All of a Sudden, I’m Way More Excited For DC’s Upcoming Movies Than Marvel’s

Something unusual has happened in the dateless war for domination of superhero movie . After age of Marvel ceaselessly kicking DC ’s As , I feel as though DC has suddenly taken the lead , thanks to the wondrous new Suicide Squad trailer and the Wonder Woman film footage . What is even find ?

If you ’ve read my work with any geometrical regularity on io9 , you do it I ’m easily the most minus when it come to DC ’s cinematic output . Not only do I suppose Man of Steel was awful , I was n’t much of a fan of Chris Nolan ’s dour Dark Knight movies , either . And Batman v Superman seems to take the grimmest , dour - est of both worlds , turn what should be the cracking superhero copulate in cinematic account into an overwrought pecker - measuring contest .

See ? I really do n’t give care for DC ’s movies ! And yet , after watching last Nox , I realized that I am right smart more excited about these two upcoming films than I am about just about every film Marvel has in the near future . This is something that has never happened before . I am looking ahead to Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman more than I am Captain America : Civil War , Dr. Strange , and even Guardians of the Galaxy 2 .

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Let me clarify a few thing : I still mean Batman v Superman looks bad , and I ’m not include it on my list here . I also am theoretically mad for Marvel ’s Black Panther and Captain Marvel movies , but it ’s so betimes in their process that they ’re too unfixed to really sleep with what to ask ( sure , a good Captain Marvel motion picture is my end - all be - all ) . And I ’m also not sealed that either Wonder Woman or Suicide Squad will in reality be proficient . In fact , I can easily envisage both of them being dire .

However , the footage of both DC movies shown last night proves to me they both have the potential to be good — but more than that , they are definitely go to be unlike . By finally ease up us not just a superhero movie with a female lead , but also a moving-picture show where the villain are in reality the supporter , DC has shockingly committed to giving us two modern superhero films we ’ve never seen before .

Having lead characters who are women or non - heroes is n’t on the nose a revolutionary idea for most comics fans — but somehow , despite it being 16 years since the first X - Men photographic film kick back off the age of modern superhero movies , we ’ve never had either on the big screen . consecrate how bureaucratic the DC / Warner Bros. pic base is , I truly did not expect that DC would be the ship’s company to make these films first , particularly give the Marvel Studios ’ exponential success since 2008 ’s Iron Man motion picture . Somehow , despite the fact that Marvel has a dozen movies in less than eight years , they ’ve never wangle to reach either of what DC will be doing in 2016 and 2017 .

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I ’m not saying the Marvel picture show are bad — that ’s of course not true . But they ’re unquestionably homogeneous . Marvel Studios assembles them ( no pun intend ) as if it were a factory , all basically the same but with seeable but essentially superficial modifications . The first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was as unequalled as Marvel Studios has dared to get , thanks to its cosmic setting and motlier than usual crew . But essentially , Star - Lord was the same jolt with a secret hero inside him as Tony Stark , Ant - Man ’s Scott Lang , or even Thor . It was the same worked up journey , whether the protagonist was accompanied by Pepper Potts , Hope Van Dyne , Jane Foster , or Rocket Raccoon . ( Also , while some people may be delirious about the superhero throwdown of Captain America : Civil War , the Avengers have failed to get along in both of their film , and occasionally fall to blows already , among several other issues . )

The villains of Suicide Squad may be jerks , but valor will be forced upon them , making their story - discharge far unlike from those of Marvel ’s baseball field - in - the - rough heroes . But Wonder Woman ? As a fair sex , her story is fundamentally , inalienably different from any male superhero . Now , her gender could for certain be ignore to make a more traditional superhero plot line , but here ’s whatdirector Patty Jenkins said last night about WWthat make water me so , so excited :

The greatest thing about Wonder Woman is how full and genial and loving she is , yet none of that nullify any of her power .

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There ’s a reason you never hear about Captain America or Iron Man being tolerant . braw , sure . But no one call a manly sub “ loving . ” So to stress Wonder Woman ’s kindness just as much as her force — that show to me beyond a doubt that Jenkins gets Wonder Woman altogether , a feat that has traditionally been beyond most mirthful book author . Coupled with the male - dominated , savage World War I setting — which can only serve to counterpoint a powerful distaff role joining it — and all of a sudden I have more faith in DC ’s Wonder Woman picture than I do any other superhero picture show presently in output .

tote up to that a Cyborg moving-picture show ? An Aquaman movie where Aquaman is play by Jason Momoa , instead of one of the bland white dudes that make up virtually all of DC ’s Silver Age - created heroes ? DC is clearly render to do something novel with its non - Batman and Superman movies , and I appreciate the hell out of it . perhaps my optimism is unfounded , and maybe it wo n’t work out . Maybe these will all be disasters , and Marvel ’s self-colored - but - increasingly familiar fare will stay to come through the box office .

But for the first time since Iron Man came out , I ’m much more concerned in giving DC my money than Marvel . fall in that I ’ve spent years giving DC movies shit , that ’s a succeeder all its own .

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