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Jason Momoa cast as Aquaman in Batman v Superman DoJ
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TheVampire
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Aquaman?
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If Aquaman gets all pissy about what happened Superman should just throw him back into the ocean
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If Aquaman gets all pissy about what happened Superman should just throw him back into the ocean
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I agree. It's not about the numbers. Avengers proved that a talented writer can make it work.
But you've just made a false equivalence though. JL didn't need to re-introduce Batman, Lex Luthor etc. This movie has to, with its new batman and new Lex etc.
Justice League show also had amazing talent behind the scenes. These are the people that should have been writing all of these movies in my humble opinion.
Another point is, just because there's a one time oscar winner doing re-writes, doesn't mean it'll be good, or that he can handle these characters, or understand them well enough.
Ninja Scooter
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Because Hunnam is a terrible actor. Only Sam Worthington can rival him when it comes to complete inability to hide your natural accent at all times.
Bobby Roberts
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Aquaman's going to steal Justice League. Watch and see if it doesn't happen.
Everyone thought Quicksilver was going to be a giant suckhole, too. And then they watched the movie.
Everyone thought Quicksilver was going to be a giant suckhole, too. And then they watched the movie.
So far, Arrow kept itself very contained. The most aggressive thing this show did was to cast Flash.
We will find out if universes are connected if one day we see Zod's TV broadcast in Arrow/Flash.
This will hopefully end all the Aquaman hate.
BadAss2961
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How many times are we gonna go through the same shit? In Man of Steel, Superman is only the first superhero to be known publicly.
Along with Wayne Enterprises and S.T.A.R. Labs, MoS references Aquaman lore. It's subtle, but there's no mistaking it. Look it up, it's been pointed out in several of these threads already.
obin_gam
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Good looking actor for Aquaman.
Semantics but he isn't doing a rewrite. He's writing the screenplay from Goyer's story.
Father_Brain
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A brief onscreen appearance by the logo of a fictional corporation that has appeared in Aquaman comics does nothing to set up the actual in-universe existence of Aquaman or Atlanteans, sorry.
DC has tried many, many times to make him "More badass!" over the years. After most of those fell flat, they then basically made him Namor.
Sigh...I suppose we won't stop getting these reactions till the movie releases.
It's gonna be a looooong two years, breh. Get comfy.
AuthenticM
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This movie will be bad, won't it ?
Schweinehund
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Had no idea who hawkeye or the falcon was until I watched avengers/winter soldier. Those movies were such shit awful garbage trash. My mind was obliterated by the concept of a man who shoots arrows and another man who straps on mechanical wings and flew. I wish I read all the back issues so my mind was prepared.
freenudemacusers
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this movie is gonna be so bloated i mean they have 2 hours to fill with what, 5 characters? using some math that's only like 24 minutes on screen for each of them!
Phoenician_Viking
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Not really. WB wanted to include Batman because MOS disappointed WB at the BO. WB added more super heroes because they want to generate money. Here´s the WB release list through 2018. MOS2 is coming in 2018 because WB hopes that it could build enough of his followers/fans to be very big and profitable franchise.
May 2016 – Batman v Superman
July 2016 – Shazam
Xmas 2016 – Sandman
May 2017 – Justice League
July 2017 – Wonder Woman
Xmas 2017 – Flash and Green Lantern team-up
May 2018 – Man Of Steel 2
obin_gam
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This is a needless worry. Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman Aquaman and Cyborg are not going to have the same amount of screentime. Batman and Superman will have most of it, WW will be third and I'm guessing the other two will be 30 second cameos at best.
AuthenticM
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Can you really blame us ? This movie will be bloated with tons of characters, casting has been so far weird, and Zack Snyder is co-writing.
Everything we've heard so far does not paint the film in a good light.
Snyder isn't co-writing, casting is subjective, and apart from Batman and maybe Wonderwoman all other superheroes are supposed to be cameos for the JL movie that is being shoot back to back with this. This is all known information really.
Future Foundation
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Snyder's not co-writing it, those "tons" of characters are going to get cameos/short establishing scenes at best, and I'd rather reserve judgement on casting until I actually see them performing.
EDIT: Shit, I should have just quoted the post above me.
Also:
This is such a odd thing to me: "hur hur the movie's gonna suck, but I'm still gonna pay 14.50 to watch it that'll show 'em". I thought we hated constant origin stories? If anything, I'm happy we won't be getting more of them.
Yes we can blame you.
People like you jump to conclusions while knowing dick all and it's always such a pain to observe. It's like poison in these threads. And what's a worse is that many of these things end up not being as bad as people thought or end up not being a big deal at all in the grand scheme of things.
This situation is even more annoying because people are making the absolute dumbest assumption and running with it. It is highly unlikely that all of these characters will get any real screen time. I imagine they'll be on screens in the batcave as batman explains to superman that there are more people like him out there or some variation of that. Or they'll start off with the justice League already assembled and this movie will be a flash back or some shit. They will be cameos and nothing more.
The fact that people have to keep repeating this shit is baffling to me. It's like talking to a bunch of kids.
Ogedai_Khan
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Momoa Aquaman needs its own movie
BlackNMild2k1
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I think now that DC is jumping head on into Justice League, not so much to do it different from Marvel, but because if they don't start big, then they may never get the project off the ground.
I think they feel that Justice League is their best shot at launching movies that aren't Superman or Batman with any sort of success, by directly connecting them with Superman and Batman from the start.
I think they feel that Justice League is their best shot at launching movies that aren't Superman or Batman with any sort of success, by directly connecting them with Superman and Batman from the start.
I'm sure he will get one. He just first need to have great presence in BvS and JL.
MisterHero
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If there's any justice
A superhero that's really 10 years old adds flavor to the movie by default!
Ogedai_Khan
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AuthenticM
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While some of the supporting arguments are founded, you guys have to keep in mind that Zack Snyder is directing the movie, and so far, everything he's made has been mediocre at best. The only good things in his movies are the fight scenes, but they are not enough to save them.
I'm sorry, but no, you cannot blame people for having low expectations for his next film. That opinion is founded. If anything, people acting super-excited and positive about the film are the ones who should get a reality-check. Chances are that they are the ones who will be bummed out by the film, as opposed to the others who would be surprised at its quality.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Zack Snyder should stick to being a director of photography and nothing more. His movies are beautiful to watch and their fight scenes exhilarating; but that's it.
I'm sorry, but no, you cannot blame people for having low expectations for his next film. That opinion is founded. If anything, people acting super-excited and positive about the film are the ones who should get a reality-check. Chances are that they are the ones who will be bummed out by the film, as opposed to the others who would be surprised at its quality.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Zack Snyder should stick to being a director of photography and nothing more. His movies are beautiful to watch and their fight scenes exhilarating; but that's it.
The Smoking Bun
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Hero_of_the_Day
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Again, this is all a rumor from a single source. Why is everyone just assuming it's true? I'd find it a lot more believable if there were a standalone Batman on the agenda, 'cause there's no way WB aren't planning one.
Because it's Nikki FInke. This isn't like some Latino Review or Comicbookmovie "scoop."
Poofynamanama
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some y'all take superhero movies too seriously 
Camera trickery. Robert Downey Jr is short as hell but you'd never really know it.
MisterHero
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Pfft they call him Superman and he isn't even 8 feet tall.
Messypandas
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Well we wouldn't want Superman 6'4 now would we
People should know this by now, I mean Tom Cruise looks average height in all his movies and they been doing that for decades.
BlackNMild2k1
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Why is there so much fog!?
So we went from "Snyder is co writing this" to "Snyder is directing this and I don't like it". Snyder has had 1 universally panned movie and 1 movie with mixed reception.
AuthenticM
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I've seen all of Snyder's films and thought not one of them was better than mediocre.
Opinions.
Messypandas
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