therealbig3 wrote:Why is Marvel so much better than DC?
Even if Marvel had its full range of characters to work with, they don't have anyone NEAR the iconic statuses of Superman and Batman...and Marvel ISN'T working with its full range of characters anyway...people forget, the Avengers are all second-tier Marvel characters. Their 1st tier characters are Spider-Man and the X-Men...which belong to other companies.
And Marvel is STILL kicking DC's ass. Unbelievable failure on DC's part. Especially when they had the lead with the Dark Knight trilogy, they still **** ed it up with Green Lantern and Man of Steel, and then casted Ben Affleck as the new Batman, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and then an Israeli stick figure known as Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. And then they decided to throw them all together in the same movie, trying to chase the dollars that Avengers made without anywhere near the amount of effort that Marvel put into that. You just can't help but shake your head at all of their decisions, while Marvel continues to hit everything out of the park. Before Man of Steel came out, if I told you that freakin' Guardians of the Galaxy (who? what?) was going to crap all over it in terms of critical acclaim, would you have believed me? If I told you that Ant-Man was going to be more anticipated than the Superman vs Batman movie, would you have believed me? If you answer yes, slap yourself for lying.
You just answered your own question. Marvel is kicking DC's ass because they had the foresight to build up to the avengers. They were also smart enough to lock people down contractually speaking for years so that they wouldn't pull a Christian bale (not gonna do another batman movie again) therefor having to recast and sucking the air out of any potential hype the movie could garner.
Marvel is kicking ass with characters many people didn't actually care about. Before the first Ironman movie I didn't know a single person that listed him in his top 3 superheroes. The first Ironman movie knocked it out of the park and got people talking and interested in him. Captain America and Thor both kind of suck lore wise but they've made it work. Why can't DC do the same for Flash, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds, I mean come one).
Marvel has a better collection of heroes but the really big named ones aren't even the reason Marvel is kicking ass. Wolverines movies all suck (his individual moves I mean). Spiderman can't even be included in other Marvel movies because Sony own the rights for the foreseeable future. And X-Men does its own thing and isn't intertwined with the rest. You're gonna tell me Iron man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor and The Guardians of the Galaxy (who nobody freaking knew who they were) all have more potential than Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman (who gets s*** on more than f***ing Hawkeye for some reason) and Martian Manhunter?
Dream casting for some of these stars:
Christian Bale - Batman (give him his own country if it has to come to that)
Alexandra Daddario - Wonder Woman (She is perfect image wise)
Iris Elba - Green Lantern (WHO DOESN'T WANT THIS?)
Armie Hammer - Aquaman