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Justice League **Spoilers from post 980 onward**

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  • Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭Drum.lad


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Hmm, that could definitely work. Still though, I can't see modern audiences accepting a villain called Brainiac.

    Thats why i can never see a Flash movie happening...most of his rouges sound ridiculous.


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Drum.lad wrote: »
    Thats why i can never see a Flash movie happening...most of his rouges sound ridiculous.

    Isn't Brainiac a Superman villain primarily? I think Brainiac could work just fine in a film.


  • Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭Drum.lad


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Isn't Brainiac a Superman villain primarily? I think Brainiac could work just fine in a film.

    I was just saying a lot of the DC villains have silly names that general audiences mind find funny.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Isn't Brainiac a Superman villain primarily? I think Brainiac could work just fine in a film.

    Worked pretty well in Smallville...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I think if they accepted someone called Loki as a credible threat, they probably wouldn't have a hard time accepting Brainiac. I think they should use Darkseid, he'd probably be the best choice

    The name Loki doesn't mean diddly-squat to the average punter though. As far as they are concerned it has no meaning. Brainiac just sounds like a name you'd give some high school krell-boy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    He's a decent director tbh, Gone Baby Gone and The Town were both well made.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    krudler wrote: »
    He's a decent director tbh, Gone Baby Gone and The Town were both well made.

    True that, not perfect but both were very, very solid. I always thought he was an annoying eejit as an actor but he has the makings of a fine director.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    krudler wrote: »
    He's a decent director tbh, Gone Baby Gone and The Town were both well made.


    Yeh have to say I really enjoyed The Town especially a film i could watch agaain and again. But Justice league will be a completly different fair compared to them two films. But id say he could do a good job with it.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    A bit random; even if he has shown skill behind the camera as a director, a big-budget summer movie seems slightly at odds with the kind of movies he has directed so far. And it's not like he could simply set a JL movie in Bawwwston either :D

    His latest, Argo, looks like it might be worth a gander, top notch cast & pretty interesting true-story (although this time Afflick is both infront of and behind the camera)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    I loved Gone Baby Gone, and though The Town was decent too. Not a fan of comic book films but will check this out now that he's on board


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    WB: Ben, its great to hear from you. We've got a exciting proposition for you. How would you feel about doing the Justice League movie?
    Affleck: Really?! man that would be awesome. I loved playing Daredevil.
    WB: No ben, we were thinking that you could...
    Affleck: Play Batman?
    WB: Ben, we've got TDKR
    Gordon-Levitt for Batman
    . You know that. As I was trying to say we are thinking you could....
    Affleck: Play superman?
    WB: Ben please! we were actually thinking you could direct the movie.
    Affleck: ....
    Affleck: .... oh i see. thats cool. But .. but i'm kinda busy and all.
    WB: We are willing to offer you a very lucrative deal.
    Affleck: ... oh, thats good. Thats good. But i dunno. Got alot to do..
    WB: *sigh* ok you can be Daredevil :rolleyes:
    Affleck: :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,382 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Daredevil is a Marvel character not DC....

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Bullseye1 wrote: »

    Article incorrectly states that he'll only direct movies in which he also stars. Weird how they could just forget his directorial debut...


    Affleck is a solid director imo. His first two films were great. And he's a huge comic nerd, which makes this an even better prospect...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 460 ✭✭Ape X


    pixelburp wrote: »
    A bit random; even if he has shown skill behind the camera as a director, a big-budget summer movie seems slightly at odds with the kind of movies he has directed so far.
    You could have said the same thing about Christopher Nolan and Marc Webb as well, tbf.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,047 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    You're going to let the same guy who agreed to the script for Daredevil to be the one who directs Justice League?

    Seriously?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Overheal wrote: »
    You're going to let the same guy who agreed to the script for Daredevil to be the one who directs Justice League?

    Seriously?

    The script to Daredevil is very different to what ended up onscreen, as shown in the Director's Cut.

    And, as has been said, Affleck has proven himself as a good (decent, at the very least) director.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Overheal wrote: »
    You're going to let the same guy who agreed to the script for Daredevil to be the one who directs Justice League?

