger at some point of time. The franchise has two female protagonists too – Zoya (Katrina Kaif) and Rubai (Deepika Padukone) – and Shridhar Raghavan, in an official interaction with Pinkvilla, had not ruled out the possibility of a probable crossover between the two female protagonists too.

The fan-favourite anti-heroes John Abraham (Jim) and Tiger Shroff (Khalid) too are a part of this spy universe. Having the biggest superstars of Indian Cinema on board, and many more to be added in the time to come, the YRF Spy Universe is all set to dominate Indian Cinema for the coming years.

#salman khan #srk #spy universe #tiger vs pathaan #yrf

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thevindicativevordan · 10 months

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Comics this week?

Action Comics #1056 - Dud of an ending. Metallo blew up Steelworks Tower, hurt Kara and Kon, killed/kidnapped people to make the Necrohive (granted they were xenophobic assholes), threatened to kill the Super Twins, never took any responsibility for any of that and just blamed Supes… and he just gets to go live in Steelworks Tower no problem? I don’t get what PKJ is going for here. Am I supposed to view Metallo as not being so bad? Because this arc felt like it was building up to see him snap and renew his feud with Superman. Instead it’s a pretty toothless happy ending with only a vaguely unsettling uncertainty about what is in store for Tracy. I’m frustrated because on one hand this arc definitely did a lot to show Metallo as dangerous. Just look at all the crimes he did! But he never got to hurt Superman, and that’s always been the problem. As the anti-Superman weapon he should be the second most likely guy to give Superman a new pair of scars besides Doomsday, but instead he’s just a pathetic jobber most of the time. He’s not that here except with Clark, the one person I really wanted to see him fuck up. At least he got to rip Henshaw in half, that was awesome, and I do love a lot of what PKJ added to the character backstory and motivation wise, which I’ll elaborate on in a separate post. The ending rumination on the nature of Metropolis was cool too, but PKJ really needs to get moving on actually fleshing Metropolis as a setting out. Williamson is doing more right now than he has.

City Boy #2 - Fantastic. Kim’s insight into the nature of cities struck a chord with me, and Pak walks that moral line with the character perfectly here. On one hand he’s trying to save his friend and himself and stop Intergang. On the other hand he comes very close to sounding like a villain himself. Excited to see his interactions with Superman next month.

Detective Comics #1073 - After months of build up Ram V finally starts pulling the trigger and making things interesting. The villains remain “been there, done that” but the question of how Bats can free himself from two demons trying to possess him is a brilliant way of throwing the master escape artist into a seemingly impossible death trap.

Batman: The Brave & The Bold #2 - Great all around, hope Cantwell nails the ending because so far this has lived up to the description of being a lost Fleschier episode.

The Riddler: Year One #5 - Utterly sublime, I’m sad this is ending next issue and I hope this creative team does more comics work.

Worldtree #3 - Don’t have much to say other than “this is great, go read this”.

#weekly reviews

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heavenboy09 · 1 year

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To The Most Distinguished Actors Of Our Time Now

He Is The Son Of A Legendary Actor Of The 1940s & The Stepson Of A Legendary Music Artist / Actress Of The 1940's

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He started his career in TV films and guest roles on TV shows before landing a more notable role as Brandon Walsh in the Richard Donner-directed film The Goonies (1985). He was considered for the role of Tom Hanson in the series 21 Jump Street; he and Johnny Depp were the finalists for the role, and the two became close and remained friends. The role ultimately went to Depp. He guest-starred in an episode of the show in its first season.

He played a small role in the 1994 movie Roadflower. He has implied that he turned away from film acting for years after the premiere of his second film, Thrashin', where he witnessed what he called "horrendous" acting on his part. For several years, he appeared in stage roles in Rochester, New York, often alongside mentor and friend Anthony Zerbe. One of His more prominent roles early in his career was that of "Wild Bill" Hickok in the ABC western TV series The Young Riders, which lasted three seasons (1989–92).[full citation needed] Two other TV series he was involved in include the Aaron Spelling production Winnetka Road (1994) and Mister Sterling (2003), both of which were cancelled after a few episodes.

Later on in 2008 He starred in another Oliver Stone film, W., a biopic about key events in the life of President George W. Bush.

Stone pursued an initially hesitant Him for the role. He said of his decision to cast Him in the leading role

Since Then He Has Starred In Numerous Other Films & Has Become A Household Name in The Acting Industry

Starring In Very Well Know Movies 🎥 We All Know & Love

From MILK, To Men In Black 3

From OldBoy, To DC COMICS'S & Warner Bros Pictures, Jonah Hex Based on The Anti-Hero Comicbook Character Of The Same Name

& Later on in Later 2000's

After Not Being Picked To Play Batman in 2014 for the 2016's Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice.

In 2014, He Was Casted In The Biggest Role He Has Ever Had To Date

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He would become The Greatest Villian in The History Of Marvel Comics & Marvel Studios

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THANOS

For Many Years He Has Played This Role To Perfection & Many Others As Well Over The Years

He is the Son Of The Legendary Actor, James Brolin

& The Stepson Of The Legendary Music Artists / Actress / Director, Barbara Streisand

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Happy 55th Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You Mr. Brolin & here's to many more

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death-rebirth-senshi · 1 year

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I saw some comment on Twitter that was like you can't shit talk she-hulk because Superman v Batman had that don't give me piss and call it. Peach Tea? I think? But anyway

1) how fucking long ago did batman v Superman come out

2) Everyone hated Batman v Superman like maybe you kids don't remember but we all fucking hated it and called it dumb

3) That joke was one of the few things about Batman v Superman that was funny and absolutely owned. It was not a serious dramatic moment it was a joke and it was a good joke

4) I don't care if Megan Thee Stallion was on She-Hulk I'm not watching that shit I'm black and black privelige means I'm more correct than you on this

5) Everyone talking about She-Hulk twerking with Meghan was rightfully calling it cringe but also most people were talking about how like her hair wasn't moving right and shit.

6) A show getting meta about how it's a shit show doesn't magically make it good and it doesn't magically make the other shows suddenly good and it doesn't mean I have to magically forgive Disney and go watch the show because WOMAN!!! BLACK WOMAN!!! And for the love of God would you idiots find something else to do with your time besides try to convince me that in order to be a politically good person I have to watch [show] or [movie] and if I don't like or make fun of [show] or [movie] I must be an evil anti-sjw white man redditor or whatever the fuck

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ah shit, ah fuck, he did it. Snyder made an actually good movie that's not just interesting or compelling. Snyder's pulp masterpiece. this movie is the first Mother Box. everyone who liked the anti-art garbage that was Captain America: Civil War over this unrivaled phenomenon of spectacle and a meditation on The Meaning of Justice owes Snyder an apology. we as a culture failed when Civil War got made, and we failed even more when that got praised while this got bombarded with hate. this has A Lot of issues, but like it improves so astronomically on its predecessor that they're not even worth comparing. a dialectic on what Justice is, that just forgets about that and distracts you with incredible spectacle because we got a super-villain to deal with. Snyder unfortunately still can't escape his Nolan-ic tendencies. it feels like Man of Steel was a project somebody hired Zack Snyder to do and this is the movie Zack Snyder actually wanted to make, this is basically a rebuke to all the godly readings of Man of Steel. like Man of Steel before it, this is also kinda M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass (2019), except less radical as almost all its messages get blunted, probably by corporate. here's another fucking review it took me almost 5 hours to write lmao.

My ★★★★★ review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on Letterboxd

#james talks #bvs #batman v superman #batman v superman: dawn of justice (2016)#batman v superman (2016)#batman v supeman: dawn of justice #batman v superman: ultimate edition #zack snyder #dceu #letterboxd #movie review #James reviews things #James reviews stuff

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DC Cinematic Universe Layout (So Far)

So we don't get confused, here are the DC Universe layouts I've done so far:

PHASE 1:

Wonder Woman (V: The Baroness)

Green Lantern (V: Atrocitus)

Martian Manhunter (V: The Manhunters)

The Flash (V: The Rogues)

Justice League (V: General Zod)*

PHASE 2:

Superman (V: Brainiac)

Supergirl (V: Silver Banshee)

Batman & Batgirl (V: Mad Hatter)

Nightwing (V: Poison Ivy)

Wonder Woman II (V: White Magician)

Wonder Girl (V: Circe)

Green Lantern II (V: Star Sapphire)

Martian Manhunter II (V: Larfleeze)

The Flash II (V: Gorilla Grodd)

PHASE 3:

Superman II (V: Bizarro)

Supergirl II (V: Ultraman)

Batman & Batgirl II (V: Hugo Strange)

Nightwing II (V: Mr. Freeze)

Wonder Woman III (V: Cheetah)

Wonder Girl II (V: Giganta)

Green Lantern III (V: Sinestro Corps)

Martian Manhunter III (V: Mongul)

The Flash III (V: Reverse Flash)

Crisis on Infinite Earths (V: Anti-Monitor)*

POST-CRISIS (Phases uncertain):

Superman III (V: Doomsday)

Steel (V: Cyborg Superman)

Superboy (V: Superboy Prime)

Possible Supergirl III featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes*

Batman & Batgirl III (V: Hush)

Nightwing III (V: Red Hood)

Son of Batman (V: Scarecrow)

The Bat Family, Part One (V: Bane)

The Bat Family, Part Two (V: Ra's al-Ghul)

Batwoman (V: Man-Bat)

Wonder Girl III (V: Silver Swan)

War of the Gods, Part One (V: Villainy Inc.)

