Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

This near 4 minute trailer does give a much better taste of what is to come than the previous teaser but it still struggles with the overwhelming sense of dourness that Warner Bros seems to be peddling. Everything is so miserable and slow. I never thought I’d see the day when the prospect of Batman fighting Superman doesn’t fill me with excitement but Zack Snyder has somehow managed to rip the fun out of it all.

Suicide Squad

Speaking of Warner Bros, they released this trailer today with the following note:
“Warner Bros. Pictures and our anti-piracy team have worked tirelessly over the last 48 hours to contain the Suicide Squad footage that was pirated from Hall H on Saturday. We have been unable to achieve that goal. Today we will release the same footage that has been illegally circulating on the web, in the form it was created and high quality with which it was intended to be enjoyed. We regret this decision as it was our intention to keep the footage as a unique experience for the Comic Con crowd, but we cannot continue to allow the film to be represented by the poor quality of the pirated footage stolen from our presentation.”

If we have learned anything from the Marvel/Fox/WB super-hero movie wars of the last decade or so it’s that Warner Bros are, themselves, slow learners. Did they really not think that the footage was going to get leaked? Really? Do they still believe that the source material is stupid and that they know better than over 50 years of comic book writers and artists? Clearly.
Also, weird to see a movie with Will Smith feature so little of him in the trailer. It’s a whole new world we’re living in now, folks.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

OK, OK, this is kinda cheating as it’s not an actual trailer but rather Behind-The-Scenes footage. You know what? It’s still the best trailer that has come out of San Diego Comic-Con this year. It does exactly what a trailer should. Gives you information and a feel for the new film without giving anything away. I’m sold.

There has also been footage of Deadpool and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse floating around out there but as of right now it’s blurred phone footage and we don’t deal with that muck here. Rest assured, as soon as something more official comes out we’ll cover it here at DOOM.

Comic Con results in a lot of teasers for comic book movies making the rounds via bad camera-phone footage. Warner Brothers seems to have taken some initiative and officially released theirs before the Con starts. I’m sure there will be something exclusive to the Con that we’ll get our grubby mitts on soon but for now, this is the first footage ever released for Christopher Nolan’s final foray into Batman’s life.

The Batman movie franchise is bigger than anyone could have hoped for after Schumacher killed it. So big in fact it doesn’t really require much introduction from me. Let’s just have a look shall we?

There’s isn’t a hell of a lot of new footage here but that won’t stop us, will it?

– The Commish

We’re given no indication as to why Gordon is in the hospital but I can only assume it’s after a serious beat down at the hands of some nasties (or maybe big bad Bane?) who have over-run the city.

But one assumption we can make is that he’s talking to Bruce Wayne rather than Batman. Which means that Gordon must know Bruce is Batman? That’s an interesting development.

– Bane

I don’t think we ever suspected Nolan to put the man in the luchador mask. Or to have the big tubes. So what appears to be a gas mask is a genius way around it.

Looks cool and will make more sense in regards to his drugged up powers.

– Hit Him!

For all the wonders of the previous two films, there really wasn’t many situations when Batman had to fight for his life. Sure, he had to be clever to escape a deadly situation or be quick to prevent something awful happening. But rarely have we seen him have to kick the crap out of the other guy.

This could be quite an epic showdown. I’m fascinated to see how he holds up against a villain who is all muscle and no riddles.

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Little or nothing to go on here as far as predictions can be concerned. All I will say is, I can’t wait to see more!