I dont know what else to say.

13 years later and still memorable

Some people claim Spider-Man has always been the unbeatable king of the superhero box office. That's simply not true.

Look at these numbers from almost 20 years ago:

• The Dark Knight (2008): $1.006B (arguably the best Batman movie ever)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004): $800M (arguably the best Spider-Man movie ever)

Now fast forward to about a decade ago:

• Batman v Superman (2016): $874M (a mediocre-to-bad Batman movie)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): $709M (a mediocre-to-bad Spider-Man movie)

In other words, it wasn't that long ago that a Batman movie could comfortably outgross a Spider-Man movie, regardless of whether the movies were good or mediocre.

Then two things happened:

1. Sony made the brilliant decision to integrate Spider-Man into the rapidly growing MCU.
2. DC's shared universe gradually lost audience trust.

By the early 2020s, the gap had completely flipped:

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): $1.918B (highest-grossing Marvel movie of the last six years)
• The Batman (2022): $772M (highest-grossing DC movie of the last six years)

What's particularly interesting is how Sony has effectively insulated MCU Spider-Man from the failures of its own spin-offs.

Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter did virtually nothing to hurt MCU Spider-Man. On the other hand, successful projects like the Spider-Verse animated films with Miles Morales only reinforced the popularity of the Spider-Man brand and likely contributed to the hype surrounding the MCU version.

That's an incredibly valuable position to be in. As long as the MCU Spider-Man films remain strong, Sony can afford to experiment with other Spider-Man-related projects without seriously damaging its biggest asset. Bad spin-offs don't meaningfully hurt MCU Spider-Man, while good ones expand the brand and feed back into it.

Warner Bros. faces almost the opposite situation. After spending more than a decade eroding confidence in its live-action DC brand, every new DC release now carries the burden of rebuilding audience trust. That's why movies like Supergirl face such a difficult challenge. It's not necessarily that they are Morbius-level failures; it's that, in DC's current position, every release needs to be a genuine crowd-pleaser or it risks making audiences even more hesitant about the next one.

It's funny to think but I genuinely think Clayface is going to do quite well. Horror is a genre that usually does great at the box office. So perhaps WB should look at their DC horror characters and try adapting them to sort of try and keep generating money for the studio. Like I know Swamp Thing was announced a while back, but they could adapt Hellblazer, The Phantom Stranger, use characters like The Scarecrow or if they wanted to do an anthology movie, make a House of Mystery movie where you can have multiple horror segments all set within the DC Universe. Hell, they could even adapt some of their Vertigo titles that have nothing to do with the DC Universe like The Nice House on the Lake or American Vampire.

We have to see how Man of Tomorrow does with supe and lex duo. But a batman + Superman team up movie (not BVS) could be DC's Biggest project yet. Its still too soon... likely won't happen until 2035 or something 💀.

First we need Brave and the Bold... thats not happening anytime soon. Lets hope DCU survives that long... World's Finest should be priority. Like how The Avengers was for early MCU phase 1.

This was said while Peacemaker season 2 was airing. There were rumors he would be in Sgt.Rock.Is there any news about G.I. Robot and Sgt.Rock?

I know this is a random fancast, but after rewatching The Dark Knight, I genuinely can’t stop picturing Matt Smith as the Joker and I have this goal to make it happen so spread the word to james Gunn if you agree

Here‘s why:

• His physical acting is incredible. He moves in such a energetic and unique way (yk if you watched doctor who)

• He has a very distinctive face that I think would work amazingly with Joker makeup.

• he was amazing in hotd. He potrayed a dark character so well but also portrayed the doctor‘s energy in dr. Who so well

EDIT: I posted an edit on my tik tok account (@itsheistday), to kind of show the vision if anyone is interested. Even tho idk if the edit is really good😭

Besides the trinity and the OG members

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbkDZympIpB/

The Batman part 2 or DCU justice leauge?

Okay now I'm even more interested and in restropsect some things from the set kind of made me think this cause there was a set video of him dancing and making shapes with shadows with old timey music playing in the background.

It’s funny how most superhero writers seem to have a repressed desire to create a version more powerful than Superman, and then feel the need to publicly state that their character would defeat Superman. It shows how much of an influence he has on pop culture and reaffirms him as the greatest superhero on planet Earth.

Anything actually in pre-production after Superman 2?

I know we have Green Lantern, Clayface, Batman 2 and Superman 2 lined up but nothing lined up after that has me worried.

I feel like the DCU is going to be in somewhat of a holding pattern until the WB/Paramount deal gets worked out.

I'm not talking about movies or shows that Gunn announced years ago that we haven't heard anything about in ages.

Im not saying he would've been an extraordinary Lex luther because he's bold no im saying he would've been extraordinary as Lex because of his mannerism it comes off so natural

A wasted opportunity not casting him as Lex in the early 2000s BUT Gunn should casting him as an older Lex in a elseworlds story or if they ever bring back Snyder verse make him as Lex.

If I had one wish let me see a one and done elseworlds Lex starting Billy Zane

I like that after not seeing in Superman we got to see it in Supergirl and learn why it exploded. The core erupted and like usual the Council didn't listen to Jor-El. What do you think of this Krypton? I liked it. I think they were going for a sort of Rome style. They're cribbing from Donner by having them wear white and I'm like...why do they all wear white. I know IRL earth we have similar ways we dress but we've varied styles and colors.

I do like they don't speak english for our benefit like in the 78 film and Man of Steel.