Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted February 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2017 Rumours floating about Affleck is done with Batman fullstop. Quote
Paid Members lambyUK Posted February 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2017 Rumours floating about Affleck is done with Batman fullstop. The rumour stems from some random guy making an assumption. It's based on actually nothing. Quote
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2017 They've already come out and said he's still staring, producing and co-writing. Wouldn't be shocked if he left though. You can't ask an Oscar winning director to write, star and direct then interfere to the point that he pulls out (and to be fair that is always going to happen when you're dealing with billion dollar franchises) Marvel are just as guilty of doing it and seem to get around it by using Indie directors but even that's backfired with people like Edgar Wright (Ant Man), Patty Jenkins (Thor 2) and Ava DuVernay (Black Panther) pulling out during production and Directors like Kenneth Branagh and Joss Whedon refusing to come back. I think the level on control the studios have over these films must be on another level. Quote
Paid Members lambyUK Posted February 1, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2017 i get the impression the Marvel control is completely different to what is currently happening with Warner Bros and DC. Warner Bros' have been pressing Affleck in order to hit times and deadlines in order to satisfy the needs of the shareholders. He's not being allowed to bring something together organically. The stories you hear from Marvel always seem to involve creative differences and you can see why Marvel have to have their hands deeply in that pie. They have this huge universe now where everything is intricately connected and if someone starts messing with that everything could go tits up. Quote
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted February 3, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 3, 2017 Just watched the first episode of Powerless. Its... not great. A few promising bits in it, but unless it picks up a LOT then it wont get a second season. Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 4, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 4, 2017 It is quite baffling. The latest animated film, Justice League Dark, is supposed to be very good.I'm halfway through watching Return of the Caped Crusaders. Not sure I like it. Just finished watching Return of the Caped Crusaders. It's actually a fun watch. Very nostalgic. Julie Newmar's voice shows its age towards the end of the film. Worth watching. Quote
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 20, 2017 Author Paid Members Posted February 20, 2017 I'm not enjoying all this drama surrounding the new Batman film at all, I really liked Affleck as Batman and I was looking forward to him making the film. Then he pulled out/was removed as director and now talks have fallen through with his 11th hour replacement Matt Reeves of Planet of the apes fame. There's even rumours Affleck might be leaving Batman behind entirely. With all the resources at their disposal why can't they get their shit together to make a Batman film? Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 20, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) This is pretty cool. Its an attempt at producing a real life Green Lantern ring. Obviously without the cool super powers. Edited February 21, 2017 by BigJag Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 21, 2017 Moderators Posted February 21, 2017 That channel is kinda cool. But I'm getting mighty tired of your low effort posting in threads. If you can't even be bothered to say what the link is you're posting why should anyone click it? Why is it worth posting at all? That applies not just to this post in this thread. Quote
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted February 21, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 21, 2017 I'm not enjoying all this drama surrounding the new Batman film at all, I really liked Affleck as Batman and I was looking forward to him making the film. Then he pulled out/was removed as director and now talks have fallen through with his 11th hour replacement Matt Reeves of Planet of the apes fame. There's even rumours Affleck might be leaving Batman behind entirely. With all the resources at their disposal why can't they get their shit together to make a Batman film? It's pretty mad, eh? It's why I'm not getting too excited about a great director like Mel Gibson getting involved, yet, because they'll no doubt find a way to bugger it up. It's worrying, nonetheless, two pros like Affleck and Reeves have had a look and decided against it, despite it being bloody Batman. Maybe it's the deadlines, maybe it's the fear the studio will shit themselves and cut it to mediocrity again. On a more positive note, Logan is getting incredible reviews (currently about 95% on Rotten Tomatoes). Out next week, can't wait to see what they've done. Quote
Paid Members Onyx2 Posted February 21, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 21, 2017 There was a relevant-to-this-thread question in this week's Only Connect (I still watch it on a Monday. The move to Friday never happened). Excuse the multiple spoilers, if you know Only Connect you'll know why. It was the picture round. If you don't know how it works, they reveal one picture at a time and you have to predict what the fourth picture will be using a s few clues as possible. The pictures were... Val Kilmer George Clooney Christian Bale (you're supposed to guess the answer in the next one if you're playing along...) And the eventual answer was Ben Affleck. The connection of course that they played Batman in that order. I was screaming at the telly from George Clooney that "it must be Will Arnett! It MUST BE!" I would definitely have argued it if I was in the studio. Though I guess Kevin Conroy must fit in there somewhere if it's based on the idea of just voicing him. Quote
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 23, 2017 Author Paid Members Posted February 23, 2017 Now Matt Reeves IS directing Batman, fucking hell this is a farce. Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 23, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 23, 2017 Hmmm. He did the Planet of the Apes movies right? I liked them. He should do well with this. Affleck stays on as Batman, he's ok. I didn't hate him in Batman vs Supes, although his portrayal was a little too gullible. At least they have a director and lead man now. They need to get on with making these films. Quote
pryko Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 On the subject of Logan, I've booked tickets to see it on Tuesday at Cineworld Bolton, with a start time of 22:23, and although not confirmed anywhere, me and my mate I'm watching this with, believe it could be an X-23 reference Quote
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 25, 2017 Paid Members Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Some sort of promotional piece for Logan. The basic premise seems to be science based japery with Adamantium. Edited February 25, 2017 by BigJag Quote
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