Bevendre

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And it was really fuckin’ dark. I don’t mean in tone, I mean in color. Superman is about bright heroism and larger-than-life action and questioning what it means to be “human”. Not about being Batman: Son of Krypton.

Eeyup, and now Warner Bros is calling for more Batman, and more focus on Batman in Batman vs. Superman.  I find it hilarious that Snyder was throwing shade on Marvel for bringing in lesser known characters and making them important and iconic with their own films, when he can’t even capture the spirit of one of the most iconic comic characters of all time.

A part of that may just be DC’s media mindset in general, because they have had a nasty habit of Batman-ing things that don’t need to be Batman-ed (Arrow, Man of Steel).  Snyder said that BvS will do well because the characters are more mythological than bubblegum, because they’re more iconic but that’s as likely to work against him as for him, like it did with Man of Steel.  DC movies of late, and in general, focus SO MUCH on iconography, that they can drift away from fitting the characters they’re showing.

Marvel built their cinematic universe without their most iconic characters.  Prior to their movies, Iron Man was a B-lister, Cap was second class, and Thor was there.  Only the Hulk was really truly iconic, but look how things have changed.  Without Spiderman or the X-men in their arsenal Marvel has made a wildly successful multi-media franchise with twelve movies and 3 series all connected and generally well received.  Had DC not held on to the film rights for Batman or Superman, with their attitude they couldn’t begin to catch up.