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Miller Is Still ON JUSTICE LEAGUE After All!!
Merrick here...
A few days ago, Dark Horizons posted a story that was quickly linked out to by many sites. Said story involved George Miller's appearance on an Australian morning show called SUNRISE, where Miller revealed he was now completely uninvolved with the long-brewing JUSTICE LEAGUE movie project.
Turns out, THIS NEVER HAPPENED. A release from Kennedy Miller Mitchell sharply debunked the reports, saying:
This scoop was entirely fabricated.
George Miller did not appear on the ‘Sunrise Morning Show’ let alone confirm anything about JUSTICE LEAGUE or MAD MAX. The facts are indeed the complete opposite to what was reported.
You can find our coverage of the original DH article HERE, and DH's retraction of the news HERE.
George Miller did not appear on the ‘Sunrise Morning Show’ let alone confirm anything about JUSTICE LEAGUE or MAD MAX. The facts are indeed the complete opposite to what was reported.
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...MAD MAX!!!
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so does that mean he DOES have mel up for a mad max 4?
i'd still rather have Eric Bana, and for them to pretend like thunderdome didn't happen, and the discrepencies in the movies to be chalked up to that each is a tale told by those that mad max crossed paths with, and are innacurate -
C'mon, you know this is going to suck.
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this is George'Mad Max'Miller directing..what manner of geek are you if you don't give him a chance?
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Not really giving this much thought until it gets out of development hell...
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It's still going to be a bad movie that nobody's looking for, at least the way it's being handled so far. I second wanting to see another Mad Max movie, even without Mel and it's just within that world.
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..played two different characters in "Road Warrior" and "..Thunderdome"...He is not the 'Gyro Captain' in Thunderdome..ok back to the JLA thread
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Seriously. I'm on Vern's side with this one!
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Where's the DVD picks for the 1st week of December. I'm so bored I just read Lindsay Lohan's latest blog. My brain has turned to mush.
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Miller was born to direct a superhero movie.
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yeah that discrepency always bugged me. when max comes across bruce spence in his hideout, he says 'YOU....' knowingly, as if he was the gyrocaptain. but bruce never seems to really makes mention of it, other than being sheepish. i think there is enough evidence there to suggest he WAS the same gyrocaptain, as he is still into flying, has a child (assumed in the coupling with the pudgy blonde in road warrior)..and well, is still bruce spence. Just because he is listed as "Jedediah the Pilot" doesn't mean his name wasn't jedediah when he was the gyrocaptain.they just hadn't established his name.the confusing part is that the narration of the elder feral boy says that the gyrocaptain eventually became the leader of his tribe...throwing a wrench in the continuity
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Dec 03, 2008 8:50:26 AM CST
WAIT A SECOND! What if this is the worst case scenario?
by derlanghaarige
I mean that George Miller of MAD MAX fame is REALLY off the project, but the hack director named George Miller, who directed that ZEUS & ROXANNE and THE NEVERENDING STORY 2 sent this press release that said he was never on that show and is doing JLA?
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There are really two directors named George Miller! I'm not making this up!
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...I'm starting buzz. Grassroots excitement. A groundswell. How's it going...?
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Seriously, bamboo shoots under ones fingernails will feel better than watching this pile of shit.
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Seriously, I keep waiting for Shaun from SHAUN OF THE DEAD to start whacking it with a cricket bat.
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I wanna know if it's really as good as surprisingly many say.
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pudgy blonde!!..haha..you captured her very essence!! I think the reason for Bruce Spences' sheepish expression is because he knew he had to answer for stealing Maxs' truck.
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Answer the fucking question! Were you on an Australian morning show called SUNRISE or not?! If you can't answer one question, then how in the flying fuck are you going to be able to make a JUSTICE LEAGUE movie? Even Brett Ratner can do that...
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it is apparent that the dude wants lexi alexander to find him and fuck him
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Please make a new Mad Max film with Mel Gibson, not some crapola tween comic book flick. Many thanks.
