Best/Worst Comic Book Movie Directors - The Weekly Planet Podcast 

I read that Jar Jar excerpt and it was fucking depressing: all his friends are either dead or exiled and he's finally been reduced to being the fool everyone always thought him to be.

I know its not exactly constructive criticism or helpful to the subject but thank you Guys for making Mondays awesome. nuff said.

36:41 Whadda ya meeeeeeean, Mason?? I could listen to that on a loop!

Did anyone remember the video "How to make batman v Superman good" and he says, In Batman 89 he has a gadget specifically for kicking a guy in the balls. You cannot get more prepared than that!!! They made another reference to that in this video!

Because Joss Whedon wasn't ashamed to have his characters in actual costumes, and forgo the black leather jumpers. That is the difference between The Avengers and X-men films. They're also allowed to have legitimate fun, and not just be sarcastic or self-deprecating. At the time, Singer had to dip his toe into comic book "stuff" for his films because the public's last taste of that (Bat-nipples and ice-puns) was so sour. He pulled it off well...but the public has had 15 years of super hero films since then, and we're much more willing to accept the weirder aspects of them. Singer hasn't changed with the times. If Apocalypse had come out in 2006, I think it would be considered among the better comic book movies, but it just doesn't work 10 years later.

Samuel L. Jackson is mad about Nick Fury not showing up in Black Panther!? He must not understand these characters: After all of the shady shit Nick Fury has done he's probably the last person T'Challa wants poking around his country.

J.K Simmons as J.J.J proves a complete understanding of the comic character

I believe the avengers works better together than the x-men because, 1) They get their own movies and more time for character development 2) Each movie comes out in order (no reboots or different time lines) and builds towards a main story involving all the characters (infinity war). 3) I think visually, the Marvel movies are much more hopefully, colorful, and bright. While, the newer x-men movies have seemed to try and be a little more realistic and grounded. MARVEL embraces the silliness of comics and its characters. 4) I also believe that Marvel has cast their movies much better than fox (at least comparing the newer castings)

loving these podcasts guys!

Always a good day when there's a new episode of this :)

They didn't mention the Wonder Woman screening at all. I guess they didn't get the memo.

keep up the great content guys

Great video guys!

Great as usual love you guys

Thanks for making Mondays not "GROTTY" mates!

Batman '89 wasn't campy. It was, "The comic book come to life!".

To be fair to Ang Lee, nobody can make a good Hulk movie. The source material just doesn't lend itself to three act structures and it's hard to put the character through an arc, since the moment you "fix" him, the character ceases to be what people recognize him for.

dc and marvel shorts before movies great idea. I'm surprised marvel and pixar Don't already do this

I'm pretty early! Thank you guys for making these, they are amazing podcasts.

I like the JURASSIC PLANET idea man. That's good.

yaaaaay...my monday is good again!

Anybody think Mel Gibson might actually be in talks for Batman I feel like suicide squad might just be a ruse

Jar Jar was the Gungan senator of Naboo, since the planet had two distinct sovereign governments, at least, as far as was depicted in the films.

Loved your "Logan" impression 😂🤣😂

47:13 _"It was either SUPERMAN LIVES, the J.J Abrams one..."_ *

In the international posters for The Last Jedi, the word Jedi itself is still Jedi, but the other words in the title have been switched to plural. For instance, in Spanish, if the subject becomes plural, so does "the," changing from "el" to "los."

Glenn Ford snuffing it in Superman 78 IS a great scene. Still one of my favorite scenes of any comic book movie.

The Professor X getting punched while saying Logan was hilarious. Put that bit in a video! 28:16 anyone else think of the BvS cancelled script video? xD

The whole bit of Superman going back in time to tell his dad to eat better needs to be animated, it's hilarious.

Best Charles Xavier impression Mason.... haahahha.That's deep.

Fincher would do a killer Moon Knight

jar jar as a street clown is is a better fate than i wouldve that

Best Professor X impression 😂

would you ever doing a transformers pod based around IDW run or the generation 1

Mel Gibson is one of the greatest directors alive today. Hacksaw Ridge is in the top 3 favorite movies last year for me. I watched Xmen 2 the other day for the first time in years. I didn't really like it when it came out but now I get it and I see the movie for what it is and its great still. Still holds up, except for the scenes when they show computers you can age the movie by that and really only that. Also recently watched Fight Club in the past year and to me it still holds up but it is a bit pretentious with the message. But its really only like that because I mean we grew up with the movie and its almost 20yrs old. Still good though.

I love the weekly planet

I know JarJar is annoying in the prequels but he's pretty endearing in the Clone Wars series. So that little excerpt was kind of sad :(

23:50 And also The Falcon!

