DC in Crisis?

Hello again nerds and nerdettes! Sorry I've been away for so long. Life can happen in the blink of an eye if you're not careful. I've missed you all and am happy to say that your favorite bearded nerd is back with all kinds of opinions, reviews and stories to share. Speaking of sharing, I recently joined the Instagram word! So give me a follow at Thee.bearded.Nerd for silly pictures and cool happenings in my life!

In the time of my absence, there has been a lot of talk about DC Comics and how they seem to be failing in making their mark with their movies. Too much hype but lacking, too dark, no real plot....etc. etc. Also, they recently "rebooted" their entire comic book line with what they're now calling their "Rebirth" stories. It would seem that DC is in turmoil and just can't gain any traction on getting their good company name back in the mainstream. That's if you listen to those so called "true believers" or "Marvelites". Those that never followed a DC comic’s story will say that DC is hurting.

Truth of the matter is this; DC is doing just fine. Their characters have never been more popular and their movies are setting records. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice came in at $872.7 million. But yet, the movie was just awful and still makes more than I'll ever see in 5 lifetimes. And Suicide Squad has made $384 million....and still counting. Will it make as much as BvS? Probably not. But, once again, a terrible movie. That is, if you want to listen to those hacks over at rotten tomatoes or metacritic. Both websites reviewed the two films the exact same. 27% by rotten tomatoes and 44% by metacritic. Granted, comic book movies don't really rank high on a movie reviewers list anyway but that's just a bit of coincidence if you ask me.

In my opinion, DC movies have been nothing but great. I fell in love with Superman all over again, Ben Affleck jumped way up the list of favorite actors to play Batman and Gal Gadot can only go up from here as far as Wonder Woman goes. Suicide Squad was just as enjoyable to watch as well! So, I don't understand how one can say that these movies were as bad as the entire internet is screaming. And now, with the trailers for Justice League and Wonder Woman released, it has made me even more excited to see my brand, the DC brand, come to power. DC in crisis? More like DC is just getting started.

 

What do you think, is DC in Crisis? Do you like the DC films they have recently put out?

Let us know in the comments below.

 

Posted by: Dustin

Black Superman Suit?

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I sent this out to the writers of livingthenerdlife.com to get their thoughts on the picture Henry Cavill shared. Here is what they had to say:

Dustin:

"It's the black suit. I'm excited to see it. But remember, we did get a little glimpse of Superman in a black suit in Man of Steel. So we kinda already know what it will look like. Either way, Superman in a black suit, with longer hair and a beard??? This bearded nerd approves!"

Nicole:

"Long hair and bearded? Meow!"

Joe:

"I'm not much of a Superman fan but I always knew he wanted to be like Batman! No but seriously it will look awesome."

Ryan:

"Technically it's fine. But I more so have an issue with putting it out there that he will be in a movie in this suit. When he is supposed to be dead. I want them to keep it a secret as long as they can. We are like over a year out from the movie and we are already getting major plot points. To me it shows DC's desperateness to get its fans back and excited about the future. After they just had two not so good movies (I know some loved them and that's fine) but overwhelmingly people will say they're not the best movies in the world. DC needs home runs right now, not base hits."

Here is the first time we saw the black superman suit that Dustin was referring to. 

#unitetheseven

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Zach Snyder, director of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice shocked everyone last night with this first look of Jason Momoa as Aquaman

 @ZachSnyder tweeted: "There is only one true king. #unitetheseven"

The former Game of Thrones star is set to appear as the character in March 2016 and then star in Justice League: Part One in 2017 followed by a solo Aquaman movie in 2018. 

A picture like this makes us wonder if he will be tweeting out other character reveals? 

 

Does Jason Momoa look pretty sweet or what? What do you think? 

 

 

Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd