Joker: [reads posts from the I09 round-table] ... [laughs]

“A Movie With Little to Say”? Really? You must be joking... No dominant theme? Really? This level of text comprehension really baffles me.

Did we watch the same movie? I mean, it wasn’t perfect but the last act was pretty solid and there’s really nothing about incels in it. It’s less about “women owe me something” and more a generic “the system sucks.”

So before the film was released, “It’ll bomb!”, “Who wanted this film?” and “What’s the point?” were the fanboy cries.

What it also means too is, like Deadpool ($55 million budget) and Venom ($100 million), is that you can do a really profitable movie like Joker ($60 million, so it only needs around $150 million to break even) that people respond to without having to spend the resources of a small country. In an era where studios are…

Oh, the controversy was definitely overblown. The media ran with a narrative that this film is a tale about an absurdly heroic incel warrior of some kind, and it’s not. Not to mention how many supposedly liberal journalists adopted the Republican talking point that violent media is the real cause of mass shootings.

By doing a different kind of movie with a relatively big budget for the type of film, 55-60 million, not having it feature Batman at all, sort of, and releasing it in October with a R rating. There was a lot riding on this film and it seemed to have paid off. The reason they were willing to take that risk was because…

Really glad to read the film did so well. Not just because I personally loved it, but also because it was a risky movie to do and hopefully this incentives the studios to try more different things with their superhero properties.

:sigh: Are we that fragile now? Thank God movies like Taxi Driver got made already. This is a movie about the Joker for God’s sake, he’s been a bat shit crazy mass murderer for about 75 years now. (60s TV shows and cartoons not withstanding). Go, see, walk out, and bitch afterword. 

Omg, more scenes? I think Muschietti needs a more restrained production partner or studio exec to guide him moving forward, especially if he helms The Flash. More does not equal better, which is clear as day with It Chapter 2.

Good afternoon. I understand that you have a lot going on but can io9 recommended commenter status be removed from Kinja user Trent100? They are using their recommended commenter status to post comments like this which seem completely antithetical to the tone or mood of io9.

Ok.

She already has a record on FGM, and has done exactly what this reporter was asking her to do on multiple occasions.

sir this is a bagel boss

Yeah I respectfully disagree with this completely. I found Hopper’s behavior to be a new father who would have struggled with a teenage daughter (as many do IRL) in even the best of circumstances, and their circumstances are hardly ideal.

Shazam was good, and its entire story didn’t hinge on a ridiculous infinite underground bunker delivered sans world building, so it was better than at least one of the films on this list.

Whoa folks, let’s not get into the Jordan Peele comparisons. Regardless of race...it’s not uncommon for comedians to be multi-talented and Rock won’t be the first to step beyond his established genre. Ben Stiller recently directed a hard-hitting prison escape film for Showtime...Bill Hader is currently playing a hit…

The series stars Regina King...

Yes. I legit have a different take on the events that transpired and the motivations of the characters between the two different versions.

The construction of the original gives it a tone of lightness at the end, of hope.

The Remake changes things subtley throughout to make it clear, no, this is all going to be…

I hate to make this about myself, but I’m turning 46 this year and this kind of news just terrifies the fuck out of me.