#dc universe original movies

[subbyfoxelf]

[movie review] batman: bad blood (2016)

“you brought us all together because you understood our pain, our loneliness, better than anyone else could. we needed family. we needed you. you’re not just a mask. you’re a man. the best man i’ve ever known.”

this ruled before it had nunjas, and then it had nunjas.

ok, but let’s get my big complaint out of the way first. talia is just uncomplicatedly, one-dimensionally evil in this one, so that’s... not great. it kinda ruins her entire dynamic with bruce and with damian. not that i was a fan of either in the first place, but it feels like there’s so much connective tissue missing from where they left things to where they are in this movie. even some kind of frank acknowledgement after the fact of like “look, she was a sexual predator and an abuser, it sucks but of course this is where she ended up” would’ve helped a lot.

like, you kind of fucked up by not framing it this way all along? i know these movies aren’t typically willing to go into that kind of depth on these kinds of serious issues, which is fine. you get to decide what the scope of your story is. but if you’re not willing to really deal with this kind of stuff you can’t just halfway go there in order to be edgier or grittier or whatever. you either have to be willing to deal with it or you need to leave it out. what we end up with instead rushes to the mostly correct conclusion but doesn’t show your work at all, so it just ends up falling completely flat and not really saying anything, and that’s just kind of depressing.

oh, petty complaints department: batman telling batwoman “using a gun makes you just like them” when she was trying to save a dude from being tortured demonstrably does not??? but that’s not even where i’m going with this. no, my issue is that in this continuity batman has repeatedly used vehicle-mounted (likely high-caliber) guns and fucking missile launchers, so he can get all the way off his fucking high horse thank you ever so much.

whew.

so, yeah. i actually liked this movie? but my review might end up a bit lopsided in favor of the one or two things i really, really didn’t like. and that’s largely because by the very nature of what the movie wanted to be and what i wanted out of it, the things i liked about it were pretty superficial.

the heretic was a pretty interesting villain and figuring out his whole deal over the course of the movie only to have him carelessly tossed aside was actually a pretty effective way of establishing where talia was at these days. and while i still have all my abovementioned issues with it in terms of what it’s saying thematically, it’s been a minute since we had a good “talia is controlling everything from the shadows” story, so for pure entertainment value it really didn’t suck.

i’m a sucker for bat family stuff, as i’ve thoroughly demonstrated in these reviews. i’m less a fan of bruce being as much of a dumbass as he often has to be in these serious, gritty ones, but at least he has to explicitly to outgrow it in this one! getting to that final shot of the drastically expanded bat family gathering under the bat-signal ruled.

as for the members of said bat family, the guy calling the shots for a lot of this movie while bruce was missing was nightwing, and as the world’s foremost robin i/ nightwing simp, hell yes i loved this. it’s always interesting when dick has to temporarily take up the mantle of batman, whether it’s in a more traditional portrayal where he really respects bruce so filling his shoes weighs heavily on him for that reason, or in something like this where their relationship is more strained and dick wants out of his shadow but gets pulled back in. there’s just always a lot of great character work. add to that the fact that nightwing is way better at playing with others, and i honestly just love this portrayal. they crushed it. i cannot say enough about how much i like him in this one. it’s probably the single biggest thing that elevates this movie for me.

i don’t have as much to say about damian this time? he’s a nasty little brat, as usual. and it’s charming, as usual. and he’s doing his best, and he goes through a lot, and i’m so upset that a lot of people are so annoyed by him. protecc the goblin sidekick!

batwoman rules. i have no notes here. and her gayness is portrayed very frankly and just treated like as much a baked in part of her character as anyone else’s straightness. i fucking love her in this movie and we’d all be better off if her and dick were in charge instead of bruce.

batwing is… fine. i got a good laugh out of how blatantly he’s just… he’s just bat-iron man, guys. he has a suit-up scene that’s just straight out of iron man 1. he’s just… bat-iron man. it’s hilarious.

anyway, uh, yeah! a lot of this movie hinges on dick deciding to trust people and bruce being angy about it and dick being right, so, yeah. it rules. except the parts that don’t. but mostly it rules.

a-rank

[planetplaytion]

Wade's probably thinking "damn his tit's are huge" 😭 (me too bro)

[pattyproof]

Finished sketch :)

[froglover7789]

the joker movie pisses me the FUCK off bc how did you make a joker origin with no batman!!!! his whole thing is batman!!! batmans whole thing is the joker!!!! bro is literally symbolic of batman's inability to give up being batman and the consequences of him doing so. they like need each other in a narrative sense and in the gayass ways they interact BUT YOU MEAN TO TELL ME BATMAN AINT IN THE GODDAMN MOVIE im sick.

lady gaga i am sure youll be a great harley but ik theres not gonna be a batman in the sequel so i kinda dont give a fuck im sorry queen

[kstarlitchaotics]

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by HERO MEDIA (@gg_hero_media)

So how is Bruce not a better father than Dick again

[relaxedstyles]

[comicexpertt]

Look at Wolverine's support for the two. I love having him with them. Wolverine has suffered a lot, and he is no longer Cyclops, but Rogue's old friend should be on his team.

