Warner Bros. Circling David Ayer for DC Comics’ ‘Suicide Squad’

[Christopher]

That was one of things I found most surprising about Daredevil, that they actually let them do what sounded like a very hard R ( I haven't seen it yet, but it's one my Netflix disc queue) movie set in a univeser that had been consistently keeping things at a PG-13 level up to that point.

Are you talking about Deadpool? Because the 2003 Daredevil feature was PG-13, and it was a standalone movie (aside from the later Elektra spinoff).

Anyway, I think it's fine for a shared universe to have different parts of it operating at different maturity levels. If every work in the universe targets the same audience, that kinda takes away a lot of the value of having multiple different series. Look at the Doctor Who franchise at its peak, which had the core show for family viewing, Torchwood for "post-watershed" mature audiences only, and The Sarah Jane Adventures targeted at younger viewers.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Are you talking about Deadpool? Because the 2003 Daredevil feature was PG-13, and it was a standalone movie (aside from the later Elektra spinoff).

Anyway, I think it's fine for a shared universe to have different parts of it operating at different maturity levels. If every work in the universe targets the same audience, that kinda takes away a lot of the value of having multiple different series. Look at the Doctor Who franchise at its peak, which had the core show for family viewing, Torchwood for "post-watershed" mature audiences only, and The Sarah Jane Adventures targeted at younger viewers.

Considering the Netflix reference, I'd guess they were talking about the current Daredevil show, not the movie.

Of course, Daredevil (and all the netflix programming) is really only just barely in the MCU, anyway, so it's hard R doesn't really impact the movies more PG 13 style.

 

[Christopher]

Considering the Netflix reference, I'd guess they were talking about the current Daredevil show, not the movie.

No, JD said "Netflix disc queue," and the Daredevil series is only available on streaming, not DVD. So that can't be it.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ I'd guess he meant his personal queue of things to watch. The 'disc' reference is probably just a typo/autocorrect/mistake.

 

[Christopher]

^ I'd guess he meant his personal queue of things to watch. The 'disc' reference is probably just a typo/autocorrect/mistake.

It says "hard R... movie" as well. It's easier for me to believe that someone could accidentally say Daredevil when they mean Deadpool than that they could accidentally say "movie" for "series" and "disc" for "streaming."

Also, JD has definitely seen Daredevil: http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/marvel-netflix-daredevil-season-2.274339/page-20#post-11573805

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ Sterling detective work, you win!

 

[JD]

Yeah, I honestly thought I said Deadpool. I don't know why my hands typed Daredevil, I was definitely thinking Deadpool when I wrote the article.
EDIT: I have to admit, I did forgot about the Marvel Netflix shows when I wrote the article, but even they don't appear to take things as far as Deadpool did. Like Grendelsnbayne, they also take place in pretty much their own little corner of the MCU, while Deadpool does appear to be more directly tied into the other X-Men movies.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Yeah, I honestly thought I said Deadpool. I don't know why my hands typed Daredevil, I was definitely thinking Deadpool when I wrote the article.
EDIT: I have to admit, I did forgot about the Marvel Netflix shows when I wrote the article, but even they don't appear to take things as far as Deadpool did. Like Grendelsnbayne, they also take place in pretty much their own little corner of the MCU, while Deadpool does appear to be more directly tied into the other X-Men movies.

Deadpool is definitely more tied in than Daredevil, but I don't know that it really goes that much farther. It's really only the cursing/sex jokes that are the main difference in terms of rating. Daredevil goes just as far in terms of violence (honestly, I think maybe even farther), it just takes its violence very seriously, whereas Deadpool treats it like a joke. Which I suppose could actually piss off some censors in and of itself...

Also, the X-Men universe, despite its general rating, hasn't exactly been courting the family/little kid demo anyway, so I doubt it's that big of a deal, really.

 

[Thestral]

^ Agreed. Car door scene, anyone?

 

[JD]

I was under the impression that Deadpool was practically NC-17, I take it it didn't actually take things that far?

 

[Timby]

I was under the impression that Deadpool was practically NC-17, I take it it didn't actually take things that far?

Lord, no. It's definitely an R-rated movie for violence and language, but I can think of a half-dozen movies off the top of my head released over the past couple of years that take the violence a lot farther.

 

[JD]

During San Diego Comic Con WB will be turning part of the Hard Rock Hotel into Belle Reve Penitentiary. They are also starting a costume contest where the winner will get a free all expenses paid trip to SDCC with free passes to the con, and the says a four day/three night stay in San Diego, which I'm assuming means a hotel stay.

 

[eyeresist]

During San Diego Comic Con WB will be turning part of the Hard Rock Hotel into Belle Reve Penitentiary. They are also starting a costume contest where the winner will get a free all expenses paid trip to SDCC with free passes to the con, and the says a four day/three night stay in San Diego, which I'm assuming means a hotel stay.

The catch: you have to keep your costume on for four days.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The catch: you have to keep your costume on for four days.

This is unusual, how?

 

[JD]

The Joker's tattoos were inspired by drug lords' Instagrams.
Ayer and the cast definitely went to some strange places to find inspiration the characters, but I guess it's at least a good sign that they put real effort into putting them together.
.

 

[kirk55555]

The Joker's tattoos were inspired by drug lords' Instagrams.
Ayer and the cast definitely went to some strange places to find inspiration the characters, but I guess it's at least a good sign that they put real effort into putting them together.
.

I don't know if putting in a lot of effort is a good thing when the idea is so stupid. I think that "Drug Dealer" may be one of the few bad guy professions that I've never heard of the Joker being remotely connected to in any incarnation. It would be like if they took their inspiration for The Joker by researching pimps. In fact, a drug lord is about as far from the Joker as you can get when it comes to bad guys. I suppose it doesn't matter. This won't be the movie to improve the DCEU's reputation, at least as far as I can see. Maybe Wonder Woman will raise the bar. DC should really try to stop hiring people who seem to actively hate both DC Comics and/or anything not grim and "edgy".

 

[JD]

I don't it's so much about connecting him to drug lords as it just trying give him a more modern look, by looking at modern bad guys. And really, the whole purple suit look is a little pimpish anyways, so that's not the best example.

 

[Set Harth]

In fact, a drug lord is about as far from the Joker as you can get when it comes to bad guys.

Yes, I think we can all agree the Joker would never have anything to do with dangerous chemicals!

 

[kirk55555]

Yes, I think we can all agree the Joker would never have anything to do with dangerous chemicals!

Yeah, because falling into chemicals is the same as selling them. That's like saying that Peter Parker should have become an arachnologist because he was bitten by a spider, or that Barry Allen should have started a meth lab because he got doused by chemicals in a lab.

 

[Set Harth]

There's one thing I don't understand. The thing I don't understand is every motherfuckin' word you're saying.