Why Can't DC Get it right?

[Octoberist]

Jonah Hex should have been the new High Plains Drifter, which is an underrated western by Eastwood for some odd reason.

 

[Red Mask]

I don't know about you guys, but I think I'll enjoy Blueberry and Lucky Luke a lot more.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

if you're talking money

SM3 - $890,871,626

TDK - $1,001,921,825

making a difference of - $111,050,199
(SM made more money than TDK overseas)

if we're talking ratings

SM2 - 94% rottentomato
TDK - 94% rottentomato
SM2 - 83 - metacritic
TDK - 82 - metacritic

I'd say that was coming pretty close.

Even the ones in the commericals didn't look like the Marvel logo. Its very unlikely that they were trying to trick the public

You can't use that as a fallback for everything DC does wrong

Person 1: DC is respnsible of the bombing of a children's hospital
Person 2: But they have The Dark Knight so every thing is fine

Nice.

I love TDK it literally is my favorite movie, but I find it funny that some people act like its the only superhero/comic film to be critically acclaimed/have a Oscar nominated performance/make alot of money

HAving one or 2 HUGE franchises, like Batman and to a lesser extent Superman, is great. But having 3 HUGE franchises is better

What I said wasn't meant to be taken seriously. I honestly don't really care. I just get bored. Just think of it as me sending up the people who do use that all the time. t:

 

[REDophile]

I don't think the failure of Jonah Hex dooms the future of DC movies. First of all, the casual moviegoer probably doesn't know that JH is a DC comics character, more likely they think its just another Western.

GL could be the start of something if its as much of a hit as Iron Man, certainly has the potential.

There was an article in Time on all the box-office flops of this summer season so far. It won't be like that next summer.

 

[MadVillainy]

I have my doubts GL will be as big as Iron Man. I think it'll be a good movie, but it wont have the legs to reach 550 million dollars

Did everone see the trailer for Red? I thought it looks good, but apparently its alot funnier than the source material, which kind of raised a question:

Didn't DC want to make there films darker? But they had these 3 darker properties like The Losers, Jonah Hex, and now Red that they turned into more comical/"popcorny" type films. Why?

 

[Heretic]

I have my doubts GL will be as big as Iron Man. I think it'll be a good movie, but it wont have the legs to reach 550 million dollars

Did everone see the trailer for Red? I thought it looks good, but apparently its alot funnier than the source material, which kind of raised a question:

Didn't DC want to make there films darker? But they had these 3 darker properties like The Losers, Jonah Hex, and now Red that they turned into more comical/"popcorny" type films. Why?

I'm all for more

Please delete this post.

The movie Red does not exist. neither does Jonah Hex or The Losers. This thread is a rant about how DC does not adapt any of their titles into films...and the fact that 2010 features more DC movies than Marvel makes the people ranting look rather silly.

To sum up. Red, The Losers and Jonah Hex don't "count". They do not exist.

 

[MadVillainy]

Please delete this post.

The movie Red does not exist. neither does Jonah Hex or The Losers. This thread is a rant about how DC does not adapt any of their titles into films...and the fact that 2010 features more DC movies than Marvel makes the people ranting look rather silly.

To sum up. Red, The Losers and Jonah Hex don't "count". They do not exist.

I can't tell if you're serious or not...
If you are youre being ridiculous

 

[Docker2.0]

I hope he's kidding. But yeah there are more DC comic movies out this year than Marvel's and that is a head scratcher...........and it is not looking good for DC. But honestly, I see GL making no less than $170M domestically. He's a lot more popular than people give him credit and he's a space superhero. It's something that's really not touched to much in comic movies for whatever reason.

 

[Octoberist]

GL will make decent movie, that's almost a given.

Comic Con will be the ultimate test to the new DC Entertainment.

 

[spider-neil]

I think IM success was just it took everyone by surprise how good it was and little else, it certainly wasn't because the character was well known like spidey. for GL to be a success it will have be a good movie as the general audience wont have a clue who the character is like unlike batman, superman or WW.

 

[REDophile]

Its not a measure of whether the non-superhero DC material "counts" or not. But JH and the Losers turning out as duds shouldn't hamper the development of future superhero films like GL, Flash, the Superman reboot or Nolan's last Batman. Its nothing like the embarrassment of B&R in 1997, which caused WB to lose faith in DC because the mega-icon that is Batman failed.

For any hope of getting the properties out of development hell, DCE needs Geoff Johns to be what Kevin Feige is to Marvel for them.

 

[HighFivingMF]

The Losers didn't do that bad. It cost 25 million and made 26 million. It probably didn't make all of it's money back what with promotion and whatnot but it's not the colossal bomb people are making it out to be.