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Me. That's who. I care. George Miller is a truly excepctional filmmaker. Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong, or is someone who doesn'r appreciate the sames things I do, regarding movies. I can't believe this, but some talkbacker actually suggested Michael fucking Bay to direct this movie. How to put this subtly? There's more craftsmanship and refined visual storytelling in ten minutes of HAPPY FEET than in ALL OF MICHAEL BAY'S ENTIRE FILMOGRAPHY. That's right. Ten minutes of CGI penguins tapdancing and sliding down the snow outsmart six feature films. That is fact.
I can't wait for this movie, and I honestly can't believe the fuckers who are badmouthing it. -
and its positive.
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Crap, dude, you're right. What if this is hack GM jerking around? And I'm defending him! Come on, real George Miller. Send a press release or something, blog the motherfucker, I need to know!
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Dec 03, 2008 9:31:24 AM CST
Leafar the Lost, perfect fuckin name fuckwit
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
If you think Sunrise is where it's at you need a fuckin bullet in the head.
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when I say that I really wanna see what a George Miller "Justice League" will look like. Right now we haven't seen much of anything that confirms suckdom. Geekdom mostly wants DC/Warner to follow Marvel, when in fact these are established characters already and we don't need backstories for us to know who they are, we just need one BIG, kick ass story because you can't do Justice League any other way. I have faith in George Miller's abilities as a director and before I start crying foul, I wanna see what he has up it's sleeve. You all know you wanna, that way if it does suck you can come back and say "I was right!" But I don't think it will suck. Warner, get off your asses, give Miller the money to make his movie already.
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And if you Google Punisher Warzone Review, you will find some more and they are unexpected positive. So I'm wondering if Lions Gate paid a lot of money for plants or if it's really good.
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...I think this could work if they set it in an alternate universe...away from the current Superman/Batman franchises. If it was a fast paced, action oriented, and maybe a little hammy I think we could all accept it for what it is: an action movie. If they try to make it too realistic there is no way we are going to like it. That is going to be the ultimate doom of the Avengers movie if Marvel keeps going in this direction. I just don't see how a super-teamup movie can be taken seriously. Make it light and fun and good CGI and I'm there! Brooding Aquaman...no so much.
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fuckin miller is back on. Damnit. next thing you know he'll bring back his CW-inspired cast as well. NO GEORGE MILLER, PLEASE!!
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boycott this simply because Bale & Routh won't be involved.Can we at least wait until we see the teaser trailer before badmouthing this project? Everytime a Talkback is created for this film we get the same old "this will suck!" posts. Do you kids ever tire saying the same thing over and over again?Personally, I'm very interested in this project. As long as the filmmakers don't give us something similar to those two unspeakably lousy Fantastic Four films, I'll be rather delighted.
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because it seems to be a cross between the oc and ff...the cast is too young, the script sucks and despite his resume, it appears that miller has no clue what makes a good comic book movie
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The man has simply not made a bad film. Mad Max 1,2 and 3(yes Thunderdome fucking rules, its a perfect vision of the future), Witches of Eastwick, Lorenzo's Oil(Fuck the haters, thats how you make a fuckin movie about sickness), Babe 2(The single darkest and most meaningful kids film since The Wizard of Oz.....that is until....)HAPPY FEET! One of the most polarising films of the last 10 years, let alone a great film for children who like to think and ask questions. As long as people like Miller are making films there is still hope.
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Buy a goddamned ticket, watch Punisher, and come back here to tell us how the film is!! Thats why you have this whole fucking site in the first place, right? And Punisher, as bad as it may be, is a comic-book property and would seem to fit squarely in your area of expertise. GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. BUY THE FUCKING TICKET. WATCH THE FUCKING MOVIE. SPEND AT LEAST AN HOUR TO WRITE THE FUCKING REVIEW AND POST IT ON THIS FUCKING WEBSITE. US FUCKHEADS WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO FUCKING SAY ABOUT FUCKING PUNISHER, YOU FUCKS.
