DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond

[The Borgified Corpse]

Oh, it certainly sounds weird. But, as I've said before, I've known people like that who will irrationally react to everything as a deliberate personal insult regardless of how it was intended. Individual irrationality seems a much more plausible answer than any kind of coordinated prank. I don't think that studios have that much imagination anyway, particularly in this day & age when no one can afford to have a sense of humor anymore. Even if it builds hype for the Snyder cut, it's still throwing mud onto Geoff Johns, who is still affiliated with Warner Bros. as a writer/producer on WW84 as well as several of the DC TV shows. And Joss Whedon still has some ties to the studio through HBO producing his new show The Nevers. I think the only one who isn't affiliated with Warner Bros. anymore is Jon Berg, who, last I heard, was developing something for Netflix. (Interesting then that Berg is the only one of the 3 who has commented publicly on the issue.)

 

[Christopher]

^Clearly I'm not expressing myself well. My hypothetical premise is that the people being insulted/accused are also part of the joke. That's the only way it would be remotely plausible that anyone would do this as a joke -- with the full consent of all the participants, both the "accusers" and the "accused" agreeing to the script ahead of time.

And we're devoting way too much time to analyzing something I never meant as a serious suggestion to begin with.

 

[Aragorn]

Read this user comment on another site and it made me laugh.

"Marvel essentially is run by an anal retentive cabal whereas DC is a speeding semi-truck of ideas spilling out the back and no driver."

 

[Mage]

People get sick of losing time & money because of a virus that has a 99% survival rate.

Are you aware of what 1% out 330 million US citizens is?? Let alone globally? Let the math sink in for a bit.

*EDIT* Just saw Christopher's response. 3% for the USA then. And like he said, loosing 3% of the population would be devastating to the economy.
But above that.... Your post almost makes it sound as if loosing a small amount of people isn't so bad. But I doubt that's what you ment. Because, any compassionate, sensibele human wouldn't think like that. Right?

 

[JD]

I think it's wrong to chalk up Momoa's comments to him liking Snyder and Fisher. I'm sure he does like them, shit, I can't remember anybody who actually met him to ever say a bad word about Snyder. About his movies, sure, but not about the man himself. By all accounts, he appears to be a very nice man.

And let's not forget, Fisher and Momoa said nothing about the differences in quality of the two versions. Fisher complained about the behaviour of Whedon, Berg and Johns towards him and other members of cast and crew. Now, that you could chalk up to him being inexperienced in the world of movies and Hollywood. But Momoa is not. He's been in movies for quite a while now, and he's been on a couple of TV shows, so he also knows what it's like to shoot on a tight schedule (as the JL re-shoots were). And while Fisher's accusations could be construed as a negotiation tactic from somebody with nothing to lose, Momoa has a lot to lose. He's Aquaman, and he's part of another potentially huge franchise for WB in Dune. Honestly, Momoa's comments change my view on this. I don't know what happened, and if what happened was actionable. It certainly doesn't help that Fisher is so fucking vague.

My problem with Momoa's support of Fisher, is that he was even more vague.
One other thing that occurred to me is that if something really did happen, it was something that he brought on himself, with some kind of inappropriate behavior, and if he gave more details he would have to admit to his bad behavior too.

 

[theenglish]

Are you aware of what 1% out 330 million US citizens is?? Let alone globally? Let the math sink in for a bit.

*EDIT* Just saw Christopher's response. 3% for the USA then. And like he said, loosing 3% of the population would be devastating to the economy.
But above that.... Your post almost makes it sound as if loosing a small amount of people isn't so bad. But I doubt that's what you ment. Because, any compassionate, sensibele human wouldn't think like that. Right?

It is just not the death rate; nobody knows the long term effects the virus has on the scarring of the bodies internal organs. There hasn't been enough research on the long term effects on the body. We could have an entire generation of people with significantly shortened lifespans.

