The Batcasting saga continues - Gyllenhaal denies that he will be the next Batman. https://batman-news.com/2018/04/11/jake-gyllenhaal-confirms-he-wont-be-the-next-batman-video/
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Wow, I'm sure taking a quote of mine from literally 6 months ago really adds to the conversation. Good job 
His shitty costume has the really obvious, stupid fake muscle thing anyway. He also just doesn't look like Captain Marvel, he's a mediocre actor at best (based on stuff I've seen with him), and he's a complete asshole online. But, yeah, it turns out if you are an actor you can pay someone to help you get buff. Now, if only he got some plastic surgery, lost about a decade of age, got a few acting couches and an attitude adjustment then he might just work in the part, if the script wasn't based on the biggest fuck you to the character ever written in the characters over 70 year history and directe3d by someone who has only done mediocre horror sequels, at least.
His shitty costume has the really obvious, stupid fake muscle thing anyway. He also just doesn't look like Captain Marvel, he's a mediocre actor at best (based on stuff I've seen with him), and he's a complete asshole online. But, yeah, it turns out if you are an actor you can pay someone to help you get buff. Now, if only he got some plastic surgery, lost about a decade of age, got a few acting couches and an attitude adjustment then he might just work in the part, if the script wasn't based on the biggest fuck you to the character ever written in the characters over 70 year history and directe3d by someone who has only done mediocre horror sequels, at least.
I actually looked if anyone else complained he was too scrawny back when he was announced to accompany this picture, but alas everybody else here was, y'know, reasonable...
I actually looked if anyone else complained he was too scrawny back when he was announced to accompany this picture, but alas everybody else here was, y'know, reasonable...
Well, "reasonable" is something I don't really associate with you, so you're really not one to declare if someone is being reasonable or not.
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Of course it doesn't.
It is important to take the 70's Superman in its historical context. I was less than ten years old when I saw that movie on television and I knew even then that it was not a "true to comics" interpretation of Superman. But it did, at the time, give audiences an idea of what a superhero movie could be. Sure, it has its flaws especially from a comic fans perspective but, at the time, it went a long way to legitimizing the concept of superheroes in the the public mindset.
In some ways, it was. Looking back on it now, it's weird to me how it combines an approach based in naturalism and verisimilitude (a word Richard Donner stressed frequently during the production, I gather) with a very fanciful plot full of absurd twists that would've been right at home in a Silver Age comic, and bumbling comedy villains like something out of the later seasons of the George Reeves TV show. And Superman III and Supergirl are far purer distillations of Silver Age DC storytelling style and its unapologetic goofiness, and actually work pretty well if you approach them with that mindset.
I must be in a minority in liking Superman III. I liked Lana a lot more than Lois, and I think a lot more could've been done with the Clark Kent/Superman Split thing.
Yeah, it's not as bad as its reputation would have it, and Annette O'Toole is indeed a luminous presence as Lana. And since Christopher mentioned it, I'll add that Supergirl '84 has its charms too (and is rumored to finally be getting a long-delayed blu-ray release this summer).
Not going to fool with a link (I'm on a crummy old phone, and you can easily Google it yourownself), but it seems Birds of Prey is moving forward as a vehicle for Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn along with, presumably, other unspecified predacious avians. Cathy Yan to direct from a script by Christina Hodson (recently announced as scripting the Batgirl movie -- coincidence?).
This would be the link:
http://deadline.com/2018/04/harley-...ainment-bat-girl-christina-hodson-1202365866/
http://deadline.com/2018/04/harley-...ainment-bat-girl-christina-hodson-1202365866/
To answer my own question, apparently not -- a Variety reporter is now tweeting that Hodson's BoP script will introduce Batgirl ahead of her solo movie.
I think it was mentioned that she got the Batgirl gig on the strength of her BoP script.
^ I saw that somewhere too. I was alluding to whether her involvement might portend Batgirl's presence in BoP -- not that it's surprising anyway, since Babs has always been central to that team.
Presumably this means TPTB not only liked her BoP script in general, but also its handling of Batgirl in specific. I'm psyched for it; Bg is one of my favorite DC characters who doesn't wear an "S" (and I like her much more than Batman).
Presumably this means TPTB not only liked her BoP script in general, but also its handling of Batgirl in specific. I'm psyched for it; Bg is one of my favorite DC characters who doesn't wear an "S" (and I like her much more than Batman).
^ I know you weren't being wholly serious, but I'm sure we can expect Harley's role to be very prominent -- Robbie's a producer on the thing, and her Harley was a breakout success from Suicide Squad.
Plus, she's got a new Oscar Nom now too. Just like the FoX-Men franchise went nuts over Lawrence, WB will go nuts over Margot.
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