EDITORIAL: MARVEL The New PIXAR; DC Becoming The DreamWorks?

That was a good read. Nice job @yonny616!

Fairly nice read.

I think your onto something with the whole Marvel resembling Pixar and DC resembling DW...
I think it is now fair to say that the real comparison between the pairings is that Pixar is known to put out a certain quality of film that utilizes a great balance of humor, heart and visuals...just like Marvel (not to mention they're both handled by their parent company Disney very similarly). You also really hit it on the nose about how DC hasn't strengthened their brand to well yet. Superman and Batman are the brands that exist since they both come from such distinct and stylized worlds. Hopefully WB/DC is on the right track to rectifying that with BvS. But also in the same way as Dreamworks, sometimes they put out classics that spawn franchises, and sometimes they put out duds.

All I know is, either way....there is room for both of them and i'm sure that they will BOTH release films that will go down in film history as some of the most exciting and amazing movies EVER....can't wait.

Wow, what a peculiar way to compare both companies. Thumbs up!

^what's ur point?

You act as if it was luck that brought marvel to where they are now. A lot of its but in reality it was marvels foresight, business acumen, semi-consistency and they were just straight up ballsier, and that's what brought them to where they are now...that there is enough reason to compare...they're essentially in the same business trying to use similar content to entertain the same people.

@DcGuy now your getting even further off point and making even less sense. What do comparing the 80's or the 90's, or the fact that marvel had to sell off some of their properties have to do with this comparison or this article?...smh

At first I was like: "what does that even MEAN?"
I get it now, alright, sure.

@neihofft
Then you probably haven't read much... :/

Nice article and nice point. DC ha a lot of catching up to do.

There is no path for DC to ever catch Marvel. Marvel has built up so much goodwill with its fans while DC ignores their fans thus the casm in terms of quality and box office success. I am not sure if the Pixar Dreamworks comparison is valid but the differences that you spelled out are on point. My take is that DC movies are attempts at making toy commercials while Marvel films cater to both commercial interests as well as public preferences. DC had a shot at being competitive but when they left the Dark Knight films behind and failed to link it with Man of Steel they pretty much insured their continued failure.

I like DC & Marvel, but this article just seemed bias from the start just to allow the headline to be somewhat interesting. I don't really see how you can compare them on any capacity, considering they both produce very different products and are run completely different. B for effort, but nothing new or interesting has been added to the dumb as f*ck DC vs Marvel debate.

Coke/Pepsi. Xbox/PlayStation. Steve Jobs/Bill Gates. Everything has their own counterparts, but if you notice, all the things I have listed are both equally successful... Well... One is richer, but still :/

Marvel is ahead because of the kids. THE GODDAMN KIDS! Those little devils and their addiction to toys and shirts! DC is more serious and adult-ish, that's why some kids can't go (PG) or some are just bored as heck when watching it.

WB is in a bad place. Warner Brothers has shown that they are best at taking established properties and destroying them. We seen this we their purchase and immediate sale of WCW to Vince McMahon who is making millions off their tape library. We seen this with how after Batman Returns they managed to destroy the Batman brand. We seen what they did with Green Lantern & how they ended the Dark Knight Trilogy. We have also seen them take the Hobbit (prequle to New Lines VERY successful Lord of the Rings) and have it lambasted by fans and critics alike.

Warner Brothers historically is great at taking amazing properties and then making them irrelevant. Having witnessed the underachievement that was Man of Steel my confidence in the company is as low as ever.

DC comics in the hands of Disney or Fox would be a much better situation for the fans of the comics. Unfortunately 20th Century Fox has yet to put together the right offer to purchase AOL/Time Warner. I hope they can do so and tear that company apart and bring DC Comic movies under the Fox banner.

@kingRainbow

your mean that 'adults' don't care to pay for kid's movies where kid can afford to see a movie over and over and over the same dam movie until that movie becomes so successful it makes tons of money ??

or do you mean more 'serious & adult-ish' cult films like:

- steel
- catwoman
- Jonah Hex
- Green Lantern
- or batman & robin

we all know that besides the redo of supes & batman, over and over throughout the decades, dc don't have the balls to do something more riskier ?
maybe a movie featuring a single amazonian woman fighting for justice is too much for them ?

Great Article.
That was some good reading

I doubt DC Entertainment will ever catch up to Marvel Studios when it comes to sheer number of franchises because WB will never let DC make its own films. WB looks at DC Entertainment as just one source of intellectual properties among others and has to balance its production budget between DC films and other franchises both existing and possible future installments in development like Mad Max,The Man From UNCLE,Sherlock Holmes,Tarzan,King Arthur,Harry Potter (Fantastic Beasts prequel) The Matrix,Inception, Godzilla (with Legendary) 300. Thats not even including one shots like Gravity and Argo from elite directors like Affleck or Eastwood.


WB does see what Marvel is doing,but the studio sees that it has made money with 300 and Godzilla and will make a lot more before the year is out with the final HOBBIT film and international distribution of INTERSTELLER (Paramount has domestic rights).

Before it bought Marvel,Pixar and LucasFilm,Disney was struggling with its in house films aside from princess movies and had almost ran down its flagship Pirates of the Caribbean franchise the way Sony appears to be running down Spider-Man.

Until WB gets itself into a similar position where nothing else seems to be working,they won't feel the need to go through the DC library the way Marvel has done with its library.

I see WB sticking with a film slate centered much the same as its DCAU slate is around Batman,Superman and the Justice League with the occasional other property like SHAZAM,Sandman and Wonder Woman.

Beyond that,I don't see WB doing much more if they are still having a lot of critical and commercial success elsewhere.

Marvel is no way near the quality of what PIXAR have produced over the years, the comparison is wishful thinking.

I like my CBM's but Other than The Incredible Hulk, First Avenger. Winter Soldier, Avengers and the first Iron Man movie, everything else Marvel have produced has been dramatic comedies hindered with so much needless humor you're left wondering how good the movie could have been if they exercised a bit of discipline.

I like this. Its nice to see that you didn't slam one over the other, like so many seem to be doing these days. Also, I think you're pretty well spot on with what you're saying. Nicely done!