War of the Gods, Part Two (V: Firstborn)

Kyle Rayner (V: Parallax)

Blackest Night (V: Black Hand)

Brightest Day*

Kid Flash (V: Zoom)

Impulse (V: Inertia)

The Speed Force (V: Savitar)

The Rogues (V: Neron)

Eventual Final Crisis event restoring the multiverse*

MULTIVERSE

EARTH-TWO (Animated)

Superman (V: Ultra-Humanite)

Batman ("V": Bat-Mite)

Wonder Woman (V: Eviless)

Alan Scott (V: Solomon Grundy)

Alan Scott II (V: Icicle)*

Jay Garrick (V: Thinker)

Jay Garrick II (V: Shade)*

Justice Society Movie*

EARTH PRIME (Origin of Superboy Prime)

Clark Kent (V: Toyman)

Clark Kent II (V: Parasite)

Clark Kent III (V: Livewire)

*: Not fully confirmed yet

This universe will continue to build as I work through Aquaman, the Justice League, the Titans, and other major players. Stay tuned!

#superman #supergirl #batman #nightwing #wonder woman #wonder girl #green lantern #martian manhunter #the flash

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Now that the Venom film is just one more week away from its release, the makers of the action flick have still managed to hide many ‘Venom-in-action’ moments from the film itself-because revealing more can be less during the actual theatrical experience. And Sony has kept it tight when coming to the action footage from the movie, starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock aka Venom. But less than 24 hours ago, a new official footage has been released by Sony revealing Hardy’s full-fledged CGI embedded action scene in the movie. Though it’s about half-a-minute, it’s quite enthralling! In the clip titled, ‘To Protect and Serve’, Venom can be seen battling-it-out against a group of armed police officers and shows his abilities. The decision to show less of Venom doing the action can turn out great for Sony, as fans will be more eager now to watch their favorite comic-book anti-hero in his big-screen appearance. Read More: Chicago Police fatally shoot the man and after that deal with a lot of officers There have been instances when revealing nearly every action scene of a film before its release leads to disappointing reactions from the audiences if the film is really not up-to-the-mark. Back in 2016, during Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s promotions, Warner Bros. committed this big mistake by showing almost all the fights and actions (which were really vital to the film’s story) in the trailers themselves! WATCH: Tom Hardy gives the chills in the latest Venom Footage! But now, the strategy of a movie’s promotion has changed and the makers and the studios behind a project know that what to show and what to hide in the teasers, posters or trailers. Venom is directed by Ruben Fleischer, and also stars actress Michelle Williams (as Anne Weying), along with Riz Ahmed (as Riot, the villain), Woody Harrelson and Jenny Slate. The film is distributed by Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, and Tencent Pictures. It releases in theaters on October 5th, 2018. Read More: Movie Review: Batti Gul Meter Chalu starts low at Box-Office

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Man Of Steel References Honoring The Snyderverse In Blue Beetle Explained

Blue Beetle will feature references to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, and the movie's director explains the choice. Snyder's Man of Steel started the DCEU back in 2013, with Henry Cavill's Superman being the shared universe's first hero. While the Blue Beetle movie is not part of James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DC Universe, Xolo Maridueña's Jaime Reyes is the new DC Universe's first movie character. That parallel between Blue Beetle and Man of Steel is not the only connection between the two movies.

During an interview with Nestor Betancor (via The Direct), Blue Beetle director Ángel Manuel Soto revealed that the movie will have references to Man of Steel.

According to Soto, he was excited to see Snyder hype fans to see Blue Beetle, as he respects the DCEU's former architect, saying, "his films are an immense influence." The Blue Beetle director then went on to reveal that his movie has "some references to 'Man of Steel' that we made out of honor and respect for the work and art of Zack Snyder." Check out the full quote below:

“Waking up in Mexico to the news that [Zack] Snyder wants to see it too, a director that I respect so much, that his films are an immense influence… Even in 'Blue Beetle,' there are some references to 'Man of Steel' that we made out of honor and respect for the work and art of Zack Snyder. Also, seeing David Ayer sharing it… It’s like, ‘WOW, brother!’ How nice it feels to have that support from people that one respects and that the fans also respect.”

