[ SECRET POST #2794 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2794 ⌋

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Comments

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this DC's attempt at being the opposite of Marvel? Like, "Look at how much fun the Marvel heroes are, let's be the opposite of that! It makes us EDGY!"

Oh dear...I have a feeling it's not going to be good for DC...or the fans who want a good film. This makes me grateful that I like and care for Marvel more. I wouldn't know how to feel if I was a DC fan. I don't hate DC, just sad/disappointed that it hasn't been able to live up to its true potential.

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally I think DC have misjudged it, the dark and serious zeitgeist seems to be pretty much over. The stuff I see people talking about these days are the more upbeat and less serious stuff.

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[dethtoll]

It's sad because I can tell you right out the comics have plenty of snark and witty banter to them. But Warner Brothers has decided the David Goyer formula is the only one worth using (and Goyer himself is kind of a hack who believes his own hype) and so we get crap like this.

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[skippydelicious]

Maybe it is some sort of devious plan by Warner Brothers to stop Disney. If DC/Warner can produce enough supermovie stinkers, then maybe they can get enough negative buzz to derail the entire genre for a decade or so. That gives DC time to properly plan a new movie slate when Superhero movies become popular again.

I'd like to think this was all some sort of evil plan, because at least then that would imply there was someone with a working (albeit evil) brain at DC/Warner instead of it just being monumental incompetence.

I'm never going to get my Powergirl/Booster Gold team-up movie, am I?

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[(Anonymous)]

That would be contingent upon MARVEL actually putting out a stinker or two. As it stands now, that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[skippydelicious]

No, that is the genius of the shit-in-the-pool stratagem. You make one major shit in it, and then if someone sees a candy bar in there, they'll panic about the second shit.

In this metaphor all it would take is an under-performing movie to achieve the candy bar in the pool. Marvel has had some of those. Not flops, not even failures, just a movie that does slightly less well than expected. And no matter how good Marvel is, with the amount of churn in its talent pool, and the number of properties being adapted, it will get a clunker at some point. That is just how the business goes. As it stands right now, most people would just shrug and call it a rare misstep, but get the public all fired up with a message that superhero movies' time has passed with a real big stinker from DC to join the turds from Sony (Chronicle 2: The Fantastic Four, already shaping up to be the biggest turd in the superhero genre since the last one Batman and Robin) and you'd have a self sustaining meme.

Plus Marvel is courting disaster with the changes behind Ant-Man, and the rushing it to scree to meet its booked slot. That is risky. Then there will be the inevitable Black-Widow movie, which will never be able to live up to fan-expectations no matter how good it is, but will likely just be a Lara Croft rip-off with lots of boob and butt shots (because that is what female superhero movies are all about, amirite /bitter sarcasm). Those definitely have real potential to under-perform.

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[silverr]

Yes, because the opposite of profitable is ...

Re: The DC movies are really, really going to suck.

[brightblueink]

Man, wow. The reason why I like the MCU movies so much is because of how endearing the characters are--partially because of how they can joke around with each other and have some goofy parts of their lives along with the action. I almost feel like making the DC characters more dark and grim and gritty is making them feel less...real? Like, anyone who's that dour ALL THE TIME probably has some issues (see: Batman).