DC/WB Films/Worlds (No Spoilers)

[Psy-lock]

And The Boys being an off-brand Justice League, while the real thing is well, yeah.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe the damn Mouse buys DC and merges it with Marvel. They have the money. And with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and other big names, Disney can market like no other.

I think it's inevitable. Perhaps not in the near future but someday Dismarvel will eat DC up.

[Johnny]

A few test audiences do NOT nor will they EVER speak for the general public.

Neither does twitter, yet people love to act like if something is trending that means this is what the "general public" thinks when it doesn't and never has. General moviegoers could not care less about what someone is yelling on social media about.

It was still a finished movie and it is made worst it was a female POC lead movie.

Just because the general public is not going to levels Snyderverse Cult- does not mean it's a done issue.

For Hollywood the optics look bad and now you have to question and ask why do anything with the WB-especially if you are a POC or female lead project or company.

The optics have nothing to do with cancelling a movie about a raceswapped character, it has to do with questionable practices of alienating filmmakers by shutting down a movie that was basically finished, instead of making sure it's better suited for theatrical release.

Nobody is going to care how many flops Eastwood put out for the WB. They are looking only at what was done with Batgirl.

I beg to differ, "they" should care when people who've made a lot of bank for Hollywood in the past are being disrespected by studios. WB burning bridges with filmmakers who've made them money before isn't a wise decision to say the least.

Disney had tons of flops with white lead movies like John Carter yet it flopping did not stop Cap America while folks used Steel and Catwoman to prevent Black Panther and Cap Marvel from being made.

I don't see the connection considering these two movies have literally nothing in common other than the race of the main character. Cap was part of the MCU that was already proven financial success with the first two Iron Man movies at the time. If IM flopped there would be no Cap or Thor or Avengers, which in turn would not have led to Black Panther or Captain Marvel down the line.

[Primal Slayer]

I think it's inevitable. Perhaps not in the near future but someday Dismarvel will eat DC up.

That'll never happen since it's illegal. It'd be like Pepsie buying Coke or vice versa.

[Frontier]

That'll never happen since it's illegal. It'd be like Pepsie buying Coke or vice versa.

And legitimately I don't think Disney would know what to do with both Marvel and DC. Beyond making them crossover.

[Jokerz79]

That'll never happen since it's illegal. It'd be like Pepsie buying Coke or vice versa.

Huh, Marvel could had bought DC in the 80's and chose not to.

[Pinsir]

FYI, both Hulk and Captain America 1 both flopped
> Captain America: The First Avenger: Budget 216.7 million, Box Office 370.6 million (there are lower budget numbers for Captain America, but the 216.7 mill number is from a public filing that all companies filming in Britain have too submit to the government. It is the actual number)
> Incredible Hulk: Budget 137.5–150 million, Box Office 264.8 million

Like the Incredible Hulk film is an obvious flop, they didn't make a sequel to it and the Leader cameo at the end hasn't been addressed in over a decade, but this doesn't stop the MCU fanbase from claiming "No MCU film has ever flopped!" So DC Super Pets is a more profitable film than The Incredible Hulk, Cap 1 and every animated movie Disney published in 2022

[Primal Slayer]

Huh, Marvel could had bought DC in the 80's and chose not to.

That's creating a monopoly. Disney cant own 2 of the biggest comic companies.

Marvel could have tried but they shut down
"One publisher, First Comics, went so far as to file an antitrust lawsuit against the Marvel/DC deal with the United States federal government, alleging that the merger of the two companies would constitute a monopoly in the comic publishing industry. Courts eventually agreed, and the deal was quashed."
https://www.gamesradar.com/when-marv...ght-dc-really/

[Rincewind]

And legitimately I don't think Disney would know what to do with both Marvel and DC. Beyond making them crossover.

Most likely, same thing that happened to Malibu and Crossgen.

[Proto Man]

That's creating a monopoly. Disney cant own 2 of the biggest comic companies.

Marvel could have tried but they shut down
"One publisher, First Comics, went so far as to file an antitrust lawsuit against the Marvel/DC deal with the United States federal government, alleging that the merger of the two companies would constitute a monopoly in the comic publishing industry. Courts eventually agreed, and the deal was quashed."
https://www.gamesradar.com/when-marv...ght-dc-really/

Hmm. That may have been then, but you may be able to successfully fight that in court. Marvel and DC aren't even the biggest publishers of comics in America.

[80sbaby]

Monopolies are more about controlling the means of production, not simply the product itself. So Disney buying DC wouldn't likely be against anti-trust laws.

[Primal Slayer]

Hmm. That may have been then, but you may be able to successfully fight that in court. Marvel and DC aren't even the biggest publishers of comics in America.

Whose bigger than DC/Marvel?

[Proto Man]

Scholastic.

[Primal Slayer]

Scholastic.

....comics?

[Proto Man]

....comics?

Yeah. They sell a crap ton of those. Viz does, too.

[Vordan]

....comics?

Oh yeah. Dog-Man by Dav Pilkey and everything Raina Telgemeier writes utterly annihilates every Big 2 comic in sales numbers.