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The problem with the talk of the film's profits forgets one, crucial fact—this movie is supposed to kick off the DCEU franchise. The film's underperformance at the box office combined with the...

And the other movies also got it wrong. I've said it before and I'll say it again: no live-action adaptation of Batman has managed to get the character right. Just because other films screwed up...

So we're supposed to ignore over seventy years of characterization and development because it happened due to editorial mandate? What kind of sense does that make?

We have no way of knowing. I haven't seen anything that says Kane or Finger (or Siegel and Shuster in the case of Superman) were upset by this change in policy. But the whole idea that all editorial...

*sigh*

Okay, let's put to rest once and for all this misconception that Batman was the Golden Age's version of The Punisher.

Yes, in the very early comics, Batman killed. Batman first appeared...

Well, there goes my last bit of faith in this movie.

I so hope this ends up becoming a trend. It will mean WB is forced to reconsider their grimdark take on the Justice League.

Which doesn't make a single bit of a sense from a storytelling perspective.

When a character changes in a story, there has to be a reason for the change. What was the reason for his change?...

You're right about the scene, I just looked at it again to refresh my memory. However, that's not the same choice he made in MOS. Because Superman knew Lex was behind something. It wasn't a...

I used to hate the idea of Tyrese as John Stewart, but now I couldn't care less. If they're going to follow the same formula as BvS, this is already going to be a train wreck anyway. Might as well...

No, he did know what the source was. He was flying towards it, but then he picked up the disasters with his senses. He stops in mid-flight, looks back at Metropolis, looks towards the Kryptonite...

It's not about being spoonfed, it's about the story making sense. This story does not. The structure is all over the place, the characters have no real motivations, it's a total mess.

No, the negativity comes from the fact that this is a grimdark movie about one of the brightest, optimistic characters in comics. No one cares that it isn't a Marvel flick. The same people who loved...

The only complexity in the movie is the plot, which is so absurdly structured it doesn't make a damn bit of sense. And character-driven? How do you get that? Every single character in this movie is...

The problem about saying "oh, but Superman killed Zod in Superman II!" is that you're making two very big misconceptions.

First, when we talk about our love of the Christopher Reeve Superman and...

He didn't kill them. This scene is from the Richard Donner cut. Remember that Donner was removed from the project halfway through filming and replaced with Richard Lester, a man who proved with...

What...what the hell?

Seriously, what is WRONG with this man? Did a kid in a Superman t-shirt beat him up on the playground or something?

I've just got this thing about my childhood heroes murdering and torturing people for kicks. It bums me out.

Even a movie that's just meant to be entertaining and doesn't attempt to deliver any deep messages still needs to be a coherent movie with characters who are driven by motivations that actually make...

After BvS, I'm so happy J'onn is being spared from the train wreck that will be the Justice League movie.

Yup. Needlessly dark, more focus on style over substance (which is Snyder's trademark so no surprise there).

I left the theater even more depressed than I was after seeing Man of Steel. I physically felt sick.

Good things: Affleck as Batman (when he wasn't, y'know, murdering and torturing criminals for...

You can't make objective statements about something as subjective as taste in movies. You can say "every remake last year stunk," but that's your opinion and your opinion is not objective fact. And...

You could also find plenty of examples of terrible original films made every year. Or terrible adaptations made every year. Probably in equal ratio to remakes. But no one ever says, "oh god, ANOTHER...

Yeah, that's a very good way to put it. And even stylistically, their costumes fall somewhere between The Ultimates and the classic spandex (with the exception of Hawkeye, who basically sports The...