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06-12-2012, 06:45 AM | #1 | |
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06-11-2012, 07:32 AM | #2 |
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A few thoughts (from a guy who never, and I mean NEVER, picked up a comic book even as a kid):
1. I watched Justice League as a kid. Everyone around my age did. All of us are familiar with the characters and many of us have kids now. There's a huge built-in potential fanbase. That means easy money if they don't screw it to hell. 2. I do think the Marvel heroes are much better and more interesting than the DC ones, but the DC ones aren't that bad. The Green Lantern movie was totally mediocre, but it's not a very bad concept/character. Batman is a top 3 superhero character, easy, and probably #1 in the books of many. Superman is stupid, but whatever. Wonder Woman has great tits. Err...wait, I mean she is a character that EVERYONE is familiar with (moreso than Black Widow) and they can rebuild that character any way they want for the movie. Flash is fun. Everyone knows him and he's just a pretty cool character. Aquaman -- well, what can you do? I think they can do it, and do it right. I also think there's a pretty massive probability that they will do it wrong and it will suck. It's up to them.
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06-11-2012, 09:01 AM | #3 | |
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DC has much more mainstream comic book characters. I know alot of people who don't know Natasha Romanoff. I don't know anybody who's unfamiliar with Superman.
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06-11-2012, 07:11 PM | #4 |
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You're comparing the least known of the Avengers with the best known of the JLA. Either compare Captain America to Superman, or compare Black Widow to, say, Cyborg.
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06-11-2012, 08:37 PM | #5 | |
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Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern. vs. The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor. The Avengers just came out and they've introduced the characters well enough in recent years so obviously that effects what people know. 10 years ago I would have said the Justice League was more popular. Just so happens that Marvel got their shit in the movie universe together before DC. |
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06-12-2012, 01:49 AM | #6 | |
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06-12-2012, 06:22 AM | #7 | |
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I think Superman and Batman, alone, are more popular than any Avenger you could name though.
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06-11-2012, 09:43 AM | #8 |
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I've always liked superman in that he's the reverse of virtually every other comic hero with a secret identity: Clark Kent is the mask. I don't know why, but that idea has always fascinated me.
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06-11-2012, 10:56 AM | #9 |
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06-11-2012, 11:02 AM | #10 |
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That's kind of cool. It's also kind of cool that he's super powerful. At the same time, it's what makes him lame. There's no sense of urgency or presence of danger to him, only the civilians he tries to protect.
He's just too powerful. In order to have a villain capable of beating him, they have to create someone even more absurdly powerful, like Doomsday. And that's the issue I have with most of DC. They're all ridiculously overpowered. You've got Supes who's probably at the top and Wonder Woman who can go toe-to-toe with him. The Green Lantern's power is only restricted by his will. A lot of people rag on Aquaman for having useless powers but he's a 100 tonner (that's comic nerd jargon for being able to lift over 100 tons). Did you guys know the Flash is so fast he can vibrate his molecules through solid matter? So if someone were even able to catch him (he runs faster than the speed of light, so no), he could just vibrate through their hands. The Martian Manhunter is as strong as Superman with even more diverse powers. If written right, he's more powerful than Superman. Not to mention they have the god damned Batman! So by my count that's 6 heroes capable of handing out more hurt than the Hulk did in the Avengers. To me, that's lame. I'd watch it just to see them all on the big screen, but I would never in a million years expect it to be as good as the Avengers. |
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06-12-2012, 12:17 PM | #11 |
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The only superhero in Marvel that could touch Superman and Batman in a battle of recognition is Spider-Man.. And even he would take third place to those two.
Edit: Maybe The Hulk or Wolverine. Still, neither is as popular as Bats and Supes Last edited by ThaVirus; 06-12-2012 at 01:09 PM.. |
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06-12-2012, 11:07 PM | #12 | |
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Spidey, Wolverine, and all of the Avengers save Cap, Widow, and Hawkeye are all bigger than Superman now, and the only people who might find him more interesting would be under the age of 12. I doubt the new movie will have the chops to change that in the future either with what marvel has planned. And there are more characters coming. The only character DC has that is on their level now is Nolan's Batman, and that franchise has ended. |
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06-12-2012, 01:12 PM | #13 |
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Well said, and I touched on it earlier. No one liked Iron Man before Downey Jr and I know most people still couldn't tell you whats so special about Captain America (he doesn't have super powers, he's just a perfect human).
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06-12-2012, 01:23 PM | #14 |
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Yep, without Downey, the Avengers is just fanboy appeal and nothing more.
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06-12-2012, 10:54 PM | #15 | |
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Nolan made Batman Epic, but That is OVER after this next film, and everything else DC has made besides that has been totally laughable. I can't wait to see them reboot batman without Nolan, and Bale. Suit nipples anyone? Last edited by beach tribe; 06-12-2012 at 11:11 PM.. |
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