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‘Justice League’ Encounters Kryptonite At The B.O. With $93M+ Opening: Why The DC Movie Weakened
Deadline.com ^ | 11/17/17 | Anthony D'Alessandro

Posted on 11/18/2017 7:08:57 AM PST by Simon Green

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Marvel continues to be better than DC at making films, with the occasional exception such as "Wonder Woman" aside.
1 posted on 11/18/2017 7:08:57 AM PST by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

I’ll watch it on DVD in six months when the library has its free copy.


2 posted on 11/18/2017 7:12:02 AM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a Nationalist and a patriot.)
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the DC suits and management are clueless.

zero continuity.

no adherence to any cannon.

total indifference to anything not politically correct.

(note: no truth justice and the American way)

DC is scared of marvel. fear. That is why they botched the plot and storyline of wonderwoman. (dc was afraid of captain America)

there are going to be THREE separate joker movie versions.


3 posted on 11/18/2017 7:18:16 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Simon Green

When you have Ben Affleck as Batman, and a SJW playing Superman how can you lose? What they forget is the popularity of these fictional characters is based on their upholding American justice and American values. They don’t really fit in today’s culture of coddled victimisation and increasingly queer values.


4 posted on 11/18/2017 7:30:19 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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Too bad really. These are my favorite characters and on the Marvel Disney hasn’t made a good film since first iron man.


5 posted on 11/18/2017 7:34:36 AM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: bk1000

the politics of actresses and actors is the health of the box office. see Dixie chix, anne heche, rock Hudson, etc. There was a reason the studio had strict moral and pr clauses.


6 posted on 11/18/2017 7:34:45 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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And that douche bag Ben Afflicted.


7 posted on 11/18/2017 7:35:24 AM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: bk1000

Gaylord Focker as Batman is hilarious.


8 posted on 11/18/2017 7:35:26 AM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: longtermmemmory

The upcoming slate of DC movies don’t look promising at all.


9 posted on 11/18/2017 7:37:31 AM PST by EdnaMode
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Yeah I think Affleck is partially to blame for the box office. Also, the terrible timing of the release, and the horrible reviews.


10 posted on 11/18/2017 7:38:33 AM PST by EdnaMode
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I blame the studio for cutting large amount of scenes from the original director’s cut.

even green lantern corps and deathstroke can’t save this film with their cameos.

i love dc universe, but marvel studio is doing a better job.


11 posted on 11/18/2017 7:43:49 AM PST by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: longtermmemmory

>>total indifference to anything not politically correct.

Worse than that. DC puts more effort into Suicide Squad than Justice League. Joker and Harley Quinn (two psychopathic killers) appeal to Millennials more than heroes.

Add that to Batman being somewhat insane now and actually weakening Superman enough so he could be killed by Doomsday in the last movie and fans of actual super-HEROES are left in the cold. I’ll watch JL(without the A) on PPV in a few months.

I read comics until the Death of Superman storyline in the mid-90s.


12 posted on 11/18/2017 7:44:01 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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Joker and Harley Quinn (two psychopathic killers) appeal to Millennials more than heroes.

That has always bothered me. I can understand evil characters being popular in terms that they deliver good story for the protagonist, but Harley Quinn has her own series and has become one of DC's marquee characters in terms of merchandising. A nutbag killer!

It bothered me a couple of months ago when I was inside a restaurant waiting for a take-out order. I was waiting next to one of those "use the claw to grab the plush toy" games for kids. Inside were all kinds of stuffed animals and then I noted some DC characters. Wonder Woman, Supergirl...and Harley Quinn? Really?
13 posted on 11/18/2017 7:57:14 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: EdnaMode

they are probably not connected at all.

just like mooves destroyed the star trek franchise once and for all.


14 posted on 11/18/2017 7:59:17 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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My wife, 14 year old grandson and I saw it last night. All of us thought it was great. Word of mouth will help this movie. BTW, saw the new Thor recently; I liked it too but my wife liked JL better than Thor.

I am very happy I have lived long enough to see the comic books of my youth made into movies that aren’t big disappointments.


15 posted on 11/18/2017 7:59:21 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government)
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I’m wondering when Time-Lies-Warner-DC is going to continue going down this hole and give Supes and Batguy face tattoos, shiny grillz, and an emorap soundtrack by th’ late flash inna pan Lil Peep.


16 posted on 11/18/2017 8:04:28 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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If Wonder Woman was such a GREAT movie, why not get the same screenwriter & Director for Justice League?
17 posted on 11/18/2017 8:16:55 AM PST by KavMan
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To: Simon Green

Let’s see how it trends next week when the holidays are here, kids are out of school, and mom wants to get rid of them for a few hours to cook/clean/recover/shop.

Personally, I think the downward trend is because of the over saturation of these types of movies, combined with the hype surrounding “The Last Jedi”. Also, having to spend $15 or more to see it at a reasonable hour, when the XD and 3D versions are all that’s shown except for the “regular” in the dinkiest theater they have.


18 posted on 11/18/2017 8:22:10 AM PST by ssaftler (NFL? We don't need no stinking NFL!)
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Until Hollywood gets back to writing good scripts and putting a good story on the screen that will draw people to the theaters, their day is done.

They might also try telling their actors and directors and producers to shut up about politics. They are actors not politicians. Driving away fans because they are too self-centered to see the big picture from the outside looking in. Much like the kneeling NFL whiners lately. Cutting their noses off to spite their faces. And they don't seem to realize it. Yet.

When Hollywood just spends $300 million for an enhancement of some comic book heroes, they're headed down hill fast. Comic books? That's all they got? Even if their target audiences are young kids, even kids nowadays are more sophisticated than comic books. Hollywood needs to up their game quite a ways yet.

I know that movies are make-believe but now they are making make-believe movies about make-believe comic books that have make-believe heroes who are not the least believable in these make-believe films.

People have wised up and are fed up with the overpriced, under performed and delivered entertainment they are serving up nowadays.

19 posted on 11/18/2017 8:51:53 AM PST by HotHunt
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Too many bad reviews, too much competition, too much trying to copy the competition. DC should do what DC is good at, Marvel is the shared universe company, DC is the silod story telling company. Be DC.


20 posted on 11/18/2017 12:06:48 PM PST by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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