James Gunn's THE Suicide Squad (2021)

[VinylGuy]

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.

[spike]

[VinylGuy]

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

[Strat]

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

[epilogue]

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

Yes. This is THE sequel.

[BurtReynolds]

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]

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]

This definitely clarifies things:

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]

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

[VinylGuy]

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]

Haha I want a whole movie off that opening sequence team

[Anders]

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

[VinylGuy]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I'm surprised at how much I liked the Peacemaker

[JuanHamm]

I'm looking forward to watching this this weekend

[VinylGuy]

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.