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    Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 09:12 AM)

    I've grown a little tired of explaining these obvious things
    Who asked you?
    Ok, I'm asking you now. Did Iron Man want Captain dead, or just to kick his ass to teach him a lesson? It's a simple question.

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      TRinzler — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 11:48 AM)

      And yes, this saving the world thing has gotten beyond repetitive. In EVERY beep super hero movie, the heroes save the world (or at least a big city) at the end.
      So much THIS. The only people saving the world should be the JL and perhaps Superman. ENDOFLINE.

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        jerlot65 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 02:38 PM)

        I find the questions funny. All were explained in the movie.
        So get the dact that the movie wasn't cut well and was a but confusing. But if u pay attention it makes more sense then people make it out to be.
        Most people already answered the questions you asked. But I think one was not answered suffciently.
        The actual suicide squad was not sent in to take care of the trash ring.in the sky..it was to.extradite Waller. After that they would have tried bombing the city or something.
        The only reason the ss went after enchantress is because she kidnapped waller and they had no hope of finishing their "deal"

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          Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 04:29 PM)

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          Did the movie explain to us what would have happened to the world if this bunch of criminals never got out of jail? Did the movie tell us that the U.S. army is useless against that witch chick and her brother? In situations like this, usually, the president of the country takes some action. Why don't we ever see the president in these movies say something, do something? We see the president in ALL other catastrophe movies (ID4, Deep Impact, etc.), but never in super heroes movies. It's like the government doesn't exist.
          "Mr. President, a witch is in the middle of Midway city and destroys s**t! What should we do??"
          "What?? beep that, man, I'm outta here!"
          Are you telling me that a few missiles from some F-16s wouldn't have finished the job? And Harley Quinn and a human crocodile did? The Avengers at least do something. Hulk is a huge beast that can jump 1 mile away and destroy whatever he wants, Iron Man can fly and do his stuff, Thor too, and Captain canwhatever, he has a super shield. Suicide Squad is a bunch of nobodys who can just do human stuff, and they can do the job that the army of the most powerful nation in the world can't do?

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            jerlot65 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 05:57 PM)

            I think tiu are mistaking Suicide Squad for a justice league movie.
            Not my fault you cannot comprehend simple.
            Btw,Where was the government in the last avengers movie?

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              TRinzler — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 11:58 AM)

              We see the president in ALL other catastrophe movies (ID4, Deep Impact, etc.), but never in super heroes movies.
              He was present in BvS, just offscreen. Also the "World Council" in Avengers takes the place of the POTUS because SHIELD is an international organisation and hence so is the Avengers initiative.

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                Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 07:33 PM)

                Waller stated that Superman was good and the question posed was what if someone like him showed up.
                Waller simply wanted a team she could control who were metahumans.
                If Enchantress could be controlled(something Waller thought was possible) then she could easily stop Superman.
                Harley is an intelligent doctor who could assess the Justice League. When she's in her right mind of course.
                El Diablo could have been a match for weaker League member.
                And Deadshot can take out any League member that wasn't bullet proof.
                The main point was if they failed or died, no one would care.

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                  Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 11:42 PM)

                  Waller stated that Superman was good and the question posed was what if someone like him showed up.
                  I don't remember how they say it in the movie, but according to this trailer, they say Superman, not someone like him:

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                    Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(August 31, 2016 01:34 AM)

                    You wrote that Waller stated that and in the trailer it's a high ranking official, not her.
                    She makes a statement as she walks from the table. That's not in that trailer.
                    You need to watch that film again.

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                      BrotherZed — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 03:59 AM)

                      She specifically says that they got lucky because Superman shared their values. The Suicide Squad was nominally put together for the next Superman who might not share those values.

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                        TRinzler — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 07:20 PM)

                        Yeah, but they only needed The Enchantress for that.
                        Deadshot is a merc so I can see them "hiring" him and Diablo is basically a good guy anyway but Slipknot, Killer Croc and Captain Boomerang? Really? Also, Harley is a loose cannon (too unpredictable to be trustworthy who is eventually going to attract the attention of Mr J).
                        Most of them are more effort than they're worth - unless of course, they're being used for illegal blackops missions that nobody knows and only Waller cares about.

