For four decades now, comic book juggernauts Marvel and DC have been in an ongoing war for the love and appreciation of fans worldwide.
I think it’s safe to say that in the world of comics, it’s been a dead heat for years.
But when it comes to the world of movies, Marvel has had the leg up this decade. Sure, DC and it’s parent Warner Brothers have the most successful comic book movie of all time in 2008′s The Dark Knight, but Marvel has consistently won audiences over since 2002′s Spider-Man, and won even more favor with the launch of Marvel Studios and Iron Man, building a consistent universe across multiple films.
Now that Disney owns Marvel, and is continuing to build their film universe with sequels to Iron Man, the debut of Captain America and Thor, and of course the forthcoming Avengers film, it should come as no surprise that Warner Bros and DC Entertainment are working to counteract Marvel’s silver screen successes with a series of films of their own.
Much like Marvel Studios, the first true test of this new film universe will start with a second stringer character, as Ryan Reynolds stars as Green Lantern, but this past week has sent some rumors across the web which indicates he won’t be alone for long.
Major rumor number one has . Intended to helm the film? Greg Berlanti. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, it will soon, as in addition to handling the directing for the Flash, he wrote the script for Green Lantern. Taking a page out of Marvel’s book by having creative talent involved in multiple films (see Jon Favreau’s involvement in the Avengers films).
If that wasn’t enough, it seems we have some , as rumor not only puts the script in the hands of Batman Begins and Dark Knight scribe David S. Goyer, but the new film (titled The Man of Steel) is apparently going to be the directoral debut of Jonah Nolan, brother of Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote The Dark Knight with Goyer.
I’ve got to say, I’ve never been a huge DC fan, but if these moves do pan out, it’s going to make for quite the series of movies. But of course, only time will tell if it all pans out. Me – I’m very excited.
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True Story: Marvel’s movies are better because they have better heroes. The Flash? Green Lantern? These are crap heroes. Sorry, but that’s how I see it. You judge the wealth and worth of comic heroes by their rogue’s gallery, and those two heroes are close to the bottom of the barrel, possibly just above Aquaman, incidentally also a DC hero.
Sure, the Hulk movies were meh, but look at the villains they chose. The Hulk movie people want to see will be Avengers vs. Hulk, should they ever make that. The Fantastic Four movies sucked too, and why? They mucked with the villains. I still have a sore butthole from what they did to DOOM, and Galactus, AND Silver Surfer, incidentally.
But largely Marvel’s films have portrayed the villains properly (Spiderman 3 excepted.) They get the bad guys right you have good movies. Outside of Batman DC has crap bad guys. Expect silly movies. I’m calling it here.
I honestly believe that while the DC Universe is weaker, it can be handled to be as good as, if not better than the Marvel U. You need not look any further than the DC Animated shows and movies for proof.
I’m not sure what it is, but the moment DC characters are stripped of years of continuity, they’re worlds better than they were at any other time, and my hope and dream is that this can happen with the movies as well.
Yes, I’m a born Marvel zombie, but I’d love for BOTH companies to succeed.