Harry Knowles Comments on the Superman Reboot
Jeff Robinov has decided to follow the MARVEL model in regards to their characters. Introducing Stand Alone Character films “For every character they have the rights to” - a statement that I feel is probably a gross exaggeration. But I bet it’s every character that Robinov is familiar with, ie. that DC put in front of him. Then use those Stand Alone hopeful Franchises to build toward a multi-character film - like a JUSTICE LEAGUE movie.
Ok - I’m down with that. Sounds good. Then you get toward the end of the article and Jeff apparently wants “the next pack of superhero movies to be bathed in the same brooding tone as ‘The Dark Knight.’”
Ok - this is where it becomes readily evident that Jeff Robinov doesn’t get it. BROODING is what BATMAN does. DARK TONES is what makes BATMAN and GOTHAM the places they are.
You can apply some of that to Green Arrow - but making a dark brooding SUPERMAN - bathing Metropolis in a darkness isn’t necessarily what we want.
- from AICN