ShardWarrior

Hand claps are not something unique to Superman, but he is capable of them and has used them before on many occasions. Wonder Woman has been know to let out a battle shout or two here and there as well. 😉

Interesting, but nothing we did not already know. Steve stayed in the past to live out his life with Peggy and they had children. All of that we knew already, and it was announced months ago that Chris Evans was returning for Avengers: Doomsday. It will be nice to see Steve Rogers again, but I am reserving judgment until the film is out. So far, these trailers are not much beyond nostalgia bait.

From what I have read, WB/D is not at all keen on the bid from Paramount/Skydance due to Larry Ellison and his part ownership of TikTok, which Netflix sees as a direct competitor.

I do not see that changing much, if at all should Netflix purchase WB/D. Given the ever increasing expense of going to the movies, cinemas (especially the large chains) are not exactly in the affordable price range for the "common folk" so much anymore. Maybe that is what should happen though. If you recall when home video rentals became a thing, there were tons of mom and pop video stores cropping up all over. Most all of them were eventually put out of business by the likes of big chains such as Blockbuster video. Same went for local movie cinemas, at least where I grew up. They were put out of business by big chains like AMC. Perhaps with cinema becoming less and less relevant, it may mean the death of the large cinema chains, which in turn could be a good thing for smaller, local cinemas. What all of this means for the movie industry as a whole is debatable and remains to be seen. The studio system is certainly dying, if not dead already, and maybe that is a good thing. Perhaps getting rid of the studio system will mean independent production companies (like Wyldwood) can thrive, which is great for the people doing the actual creative work. The studio system has always been an issue for the actual creatives in Hollywood. This is why United Artists was created more than 100 years ago by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks. They wanted greater control over their work, more of the profits and to get away from shady studio practices. Old Hollywood is going to have to adapt. I do not think Hollywood is going to stop streaming, no matter how hard they try. The old adage "nobody mourns for the buggy whip salesman" applies here. Where and how entertainment is created and by whom is something that the entertainment industry is going to have to figure out. If Hollywood cannot adapt, it will die out and become irrelevant.

I do not necessarily disagree with you, however I temper that with Netflix having a lot of experience in the streaming business and having a stable library only helps them. Purchasing WB means they will own the content instead of "renting" it from other studios. That is not necessarily a bad thing for them or the subscribers. With that said, it is definitely not an entirely good thing either. Where I do see this as a bad thing is in two key areas. First is the impact on the movie theater business. Netflix has shown they are not keen on theatrical releases and if they do, it is a very short window. See the recent Guillermo Del Toro Frankenstein. I am torn a bit on this one as I do have fond memories of going to the movies as a kid and sharing the communal experience of seeing movies, but that is tempered with movies being less and less "experiences" nowadays, coupled with utterly ridiculous pricing. With that in mind, perhaps it is time for movie theaters to fade away, much like live theater did when movies were first invented. I do not think going to the movies will ever go away completely much like live theater never disappeared once movies became a thing. Radio is still around despite television replacing it. The second problem which I personally think is a much larger issue is the loss of physical media. Streamers are not at all keen on physical media. No physical media means no ownership and no ability to watch a favorite movie or television program unless you have a subscription, and even then only if your program is available at the time. All streaming services pull movies and television programs over time. It also means you may need more than one streaming service to watch a favorite property. Paramount/Skydance will be pulling Star Trek from Netflix internationally starting in January of 2026, which means you will need a Paramount (or maybe Amazon Prime) subscription to watch Star Trek, assuming Paramount streaming is even available in your country. If you owned all of the Trek TV shows and films on DVD, you can watch them any time and you own it forever. One thing to keep in mind is that Netflix has been around for a long time, and they have been successful despite what many had thought. No one ever thought renting DVDs by physical mail would amount to anything, nor that it could or would ever replace movie rental businesses. Few ever thought streaming content would be a thing. Now here we are with Netflix poised to buy out a big part of old Hollywood. Times are definitely changing.

Not every set needs to be so homogeneous. I am probably in the minority here but I like Empathy, especially in a small team or duo setting. It is a great set for lower level content. I love taking my Empathy Defender on Synapse TFs. The only changes I would suggest for Empathy is to make Clear Mind a Targeted AoE instead of single target and decrease the recharge on Resurrect. Something that might be an interesting change is to make Absorb Pain a Targeted AoE as well. Empathy, like most other buff/healing sets becomes less and less needed at higher levels. That is changing now with the continued addition of higher difficulty settings.

