Derzeit findet in Austin, Texas das South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival statt. Genau dort haben EW einige Kommentare von Robert Kirkman, Schöpfer der Serie The Walking Dead, aufgeschnappt, der am Samstag an einem Panel zum Thema "Creative Activism" teilgenommen hat. Dabei äußerte er u. a. etwas Kritik an Warner Bros./DCs Ankündigung der Justice League-Filme (bzw. ihres gesamten DC Cinematic Universe) und dem hinkenden Vergleich zu den Marvel-Produktionen.
I'm going to get in trouble here ... Anyone would be foolish to think that Marvel hasn't done something extremely special. I think of Iron Man ending with with a surprise cameo from Samuel L. Jackson [mentioning] The Avengers - you were like, 'What?! How did that happen?!' People forget that was a surprise. Everything that came out of that was very organic and very exciting. I think [DC] announcing you're going to do a Justice League movie after a Superman movie, that was neat and had some awesome things in it, but it wasn't like amazing or groundbreaking - I shouldn't have said that. It was an awesome movie, I like it. [The plan] just seems derivative, so it puts them in a backseat position to Marvel. It's not organic so there's going to be so much scrutiny on Batman vs. Superman when it comes out. It's got an uphill battle. If they hadn't told anybody if the Justice League were going to appearing in that, and they were forming that, it would have been surprising and exciting and weird. People are forgetting how important the surprise is. But, you know, Aquaman looks awesome and I'm sure it will be great.
Und damit liegt der gute Mann ziemlich richtig. Es ist zwar kaum noch vorstellbar, da wir all diese kleinen Informationshäppchen schon von Warner Bros./DC erhalten haben, aber wie cool wäre es gewesen, Batman v Superman tatsächlich mit der Vorerwartung zu sehen, "lediglich" ein Aufeinandertreffen vom dunklen Ritter und Mann aus Stahl zu sehen und dann eben doch schon die Zusammenführung der Justice League zu bekommen. Den Whoa-Moment hat man uns also genommen. Auf der anderen Seite ist es im Zeitalter des Internets ohnehin schwer solche Momente geheim zu halten.
Was haltet ihr von Kirkmans Kommentar?
