As everyone continues to unpack what the hell happened with “Suicide Squad” (and it would seem a lot of material was cut, if these reports are accurate), we keep learning more and more about the tweaks and adjustments made to the supervillain movie. And in news that will likely shock few at this point, the mid-credits scene in the film was a last-minute addition.
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“They called me and said, ‘You’ve got to come in and do a special top-secret scene. I was like, ‘Really? With who?’ When they said, ‘Batman,’ I was so jazzed. My daughter was jazzed! She said, ‘Mommy, I want to meet Batman!’ ” Viola Davis, who plays Task Force X mastermind Amanda Waller, told Yahoo Movies.
The scene finds Bruce Wayne meeting up with Waller, to get her classified files on members of Justice League, which really just plays like a paper version of the digital clips sequence from “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.” It essentially confirms that yes, Bruce Wayne is pulling together the group of heroes we’ll see in next year’s “Justice League,” all while vaguely threatening Waller or something. It’s not great, and kind of does play like a hurried moment tacked on for fanboy approval.
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Meanwhile John Ostrander, who created the contemporary comics incarnation of “Suicide Squad,” has defended the movie in a review at Comicmix (via THR), and he takes the I-had-fun-at-the-movies-critics-are-just-tired-and-cranky side of the debate.
“I really liked the film. Not perfect by a long shot, but a really good time in the movie theater. And for me a lot of it was just amazing,” he wrote. “The look, the detail, the feel of the film is not something I’ve seen in superhero movies before.”
“Look, I get it – they have to see all the films out there and they must be tired of all the blockbusters. If every superhero film is not ‘The Dark Knight,’ they’ll bitch,” Ostrander added. “I think that’s going on here to a certain degree. Just as I came prepared to love the movie, they came prepared to hate it.”
If anything, I’d argue critics really prefer hoping to see something they like, and the best of them go in with an open mind, but Ostrander is certainly entitled to his opinion. Just as Beyoncé producer Boots is entitled to his. The knob-twiddler who worked on Bey’s self-titled album hit Twitter (via FACT) to reveal he was asked to score the movie, but turned the gig down.
I scored a version of a Suicide Squad trailer earlier this year. it was dope but I had a feeling they were going to go pop music route
— BOOTS (@B00TS) August 5, 2016
saw a cut of it & was asked to do score in film. after seeing it I decided it wasn't for me and politely declined. can't fuk wit deadpool
— BOOTS (@B00TS) August 5, 2016
music biz is unpredictable & movie biz even moreso. the moral is money is cool but gut feelings are stronger and worth more. be real to u
— BOOTS (@B00TS) August 5, 2016
It would be interesting to know when Boots was asked. “Gravity” composer Steven Price landed the “Suicide Squad” gig earlier this year, and I wonder if Warner Bros., in their behind-the-scenes efforts to make a lighter movie, were considering a different score altogether.
So, there’s latest on “Suicide Squad” and I would assume there’s even more stories to come on the making on the film.