hello all,
i would like to start out this post by saying that i am a huge fan of the rebirth. as a wayward former dc reader, i was brought back to the dc side through a combination of movies and the rebirth. since rebirth has started, i have bought every single dc comic under that banner.
as a fan, i could not be happier. the creative energy i see in all of the titles cannot be adequately described. i have not seen this much honest and positive commitment from a publisher ...ever.
that said, i would like to talk about synergy. the matching up of media across formats. the application of it and the lack of it in some cases. perhaps it's because dceu is going strong, or perhaps there are many promises for rebirth. or maybe as a reader of marvel comics as well, i have come to expect a certain level of "synergy" between the comics and the movies.
either way, i have noticed a great amount of synergy in the rebirth and then a surprising lack of it in other cases. this isn't really a value judgment, more an observational thing. i hope to use this as an opportunity to track where we have synergy and where we do not.
and also discuss whether we think it's needed or not. so with that said, here are the synergies and non-synergies i have noticed.
synergy
- wonder woman - clearly being synergized to match closer her emerging movie persona. to what level of detail, we are slowly finding out
- suicide squad - team structure synergized to match the movies
- amanda waller - physique synergized to match viola davis
- harley quinn - synergized to closely match her cinematic appearance
- supergirl - synergized story to match national city, deo, and earth parents ties from television show
- green arrow - synergized inclusion of diggle
non-synergy
- aquaman - does not match movie version whatsoever
- deadshot - still a white man (?)
- enchantress - not an archaeologist but an "illustrator"
- supergirl - still maintaining parts of new 52 backstory, no sister, no j'onn j'onzz, no astra (yet)
- superman - jimmy still white
- flash - iris still white
that's all i can think of. if i missed anything, let me know. really just curious what you guys thoughts on this are. clearly dc wants some synergy, but doesn't feel like it has to synergize to everything. maybe the marvel approach to synergy isn't what dc should be aiming for at all.