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Spidey Freak

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  1. Whoa that's amazing. The trailer looked kinda iffy but glad to know Peele pulled it off.
  2. Will production start on this after Gotham City Sirens wraps shooting? Nuts that there are already three villain-centric DCEU franchises in some phase of development with SS, GCS and Black Adam.
  3. Kid's right. The way it could kill EuropaCorp come summer is nothing short of horror.
  4. The Master Builder references were the winks and nods. And does it need to be referenced in every Lego movie? Also, it makes sense for the denizens of Lego Gotham/Lego DC Universe to be even more oblivious to the fact that they are just toys. Think Buzz Lightyear from TS1 turned up to a million.
  5. I would not mind more offerings with the Robot Chicken tone of humor. As WB produces these spoofs of IP's that they actually own, it's never too obnoxious or banal like the "____ Movie" parodies, and there is a lot more flair, actual wit and comes from a place of love.
  6. March really is insane. In fact, I was wondering if a couple of the flicks like Kong and GitS would fare better moving to the less crowded April or May. Not that I would shed any tears if GitS gets trampled.
  7. It kind of emphasizes the superficiality of the allegory (though admittedly the whole natural predators being metaphors for the marginalized aspect is weird to begin with). I've come across African-American pop-culture commentators providing nuanced insights into Finn and his strengths and shortcomings as a character and what he brings to the table in terms of representation so maybe it is not as unanimous or simple as you are making it out to be? But all the other minority or women characters from TFA and RO have been embraced far more.
  8. DC Superhero Girls is blowing up too. That line has its own animated movies, toys and merch, books, webisodes etc. WB has made DC their own Marvel AND Disney Princess brands in one. Wizarding World is their lower key SW. Not bad at all. Now all they need is for WAG to blossom and be a full-fledged counterpart to Pixar/WDAS.
  9. If social media is anything to go by though, RO and TFA have resonated way more with POC and women than the other blockbusters simply by putting POC and women leads front and centre. To be fair to Trek, Roddenberry will always be a zillion times more of a visionary than Lucas when it comes to bucking socio-political norms (latter who is not even responsible for most of the awesome aspects of the OT) but the tables have turned with the latest takes on the two franchises, with Star Wars actively reaching out to women and POC while the new Trek films, while retaining the groundbreaking diversity of the original series, haven't really done much to capitalise on it. Sometimes just the act of greater inclusion and better representation proves to be more political and influential than more nuanced takes in storytelling that still retain the same old status quo when it comes to the protagonist(s), as was the case with STB and CW. Unfortunately even Zootopia, for all its allegories, still features a straight white male actor voicing its main "marginalised" character. In that regard, I feel Moana was the stronger WDAS film of 2016, despite its "simpler" story.
  10. YES, WE WILL REJECT THE CORPORATE TYRANNY... ...until February 10, 2017 when we collectively become submissive to Mr. Grey, Lego Batman and the barrage that will follow for the rest of the year
  11. Are you sure about that? Regardless tho, nobody expected the next instalments of Underworld, RE and XxX to overshadow Oscar fare.
  12. Meh, subjective. Box office $$$ is a stone cold objective fact though. Would've been interesting to see how much Aladdin 3D re-release would have made, especially OS.
  13. Despite a 3D re-release, BatB couldn't come close to beating Aladdin OS (and it barely squeaked by DOM too). That POWAH!
  14. Alternately if BvS doesn't count as a Batman movie then should Civil War count as a Cap movie? The title may as well have been Captain America vs Iron Man: Civil War or even Avengers: Civil War.
  15. This mess did receive a theatrical release: If we count DTV movies too then IMO Under the Red Hood is second only to TDK when it comes to Batman films of the new century.
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