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Variety: Warner Bros. to launch "auteur-driven" DC banner with "unusual story angles"
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thehypocrite
Member
A bunch of pretentious bullshit. Just make a question movie or HBO show. He's the hero we need now.
Suicide Squad was the opposite of auteur-driven lol
A marketing team cut the film together.
I'm DC all day but DC seem's so less focused with no long-term game plan. Trying to go for a home run then anticipating the game. Outside of WW I am slowly losing faith and will take a wait and see approach with JL.
How can a company with some of the greatest properties fumble so much. Aueter-driven get the fuck out of here. If the movie is good then it's good. That is some hubris to then say that is not what fanboys want when DC does not even know what it wants don't pass the buck. I don't think anyone asked for this. Thank you Nolan for putting out the DK series prior to this shit show.
MCU will keep stomping DC into Sandman dust.
How can a company with some of the greatest properties fumble so much. Aueter-driven get the fuck out of here. If the movie is good then it's good. That is some hubris to then say that is not what fanboys want when DC does not even know what it wants don't pass the buck. I don't think anyone asked for this. Thank you Nolan for putting out the DK series prior to this shit show.
MCU will keep stomping DC into Sandman dust.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
This comes off as kind of pretentious.
It wasn't a WB exec or even insider who made that description lol
What did he mean by this?
Member
9
Like the whole Knightmare scene in BvS with thr Infinite Crisis nonsensical Flash cameo
Shouldn't be it's own thread
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
There goes what little interest I had in Dark Phoenix. Literally the last hope I had was "Well, they're doing the Shi'ar Empire so they can't ground it too much."
Father_Brain
Banned
I have a feeling that this will not actually happen.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Yeah I'm sure they'll give millions to weirdos to make their weird shit.
AgentChris
Member
Did the people who ran Sony Pictures takeover WB?
It's pretty obvious what he means. Think Guardians.
illmatic22
Banned
Ground Dark Phoenix? Wut? Why?
uncredited male
Member
Being an executive at WB must be like Highlander.
Because a story I want to ground it's the one with a giant space fire bird God possessing a superhero and an Alien Empire led by bird people with a legion of super heroes expies
Sectorseven
Member
Dark Phoenix has to be a realistic, down to earth film that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Because if they do that they're shutting the door on potential $1.5 billion box office team ups every 3-4 years.
"stressing X-Men films are "human... and emotional"
C'mon now, people.
The weirdos just need to make one hit and WB will bankroll their projects forever.
C'mon now, people.
The weirdos just need to make one hit and WB will bankroll their projects forever.
When the team-up movie starring three of the biggest superheroes of all time couldn't clear $900 mil WW?
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
I think people are just (rightfully) skeptical and confused by the million conflicting news stories per week we get about DC. But yeah, on paper, there's nothing wrong with the idea.
I suppose. But when you see the BTS it all does some to come from David Ayer's mind - he wrote it, directed it, drew up designs for it.
My larger point was that being 'auteur-driven' can very easily get you 'Damaged Joker'.
Gordon Shumway
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Great news! 😃🔫
Well one thing would be to not listen to anything that isn't an official source like Variety, Hollywood Reporter, or THR. That cut it down a ton.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Those Nolan movies were auteur driven. It could be more of that.
Fancyarcher
Member
This is a cool idea. I'm down for more director controlled comic book, at the same time this does sort of prove that WB / DC are a bit aimless with their plans. Well I guess I oughta trade one good for another good thing then.
SamuelSupreme
Banned
They literally can just make stand alones that are great and then do a crisis on infinite earths movie with the aftermath being the best parte of their solo driven movies being combined into a shared universe.
They can even one up Marvel by including TV properties
They can even one up Marvel by including TV properties
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
I'm hoping he meant to say "complex" lmao
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
It does, yeah.
Inceptional
Member
It's a smart move. Why just do the MCU thing when you can do what Fox is doing too and make more autuer driven films like Logan as well.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Sure, but there's just so much noise online about DC, confusion is inevitable as to what's true or just clickbait bullshit. It would have helped if WB had clarified their upcoming slate of films a little bit better at Comic-Con. Oh well, Aquaman will save us all.
I mean, how much of that is on D.C.? Honest question. I know there's been rumors and misunderstandings but D.C. doesnt need to come out and comment on every rumor. Fans/online folks should just wait until an official announcement before getting so worked up and confused over someone's tweets or the next rumor to pop up. Doesn't help that sometimes the rumors/leaked info is bullshit like how apparently "Wonder Woman is terrible". Just look at the GAF thread earlier this year on that.
UnemployedVillain
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Meanwhile Marvel has Thanos throwing chunks of a destroyed moon at the Avengers *sigh*
Glass Rebel
Member
Literally just random buzzwords strung together to get "fanboys" talking. Move along, nothing to see here.
Screaming Meat
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Well, alright. That could be good, but if anyone is going to do a Joker origin story justice, it's David Lynch.
And a helluva lot of bad goblin drugs.
Is Vigilante still a thing? I only read the Moore short.
I... I literally can't imagine that.
Perfect. Cut that man a cheque!
I'm in...
...if Daniel Day-Lewis plays Kem.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
I'm not saying it's on DC. Just that a little bit more clarity about what is actively in production or not would help. I mean, when was the last time they commented on the Cyborg movie they announced years ago? It's probably cancelled or has been retooled into something else but who the fuck knows?
Anyway, there's always going to be speculation online. Once they release a couple of well-received movies in a row, the skepticism will go down a few notches.
I'm in...
...if Daniel Day-Lewis plays Kem.
Daniel Day-Lewis will play the prison bars Kem has to eat once he discovers his powers after having been wrongfully accused of cannibalism by a bunch of androids. I think Dame Judi Dench could play a convincing Matter-Eater Lad. Either her or Tom Hardy.