Post by PreachCaleb on Aug 23, 2017 18:14:32 GMT
www.polygon.com/2017/8/23/16189172/joker-movie-warner-bros-dc
Here's another article with some different perspectives on this. Lots of different articles are popping up now.
They do raise some interesting issues, but I still fall on the side of this not being a good idea. It smacks of gambling against their own franchise which they're still trying to set up. The DCEU is far from solidified in the minds of fans and doing this only comes off as not supporting what they're trying to build.
I also don't like the Jokers origin being told, but we'll see what they mean by that.
That article makes some excellent points, especially the part about:
What often times ruins a movie is the need for it to continue after the credits are finished rolling — just look at what Universal Pictures did to The Mummy and its monsters universe. Getting rid of that pressure and just focusing on creating the best movie the studio can make will be beneficial for everyone.
Most of MCU movies are ruined because all they are is an ad for the next movie. Look at Wonder Woman. Patty Jenkins was able to create the 1 of the greatest CBM ever because she was able to focus on creating the best self-contained story rather than having to create an ad for the next movie (like most of MCU's movies are) and didn't have to rely on cameos (like SMH, which had Tony Stark in the beginning, middle, and end of the movie) from characters in other movies.
A closer focus on just the antagonistic relationship between Batman and Superman (without the superfluous cameos) would've yielded a tighter story with better pacing.