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Originally Posted by Cave Johnson
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That's a very interesting take. I never really thought about it, but it makes total sense. I mean, I enjoy Snyder's work; loved "300", loved "Watchmen", and even "Sucker Punch" was a beautiful failure to watch. But Snyder's vision IS pretty evident and I'm not sure his dark take really works for DC Comics stuff. Nolan was dark and gritty but also technologically fun and had some light humor in places. The Marvel stuff is pretty coherent in that it's also fun and great to watch while also being serious. Joss Whedon ran an entire series ("Buffy") with that attitude. I do understand that Batfleck's older incarnation follows closer to the Miller work but even in Miller's work I don't remember Batman killing people or branding people and, without the backstory to really explain that, the Snyder version rang hollow. (Sure, we who know the comics understand what may have happened, but a quick shot of a Robin costume painted up by the Joker doesn't exactly convey things. Maybe in the extended version of the movie it would've been less jarring to suddenly have Batman be a bit off the deep end.) Pretty sure the powers-that-be will make sure to keep Snyder on a short leash after "BvS" and I can't see them allowing sex and death on the scale Snyder seems to like, and maybe they can get him to inject enough Marvel-like fun to make the subsequent films better, but honestly I don't see any of the DC films doing the kind of numbers Marvel's do. Certainly not the numbers that Nolan's films did.