Yup. What Dave said. DC animation, when in the hands of Timm and Dini, was the best on-screen iteration of comic-book heroes in memory. Surely they'd do a better job than those who have been in charge of the DC live-action film side (except for C. Nolan's first two "Batman" films).
On Friday, November 8, 2013 4:29:46 PM UTC-8, Dave Sikula wrote: > > The difference between DC and Marvel is that Disney/Marvel gives the > people who actually write and create the characters an active role in the > media projects, whereas Warners/DC relies on traditional Hollywood studio > types. It also doesn't help that the people who run the comics end of > things -- Dan DiDio, Geoff Johns, and Jim Lee -- really don't have a clue > as to how or why their characters work. If Warners had any brains, they'd > turn the franchises over to Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Brad Bird and stand > back. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:13:25 PM UTC-8, Joe Coughlin wrote: >> >> Disney is clearly far better at managing franchises than Warner Bros. >> >> They need a DC Brand manager who has some kind of pull within the studio. >> Marvel already had that before the Disney acquisition, but they have done >> an even better job doing it since they were bought. >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'd be worried about Marvel over-saturating the market if this project >>> was going to OTA/cable or into theaters, but Netflix is an ideal platform >>> for this kind of expansion. Although I shudder to think about the budgets >>> for each of these series... >>> >>> Now the real question is...when is DC going to get up off their asses >>> and do something - ANYTHING - to stop Marvel's domination of pop culture? >>> (And no, MOS2: Batman v. Superman doesn't count.) >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:59:01 AM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: >>>> >>>> Disney's ABC Studios and Marvel TV units will produce at least four >>>> 13-ep series, each starring a different Marvel character, for the streamer >>>> leading up to a Defenders mini-series--the target date to begin the >>>> project >>>> is 2015: >>>> >>>> http://www.thewrap.com/disney-netflix-teaming-marvel-comics- >>>> shows-daredevil-luke-cage/ >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... 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Although I shudder to think about the budgets >>> for each of these series... >>> >>> Now the real question is...when is DC going to get up off their asses >>> and do something - ANYTHING - to stop Marvel's domination of pop culture? >>> (And no, MOS2: Batman v. Superman doesn't count.) >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:59:01 AM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: >>>> >>>> Disney's ABC Studios and Marvel TV units will produce at least four >>>> 13-ep series, each starring a different Marvel character, for the streamer >>>> leading up to a Defenders mini-series--the target date to begin the >>>> project >>>> is 2015: >>>> >>>> http://www.thewrap.com/disney-netflix-teaming-marvel-comics- >>>> shows-daredevil-luke-cage/ >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... 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