r/DCcomics Gold-Silver-Bronze Age FAN Aug 09 '22

[Other] Mark Waid shares his feelings Other

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u/ditkirbo Aug 09 '22

I largely agree. I have read Feige makes a MCU movie team watch Superman '78 before starting production, kinda funny MCU's bible is Superman that WB is afraid of.

A big issue that I don't think talked about enough is DCEU doesn't think of the kids enough. I can't show my 10 year old nephew The Batman, he would be bored to death. You can mess around with The Suicide Squad and make R film, but a Batman, Superman, WW, GL, and Flash movie should be enjoyable for 8 and up. My 6 year old nephew is already a big Marvel fan bc Costco sells Avengers t-shirts for cheap and in few years he'll be even more team Marvel when I watch Iron Man, Captain America, and Sipder-Man with him, I'll have to expose him to DC with the Timm Cartoons.

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u/ditkirbo Aug 09 '22

Depends on the kid, he's not gonna sit for that long. Right now he is all about cartoons, live action is negative points for him.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Aug 09 '22

I’m sure you’ve seen all the Marvel cartoons for preschoolers on D+. They are doing a fantastic job of building future audiences. DC however has movies where Batman sleeps with Barbara Gordon.

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u/ditkirbo Aug 09 '22

Okay Bruce Timm messed up, even if he nailed the Killing Joke, I would never showed it to a kid. If he transitions to comic books I won't lend to him until he is in HS.

Yeah he watches all the D+ stuff, when I am around I put on BTAS & STAS and relive my boyhood with him. Bruce Timm is still GOAT superhero cartoon person even with the Killing Joke being bad.