Post by DC-Fan on Aug 23, 2017 21:29:26 GMT
No, it proves that WB cares more about their fans than MCU does and won't restrict a movie from being made or a story from being told simply because it can't connect to a shared universe. I've said all along that WB is smart to keep their movies and TV shows separate because it allows them the creative freedom to tell different stories (just like the comics does with their many Elseworlds stories) without having to try to force-fit them into a shared universe, lik MCU, which is dumb to try to connect their movies and TV shows and failing badly at.
How do you think this project started in the 1st place? Do you think WB went to Martin Scorcese and said "Mr. Scorcese, we know you're a highly-respected and acclaimed Director and an Oscar winner. We want you to direct a movie for us about a character who is the most famous villain in comic-book history."? If WB did that, then they had a lot of balls to do that.
More likely, Scorcese approached WB and said "Let me pitch to you this idea for a movie that I've wanted to make for a long time." Similar to how Patty Jenkins had wanted to make a Wonder Woman movie for over a decade: Patty Jenkins Reflects On "Wonder Woman," Getting The Opportunity To Direct A Tentpole Movie
Well, when Martin Scorcese says he wants to make a movie for your studio, you don't say "No". And you don't say what MCU Dictator Kevin Feige said to Edgar Wright and Patty Jenkins "Only if you make the movie following our orders. If you don't follow our orders, you're fired."
A Director the caliber of Martin Scorcese doesn't have to take that shit from any studio. If Scorcese says he wants to make a Joker movie and he wants Leonardo DiCaprio to play the Joker, you don't say "No, it has to be Jared Leto because it has to fit into our shared universe."
1st, The Dark Knight wasn't an origin story for the Joker.
2nd, what can MCU do different? MCU movies feel like they came off an assembly line. Every MCU movie basically has the same plot.