Man of Steel sequel to feature Batman (and others) (2016)

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They should do a straight up The Dark Knight Returns adaptation and ignore any continuity ties with Man of Steel, it sucked anyway. But Affleck is too young for that version of Batman, and they want to actually launch the extended universe with this, so I foresee a mess that will just try to cram in some TDKR in it, much like The Dark Knight Rises.

 

MoS was more entertaining than all 3 of Nolan's Batman movies. Yep, I said it.

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MoS was more entertaining than all 3 of Nolan's Batman movies. Yep, I said it.

 

What exactly is entertaining about watching an hour of one city's systematic destruction? The action in that movie was so awfully paced I got numb to it midway through and almost fell asleep. It's visual excess with no stakes at all and a loose plot to keep it all together. Nolan's movies are overrated in certain aspects, but at least they had an actual story with proper characters, not a few excuses to watch Zack Snyder have a go at Transformers.

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MoS was more entertaining than all 3 of Nolan's Batman movies. Yep, I said it.

I have to assume you're not being serious, as that's a ridiculous statement to make. It was a decidedly average film.

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I'm dead serious. Also, no stakes? The Avengers had no stakes either. Rarely does a superhero movie have stakes. Any two year old can predict the exact outcome.

 

Predicting the outcome has nothing to do with keeping you invested in the characters. Sure, anyone could have predicted that Iron Man would get out of the wormhole in time -- the difference is that you cared about him. The action in Man of Steel was so mind-numbing that near the end I just prayed for the whole thing to be over.

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If they take out the fight in Smallville vs Faora and random tall krypton guy it would have a similar amount of action that other comic book movies have. And that scene was only 7-8 minutes. I'm glad they included it though because it has some incredible fight scenes, something you could only get in a Superman film. I would say this was a great starting film for Superman because it put Clark, who basically knows nothing at this point against a seemingly unbeatable foe. And instead of the idiotic movie/tv adaptations of the past 1. The villain actually did what he said he was going to and 2. They didn't let Superman find some stupid loophole to magically prevent any loss of life or destruction.

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If they take out the fight in Smallville vs Faora and random tall krypton guy it would have a similar amount of action that other comic book movies have. And that scene was only 7-8 minutes. I'm glad they included it though because it has some incredible fight scenes, something you could only get in a Superman film.

The fight scenes were easily the weakest, least interesting part of the film. They were utterly gratuitous.

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In the latest episode of his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, Kevin Smith spoke some more about the costume and how it compared to an early shot of the outfit that "Batman vs. Superman" director Zack Snyder showed him a while back:

"They put it on a fake rooftop, and they lit it up. But it was in color, and you could see every piece of detail...

So what the suit looks like, and I was always kind of keeping it quiet until they revealed it, but they've revealed it. And you can kind of see, and anybody that... you've seen some people take the picture and color it online.

If you want to see what this suit looks like, you just go to Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, go to the third book, Hunt the Dark Knight... it's the exact outfit he's wearing. That?s why I hugged that guy all those months ago."

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CAMERAS ROLL ON DIRECTOR ZACK SNYDER?S ?BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE? FROM WARNER BROS. PICTURES

Principal photography is underway in Metro Detroit, Michigan

BURBANK, CA, May 21, 2014 ? Filming is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures? ?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,? the highly anticipated action adventure from director Zack Snyder, starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as BruceWayne/Batman.

?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from ?Man of Steel,? Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film.

?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?is written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer. Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.

Principal photography will take place on location at Michigan Motion Picture Studios and on location in and around Detroit, Michigan; Illinois; Africa; and the South Pacific.

Set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016, ?Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? is based on Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, Batman characters created by Bob Kane, and Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment.

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Yeah, most people will probably call it Batman v Superman since there'll be only 1 film like this for now. I see "Dawn of Justice" as a second title, what the movie will be about in that universe.

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No question that they're hinting at this being used as the first step into the Justice League, the only way it could be more obvious is if they named it Superman v Batman :  A Justice League prequel.  :P

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According to Flickering Myth, rumors have began to revolve around the look of the character in Wonder Woman #600 as a source of inspiration for the new look. This also served as the basis for the Amazonian Princess' costume in the Injustice: Gods Among Us videogame.

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Is this official ?

Has been for a week now :p I think it looks great, but not top quality for such a film. The idea of the logo is nice, but the bevel at the top op the Bat-symbol makes it look weird. At the bottom it looks like a real piece of metal, at the top it looks too fake.

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I'm all for the WW outfit, if that's what they go with, no need to stick to the original and show so much skin just to have people screaming it's sexist or something. 

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