We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?

Okay, I was in Genaral disccussion when I made this. Just another bug, I guess.

Yeah its a bug dont worry we can move stuff now

"Yeah its a bug dont worry we can move stuff now
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Actually I think the problem is that DC is partially owned by WB. I remember reading something about being owned by WB is hindering their movie making opportunity.

"Actually I think the problem is that DC is partially owned by WB. I remember reading something about being owned by WB is hindering their movie making opportunity.
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No. That f-cking frog has them by the balls.

im stoked for the ant-man movie personally

Is that Irredeemable Ant-Man? I heard good things about his comic.

Marvel is benefiting huge from having their own production studio now. DC, like zero edge said, is lost in the giant conglomerate clusterhump that is Time Warner AOL ™ where its just another property.  Marvel's sole interest is building their comic brands (cuz its all they got). WB has New Line, Castle Rock, WB itself, DC, Hannah Barbera, all the former Turner stuff, MAD, Time books etc etc etc.  and they've never, not once, actually used any of that stuff to the fullest since they merged with AOL. They own a half dozen cable networks, they could turn make a high quality HBO mini-series or ongoing series out of any comic in their library that would put Heroes to shame. All they've got to show for it is a couple cartoon series and Smallville.

"We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?"

"We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?"

"Is that Irredeemable Ant-Man? I heard good things about his comic.
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"Bookman said:

"We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?"

DC has already came out with V for Vendetta--not sure if that is a DC comic but I cant help but to think it was--anyways they also came out with Justice Legue, and it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life.
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They're comming out with Watchmen...keeping my fingers crossed.

"Bookman said:

"We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?"

Ever heard of something we like to call "Sequels"? Marvel's not running out. Just because you don't like Antman doesn't mean anything. Marvel can still do a Silver Surfer Movie, or some others. Maybe even with time a Thanos movie if he's given the proper press. DC just can't do movies. That's all there is to it. Warner Bros. has them by their kryptonian loving balls."

Marvel have films scheduled up to 2011 (I believe that's the release date for Avengers), so they aren't running out soon. As long as they aren't released to close to each other, comic book movies don't steal each others audience. So their is no business reason to delay until Marvel is done. As Shatterstar said, despite being owned by a massive media corperation, DC's properties are stuck in development Hell. Superman took over 10 years to get into development and was still stalling even with the success of X-Men as an incentive.

Dude, Pym beats his wife. Finally, a sensible hero. How could you not like Henry?!

"Dude, Pym beats his wife. Finally, a sensible hero. How could you not like Henry?!
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"Marvel have films scheduled up to 2011 (I believe that's the release date for Avengers), so they aren't running out soon. As long as they aren't released to close to each other, comic book movies don't steal each others audience. So their is no business reason to delay until Marvel is done. As Shatterstar said, despite being owned by a massive media corperation, DC's properties are stuck in development Hell. Superman took over 10 years to get into development and was still stalling even with the success of X-Men as an incentive."

i think if an antman movie is done right and has a good writer then yeah it could be an awesome movie....do you guys remember when kevin smith wrote the script for superman returns back in the day i read it online somewhere that would have been an awesome movie it had braniac and doomsday in it...i think dc's problem is that they try to make these superhero movies into these movies where they want you to really really really care for the character and that's good and all but they have to remember that most people think of one thing when they think of a comicbook movie and that's the action

Most heroes could be made into good films, it's recognisability that holds the key to being greenlit.

From what I heard, Kevin Smith's Superman script was dreadful. In his defense, he was being forced though hoops by the producer who wanted him to include a giant spider, completely alter the costume and not have him fly.

"Most heroes could be made into good films, it's recognisability that holds the key to being greenlit.

From what I heard, Kevin Smith's Superman script was dreadful. In his defense, he was being forced though hoops by the producer who wanted him to include a giant spider, completely alter the costume and not have him fly."

"Cosmic Sentinel said:

"Most heroes could be made into good films, it's recognisability that holds the key to being greenlit.

From what I heard, Kevin Smith's Superman script was dreadful. In his defense, he was being forced though hoops by the producer who wanted him to include a giant spider, completely alter the costume and not have him fly."

Maybe it was actually an original superhero but they used Superman as a code name to hype him up.
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I don't see Marvel running out, we still have many undefined characters we could use for movies.

From what I read DC has been scrambling to get anything, no matter how bad it is (Catwoman anyone?) off the ground ever since Marvel success. The way I look at it DC is the one that almost killed comic book movies in the 90's (example: Batman & Robin). Now I'm not sure if it's the WB that's hindering their efforts but in the last couple of years I've read some silly stuff, like Jack Black as Green Lantern or that Justice League project starring a bunch of tweeners (Chirstian Bale and Brandon Routh weren't even considered to reprise their roles in it). Marvel has a movie slate for the next 3 or 4 years and a few more their still considering.

I don't mean to bash DC, but they have made some poor decisions over the years. Kevin Smith has been quoted saying it a couple times that DC characters don't translate to the big screen as well as Marvels does. Still I'd like them to do better in the future, maybe with a Flash or Green Lantern movie.

"We all know Marvel is running out of good superhero movies. I mean, they're using Ant-Man! DC, however, have only used Superman and Batman. This thought occured to me;could DC be waiting for Marvel to run out of good movies, then strike with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. movies? What do you think?"

lol youre funny

ahumancartoon said:

"From what I read DC has been scrambling to anything, no matter how bad it is (Catwoman anyone?) off the ground ever since Marvel success. The way I look at it DC is the one that almost killed comic book movies in the 90's (example: Batman & Robin). Now I'm not sure if it's the WB that's hindering their efforts but in the last couple of years I've read some silly stuff, like Jack Black as Green Lantern of that Justice League project starring a bunch of tweeners (Chirstian Bale and Brandon Routh weren't even considered to reprise their roles in it). Marvel has a movie slate for the next 3 or 4 years and a few more their still considering.

I don't mean to bash DC, but they have made some poor decisions over the years. Kevin Smith has been quoted saying it a couple times that DC characters don't translate to the big screen as well as Marvels does. Still I'd like them to do better in the future, maybe with a Flash or Green Lantern movie."

i agree completely