DC Extended Universe

Just saw Wonder Woman. Wow. DC really needed this to knock it out of the park ..and it did. Hats off to Patty Jenkins. I hope she directs the sequel. Gal is officially WW.

9/10.

 

I am so happy to hear that Wonder Woman is good. DC really needed this one, and I'm glad the fedoras won't have something to be smug about.

 

I sure did @Scavenger and I got quite a bit to say.
First, I liked the new logo for DC.
Second, I was very surprised at the pacing. This was very slow burn. They took their time to build the characters and let the film breathe. My audience got to like these guys pretty quick. Everyone loved the boat ride.
Third, this film is.. very stand alone in nature. Surprisingly stand alone. A slight nod to batman at the front, but no other references to the DCEU. This film will still be watchable in its own right 30 years later when all of these cinematic universes have imploded.
Fourth, scoring on the film was bad, imho. Did not seem to be emotionally in sync with was on the screen. Another thing was there were several scenes early on where there was noticeable boarder around figures in greenscreen shots. I actually took a look around to make sure I hadn't accidentally forgotten to grab 3d glasses. CGI was very noticeable all around. I'm not complaining about the lasso either; I thought that was some of best cgi work in the film. Wonder Woman looked very 'render man' in many shots. How she tossed the tank at the end felt like a cgi rush job.
Fifth, no man's land. Now this is not historically accurate; the film needs to amalgamate a lot of things to make WW fit. So WW sees the horrors of war as they closer to the trenches. She sees civies and soldiers huddled in the trenchworks. I think Trevor was planning some sort of night truce to bribe their way across NML if I'm understanding Chief right in an earlier scene. So T&D have a Jyn/Andor spout over who they can and can't save. Trevor says she can't save everyone. WW is very neieve at and just says fine I'll save them. This is not done in some feminist fashion but to highlight her ignorance to the ways of this world, which is a central theme in this film about her 'growing up.' She only gets halfway like you see in the trailers. What she does do is distracts every German machine gunner on that line. Trevor sees this and leads hit team to WW and now in close range open fire on the germans. The soldiers also see this and go over the top as well. They take the trenchworks together, just like the cover of issue #1. I don't know how less disrepectfull you could make that scene other than to have a member of the Holy Tinity huddled in a mass of men in a trench uniform going over the top.. basically Eowyn. That's going to look like "flight suits" and no one wants to see that!
And Sixth.. WW2.. can we say TBD? Surprisingly not mentioned; but that final monologue had the smell of a retcon to what Snyder had her saying in BvS. I think they're keeping their options open. It would be a cash grab atm but.. we'll see.

 

I believe the gap was that big mostly because of her pregnancy - between Monster and beginning of Thor II's production she was taking care after her child(en.)

 

I went in WW with low expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. It deserve a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. I first saw it at 96% on Wednesday and I figured this is all hype due to the fact the film was directed by a woman, and the lead is a woman, but I was surprised how good it was. Its not as good a Nolan's Batman trilogy or Logan but it stands on its own as really great DC film.

I became a huge WW fan back in the 90's with WW vol. 2 written by William Messer Loeb, drawn by Mike Deodato Jr., and brilliant covers by Brian Bolland. I think I was the only guy at my local comic book store that collected WW. I fell in love with Wonder Woman when I read Kingdom Come. The way she fought to bring Superman out of retirement was a great achievement for me in comic book history. I've been following WW's adventures ever since then.



The Hiketeia is an ancient Greek ritual where a supplicant places themselves under the protection of another person.

I just re-watched B vs S (extended cut) and her scenes makes the film much more enjoyable. I can't wait for November and Justice League now! I think Joss Whedon will take some cues from WW to make a better film when editing JL.

 

Glad to hear everybody here liked the movie. I am not able to see it until Sunday so it will be a long couple of days. Anyway I have avoided spoilers for this movie but I do know that Ares appears and he is presumably played by Danny Huston. Can anyone tell me if Ares looks like this in the film

 

Sounds great. I really like the design above and glad it made its way into the film even in small doses.

 

No Man's Land is up on YT. Only a matter of time, we all knew.
I wanted to post a screenshot of the comments people are leaving.

 

It's holding a lot of what I want to talk about back.. I was getting really tired and this movie was kinda groaning on.. the villians up till that point had been, well.. unimpressive. If only I had seen the end credits first, LOL.
Story by Zach Snyder. "Ramses".
I risk spoiling the whole movie by saying I think Ares is the worst casting in this movie.
But that part finally perked me up. Diana has her Empire moment "That's impossible!" She breaks down "Nooooo..." And she is given the offer "Join with me, and we can rule the galaxy together.."
Overall I liked how this was handled. I know it may sound like I disliked the film but the opposite is true, I did like it. A bit boorish in some parts but I liked it. My favorite scene was Wonder Woman "She-Hulking" the sniper in the belfry. "Diana! Sheild!"

She doesn't just take ouot the sniper, no, she takes out the whole damn belfry! I was LMFAO thinking of this:

Fav line was from Samir:"I am both frightened and aroused!"

 

Seems like a particularly curious Star Wars fan is sending not so subtle hints on a new villain in the DCEU.

 

Oswald Cobblepot..

That's.. hopefully something they're doing on the TV side.
It's.. hard to see this guy working in the films atm.. unless he's working at Goldman Sachs.

 

THAT is something they're already doing on GOTHAM BUT with a much slimmer looking person

 

I'm actually down with the Penguin if he's handled right. The thing about Batman is that he easily has the deepest villain roster of any hero. Even ones who were just jokes like the Penguin and Riddler have great stories from talented writers at this point. The Penguin definitely wouldn't be my first choice, but if they end up using him, I'll be completely fine with that.