    Seriously?

    the directors cut of Daredevil is decent, much better than what made it to the cinemas, there arent many comic book movies that show the hero ignoring the cries for help of a woman as he's just too knackered to go back out then having images of her crawling across his bathroom floor afterwards. I always liked how Daredevil shows the aftermath of what happens when comic book heroes do their thing, him covered in bruises and scars and pulling out broken teeth in the shower, it was probably the first comic movie to do that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,047 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    There was a directors cut? Looking into that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    WB: Ben, its great to hear from you. We've got a exciting proposition for you. How would you feel about doing the Justice League movie?
    Affleck: Really?! man that would be awesome. I loved playing Daredevil.
    WB: No ben, we were thinking that you could...
    Affleck: Play Batman?
    WB: Ben, we've got TDKR
    Gordon-Levitt for Batman
    . You know that. As I was trying to say we are thinking you could....
    Affleck: Play superman?
    WB: Ben please! we were actually thinking you could direct the movie.
    Affleck: ....
    Affleck: .... oh i see. thats cool. But .. but i'm kinda busy and all.
    WB: We are willing to offer you a very lucrative deal.
    Affleck: ... oh, thats good. Thats good. But i dunno. Got alot to do..
    WB: *sigh* ok you can be Daredevil :rolleyes:
    Affleck: :D

    he already kinda sorta played Superman though ;)

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    he's really good in Hollywoodland as well btw. I like Affleck, he's made a lot of crap but he comes across as funny in interviews and he isnt afraid to take the piss out of himself, and he's fantastic in Chasing Amy.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,047 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    krudler wrote: »
    the directors cut of Daredevil is decent, much better than what made it to the cinemas, there arent many comic book movies that show the hero ignoring the cries for help of a woman as he's just too knackered to go back out then having images of her crawling across his bathroom floor afterwards. I always liked how Daredevil shows the aftermath of what happens when comic book heroes do their thing, him covered in bruises and scars and pulling out broken teeth in the shower, it was probably the first comic movie to do that.
    having just rewatched that scene, and everything building up to it, the first act of the movie is AAA, and that was definitely an extremely dark moment. I loved it. I just wish the rest of the movie stacked up. All I remembered of that movie leaving the theatre was him fighting jennifer gardner on a playground seesaw and a really corney Evanescence overlay and collin farell in a seriously awful looking geddup.

    I wish that whole movie built on from act one :(

    edit: it is offensive that Bullseye made it past that airport checkpoint :P


  • Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Overheal wrote: »
    having just rewatched that scene, and everything building up to it, the first act of the movie is AAA, and that was definitely an extremely dark moment. I loved it. I just wish the rest of the movie stacked up. All I remembered of that movie leaving the theatre was him fighting jennifer gardner on a playground seesaw and a really corney Evanescence overlay and collin farell in a seriously awful looking geddup.

    I wish that whole movie built on from act one :(

    edit: it is offensive that Bullseye made it past that airport checkpoint :P

    Here's a comparison between the theatrical and director cut of Daredevil.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭fluke


    Daredevil is a Marvel character not DC....

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    Actually I like the idea that he'd agree to the deal in that context. I like the to think that Ben Affleck (at least the Ben Affleck of old) would have been like 'yeah sure Daredevil is in the Justice League. I mean DC, Marvel they're all Superheroes...whatevs bro'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Overheal wrote: »
    having just rewatched that scene, and everything building up to it, the first act of the movie is AAA, and that was definitely an extremely dark moment. I loved it. I just wish the rest of the movie stacked up. All I remembered of that movie leaving the theatre was him fighting jennifer gardner on a playground seesaw and a really corney Evanescence overlay and collin farell in a seriously awful looking geddup.

    I wish that whole movie built on from act one :(

    edit: it is offensive that Bullseye made it past that airport checkpoint :P

    and they removed that horrible fireside love scene, bleh. I like Daredevil, its not perfect but its fun, Colin Farrell looks like he's having an absolute blast in it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Brendan Flowers


    Overheal wrote: »
    You're going to let the same guy who agreed to the script for Daredevil to be the one who directs Justice League?

    Seriously?

    That's specious reasoning. By your logic I could claim that Jon Favreau shouldn't have been allowed to direct Iron Man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    krudler wrote: »
    WB: Ben, its great to hear from you. We've got a exciting proposition for you. How would you feel about doing the Justice League movie?
    Affleck: Really?! man that would be awesome. I loved playing Daredevil.
    WB: No ben, we were thinking that you could...
    Affleck: Play Batman?
    WB: Ben, we've got TDKR
    Gordon-Levitt for Batman
    . You know that. As I was trying to say we are thinking you could....
    Affleck: Play superman?
    WB: Ben please! we were actually thinking you could direct the movie.
    Affleck: ....
    Affleck: .... oh i see. thats cool. But .. but i'm kinda busy and all.
    WB: We are willing to offer you a very lucrative deal.
    Affleck: ... oh, thats good. Thats good. But i dunno. Got alot to do..
    WB: *sigh* ok you can be Daredevil :rolleyes:
    Affleck: :D

    he already kinda sorta played Superman though ;)

    hollywoodland2.jpg

    he's really good in Hollywoodland as well btw. I like Affleck, he's made a lot of crap but he comes across as funny in interviews and he isnt afraid to take the piss out of himself, and he's fantastic in Chasing Amy.

