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[bryant]

In the lobby of the Lowes Harvard Square today, while waiting for Million Dollar Baby, I saw the following two posters side-by-side, much like they are below if your browser window is quite large.

Both these movies are distributed by Warner Brothers. They're both comic book adaptations. They ought to both appeal to a similar audience. What are the execs at Warner Brothers thinking? This is why Marvel-based movies are on a fairly strong run, while DC-based movies are not.

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Marvel's 'hits'

[carneggy.livejournal.com]

I'd say Marvel is partly having all these hits because they're just mining more of the catalog. But more is not always better, by far.

Just wait until Fantastic Four comes out, it is looking.. uh... craptacular, from the footage I've seen.

Also in the pipeline for Marvel movies: Iron Man, Iron Fist, Ghost Rider, Luke Cage (seperate from Man-Thing), and MAN-THING. Yes, I'm serious, and no, it's not going to be a Giant-Sized movie.

Pretty much every Marvel hero that had a comic title in the 70's or 80's has been optioned, at this point, if not actively greenlit yet.

Re: Marvel's 'hits'

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. I believe I was hasty in giving that much credit to Marvel; I hadn't heard of the others, but just knowing about Man-Thing drops my expectations.

Maybe they just got lucky with Spider-man and X-men, or something. But Catwoman still makes me cry more than any of them. o.O

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Whoever thought casting Jessica Alba as Sue Storm was a good idea needs to be repeatedly punched in the back of the head.

Re: Marvel's 'hits'

[bryant]

I'm not saying they're not getting greedy these days, but they had a superb multi-year run and it's partially because Avi Arad was a merciless control freak about quality. That multi-year run is why they've managed to get so many of their properties into development.

I do think they've slipped, starting with Daredevil.

Oh, also in the pipeline: Werewolf by Night, Shang-Chi, Sub-Mariner, Deathlok, and Black Widow.