Exactly. Dude is a great visual artist and has a great sense of pacing and how to direct action (unlike Zack Snyder in all regards). However he just needs a writing partner.

They apparently have sets being built now, from some post from a producer. So....not guaranteed, anything can happen, but unlike past times, it might actually get going.

Yeah, not as curved as I expected it to be, from the book.

Please be good. Please.

That’s my guess.

So....what is this about? I saw 101 Dalmations a few times as a kid, but I admit at 30 it’s been a good 20 years and I don’t really remember who/what Cruella was beyond wanting to kill the dogs for pelts. Is this a heist film? Revenge movie? What’s the motivation or reason to care?

Yeah it’s definitely more in the Maleficent output than shot for shot remakes so I’ll give it that.

I’m going to disagree for a few reasons. The Warehouse fight is poorly shot and choreographed and portrays Batman more as a murderous brute than a ninja. I get it, seeing Batman kick ass is cool, but that style wasn’t it. Especially since we’d already seen him do a ninja bat spooky thing in the first Bat-scene.

IIRC Snyder said either this or the Flash scene in BvS was added just because it seemed “cool.” He even said he wasn’t sure if they’d ever revisit it. Which.....what?

I still can’t believe they’re running with Batman suddenly knowing about Darkseid, parademons, all of that stuff and going with it....from a dream. Batman. Who had no reason to know about any of those things in BvS. And yet it’s an alternate or bad future according to Snyder and this trailer. But also a dream. That…

I know it’s a meme that stems from Seinfeld but I can’t figure out what it’s supposed to mean. Is it ironic about the failings of our society? Complaining that the person the speaker is complaining about isn’t conforming to society?

Aquaman had Arthur straight up saving people and the whole film was resolved by choosing to talk and not commit acts of violence instead of doing action. And I support that.

It’s going to be wild seeing the Snyder fans react to this if it is as bad as it looks. 1) They’ll rave, saying it’s genius and we don’t get it and are paid off. 2) It wasn’t the “true!” Snydercut for various reasons. Or 3) they’ll be disappointed and crushed. I hate seeing anyone feel let down about something they…

I don’t even think they’re visually stunning. Distinctive, sure. Good? Eh. The color grading and effects layering just looks so....off.

The guy cannot shoot action. Every set piece I’ve seen from him is boring. I think it’s an extension of his lack of understanding of tension and suspense. He’s into visuals (which, personally and I’d argue factually, his visual style is bad) over build up and stakes. It’s more posing for him. Which means any flow in…

Hahaa, whoops. Didn’t even think on that. I just meant how starting with Watchmen he and his fans started calling him a visionary. It was even in trailers! Pfft.

We jest but I guarantee there’s going to be some contingent online that thinks Snyder never got to fully realize his Vision.

Aquaman ruled. It had its hero actually save people. The whole point of the film was about NOT fighting and instead talking things out. The visuals were great and it was wild in its embrace of comic book stuff without trying to edgelord grim and grittify it. He talked to fish and it saved the day!

If by fun you mean exhausting and depressing seeing that attitude vindicated then yeah.

Exactly. Like, yes a lot of this is from the 3 hours of assembly cut footage he shot that wasn’t used in the theatrical cut. But like, what is the overall plot difference? Steppenwolf, Motherboxes, reviving Superman, that all seems the same.