Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1895174-20150718165855

The BvS trailer raised my expectations from "negative/skeptical" to just "skeptical." The idea to incorporate 9/11 imagery as well as making the main criticism of Man of Steel a plot point is a bold choice. On the other hand, Eisenberg's Lex looks goofy, and I don't really know what Wonder Woman's doing here. I still can't shake the feeling that this movie, like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 before it, could collapse under the weight of launching a shared cinematic universe. I can already picture the reviews going, "Ultimately, Batman v Superman is a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be; is it a Superman movie with Batman in it, a Batman movie with Superman in it, or a 150 minute-long trailer for the Justice League movie?"

Suicide Squad footage left me unimpressed. Too much Harley, not enough of everyone else. There aren't enough shots of them in action. The trailer only conveys what characters are in the movie and not who they are. Unless you already know these characters (and most don't), you don't get a sense of who what they can do. I have no idea what the story's supposed to be, either.