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When I said other movies I don’t mean other Batman or CBMs, I meant movies in general.

Thats not why I or others got a problem with the Joker. To say he’s just a cool mastermind or meant to say something about society is an mis-exaggeration of the character (which is arguably thanks to The Dark Knight’s interpretation). There’s many different interpretations of the character, from deranged mastermind to psychotic comedian to a broken man with just “One Bad Day” from turning. That’s the beauty of the Joker character: there’s no finite origin! You can do whatever you want with the Joker and in any sort of way. He’s a blank canvas for whatever themes or messages of the story the artist wants to convey. I was happy with the fact instead of a villain origin story in the first, they did try to focus on the mental health aspect. However, the ideas and execution were definitely not up to par for me and instead speedrun through a bunch of cliches and failed to do anything new with the mental health aspect from other movies. That’s not a knock on anyone who likes the movie or ignore that a lot of people liked Joker quite a bit. I just don’t think it does anything interesting or profound with the setup as much as Phillips hoped to.

Do think this will likely be the biggest movie of the year domestically and the biggest CBM. Feel like it has the least amount of pressure to hit the right notes in order to get big numbers and to be honest, Joker has enough traits to seperate itself from the normal CBM as well and think the musical angle and Harley will be huge draws. I’m fully expecting the worst people you know dressed as Harley and Joker for Halloween lol. Thinking a performance of 155/410 domestic.

I am also a big fan of Harley Quinn. This a great response by the way, it perfectly summed up the potential on where it could go and if Todd Phillips goes that route and has something meaningful to say on toxic relationships, I’d be game. I just don’t trust him as much as I think the first Joker itself is kind of lame in the characterization of Joker and a lame pastiche of the films the movie is inspired, that it winds up having nothing to really say.

Just realized in addition to plagiarizing some other classic, I can’t shake the feeling that Phillips will romanticize the Joker x Harley relationship, unironically. Oh well, the musical sequences look very great.

Sadly, nope.

If DP&W misses 1B, it won’t be due to runtime. Besides, the previous movies were both under two hours.

We love you Shawn ❤️

So considering the futuristic city in the background, I'm pretty sure the movie takes place in a separate universe.

It's funny how that gif with Cartman Kennedy keeps on getting reused but no one understands the point of it or that episode when they you use it lol.

Porthos, you're the homie.

Quick name a single Disney lead (ie top billed) that's openly gay.

Cool they're doing the corrupt cops as Punisher thing but iirc wasn't Cole North a clean cop and two, feels toothless to have the main cop be black so as not to get conservative ire and makes me think they take a centrist route for the subject matter.

Thank you OneTakeNews and DF for explaining it's a different iteration and not stoking the fires.

Before we light pitchforks and torches, Garner is playing Shalla-Bal, a different and seperate iteration of Silver Surfer. It's likely an alternate universe and even then who cares, there's multiple Silver Surfers in the comics.

https://deadline.com/2024/04/fantastic-four-julia-garner-silver-surfer-1235873034/ She a baddie

Yeah feel confident in a Garfield breakout, especially if Dindal delivers on the quality.

I said secondary to Reynolds too

@cayommagazine Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (Barbie, I. Tonya, DC’s Harley Quinn), Melissa Barrera (The Scream franchise), Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock) and Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems, The Waterboy, Hubie Halloween) have both signed on in lead roles in Standards and Practices. The film is planning a Christmas release nationwide.

@cayommagazine Infinite Studios has just bought a high-profile pitch from director Todd Haynes (May December, Velvet Underground) and writer Samy Burch (May December). Though details of the film are expected to be more prevalent around the summer period, the title of the film is known as "Standards and Practices" and set to be focused on harassment in the entertainment industry.

Pretty sure this is the 50/50 DWA Glendale-Imageworks sequel. Anyways, neat.

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Oh shit, Joker 2 might actually be interesting and good.