Edge of Tomorrow director to helm Justice League Dark

[SirSullymore]

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/doug-liman-justice-league-dark-dc-warner-bros-1201838857/

Hey cool! Happy to see this film is not dead.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry, wrong forum.

 

[Hawki]

Justice League Dark? So, er, what's the difference from the current DCEU Justice League? ;p

 

[Zhukov]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

 

[Kyrian007]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

I think I'd almost settle for "Justice League: Doesn't Suck As Much"

But seriously, "Edge of Tomorrow?" All I found was a movie called "Live, Die, Repeat"

Again kidding, I know the studio changed it's title for a monumentally stupid reason. I actually really liked that movie (whatever its called.) If for no other reason that just being able to watch Tom Cruise die and die and die and die and die... I kept hearing the "Mario dies" riff every time he got fragged, never failed to make me laugh. Maybe Liman can make JL Dark a movie where Constantine and Co. have to keep re-living a time loop until they can succeed in re-doing the timelines of MoS and BvS and making compelling and decent stories out of the events rather than the trash we got in the Snyder movies. Constantly having to restart because they keep accidentally killing Jon Kent before he can die of cancer, accidentally killing Martha Kent or Martha Wayne, killing Batfleck before his murder spree, killing MoS's Superman over and over and over and over and over... just because it keeps getting funnier each time.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Justice League Dark? So, er, what's the difference from the current DCEU Justice League? ;p

This is Justice League Dark:

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

As shown above JL Dark deals with an entirely different Justice League, it's not fucking Batman turning the rest of the team into goth dressed emos like him.

Here is another pic:

 

[DefunctTheory]

I'm trying to fathom how they're going to characterize JL: Dark when the main line JL is already only a shade or two away from pitch black. They're going to have to go full blown The Girl Next Door (2007) to get any sort of contrast going. Otherwise it's just 'Same Shit, Different Powers.'

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I'm trying to fathom how they're going to characterize JL: Dark when the main line JL is already only a shade or two away from pitch black. They're going to have to go full blown The Girl Next Door (2007) to get any sort of contrast going. Otherwise it's just 'Same Shit, Different Powers.'

I am confused?

You mean the Rebirth series is the same as JL: Dark?

 

[McMarbles]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

Additional snarky comment, not realizing "Justice League Dark" was an actual series that ran for several years!

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

Additional snarky comment, not realizing "Justice League Dark" was an actual series that ran for several years!

And what annoys me is what does he view as 'fun' for a DC superhero movie?

 

[SirSullymore]

Damn, I didn't think the JLD was THAT obscure. Well, hopefully the upcoming animated flick ups their profile.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Damn, I didn't think the JLD was THAT obscure. Well, hopefully the upcoming animated flick ups their profile.

Because no one reads comic books. They prefer to just watch movies because its easier.

And they get intimidated by the sheer amount of fluff because lets just say to comprehend say a Justice League Comic Book's story arc you have to read a Superman book, a Batman book, and a Teen Titans book, before you read a perticular Justice League book (This is just a made up example but that is the case with these comic books)

Funny because I think trying to bring that type of Continuity in Movies will only deliute the movies in so much shit.

 

[Zhukov]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

Additional snarky comment, not realizing "Justice League Dark" was an actual series that ran for several years!

I was aware of that. It says so in the link in the OP.

Because no one reads comic books. They prefer to just watch movies because its easier.

Also because the movies tend to be better than the comics. At least when those movies are made by Marvel.

And they get intimidated by the sheer amount of fluff because lets just say to comprehend say a Justice League Comic Book's story arc you have to read a Superman book, a Batman book, and a Teen Titans book, before you read a perticular Justice League book (This is just a made up example but that is the case with these comic books)

It's not just the cross-continuity stuff. It's the sheer volume of shit that builds up when you have stories that never fucking end.

A while ago on these forums someone mentioned the DC character Hawkgirl and said something about her being a possessed archaeologist. Now when I was a kid I had a Hawkman and Hawkgirl comic. Just the one, although it was one of those fat ones with like six stories in it. In that they weren't archaeologists at all, they were exiled space cops. I also remember the character being one of my favourites from the Justice Leaue cartoon I watched as a 90s kid. She was an exiled space cop there too.

So I googled "DC wiki hawkgirl" to sort this out. Which led me to this [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hawkgirl]

Which mentions five different characters and has links to a further 17 motherfucking versions of them.

At which point I threw up my hands and said, "Never fucking mind, comics lol."

Funny because I think trying to bring that type of Continuity in Movies will only deliute the movies in so much shit.

Perhaps.

However, one of the smartest things Marvel has done so far is make all of their movies viable standalone stories.

 

[Hawki]

However, one of the smartest things Marvel has done so far is make all of their movies viable standalone stories.

Yeah...no. Not really.

Phase 1, maybe, but if you haven't seen the movies prior to The Avengers, then good luck understanding what the heck is going on. Moving on, GotG is stand-alone, I'll give it that. As for Civil War, while generally enjoyable, if not "good," if you haven't watched the majority of movies prior to it, then good luck understanding who the heck these characters are. When Ant-Man showed up in the trunk, I was honestly asking "who the heck is this guy" before he turned into Ant-Man, and I recalled "oh, right, that movie I never saw, that I'm expected to have seen, to understand a movie that isn't called Ant-Man."

