Comments on: Joss Whedon Considers why DC Movies Don’t Work

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:14:39 +0000

In reply to Jeyel. There is no X-Men Reboot. First Class is in continuity with the existing X-Men films, it is a Prequel.

By: Jeyel

Jeyel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:10:39 +0000

They should’ve gotten Whedon to do the X-Men reboot. His work on Astonishing X-Men was simply…astonishing!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:06:57 +0000

In reply to Joe.

This coming from somone who cannot even SPELL Whedon.

I would like to hear more about this “Wheaton” guy you are talking about… just what is it that makes you so upset with him?

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:41:44 +0000

Wheaton is stupid.

By: wilfredo

wilfredo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:33:56 +0000

well this is very interesting for me because i follow super man story. well i thing im not agree with josh in the words then he said about the place were are the hero located.ithing this is more about creativity. because super man hes not a human but he have the form and the felings of a human.i like dc movies and i admith,rihgt now marvel has the first place doing movies because they put super villians in the movies.but if dc do like an example the movie of superman vs bizarro or super man vs dooms day i guaranted you then dc gone go to the skie whith that movies.and thats mi complain about dc movies they dont put super villians in super man movies they always put lex luthor.except for super man2.but that was a old movie and we talking about the new movies.well thats mi opinion thanks everyone.

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:06:00 +0000

Well Tony and Bruce are very similar and yet treated very different on the films. Tony is a egocentric wiz kid who eats cheeseburgers after being months in the desert. Bruce is moved by pain and revenge but lacks one human characteristic, is on control always he controls his anger and revenge driven ego. In contrast the Joker is the same; drive by pain and revenge but like most humans without control of his most intense emotions. I can relate more to the joker than the batman. Spider man is another example in the first movie you can see the joy of Peter Parker with his new powers in the second movie of Hulk you can see the isolation of Bruce Baner.

Marvel characters seems to start with a well construct persona (peter parker, tony stark etc) and then what happens if that human somehow has superpowers. DC uses a different approach in superman, wonder woman and even batman they never has been regular humans and thats why is hard to relate with them

By: ReynTheFanBoy

ReynTheFanBoy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:58:48 +0000

nOva’s point hits right at home. I haven’t seen a quality storyline that could become a great DC superhero movie lately, barring a few exceptions of course. Superman returns was a great film, but only to those who actually saw the first two Chris Reeve Movies at the theater….no offense, but Luthor as a mad scientist who runs after land? please, give him is old purple jumpsuit while you’re at it. and the deal with Supermax…is it even a superhero film? Green Arrow without his Quiver and Bow? A Rocky movie without any punches thrown would be more enjoyable.
But that doesn’t mean marvel’s got an enviable lineup of scripts, please, take out even half the special effects and the film would have nothing to show. They didn’t show ANYTHING that’d have made Tony Stark endearing or a RELATABLE character. such a pity people actually thought it was a masterpiece because of the whole Terrorist bashing thing.

By: Tdogwade

Tdogwade — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:18 +0000

In reply to Aaron G. I fear! I fear!

By: BamKazaam

BamKazaam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:31:22 +0000

In reply to BamKazaam.

I totally agree Batman is the man! lol

i guess its the heart of the characters that makes the story interesting, the setting and persona are just extensions of it.

well another character comes to mind, how about Thor, do you think its gonna have trouble translating to movie?

By: nOva

nOva — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:15:43 +0000

I standby my original argument. The reason DC movies “don’t work” is because THEY NEVER GET MADE.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:52:22 +0000

In reply to Rich. i thought that was a great line from KILL BILL

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:20:03 +0000

I think the main reason the DC movies have not done as well is something Whedon could really relate to: interferance from the higher-ups.

Too many people have a say-so in the Time-Warner structure; they don’t have an Avi-Arad-figure and they are too beholden to various intrests in the characters – not unlike Marvel in the early days of it’s productions, where their licenses were not under Marvel’s direct control.

This is why you get insanity like Kevin Smith’s story about the Superman pitch he did, or ideas such as making Batman a homeless guy, or Alfred a huge black mechanic, pitched in all seriousness. The actual /DC Comics/ arena appears to have little say in how their characters are handled.