The success for WB in superheroes has come down to pure dumb luck with whom the director is, their mindset is always business first, they don't give a damn about ensuring the product is good as evident from GL, all they care about is the coin.[/quote
None of this is true. GREEN LANTERN alone doesn't prove anything. Hiring Nolan was not "dumb luck".
If we're honest with ourselves they lucked out with Nolan, simple as that.
And Marvel lucked out with Whedon. What's your point?
That is why there is no benefit to a single universe for DC characters because there is never going to be the same desire for them from those up top, if that's the case then just let characters roam freely on their own without placing restrictions on them, let the director who's passionate about the project do his thing and make the films as unique as possible.
This just isn't remotely true.
Issue i have with a connected universe on film is that the films tends to be handcuffed from reaching their full potential. I understand Marvel's want to ensure they didn't screw up, at the same time it came at the cost of the films reaching their full potential.
The Marvel films didn't reach their full potential because they weren't written to reach their full potential, not because they were handcuffed by being part of a larger universe.
And as has already been pointed out, Marvel's formula is not the only way to make a superhero movie.
I don't see why there is any kind of reason a Batman movie couldn't look and feel completely different from a Superman movie, while simultaneously co-existing in the same universe. Just like the comics. To me, it should be as jarring for us as it is for those characters to interact. Batman should be awestruck by Superman, but concerned with what it would mean if this guy turned bad. It's not just about making the characters work together on screen, it's making their worlds work together on screen. The difference between Gotham and Metropolis should be night and day.
Exactly. I think the problem comes down to a lack of imagination on fans part...to imagine general audiences being capable of imagination.
ExAgain, there's nothing inherent about the shared universe concept that inhibits stories, characters, atmospheres or anything else about the film. Just because that's how Marvel did it, that doesn't mean that's how a JL film would have to come about. There's certainly a cautionary tale in there... but I think Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk were both totally self-contained films that fed into The Avengers and were both excellent works. And stylistically they were pretty different.
