DC is jumping on the film franchise bandwagon. Well, why wouldn’t they, right? They’ve sat by while their rival Marvel is banking big off of a number of their properties: X-Men, Spider-man, Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor. The fact that DC hasn’t expanded beyond titles like Batman and Superman is completely beyond me.
Ryan Reynolds
Word on the street is that there is an Aquaman movie in development right now and Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to produce. This is added to the list of Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as well as the Flash movie that is also in the works.
There are a fair amount of people in this world that wouldn’t be able to tell you the difference between a DC and a Marvel superhero. There is a distinctive difference when it comes to the kind of characters that these publishing companies offer. In general, DC has characters that are more iconic. Characters like, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Flash are heroes that are placed on a pedestal and treated almost like Greek Gods. They have alter egos and function in a separate reality. One the other hand Marvel offers characters that are regular Joes while superhuman abilities; they live in real cities, and often don’t bother with a secret identity. Marvel characters seem to be more accessible to someone as the characters deal with problems and issues that aren’t just relegated to fighting villains.
Demon in a Bottle
Tony Stark, Iron Man, infamously dealt with issues of alcoholism for many years. What is the biggest issue that Superman has ever faced?
With that being said, it’s no wonder that Marvel is having such great success with the expansion of their character library into the film world. Although the characters are extremely relatable, DC does have a leg up in some ways. Because of the iconic status of their characters, they are living in marketing heaven. A new Batman, Superman, or Wonder Woman project hits people already have a pretty good idea of what it is. Prior to Iron Man’s introduction into films, most people weren’t aware of this hero in the same way.
DC has these iconic characters, too bad they don’t seem to know what to do with them. It has great marketability; the problem is the characters themselves seem to be very flat. Batman is the only character that has real depth, but prior to the Christopher Nolan, the Batman films weren’t anything to really write home about. Superman Returns was a desperate attempt to revive the dead franchise, which turned into a grave-digging venture.
Marvel is now making their entire universe known by making separate characters films and loosely tying them all together. I will admit that for the most part Marvel Studios does have their crap together. DC has been attached to Warner Brothers Studios for years. You think they would’ve already got it together by now! Granted, making a good superhero movie didn’t seem possible until the first X-Men film hit theaters. It wasn’t the greatest movie ever but it did pave the way for Spider-man, and the film industry hasn’t been the same since.
DC really needs to start putting more attention into their characters as people first and heroes second. To struggle with relationships, what it means to be a super hero, making choices, consequences of their actions.
I really feel that DC has something real to build on. The point is, times are changing. The way that we view super heroes is changing as well. If DC plays their cards right they have a chance to blow Marvel out of the water.
“Batman is the only character that has real depth, but prior to the Christopher Nolan, the Batman films weren’t anything to really write home about.”
Whoa, pump the breaks here. Batman and Batman Returns directed by the one and only Tim Burton with music by Danny Elfman are damn good movies.
Yes, I can agree with you, but only slightly. Tim Burton is perfect to tackle such a property with his style.
However, I cannot say that Batman was a good movie. Nothing upsets me more than bad casting. Jack Nicholson is NO Joker by any stretch of the imagination. His casting was nothing but star f***ing. Making the Joker the killer of his parents?! SERIOUSLY?! I’m all about changing history if it helps the story, but this move seriously undermines Batman as a character and what he truly represents.
I will say that the Tim Burton films made good comic book movies. They were good for their time, but unfortunately will not stand the test of time. Nolan, on the other hand, did not just create a good comic book movie, he created a good movie period.
When making comic book films its important to give the fans what they want without alienating the newbies. Nolan achieved this in way that Burton could only dream of.
Because of the Nolan films, makers of the comic book film properties are looking beyond making a comic book movie. They are staying true to the material and the themes and making these unbelievable characters and stories available to a whole new audience.
I personally believe Jack as the Joker was more of an accurate comic book depiction then in Nolan’s movie. I loved both versions and they each served their role very well my personal opinion, but again I thought jack was bad ass as the Joker and was not “star f**cking” since he was not the only well established actor in that film.
I cannot comment about the killing his parents part since I am not an avid comic book fan.
Here’s the thing about the Joker and what makes him so scary, he’s completely and utterly out of his mind. Batman is super logical and a detective. How can you fight someone who has no motive, no sense or reason to what he does? Each Batman villain has a reasoning for their own, the Joker is nothing but a void of chaos and insanity.
While Jack rocked the typical suite and look, the personality of the character wasn’t there. All that was there was Jack going “I’m the Joker” (in a typical Jack Nicholson voice). It’s too controlled.
Heath took a new spin on the character that made him more real and terrifying and closer to what the Joker actually is. The insanity was even more present, the absolute genius that is used for pure evil just for the fun of it.
Not to mention the laugh! Only Mark Hamill ever got it right prior to Heath.
Heath Ledger made the great Jack Nicholson look like an infant.
Saying Ledger and Hamill were the only ones to get the laugh right seems very subjective… I mean we are comparing these 2 (Jack and Ledger)actors to the comic version of the Joker right?
There are many actors who have portrayed the Joker over the years. He’s been dubbed the “Clown Prince of Crime.” As a result, the laugh is everything. Looking through the pages of any of the comics the Joker is constantly laughing. It’s supposed to be extremely psychotic and unsettling. Everyone has an idea in their head of what a psychotic laugh sounds like. Romero did a laugh, but it was just a laugh, nothing special. Nickolson’s version was plain sad. Hearing Mark Hamill’s laugh always gave me chills and Ledger was the only other guy that ever got to that level.
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