Originally Posted by
SiegePerilous02
I know it isn't everyone's opinions. The problem is, it is the opinion of the vast majority of the public that this version didn't click for them. it doesn't matter if it has roots in other versions. Fans and audiences don't mind changes to the source material or pulling from other sources if the end result is GOOD. This was not, so it's falling by the wayside. I'm sorry, but it's naive to think otherwise.
We'd be getting more of it if it worked for enough people to warrant there being more.
I'd say the steep second weekend drop at the box office and the fact that friggin Deadpool had better legs than a movie with Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman is close to pretty objective proof that this movie didn't have a big enough audience to last.
Hell, the Boss briefly overtook it at the Box office. That is sad beyond words.
Where have I let WB off the hook or indicated that I have trust in them going forward? This is a mess of their own making. Just because they are smart to drop this vision (not necessarilly Cavill) doesn't mean they are too smart going forward.
And that is a pointless what-if scenario. Snyder doesn't indicate from his work that he'd adapt anything like that. This is the guy who'd rather pull inspiration from TDKR and Watchmen for his superhero films, nothing in Morrison's Action run is as dark as that or the final films. Like he'd probably have T-shirt and jeans Superman kill some dudes and then not explore the ramifications. And kill Vyndktvx in the climax.
The character was in a so-so place before Snyder, and now he is even further back during the biggest cinematic superhero boom ever. The numbers of the new audience are not that big. There is nothing to be grateful for.
I very clearly said Snyder is staying true to himself, and the STUDIO was wrong to hand it over in the first place.
and I don't entirely trust them to make wise decisions with the character going forward. But going for this take, in the long run, was worse than doing nothing at all.
Except it's unwise to plan an arc for future films that are not guaranteed to come. And this case, they weren't and didn't happen. Look at Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Shazam. There is room for sequels in all of them, but they have arcs for the characters that conclude within the narrative of the films themselves. Each of them is the hero they will be going forward by the end of the first installment. And all pulled from the comics and had arcs where they learned lessons and struggled. It was just done well in their case because they had better filmmaker's behind the camera. What's more, they are all getting solo sequels, Superman did not and is not currently. Waiting five films for Superman to be Superman is asinine.
And once again, the Harry Potter comparison does not work. It started as a book series, in which the first installment was largely self contained with the option of doing more. And everyone loved it. So an adaptation that respected the source material did well, there was never a chance of it NOT doing well because it did what audiences wanted. Harry wasn't divisive, Cavill Superman was, and instead working out the kinks they just doubled down on all the controversial elements.