Why Blue Beetle Having Man Of Steel References Is Bad

While Man of Steel is a good movie, and there are similar themes between Cavill's Superman debut and Blue Beetle, the new DC film would be better off not referencing the DCEU's first entry at all. Gunn and Safran were brought in to oversee the newly founded DC Studios to go away from the controversial decisions made by the former management during the DCEU.

Snyder did not actively work on any project for DC — other than the popular Snyder Cut of Justice League — after he departed 2017's Justice League. However, Snyder's DC movies are heavily associated with most of the controversial decisions that led to the DCEU not being as successful as it should have been. With the DCEU now being rebooted in favor of the new DC Universe, Blue Beetle referencing Man of Steel adds some unnecessary baggage to the movie.

Blue Beetle needs to be a breath of fresh air to the franchise, with the movie's standalone story and debut of a new hero being the perfect setup for its success, and adding in references to a movie from the controversial DCEU might hurt the film's box office chances. DC's other two 2023 releases so far, Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash bombed in great part due to its DCEU connections. Remaining largely standalone, with perhaps Blue Beetle's post-credits scenes giving a peek at the new DC Universe, seems like the best option for the movie to succeed."

This is such bullshit. First the Anti-Anerican narrative for Bane. Now this.

Riffle me this: IF Warner Bros Discovery were truly serious about a DC reboot, a clean slate, why would they allow Soto to put Snyderverse references in Blue Beetle?

(From May 2, 2006)

Warner Bros.'s upcoming Justice League franchise is looking a little shaky these days.

Last week, Seth Grahame-Smith, the director of The Flash movie, which is scheduled for 2018, left the project, citing creative differences. And there have been rumors that director James Wan is getting cold feet with his Aquaman movie (which Wan later dispelled).

The turmoil reportedly stems from director Zack Snyder, the man who bungled Batman v Superman, a film that Warner Bros. believes didn't live up to expectations at the box office. Snyder is also the creative lead for the Justice League franchise and part of the Warner Bros. braintrust for the DC Comics cinematic universe. Ergo, because Batman v Superman disappointed, executives are now worried that Snyder's vision — a grim Superman, a Batman who tortures and brands people for death, lots of scenes in which Batman does Crossfit, etc. — isn't the best way to go.

But Snyder's plans for his comic book superhero movies shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, including critics. Back in 2008, Snyder gave a revealing interview to Entertainment Weekly about how he sees comic books, superheroes, and his upcoming movie (at the time) The Watchmen. The piece has been making the rounds on Twitter for how much it traces the psychology of Snyder's movies, from older titles like The 300 and Suckerpunch all the way through Batman v Superman.

The Q&A touches on a lot of different topics, but one of the most striking parts of the discussion comes when Snyder talks about his dislike for comics without gore or sex. He said:

You could call it "high-brow" comics, but to me, that comic book was just pretty sexy! I had a buddy who tried getting me into "normal" comic books, but I was all like, "No one is having sex or killing each other. This isn’t really doing it for me." I was a little broken, that way. So when Watchmen came along, I was, "This is more my scene."

Snyder not liking comic books where people don't kill each other explains his Superman; traditionally, Superman's entire existence is about inspiring and being bright and hopeful, but Snyder's iteration of the character kills someone in Man of Steel.

Later in the interview, Snyder talks about Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, revealing that if he'd been at the helm, he would have gone a lot darker than Nolan did by incorporating prison rape:

Everyone says that about [Christopher Nolan’s] Batman Begins. "Batman’s dark." I’m like, okay, "No, Batman’s cool." He gets to go to a Tibetan monastery and be trained by ninjas. Okay? I want to do that. But he doesn’t, like, get raped in prison. That could happen in my movie. If you want to talk about dark, that’s how that would go.

It's a mystery why Snyder believes that prison rape, sex, and death are what people want to see in superhero films — that comic book fans who love Superman really wanted to see him start killing people, or that Batman fans would really relish seeing the greatest detective alive not be able to tell the difference between a boat and a crime lord.

There's a reason these superheroes and their comics have endured. And even when Frank Miller and Alan Moore introduced grit and darkness into their worlds, it wasn't darkness for darkness's sake — which is what Snyder seems to be obsessed with.

Of course, the most baffling part of all this is that unless a shakeup happens at Warner Bros., Snyder is very close to making all of his terrible ideas come true."

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