Huffy Flounce

Do I even want to see this thing?

You might like it. You might not. There's only one way to tell.

Of course, an Objectivist might object to the notion of an Objectivist feeling the need to create a secret identity, so an Objectivist might object to Snyder's and Goyer's version of Batman or Moore's Rorschach or even Ditko's Question. I feel like Moore had some fun with this in Watchmen during Rorschach's unmasking, since Rorschach clearly only feels whole when he's wearing a feature-distorting mask. ("No! My Face! Give it back!") Still, whether he likes it or not, he's inescapably someone with a secret identity.

Yeah....it just looks stupid.

I haven't even seen Deadpool yet. That's more of a priority.

The Swollen Goiter of God wrote:(At one point, I deleted the above. Then I edited the hell out of it. Now I'm reposting it.)

In other words, he goitered it.

I worry a bit that I'm putting too much stock by Snyder's Objectivist leanings. Well, maybe not. If he's an Objectivist to his core (I guess that's a question only he can answer), it necessarily *would* inform his output, because it couldn't not. If it didn't, it would be a betrayal of the system he professed to live by.

At this point, I feel like I need to see it just to participate in the fun discussion.

Jubbers wrote:In other words, he goitered it.

This post probably wasn't meant to flatter me, but I feel flattered.

Is Snyder an Objectivist? I did not know that.

Hes, like, wow man, totally. Sick! So cool. And then, like, woah! Bro! Sick.

Like what!

Space Tycoon wrote:Is Snyder an Objectivist? I did not know that.

It's possible. It could just be he's interested in Objectivism or that he has some vague inclinations in that direction. This all comes from a recent quote where he said the following:

Zack Snyder wrote:I have been working on The Fountainhead. I’ve always felt like The Fountainhead was such a thesis on the creative process and what it is to create something.

The Swollen Goiter of God wrote:

Space Tycoon wrote:Is Snyder an Objectivist? I did not know that.

It's possible. It could just be he's interested in Objectivism or that he has some vague inclinations in that direction. This all comes from a recent quote where he said the following:

Zack Snyder wrote:I have been working on The Fountainhead. I’ve always felt like The Fountainhead was such a thesis on the creative process and what it is to create something.

It could also be that he only thinks he knows what Objectivism is, but really doesn't -- much like how he thinks he understands superheroes, but really doesn't.

I'd buy that.

One thing I realised looking back on it is the apparent lack of the Daily Planet. In the Reeve movies it was an integral thing, a key central location. Clark's bumbling through the office, the awkward exchanges with Lois en route to somewhere. Perry firing off orders as Clark gets distracted by somebody in peril etc etc.

Things like that get lost when you try and do too much.

As I said before, BvS manages to accomplish something truly strange in being the first 2' 30" movie that feels too short!

My ex-boss, closet geek and CEO of a FTSE 100 company just saw it and reports "I fucking loved it!".

Well.......