re: New Batman v Superman Trailer

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Snyder can still film an action sequence, so that's good to know

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I never say this, but the action scenes are the most important part of this movie to me. I will forgive A LOT if I get to see some breathtaking fights with Batman and Superman and Superman and Doomsday, and I think it will deliver. I've been waiting for those scenes my entire life.

That doesn't mean that I don't want a good story as well. My hope is that Terio was able to clean up some of Goyer's garbage and Geoff Johns will be a big influence in future movies. Tell Goyer to step away from the pen for fricks sake.

Also, stop trying to experiment with the characters. Don't give us an unconventional Lex. Give us the Lex that we want. Make Superman more of a boyscout at times. (which I hear they are).

The comics always had a way of allowing certain characters to overcome immense odds - even in the face of what would normally be an undefeatable foe. Batman is just one of many in this particular case...

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I never say this, but the action scenes are the most important part of this movie to me. I will forgive A LOT if I get to see some breathtaking fights with Batman and Superman and Superman and Doomsday, and I think it will deliver. I've been waiting for those scenes my entire life.

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I think that's fair. This movie is being made to appeal to that specific kind of fan. I'm just not that sort of fan (for example, I found the Hulkbuster Iron Man suit to be perhaps the LEAST interesting thing about the Avengers... though I know many people were geeked up for that).

I think this movie is going to have a perfunctory plot designed to move characters from action set piece to action set piece. And, in its defense, those action set pieces, if this trailer is any indication, will be f'n awesome. But if you care about the downtime between fights, well... there better be a lot more Jeremy Irons being cool as hell.

I don't think this movie will be bad, but it's certainly not being made to appeal to me. And I still think DC's biggest problem is that they are ashamed of Superman, which is stupid. He's not edgy, he's the best of us. He's an ideal to aspire to, stop being afraid of his inherent goodness. If they do the same thing with Wonder Woman, I'm gonna f'n snap.

Obviously superman doesn't have a super....

That sparks a good question: Would you take Superman's powers but you would have to sport a micropenis?

I would rather choose to be Mr. Fantastic if that was the case.

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And I still think DC's biggest problem is that they are ashamed of Superman,

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Superman just feels dated. A boyscout with every super power.....cool. Who needs the JL? You are the JL.

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No one wants to watch a movie where they think the whole movie is about Batman fighting against Superman.

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And yet, this movie will make half a billion dollars.

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This is the main reason some people (comic and non comic fans) don't like him. It's kind of lame if they aren't many people/things in the universe that can even truly challenge him.

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That is why he requires the suspension of disbelief that Batman could take him.

He has to have a balance.

The need to give the perfect hero a weakness requires building up the weakest hero to his level.

I can't disagree with that. Maybe the studio is saying "frick the average movie goer". That's not a very good idea, IMO. There has been talk for years about a Batman vs Superman movie. The fans have wanted one for awhile. But the average movie goer is like "What the frick is this?" Like I said, if it's a good movie, it won't matter. The characters are very well known. It would just go down as a really good movie with a bad title. Which is what I think a lot of people said when the title was released. Maybe they should have just gone with a Batman /Superman title or a Batman and Superman: Dawn of Justice (as in Dawn of the Justice League). The animated movies have done this with some success. It may have been a better idea than trying to sell this Batman vs Superman heavyweight bout. You can still have the fight, just don't sell it as the entire movie.