Justice League Trailer Is Here, But Are We Any Closer To Being Excited?

I’m gonna be honest. I resent the promotional cycle now that has led to us covering this movie about 17 times already (with literally 8 months before it drops). But to this point, our consensus anyway, is that the Justice League has looked like landfill at every turn. Enamored shots of Jason Mamoa drinking shirtless while being soaked in the Pacific Ocean aside, the promo material for the Justice League has looked uninspired at best and just outright terrible at worst. So we have a new trailer. As one of the louder voices about how bad this movie might be, I’ll be the first one to say that a couple viewings of this left me feeling like…it didn’t look terrible. When you didn’t like Man of Steel at all and you drew the short straw to review a terrible Batman Vs Superman, then “didn’t look terrible,” is pretty relative.

What I fuxs with in this new trailer: [check_list]

Well, unless Jason Mamoa had a stroke midway through filming and they only showed his coherent parts, I can’t see how he doesn’t steal the show as Aquaman. Unless he’s not in it much. Which would, really, really suck. Most of the action sequences look good. Which is to say, they look grandiose in the way that a huge global threat that needs the Justice League to fight against needs to look. Are we assuming this is Darkseid? Those look like parademons, anyway. I may be in the minority here, but I like how they portray the Speed Force for Flash. It seems just different enough than what we’re used to without lo…