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I’ll be honest in saying I’m not super familiar with Jonathan Kent. I mean, I grew up watching Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League - but, Jonathan Kent was more often than not a tertiary character, at best. That’s not to say he’s unimportant - it’s simply to preface this by letting it be known that I’m by no means an expert on the character. Perhaps that’s why, when confronted with t
While comparing these two universes is interesting, the differences between them can really be summed up to one essential thing – VISION. The MCU had it (literally and figuratively), the DCEU did not. From the moment Nick Fury stepped from the shadows & revealed himself to Tony Stark, we knew something big was coming. The films that followed each provided a piece to the larger whole – from Stark’
The SCALE of an event is important when it comes to action/adventure flicks; it’s especially important in shared universes such as the MCU and DCEU. The reasons it’s important is because when you’re telling an elongated story you don’t want the most interesting conflict to come at the beginning; there needs to be a progression - one that grows until it can no longer contain itself and explodes int
One thing I feel both the DCEU & MCU do well are their characters. I know this may not be a shared sentiment, and I feel like I have an understanding as of why. I'm going to start this one off with the DCEU - not to chastise it this time, but to sympathize. Unlike the MCU, the DCEU has been highly scrutinized. I've noticed that the DCEU receives a substantial amount of unwarranted criticism for ho
Okay, so let’s talk about STAKES. To do that, we need to talk about characters. Let’s start again with the #DCEU. Look at their roster. You have an alien (who essentially cannot be killed), a Demi-God (whose father is Zeus), a technological alien/human-hybrid, a man with the ability to distort (& often break) time & space, & a Merman (which I realize doesn’t sound all that threatening, but still.)
In this five part series I want to focus on the differences between the DCEU & MCU in regard to how their respective cinematic universes are handled in regard to HISTORY, STAKES, CHARACTERS, SCALE, and VISION. I’m going to start with the HISTORY of both worlds (or rather universes) to see how their histories have an affect on how audiences perceive their worlds. This discussion will be confined to
Positive Aspects For years I’ve always wondered what it’d look like, how it’d feel; what it‘d taste like.. well, maybe not that last one, but you get what I’m saying. More so than any other superhero team, I have always wanted to see a film wherein the iconic heroes of my childhood fought together against any evildoer who might threaten our planet. Yes, there were the cartoons that served to temp
The Dark Knight has his slew of rogues, each with their own ability to challenge him in ways the others cannot; the Scarecrow forced him to face his fears, Ra’s Al Ghoul confronted him with his past; Bane presented a physical challenge unlike any he had faced before; but the only enemy who was ever able to break his spirit, his hope, was the Joker, and that’s why I find him so, interesting. This