From what I have read this morning, this report cannot be verified at the moment. I doubt it is a rumor, but you never know. Multiple news sources are suggesting the story cannot be verified and no one from WB or Standard General has officially commented. I think if CNN and other non-film related assets could be sold off separately would be a good thing for Netflix and WB/D. News is not really Netflix's wheelhouse.

I think it a good decision for WB/D to reject the Paramount/Skydance offer. It would not have been a good thing in the long run overvaluing the company to such an extent.

Silencing those whom you disagree with.

I disagree with your disagreement!

@PeregrineFalcon is correct. You absolutely are coming into these conversations to try and shut them down by starting arguments. Instead of simply agreeing to disagree with others and contributing to the actual topic of discussion, you try and start arguments with the hope that mods will intervene and shut the thread down. For all I know, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow could be the greatest superhero epic ever put to film and restore the genre of comic book cinema back to what it was in the early days of the MCU. It may make Battlefield: Earth look like Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. I have not seen the film yet to say yet. However, I have seen the trailer - which is the subject of this thread - and was not overly impressed with what I saw in the trailer. Based on that, and having seen other films Gunn was involved with that are all very similar in tone, I will wait for this on streaming. If you would like to discuss the trailer, by all means, please do.

Who is "they"? Regardless, this is not at all saying that James Gunn is the director as you are trying to imply. No doubt there will be differences given there is a different director. With that said, there are quite a lot of people out there who do see a similar tone and style to James Gunn's other works in what has been presented in the first trailer. He is a producer on the film and head of the new DCU, so no doubt he has some say on how the movie will be produced. Again, I am not sure why that is a bad thing for those who enjoy his other work.

Who? Someone in this thread? Or people on the internet in general? If I can be honest, I really have no idea where you are getting this from. No one here has said or suggested that James Gunn is directing the film. We all know he is not.

Interesting article https://trekmovie.com/2025/12/16/another-licensee-dropping-star-trek-due-to-increased-paramount-fees-others-vow-to-continue/

I do not see anyone saying that he is the director. As head of the DCU, he is involved with the production though and it is apparent many are seeing the similarities to his other work. For those who enjoy his work, similarity is not a bad thing at all.

There was a report on the local news here this morning about this. The reason given was there will be 4 different trailers focusing on 4 different characters, each released on a different week. It seems to be a gimmick to get people to pay to see Avatar: Fire and Ash again and boost ticket sales. I guess they seem to think this will work as back in the day there were people who paid full price for a movie just to see the trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and then left.

I rather like the idea of being able to donate inf to a panhandler and rewarding badges based on total donations. Would make for a fun little inf sink. That is not a bad idea either!

I see that now, thank you. Having toyed around with this a bit more on Brainstorm, I think I will just keep my SS/Inv tankers as they are with Rage. UM is nice, but the lackluster damage boost from it makes my characters less super. The -RES on the Rage crash seems overly punitive. If the goal is to make the Rage crash more equitable, why not get rid of the -DEF and -RES and just increase the length of time the damage debuff is applied and slightly increase the end drain from it. Probably not something that would ever be considered, but it is a thought. UM makes more sense for Scrappers because they would make up for the lackluster damage buff from their critical hits.

I copied over my SS/Inv tanker and switched out Rage for Unleashed Might. No crash is nice, but you are markedly weaker in terms of damage output. I understand the reasoning for less damage with UM versus Rage, but it could use a slight uptick for +DMG. Not much, just a bit. I had a question about the design philosophy for this - was it that you would take both Rage and UM and use Rage during tougher EB/AV fights or was UM meant to be a replacement for Rage altogether? Overall, the changes worked as expected.

Also could be Paramount trying to get Netflix to overspend. Either way, WB is not worth the money being offered for it.

Something other than GoTG?

Which is incredibly stupid. Paramount/Skydance will never recoup that should this deal go through. WB simply is not worth that kind of money.

Both. I do not dislike James Gunn and I very much enjoyed GoTG. All his films are the same though, just with a different setting. I do not think he was the best choice by WB to take over the DCU. He is not horrible, but I think they could have done better. I think the days of cinema and going to the movies is over. $14 - $16 a ticket is crazy, but you will spend ten times that on popcorn, snacks and a drink. That is what is killing theaters.

Looks like a typical James Gunn movie. If you have seen one, you have seen them all. Watching this, it could easily be Gamora: Woman of Tomorrow or Nebula: Woman of Tomorrow or Mantis: Woman of Tomorrow. It looks like yet another GoTG clone to me, with a setting that could easily be in Knowhere. I love Milly Alcock. She has real talent and adored her on House of the Dragon. This will be a wait for streaming for me.