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

However, one of the smartest things Marvel has done so far is make all of their movies viable standalone stories.

Yeah...no. Not really.

Phase 1, maybe, but if you haven't seen the movies prior to The Avengers, then good luck understanding what the heck is going on. Moving on, GotG is stand-alone, I'll give it that. As for Civil War, while generally enjoyable, if not "good," if you haven't watched the majority of movies prior to it, then good luck understanding who the heck these characters are. When Ant-Man showed up in the trunk, I was honestly asking "who the heck is this guy" before he turned into Ant-Man, and I recalled "oh, right, that movie I never saw, that I'm expected to have seen, to understand a movie that isn't called Ant-Man."

To be fair, Ant-Man was an almost completely standalone movie as well, and I found it to be perhaps the most enjoyable Marvel movie since Guardians of the Galaxy. The story in Ant-Man is very contained and deliberately small (no pun intended), and aside from a cameo by Falcon, mentions of the other Marvel characters are tangential at best.

 

[SirSullymore]

Also because the movies tend to be better than the comics. At least when those movies are made by Marvel.

Hey! Dems fightin' woids! Haha

I'm honestly not super fond of the Marvel movies, I find them to be overly silly. I understand how silliness is inherent to superhero stuff (and can work to the flicks advantage like in Ant-man and GOTG), but it shouldn't be the rule. Like was there any tension in Age of Ultron? Even the characters were treating it like a joke.

Marvel Netflix on the other hand? That's the good stuff.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

"Justice League Dark"?

*snrk*

Hey DC, how about Justice League Fun? Do you have anything like that in the works?

Or hell, better yet, how about Justice League Quality?

Additional snarky comment, not realizing "Justice League Dark" was an actual series that ran for several years!

I was aware of that. It says so in the link in the OP.

Because no one reads comic books. They prefer to just watch movies because its easier.

Also because the movies tend to be better than the comics. At least when those movies are made by Marvel.

And they get intimidated by the sheer amount of fluff because lets just say to comprehend say a Justice League Comic Book's story arc you have to read a Superman book, a Batman book, and a Teen Titans book, before you read a perticular Justice League book (This is just a made up example but that is the case with these comic books)

It's not just the cross-continuity stuff. It's the sheer volume of shit that builds up when you have stories that never fucking end.

A while ago on these forums someone mentioned the DC character Hawkgirl and said something about her being a possessed archaeologist. Now when I was a kid I had a Hawkman and Hawkgirl comic. Just the one, although it was one of those fat ones with like six stories in it. In that they weren't archaeologists at all, they were exiled space cops. I also remember the character being one of my favourites from the Justice Leaue cartoon I watched as a 90s kid. She was an exiled space cop there too.

So I googled "DC wiki hawkgirl" to sort this out. Which led me to this [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hawkgirl]

Which mentions five different characters and has links to a further 17 motherfucking versions of them.

At which point I threw up my hands and said, "Never fucking mind, comics lol."

Funny because I think trying to bring that type of Continuity in Movies will only deliute the movies in so much shit.

Perhaps.

However, one of the smartest things Marvel has done so far is make all of their movies viable standalone stories.

But they will fuck it up eventually. Mark my words.

 

[hermes]

Insert snarky comment about DC movies being dark enough as they are.

And yes, I am aware of the Justice League Dark comics, even read some myself.

I am not going to lie, on one hand, I would like to see their take on some obscure characters of the DC Universe like Deadman or Etrigan, although it is likely I will be disappointed with the third attempt to adapt Constantine. On the other hand, I saw what they did with Enchantress and it wasn't pretty...

 

[SirSullymore]

although it is likely I will be disappointed with the third attempt to adapt Constantine.

So I'm guessing you weren't big on the show? Yeah, it didn't quite have the teeth of Hellblazer, but I thought it was pretty good (much better than Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow at any rate).

 

[hermes]

although it is likely I will be disappointed with the third attempt to adapt Constantine.

So I'm guessing you weren't big on the show? Yeah, it didn't quite have the teeth of Hellblazer, but I thought it was pretty good (much better than Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow at any rate).

No, actually I think the show had its moments, which was impressive in some way given its budget.

I just feel like it is a pity there has been so many attempts to adapt the character, all different from each other, yet nothing that sticks for more than a single movie or a single TV season.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

However, one of the smartest things Marvel has done so far is make all of their movies viable standalone stories.

Yeah...no. Not really.

Phase 1, maybe, but if you haven't seen the movies prior to The Avengers, then good luck understanding what the heck is going on. Moving on, GotG is stand-alone, I'll give it that. As for Civil War, while generally enjoyable, if not "good," if you haven't watched the majority of movies prior to it, then good luck understanding who the heck these characters are. When Ant-Man showed up in the trunk, I was honestly asking "who the heck is this guy" before he turned into Ant-Man, and I recalled "oh, right, that movie I never saw, that I'm expected to have seen, to understand a movie that isn't called Ant-Man."

To be fair, Ant-Man was an almost completely standalone movie as well, and I found it to be perhaps the most enjoyable Marvel movie since Guardians of the Galaxy. The story in Ant-Man is very contained and deliberately small (no pun intended), and aside from a cameo by Falcon, mentions of the other Marvel characters are tangential at best.

Mostly because Ant-Man is an origin story and Origin Stories do tend to be Stand Alone-ish.