We enjoyed the Singer movies, because, "That's what we were getting?". They were good movies. But, we are now getting movies and are getting closer to the books. And Singer is stuck in the idea of, "Grounded in Reality".

yay I'm awake to hear this early!!! 😀😀😀😀

Bruce Banner does pent up his anger because of his father. In the comics, Banner's father IS a huge part of the Hulk. I don't remember much about it but it's something like the Hulk is the idea of his abusive father or something.

Besides Nolan, Raimi understands superheroes amazingly.

I think we were so pumped for the 1st X-Men bc of nostalgia and the first real look at mutant powers. Also, I think Singer probably stopped reading comics after initial success

Guys can you link these pics you speak about like Rey and the Marvel concept art :(

59:50 Days of Future Past is the last movie I got excited about. I saw them all come out at comic con, the casts of BOTH movies? I lost my mind! I wouldn't shut up about it until I finally saw it. Like, Wolverine's been helping the new team this whole time, but he gets dumped in a river and NO ONE goes to see if he's okay, except for Mystique, who is also Stryker somehow? Also, why you no mention Spawn or Steel?

The reason Singer can't make an X-men film anymore is the same as Lucas making a Star Wars film. The first few where so new and revolutionary he was setting a trend that had to draw influence from other mediums. Then the later ones only drew from themselves and where trying to copy earlier troupes hence they fell apart.

I have never laughed more during any episode. These jokes were pretty funny

Can someone please animate the superman goes back in time bit. Holy shit that's awesome.

i never understood why the Blade director isn't included in comic movie lists....that was a great flick that took the characters seriously and made them infinitely better than the comic counterparts

Just so you guys know, my girlfriend and I saw 'Man of Tai Chi' and we couldn't stop laughing at how bad it was. Without prior knowledge... Yet we love Reeves.

Laughing my arse off because I got an ad for Foxtel during this video.

You asked, I answer: It's exactly what you said before: Singer pioneered a lot of stuff with his first two X-Men films, but in the intervening time, it all got copied and done better elsewhere (the epitome of which is The Avengers) and he can't update himself with the time. This is why his movies aren't considered as good, because the quality of superhero movies has increased enormously. Seriously. I firmly believe that TA has one of the finest scripts ever produced. It's punchy and witty, keeping everyone entertained, but it's also and more fundamentally *character-driven*; the lines work so well because they're exactly what their characters would say and do. That's the substance of it.

Thanks for the episode you bloody Australians

RE: X-Men movies becoming less effective - The X-Men movies 3 - now have had the same sort of villain/climax without variation, and little-to-no-consequences. So there is little pressure or excitement at the end of the movie, because there is no real risk. The X-men movies also haven't handled scaling action well. When action involves dissolving an entire city, it's hard to make it feel impactful without tying it to real-world analogues, which is tough. Pacific Rim did scaling action well, both with linking the boat to a baseball bat, which gave your brain a logical analogy to hang onto, and scale, when the fist hits the executive toy. It also killed characters with some frequency, so the tension stayed present. Dissolving one million non-protagonists in a cloud of psycho-energy just doesn't have the same emotional or logical ties. X1 & 2 had smaller stakes, and the climaxes were both tied to emotional matters. We wanted Rogue to survive, and we wanted Logan to find peace.

Man, Samuel L Jackson really wants to cameo in every movie. ... I approve. Get that paper.

Want to see more of TR-8R!

Batman '66 actually had a ridiculously high budget for the time.

I would love to see David Fincher direct a Moon Knight movie based on the Warren Ellis run

Woo weekly planet

since Professor X impressions are a recurring feature, I'd like to hear some more Mark Wahlburg impressions haha

"Eat floor...high fibre" - Batman (Batman Returns)

@1:01:00ish- James, Maseau, and everyone else- What if Fox hired Sam Raimi to direct the first X-Men instead of singer?

when I read the synopsis for Jar Jar's fate I (surprisingly) felt a tiny bit of sympathy for him... and then I read his dialogue and immediately remembered how much I hated him.

don't you DARE diss my happy feet

I've made the decision to use 'give it a Googs, mate' as part of my vocabulary. In my opinion it only works if you have an Aussie accent :)

BRAD BIRD directing a Superman movie would be the super special best.

BEN IS NOT LEAVING BATMAN! That was just SPECULATION from John Campea at Collider and he even said, "don't run this as a story, this is just speculation." Also Collider was one of the only ones who DIDN'T run that as a story cause they knew it was just John's speculation.

For me, at the time X-Men 1 & 2 came out, I think most of my love for those movies was more hype for a real X-men movie. I specifically remember the jet scene and the wolverine scene feeling like legit comic book moments. But those moments felt isolated overall in the movie. I think we've gotten movies that properly brought comic book heroes to the screen, so what worked for X-men 1 & 2 just doesn't work anymore.

