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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

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An upcoming superhero game based on the Suicide Squad of DC Comics. The game is a continuation of...

Black Lightning - Season 3

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The season continues to follow Jefferson, a high school principal-turned-teacher and recently...

Jess Bicknell (0 KP) rated Deadpool (2016) in Movies

Dec 8, 2017

Deadpool (2016)

2016 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.7

(283 Ratings)

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This film broke history with being one of the first superhero movies marketed to adults only. The marketing campaign was one of the best I had ever seen for a movie, it truly made me want to go to the theaters. I was not disappointed once I did! (0 more)

The merc with a mouth!

Deadpool AKA Wade Wilson is one of the best-written antiheroes there is. He is not only comedic, harsh, crude, and suffers from a case of should I do the right thing, but he is also one of those characters you cannot help to love in a dysfunctional manner. The storyline follows pretty close with his original story from the comics. There are plenty of fight scenes, love scenes, and plenty of scenes of Deadpool being his crass, foul mouth self.

Overall the film is great for anyone looking to find a superhero film that is not like any other out there.

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murphydave (35 KP) rated Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero in Books

Jul 7, 2017

Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero

Grant Morrison | 2012 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

8.0

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Great history of the comic book superhero (1 more)

Interesting insights and analysis

Magical self autobiographical history of the superhero.

If you're a fan of Grant Morrison'writing or just interested in the history of superheroes then this is a fascinating read. Be warned it gets into some pretty weird territory in terms of the autobiographical side of things, delving into the world of psychedelic chaos magic - take it with a pinch of salt if you will, or dismiss it as the writings of a deranged mad man, but you can't dismiss Morrison's influence on the comic book scene (he's definitely one of the triumvirate of superstars, along side Alan Moore and Neil Gaimen, whose work deserves much more credit than he gets in the mainstream imo) - it's really interesting to know the headspace he was in when coming up with a lot of his ground breaking ideas. Interesting for anyone interested in the creative process.

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Fred (860 KP) rated Black Panther (2018) in Movies

May 3, 2018 (Updated Jul 12, 2018)

Black Panther (2018)

2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.3

(283 Ratings)

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The actors. The effects. The Korea scene. (0 more)

Not enough Black Panther. Not enough humor. Boring. (0 more)

I found myself many times during the movie wondering if there was ever going to be anything superhero-like in this superhero movie. I understand this is an origin story, but at some point, it needs to move along. It just dragged on too long. Could have been an hour long. There was also too much with the fighting that wasn't Panther. The girls were kicking more ass than Black Panther himself. It was ridiculous. Negatives aside, the acting was really good by everyone, with a great performance by Andy Serkis, of course. The Korea chase scene was fantastic. It's too bad there weren't more scenes like it. The battle scene at the end was very predictable. Bottom line is I did like it. I thought the story was well enough, but should have moved along at a better pace.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Aquaman (2018) in Movies

Jan 4, 2019

Aquaman (2018)

2018 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.7

(117 Ratings)

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By far and away, this is the best of the recent DC movies (though I haven't seen Wonder Woman). There is much more humour injected into it, that it finally feels like they've got something to rival Marvel films. It really feels like a normal, decent superhero film.
However, I didn't much like Jason Momoa and thought he lacked the personality to carry the role off and really needed Amber Heard to inject some life into scenes.
A fun enjoyable film but I'm not sure the final battle scene was necessary - why does every superhero film have to lead up to an epic battle these days? While the CGI made this visually stunning, I felt it was totally unnecessary.
And finally, I was so glad when Aquaman's mum's "trident" is broken in the initial challenge for the throne - it had 5 prongs so every time someone referred to it as a trident I wanted to scream.