Not sure an eidetic memory for ancient io9 articles qualifies as a mic drop :)

Buzz’s Twitter post is dated today...

“Forty years ago today...”

Well, frankly, that’s all the Rebels deserve after unfurling this so soon on Endor...

“...there was this idea at one point that Spider-Man would be able to take this formula and regenerate the people in his life that had died.”

I agree, but that’s what people said about Nicholson’s performance before TDK trailer. They don’t say that now. There’s always somewhere new and shocking to go with a character like that.

The ‘Kansas Farm Boys’ were actually a notoriously brutal street gang.

That’s what they want you to believe but HOW DO WE KNOW IT’S THE SAME PROBE...? COME ON, PEOPLE!!

Fair enough. I was only judging/comparing the performances on a more intrinsic ‘do I believe this actor’s character/performance represents a genuinely frightening psychopath’ criterion. He probably will match the DCCU universe aesthetic, though.

Cannot unsee that, now. :/

I’ll break it down for you more simply. Reaction to Ledger’s Joker from TDK trailer: universal acclaim. Reaction to Leto’s Joker from the Suicide Squad trailer: very mixed.

Sleaxy?

Not a relevant comparison. People were unhappy with Ledger’s casting (me included) but the overwhelming consensus on seeing his performance (even in the first TDK trailer) was that he absolutely nailed it. I don’t recall any real uproar about Leto’s casting (he’s a fine, versatile actor), but the reaction to the look…

I’m only contrasting what I felt about Leto in this trailer compared to my initial reaction to seeing Ledger in the first TDK trailer — i.e. not on Ledger’s entire performance (that would be unfair). Each to their own, of course, but Leto seems *to me* to be channelling ‘theater kid with grillz’, whereas even in TDK…

I think this scene would be more menacing if it was set to the theme tune from the Fame TV show...

The most notable thing I learned is that I now have an even deeper appreciation for this guy’s peerless performance...

Terminator: Beyond Redemption — is probably the working title for part 6.

An Uwe Boll Godfather Trilogy.
With Vampires.
Cyborg vampires.
Cyborg vampires driving sentient race cars.

Really looking forward to a return to this kind of Felicity Smoak awesomeness...

Meh, I prefer the original — why do they always have to reboot things with flashy new CG imagery?