Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman Weighs In On Batman vs. Superman
Robert Kirkman is the creator of the smash hit The Walking Dead, so he knows something about comics. At this weekend’s SXSW, Robert Kirkman was asked about his thoughts on DC’s plans for their movie universe vs. Marvel’s. And Robert Kirkman definitely has a strong opinion on the matter.
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"I’m going to get in trouble here … Anyone would be foolish to think that Marvel hasn’t done something extremely special. I think of Iron Man ending with with a surprise cameo from Samuel L. Jackson [mentioning] The Avengers – you were like, ‘What?! How did that happen?!’ People forget that was a surprise. Everything that came out of that was very organic and very exciting. I think [DC] announcing you’re going to do a Justice League movie after a Superman movie, that was neat and had some awesome things in it, but it wasn’t like amazing or groundbreaking – I shouldn’t have said that. It was an awesome movie, I like it. [The plan] just seems derivative, so it puts them in a backseat position to Marvel. It’s not organic so there’s going to be so much scrutiny on Batman vs. Superman when it comes out. It’s got an uphill battle. If they hadn’t told anybody if the Justice League were going to appearing in that, and they were forming that, it would have been surprising and exciting and weird. People are forgetting how important the surprise is. But, you know, Aquaman looks awesome and I’m sure it will be great."
It sounds like Robert Kirkman is kind of skeptical of the whole plan of DC/Warner Bros for their Superhero movie universe. I do agree with him that I think DC’s plan to just introduce a bunch of people at once is probably not the best way to go, but I’m honestly more worried that Zack Snyder is the one guiding the ship as Man of Steel was terrible in my opinion.
But one thing Robert Kirkman seems to be forgetting is that Marvel probably didn’t announce big plans because at the time Iron Man was a huge risk. He wasn’t a hugely popular character before the movie, and if it flopped, it would’ve just been a sad little Easter egg of possible future plans. Since Marvel has turned into a hit factory with their comic book properties, they’ve been extremely upfront about their future plans. We know every Marvel movie for the next several years. We also know every DC movie for the next several years as well. That being said, it does seem like DC is definitely putting the cart before the horse here. I just hope it works out.
h/t comicbook.com
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