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Variety: Viola Davis in Talks to Star as Amanda Waller in ‘Peacemaker’ Spinoff Series at HBO Max (will also exec produce alongside James Gunn)
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I'm sure yeah, this could be good, but it feels like maybe overkill. I don't need to see another spinoff, lol. Hopefully it's good, though.
Just give me this with Batfleck
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One of the greatest moments in the entire show, bar none. So damn good, especially when she knew his identity beforehand!
The way Gunn calls Hamada simply "Walt" implies they have a very good relationship, gotta add.
Indeed. Frankly, if in the Flash movie clímax Peacemaker actually appeared to save the day out of nowherer, as crazy as it is, but I believe ppl would cheer.
I like Viola Davis but I don't think this one is going to be for me.
I'm all for goofy ass super villians but Amanda Waller is just one of those characters like Henry Peter Gyrich that I just despise at my core for some reason. Think its because they feel more real, theres plenty of bastards just like them in real life.
I'm all for goofy ass super villians but Amanda Waller is just one of those characters like Henry Peter Gyrich that I just despise at my core for some reason. Think its because they feel more real, theres plenty of bastards just like them in real life.
I hope they don't try to redeem or humanize her at all. Cold and heartless Waller is best Waller.
Will someone spoiler what happened at the end of Peacewalker? I finished watching the series, but I do not remember her making an appearance at the end.
She's exposed publically (task force X plan a.k.a Suicide Squad) by her daughter
I had to reread that. My brain wanted to make it say "will star in peacemaker season 2," as in a larger presence of that show.
They probably worded it that way cause of peacemakers ratings vs the suicide squads box office, but what the fuck. What a weird sentence.
They probably worded it that way cause of peacemakers ratings vs the suicide squads box office, but what the fuck. What a weird sentence.
Thanks. I remember that part now. For a moment I thought there was an ending scene in the credits where she made an appearance.
Closest you'll get is from the Suicide Squad Extended CutJust give me this with Batfleck
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They also spent THAT ENTIRE SHOW humanizing Peacemaker.
If they even attempt to redeem Amanda Waller...someone fucked up.
Oh....
She does a lot of things.
Your logic is weird,
Peacemaker is a piece of shit in the suicide squad
Tv show they humanize him
Amanda Waller piece of shit in movies and peacemaker
Tv show based on - fuck her she can't be humanize even after developments in peacemaker…
If that was the case why make a show if you already determined she's not redeemable and she can't grow
I did already but let me come at it from another stance.
It's REALLY FUCKING WEIRD that in the DC universe, cinematic or otherwise, we have spent the better part of a decade watching super heroes continually break their traditional morals on various fronts to the point where quite possibly the most nefarious human character in DC by and large is not only getting their own show, but will almost certainly be made to be an empathetic character. Amanda Waller is an AMAZING villain, but mostly because her xenophobic/jingoist views clash directly with the values of the Justice League and, by definition, america itself (har har, I know). I feel like we're getting closer and closer to "Waller was right" territory with all of this stuff, simply because we're never going to get the opposite view.
Shit, when was the last time we got a DC movie where the protagonist felt like an actual hero? The B-plots of all of them recently (saving Shazam, I never saw Shazam) have been, "boy, I'm fucking this up pretty bad huh? Better turn this around".
It's so fucking strange. I have no doubts that this show will be great as a dark power fantasy akin to Power, but man....it's not the way I would have gone.
I'm just getting burned out on, "who watches the watchmen" aspects of superhero stuff, especially when those doing so are so DRAMATICALLY over the top evil.
But I'm going to watch the shit out of this, believe you me.
You know, I was about to say, "It'd be like making a spin off where Thunderbolt Ross becomes Red Hulk," forgetting that Thunderbolts is still very much on the table.
I mean yeah, it's fucking weird.
Even in the comics, every time Waller is "right", it's basically at the behest of every moral caveat needed to get the job done. There is no humanizing Amanda Waller, so it's weird that they'd make a TV show where the point is to basically show how much loss of life she's willing to stomach in order to make sure that Bizzaro stays a state secret (for example).
It's really weird that we're going in the direction that shows just how bad the powers that be are when we have almost nothing to counterbalance those themes save...interpersonal redemption on a very small scale.
True!! But I thought she was only a voice actor. Does she do Movie roles?
She was a live action actress before she was a voice actress, in fact and still picks up roles.
I imagine it has something to do with talent behind the scenes. Like, Gun seems into his spin-offs, and over in another verse Reeves is into his Batman spin-offs. It's possible that either bad reception to WW84 or Jenkins just not being interested is why we don't have anything Amazonian going on.
Man, Viola Davis is a fucking boss, so I'd be so down with this. And Amanda Waller is a fun character.
Davis is such an amazing actor, and she has incredible screen presence. I loved her in How to Get Away With Murder, and pretty much everything else she's done.
I still need to watch Peacemaker. God, I'm so, so behind on TV shows and movies these days...
EDIT: Agreed that CCH Pounder would have also been a fantastic live action Waller. Another excellent actress!
Davis is such an amazing actor, and she has incredible screen presence. I loved her in How to Get Away With Murder, and pretty much everything else she's done.
I still need to watch Peacemaker. God, I'm so, so behind on TV shows and movies these days...
EDIT: Agreed that CCH Pounder would have also been a fantastic live action Waller. Another excellent actress!
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Absolutely.
Not all protagonists need to be heroic, or necessarily someone that you cheer for. It's all in the execution. See, Breaking Bad (not my favorite show, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that Walter White wasn't a fascinating character to watch), and even Viola's Annaliese Keating was like a "proto-Waller" (and probably why she was considered for the role). Annaliese is a complex character, and sometimes you love her, and sometimes you hate her, but she's always fascinating to watch.
With Viola also producing the show, she could inform a lot more of how the character is portrayed, and add a lot more depth and nuance to her than what we got in her film appearances. And if the show's writers are strong, they could tell compelling, interesting stories that are at least fun to watch. Again, you don't always have to love your protagonist if the show's narrative is well executed.
Oh. Well, that certainly adds even more to my interest. Watchman was such an excellent show.
Considering that Amanda Waller is a Black woman in a position of power, you can really dive into that part of her character and history, and with Christal Henry being a part of the project, I expect at least some of that to be an aspect of the show. Very, very interested in this, and I hope it happens.
EDIT: Sorry for the double post :(