I like to see him so happy and playful

Uncanny X-Men 2024 #1

[infosphere]

The Joker's Twisted Masquerade - A Batman story

The night was as dark and foreboding as the cowl that concealed the face of the city's vigilante protector. High above the streets of Gotham, perched atop the gargoyle-adorned spires of a towering skyscraper, the caped crusader known as Batman kept a watchful eye over his domain. His keen senses were constantly alert, scanning the shadowy landscape for any sign of the criminal element that threatened to consume this once-great metropolis. And on this particular evening, the Dark Knight's instincts were on high alert, for he sensed a disturbance in the air - a disturbance that could only mean one thing. The Joker was up to his old tricks. With a fluid grace, Batman launched himself from the rooftop, his cape billowing behind him as he descended rapidly towards the source of the commotion. As he drew closer, the cacophony of screams and laughter grew ever louder, echoing through the narrow alleyways and casting an unsettling pall over the entire neighborhood. Arriving at the grand Gotham Opera House, the Dark Knight's suspicions were confirmed. A large crowd had gathered outside the ornate building, their faces obscured by a dizzying array of garish masks and costumes. At the center of this twisted masquerade stood the Joker himself, his painted features contorted in a manic grin as he reveled in the chaos he had unleashed. "Ah, the Bat has arrived!" the clown prince of crime cackled, his voice dripping with malevolent glee. "Welcome to my little party, where the only rule is to have a simply marvelous time! "Batman's eyes narrowed to slits as he surveyed the scene, his mind racing to formulate a plan of attack. He knew he had to stop the Joker's twisted scheme before it was too late, but the lives of the innocent civilians were at stake. With a deep breath, he charged into the fray, his fists clenched and his resolve unwavering. This was a battle he could not afford to lose. By InfoSphere -More Free stories below-

[kollectorsrus]

[skyfallslayer]

Hellblazer & Jade - Masterlist

-2005!Constantine x Daughter!OFC-

Main Masterlist

❇️ Summary: A Series of stories revolving around the 2005 Constantine, with John having a daughter named Seraphina (Eventually will tie into some other DC movies).

❇️ Pairings: John Constantine x Daughter!OFC; (Later) Jamie Reyes x Constantine!OFC

❇️ Rating: Mature

❇️ Warnings: At the beginning of each chapter

❇️ Word Count: N/A

❇️ Start Date: N/A

❇️End Date: N/A

❇️ A/N: So.... I finally watched the 2005 Constantine movie and I immediately fell in love. And anyone who follows my other fics I write, you know I'm a sucker for a good father-daughter story line. Fluffy, comforting, and of course angsty. I also couldn't pass up the chance to write about Xolo's Blue Beetle and Battison. Without further ado, enjoy!

-INDEX-

(*Story names and order may change over time)

❇️ Story 1: Sealing The Deal (Coming Soon)

❇️ Story 2: An Old Friend (Coming Soon)

❇️ Story 3: When In Doubt, Go To Gotham (Coming Soon)

❇️ Story 4: Laws, Magic, & A Man Dressed Like A Bat (Coming Soon)

❇️ Story 5: Stepping Out of The Comfort Zone (Coming Soon) - Side Story: Jamie Reyes Introduction.

❇️ Story 6: Of Aliens and Mind Games (Coming Soon)

-Taglist Is Open-

[artblooger19moon]

Justice League Secret Origins: November 17 2001

[subbyfoxelf]

[comic & movie review] superman: red son

“i don’t blame those among you that fear me, for you’ve been taught to fear all your lives. and if you learn nothing else today, learn this. we in the soviet union do not oppose the citizens of the united states. we only oppose the government that oppresses you. our sole desire is for peace and equality among all men.”

superman: red son (comic 2003) writer: mark millar artists: various

superman: red son (movie 2020)

i mean, you knew i’d have stuff to say about this one. let’s not kid ourselves.

