Jul 24, 2013

Superman/Batman... I don't need super-senses to smell the suckitude.

DC is desperate to get into some of that Avengers action... Now a Superman/Batman Crossover is coming... While I haven't seen Man of Steel (not that big fan of Superman), I just don't see how this will work since Nolanverse Batman is grounded in a world where there are no superpowers and that ended with Bruce Wayne quitting being Batman while Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character became the New Batman. Now Man of Steel 2: Gotham Boogaloo is happening.

It's obvious that this is a desperate cash grab move. DC went straight for the big ones. No buildup at all... What threat is large enough that Superman would need help? Then again, something Large enough that Superman would need help is way out of the Nolanverse Batman's league. I recall mentioning that the DC Characters seem more "perfect" than Marvel Characters... I should have used the terms "Flawless" and "Overpowered".
Green Lantern is on a Cosmic Level, Wonder Woman is a Goddess, Superman is, well, Superman...
Batman is the odd man out... Well maybe Flash would be in this tier... cause all he has is super Speed. There's also Green Arrow who is a Robin Hood Themed Batman knock-off. Then there's Aquaman...

So, OK... Let's pretend that Batman and Superman works and is a successful movie...
How do you top that? By adding Multiple characters to a Justice League Movie with very little time to develop them AND to keep the movie's plot going? Can you smell the failure? I can.


DC is going to get the quick buck of a Superman and Batman movie, but when Justice League comes, it'll fall flat. Some people are claiming that building up the characters before the crossover is "copying Marvel". No, that's to get rid of all the character "development junk" in the movies building up to the crossover. That way we can have a Huge battle that forced these nearly omnipotent beings (a Green Lantern, an Amazon Goddess, The Last Son of Krypton, and Bat-Money bags) together.

DC is not playing it smart in the Grand Scheme of things. They have very little faith in the non-Batman, non-Superman characters. Playing it safe will leave them behind Marvel... Hell, Marvel is making a Guardians of the Galaxy movie...

Guardians of the Galaxy... and DC can't even make a Wonder Woman Movie... Really, you can't make a Wonder Woman movie, but we have to believe, you'll make Justice League work?

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