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If JLA scores then it's a shoe-in that Miller will roll straight into Fury Road production. Good to hear that things are still moving in Pre-prod for MM4 at any rate.
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No matter how much you flip flop on this.
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Please let this idea die for now.
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Dec 03, 2008 9:47:12 AM CST
CGI this stupid thing with Justice League Unlimited team.
by damien chowder
Make it a tri-monthly straight to dvd release you sacks idiot's pubes shavings, like Futurama.
The JL cartoons where the best DC properties to come TV.
A good film would only be loved by it's fans and you know they don't cater for us. Instead they will make a shit film that's universal. -
Sorry, but if I want to watch an adorable little anthropomorphised B&W Birdie succumb to his uncontrollable urge to perform awkward social acts in public, I'll watch "Drinky Crow".
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If you're going to post another site's story, you should try verify it independently first
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turns out that the email sent out by Miller's squad was the fabricated story, and the original story was the real one.
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Have you read the script? What were some of the things wrong with it? Just curious. The little bits that Jay Baruchel told me about sounded pretty cool. Of course he was slated to play Maxwell Lord so I'm sure that colored his opinion.
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Make it happen, Miller.
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With or without Gibbo, KM have a production space at Fox Sidney; Reverso's Fury Road script (and designs) are still the basis for a future Max installment. Too cool a franchaise not to revisit for Miller, and the demand is most definitely there.
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Big shock
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I am getting so. fucking. tired. of this whole "its on", "its off", "he's on", "he's off" shit, about a movie that I am sure will suck if by some accident it ever does actually get made. Hey, Warner Bros. - poop or get off the fucking pot already!
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There was a time when AICN would actually go and dig up stuff before a film came out. I think the people burying this project as garbage before a frame of film has even been shot are the fanboy version of those who go out to be "First!" in a talkback. But, if going around uninformed has a solution, it's a site like AICN that's supposed to provide it. You guys must have access to someone who's read the script, seen the sets and preproduction art, seen the costumes, etc. What's the issue in not doing some actual digging and reporting on what was actually planned?
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don't you guys even check your sources before you print/post?
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Just admit it guys. You're making it look like DH are friggin' idiots, but you posted the story as well.
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But hopefully not in this, cause it'll probably suck.
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where can a smuggler find one of these, perchance?
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Wouldn't this be an easy story to check? Especially from a site based in Australia?
Good we still may get to see Megan
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We trust you.
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Dec 03, 2008 11:13:48 AM CST
wow, some of you losers are way to passionite about this
by indyabbey jones
I read the news..went "hmm" and continued on living my lifeif the movie comes out i'll see it, if it sucks i'll regret i paid to see it, but either way it won't affect my life on any grand scaleperhaps some of you need to get laid or move out of mommy's basement..you'll find that movies are enjoyable but they don't control you life, and if theres a bad one..let it go and find one you do enjoy
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Should read the earlier posts before posting myself. Anyway, George Miller or no, the way this project has been handled so far spells certain doom. Let Nolan do a third Batman, somebody make a GL movie, and yes, dare I say it, give me a sequel to Superman Returns. Then think about your precious Justice League movie.
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...that an entirely fabricated item be disseminated across so many news sites without any checking a source, just going on the say so...
Anyway back to the issue: is this JLA film going to be live action or CGI cartoon?
Is FURY ROAD: MM4 a deffo? A deffo with or without Gibbo? If no Gibbo kudos to the talkbackers who have already cited Eric Bana as the new Max, Hulk and Chopper mixed into one, with a little of his character from Munich (without the 70's shirts) -
Stick to Mad Mel and Baby Pigs!
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Sorry, but you need Routh, Bale, and some seriously inspired casting for the rest of the cast, plus an ungodly large budget to even begin to pull this off properly. *sigh*.
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Just because BABE rocks. Ferdinand the duck, too.
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Just bring it already. Unless you're only making a train wreck, 'cause I do NOT want to see THAT.