 

[Docker2.0]

What about Jonah Hex? Dude you can't paint that pig up in Maybeline but it's still a pig!

 

[HighFivingMF]

What about Jonah Hex? Dude you can't paint that pig up in Maybeline but it's still a pig!

I never said anything about Jonah Hex... I'm just pointing out that The Losers didn't bomb like everyone said.

 

[Docker2.0]

Oh it bombed alright! It's budget was $25M, and fell short by $2M. That's not what WB/DC was expecting. You are in denial if you think this wasn't a BO failure. You won't see a sequel to this anytime soon. The movie shouldn't have been made in the first place. Heck, I'd rather see the Wonder Twins made than this!



I'm actually kidding about the Wonder Twins but you get my drift. Out of all the movies DC could have made, they chose this one?!?

 

[chiefchirpa]

Its not a measure of whether the non-superhero DC material "counts" or not. But JH and the Losers turning out as duds shouldn't hamper the development of future superhero films like GL, Flash, the Superman reboot or Nolan's last Batman. Its nothing like the embarrassment of B&R in 1997, which caused WB to lose faith in DC because the mega-icon that is Batman failed.

For any hope of getting the properties out of development hell, DCE needs Geoff Johns to be what Kevin Feige is to Marvel for them.

You're asking too much for Geoff Johns. Geoff is also writing comics and it seems DC Comics is very much depended on him. Feige doesn't need to and he can focus his attention to the movie business.

 

[HighFivingMF]

25-2 isn't 26. Bombs are movies that have a budget that far exceeds the gross. The Losers wasn't a bomb, and it really won't be once the DVD/Blu-Ray is released. I don't know why you're so desperate to make it look like it is. But hey, if you get your pleasure from trying to making a movie studio look bad, more power to ya.

 

[Docker2.0]

Ooooh! My fault! It cost $25M to make but only made $23M. You have to also take out the movie theaters cuts, the promotion cuts(and this film was heavily promoted)and I'm saying it falls at least $15M short. A movie is considered a success when it makes it's budget back but in order for a studio to break even, they have to make a little more, unless you are expecting toys and things like that to be considered, which the Losers clearly doesn't. I thought it was a bad idea to release this movie so close to the A-team because they look like clones of them with the same premise. But yeah.........it's a disappointment.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Ooooh! My fault! It cost $25M to make but only made $23M. You have to also take out the movie theaters cuts, the promotion cuts(and this film was heavily promoted)and I'm saying it falls at least $15M short. A movie is considered a success when it makes it's budget back but in order for a studio to break even, they have to make a little more, unless you are expecting toys and things like that to be considered, which the Losers clearly doesn't. I thought it was a bad idea to release this movie so close to the A-team because they look like clones of them with the same premise. But yeah.........it's a disappointment.

It made 26 million worldwide.

 

[Docker2.0]

And WB probably only sees about maybe 2/3's of it.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Again, I never said it was profitable. I just said it wasn't the GIGANTIC TERRIBLE JONAH HEX BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone's made it out to be. Just a disappointment that will make the rest of it's money back a few weeks after the DVD/Blu-Ray hits.

You, along with your apparent vendetta against WB/DC, don't seem to get that that's what I'm saying. So I'm not responding to you in this topic anymore. Toodles.

 

[Docker2.0]

Dude relax. I have no vendetta with WB/DC. I honestly do believe that despite these two bombs this year, that starting with GL, they have their act together......I'm hoping they do anyway. As long as GL does good(99% sure it will), then we will get our Flash movie, then a Green Arrow movie(wishful thinking)and so forth. But all these minor comic adaptions need to quit. Bring out the big guns so the Marvel/DC movie war can truly begin. Say what you want but Marvel has been owning them in movies and video games. DC owns Marvel in cartoon adaptions and DVDs but......show me the money and honestly, Marvel can right now.

 

[Octoberist]

it's a pretty back drop off, no matter how you see it even with 'dvd' sales. So yeah, it's pretty bad but it doesn't affect DC Entertainment in the long run.

 

[Docker2.0]

Well I did say DC owned Marvel in that department, but that's about it. But honestly, I have a glimmer of hope that DC is getting better, kind of. DC comics have started to outsell Marvel's again but then again, it maybe because Marvel's went up a $1. But DC is following in their footsteps and doing the same thing so I'm cutting back on buying books. Now way am I paying $4 for a thin book that is full of commercials!

 

[Rumpy Bulge Dubz]

comics are up $4 now?

damn, far too expensive

glad I quit collecting and just stick to the occassional trade here and there