If it wasn't for Margot Robbie, SS would win a Razzie. And even then she flitted in and out of her characters accent/voice.

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Not sure I get the significance on this. Is there back story I'm missing?

- One of Zack Snyder's daughters tragically committed suicide in March, which was (to my knowledge) not made public at the time. Snyder tried to power through it / lose himself in work, but his family was suffering and needed him home (his words).

- So earlier this week he made the call to step away from completing his directing duties on Justice League, which included upcoming reshoots and continued post production (editing, effects, score, etc.). Warner Bros. issued a press release on the matter and said Joss Whedon was stepping in to finish the movie in place of Snyder.

- The announcement made it sound like Whedon was essentially coming aboard this week. But now, it turns out that he'd actually been hired long before and has already been helping with post and prepping reshoots, which is a little weird, given the situation. Normally directors of his caliber - especially someone who directed two Avengers movies - doesn't come on board to aid the current big-name director, especially on what is essentially WB's first "Avengers"/competing movie.

- I'm assuming that after WB hired Whedon to do his Batgirl project (announced last month, I think), they asked him to help out on Justice League as well. So it's not that big of a deal, just a very unusual situation that may or may not point to Justice League troubles. Point is, everyone thought Whedon was basically coming on board to help in response to a tragic personal situation for Snyder. Turns out, though, he came on board well before.

- A lot of this was discussed in the DC thread, but never made it here for some reason.

Thank you for that context

Gee, how much sugar and creamer does he have in there? I'd have pegged SUPERMAN. as a black coffee drinker.

Was literally thinking about how surreal that would be when I posted that. So crazy.

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Gee, how much sugar and creamer does he have in there? I'd have pegged SUPERMAN. as a black coffee drinker.

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Caffeine is a stimulant. Superman is a hot cocoa man.

That's pretty awesome.

Read something yesterday that we might have a surprise Green Lantern appearance in this movie.

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Read something yesterday that we might have a surprise Green Lantern appearance in this movie.

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"surprise" as in it won't be advertised or "surprise" as in here's a Green Lantern that doesn't suck?

actually, it doesn't matter, both would be welcomed surprises

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I was interning on the Sony lot summer 2003 when they were filming Spider-Man 2. I'd seen a lot of the sets, and Dunst and Franco a few times, but never Maguire. End of day one day I was walking back to my car on the other side of the lot and I always made a point to take the long way by all the Spider-man 2 trailers. Suddenly, a golf cart came speeding up right as I was walking by, parked, and Maguire was sitting shotgun, wrapped in a blanket (for concealment purposes). He stood up, unwrapped himself from the blanket, and suddenly ******* Spider-Man was standing there not ten feet away, in full costume. Even just seeing that in real life was almost an out of body experience. I can't even imagine what it's like to actual play a part like that, and be the guy in that costume.

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When did this become the Focus thread?

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Read something yesterday that we might have a surprise Green Lantern appearance in this movie.

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Did you read any more besides speculation based on the new DC Intro Screen from WW? That's all I've heard...that since the League is featured on that screen, he could be in JL?

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That's a pretty good point. Gadot,at least, couldn't have shot much, if anything at all, due to her pregnancy.

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Reshoots don't usually involve action scenes, right? Of course she might not be in a condition to travel/reshoot but nothing you couldn't get away with through camera angles and conveniently placed props.

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Actually, Gadot (not Godot as TCTTS spells her name) did do some action reshoots, and while being 5 MONTHS PREGNANT.

They basically put a green screen over her tummy and edited it. She said you can't really notice it in the close ups but in some of the takes where she is further away she said that she looked like WW running "while being pregnant with Kermit the Frog". I didn't know this while going in so I wasn't looking for it.

I know that TCTTS likes to poo poo some of the reviews due to many people being infatuated with Gadot, but how can you not be? She took over this role, much like Christopher Reeves became the incarnate version of Superman. Gadot IS Wonder Woman.

It will be interesting watching her career unfold. Of course, her height (5'10") was a plus in getting cast for WW but it will cause difficulty with actors shorter than that. But what a star she is now though.

IIRC Scarlett Johansson was pregnant during a good chunk of Age of Ultron. Too lazy to google to confirm

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I know that TCTTS likes to poo poo some of the reviews due to many people being infatuated with Gadot, but how can you not be? She took over this role, much like Christopher Reeves became the incarnate version of Superman. Gadot IS Wonder Woman.

