Post by seahawksraawk00 on Aug 23, 2017 22:28:18 GMT
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 inot our shared universe."
2nd, what can MCU do different? MCU movies feel like they came off an assembly line. Every MCU movie basically has the same plot.
I don't doubt Scorsese as a filmmaker, I'm sure he could deliver a good Joker film, but a few problems with that. For starters, why would you want an origin film of him? Kinda defeats the purpose of who the Joker really is. Sure Scorsese could probably come up with a good story, but it's not going to please everyone because of the Joker's popularity and the fact everyone has their own idea of who he was before becoming the Joker. But also, who's going to be the villain? And is it going to be set in Gotham? And you really can't do a Joker film without Batman. And if Batman is in it, then they'll cast another Batman. And if you think it's smart that DC is keeping their films and TV show separate, then why hasn't CW brought in Batman? They have another Superman, so why no Batman? And regardless of The Dark Knight was an origin film or not for the Joker, seriously, what else can they do for a gritty and grounded Joker that they didn't do for Ledger's Joker? You're not going to get any more grounded than that without losing what makes the Joker, the Joker.
And the MCU and the Netflix series aren't exactly connected. They said it'll be a while if they ever do cross, but that's fine because it actually gives Netflix something to play off and work around what's happening in the MCU's timeline. But the MCU won't have to accommodate the Netflix series timeline and it works fine. I mean, I don't see Daredevil or Jessica Jones going up against Thanks. Luke Cage, maybe, but that's just not his character. So they're not officially connected.
And I won't deny that. Sure some of them feel like they're just another episode in the MCU, but there's really nothing wrong with that and serve their purpose, especially to introduce new Avengers like Ant-Man, Doctor Strange. They also explore more of the characters mythos so you know who they are what their life
is like, like Spider-Man and Black Panther when it comes out. That's the whole point of character building,ZERO
something DC doesn't understand at this
point and why everything is going to seem really superficial in Justice League.