http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-signs-dc-comics-has-no-clue-how-t o-make-superhero-movies/
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OdumC — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 09:11 AM)
Look, we already have enough harrowing beep in our lives. America is one of the most depressed nations on the planet. And DC Comics, we don't need you invoking 9/11 in a fcking Superman film. We need a dose of optimism, and you need to stop getting your asses handed to you by a raccoon nobody knew the name of three months ago.
Thanks to Batmeh v Supermeh Yawn of Justice, the S now stands for Sidekick -
srb-3 — 11 years ago(December 16, 2014 11:57 AM)
Yup. DC is different from MARVEL. DC shouldn't even try to make a movie universe, won't work.
This article is more or less on target.
Disney/MARVEL sat down and came up with a plan.
WB/DC make it up as they go along. This really should be obvious to everybody by now.
Oh well when MoS 2 bombs, game over and done.
Sad thing is DC is really easy. WB just doesn't get it as MoS proved. -
pcull1016 — 11 years ago(February 23, 2015 10:12 PM)
Indeed. When WB announced that a Batman/Superman film was their next project and not a sequel to MOS, that's when I knew there could be a problem.
(Although I could go back a few years and pinpoint their problems to not giving Superman Returns a much-needed sequel.)
SMALLVILLE: 218 episodesand SuperBlur? -
srb-3 — 11 years ago(February 24, 2015 01:22 PM)
Indeed. When WB announced that a Batman/Superman film was their next project and not a sequel to MOS, that's when I knew there could be a problem.
I saw the trailers for MoS and saw the problem right there. B v S, is a sequel o MoS.
(Although I could go back a few years and pinpoint their problems to not giving Superman Returns a much-needed sequel.)
Sure, Superman Returns should have had a sequel and one of the problems with GL (and remember I love GL) was this: was GL its own universe or was it a DCU movie? Wasn't clear. -
SlovBoy89 — 11 years ago(February 28, 2015 09:39 AM)
Very true
That's why they're back-peddling on a lot of their initial ideas regarding MoS and the DC Universe in general.
BvS will shift tone, setting and the way the world functions - it's not going to be as dreary and bleak as MoS, not because of ''natural'' progression - but because people didn't like it.
Adding in magic and ''normal'' people who have a ''super durable'' armor which can withstand a punch by a Kryptonian does not FIT into the quasi-realistic (Sci-fi-ish) MoS tone. -
depastino — 10 years ago(July 16, 2015 03:47 PM)
Look, we already have enough harrowing #$@! in our lives. America is one of the most depressed nations on the planet. And DC Comics, we don't need you invoking 9/11 in a f__king Superman film. We need a dose of optimism, and you need to stop getting your asses handed to you by a raccoon nobody knew the name of three months ago.
SEE???
Cracked.com gets it.
I don't hate DC or Superman.
I just want to see a good portrayal of him on screen.
So now that they have all this mind-blowing FX tech at their disposal and can literally do ANYTHING they want story-wise with Supes, they keep churning out these bleak, joyless slogs so that they can prove that they're the anti-Marvel.
I don't get it. -
Painbow — 11 years ago(March 03, 2015 04:29 AM)
I wouldn't disagree with any of those points. Batman works as a dark character in a dark world but Superman is a very tricky character to get right. Sometimes I think Superman is just too powerful to work and it makes him less engaging so every time you see him, he is usually made powerless (kryptonite) or given enemies of equal power to fight (leading to silly explosions every five seconds). For the premise of Batman Vs Superman to work, they will once again need to reduce Supermans power somehow
It won't work.
On paper, captain America is a tedious character that doesn't remotely appeal to me but marvel built a world, a universe to support him and filled it with action, comedy, continuity and relevance (to the other characters) which actually made him far more engaging
DC are just throwing as many super heroes together as they can, placing it in a dark, gritty world and hoping for the best
It. Won't. Work