shauner111
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Oh good lord. It's simple. If you like Marvel more then fine, if you like DC more then fine. But this is not some stupid war about who's better. Facts are facts, DC/JL have bigger names who do not need the build that some people here seem to think they need.
Like stated before, Marvel had spider-man, hulk and wolverine as their biggest in pop culture before 2008. Wolverine was not even as popular as the other two, and spider-man isn't in the Avengers. That leaves just the incredible Hulk. They didn't have to release another Hulk movie after Norton left. It was easy for them to throw Ruffalo into the role right into The Avengers. The others? Not so much. They needed their backstories told beforehand or a small cameo.
If my parents have no idea who X-Men are, or who Wolverine or Thor is...yet they know who Wonder Woman, Flash & Aquaman are?? Then that's telling me something. My parents for example, represent the general audience. Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Wonder Woman, Flash. Aquaman may be the only one that they know ONLY by name and not by anything else. If you showed them a picture, they wouldnt know who it was. Maybe now they know Iron Man because of Downey.
The point is, out of the original 7 members of JL..about 5 of them are known. And WB may be moving ahead with a team that uses just 5 members. Avengers, prior to 08' had 1 or 2 out of 7 that were known. They needed the build up badly AND it was the first team-up movie of its kind. So it was very appropriate, but ppl know the formula now.
End of. It shouldnt even be a debate. It has nothing to do with "oh u live here! so u dont know what its like in Australia! or in Japan!" people from those places just said that a lot of JL heroes are known over there. When u say "general audience" ur not counting every single child and adult on the planet LOL. It means not just the fanboys, but the regular movie-goers. Your always going to find kids who are a bit shut off from pop culture for whatever reason, but we're talking the majority here.
Like stated before, Marvel had spider-man, hulk and wolverine as their biggest in pop culture before 2008. Wolverine was not even as popular as the other two, and spider-man isn't in the Avengers. That leaves just the incredible Hulk. They didn't have to release another Hulk movie after Norton left. It was easy for them to throw Ruffalo into the role right into The Avengers. The others? Not so much. They needed their backstories told beforehand or a small cameo.
If my parents have no idea who X-Men are, or who Wolverine or Thor is...yet they know who Wonder Woman, Flash & Aquaman are?? Then that's telling me something. My parents for example, represent the general audience. Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Wonder Woman, Flash. Aquaman may be the only one that they know ONLY by name and not by anything else. If you showed them a picture, they wouldnt know who it was. Maybe now they know Iron Man because of Downey.
The point is, out of the original 7 members of JL..about 5 of them are known. And WB may be moving ahead with a team that uses just 5 members. Avengers, prior to 08' had 1 or 2 out of 7 that were known. They needed the build up badly AND it was the first team-up movie of its kind. So it was very appropriate, but ppl know the formula now.
End of. It shouldnt even be a debate. It has nothing to do with "oh u live here! so u dont know what its like in Australia! or in Japan!" people from those places just said that a lot of JL heroes are known over there. When u say "general audience" ur not counting every single child and adult on the planet LOL. It means not just the fanboys, but the regular movie-goers. Your always going to find kids who are a bit shut off from pop culture for whatever reason, but we're talking the majority here.
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