    I hope he doesht act in it himself and he is the worst actor on earth

    He isn't a bad director to be fair but it's a step down from christopher Nolan who was the original director


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    mrmorgan wrote: »
    I hope he doesht act in it himself and he is the worst actor on earth

    He isn't a bad director to be fair but it's a step down from christopher Nolan who was the original director

    2 completely things wrong. Affleck is a good actor.
    Nolan was never doing the Justice League movie


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    I reckon he could do a great job. The trailer for his new one played before TDKR both times I saw it funnily enough, called Argo I think, looks really good too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    mrmorgan wrote: »
    I hope he doesht act in it himself and he is the worst actor on earth

    He isn't a bad director to be fair but it's a step down from christopher Nolan who was the original director

    2 completely things wrong. Affleck is a good actor.
    Nolan was never doing the Justice League movie

    He is a terrable actor
    I read on imdb this morning that Nolan was there originally but backed out


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    mrmorgan wrote: »
    He is a terrable actor
    I read on imdb this morning that Nolan was there originally but backed out

    Nolan was asked but said no. A lot of what's IMDb is pure shite. Affleck's a good actor; he's just taken some shitty roles.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    mrmorgan wrote: »
    He is a terrable actor
    I read on imdb this morning that Nolan was there originally but backed out

    watch Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Hollywoodland and The Town. He's excellent in all of them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    pixelburp wrote: »
    A bit random; even if he has shown skill behind the camera as a director, a big-budget summer movie seems slightly at odds with the kind of movies he has directed so far. And it's not like he could simply set a JL movie in Bawwwston either :D

    His latest, Argo, looks like it might be worth a gander, top notch cast & pretty interesting true-story (although this time Afflick is both infront of and behind the camera)

    Same was probably said for Kenneth Branagh and Thor!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    krudler wrote: »
    mrmorgan wrote: »
    He is a terrable actor
    I read on imdb this morning that Nolan was there originally but backed out

    watch Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Hollywoodland and The Town. He's excellent in all of them.

    Haven't seem hollywoodland. Good will hunting is a good film Matt Damon made it. The town washt a Great movie and I thought he was terrable in it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,490 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    First of I might be the only one but I liked the film Daredevil :o

    Anyways I think Affleck could do a good job as already said in this thread he did well directing Gone Baby Gone and The Town and was he also involved in the script for these?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,047 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    As stated above, the Directors Cut was a lot less of a pile of shyte than the Theatrical Release. It made sense, and the only annoying leftover parts were bullseye (who falls into it's so bad its funny territory), and a few really corny music overlays and that scene where elektra 'kills' a bunch of sandbags that seem to drop out of nowhere. Otherwise, pretty cracking film. The add-in court plot helped a lot and all the OTT choreographed fight scenes are easier to swallow with an eye to comics and the additional grittiness added in


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    I admit Ben Affleck has been in more bad movies than good, but he's matured a lot in the last five years in terms of the projects he's a part of.
    You could hardly blame him for turning down roles like Armageddon & Pearl Harbour, they were massive movies to be a part of, even if the risk of being a one dimensional character.

    State Of Play was a good performance and although he plays inside his comfort zone in The Town, it's another solid performance.

    His two directorial ventures have been great movies in my opinion and I'm looking forward to Argo later in the year as well, especially seeing as he's leaving Boston for this one!

    With regards to the Justice League, there's a long way to go before there's any proper developments. Everyone seems to believe that the Superman & Batman actors are all aboard already; I wouldn't be so quick to presume that based on just a 2 minute trailer for MOS & a 60 second epilogue in TDKR.
    I think DC & WB are letting The Avengers put them under more pressure than they need to.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    I admit Ben Affleck has been in more bad movies than good, but he's matured a lot in the last five years in terms of the projects he's a part of.
    You could hardly blame him for turning down roles like Armageddon & Pearl Harbour, they were massive movies to be a part of, even if the risk of being a one dimensional character.

    State Of Play was a good performance and although he plays inside his comfort zone in The Town, it's another solid performance.

    His two directorial ventures have been great movies in my opinion and I'm looking forward to Argo later in the year as well, especially seeing as he's leaving Boston for this one!

    With regards to the Justice League, there's a long way to go before there's any proper developments. Everyone seems to believe that the Superman & Batman actors are all aboard already; I wouldn't be so quick to presume that based on just a 2 minute trailer for MOS & a 60 second epilogue in TDKR.
    I think DC & WB are letting The Avengers put them under more pressure than they need to.

    any word on who be playing batman??


