DC Comics 75th Anniversary Promotional Video

[CFE]

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This was posted up onto Youtube back in May...not sure if anyone posted up here between then and now, but I thought it was a nice little piece of celebration for the milestone.

Spoiler

if only...IF ONLY...they had used the John Wesley Shipp "Flash" TV show...oh well.

 

[spider-neil]

marvel should do their version of that

 

[TheWatcher]

That was beyond AWESOME!

 

[Heretic]

I thought it kind of sucked. It's celebrating 75 years of existence, and the vast majority of the footage is from 4 movies, 3 released in the past few years. Looking at that, I would assume that DC is Batman and Superman...and then a few random other people sometimes.

I would have preferred more of a "through the years" type approach, showing comic covers and old serials, movies and cartoons...with more focus on Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, among others.

 

[Hush]

Well this is a great idea, it will push more characters to the forefront that havent had the spotlight, im genuinely excited for this.

 

[KBX]

Lots of Batman, Lots of Superman, somehow a decent amount of Watchmen, a little of Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and not much else.... Honestly what has DC done over their 75 years that would make you think this video should be any different?

 

[kguillou]

It was a good video but they could have showed much more. Where's the Adam West Batman, the superfriends cartoons, the wonder woman live action show, the flash live action show, the old Fleischer superman cartoons? They could have showed alot more to demonstrate DC's historic legacy i think.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Well I'm looking forward to seeing if they cover all things related to Batman. I'm kinda surprised that the 60's tv series with Adam West and the superfriends was absent from the preview .

 

[The Caped Knight]

WARNER BROS. Official Press Release

Warner Bros. Pictures has announced Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics for November 9:

Warner Bros. Pictures presents an enthralling examination of the creative forces behind the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, an all-new documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of the iconic company with unprecedented access to the Warner Bros. and DC Comics archives. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010 on DVD for $24.98 (SRP). Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics will also be available On Demand and for Download.

Behind the amazing tales of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and a host of other well-known characters is the equally impressive story of the challenges, creativity and triumphs of the company that brought those characters to life. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is both a celebration of the best writers and artists in comics and a thoughtful exploration of 75 years of DC Comics history.

Produced by the Academy Award ® -nominated team behind Spellbound (Feature Documentary), Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics combines excerpts from comics, films and television series with the insight of some of history’s most influential comic book creators and editors, among them Neal Adams, Karen Berger, Mike Carlin, Dan DiDio, Neil Gaiman, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, Dwayne McDuffie, Grant Morrison, Dennis O’Neil, Paul Pope, Louise Simonson, Mark Waid, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman.

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is written and directed by Mac Carter. Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound, The Office) served as executive producer. Producer is Gregory Noveck and co-producer is Ivan Cohen. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is produced by Sean Welch and Janet Eckholm.

"From the bans to the breakthroughs, from humble pulp beginnings to the literary rise of the graphic novel, the story of DC Comics holds a mirror to an ever-evolving enterprise and the society reflected in its comic book pages," said Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment. "It’s a true American story – Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics is a riveting, exciting, surprising revelation of that fascinating history and the men and women who forged it."

 

[kguillou]

Whens this coming out?

 

[TheWatcher]

^That's pretty good! RR is narrating? They must really be pushing him.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Whens this coming out?

November 9th .

 

[kguillou]

I'm definitely interested. It'll be cool seeing the beginnings of these characters. For anyone interested theres a very good documentary called "Once upon a time the super heroes" which examines both Marvel and DC heroes and their beginnings. Its on youtube.

 

[Karelia]

Definitely will pick this up. RR narrating should be pretty cool.

 

[Webhead2006]

looks cool, cant wait to watch it.

 

[Doc Ock]

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This was posted up onto Youtube back in May...not sure if anyone posted up here between then and now, but I thought it was a nice little piece of celebration for the milestone.

Spoiler

if only...IF ONLY...they had used the John Wesley Shipp "Flash" TV show...oh well.

Loved seeing Smallville stuff in there! But DC is making themselves look like they are only Supes and Bats....with little extras on the side...

 

[Webhead2006]

well of course they would promote supes/bats most. Since they are their 2 top tier guys. But i am sure this doc will get to all the important players.

 

[The Caped Knight]

New official Trailer

 

[KBX]

Pretty good trailer. The instrumental at the end, whats the name of it? Sounds like something from Two Steps from Hell

 

[The Caped Knight]

Trade Ad For "Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics"

World's Finest

 

[Dark_Lord]

Looks good. Speaking of DC's 75th Anniversary...I got an awesome t-shirt today. It's from a partnership by Celio* and DC for the 75th Anniversary. I got one that says "The Brave and the Bold Issue 1", under that "Batman and Green Lantern" and has a pic of Batman and GL under that. There were also Superman, Batman (with Robin, if I remember correctly), Joker and GL t-shirts. I'm definitely going to go again in the next few days to get the Superman t-shirt.

 

[Kurosawa]

It will be good to see but keep in mind this is the official company line of DC's history and not the complete truth.

 

[Sawyer]

The glass is always half empty with you, isn't it?

 

[Superman]

I am so recording this when it comes to OnDemand. t:

 

[TruerToTheCore]

I bet they will call the Crisis a necessary thing and state that Byrne brought Superman back to the roots.