Joker Origin Story Announced

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Starbreaker, Aug 23, 2017.

  1. crookeddy

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    I get that many have their opinions about the matter but this line is patently absurd. Assuming others thoughts is a bit arrogant in its view.

    Also, that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

    Indeed. It is absolutely ridiculous to think that this different take on the Joker somehow means that all material will now conform to this model. It's not a black and white thing. There is room for multiple interpretations and the black and white tribalism of comic book films is becoming absurd.
     
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    Yeah, we might see more movies like it, but the fact that Aquaman and Shazam were also successful should ensure that more traditional stuff is made too.
     
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    Shazam was only marginally successful, but Aquaman was a mega hit.
     
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    Do we finally find out how he got those scars?
     
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    Haven't seen Aquaman yet, waiting for Netflix to drop it, but I thought Shazam was fantastic!! I don't know the comics, but as a movie it was one of the most entertaining flicks of 2019 for me. Maybe not amazing and the best ever, but very fun nonetheless.
     
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    It was certainly the better of the Captain Marvel movies. I just wish they didn’t change Mary’s character so much.
     
  8. crookeddy

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    I am only talking about box office.
     
  9. Mage

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    Ah ok. I never really pay attention to that, only when something bombs or does fantastic and you see a news item about it.
     
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    Regardless of its "moderate" box office success, Shazam was generally well received and served a purpose in building "brand trust" for future DC movies.
     
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    Exactly and this was a pretty unknown quantity, so far as much of the general public was concerned. Add in no big box office draws in the cast and a potentially silly central concept, it could’ve gone terribly wrong. But it didn’t, it was a fun film.
     
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    Joaquin Phoenix is cleaning up the award shows. Now added a critics choice award for his Joker performance.
     
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    Joker might be the most ordinary and unremarkable film ever to receive the most nominations for an Oscars show.

    I saw the movie last year. I thought it was good, liked how they recreated the look of early-80s NYC. But it's nothing special, nothing remarkable. I've seen better movies than this, not to mention a lot better comic book movies. It seems to me that critics (which is bizarre as this film only mustered 69% from them at Rotten Tomatoes score for this film was 69%) were so desperate to like something that was considered an anti-comic book movie that they just GUZZLED the Kool-Aid for this one.

    Oscar rewards the ordinary, the pedestrian and Todd Phillips...
     
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    Nah, just proving that Oscar Bait is still in full effect. And the Academy thinking that stuff like losing weight and laughing a lot counts as "acting".

    Not as embarrassing as DiCaprio winning for wrestling a CGI Bear though.
     
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    1. That's not what the term means;
    2. Nope;
    3. Where are the Creative noms for whatever it is that Marvel did this year? ;)
     
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