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2011 -- LEGEND OF THE DARK KNIGHT/3rd Nolan Batman film and THE FLASH (w/the Wally West Flash and Zoom as the villain)
2012 -- SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (completely ignoring RETURNS and w/Brainiac or Mongul as the villain) and WONDER WOMAN (w/Ares as the villain)
2013 -- GREEN LANTERN (w/Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Sinestro as the villain) and JUSTICE LEAGUE (w/these five + Aquaman and Martian Manhunter and w/Darkseid as the villain)
Sound like a plan, WB?
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Until everyone figures out what the hell is going on, who cares? Let the chips settle then report who's doing what.
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'Fury Whoa'.. j/k
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justice league sucks lol
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I always liked George Miller films granted he hasnt did a whole lot as far as directing the past 10 yrs..but I liked in some cased absoltely loved his work..so I had some faith in the project because of his involvement..what happens I would like to see whatever sketches/actual costumes that were being designed..wasnt WETA doing the costumes?
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And yes two movies I alwasy wanted to see get made was Mad Max 4 with Mel Gibson and a John Milus directed KING CONAN starting Arnold.. I thought it was going to happen a few years back..but I know I had to let that dream go.
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Really I don't want to see this film made. This is an unfilmable project.
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I'd love to see another Mad Max with Gibbo, but any JLA film without Bale and Routh is a terrible idea. The Tony Stark cameo in The Incredible Hulk would have meant shit if anyone other then RDJ had played him.
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just read the script reviews...and unless miller has made drastic changes, it truly sounds like shit...i just dont understand why warners has such low regard for its comic book division...in an industry which has taken to just remaking projects, they are sitting on a library with thousands of decent to very good script ideas and thousands of great characters...but they still dont seem to give a shit
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I'm with you. The Babe movies are a million times more inventive than a Justice League movie could ever hope to be. Bring on Babe 3!
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"just read the script reviews" There are no credible script reviews. Point some out, if they do exist.
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how this movie will NOT be a varation on those 'every diety ever penned in history' Zena Princess Warrior specials?
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My guess is this will be the re-launch of Batman and Superman as well. This is the limbo. If Nolan says "I'm in" for TDK2, then they will do another Superman and hold on Justice League. If not, we have restarts (again) for both franchises. The blow will be softened by the ensemble movie.
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They'll just get somebody else and continue the story of the Bale Batman on the run eventually gaining redemption. Dark Knight made a billion at the box office. WB's not going to ditch that and start over just because of Christopher Nolan's ego. They'll just get David Fincher instead.
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Dec 03, 2008 3:50:06 PM CST
Comedian:Would the public be confused by 2 different Batmen?
by trombone
I don't think they would release both another Batman and a Justice League movie with two different Batmen. So the question is, which one do they release? Nolan has said very clearly that his Batman could not exist in a world where Superman already existed. Batman had to be the first hero.
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Batman is a fictional character that has been and will be played by different actors. And in comics, cartoons, and movies simultaneously. Frankly, I worry about anyone over the age of 8 that can't cope with that idea.
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Get some real fucking actors. IRON MAN and DARK KNIGHT are all the evidence Miller needs that big names are the way to go. Even the HULK reboot was elevated by the presence of great actors. We don't need a bunch of no-face, no-name teenagers starring as grown-up heroes.
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WILL LIKE THIS FLICK.
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POSITIVE reviews of Punisher War Zone? No...What? Really? I can only assume AICN isn't running them because they are symptoms of a mass hallucination, or Lionsgate replaced the critics with the same pod people who pay to watch SAW movies on the big screen every year...
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Dec 03, 2008 4:23:47 PM CST
Speed 3 Story DEBUNKED - Point Proven - Hows that for AICN exclu
by somashine
Heard here on AICN - Speed 3 from one of Merrick's (ahem) Sources....http://movies.ign.com/articles/934/934734p1.html
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I agree 100%. I have no problems with Miller on this project - while not one of my personal favs, he has done a lot of good work over the decades.
