6 Ways Suicide Squad Trailer Fixes Batman V Superman's Mistakes
5. It's Funny (And That Makes Sense)
Its up to you whether the humour apparent in the BvS trailer landed or not; from You should not pick a fight with this person to I thought she was with you, none of it felt like it belonged. Because of all the hooplah surrounding the fact that DCs approach to its movies was going to be super-serious and Nolanised, it seemed hypocritical that they would turn around and say Hey! were being funny too!. Arguably, Batman V Superman is allowed to be dour thanks to the clash-of-the-titans, mythological battle at its core. These are two of the most down-on-themselves superheroes in the business (for all Supermans bright colours, hes a fairly serious dude), and the iconicity of each lends itself to sincerity. The recent humour in its marketing materials simply felt out of place. Suicide Squad, however, is allowed and encouraged to be darkly comic, and its seemingly done it with aplomb. Its a ridiculous scenario - villains tasked with saving the world by the government - and one which lends itself to fish-out-of-water humour. Just take a look at Boomerang sneaking a can of beer during a fight or Harley wantonly stealing a handbag, reminding Flagg that theyre bad guys, and its what they do. That humour makes sense.
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