DC Comic Films Have More Depth Than Marvel
By Krystal Clark
DC and Marvel Comics have been having their books adapted to film for decades, but recently it seems as if they’ve really hit their stride. Even though Marvel has several formidable and popular properties, DC is currently holding the comic film crown due to the massive success of last year’s The Dark Knight. Ever since DC teamed up with Warner Bros back in 1969, they’ve put out one epic film after another. According to THR, these next few years will be no different with several hot DC properties set to hit the big screen between 2010 and 2012.
Some of the projects on the front burner for the company include The Losers, Green Lantern, Jonah Hex, and even a TV series for the Fox Network entitled, Human Target. According to DC Comics president Paul Levitz, “”One of the things that has differentiated us for most of the last 20 years is the depth of our library and the depth of the creative material that we’ve put out and the opportunities that creates for other media.” He argues that DC and Marvel approach their films in a totally different way. For one instance, Marvel films are typically produced and distributed by various studios such as X-Men at 20th Century Fox, Spiderman at Sony, and Iron Man with Paramount.
As a means to keep their film adaptations as close as possible to the comics, Warners hired three of the biggest comic writers in the DC Universe. Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Marv Wolfman were brought on to act as film consultants, to make sure everything produced is as close to it’s source material as possible.
As a fan of both Marvel and DC, I can honestly say I think DC handles their properties a lot better when it comes to filmmaking. I love the idea that they mostly work with one specific studio, and they seem to put more effort into their productions. Even though some of my favorite characters are Marvel, such as Gambit from X-Men, I feel like certain studios don’t put it enough work to make sure the films can reach their fullest potential (*cough* Fox).
Who do you think put’s out the better films, Marvel or DC Comics?
Monday, July 20, 2009 3:21PM
i think they should use the latest green lantern (John Stewart)
Monday, July 20, 2009 9:10PM
DC, easily. Marvel just got to making having their works adapted into good movies. DC has Superman, Batman, and the revamped Batman series. You could also include V for Vendetta and History of Violence.
Marvel has X2, Iron Man and the first two Spider-Man movies, but they might catch up with the buildup to the Avengers movie.
A flaw with DC movies is that Warner Bros. publishes them exclusively, so those movies can only get made depending on the financial ability of one company, whereas Marvel can pump out many movies through different companies.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:50AM
Make Mine a Marvel Movie ! Hey Lets see Green Lantern. I've got a great plot if you need one call me. It' s got to start with Hal Jordan and branch out into the whole GLA universe. If you can make GL believable I'll consider a switch.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:08PM
DC has a huge leg up on the small screen however I can't seem to think of too many good DC universe movies outside of the latest two Batman movies. And if you are talking just box office results, Marvel leads there too…
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:16PM
Dc best, more exciting, more adventure, they were first, better characters, more creative, when they have merchandise it gets bought out right away, where as marvel's stays in stores so more people see it.