WB’s pivot to the multiverse feels scarily reminiscent of, well, DC’s post-CRISIS addiction of pivoting to multiverses — whenever sales drop or your rebooted characters aren’t catching on, just throw another CRISIS/52/REBIRTH in and reboot your universe again... and we’ve all seen how well *that* goes. As much as a company marketing man Hamada seems, I’d argue having Geoff Johns as DC Films’ creative chief is just as damaging, because the “just throw another CRISIS” culture is exactly where he comes from. I’ve never been turned on by his writing on the page (good *lord* just look at his New 52 JUSTICE LEAGUE) and I feel he’s bringing that same sensibility to his overarching vision of DC’s movie division. Could you imagine it if someone like Grant Morrison was steering the ship? (I mean, the whole idea of corporate WB trying to deal with Morrison is hilarious, but still.) But, yeah, I just feel like they’re never going to get it together until they have a unified storytelling vision and focus from someone who isn’t Geoff Johns (or Zack Snyder before him) — if they get *that* right, audiences and ancillaries will follow.
Warner’s “multiverse” plan sounds perfectly fine to me. They failed to make an MCU style thing gel, unintentionally mirroring exactly how the two comics universes evolved. It's just as well as one giant interwoven cinematic universe is probably enough for everyone. If they now can focus on just making the siloed properties work on their own without forcing them to hew to a grand master plan, that seems more likely to result in better movies (for them).
As far as people pontificating about Rian Johnson or Kevin Feige and lack of announcements ... it's just kremlinology. It'll never not exist.
Dude you have pivoted so effectively from the era of film blogs pushing studio drivel. It was horrible to witness the AICN era sort of morph into that in general. I guess accompanied by what were my “geek” properties becoming mainstream. I feel like what you’re doing is the future and you’re perfectly positioned for it. The thing I think is cool about the modern era is that older stuff feels more alive and relevant than ever. I know so many ppl open to watching old stuff then I did in my youth, and I think letterboxd will help that grow and grow. I am gonna make it my mission to get as many ppl to sub to this as I can. Also weird cuz I was just reading about frank price. I would say more but gotta finish work so I can watch THE DISSIDENT. Even though it will enrage me.
WB’s pivot to the multiverse feels scarily reminiscent of, well, DC’s post-CRISIS addiction of pivoting to multiverses — whenever sales drop or your rebooted characters aren’t catching on, just throw another CRISIS/52/REBIRTH in and reboot your universe again... and we’ve all seen how well *that* goes. As much as a company marketing man Hamada seems, I’d argue having Geoff Johns as DC Films’ creative chief is just as damaging, because the “just throw another CRISIS” culture is exactly where he comes from. I’ve never been turned on by his writing on the page (good *lord* just look at his New 52 JUSTICE LEAGUE) and I feel he’s bringing that same sensibility to his overarching vision of DC’s movie division. Could you imagine it if someone like Grant Morrison was steering the ship? (I mean, the whole idea of corporate WB trying to deal with Morrison is hilarious, but still.) But, yeah, I just feel like they’re never going to get it together until they have a unified storytelling vision and focus from someone who isn’t Geoff Johns (or Zack Snyder before him) — if they get *that* right, audiences and ancillaries will follow.
Warner’s “multiverse” plan sounds perfectly fine to me. They failed to make an MCU style thing gel, unintentionally mirroring exactly how the two comics universes evolved. It's just as well as one giant interwoven cinematic universe is probably enough for everyone. If they now can focus on just making the siloed properties work on their own without forcing them to hew to a grand master plan, that seems more likely to result in better movies (for them).
As far as people pontificating about Rian Johnson or Kevin Feige and lack of announcements ... it's just kremlinology. It'll never not exist.
Dude you have pivoted so effectively from the era of film blogs pushing studio drivel. It was horrible to witness the AICN era sort of morph into that in general. I guess accompanied by what were my “geek” properties becoming mainstream. I feel like what you’re doing is the future and you’re perfectly positioned for it. The thing I think is cool about the modern era is that older stuff feels more alive and relevant than ever. I know so many ppl open to watching old stuff then I did in my youth, and I think letterboxd will help that grow and grow. I am gonna make it my mission to get as many ppl to sub to this as I can. Also weird cuz I was just reading about frank price. I would say more but gotta finish work so I can watch THE DISSIDENT. Even though it will enrage me.