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Frank Cannon

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14. Don't even get me started on what they've done to Batman.

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:24 AM

Sep 2016

Having been a Batman fan since toddlerhood, it has absolutely pained me to see how they have morphed that character over the years from the brilliant "Darknight Detective" to no more than a dumb, high-tech thug. This has apparently been a marketing-driven decision to appeal to as many of the lowest common denominator as possible: angry people who don't read very much or very well.

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Deathstroke Will Be Main Villain in Ben Affleck’s Batman Movie [View all] RandySF Aug 2016 OP

Cool but different GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #1

Have you seen Suicide Squad yet? We haven't seen the last of Jared Leto's Joker yet. Initech Aug 2016 #3

Deathstroke only kills when he's paid to RandySF Aug 2016 #5

I'm really digging the grittier, grimmer world of the DC movies these days. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #2

I'm not. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #9

I thought Manu Bennet NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #4

It is rumored that Dogwelder will team up with Batman to combat Deathstroke Kaleva Aug 2016 #6

I love HITMAN GOLGO 13 Sep 2016 #8

No, a crappy script, crappy director, and crappy acting are Affleck's real villains. Yavin4 Aug 2016 #7

Word up. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #10

LULZ! GOLGO 13 Sep 2016 #11

It'd be nice if they didn't seem to think the entire DCCU starts and ends at Batman jmowreader Sep 2016 #12

Don't even get me started on what they've done to Batman. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #14

good point NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #13