Comic-con "Dawn of Justice" thoughts..

Hello and Welcome to the July 31st edition of The Comic Shop Blog!

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By now you hopefully have seen at least screenshots of the comic con footage from the "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" panel.  If not it's most definitely worth a google search.  It's hard to get too excited when the movie is almost two full years away, but that stoked the flames of this DC fan for sure.  I remember in my youth (when I didn't understand how aging worked) I longed to see Adam West fight crime along side Christopher Reeve, and then much later I longed to see Michael Keaton suit up with Reeve.  Nevermind that stylistically, at least, the latter pair wouldn't have worked it was an obsession of mine to see the world's finest united.  I've read most of the major crossovers for the two titans, if not all.  It's a powerful juxtaposition of ideals, methods, & processes that are ultimately to achieve the same end.

"Dawn of Justice" despite some of it's outward flaws and concerns represents the end to a lifetime of waiting for a fan like me.  I have my concerns about the foundation for sure, but I'm hoping they use this film to right the course.

Borrowing from "The Dark Knight Returns" makes perfect sense in this scenario because in that piece of literature Superman was a government lap dog that had actually torn one of Green Arrow's arms off.  The "Man of Steel" Supes hasn't torn any arms, but he's pledged a terse loyalty to the government, destroyed a city, & might have twisted a guy's head off.  This all gives Batman, who in this narrative has layed low, cause to be skeptical of Krypton's last son.

As an aside I've made my feelings known about the ending of "MOS", but I will give credit to the fact that it does not insult the audience in the way that say spinning the earth backwards really fast would.  I love the innocence & fun of the Donner films, but I also appreciate how WB/DC can say "we've done camp/fun. Disney/Marvel has the market cornered on that in this new gen so let's go dark at first."  It makes sense to try these characters in a different setting instead of rehashing old storytelling.    

To summarize the comic con footage it features Batman in his "TDKR" armor turning on the bat signal with Superman hovering with his red glowing eyes.  Pretty straightforward, but also somewhat telling.  WB also released a still frame of Gal Gadot in her Wonder Woman attire, and it looked fantastic!  The only real question/concern for your humble blogger would be Jesse Eisenberg's take on Luthor, but that's yet to be seen.

I'm very excited to see what comes of this movie, but as I stated we are a ways away from the finished product.

That's all for today, but I'll be back to give my two cents on some of the other comic con happenings.

Happy reading and I'll see you next time at The Comic Shop!