Kevin Smith's Stupid Idea About DC Comics -_-

[JWeinCom]

sundin13 said:

JWeinCom said:

Overall ramifications on the industry aside, I think the point is who would and could step in and save this property. While intuitively it seems that any company should be able to print money with Batman, that doesn't seem to be the case. Whether it's good or bad for the industry Marvel seems like the ones who would most be able to make it work. 

Think of it this way, if Smith had named ANY other company, would this thread exist? The idea of Marvel doing a Batman show is so attention grabbing itself that it would almost guarantee success.

I don't think this really needs saving. It just needs a home after the collapse of WB. There isn't really any reason to believe that the creative teams behind this project are incapable of putting out a good product or any reason to believe the homogeneity beam of Disney would improve upon it in any way.

Didn't say anything about the creative. But as someone who follows super hero cartoons pretty closely, it probably does need saving. Thing is, with those shows, the licensing rights are complicated, and make things very hard to do. Because you have to pay royalties, and a you lose a lot of potential revenue sources such as merchandise which is also subject to royalties and other IP agreements. So, a company often would rather invest in their own IP that they'd fully own. And if WB isn't interested in going through, it's not clear that it would be more attractive than other properties.

Spectacular Spider-man was my favorite Marvel animated show ever. When Disney bought Marvel, it got caught in the crossfire and died despite being very well received and I believe doing decently in the rating. These kinds of deals generally don't work out well for animated shows.