The difference between MCU and DC villains.

Oct 25, 2017 11:18:25 GMT formersamhmd said:

Oct 25, 2017 10:51:53 GMT Hauntedknight87 said:

Aren't they? All their villains have a simple motive, not saying it's a bad thing, but it's nothing ground breaking. That goes for DCEU as well.

It's rather groundbreaking for a CBM to actually be about the hero first and foremost instead of the villain being the core of the story.

If you believe it it's not a lie. But when your wishes override fact, it's called a delusion. I'm not an expert on CBMs; but

- In the goofy 60s Batman films Batman & Robin were front and center - these came before MCU right?  

- In Superman 1 even worse (it's the go-to template for MCU as Feige himself declared), Lex was reduced to a comic cartoon villain- these films came before MCU right?

- In Batman Begins also, Bruce's story was front and center - that one came before MCU right?

- In Helloboy 1 & 2 nobody remembers the name of the villains (though the weak dark elf villain in 2 appeared in Thor 2 too) - these came before MCU right?

- Even in Fox Men Magneto or Stryker never were center, the center were Logan, Rogue etc; it was just well written so that the villains are memorable.    

Conclusio: Wrong, sam. The trend to write weak villains and formulaic heroes did not start with MCU, MCU just put it to the extreme.