itt: consternation and wailing about Zach Snyder's upcoming SUPERMAN/BATMAN film/sequel to MAN OF STEEL -- official title: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Man of Steel is a smidgen worse.

both are contemptibly off-key in ways but the relationship with lois in superman returns is infinitely skeevier and i thought the man of steel had more decent moments for the supporting cast and more action.

like, in man of steel he's a huffy idiot who doesn't actually seem to care who's on the other side of a wall he smashes, but in superman returns he's a deadbeat dad creeping on his ex.

man of steel is cold grim humorless nolandustrial competence, superman returns is kind of baffling in its execution and tone and casting but its heart is in the right place i guess.

krypton looked more like ethereal sandman domain, maybe a sandman/superman teamup is in the works

Come to think of it, superman does fight a spidery thingamajig toward the end if Man of Steel didn't he?

have not seen but i hope so. i read for the first time yesterday abt the legendary lost spider scene in king kong

Cooper personally cut a scene in King Kong in which four sailors are shaken off a rope bridge by Kong, fall into a ravine, and are eaten alive by giant spiders. According to Hollywood folklore, the decision was made after previews in January 1933, during which audience members either fled the theater in terror or talked about the ghastly scene throughout the remainder of the movie. However, more objective sources maintain that the scene merely slowed the film's pace.

and i wondered if this was the inspiration for peters' faith in the spectacle of the giant spider.

amazing to think a scene with spiders eating people alive could *slow* a film's pace??

Peter Jackson's "Kong" has an extended eaten alive by critters scene on the director's cut.

Warning: gross:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTWYQhTT388

Peter Jackson's "Kong" has an extended eaten alive by critters scene on the director's cut.

― Josh in Chicago

It's in the theatrical version.

also..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMKnhN7ABs

xpost It's in the theatrical version, but the director's cut is longer and more grisley. Like in that clip of Serkis getting consumed by the larva-thing.

Eisenberg at least has being a billionaire dick down...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIntDen7fv0

also..

http://www.youtube.com/v/SOMKnhN7ABs&fs=1&hl=en

― piscesx, Saturday, February 1, 2014 7:40 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

watching this made me realize i'd never noticed the unfulfilled foreshadowing of the bodies falling through cobwebs on the way down. love that. glad the real thing is still unavailable tho; prefer it as an overpowering infinite jest macguffin.

dunno wtf jackson thinks a giant crab would be doing down there, unless that's in a script somewhere.

well i guess this excuses it: Some species of terrestrial crabs can be found many kilometres from the sea, but have to complete annual migrations to the sea. merian cooper shoulda restaged the elephant stampede from chang w giant migrating crabs.

xp there actually was a giant crab of sorts in the original concept art for the 1933 sequence:

http://images.sodahead.com/profiles/0/0/0/6/5/4/7/6/0/Lost-Spider-pit-scene-18712209024.jpeg

thought "wait i think that's a scorpion", realized the thing in the jackson sequence might have been a scorpion, still standing by my rampaging migratory crabs treatment. that concept art is great tho. should have a little caption like an illustration in an adventure novel, i guess just reading "AGGGGGGHHHHH!"

i mean no i guess it's a crab. look sorry. superman.

First look at Batfleck (and the Benmobile):

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--GFHwELpk--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/b2i9e5yp2sbmxsclewjj.jpg

Check the veins on the suit!

sad batman is sad

MAN OF SHIT

It's an up the arse corner photo with participant 2 shopped out

Pfft.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/batman-superman-titled-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-1201188157/

Dawn of Asshole

THIS IS THE BEST NEWS

THESE GENIUSES, MAKING THE "IRON MAN V HULK: AWW, WE GONNA AVENGE SOON" MOVIE MARVEL FORGOT TO MAKE

Because really, why have a slate like:
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America
Avengers
Iron Man 3
Captain America 2

When you can have a slate like:
Batman's Dead
Superman's Back
Superman vs Batman: MEET THEIR FRIENDS
SUPERFRIENDS

like, could they not have the patience to make superman 2, a new batman movie with affleck, a wonder woman movie AND THEN superfriends? It's like they don't think they have time to bake a cake so they're just going to microwave the raw ingredients all fast-like.

i maybe should have included green lantern in that dc slate, but i don't think they've said whether or not Ryan Reynolds or some other actor will actually be playing GL in justice league

I recognize superhero and comic book movies aren't new but man they just seem so pathetic now and it's kind of embarrassing to just look at the slate coming up.

I really enjoyed Iron Man 3 & Winter Soldier, and am looking forward to Guardians.

Noticeably I'm only anticipating Marvel studios releases

You forgot Thor 2, croupier. As is probably all well and good. I think the thing I'mm most excited about with Justice League - Day of Justice is finding out what they intend to do about Green Lantern.

I'll never get why ppl dislike the Thor movies

Haven't seen the second one. Can't really remember the first. Definitely didn't dislike it enough to recall. I just don't think people find them memorable?

First one was great, second one semi-great with some boring thrown in

you know, I haven't gotten around to watching Thor 2 or Cap 2 despite being sure i'll like them ok, while I want to be the first on my block to see Soup v Butt: Don Justice DeMarco. So maybe Warner Bros is on to something.

david s goyer's karma sure ain't gonna help this project

http://www.avclub.com/article/she-hulk-sex-fantasy-virgins-and-other-david-s-goy-204935

What great timing that Goyer's clueless fuckheadery is akin to what DC Comics has been doing to its female characters, staffers, and readers lately.

who's Wonder Woman in this POS? If there were any justice in the world it would be Ashwarya Rai

Some random gal

Batman V. Superman sounds like somebody's ill-advised legal name change.

Place bets now if this will have a better plot, representation of Wonder Woman, Cyborg, the JLA, et al

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbhbOgEtl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbhbOgEtl4

what kind of terrifying bat mite is depicted on mechabatlegoman's chest there?

space armo(u)r, apparently

the lego movie batman sort of pwned any possible batmans in the near future

lol

May 2016 – Batman v Superman
July 2016 – Shazam
Xmas 2016 – Sandman
May 2017 – Justice League
July 2017 – Wonder Woman
Xmas 2017 – Flash and Green Lantern team-up
May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2

wtf...

wait joseph gordan levitt is directing a sandman movie, what is this world

the Xmas 2017 entry is really getting to me. I'm imagining them wrapping presents or something