Paul Rudd to play Ant-Man

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

True, but you can sort of understand it when people frustrated with their mediocrity constantly get told "Marvel can do no wrong, they are killing it, number one company ever, DC sucks, rofl". It's obnoxious and nauseating. Objectively, DC are so much better in many respects, and Marvel are probably in their worst shape creatively in years in comics and animation, and their creative minds don't give a f*ck because they'd rather insult their customers and fans online than do anything about it.

Even when fans call Marvel movies mediocre, those movies are still pleasing most people. Yeah, the stories are generic, but the movies are unapologetically comic-booky, and I think they're admired for that. The Dark Knight trilogy was hugely successful, without played-out plots, or pandering to kids, but they stripped out a lot of unrealistic and fantastical elements that make Batman fun. And Man of Steel did a great job at putting Superman in the real world, and I like the movie a lot, but it was utterly joyless, and no fun at all. I think DC's strategy has been, "Let's give 'em comic book movies that don't look like comics, so people who don't like comics will watch." Marvel has been successful without doing that. So, I can can kinda see how people can look at Marvel and say, "These guys are doing it right."

Heck, I knew two people at work who were watching Arrow, not knowing it was based on a comic. I haven't watched Arrow, but that must be some seriously grounded stuff.