Did you talk it to death tho?

how dare Mason speed things up at the end so he can go to work! stay longer! entertain us!

The first two X-Men were great because they were cinematic. They came across as films rather than hyper saturated shaky cam almost made for TV movies Disney is putting out. As rough as Apocalypse was, you can't knock Singer's direction. His shots hold weight. There's actual choreography between the actors and camera.

Have the Coen Bros made a comic book movie? Because that might be cool...

Whaddya MEEAANNN, Mason?!

where I'm from an Australian Dollar is 10 dollars

They answered my question! Woohoo!

I really wanted Finn to have a metal spine and reinforced arms

Listened to this while playing fifa late at night.

I want Peter Jackson to go back to horror, specifically take over and reboot the Silent Hill movies, since Del Toro is busy with Kojima, Jackson is my runner up

Avengers is done with love, X-Men is done with a "screw the fans" attitude.

Best Superman script ever....Dad...stop eating fatty foods, lol

I actually kinda feel sad for Jar Jar... I don’t like him, but I can imagine his street performances

Give Quentin Tarantino marvels vigilante because a cowboy fighting marvel b and c class villains sounds cool

I reckon give Moon Knight to George Miller. An edgier batman with the supernatural swing to it, give him freedom to experiment and I think it could be great.

You need to do a barman animated series episode.

Speed Racer was pretty great, and Tintin was pretty fantastic.

Ya'll too mean to Mel Gibson. He's pretty good, and yeah, he went on a rager and all, but it's not like the rest of Hollywood isn't secretly corrupt as fuck too. I think he'd do a great Suicide Squad film, and he'd make a great Deathstroke. Also, Batman '89 wasn't great, but you forgot to mention that it had the most iconic Batman theme that ever played! Always love the show! Thanks guys!

In retrospect i think i like Se7en more than fight club

1:12:14 I just lost "the game"

already listened on podbean

36:01

I actually Love Ang Lee's 'Hulk', it's such a weird but enjoyable film. I prefer that to the one with Ed Norton any day, that film is just utterly bland.

I think Bryan Singer has lost his touch but I think it's due to an over produced visual style. The first 2 X-men films felt more grounded, practical and get your bingo card ready.... gritty. Logan was the best received and that followed the same fundamentals

I can't tell if you guys are joking about bryan singer or not. ah well... sure Apocalypse isn't the best thing we've ever seen but singer also directed days of future past. do you fellas not like that one? I don't know. X1? X2? singer directed all the best big xmen movies. his hit rate is 3/4. does he really deserve this kicking? really?

If the beep James would have set for every 39 seconds will REALLY late REALLY soon. Do the math.

GIVE IT A GOOGS

Good afternoon, love the show, listen to it every Monday at my desk job for a laugh while I'm running through emails. There's a huge problem with Comic Book Movie Directors not understanding what is good and what is bad about comic books. The strength of comic books is that you can write anything, and have wonderful colorful adventures with amazing imagination. The weakness is that they keep trying to reign themselves in, with meaningless reboots, and terrible stylistic choices that run counter to the core characteristics of some of these heroes. Zack Snyder loves Frank Miller comic books which have all of the weaknesses and none of the strengths, so their books and movies are terrible. He made the same mistake with Watchmen. I don't like Joss Whedon. I don't think there is anything remarkable about The Avengers except that it had all of those characters together, and that wasn't his choice. It was generic when it came out, certainly functional. The Russos' have been excellent because their two movies had real stakes that they did their best to follow through on. Civil War was neutered at the end a little bit by what I think was the studio, but they made real stakes, and follow through. That is the strength of the medium. Derickson didn't make an amazing movie, but he played up those strengths. What a director does with those strengths and weaknesses is what I think determines how good the movie is. They need to be willing to break things, and leave them broken. Shield should not have been brought back in Age of Ultron. That was a terrible decision, and it hasn't really done anything in the movies except this one Deus Ex ending to Ultron. Superman should not have been killed this early, but if you were going to kill him, he should have stayed dead. You guys have said this before, you don't care about Superman dying, because we aren't attached to him. He needs his story to be about saving people. An adaptation of All Star Superman would be that fundamental story you are talking about, even if you don't kill him at the end. It's primarily a story about Superman saving people, without scowling and resenting them all the way he does in BvS.

my problem with joss whedon and a firefly reboot is how the characters have aged, like nathan fillion is not young or fit anymore the show would be too forced.

Spielberg would do a good Martin Manhunter movie.

Let Rhodes meet Dr. Strange and he will be walking in no time. Then he, Fury, and BP can go find Luke Cage and take a ride on the rainbow bridge.

I'd like to see Brad Byrd direct superman