Finally caught up with GotG last night. I thought it was okay, not great. Most of the elements that I liked about it, I could point you to the episode of Farscape where they were done better. And I thought the set pieces were, for the most part, pretty dull. (With the exception of the prison break, which was fun. And I thought the way the Nova ships created the shield was neat, but holy god does every movie in the world have to end with a giant spaceship crashing into a city now?)

I think if I'd seen a preview screening before there was any hype, I would have enjoyed it more - I know I would have laughed more if I hadn't been spoiled for literally every joke in the film. (My own fault for not avoiding spoilers, but I never know if/when I'm going to see movies these days, so I don't bother.)

I basically felt like Jessica. I think Drax was a biggie primarily because I hadn't seen his schtick over and over in the promos (plus he was flat out funny), but the rest of it didn't live up to the hype.

Definitely well-executed, enjoyable, *might* buy DVD depending on completion urges (will not buy Thor to date).

Amy Adams and Henry Cavill taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: [link]

Is this the first proof we've seen that Superman is actually going to appear at some point in the upcoming movie?

Was that a question?

It was for me.

In Superman / Batman?

Yeah, I'm a little confused. Do you mean he would have only been Clark Kent, and not in the Superman outfit at all? In a movie with the name "Superman" in the title?

I'm assuming Matt's making a joke about how all the hype for the movie we've seen so far has been about Batfleck and the 500 other superheroes that may or may not be in the movie.

Yeah. I know everyone else seems to be a big Batman fan, but I've always preferred Superman. It rankles that from the publicity he's being treated as an afterthought in his own sequel.

Well, Cahill is the known quantity--it's hardly surprising he's not news.

Momoa, OTOH, that's breaking.