Regardless of Miller's involvement though, WB MUST recast this for it to work... right now this could be a CW MOW. -
the "it must be Christian Bale" thing I keep hearing befuddles the shit out of me. I think THE DARK KNIGHT is a truly great movie, and part of the reason why is because Nolan was smart enough to treat it as a somewhat realistic police procedural and not what is traditionally thought of as a "comic book movie." If it's a choice between him doing a third one or Justice League then fine, I'll go with Nolan, but I don't see what the problem is with Batman 3 and another unrelated movie that has a different version of Batman as part of the ensemble.
People keep saying that having a different Batman in Justice League would interfere with the Nolan series... how is that? I think you have it exactly backwards. Having Christian Bale play the character but this time in a magical world of aliens, superman and a fucking guy with a magic ring from space that turns into a giant fist to punch a gorilla but he's afraid of the color yellow... THAT would kill the Nolan series, at least for me.
Please explain this one to me. I thought we as citizens of the world were in agreement about the greatness of THE DARK KNIGHT but when people say they want to see that character in a movie with Wonderwoman and Green Space Ring Man I have to conclude that we saw different movies or something. -
Make it one big movie galore.
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Agree 100%
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On some levels, I totally agree with what you just said. On others however, you couldn't be more wrong. You totally insulted long time readers of the Green Lantern comic book series and DC fans in general.
Where is it written that the excellently portrayed action and drama of The Dark Knight was a realistic, real world scenario? He's a man dressed as a bat doing vigilante justice on a multi-billionare budget against clowns and scarecrows.
Everything can work if the formula is right. Movies have always been about formula and balance. You should know that by now Vern. I just think your view was a little too polar.
I think the fans are trying to say they want Bale (I really don't care as long as the new guy's good), because their could be a chance that one of the new Justice League heroes or villians may end up being introduced into a future cross-over with a Batman or Superman film.
Really, if well enough done, how hard would it to be to get Bale for 2 weeks and film enough of him for 25-30 mins of screen-time? Again though, I'm not really bothered.
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Jesus, tittyfucking Christ.
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Without Bale and Routh on board this movie will fail. The general movie going audience is already accustomed to them as Batman and Superman (especially Batman after the epic TDK). They won't accept anyone else in those roles for a Justice League movie while the current Batman and Superman franchises are still active.
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I wanna see a bad-ass Green Arrow prison fight/escape film. Hopefully they'll cast McConaughey and keep his JLA origins and marriage to Black Canary intact.
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In a good way.
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I'm the goddamn Batman!
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That's what's putting a kibosh on this. If it can't be Bale right now then they're holding off until Nolan's done. They want the whole 'one universe' crossover idea (too). I would be completely surprised if they went ahead right now with Hammer and Cotrona as Batman and Superman. They trumpeted that "separate universe" idea early on but then they got quiet, held summits, meetings and fierce discussions and came out with a Marvel I mean DC "plan". A far-reaching, long-term, overhead didactic plan. We're talking about a totally outrageous paradigm.
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The Justice League is dead, the only thing that might revive it is if they don't throw Christopher Nolan enough money to do Batman 3. So in other words, it's dead.
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That's what Vern is asking. I undertand a lot of you guys *want* it to be Bale...but why does it *have* to be that way? And something other than "the public is used to those actors." WE know who Bale is...the brain dead general population only remembers he beat up his mom in a hotel room in England because they saw it on ET. So, give me another reason why it *hs* to be Bale...I seriously interested...
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I didn't see this as Nolan's world. I expected a hyperreal, fantastical world, not Nolan's dark, brooding one. I had more reservations for Cotrona than Hammer, but I would've accepted this if it worked in Miller's version. I don't think it is dead, but I think the focus is on the solo movies now.
