but seeing as how I didn't have previews either, perhaps someone else needs to weigh in.
Oh, yeah, baby, it's snakalicious in here.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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le nubian - Jul 21, 2012 11:36:20 am PDT #21884 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Jul 21, 2012 11:38:25 am PDT #21885 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, dcp. Nothing extra. Just...time to exhale, and make sure your mascara is okay.
Okay, the really clever people who are up in arms about Superman having a beard in the trailer--have you been assuming Kryptonian hair just stops growing like that, right into a cute hairstyle with a curl?
The ones up in arms about a kid running around with a cape--I guess it could be true that this is a kid growing up in a world where there have never been capes. That can totally happen, right? Maybe no heroes, and no other reasons for capes either. Also, this kid is definitely Clark Kent.
The only whine I get is the contrails (although wikipedia does say they can be generated without exhaust, I don't know if Supes has the right surface physics). The others just seem like looking for issues in 90s of footage.
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2012 12:20:58 pm PDT #21886 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph, I pretty much agree with your whole post.
Seconded. I totally believed it too for all the reasons you mentioned. Also, ita !, SERIOUSLY THAT KISS FOR FUCK'S SAKE EVERY SECOND COUNTS HERE SELINA.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2012 12:28:01 pm PDT #21887 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
P-C, that is EXACTLY my reaction to that kiss!!! Like, are you people NUTS?!?
Tom Scola - Jul 21, 2012 12:29:47 pm PDT #21888 of 30000
hwæt
I’m with Jessica; the NYC visuals made it too real for me. I wish I could have enjoyed it as much as you all did.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2012 12:36:16 pm PDT #21889 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tom, a large part of why I was horrified by the scenes of parts of Gotham and the bridges being blown up is precisely because it was so obviously NYC.
Tom Scola - Jul 21, 2012 12:42:34 pm PDT #21890 of 30000
hwæt
The building they used for the Wayne Enterprises exterior was the building I was working in on 9/11.
§ ita § - Jul 21, 2012 12:44:59 pm PDT #21891 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm lucky that I don't have sense of the general geography of New York, so as a whole--basically, if I don't see a big landmark like Central Park (and there are few for me) I just think "Island city...like NY or Mtl..."
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2012 1:12:03 pm PDT #21892 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The building they used for the Wayne Enterprises exterior was the building I was working in on 9/11.
Daaaaaang. To say that's unnerving is a vast understatement.
Tom Scola - Jul 21, 2012 1:15:47 pm PDT #21893 of 30000
hwæt
The ferry boats in the last film were worse; that’s how I got home on that day, since the trains weren’t running and the bridges and tunnels were closed.