There seems to be some confusion with my videos. A lot of insults have been said before listening and engaging with the actual content. That's fine. I post the videos in the full knowledge that that is likely to happen.
But let me clarify, I am not defending everything about BvS and I don't hate Civil War. Both movies were entertaining for very different reasons. These videos are here to open dialogue, I like a good flame war, it's fun to have some marvel vs DC bashing, but in the end we are the luckiest comic book fans in the history of the medium, some may say even spoilt, so I enjoy taking my time to discuss in-depth the flaws and triumphs of this genre. You do not have to like what I like, but I see critics and fanboys asking people who like BvS what was Lex's motives, explain the Martha scene, why was Superman so mopy, why was the editing so all over the place? etc etc etc So I take up the challenge, and of course I get bashed for it. Lol
As a fan of the film I try to examine the problems people had with the film without being blindly prejudice. I love the movie, but it is far from perfect. I also really like Civil War but that movie is far from perfect too. Infact it has just about as many flaws if not more flaws in logic than BvS. Added to that BvS may make some terrible decisions, but that movie has actual balls. Civil War is a very safe movie, designed to be easily digested and all round pleasant without causing any offense whatsoever. It's a brilliant strategy by marvel, the only problem with it, is what is produced by marvel become great comic book movies, but they are not actually just great movies pure and simple.
Now DC whether they have suceeded, failed or somewhere in-between, the aim of all the films I've seen from DC is to make great, interesting movies. Not just comic movies, but thought provoking or stylistically interesting movies.
Batman V Superman is an epic, operatic in scale melodrama with Superheroes, almost like a Greek clash of the Gods set in a realistic modern world. Suicide Squad is a Neo B-Movie action adventure, with a splash of 80s air guitar rock'n'role and neon washed kitch to it. Kind of a modern day, less good version of Big Trouble In Little China. (the GOO monsters in SS may seem ridiculous and lazy, but they are exactly like the B-Movie aesthetic you'd get from practical affects masterpieces from the 80s. Especially from the likes of John Carpenter or David Croenenberg) I'm pretty sure if I asked David Ayer, he would say SS was in many ways his homage to movies like Escape From LA. Now while expecing Millenials to have appreciated such film making, may well have been wishful thinking, what we can say about such film making is it has balls.
The two movies almost seem like they exist in different Universes and add different flavors, rather than playing to the same tired formula.
I'd rather DC's approach to film making that takes chances be encouraged and have a few movies that miss the mark, knowing that somewhere along the line we might get another Dark Knight. That is why I'm defending Batman V Superman over Civil War. That is why I am saying SS is more interesting to me than Civil War. It is not for any other reason than I see the creativity in the former where as I see the ever more tedious and tyranical strangle hold of the Marvel Formula on the latter.
Marvel has some great movies, Iron Man, GOTG, Avengers and CAWS being my favorite, but a lot of the bad they do we let slide. How many times are we going to see generic villains, how many more quippy heroes, how many more formulaic stories with no stakes, how many more completely contrived battles between Superheroes, how much more cartoonish action where Black Widow can take on Vision. etc etc etc
I like that DC are building a universe where a plethora of competing stylistic approaches to movie making can co-exist. It shakes things up a bit; but instead of applauding this, I hear a chorus of boos and sneers from critics and fanboys alike. Suprisingly it is General Audiences keeping DC alive rather than comic book fans. How ironic.
Anyway, here is part 2 of my video. Troll away. Remember these times when our heroes are so popular will soon pass, like all things, so enjoy. Enjoy the flame wars they won't be here like this forever. Defend whatever you love, whether it be DC, Marvel or both against any who dare disagree, ignore logic, ignore reason, fight with passion, insult, condescend, and be commited to your side, because that's what a good comic book fan does. :)
0:19 Discuss the so-called pretentious philosophical debates in BvS.
2:57 Too Many Dream Sequences, discussion
6:22 The Martha Scene