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Augen on 14 July 2015
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Lawlight said:
Augen said:


I like Batman, I liked the Burton and Nolan Batman films (not so much Schumacher) so honestly I wasn't waiting anxiously to see another one.  I would probably be more excited if a stand alone Batman with Affleck was great, but right now no idea how he'll be.

The main issue is I was not crazy about Man of Steel in regards to its interpretation of DCs world and Superman.  Added to that this feels like too much too quickly throwing in other heroes such as Wonder Woman and Aquaman before we know much about them.  With all these heroes who is the villain? Do they just fight each other, because that doesn't really appeal to me.

I will see it simply because I enjoy comics and the characters, just not crazy about the direction I am seeing.


Oh no, multiple characters in a movie... like X-Men or Guardians of the Galaxy or Civil War. Sorry but you sound like a Marvel fanboy.


Really? We're going straight to insults because I have concerns?  I own as many DC as I do Marvel Comics (hard to keep count at this point). I love both universes for different reasons and many characters within them.  I consider The Dark Knight the greatest comic book film made, mean while I haven't loved any of the five Spider-man films made despite loving the character.  

You'll have to take my word, but I want both companies to succeed. It's been great past decade seeing dozens of super hero films after getting next to nothing as a kid. I am not going to pretend to enjoy Fantastic Four or Ghost Rider or Green Lantern when I don't.

Now, your point about multiple characters.  I like X-Men (well, not Last Stand...) but it still had issues with characters lost in the shuffle. Cyclops, Colosuss, and Nightcrawler were great characters that got pushed to the back for Wolverine.  I don't want that to happen to Wonder Woman, she is too iconic to play second fiddle to anyone, even Batman and Superman.  Guardians got away with it because none of those characters are strong enough to be in a stand alone like a Justice League or Avenger calibur hero is.  Suicide Squad is roughly DCs equivalent and why I don't have an issue with Killer Croc or Slipknot getting little screen time. Civil War has two main characters who have been in combined seven films at this point. We know them so it will be similar to Avengers feel.

I think Marvel did figure it out with the stand alone films to build to Avengers and thought Justice League should take a similar path. We'll see how it goes and I wish them all the best.