Batman vs Superman "unlikely to pass a billion" according to analyst & Synder to still direct JL

[Saltyk]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the guys doing the great animated movies (Not all of the newer ones are great) wouldn't want to do the live movies. They'd probably spend 90% of their lives fighting executives, directors, producers, testers... just a huge hassle. Why would they want to do that, when they can stay where they're at now and make personal project gems like Gods and Monsters without anyone getting in their way? They get to do fun stuff right now.

That movie surprised me. I wasn't impressed with all the teasers for it, but the actual movie was pretty good. Hell, even the recent Teen Titans vs Justice League was good. Terribly named (it's just as accurate to call it Justice League vs Legion of Doom), but good.

Between the fifty unnecessary threads, a largely pointless Lois Lane, Eisenberg, confusing character motivations, shoehorned Justice League clips, and a jar of Luthor's piss, the movie just didn't have much going for it.

Can someone please explain the jar of piss to me. I've been spoiled to the movie, but I have no idea why this is a thing.

In the movie, Luthor is trying to get a large piece of kryptonite brought into the US. However, because it is radioactive, he needs a permit. He asks Senator Finch to let him have one. She denies it, and states that while he claims he wants to make a weapon to give them insurance against a rogue Superman, she thinks he wants a weapon for assassination. She then comments that you can call a jar of piss "granny's peach tea" (or something like that), but that won't fool her and neither will Luthor's claims about his intentions.

Fast forward to the Senate hearing with Superman. Senator Finch is speaking when she suddenly becomes distracted. There's a jar at her seat. She slowly turns it around to see a that it has "granny's peach tea" written on it. Then a bomb goes off.

There you go. That's the jar of piss explained. Don't you feel so enlightened?

There's no way that is in the actual movie, done by Lex Luthor.
This is one of those internet "goofers" I've heard so much about, right? Just a pranky prank by an internet prankster?

If that makes you feel better, sure. It never happened. I'm trolling everyone with that story.
[small][small]Don't ever go see the movie, though.[/small][/small]

 

[mduncan50]

As Alexander Luthor points out about 50 times in the movie, he's not Lex Luthor, his awesome foster dad who was interesting and classy and charismatic and awesome. He's Alexander Luthor, a creepy guy who feeds Jolly Ranchers to government officials, can't speak in public, and couldn't string a coherent motivation together if his life depended on it.

Well OG Lex's full name was Alexander as well, but you notice nothing was ever said about him being Lex Jr until all the blowback from Eisenberg's casting. Also, how the hell do you start out your universe with Superman's greatest villain already dead?

If that makes you feel better, sure. It never happened. I'm trolling everyone with that story.
[small][small]Don't ever go see the movie, though.[/small][/small]

True or not, that is good advice when it comes to this movie.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

What I find so confusing is that WB/DC has an entire infrastructure that churns out great animated movies that are typically pretty faithful to the source material. Why don't they let some of those guys do some writing if they're too afraid to let the comic dorks play with the big boys? It just seems like it would be so insulting working for DC and watching the dudes at Marvel write and have legitimate input to make sure the movies are great while you are being shunned in favor of the grim dark "realistic" versions the suits want.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the guys doing the great animated movies (Not all of the newer ones are great) wouldn't want to do the live movies. They'd probably spend 90% of their lives fighting executives, directors, producers, testers... just a huge hassle. Why would they want to do that, when they can stay where they're at now and make personal project gems like Gods and Monsters without anyone getting in their way? They get to do fun stuff right now.

Yeah, true. Look at me acting like a WB exec and as if the big screen should be everyone's end goal. Let's just keep those guy where they are so we can keep getting great content.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Well OG Lex's full name was Alexander as well, but you notice nothing was ever said about him being Lex Jr until all the blowback from Eisenberg's casting. Also, how the hell do you start out your universe with Superman's greatest villain already dead?

I'd be willing to bet he only ended up being Lex Jr. after the response and so they could at least avoid criticism about yet another character being drastically altered. Because you're right, there's no reason for Lex Luthor to not be in the movie. Although, who knows what would have happened to him if he had. Maybe Jesse trainwreck was for the best.

 

[mduncan50]

And it just doesn't stop. Now there are reports that DC is going to release the 3 hour R-rated "Ultimate" cut into theaters in an attempt to boost the disappointing box office. You have to be *^$)ing kidding me WB!

 

[The Enquirer]

Well no-one has a 100% success rate, and it's not like his work for the DCAU has been received negatively, especially if you team him up with Timm. Plus, according to his wiki page he's worked on a few comics as well.

I've read a number of his comics. I have yet to be disappointed. And if WB does want him to do the (disappointing) dark and broody characters he wrote a rather brutal two face short comic a while back that was done really well.