Marvel vs DC thoughts

[the-pi-guy]

I mostly grew up with DC (Justice League, Batman Arkham games, Dark Knight series, Smallville), but Marvel has had a much better run on the movie side in recent times.  It was never a huge part of my life, but I have a lot more fondness for DC to this day.  


I've seen the sentiment that Marvel is about humans trying to be gods, while DC is about gods trying to be human. And I think that's a little too general. Like Thor is literally a Norse God.  

I do think that more of the superheroes in Marvel tend to have a radiation/chemical based origin, whereas DC has a lot of heroes where they're just born that way.  But there are exceptions - Thor on Marvel's side, Flash on DC's side are obvious ones.  

[Legend]

I liked spiderman and batman and superman as a kid, but it was only about liking their movies. I liked teen titans on comedy central and I thought cyborg and some others were cool characters, but I never cared about them in a show/actor agnostic way.


That's carried forward. There are good super hero movies, but I couldn't care less about these connected universes they keep pushing. Maybe that's why Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, etc. are all the better ones imo. More stand alone. 

[the-pi-guy]

Not really Marvel related, but I thought I'd put this here - and I might put more stuff in here.  

YouTube has been suggesting clips about the Superman movie.  


David Corenswet/Superman seems to be a genuine DC fan. Whereas the people who play Lois and Lex aren't - he seems to be the only one who knows who Martian Manhunter is.  

And he convinced James Gunn that Superman needs the trunks.  



I'm very excited for the future of DCU.

[Legend]

You feel like Superman was a good start? I have yet to watch it.

[the-pi-guy]

You feel like Superman was a good start? I have yet to watch it.

It was good, room for improvement though.