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

Will Smith as Deadshot.

Jayden Smith all but cast as Static shock.

Did dad help out?

Hmmm?

Imagine, a movie later on, where they meet, and Deadshot treats Static Shock like one of Hank Pym's wives.

Cathartic?
 
^ Do you mean the time Hank was Yellow Jacket and this happened?

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M.A.C.O. said:
^ Do you mean the time Hank was Yellow Jacket and this happened?

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Which has been blown hugely out of proportion in fandom. The scene was scripted to be Hank accidentally hitting her while gesturing wildly -- emotionally out of control but not intentionally violent toward Jan -- but the artist was in the habit of going big, and thus turned it into that. It was absolutely not meant to suggest that Hank was an abusive husband, but fandom (and eventually the Ultimate Universe) latched onto the idea and it's tainted the character ever since. Although maybe some of that is on the editor for not catching the problem and asking for a redraw.
 
It's funny how these things stick or don't - Cosmic Boy gave Lightning Lass a full on open hand slap when she asks him to use his powers on a religious holiday. She then apologies for asking...
 
Good grief, there's no way to film exterior scenes for a movie in secret anymore, is there? Although I guess Ayer's been a lot less concerned with secrecy than someone like Nolan or Abrams.

I noticed the Batman stunt double had no cape. I bet it'll be added digitally, which seems to be all the rage these days.
 
Christopher said:
Good grief, there's no way to film exterior scenes for a movie in secret anymore, is there? Although I guess Ayer's been a lot less concerned with secrecy than someone like Nolan or Abrams.
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I've long been of the opinion that the relative openness of the Suicide Squad set has been to get the Internet to carry DC's water for the studio's PR department. If Ayer / DC wanted a closed set, it would be a closed set.
 
Christopher said:
Good grief, there's no way to film exterior scenes for a movie in secret anymore, is there? Although I guess Ayer's been a lot less concerned with secrecy than someone like Nolan or Abrams.

I noticed the Batman stunt double had no cape. I bet it'll be added digitally, which seems to be all the rage these days.
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Which does make sense. It's got to be hard to try to get good shots with a cape flapping around. By adding it in with CGI later, they can control exactly what it does, and when it does it.
 
^Yeah, but too much perfection takes the texture away. If someone's sitting on top of a racing car and wearing a cape, there should be some unruliness to the cape. That's just part of everyday experience, that clothing and wind don't always mix well.
 
^Granted. It makes sense to use CGI if it's a safety consideration. It's just the idea of doing it for purely aesthetic reasons that I have an issue with. Too many filmmakers (very, very much including Zack Snyder) are too much in love with CGI as a toy to play with, overusing it for purposes that are better served by practical effects. We're even seeing a backlash now as filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, and J.J. Abrams on Star Wars, insist on using practical sets and effects as much as possible. I guess we'll have to see which way Ayer falls -- although I wouldn't really expect a Suicide Squad movie to be a CGI extravaganza, since one would think it'd be smaller-scale than a Superman movie.
 
Christopher said:
^Yeah, but too much perfection takes the texture away. If someone's sitting on top of a racing car and wearing a cape, there should be some unruliness to the cape. That's just part of everyday experience, that clothing and wind don't always mix well.
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Man, if I ever get to the point of sitting in a movie theater thinking about the texture of a superhero's cape and how unruly it is I hope someone shoots me.
 
I wonder what the in-universe reason is for why the founders of so many American cities in the DCU felt compelled to give them extremely generic names. Metropolis, Central City, Star City, Coast City, Midway City, Gateway City, Hub City, Brick City -- in the Supergirl show, we've even got "National City," which I think is new. And apparently there's an actual Civic City associated with the JSA, not only generic but redundant. Not to mention Gorilla City, which, considering that it's a city founded by gorillas, is the most generic name imaginable -- like humans naming a city People City.

There are a few more interesting names out there. Gotham City is distinctive, and it's named for a location in England, so it's plausible (except that it's an alternate name for New York City, which also exists in the DCU). Keystone City and Opal City are okay, a bit contrived-sounding but descriptive. Smallville is incredibly generic, but at least it breaks the pattern. Ditto for Ivy Town, which sounds like a generic university town. You've got some distinctive names like Happy Harbor and Bludhaven, two examples from entirely opposite ends of the spectrum. And there are a couple of distinctive names from imported universes, like Fawcett City and Dakota City.
 
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