{"id":445,"date":"2018-07-25T04:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T04:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2018-09-07T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T22:13:09","slug":"why-dc-is-not-a-success-at-the-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/why-dc-is-not-a-success-at-the-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Why DC is not a success at the box office…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing up I was exposed to the DC universe long before I received my first Marvel Comic book.\u00a0 DC was ruling the broadcast media with movies featuring iconic heroes like Superman and Batman.\u00a0 Television and cable showcased other DC heroes in an animated format.<\/p>\n

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Truth be told, one of my favorite shows at the time was the cartoon Challenge of the Superfriends (an early rendition of the Justice League).\u00a0 My brothers and me would eager await the show time and sit in front of the television mesmerized by the story.\u00a0 We watched that TV show through all its transformations until its last version (the Super Powers theme).\u00a0 These shows were huge audience draws and DC heroes (and all related merchandise) were associated with success.<\/p>\n

So why nowadays does anything DC movie<\/strong><\/em> related in a word “sucks?”<\/p>\n

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This writer wants to point out that DC is doing fine with its television shows.\u00a0 The CW network does an excellent job with the shows the Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.\u00a0 In fact, thanks to the TV shows other DC characters such as Captain Steel, Vixen and Jesse Quick have gained recognition.\u00a0 But why is it on the movie front (with the exception of Wonder Woman) are their movies not on a par with their TV shows?<\/p>\n

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The answer is simple.\u00a0 The writers of the movies have forgotten one thing…..heroes are the good guys – and generally speaking heroes are supposed to make you feel good.\u00a0 That is because heroes are symbols and icons for what we believe is right.\u00a0 Heroes are supposed to embody the best characteristics of our humanity and not the worst.<\/p>\n

Sometime in the late 80’s early 90’s comic book writers tended to write their characters darker and gloomy.\u00a0 This was because the concept of the anti-hero was on the rise.\u00a0 Because of this notion, comics became more interesting for the readers – that is, the darker the hero the more interesting he or she became.\u00a0 Comics were then relaunched with these darker themes and the rest as we comic book nerds know is history.\u00a0 This appears to be the trend that the movie writers of DC and Warner Bros today are trying to portray.\u00a0 The darker half of our heroes and it is this model of the anti-hero, in my opinion, is what is causing DC to fail miserably at the cinemas.<\/p>\n

Let us compare shall we?\u00a0 Henry Cavil’s Superman is nothing like the Christopher Reeve version.\u00a0 He is mean, non-trusting and is capable of killing.\u00a0 Not at all what you would expect of a sentinel of liberty who is supposed to represent truth, justice and the american way….<\/p>\n

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Ben Affleck’s Batman has a similar dark personality plus he uses guns!\u00a0 In fact, it was his mission to kill Superman based on a misunderstanding!!! Did Micheal Keaton or Christopher Nolan’s Batman ever portray so dark a character or use a gun as a weapon?<\/p>\n

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Hence the difference between the two incarnations is that the earlier versions of the characters were not set with an anti-hero theme.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this is why the Wonder woman movie was such a success (Gal Gadot’s story did not have a negative theme to it).\u00a0 Or why the CW is doing a great job with the DC hero shows.\u00a0 Their theme does not denote any darker personality plots.<\/p>\n

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It could be argued that the movies are being done in haste.\u00a0 This is most evident when you watch the Justice League Movie (There are just way too many plots integrated into the storyline).\u00a0 However if you analyze all the movies that have been released by DC, the anti-hero theme is dominant.<\/p>\n

Hopefully the writers of the DC movies have learned their lesson from their hit movie Wonder Woman and will decide to rewrite their scripts accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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