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                          Because_Im-Batman — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 05:26 AM)

                          Nobody would stop Superman, his deal is that he is limitless.
                          I mean, I'm Batman, I eat Chuck Norris, Goku and Saitama for breakfast, and I could stop Superman, but i wouldn't because he's my friend.
                          But besides me, there is nothing that could stop him, creating a Suicide Squad for that purpose is dumb.


                          "Knock knock Who's there? Beak Beak who?
                          Because I'm Batman!"

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                            DeepBlueNinja — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 01:18 PM)

                            1. Waller/other guy is telling the events of Superman 2. Where 3 Kryptonians came down ripped off the roof of the white house, forced the President to kneel and took over the world basically.
                            2. Yes.
                            3. You're not listening correctly. This group isn't stopping Superman, they're stopping a meta-human that doesn't "share their ideas"
                              This event happened in Midtown, not Gotham or Metropolis. Which means that
                              a) Batman- does he do any work outside of Gotham?
                              b) Flash- could've got there "fast enough" if he heard about what was going on, but I thought that the government was trying to keep it under wraps, weren't they calling it a "chemical spill" or some other government type explanation?
                              c) Wonder Woman - isn't she from like another country? No telling where she is but how does she get the information fast enough to help? Bruce is the only one "detective" enough to figure it out and he doesn't have anyone's cell phone number except Wonder Woman's until after the credits stated rolling.
                              Enchantress wanted to destroy machines so that the "world" would worship her because in some ancient civilization she was worshiped as a god and when you're over 6,000 years old, that is what you usually want.
                              Throw a bigger bomb and kill more people? The city is completely evacuated, except for Waller and her "team" of computer helpers.
                              After GoT finale credits, Nymeria drags Lady Stoneheart to land. It is known.
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                              Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 10:15 AM)

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                              Waller/other guy is telling the events of Superman 2.
                              Are you kidding me? You know that the new Superman is a reboot, right? Thus, the events of the old Superman movies never happened.
                              Batman- does he do any work outside of Gotham?
                              Batman has visited Metropolis:
                              http://www.imdb.com/board/13108220/?ref_=ttep_ep16
                              Throw a bigger bomb and kill more people? The city is completely evacuated, except for Waller and her "team" of computer helpers.
                              I know. That's why it would be easier for the government to throw a bomb or some missiles, since there would be no civilian casualties.

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                                DeepBlueNinja — 9 years ago(September 03, 2016 03:03 AM)

                                I know that those events didn't happen but in Superman 2 They litterally do almost word for word what he is describing as a "what if" scenario, I think it's not a coincidence.

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                                  mddwbsst — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 01:33 PM)

