New Suicide Squad Gives Us the Best Thing to Watch Today, and It’s Not the New Trailer

[divider type=”thin”]The new trailer for Suicide Squad dropped last night so I sped to YouTube like my name was Barry Allen. I wanted to watch it again. I wanted to share it. I wanted to sing along to Queen and wig out like I didn’t do the first time because of my initial slack-jawed viewing. On the outside, I was drooling. On the inside, I was the boy I accidentally found in the search results instead of the new trailer. Though Warner Brothers hadn’t uploaded it immediately, AjhaniIsAwesome had uploaded his reaction; and with his wide eyed anticipation, his squeals of joy, his enthusiastic 5 second performance of Bohemian Rhapsody — it’s the best thing on the internet right now. Just watch the way he cradles his head in utter disbelief of what he is even witnessing right now. This is what GIFs are made of.

Like comic-film fans everywhere I’m eagerly anticipating this year’s offerings. 2016 is littered with characters from the comic cannon, but none so recognizable as the likes of Batman, Superman, and the Joker. I’ve liked, disliked, and plain dissed plenty of these characters’ incarnations, having seen dozens of versions over the years. When Ben Affleck became Batman and Jared Leto became my so-called Joker, it gave me pause. While further looks at Batman v Superman continued to underwhelm for a time, they straight up spoiled something with the trailer released during Jimmy Kimmel by revealing a major character that was previously unseen. The reveal felt like one of those…