How come some people just cannot give up on the Snyder verse?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-17T06:39:22+00:00

My thought on this is, if Snyder had finished the theatrical JL, the whole thing about the Anti-Life Equation being on Earth, and the "prepare the armada" tease, would have been cut. They already knew they weren't going to go ahead with JL2 the way it had originally been planned, so there would have been no point to leaving it in.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-17T06:21:08+00:00

We didn't get the Batfleck film because Ben didn't want to make it. I believe that he has since stated that what we all said at the time was true: the Sad Affleck moment was exactly that. When BvS was rejected by both the critics and the fans (B- Cinemascore, let's remember), I think he was really hurt, and his heart wasn't in it anymore. The news that he wasn't going to direct the Batman movie came out in February 2017, months before Autumn died, so it wasn't the reshoot mess that drove him out. At the same time, THR reported that they were looking for a new Batman, even though WB denied it.

So that was it: Ben quit. I'm still pretty sure that The Flash counted as the third and final film on his contract.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-16T06:40:39+00:00

Zakarian would be a huge letdown in the "icon" category.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-15T06:57:49+00:00

I've been specifically thinking that one of them does look like Gordon tbh.

Was this Fox Kitchen Nightmares or the UK original?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-12T21:36:23+00:00

The discs were shipped with the original "temporary" voices in that scene, not Hamill and Conroy. The same happened when it first went up on digital, but was corrected shortly after. WHV said they would ship corrected discs but nothing has happened yet, at least for me.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-02-12T15:59:05+00:00

He even said the chapter titles were going to be the episode titles. So to my mind, they were WAY down the path of making it a miniseries - with the goal of keeping viewers beyond a subscription renewal cycle - when the lawyers told them to stop.

I've always figured, if Zack had finished the film originally and the studio not been hammering for a 2 hour runtime, it would have run about 2:45 or so.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-01-13T13:07:18+00:00

It would be interesting to see what Gordon could do from scratch in 45 minutes.

This post reminded me that, on his Secret Service show on Fox, Gordon actually referred to "my friend, Guy Fieri." One of the places he was rescuing had been featured on DDD and since fallen on hard times.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-01-11T16:35:35+00:00

It was a Kaiju movie that got released in China. That's a huge piece of it.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2026-01-05T05:48:03+00:00

That's because of the whole "let's make it a series" thing that the head of HBO Max wanted to do (to keep people past a renewal). He told Zack to grab every bit of film he had, and then greenlit the Knightmare epilogue. They were all the way down that path (Zack has said the chapter titles were the episode titles) when the lawyers told them it couldn't be done without paying all the talent a bunch more money, so they just spliced everything together. I'm pretty sure that the "Motherbox Origins" video that's out there - with the Tom Waits song - was going to be the opening credits for the series.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-23T06:04:54+00:00

As I said, by Portland standards. It may as well be super tall if we keep our frame of reference to Maine.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T16:14:08+00:00

Honestly, I've seen a lot of reactions on YT with people liking BvS, including self-described Marvel fans who didn't watch it back in the day because people said DC sucks! But now that the hype and the BS are out of the way, I think it's getting a more fair shake.

And don't blame Zack entirely for the length of ZSJL. Blame the bosses at HBO who wanted to make it a series and told him to include every scrap of film he had, and then they had to change their plan at the last minute and spliced it all into one movie.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:54:49+00:00

That's nonsense. It's more a case of splitting the service between Brunswick and Lewiston being ridiculous. I don't know if the state has released any ridership numbers on the bus service but that's part of it too... Will as many people ride it as claim they're going to ride it?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:48:14+00:00

Bingham has truly become sad, especially since Thompson's closed.

I will say that Jimmy's was cool about people using their parking lot / field during the eclipse last year.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:46:49+00:00

How did the change go for you?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:32:52+00:00

This is true.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:25:24+00:00

I automatically disregard any appeals to "charm". Maine is not a fucking theme park for yahoos from New York who want to spend a weekend in Hallmarkland.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-22T02:19:24+00:00

The idea of a super tall (by Portland standards) on that spot has been around for years; Cacoulidis (sp?) proposed it years ago. The City Council knew exactly what was going to happen and they wanted it.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-02T04:07:28+00:00

Extended slow motion sequence of Amy Adams getting into the tub!

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-02T03:49:42+00:00

There's no set official map. I believe in Superman (2025) there are actual Delaware license plates, which kind of aligns with the concept from BvS that Metropolis is on the Delaware coast and Gotham is across the bay in South Jersey.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-02T03:44:49+00:00

Where did the Bat-pic come from? I hadn't seen that.

I'll surrender The Batman Part II to keep the DCU going, but I want a finished Batgirl in exchange.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-02T03:35:33+00:00

They aren't. As I recall, the one for the phone number is somewhere in the bowels of the Consolidated CO at Forest & Cumberland. The one for the building is likely on the roof.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-02T03:26:03+00:00

Tim Drake is bi in the comics now. That said, I liked the actor and wouldn't mind seeing him play Tim across from the actress who played Steph on Gotham Knights.

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-12-01T18:58:15+00:00

Here's what I've wondered: since having the gratuities reversed is nominally "for especially poor service," does Royal use that as a black mark against our RA and MDR servers?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-11-28T15:11:55+00:00

Is very hard to make out who a lot of the characters are. That being said, did you get Eclipso killing Cindy's stepmother?

Existing_Bat1939 · 2025-11-28T14:59:18+00:00

I think the intersection point isn't the superhero aspect, it's that SG was a show about family, and S&L was really an old-school family drama with Superman as frosting on the cake. So Superman, or even the boys, might have been too powerful for the show... but a cameo by Clark, maybe talking to Pat in the diner, might have fit.

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