Comic Book Films & TV

[Walker]

Granted it won't be the same Affleck from Daredevil, I don't think this will be awful. I'm definitely not excited about it, but that can change over time.

[Ant]

Didn't people think Heath Ledger as The Joker would suck donkey balls? Look at how that turned out.

[=BK=]

Anyone know when Man of Steel will be out on DVD?

[Jimmy]

A quick google check says DVD & Blu-ray release date: November 12, 2013

[Maxx]

Didn't people think Heath Ledger as The Joker would suck donkey balls? Look at how that turned out.

People thought the Fantastic Four film would suck, look how that turned out. People thought Vinnie Jones would be awful as Juggernaut, look how that turned out. People thought Ryan Reynolds would make a shitty Hal Jordan, George Clooney would make a shitty Batman and people thought Sucker Punch would be good.

People didn't like Heath Ledger as The Joker because he hadn't done a single thing to indicate he was capable of pulling off the role. Outside of Brokeback Mountain, he'd barely done anything to indicate he was anything more than generic heartthrob. Then it turned out he just needed the right material and the right director to knock it out of the park.

That's a pretty big difference from what we have here. I'm fairly certain we've seen Affleck's range, the guy has been in 30+ movies and none of them made anyone think "Yep, he's Batman." Look to Daredevil to see him attempt an intimidating superhero, the results aren't pretty. It's never a good thing when you cast someone who would have fit perfectly into Joel Schumacher's 3rd Batman film.

I hope I'm wrong and he does a great job. I'm just not optimistic. The guy just won an Best Picture Oscar for a film he directed, now he's going to be directed by Zack Synder, playing a character who we've just seen portrayed in probably the best way he'll ever get portrayed. They're chasing a silver medal here, and I have a feeling that's exactly what it's going to feel like.

[King.]

Bryan Cranston is Luthor.

[Jimmy]

Yeaaaah, bitch!

[Ant]

Didn't people think Heath Ledger as The Joker would suck donkey balls? Look at how that turned out.

People thought the Fantastic Four film would suck, look how that turned out. People thought Vinnie Jones would be awful as Juggernaut, look how that turned out. People thought Ryan Reynolds would make a shitty Hal Jordan, George Clooney would make a shitty Batman and people thought Sucker Punch would be good.

People didn't like Heath Ledger as The Joker because he hadn't done a single thing to indicate he was capable of pulling off the role. Outside of Brokeback Mountain, he'd barely done anything to indicate he was anything more than generic heartthrob. Then it turned out he just needed the right material and the right director to knock it out of the park.

That's a pretty big difference from what we have here. I'm fairly certain we've seen Affleck's range, the guy has been in 30+ movies and none of them made anyone think "Yep, he's Batman." Look to Daredevil to see him attempt an intimidating superhero, the results aren't pretty. It's never a good thing when you cast someone who would have fit perfectly into Joel Schumacher's 3rd Batman film.

I hope I'm wrong and he does a great job. I'm just not optimistic. The guy just won an Best Picture Oscar for a film he directed, now he's going to be directed by Zack Synder, playing a character who we've just seen portrayed in probably the best way he'll ever get portrayed. They're chasing a silver medal here, and I have a feeling that's exactly what it's going to feel like.

My point wasn't about how casting can be poor. It was about how it can be a stroke of genius.

[ZJ Penn]

I think his point was that unexpected casting rarely is.

[Ant]

Yeah i got his point and i agree with it entirely. But at the same time, i'm willing to give Snyder/WB the benefit of the doubt in this case as i thought the casting in MOS was spot on.

[apsham]

Let's seriously stop pointing to fucking Daredevil - even when you put to the side poor decisions made in regards to the film itself and executive meddling - when The Town exists.

[Khain]

People keep pointing at Ryan Reynolds like it was his fault that Green Lantern was shit, he did great with was written for him and was one of the best parts of that movie.

[EWB's Best Poster.]

He had a script and said yes. He's in it as deep as anyone is.

[=BK=]

Netflix messed up a bit this week and I didn't get Iron-Man 2 so I watched Thor instead. Really good. I liked it. Not as much as Iron-Man but I still liked it.

[Josh]

Nobody tell Kirkland that Iron and Man are two separate words. I want that to keep being a thing.

[=BK=]

It's the way I type Spider-Man so I sometimes end up typeing others like that if they're not together like Superman.

[Skummy]

It's not like anyone else in Daredevil gave a fucking stand-out performance. That's not all on Affleck.

[Jimmy]

I dunno, Colin Farrell was a shit load of fun.

[Benji]

As was Michael Clarke Duncan.

Daredevil Director's Cut is actually much better than the cinematic release, it goes from "well at least they didn't put on devil-nipples" to above average superhero film.

[I Don't Mind]

When it comes to scenes involving flaming symbols of the protagonist in film, the order goes The Crow > Daredevil > The Dark Knight Rises