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Keep Batman in Gotham and Supes in Metropolis. Having them in the same movie is fucking stupid. That shit works in the comic books. It might even work in a cartoon show (I don't watch those particular programs) but I don't think it could ever work in a live action film. What the fuck is the point of having a league of heroes where one of them is fucking Superman? You know, the most indestructible superhero ever? The man of steel and all that shit? His only weakness is kryptonite, which he is fully aware of yet he still manages to find himself in a situation where kryptonite is used against him? What the fuck does the world need with Batman? He just polices one city. Superman is looking after the whole world. Did Superman need Batman to solve problems in the other Superman movies? Was Wonder Woman there?
Fuck this shit.
I hope you guys get a Justice League movie that is up to your standards, though. It's not for me, but I hope they don't screw you fellas. -
if I were gay I would make sweet love to you right now
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I absolutely and totally agree with you. I am glad to hear your view. Makes a nice change from the endless trumpeting of 'only bale is batman' and 'should be routh.' Almost like people have forgotten there were 4 batmans and a couple of supermans before them. Each is a different universe just like different comic verses.
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But I don't think WB will consider making this movie anymore without Bale and Nolan onboard. I don't think they want to do it the other way anymore.
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All the current solo movies feature you casts. Make Justice League 10-20 years later w/ more mature, established heroes that have been around a while. Get someone Avery Brooks at John Stewart Green Lantern, Catherine Zeta Jones as Wonder Woman, someone older as an aging bitter Bruce Wayne and Jon Hamm as SUPERMAN! Throw in some young 20 something as Flash to give the studio someone to draw in the young'uns, and boom, instant JLA movie with distance from the stand alone movies
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close enough, bed time
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that DVD has been hinted on for ages. the guy who played wez even said he did some interviews for the extras. MM1 got SE but MM2 none.
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needs to have the same passion for the source material as say, Iron Man's Jon Favreau. He brought in the right actors, worked with Marvel Studios to approve the right story, got Stan Winston, ILM, understood the fans and general audiences, did Comic Con--everything. Marvel is on a roll now , with IM, Hulk and the Avengers movie pre-build-up. DC Comics needs to have some authority in the creative process. Especially plot, costumes and casting. Many used to say before Avengers announcement that DC has one shot to get it right- now with Avengers in the horizon, George Miller better get it right because his JLA will be compared to The Avengers
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Dec 04, 2008 1:34:23 AM CST
THERE IS NO GOD! REMOVE MILLER FROM JLA NOW!!!! AND REMOVE SING
by thajackal
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH stop fucking with the fans WB!!!
Remove Miller from JLA, and don't allow him to create an abomination of a movie, and the same for Singerman 2! Remove Singer, and Routh NOW!!!
CAST TOM WELLING AS SUPERMAN DAMMNIT!!! -
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...with Wonder Woman. What...are they going to give her a BLACK outfit? I mean, he can't have a traditional blue & gray costume...so SHE will be allowed red, white, blue and gold? The Justice League has always been heavily contrived anyway since they always need to shoe-horn the various characters into a story that usually DOES NOT require most of them anyway. Superhero team comics (with the exception of WATCHMEN, which is just a one-shot stand alone story anyway) are the lowest form of superhero comics (which, admittedly, are pretty preposterous in their own right). But I'm looking forward to the Justice League movie just to see how the hell they ATTEMPT to make it work without being silly. Go George...good luck, bud.
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I just don't think Bana could produce a convincingly... "mad" enough Max to do it justice. Sure he could bring the particular brand of quirky he gave to, say, Chopper - and to be fair that's not too far removed from Mel's "three stooges" variety of "mad" (see Hamlet) which he didn't even really need all that much for Thunderdome - but look at his turning points in the first two: he reaches a point of not so much "insane" madness as pure FURY.
I'm not sure I've ever seen Bana deliver that kind of fury before - maybe he can do it, maybe not - he'd have to do much better than he produced in, say, Hulk - or even Troy, where he got pretty mad...
No I think for this role, if you can't get Mel you need the guy that can throw a phone at thirty paces.