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Dude, you're conflating me with another poster. I was part of that general convo, but I never said any of that stuff. In fact, I compared her to Reeve as well.

Also, you're the one who started that whole, dumb, it-was-the-widow's-husband thing in the Better Call Saul thread a couple days ago, right? Just checking.

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I've read this also. Rumors point to bald black dude from TFATF as John Stewart. Certainly makes sense with galactic bad guy Steppenwolf (and possibly Darkseid) showing up that the galaxy's police force for Sector 2814 wouldn't be far behind.

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Did you read any more besides speculation based on the new DC Intro Screen from WW? That's all I've heard...that since the League is featured on that screen, he could be in JL?

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That was the most recent thing I read but Heroic Hollywood has been flat out saying that we'd see GL in the JL movie.

This was driving me crazy. I kept thinking the below two shots were in one of the Wonder Woman trailers, and was wondering (no pun intended) if this sequence had been cut. The whole movie, based on these two shots, I kept waiting for them to go back to Amazon island for a final fight, and it never happened. Remembering that these shots were in the Justice League trailer instead makes so much more sense...

So, she is returning in the sense that we will likely see her in a flashback to humanity's first battle with the parademons?

I have a feeling Justice League is going to be an insanely massive movie in scope. We're getting huge Amazon flashback sequences, and then introducing Aquaman, Cyborg, and an entire intergalactic villain/species as well. Throw in Superman's resurrection, along with a possible Green Lantern appearance (toward the end?), and knowing that the shooting schedule was far longer than the average blockbuster, I don't see how this movie is under 2:45.

Yeah. Read the article. That's what they're concluding.

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What must it feel like to wear that suit? Not just that, but to walk out of your trailer, in the outfit, and actually FEEL like Superman. And know that people look at you, and see Superman.

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Sitting there drinking coffee like that is exactly something Superman would do. Love the picture.

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I have a feeling Justice League is going to be an insanely massive movie in scope. We're getting huge Amazon flashback sequences, and then introducing Aquaman, Cyborg, and an entire intergalactic villain/species as well. Throw in Superman's resurrection, along with a possible Green Lantern appearance (toward the end?), and knowing that the shooting schedule was far longer than the average blockbuster, I don't see how this movie is under 2:45.

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It should be this massive. Darkseid is a literal universal level threat. The Entire Green Lantern Corps along with the Guadians would be needed.

Darkseid is a world destroyer so if we don't see things like planets blowing up in his search for the Anti-life Equation, I'll be disappointed. It will be interesting to see how it's done on screen.

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I have a feeling Justice League is going to be an insanely massive movie in scope. We're getting huge Amazon flashback sequences, and then introducing Aquaman, Cyborg, and an entire intergalactic villain/species as well. Throw in Superman's resurrection, along with a possible Green Lantern appearance (toward the end?), and knowing that the shooting schedule was far longer than the average blockbuster, I don't see how this movie is under 2:45.

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It should be this massive. Darkseid is a literal universal level threat. The Entire Green Lantern Corps along with the Guadians would be needed.

Darkseid is a world destroyer so if we don't see things like planets blowing up in his search for the Anti-life Equation, I'll be disappointed. It will be interesting to see how it's done on screen.

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If they do it right, then damn right it should be a really long movie.

Do we know if Darkseid is really in JL? I thought I read that it would be ... Steppenwolf, I think, from the brief appearance in the extended edition of BvS? Or would Darkseid be set up in JL1 and come front and center for JL2?

Good question. You'd think they they'd at least build to Darkseid a bit more, but then again this is DC/WB we're talking about here

Marvel has taken what, 15 films to build to Thanos?

I assume Steppenwolf is the villain, with a tease to Darkseid after he's stopped.

Steppenwolf worries me a bit. Isn't he a pretty minor character in the comics? Probably not a lot of great material to draw inspiration from, if that's the case. But adapting a villain has been the main problem for 80% of comic book movies these days anyway.

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I assume Steppenwolf is the villain, with a tease to Darkseid after he's stopped.

Steppenwolf worries me a bit. Isn't he a pretty minor character in the comics? Probably not a lot of great material to draw inspiration from, if that's the case. But adapting a villain has been the main problem for 80% of comic book movies these days anyway.

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Almost like the Avengers. Thanos had a kree army he gave to Loki and turned his attention to earth when he knew we had some of what he wants (infinity stones)

Steppenwolf is a lieutenant of Darkseid....with Darkseids army. When he goes down, Darkseid will turn his attention towards Earth for the motherboxes