Also, the mortality rate is much worse the older a person is. The question one should ask--is sacrificing your grandma or your friend's grandma worth that night at the bar last Friday--or that trip to the movie theater?

 

[crookeddy]

3 percent is bullshit. The cdc estimates that we are missing 11x the discovered cases. We're missing a few deaths, but not many. So do the math.

 

[crookeddy]

Are you aware of what 1% out 330 million US citizens is?? Let alone globally? Let the math sink in for a bit.

*EDIT* Just saw Christopher's response. 3% for the USA then. And like he said, loosing 3% of the population would be devastating to the economy.
But above that.... Your post almost makes it sound as if loosing a small amount of people isn't so bad. But I doubt that's what you ment. Because, any compassionate, sensibele human wouldn't think like that. Right?

Preach elsewhere. A sane person realizes that we're getting this virus whether we go to the bar now, or in 20 years. Eventually we'll go and millions will die anyway.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Peach elsewhere. A sane person realizes that we're getting this virus whether we go to the bar now, or in 20 years. Eventually we'll go and millions will die anyway.

Uh, ... you think maybe medical science will improve over these 20 years? I mean, there are already a couple of vaccines in the testing phase, and it's been less than a year since CoVID-19 was even discovered. Medication against the virus itself, as well as the symptoms, is also being developed. This crisis is definitely temporary. Just have some patience, it will save lives.

 

[Mage]

Preach elsewhere. A sane person realizes that we're getting this virus whether we go to the bar now, or in 20 years. Eventually we'll go and millions will die anyway.

Woof.

I don't respond well to commands by the way.

 

[The Realist]

 

[Mage]

Trying to figure out who that was ment for.....

 

[The Realist]

Trying to figure out who that was ment for.....

Thought it would be obvious. There's only one person in this thread posting rank dumb-assery (at the moment), and it isn't you.

 

[Mage]

Thought it would be obvious. There's only one person in this thread posting rank dumb-assery (at the moment), and it isn't you.

Yeah, I figured it wasn't me..... But call me an a**hole for trying to put a spotlight on certain behavior by certain people.

 

[Tosk]

I guess arguing about COVID makes a break from the constant MCU tangents.

 

[Ovation]

So I just read the latest on the Black Widow deleted scenes in Endgame...

 

[crookeddy]

Uh, ... you think maybe medical science will improve over these 20 years? I mean, there are already a couple of vaccines in the testing phase, and it's been less than a year since CoVID-19 was even discovered. Medication against the virus itself, as well as the symptoms, is also being developed. This crisis is definitely temporary. Just have some patience, it will save lives.

No it will not. You can't treat a virus. It just does it's thing.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

No it will not. You can't treat a virus. It just does it's thing.

Yes, you can.

 

[JD]

Uh, ... you think maybe medical science will improve over these 20 years? I mean, there are already a couple of vaccines in the testing phase, and it's been less than a year since CoVID-19 was even discovered. Medication against the virus itself, as well as the symptoms, is also being developed. This crisis is definitely temporary. Just have some patience, it will save lives.

One problem with the vaccine is that it looks like the majority of people aren't going to take it. The radio station I listen to did a poll, and 82% of people said they weren't going to take it.
And it's not all the anti-vaxxers saying this, a couple of the DJs and a woman who called all said the same thing, they are just rushing this way to fast. That even makes me a little hesitant, at least for the first couple batches.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

One problem with the vaccine is that it looks like the majority of people aren't going to take it. The radio station I listen to did a poll, and 82% of people said they weren't going to take it.
And it's not all the anti-vaxxers saying this, a couple of the DJs and a woman who called all said the same thing, they are just rushing this way to fast. That even makes me a little hesitant, at least for the first couple batches.

It is reasonable to wait for a vaccine to be properly tested. It is true, the US efforts are rushed, and the Russian Sputnik V vaccine as been released to the public in both Russia and India after just two months of testing. However, they could turn out to be working, which we will just have to wait and see, and they are also not the only vaccines in development.