I saw a couple of user reviews that complained about the show being “woke”, so that probably has something to do with it. Never mind the fact that the graphic novel had very clear anti-fascist themes, and that Rorschach was portrayed as a far right nut job who Alan Moore has gone on record to say that he dislikes.
I can just imagine the uproar that would’ve happened if Adam McKay chose to make fun of the MCU in the post credit scene for Vice, rather than the Fast and Furious franchise.
It was a joke. I was referencing the second trailer. I guess it didn’t land.
You're right, though. This is getting an unusual amount of buzz for an A24 film.
All this Martin Scorsese drama is reminding me of that fake Chris Nolan quote from 2014 about how real movies don’t have end credit scenes. Nolan never actually said that (what he actually said was that Zack Snyder shouldn’t put a post credit scene in Man of Steel just because Marvel does stuff like that), but it certainly pissed some people off regardless.
It’s really not like the Nolan movies. The Nolan Batman movies were still superhero movies at the end of the day. Joker isn’t a superhero movie at all.
Sometimes I wish WB would just do their screenings in house like Disney does, so we wouldn’t have to constantly hear reports that a DC movie sucks before it’s even released.