Iron Man was always one of my favorites which was extra solidified by playing Ultimate Alliance later on, 04' maybe? Probably nothing like Spiderman or Batman obviously love though.

Batman V Superman was a very interesting premiere to attend in London. We were shuttled off to the BFI Imax theater (being, y’know, normal plebs), but we saw a pre-show live feed of the red carpet in Leicester Square. Everyone who was interviewed seemed either completely drunk (Affleck) or cagey and evasive…

Personally, I think they should stay away from Geoff Johns’ fanboy crap.

Was Iron Man really globally renowned before 2008?

A decade ago, who would’v believed that out of six or seven superhero films released across a year, Justice League would be the one that’s the easiest to forget about, the one that happened with more of a whimper than a bang?

I think the three Batman movies are proof enough that Nolan wasn’t the right person for the job. I don’t say this as a slight to any of the films (well, maybe the third one), but the man has no concept of sustained world-building. He couldn’t even get the movies to look like they took place in the same city. His…

As a stand alone trilogy of films I do agree that The Dark Knight series transcends most entries in the comic-book genre, but I’m not sure I’d have wanted to see a twenty movie plus franchise featuring a ‘realistic and gritty’ Superman and Wonder Woman, let alone Aquaman. In fact, one of the biggest issues I have with…

Well, you can definitely do things differently than the MCU and succeed in a comic book movie. In fact, I think it’s easier to trascend being a mere fun romp-ey comic book movie when you do.

It’s unthinkable. As much as I liked Marvel growing up — especially as I got older — DC was hands down my favorite as a kid because of the more iconic heroes that had already existed for almost a century. They even had ages (golden, silver, etc..) and reboots of those heroes, before Spiderman, Fantastic Four, and…

It never ceases to amaze me how studios manage to so frequently miss the point. I think they tend to get lazy and over-simplify and think “people want a comic book based expanded universe. Give them that” and miss the point that people don’t want any one thing in particular.

Unfortunately, it seems they were so determined to do everything as differently to the MCU as possible (apart from the whole shared universe thing) that they ended up pushing themselves into a creative cul-de-sac.

It really is remarkable how WB had globally renowned characters and the blueprint for Marvel-level success laid out for them, but couldn’t manage an easy layup.

Thanks, that’s cool to know.

It took me a good minute to remember that this was Tortoise and not Mogwai, whose 2011 album is similarly titled Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will.

Also the title of Chicago post-rock outfit Tortoise’s 2nd album!

I hope I’m not blowing up Clayton’s spot here, but it’s a very obscure reference to an old Jehovah’s Witness magazine titled “Millions now living will never die”. I was raised in that cult (now very happily an ex member) and had to do a double take when I read the title!

Hammer? You mean deadly weapon/burglary tool

Black dude with a hammer? He would’ve been shot 95 times.

You know that’s not a documentary, right? Not yet, anyway.

Buress should have responded by nailing 95 of his best jokes to the theater door.