to dispense with the obvious, no this isn’t a fair portrayal of the soviet union. not that that’s necessarily ever going to be the point of a superhero story, but look at how your average superman comic treats the united states. clark’s entire deal is “truth, justice and the american way.” you don’t get a lot of pages devoted to imperialist aggression or mass incarceration. also like, yeah i’m not about to pretend the soviet union was perfect, but the version of “history” on display here is like victims of communism memorial foundation-level propagandizing.

the movie inherits a lot of the same problems as the comic, and even at times portrays some of the more problematic distortions of history in even more vivid detail… but in a lot of ways it’s actually drastically better until it isn’t???

for one thing, superman’s dedication to actual communist principles is demonstrated much more effectively through changes both small and massive. like, his public appearance early in the story is just some random demonstration in the comic, but in the movie it’s the unveiling of a new hydroelectric dam that superman helped build. and when he’s given what he considers an undue amount of credit for the project’s success, he actively pushes the credit back on to everyone who was working with him. and throughout the film, we see him earnestly expressing actual communist ideals.

quite a bit is also done to humanize superman in the film. we see flashbacks to his childhood, which is completely absent in the comic. and we also get quite a bit more fleshing out in his relationship with wonder woman, which is way better than the comic… until it isn’t. but we’ll get back to that. supes and wonder woman meet, immediately form a bond, supes assumes wondie wants him to bed her and she’s like whoa hi no when he goes to kiss her, and he’s actually relieved??? and she says “i come from an island of all women. work it out for yourself,” which is just an incredible line, thank you for that! and the two agree to become friends and their relationship becomes even warmer from that point on.

honestly, if you look at superman as an actual expression of the highest ideals of communism struggling against some of the internal contradictions that–combined with western interference–ultimately doomed the soviet union, this would be a good movie up until that point. yeah, there were some pretty wild distortions of history to set up that conflict, but it’s not completely wrong?

it’s… also not completely clear to me how he got from there to having dissidents turned into cyborg slaves. that jumped out less as weird in the comic because everything was weird and wrong, but it was kind of funny that early in the movie i basically said out loud “i wonder how they’re going to get from here to the whole cyborg slave thing” and they just… there wasn’t a “getting there.” it was just like, “oh, okay, we’re doing this now.” i guess the writers of both the comic and movie think it’s just a natural thing to put in your warped communism metaphor and there’s no reason whatsoever to explain it. i don’t know. it’s just kind of hilariously bad.

even at this point, superman isn’t entirely demonized by the movie? he refuses brainiac’s urging to invade the u.s., and it isn’t until the u.s. attacks with their reverse-engineered green lanterns that he responds. and after defeating the lanterns, he goes right to the white house, right to lex. right to the heart of the problem.

oh, let’s talk about this movie’s incredibly strange brand of, uh, “feminism”?

when superman announces his intentions after rescuing metropolis from the falling satellite, lois demands “what about women?” and like, hey lois? i think if we applied a fine-tooth comb we might find one or two or ten thousand ways in which the u.s. was far behind the soviet union in that department at the time?

it’s a totally fair thing to fight for within the revolution, but an absolutely ludicrous thing to try to use to discredit it from the outside. and like… wonder woman, like superman, devolves into a total caricature of herself late in the movie and fully like 90% of her lines become about how men are evil and it’s just… it’s just weird. and uncomfortable. and not earned by the narrative at all.

honestly, even though parts of it are just ridiculously bad, even the latter portions of the movie could be read as a metaphor for how decisionmaking in the soviet union became increasingly centralized and the average person became disengaged with the revolution, until eventually they could only watch helplessly as the soviet union was dissolved, the revolution ended, with no recourse but to try to live in a world that suddenly had one fewer beacon of hope.

superman was right when he and his comrades built that dam. we don’t need a single hero we can look up to to solve all our problems, we need to solve them together. and that’s why no matter what, we will keep fighting.

comic: c-rank movie: b-rank

[planetplaytion]

Lowkey died, but I have a bunch of new drawings for you guys as well as a new commissions sheet!!

If you are interested, I now have a commission request google form :)

Here's the link!

I'll be posting a bunch more, I think I'm finding the balance between work and I'm finally not burnt out on drawing so!

[axle-hates-zucchini]

@airy-earth’s character (airy) as the joker! I also have Axle as Batman but just irl sketches

Also I haven’t done digital in like, forever, probably about a year so please be nice to me

Also here are some of the goofy ah sketches that I made before making them digital

[archersclef]

Joker EP 3/5:

be your joker

#ArchersClef

[narcomeyart]

A look at a classic DC Comics Wonder Woman commission I had the absolute pleasure of creating in 2022. Thanx for looking always appreciated. Happy Humpday. Please like, follow, comment, and share.