Last edited by Slowpokeking; 11-29-2017 at 05:57 PM.
The general of the Armies of Apokolips is no joke and the general audience doesn't know him at all. All they had to do was establish him as a powerful badass. They did. He worked.
And Darkseid's appearance in the beginning of the New 52 sucked. It reduced him to a cut-rate Godzilla with none of the depth or strength of the real Darkseid. DC's biggest villain deserves WAY better than that.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
--Lord Alfred Tennyson--
I've been saying this for a while now as someone who liked BvS enough... and also works in the industry. Also that Snyder's attachment would affect JL's reception. Maybe now some people (not you mind you) can admit that WB was NOT happy with BvS's reception. They probably won't because certain posters would rather die than admit being incorrect.
Last edited by FlashEarthOne; 11-29-2017 at 07:49 PM.
Not really, he is joke compare to Brainiac, the White Martians, Mongol and a lot more, including Zod and Doomsday. Why do you pick such a low tier villain that require extra work rather than someone who is already a powerful badass?
Funny that he is much weaker than Zod's crew and Doomsday with no better characterization than Doomsday.
Steppenwolf 100% didn't work. That's gotta be the worst villian I've seen. I think Purple Space Man from the Avengers movies sucks, but this was like next level. They didn't even "finish" rendering his CG.
A big, loud, animatronic Starro would have elicted more emotion out of me. I want animatronic Starro!
I guess Berg isn't great with budgeting. It will be interesting to see who gets fired. I have the feeling WB will be very reactionary to the Infinity War trailer. Johns might take some heat for this too.
https://heroichollywood.com/wb-refus...ustice-league/
There are fans who say Darkseid would have helped. But there is an example in Apocalypse from X-Men Apocalypse. Did he work? He is a villain for X-Men just as Darkseid is for Justice League. Did it work?
For audiences Darkseid would be a cg bad just like any other. Thanos appears intimidating because there has been a build up. Someone whose reputation precedes his appearance. And he would have a whole film for him. We know all heroes. The film does not need to spend much time with anyone. One can focus on showing Thanos as he does things which breaks all prior assumptions and makes short work of heroes.
It may not work in the final film. But it appears better. For people in general there is no difference between Darkseid or Steppenwolf. They are similar.
I liked JL and hated that it wasn't what it could have been. X-Men Apocalypse just wasn't grand enough for Apocalypse plus they made some creative choices that were... well you know. Brian Singer is good with Wolverine action sequences but not necessarily with the other X-Men. It seemed almost CW in quality (I like Flash and Supergirl BTW). They will have to go much bigger to make Dark Phoenix work. I think it was good that Darkseid was not teased... it would have been too similar to the Thanos tease. The critics would have jumped all over it. The Injustice Society may have been a better starting point if BvS's Luthor was better. That is what happens when the foundation isn't strong.
Last edited by FlashEarthOne; 11-29-2017 at 09:19 PM.