Poll: DC vs. Marvel

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Originally Posted by jasonbird

Ahem.

To answer the OP's questions: 1) Tie. 2) Marvel.

The Dark Knight was great. Superman was great. That's about it so far. There will be much more on the DC front. They are turning the ship around. But Marvel Studios so far has made two movies. Both were outstanding. Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. They also have a great plan.

All of DC's movies are made by their parent company WB. I don't think DC has had a lot of input in their past movies. From what I've read that's going to change.

As far as the characters go. Marvel might have the edge because they can use the excuse of 'mutants' for any super being they don't have yet. There's an equal on both sides. If DC has a great hero, Marvel will have one very similar. If Marvel has a great one, DC will come up with one similar (For every Green Arrow, there's a Hawkeye). This may not be quite so with the principles as it is for the B listers. Marvel probably has more A listers known by John Q Public than DC. But DC's characters are more Iconic.

We'll see if DC actually gets more say. And if anything really changes. Or if they continue to be jerked around by WB so that nothing but movies featuring Batman and Superman get made. Look at Wonder Woman, things were kicking fine and then WB was dragging their feet, ticked off Whedon, and he left. It's gonna keep happening cause WB gets first pass on any DC movie. And they're not going to pass, they'd rather see the film die.

Having more Iconic characters actually works against them. If you think about it. They're less free to really play with the characters because they're not allowed to grow beyond the little box that they're placed in. Superman changes very little, and any attempt to change is met with a royal freakout from the fanbase. Hell, look at Captan America. They killed him and now have Bucky/Winter Soldier as the new Captain America.