I mean, I noticed so many references and what felt like blantant rip offs of classic scenes. I still enjoyed the movie but the constant copying started to get distracting.

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    5 months ago

    I haven’t seen the new one but I remember the first one being hella like a Saturday morning cartoon; especially with how damn near every major dialogue scene ended with a wall being blown up and bad guys pouring in for a fight.

    Personally, I like that dumb shit. I want the super hero movie to feel like a comic book or cartoon.

    • @kralk@lemm.ee
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      25 months ago

      Every scene ended with Aquaman taking his shirt off. Where did he get all the shirts??

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    55 months ago

    Was it written during the pandemic?

    My general impression is that all the media that tried to do things the same way despite the pandemic’s restrictions often hit weird quality problems … just like this. So much of it will look like it came from before/after the pandemic, but the writing or plot or something will just feel wrong … almost as though someone was told to keep writing no matter what even though really didn’t want to or just struggled to work, cuz creative work sometimes can’t be forced.

    On the flip side, it seemed that any media/art that leaned into the pandemic experience thrived … because it was speaking truth … and you, that’s a good way to be creative.

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      45 months ago

      Premier was in 2018, so they don’t get to pull that card

      • maegul (he/they)M
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        45 months ago

        I think OP is talking about the second one (new aquaman) which came out last year.

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          45 months ago

          Ah damn yeah, I thought I was still in the thread from above, talking about how awful the first one was.

  • @Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works
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    45 months ago

    It was so BAD. How many times did he say “Get your hands off my (fill in the blank)!” This will be a steelbook I buy to complete the DC collection that never comes out of its original shrink wrap.

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    15 months ago

    I watched the original but during the big end battle, because it was all underwater, I wasn’t sure who was doing what. After that, didn’t take need to see the sequel.