Ever heard of/seen The Dirty Dozen? 1967, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland? Yeah, it's The Dirty Dozen, except instead of military convicts, it's C and D list supervillains.
That would certainly explain why I have zero interest in the movie.I assume the basic idea is "shut up and watch all this crazy shit".
Okay, so I exaggerated a little. I'm familiar enough with DC that I know what the Suicide Squad is and what it generally goes around doing.Ever heard of/seen The Dirty Dozen? 1967, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland? Yeah, it's The Dirty Dozen, except instead of military convicts, it's C and D list supervillains.
That would certainly explain why I have zero interest in the movie.
Okay, so I exaggerated a little. I'm familiar enough with DC that I know what the Suicide Squad is and what it generally goes around doing.
What I'm getting at is that the trailer is directionless. It doesn't tell me what the gist of the movie is, instead relying on the vague premise of "Bad guys get recruited to go after other bad guys!" because, uh... I dunno. That's pretty much all the trailers tell me. "Bad guys go after other bad guys after being recruited by the government. Also the Joker is in it. And isn't Harley quirky?"
I guess the takeaway here is that the lesson we learned from Batman vs Superman is that all we need to draw people into big superhero movies are a bunch of fight scenes full of meaningless spectacle and brand recognition.
DC, hold your horses. You will most likely get my monies when Suicide Squad comes out in cinema, so can't you just wait to see if it's successful before planning for this?
And great. Now I know Harley will not be the one to die.
Why? That sounds awesome to me.That would certainly explain why I have zero interest in the movie.
Tempera, "bad guys recruited to fight bad guys" is the core premise of the original material! Seriously, what more do you need to know? If they spelled out the entire plot for you, you'd complain that the trailer showed too much! I'm really not getting your complaint at all.
Because it's a trailer. I mean is it any less insightful than Guardians of the Galaxy was?It's the core premise of the material the way "good guys fight bad guys" is the core premise of Star Wars, but it's leaving quite a bit of relevant information out.
Because it's a trailer. I mean is it any less insightful than Guardians of the Galaxy was?
This is the first trailer to GotG. The first minute and a half introduce and explain the basics of every single character in the group, listing their crimes and backgrounds. I got more character info from this trailer alone than I have from every single Suicide Squad trailer shown so far. Like, I know Harley and Killer Croc, because I watched Batman the Animated Series, but I have no idea who else is in the group, out what they can do, and this movie comes out in like 3 months.
That's saying what they do, not who they are.They say outright. That guy shoots people, that guy eats people, that guy shoots fire, the girl is just crazy, and the villain is a witch.
I've watched all three Expendables movies and I still have trouble working out who all the characters are meant to be, or what their unique character trait is. And I say this as someone who watched all the shitty 80s action movies as a kid. For the rest, I'd argue and debate, but I'm late for work
Okay, motherfuckers, I'll play. Just how often do trailers fucking spoonfeed you who the protagonists are? Did the trailers for The Expendables do it? How about The Matrix? Blade? Fucking Star Wars? No? Then why the fuck do you expect this movie to?
The reshoots were just normal reshoots every movie has in order to get more effects footage for Killer Croc.The re-shoots concern me, a bit. Hopefully they're not making it TOO much like Deadpool.
Why do people hate Will Smith?If we just didn't have Will Smith going 'Will Smith' all over this, I'd be looking forward to it more.
So?Because he can no longer act and just plays variations of one 'Will Smith' type?
I'm pretty sure that got debunked as having been already scheduled shots due to Killer Croc's schedule.Because he can no longer act and just plays variations of one 'Will Smith' type?
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I self-correct: SUPPOSEDLY the reshoots are action, not humor based. Guess we'll see?
Looking hot and saying one liners is like 90% of what Harley does in the comics too.Harley doesn't actually seem to do anything particularly ... a few cool one liners, fires a pistol one time ducks under a sword swing and that's about it. You would think if they wanted Harley Quinn movies that she would make more of an impact. Trailers of course but still most of the rest of squad seem a lot more proactive and badass. OTOH maybe everything she does is plot relevant and if they showed it would spoil everything. -shrug- It just struck me that for all the screen time she gets she was mostly about posing.
Honestly, I don't have a problem with Will Smith playing Will Smith because Deadshot is enough like Will Smith that it works.If we just didn't have Will Smith going 'Will Smith' all over this, I'd be looking forward to it more.
Honestly, I don't have a problem with Will Smith playing Will Smith because Deadshot is enough like Will Smith that it works.