                                  1. So, Waller asks what if Superman went gaga, and he kidnapped the President. They would need a group of bad guys to stop him. But why bad guys? If Superman turned bad, wouldn't the good super heroes agree to stop him?
                                    Well first their not trying to stop Superman, their trying to stop the next metahuman threat. Why bad guys? Simple, Waller needed people she could manipulate, people who she could control. These guys aren't state funded heroes, their Waller's pawns.
                                    Actual heroes she has no leverage over, they won't turn a blind eye to her illegal acts. They would turn on her.
                                    Besides actual heroes can't help the American government to much without looking biased.
                                  2. Is Suicide Squad happening after BvS? So, isn't Superman dead?
                                    Yes.
                                  3. And so, the group that would stop SUPERMAN, is a bimbo with a bat (no pun intended!), a crocodile guy whocan swim fast, a shooter (who is useless because bullets can't hurt Superman), a guy who canclimb (for any of you who are observant enough and didn't miss him in the movie!), a mate who throws boomerangs ("Newsflash! The Man of Steen was killed by a boomerang!"), a Samurai chick, and a guy who throws fire. I don't know, who from all these could kill Superman?
                                    NOPE! He was just the point of reference. They were recruited to stop metahuman threats and act as Waller's taskforce. He's simply the point of reference.
                                    Whatever, this movie didn't make sense at all.
                                    In what way?
                                    Where were the REAL (DC) superheroes when all of this catastrophe was happening? Where was Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman? In Hawaii?
                                    At this point their aren't that many heroes in the DC. Their only just coming out the wood work.
                                    Batman's in Gotham, Flash is in Keastone City and Wonder Woman is probably back on Paradise Island. You have to remember the government was covering up what was going on, and claiming it was a terrorist attack.
                                    And what did the Enchantress want? Just to conquer the world? Becauseshe's bad?
                                    She outright spells it out to us. Once upon a time she was worshipped as a goddess, then mankind turned on her and imprisoned on her. Six thousand years later she is freed, and reduced to being Waller's attack dog.
                                    She wanted to retake her old position as a goddess, and probably get some revenge for being abused. And she was an evil person.
                                    And last, so a big city is getting destroyed, andwhat does the government do?? Why don't they throw a bomb to thatbeam of light, whatever it was?? You know, like the one that Croc threw!! But a bigger one, and from an F-16 or whatever. But no, the solution is: SEND HARLEY QUINN!! 😛
                                    Were you paying attention at all? The squad's mission wasn't to stop the Enchantress, they chose to do that themselves cause they realised their wasn't much other choice.
                                    They were their to rescue Amanda Waller. Once she was out of the city, the Government would have happily levelled it.
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                                    Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(September 07, 2016 10:21 PM)

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                                    The squad's mission wasn't to stop the Enchantress, they chose to do that themselves cause they realised their wasn't much other choice. They were their to rescue Amanda Waller.
                                    Ok, I'm confused. Didn't they initially send the squad because the Enchantress's brother was causing chaos? Was Waller captured by the Enchantress by the point the Squad was going to the city with the choppers? I don't remember well, but I don't think so. I remember that they sent them there to help stop the chaos. And then the Enchantress captured Waller and their mission was to rescue her. No?

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                                      mddwbsst — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 03:13 AM)

                                      Well your not far off.
                                      Initially they were sent in cause Incubus was causing chaos, but it wasn't to stop him. It was cause Waller was in the city with them, they were there to secure her escape.
                                      Following dragging the Enchantress around on a leash, there was no way Waller was getting out of the city without help. So she had her pet project sent in.
                                      Partially so she could cover up the fact that this whole situation was her fault.
                                      Then on her attempt to leave she was captured by the Enchantress.
                                      Afterwards Flagg needed to rescue her, but following Deadshot discovering this whole mess was down to Waller screwing up, through a combination of guilt and morals he smashed the device that activated their explosives and told them to do whatever they wanted.
                                      However as they came to realise the Enchantress was going to destroy the world, at that point they decided to join him, to stop her.

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                                        Dreamcatcher9000 — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 10:35 AM)

                                        The fact is this: Waller, didn't recruit the squad as HER bodyguards, to save her when she was in danger. She recruited them to deal with situations like one or more metahumans or whatever do something bad, and situations like the one we see in the movie. Them rescuing Waller was not in the initial plan, it happened afterwards.
                                        I said in a previous post her that the movie didn't make sense. It doesn't make sense that they asked this team to save the President if Superman or the next Superman kidnaps him. It doesn't make sense that the whole city was in chaos, and humanity's ONLY hope was Harley Quinn and the rest. Ok, so they were a secret project that the government didn't know about? But what did the government do themselves? Or there is not government in comic books? There is, they said what if Superman kidnapped the PRESIDENT. So why we never see the PRESIDENT acting in situations like this? The Avengers (the first movie) made some more sense because a) the government knows about them, and they know they can count on them when an out of this world threat comes to Earth, and b) they do have super powers, and super technological powers as well.
                                        Suicide Squad would make sense if they were recruited to be sent to simpler situations, to the REALLY dirty jobs that the super heroes wouldn't do. Like going to Iraq to steal some barrels of oil, whatever. Not to save the world and all that. This is the job for Superman and Batman and Justice League. And that's what we see at the after credits scene, Waller talking to Batman about Justice League.
                                        Why do all these movies have "the end of the world" situations every time? It gets so f**ing repetitive and boring. Wouldn't it be more fun if this movie had a less serious scenario?

