I remember going to my local 7-11 and perusing the comics available. Each week new issues of Superman, Spider-man, Batman, et al, would adorn the racks and I would pick out my favorite books, along with some I wasn't familiar with. I took them home and enjoyed each comic I purchased. It didn't matter if they were from Marvel or DC. When I was an adult and started going to real comic book shops, I was further exposed to other brands such as Image, Dark Horse, and Valiant. I found more books I enjoyed reading. Again, I wasn't biased between companies. I didn't see a check in the mail from any of these companies for favoring one over the others. My bank account wasn't flooded with monetary incentives for bashing other comic publishers over my favorite. My psychological well-being wasn't focused on if other publishers were more successful or "cooler" than the one I favored.
Now, we have the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe(or whatever the hell they call themselves). Marvel has been producing movies in their interconnected web of storytelling longer than DC/WB has, and with greater success. WB has been producing movies based on Batman and Superman since the lat 1970s with varying degrees of success(Superman IV one of my guitly pleasures, but I try to avoid Batman & Robin). Marvel continues to forge forward with their phases of stories, DC trying to hit the ground running with their properties, albeit with some stumbling.
Both brands are bringing us movies we'd only dreamed of when we were younger. The core Avengers on-screen in live action form! Batman and Superman tussling outside of the printed page and animation! This is an age of comic book entertainment we've been pining for for decades, and now we get to enjoy the fruits of all those dreams and letters and message boards. However, something arose from all of this. Something childish, asinine, and an outright waste of time and energy. People started to take sides. What could have been fun banter back and forth between fans turned ugly.
People need to get a life.
You can go to any website and read an article about any Marvel or DC film property, past or upcoming, and see people looking down upon a fan of the opposing brand, so much so that those people are depositing outright hatred onto the message boards and comment sections of those articles. People argue back and forth as if the success of Marvel or DC is the be-all-end-all of their own individual success. Life goes on, people, and one company's success over the other is not going to result in you jumping out a window or taking one too many sleeping pills. It's entertainment, in the guise of the need for financial success for the film producers involved, nothing more. If it's a movie you want to see, by all means, buy your ticket, have a seat with a tub of popcorn and a drink. If the movie isn't your cup of tea, stay the hell home and do something productive for yourself. Trashing and bashing others because they don't agree with you or like what you like only makes you look like an ass, not them. Spend all that energy spouting hatred and instilling flame wars into something more productive; like having a life. Go meet a boy or a girl, further your education, get better at your job.
Let's all enjoy the movies we want to enjoy. If you don't like a movie, move on. Get a life, get out of the basement and experience sunshine. The vitamin from the sun will help hair growth and get you a tan.