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DC is the Batman team, right? If so, DC just made a movie that LITERALLY made more money than Star Wars. There is exactly 1 (one) movie in the entire history of cinema that has made more money than THE DARK KNIGHT. It has a serious shot at being the first (only?) comic book movie nominated for best picture. So then they turn around and announce that their plan now is to copy what the other team is doing.
I don't know man, I liked IRON MAN, INCREDIBLE HULK was okay (although I still like the Ang Lee one better), I will watch the other ones. But I think everybody's counting the eggs before they're hatched. I don't believe Edward Norton will play the Hulk in the Avengers (and not everybody will want him to). I'm not sure the different characters will make sense together. I feel certain that the Captain America one will not be any more memorable than Incredible Hulk since it's from the director of fucking JUMANJI. And we don't know who will be directing Avengers yet. And even if it's great and everyone loves it, are they gonna want to then see a copy of it with Superman?
But oh well, hopefully they'll all be good and everybody will be happy. Most important thing: let George Miller get some fuckin film rolling on SOMETHING. Also, Blade cameo in one of those fuckers. He should show up after the credits and cut everybody's heads off with a sword. -
I mean...think about it.
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let Timm get a crack at live-action directing, Dini and McDuffie to script. Make it elseworlds, with different actors, so Batman doesn't have a near-reality that doesn't conflict with the metas.
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Dec 04, 2008 6:42:10 AM CST
If you want to associate the Nolan/Bale Batman...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
to this then don't have him in it. Have him referenced. As in when they are getting the team together someone should say that they should get the Batman from Gotham City, and Superman or whoever can say that no one knows where the fuck he is, and he's not a good guy anyway. In the Nolan universe, Batmans on the run. He's a vigilante and an enemy of Gotham. So, if they want to stay faithful to that then they can't just have him up and join a team of superheroes. That would make no sense.Batman never made sense to me in a team of aliens and amazon women anyway.
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In Miller's version (or the one they were going to shoot before the strike) Batman was the outsider of the group, there was distrust with him and the others because of him being different (ie. not superpowered). That was a key element of the story and set it in motion.
But if this Nolan thing is a problem, then why not do something like introduce the new Batman in Justice League a year after Nolan's third Batman movie. Nolan's Batman is wrapping up, whereas all the others like Superman and Wonder Woman and Flash etc. are just beginning. They're going to continue Batman after Nolan anyway. After Batman 3 Batman is going to change in some way without Nolan, it could explore other approaches and elements to Batman from the comics- like JLA (or Robin!). I think WB are being very close-minded with this MARVEL approach since Nolan's Batman wasn't conceived from the beginning as a template for a teamup film (unlike all the Marvel Avenger heroes). Nolan obviously didn't take that into account.
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As long as Miller is still on, there is hope. I'm sure that the powers that be are waiting on Nolan to make up his mind. I just hope that Nolan makes a decision soon, before we lose Miller. If we lose Miller, there is little hope for JL (barring something incredible. It could happen!).
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There is no way it won't be the greatest superhero ensemble flick ever made. The studio will be willing to take the risk of making the good guys not look "so good" with him behind the helm because there's no way there should be a Justice Leaugue movie that isn't totally about the Super-Ego and Super-Libido.
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It seems like most you hate superhero team-ups, comics almost as much and are calling this unfilmable. Maybe posting on what you know would help.
LOTR was "unfilmable" too. Get real, these characters can co-exist in the same film. How can Spiderman and a man flying an unlikely looking glider dressed as a green goblin and a guy with tentacle arms all exist in the same universe with a man who has an alien symbiote take over his body and another guy who disolves into sand?
Wake up and use some logic.
As for the Superman "too powerful" argument, he may not be that killable, but he has been taken out of action before. Even a slightly mystical artifact can turn him into a mortal man (no magic resistance), and he can then be locked up. No kryptonite needed. If you did need to use kryptonite, you could put him in a cage with bars which have kryptonite centres.
There's so much you can do with imagination fellas. Realise it.
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