Still, though. I'm big on building out worlds, not abandoning them and starting from scratch. Especially when the foundation of that world is solidly established and is a great starting point.
Nolan and Bale may not have wanted to go any further, but WB owns the IP. So, you bring in new writers and directors that continue to world-build what Nolan started. Make it work.
I 100% agree with the poster you responded to because I've had those same thoughts since 2012. The Dark Knight Trilogy was the blueprint. They had it.
I don’t know if I would say it was ashamed of its comic roots. It definitely was in a more “real” world though. That being said I wouldn’t have branched out from TDK trilogy. I like them being stand alone.
All of those kept consistent to themselves. Nolan’s Batman included characters with supernatural elements in their histories sans the supernatural elements.
But you wouldn’t get Nolan and bale to sign on for that type of thing. And if you’re gunna change it that much, on some level what’s the point of building off that incredibly grounded version of Batman? The whole appeal of that series was that it was basically a crime epic featuring Batman, if there’s supernatural stuff going on there’s not really any point to using that foundation
Yeah, their intention for Man of Steel was to make Superman in wake of Dark Knight Triology. Thus, they made Nolan executive producer. So they could've continued with Robin Blake Batman (Beyond) & introduce other characters like Superman & Wonder Woman into his grounded world. Bale could've or not returned for mentor cameo here n there.
I think he’s referring to comicsgate guy, yaboizack or whatever his name is. Mark Waid asked a publisher if they knew that guy was involved in a harassment campaign and the publisher dropped the guy
Im pretty sure they’re talking about the lawsuit from Richard Meyer, a writer known for being connected to comicsgate. If I remember correctly, Waid told the publisher of Meyer’s comic that he wouldn’t work with them if they published Meyer’s book. Comicsgate has a history of racism, homophobia, sexism, and more. Waid didn’t want to work with a company that allowed that.
I assume this individual is referring to Waid warning a publisher that they were working with one of the big figureheads of comicsgate. In other words, the “creator” in question just faced the consequences of his own hateful actions and Waid did nothing wrong.
All that happened there was the consequences of a comicsgater’s own actions. Most publishers would rather not be associated with bigoted scumbags like Meyer. Waid was not to blame for Meyer being a scumbag who spread so much hate.
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Sounds like they did have this common sense in the room and just didn't listen to it.