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Please be Michael Keaton, please be Michael Keaton.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Please be Michael Keaton, please be Michael Keaton.

    although a fantastic batman he was no bale and hes ancient. id put my money on Ryan gosling heard hes rumored for the new batman franchise


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Same was probably said for Kenneth Branagh and Thor!

    True, but in retrospect, Thor's cheesy take on Norse mythology & its Shakespearean undertones were pretty much a perfect fit for someone like Branagh. But then maybe Afflick's a big comic geek, so who knows.

    Considering this is still conjecture as to who the director will be, talk of actors playing the parts is even less advanced. Personally I think this is all too soon & the studio should see how Superman performs first, and let the dust settle on the Nolan Batman franchise. Quick development of this Justice League movie will only invite comparisons with the Superman, Batman and Avengers movies (in the superhero-teamup sense)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    Isaac Hempstead Wright is gonna play batman, and Maisie Williams is gonna play wonder woman, cause thats how long its gonna take to make this film right and not play catchup with Marvel,

    i like affleck hes done some solid work through the years and isnt afraid to take risks with his career which is why i think this project is good for him, as people have said mark webb didnt seem a good choice for spider-man and jon favreau probably wouldn't have been thought of as a good choice for iron man, but they worked out, i think hes as good a choice as any,

    i think DC might be moving a bit fast with this but well wait and see, if avengers goes into a 3rd set of films for all the characters (4 for iron man) and make a 3rd avengers film, there will be a superhero film out every other month in a few years if DC release JLA characters films like Marvel done,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    pixelburp wrote: »

    Considering this is still conjecture as to who the director will be, talk of actors playing the parts is even less advanced. Personally I think this is all too soon & the studio should see how Superman performs first, and let the dust settle on the Nolan Batman franchise. Quick development of this Justice League movie will only invite comparisons with the Superman, Batman and Avengers movies (in the superhero-teamup sense)

    Yeah, spot on.
    There's a lot of assumptions that a Justice League movie can only be done the same way The Avengers was, with all the lead up etc, so therefore Henry Cavill IS Superman in the JL movie, Ryan Reynolds IS the Green Lantern, that lad IS Batman etc.

    It's not going to be that straightforward, especially when you consider MOS hasn't even been released yet, Green Lantern wasn't well received, and the Batman Trilogy has only just come to a close. It's too soon to assume all the pieces are in place for the Justice League, and the sum of the parts haven't been building subtle links to a full movie or anything


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Definitely shouldn't be the same Batman from Nolan's universe. I'd find it corny watching that trilogy again knowing that all these fantastical characters like Superman / Green Lantern / etc exist somewhere in that universe after Nolan spent 3 films pushing his take on realistic characters and villians.

    Anyways, not a big fan on Affleck the actor but I admit he does have fairly decent directing chops, even if I thought The Town was a ho-hum movie.

    Just don't know if this sort of movie is for him, though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    Affleck is a director with a bright future and is a comic book fan as far as I know, so he does have the potential to be the right fit with JL. But WB/DC need to take their time on this.

    If reports are right, DC/WB want to jump straight into this with no build up movies other than MOS (assuming MOS is indeed tied to what they're planning for JL). Basically, that would mean whoever the director is would be starting from scratch, and that is asking a hell of a lot of any director, never mind Affleck.

    WB/DC need to stay cool and not do anything reactionary to TA's success. They need to sit down and figure out a real long term strategy, otherwise if they jump into this head first they could end up with another turkey of GL proportions.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,731 ✭✭✭Bullseye1


    Of all the characters in JLA Wonder Woman will be the most difficult to fill.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,731 ✭✭✭Bullseye1


    alexandra daddario

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    Alexandra Daddario certainly has the look although not six foot. But with SFX it wouldn't be a problem.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Having watched Justice League: Doom, I think Nathan Fillion could potentially make a good Green Lantern. Well, that and I just want to see him in more movies.


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    How does everyone think this will play out on screen? I would be expecting Supes and Bats to get most of the screen time. I think its a dangerous game going into this without a lead up movie for everyone. Avengers benefited greatly from each character having an on screen back story.

    I'd nearly prefer just a Superman/Batman team up film before they launch into JLA, would be a good way to reboot Batman too imo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,731 ✭✭✭Bullseye1


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    How does everyone think this will play out on screen? I would be expecting Supes and Bats to get most of the screen time. I think its a dangerous game going into this without a lead up movie for everyone. Avengers benefited greatly from each character having an on screen back story.

    I'd nearly prefer just a Superman/Batman team up film before they launch into JLA, would be a good way to reboot Batman too imo.

    Agreed on each character needing a build up movie. With regards to Nathan Fillion he would actually make a great Hank Pym.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭al28283


    I'm pretty certain that Affleck said no to this straight away.

    http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/ben-affleck-on-justice-league-his-camp-says-no/


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