'Justice League' Movie News: DC's 'No Jokes' Policy For Superhero Movies Could Give Marvel The Upper Hand? [VIDEO]
It seems like humor is not on the agenda for the next set of DC Comics movies that will be dropping for the next few years.
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According to HitFix, Warner Bros. and DC have issued a no jokes policy for their superhero movies, including the set of films that are pegged for every year up until 2019.
HitFix writer Drew McWeeny said that "the thing is, DC has taken a few stabs at establishing this larger universe on film, and they've gotten smacked down for everything that hasn't had Batman in it. "Man Of Steel" made money, and I'm certainly not the only person to like the film."
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"I may be one of its more ardent defenders, but I'm not alone. I think you'd have a far harder time finding someone to defend "Green Lantern," the studio's other big attempt at launching one of the core Justice League characters with a film franchise of his own."
McWeeny added that DC is soured by the negative response by Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, which is what started this rule.
"One thing you'd have to grant "Green Lantern," whatever your feelings about it as a movie, is that they've got lots of jokes in that movie. They are resolutely unafraid to make jokes. Green Lantern/Hal Jordan/Ryan Reynolds (there is no discernible difference between these three identities) makes jokes throughout the film, and the trailer featured plenty of them," McWeeny said.
"There is a wise-ass attitude to a good chunk of the film that is very much on purpose. Every one of the guys they looked at to play the lead in the film had to be as well-liked as a comic performer as an action star."
As for the difference between Marvel and DC, McWeeny said that the darker tone will separate the latter from the former. "DC treats their superhero characters more like gods, fighting battles that we simply can't comprehend or participate in because of our natures. Even Batman, who has no superpowers, is treated like he is a legend, an icon that he's nurtured as a symbol of fear," McWeeny said.
"Marvel characters are more flawed, more human, struggling to live human lives while still dealing with their powers and their responsibility to the world."
