DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[TREK_GOD_1]

I would love to see a Sgt. Rock film...only if handled in the serious manner of his creator. The Sgt. Rock stories were among the best DC ever published, head and shoulders above many of their superhero titles of the Silver Age.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I would love to see a Sgt. Rock film...only if handled in the serious manner of his creator. The Sgt. Rock stories were among the best DC ever published, head and shoulders above many of their superhero titles of the Silver Age.

It interesting to contrast Rock with Fury at Marvel. Fury was often over the top in the usual Marvel style. Seeing Cap show up wasn't much of a tonal shift. Rock was very grounded. You could almost feel the dirt under the fingernails of the combat happy Joes of Easy.

 

[Christopher]

It interesting to contrast Rock with Fury at Marvel. Fury was often over the top in the usual Marvel style. Seeing Cap show up wasn't much of a tonal shift. Rock was very grounded. You could almost feel the dirt under the fingernails of the combat happy Joes of Easy.

Also, Fury's present-day adventures as a spy were introduced only half a year or so after his introduction as a WWII character.

 

[Tuskin38]

Gunn says nothing is greenlit until there's an actual script

 

[StarTrek1701]

Hope we get a trailer for Superman soon.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Gunn says nothing is greenlit until there's an actual script

Don't take this the wrong way:

He's said this from the start, back in his big announcement video early back year. Even the projects already announced in that video, if they didn't have a script already, they were not immune to being ultimately cancelled or delayed.
But I guess the internet demands he repeat it every so often, so that people still remember it under all the "reports" on ScreenRant, CBR, and the like.

Not to discredit these particular newssites, they were just the ones I came up with off the top of my head. The underlying root problem is that newssites in general have to release a new article every few minutes in order to compete, which causes them to turn one interview into three or four articles, and, of course, using every time a creator mentions something that was already known to cover it like it was some revelation.
There are some sites that try and do it differently and more old-style, like Bleeding Cool, but even they aren't immune to this (aside from also having other issues).

 

[Morpheus 02]

Don't take this the wrong way:

He's said this from the start, back in his big announcement video early back year. Even the projects already announced in that video, if they didn't have a script already, they were not immune to being ultimately cancelled or delayed.
But I guess the internet demands he repeat it every so often, so that people still remember it under all the "reports" on ScreenRant, CBR, and the like.

Not to discredit these particular newssites, they were just the ones I came up with off the top of my head. The underlying root problem is that newssites in general have to release a new article every few minutes in order to compete, which causes them to turn one interview into three or four articles, and, of course, using every time a creator mentions something that was already known to cover it like it was some revelation.
There are some sites that try and do it differently and more old-style, like Bleeding Cool, but even they aren't immune to this (aside from also having other issues).

I miss the old calendars, where we get things ahead of time and would anticipate the next big thing,

But I think the other thing is that Superman Legacy will ultimately decide whther the DCOU dissipates on gets fully invested. He was able to sneak in Creature Commandos (somehow), and Peacemaker as as carry over for his deal with DC....but if SUperman doesn't make as much as Aquaman 1, then we can see the end of this already, and Zaslav will just gut WB into nothing, so that the next CEO will try their own universe.

 

[JD]

It's not Superman Legacy now, it's just Superman.

 

[Nerys Myk]

We're lucky it's not "The Superman".

 

[Christopher]

It's not Superman Legacy now, it's just Superman.

Too bad. I've never been a fan of the trend toward minimalist movie titles, especially reuses of older titles. Well, I guess Superman is technically a different title from Superman: The Movie, though I think that was more its promotional title than its official title.

 

[The Realist]

though I think that was more its promotional title than its official title.

It was. The onscreen title -- which I would take as the definitive, official title of the film -- was simply Superman. Which is why I always refer to it as "Superman '78," never "The Movie," since that was only used for promotion and merchandising purposes.

And I like that Gunn is also calling his film Superman, since it suggests a desire to make his movie as defining for the character in the 21st century as Donner's classic was in the 20th. I just hope he can live up to that vaulting ambition.

 

[Christopher]

The onscreen title -- which I would take as the definitive, official title of the film -- was simply Superman.

Hmm, I take your point, and Wikipedia and IMDb agree that that's the official title. But on the other hand, the onscreen "title" of Batman 1989 was simply the Bat symbol. For that matter, neither Batman: The Animated Series nor Superman: TAS showed a written title in their original main title sequences, again using only the logos. So arguably what's shown onscreen isn't necessarily the official title.

Which is why I always refer to it as "Superman '78," never "The Movie," since that was only used for promotion and merchandising purposes.

Well, I grew up thinking of it as Superman: The Movie, so that's how I'll always think of it. (After all, it came out just a year before Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which is that film's official title. So it just seemed natural.)

 

[Kai "the spy"]

... But on the other hand, the onscreen "title" of Batman 1989 was simply the Bat symbol.

Nope.

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[Christopher]

Nope

Oh, I was confusing it with one of the sequels -- either Returns or Forever just uses the Bat symbol and the subtitle. I remember being struck by how it (and the TAS titles) used the logo as a sort of pictogram for the word "Batman."

The 1988 Ruby-Spears Superman animated series also used only the Superman symbol instead of the printed name, but it also had Bill Woodson reciting the classic TV narration in which "Superman" is spoken several times.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Batman Forever is the one you're thinking of.

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And, yeah, the logo was basically used as a pictogram. Which is kind of the point of a logo.

That reminds me, something that weirdly connects the two Schumacher movies with the Nolan trilogy is the movies beginning with the shaping of the logo. Obviously, the Nolan logo was different, but it is still interesting. I thought it was a nice tradition that could have kept going, sort of like the Batman version of the James Bond gun barrel sequence.

 

[StarTrek1701]

Oh no....

SUPERMAN: Studio Reportedly Not Happy With First Trailer; Editor Told To "Make It Better"

Warner Bros. higher-ups are said to be very concerned that the first trailer for James Gunn's Superman may not be well-received, and reportedly demanded several different cuts...

comicbookmovie.com

 

[Christopher]

Oh no....

Dissatisfaction with the trailer doesn't mean dissatisfaction with the film, so this isn't necessarily bad news. If the studio heads start demanding changes to the film itself, that could be a problem.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Oh no....

SUPERMAN: Studio Reportedly Not Happy With First Trailer; Editor Told To "Make It Better"

Warner Bros. higher-ups are said to be very concerned that the first trailer for James Gunn's Superman may not be well-received, and reportedly demanded several different cuts...

comicbookmovie.com

Interesting.

 

[StarTrek1701]

Dissatisfaction with the trailer doesn't mean dissatisfaction with the film, so this isn't necessarily bad news. If the studio heads start demanding changes to the film itself, that could be a problem.

I am not sold on the DCU yet, but the first trailer is like the first impression, it lasts damn long.
Even if the movie is horrible such as The Flash, the trailers were quite incredible.

 

[Mudd]

That's the comicbookmovie clickbait spin on a series of Twitter posts by Dan Marcus.

Don't read the comicbookmovie crap article. Go read the Twitter posts. Comicbookmovie is (SHOCKER!) misrepresenting them.