Movies by DC or A Lot of Wasted Money

Bit of a change from the last couple postings, but today I'm going to write about the comics juggernaut that is DC or more specifically, the giant failure that seems to be their movie studio, opposed to the grand success of their animation and TV crews.


Now, keep in mind this is just my opinion, though I know I'm not the only one who feels this way:

DC sucks at making movies nowadays.

DC is really good at making animated shows and television.

There's been at least a couple horrible DC movies in the last few years, specifically Man of Steel and Green Lantern. Now, I've never heard a single word in praise of Green Lantern from anyone, critics or otherwise. The acting, the casting, the CGI costumes that made it look like Ryan Reynolds' head was flying all over the place. Man of Steel was originally seen as "not terrible" but in hindsight seems worse and worse. A strange color palette combined with mediocre acting, a "final climax" that lasted half the movie, and a left turn to Superman's "no killing" policy that's more akin to genocide than not. And now the latest news is about adding Wonder Woman to the Batman vs Superman movie that's currently in the works, a move that seems questionable at best, since we're now entirely skipping not one but two origin stories, one of which may be acceptable, but the other hasn't been seen by anyone who isn't a huge comic nerd in thirty years. I've heard a lot of grumblings from people about them even doing the Batman vs Superman thing, so adding in another heavy hitter seems foolish at best. Especially when we're now dealing with a psychopathic Superman.

On the other hand, while I haven't  viewed a lot of it, the Justice League, Teen Titans, and series of animated movies from the DC animation studio are praised almost universally by everyone who sees them. The voice-acting crew seems top-notch, the stories are fun, and they don't arbitrarily have the heroes making decisions directly opposed to their own moralities. Likewise, the live-action show Arrow which a seemingly small number deride as being "too soap opera-y" is a ton of fun and really well done. It's just about the only show that I make sure to watch on a weekly basis (almost everything else I wait for a complete season and gorge on it via Netflix) because it's that enjoyable. The cast is well chosen, the stories are entertaining, and there are no major flaws to be problematic. I think the worst complaint I've heard of Arrow is their predilection toward using lots of different DC bad guys, which some people think is stealing those characters from other hero stories, but given the way the DC universe tends to interweave anyway, I don't see this as a problem, so long as the Arrow isn't killing off someone like Braniac or the Joker.

I feel it's similar to how people view the SyFy network. They do great shows like Eureka, Warehouse 13, Defiance and others, but would be much better off using the money they spend on things like Sharktopus and Mega Python vs Gateroid to create other new shows, or just further enhance the ones they already have.

Just stop.

Very much yes!

Not entirely sure if there's really an end or point to all this, like I said before just my opinion, but it was on my mind, so there you go.