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VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36302

bada wrote:

The Suicide Squad comics aren't funny. Now I'm not saying they aren't trying to be funny but I've never read one that succeeded.

they had a hilarious run in the 80s.

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VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36302

Saw this one yesterday in the theatre..it was alright; gory enough.

Strat · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 2:27 pm

wait is this different than the last suicide squad movie that sucked?

epilogue · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 3:00 pm

Strat wrote:

wait is this different than the last suicide squad movie that sucked?

Yes. This is THE sequel.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 3:11 pm

epilogue wrote:

Strat wrote:

wait is this different than the last suicide squad movie that sucked?

Yes. This is THE sequel.

Is it? I thought it was a remake. Or maybe it's some kind of alternate universe.

epilogue · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 3:23 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Strat wrote:

wait is this different than the last suicide squad movie that sucked?

Yes. This is THE sequel.

Is it? I thought it was a remake. Or maybe it's some kind of alternate universe.

Could be. I never saw the first one and I'm not planning on seeing this new one. I thought it was a sequel hiding inside a marketing reboot.

epilogue · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 3:27 pm

This definitely clarifies things:

Quote:

Here's how a WB rep described Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" to us when we asked for clarification: "While there are references to the first movie, it isn't really fair to call it a follow up or a sequel because there really is no through line besides a few repeat characters."

In an interview with The New York Times, director James Gunn said the choices for his film weren't defined by what he saw in 2016's "Suicide Squad."

"I wanted it to be its own thing completely," Gunn said. "When Warner Bros. said they wanted me to do this, I watched the first movie for the first time, and I called them back and said, what do I have to keep from this movie? And they said, nothing."

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 3:50 pm

99% chance there is a joke about Harley Quinn dreaming the first movie.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36302

is a sequel yeah. And its way better than the previous one....its fun, its gory, it doesnt take itself seriously....

yeah, i had a good time and Idris, the rat girl, King Shark and Margot were truly great.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47359

Haha I want a whole movie off that opening sequence team

Anders · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 5:52 pm

Understand that there were two separate Suicide Squad comic book runs originally, and this is based on the other one (better one).

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36302

It was just one comic book and they kinda had a few of regulars. It changed a lot recently with the inclusion of Harley for example.

Jorge · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 6:20 pm

Hey I really, really liked this. I'm just gonna copy over what I posted elsewhere:

Much to my surprise I actually really liked The Suicide Squad! I super wasn't into the marketing but it won me over almost immediately. None of the trailers really conveyed its odd charms, the weird little detours it took, the artfulness and thoughtfulness of it, the twisted little alleyways and cul de sacs it traverses, the places it chooses to explore. far from the insipid homogeneity that has been plaguing the Capeshit® genre lately. it is messy, it is gaudy, it is extremely violent. it is intensely weird, it has some remarkably janky special effects and several moments of startling loveliness. it never stops showing you new things. and it even wades into some (surface level but welcome) critiques of US interventionism. I dunno, it was just exactly the type of movie I needed tonight, and I found it an utter delight. 8.5/10

Jorge · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 6:20 pm

Hey I really, really liked this. I'm just gonna copy over what I posted elsewhere:

Much to my surprise I actually really liked The Suicide Squad! I super wasn't into the marketing but it won me over almost immediately. None of the trailers really conveyed its odd charms, the weird little detours it took, the artfulness and thoughtfulness of it, the twisted little alleyways and cul de sacs it traverses, the places it chooses to explore. far from the insipid homogeneity that has been plaguing the Capeshit® genre lately. it is messy, it is gaudy, it is extremely violent. it is intensely weird, it has some remarkably janky special effects and several moments of startling loveliness. it never stops showing you new things. and it even wades into some (surface level but welcome) critiques of US interventionism. I dunno, it was just exactly the type of movie I needed tonight, and I found it an utter delight. 8.5/10

Anders · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 6:33 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

is a sequel yeah. And its way better than the previous one....its fun, its gory, it doesnt take itself seriously....

yeah, i had a good time and Idris, the rat girl, King Shark and Margot were truly great.

Well he based the new movie on the John Ostrander stories in the comic books, another part of the comic book run, than the first one was inspired by.

Jorge · **Posted:** Fri August 06, 2021 6:36 pm

It is technically a sequel but they also set it up so that there's no need to have watched the first one. I think they were pretty clever about it

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47359

I'm surprised at how much I liked the Peacemaker

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

I'm looking forward to watching this this weekend

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36302

Anders wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

is a sequel yeah. And its way better than the previous one....its fun, its gory, it doesnt take itself seriously....

yeah, i had a good time and Idris, the rat girl, King Shark and Margot were truly great.

Well he based the new movie on the John Ostrander stories in the comic books, another part of the comic book run, than the first one was inspired by.

yeah, the original one. I loved those 80s books. Flag was a crazy motherfucker.

James Gunn's THE Suicide Squad (2021)

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