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                                          mddwbsst — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 11:17 AM)

                                          The fact is this: Waller, didn't recruit the squad as HER bodyguards,
                                          No one's saying she did. Its just a coincidence their first mission was to rescue her.
                                          She recruited them to deal with situations like one or more metahumans or whatever do something bad, and situations like the one we see in the movie. Them rescuing Waller was not in the initial plan, it happened afterwards.
                                          Yeah it happened afterwards, cause Enchantress got free afterwards. Their first mission was not to deal with the Enchantress, it was to get Waller out of the city.
                                          Before the first firefight its outright stated their orders specifically state not to engage the Enchantress or her goons.
                                          I said in a previous post her that the movie didn't make sense.
                                          I disagree, it makes perfect sense.
                                          It doesn't make sense that they asked this team to save the President if Superman or the next Superman kidnaps him.
                                          Yeah it does. They were all the Metahumans the government had available, you have to remember these people are only just being excepted to exist.
                                          They were the best that was available.
                                          It doesn't make sense that the whole city was in chaos, and humanity's ONLY hope was Harley Quinn and the rest.
                                          Again it makes perfect sense. Granted saying they were their only hope is an exaggeration, others could have done it. The Government could have blown the entire city to kingdom come. But they didn't cause Waller was in it.
                                          The fact they stepped up and saved the world was an unexpected outcome.
                                          Ok, so they were a secret project that the government didn't know about? But what did the government do themselves? Or there is not government in comic books?
                                          What are you talking about? The people behind this are in the Government and Military. Waller is a high up Government official.
                                          There is, they said what if Superman kidnapped the PRESIDENT.
                                          As a mere example to point out how big a threat Metahumans could be, people really should stop reading so seriously into that one line.
                                          No one was seriously suggesting the squad could take on Superman. Or that Superman would ever do that (especially as he's presently dead).
                                          He's just the first public metahuman, and to date the most powerful. So they used him as a point of reference.
                                          So why we never see the PRESIDENT acting in situations like this? The Avengers (the first movie) made some more sense because a) the government knows about them, and they know they can count on them when an out of this world threat comes to Earth, and b) they do have super powers, and super technological powers as well.
                                          The president? No doubt he had been informed and was keeping his distance not to hurt his political career. Or he just couldn't get to the meeting in time.
                                          You seem to be missing the slight fact the people organising this, and in the big board room meetings we saw were all high up government and military officials.
                                          Why do you think the Government doesn't know about this? Who do you think was organising all the covert military operations that went with them?
                                          Suicide Squad would make sense if they were recruited to be sent to simpler situations, to the REALLY dirty jobs that the super heroes wouldn't do.
                                          Which is what they were recruited for in this movie. Their first mission was to remove Waller from the city, cause she was trapped in their by the Enchantress.
                                          Actual heroes would have told Waller were to stick it, and gone to stop the Enchantress.
                                          The fact that was their first mission is purely a coincidence.
                                          Like going to Iraq to steal some barrels of oil, whatever. Not to save the world and all that.
                                          In the movie Waller used the Enchantress to steal Iraq military secrets, as a demonstration of what she could do if they let her build the squad.
                                          No one expected them to save the world. No one asked them to save the world. They chose to, cause no world means they die with the rest of thus. You seem to be missing that.
                                          This is the job for Superman and Batman and Justice League.
                                          At this point Superman is dead, Batman's busy building the Justice League and probably didn't learn about the disaster till it was to late, due to the Government covering it up.
                                          And that's what we see at the after credits scene, Waller talking to Batman about Justice League.
                                          Not exactly, we see Waller begging him for help to cover up her screw up. He in turn confiscates all the information she has so she can't interfere with his team.
                                          Why do all these movies have "the end of the world" situations every time? It gets so f**ing repetitive and boring. Wouldn't it be more fun if this movie had a less serious scenario?
                                          To be fair, they have only done it twice so far.
                                          I imagine the sequel will be more low key, this is just to show this team is a winner against the odds.

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