Comments on: D.C. vs Marvel and the movies http://blog.gwax.com/2008/07/17/dc-vs-marvel-and-the-movies/ the philosophical banter of a madman Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: rsw http://blog.gwax.com/2008/07/17/dc-vs-marvel-and-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-961 rsw Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:59:39 +0000 http://blog.gwax.com/2008/07/17/dc-vs-marvel-and-the-movies/#comment-961 I think you've probably blocked out "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin." Both are substantially worse than "Batman Returns." Moreover, other than being maybe a bit slow in parts, Batman Begins was quite good. Dark Knight is hands down the best comic book movie ever made, though. Close seconds are Iron Man and Spider-man 2 in some order. I agree with your assessment of the indie comics versus the mainstreams, but you only have to look at the crossover events to realize how fucking awful the DC editorial staff is. 52 and Countdown blew, and then they completely fucked the plot of Final Crisis by spoiling half of it in a bridge series that was only necessary because they fucked up Countdown. On the other hand, Civil War was well done, if a bit preachy. World War Hulk is a sad disappointment, but Secret Invasion is VERY cool. Overall, Marvel has a far better run universe than DC. Don't let the few good DC titles (Batman plus epsilon) throw you---the true character of DC is suck through and through. I think you’ve probably blocked out “Batman Forever” and “Batman and Robin.” Both are substantially worse than “Batman Returns.” Moreover, other than being maybe a bit slow in parts, Batman Begins was quite good.

Dark Knight is hands down the best comic book movie ever made, though. Close seconds are Iron Man and Spider-man 2 in some order.

I agree with your assessment of the indie comics versus the mainstreams, but you only have to look at the crossover events to realize how fucking awful the DC editorial staff is. 52 and Countdown blew, and then they completely fucked the plot of Final Crisis by spoiling half of it in a bridge series that was only necessary because they fucked up Countdown. On the other hand, Civil War was well done, if a bit preachy. World War Hulk is a sad disappointment, but Secret Invasion is VERY cool. Overall, Marvel has a far better run universe than DC. Don’t let the few good DC titles (Batman plus epsilon) throw you—the true character of DC is suck through and through.

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