Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-1038387-20130427185937/@comment-5624498-20130429170646

I can see Reg's point. One thing about Disney is that the folks there seemed to have learned the lessons that Michael Eisner taught about how to get the most out of the assets you have, how to promote something and how to best draw viewers to a product you have to offer. It may not always work, but if something doesn't work, you learn your lessons and move on to the next project.

Time Warner, on the other hand, seems to have too much of the stench of the AOL merger remaining. The failed attempt at a Wonder Woman movie is the perfect example -- I have no idea what the TW folks want from it but it's been turned down by one director after another, with many of them being directors who are comic book fans and understand you can't just present it to comic book fans alone, but can do so in a way that it can make both comic book fans and non-comic book fans alike want to watch the product. All you have to do is look at most of the Marvel movies. Iron Man benefitted from strong writing, acting and directing and a "second-tier" hero headlined a box office hit with strong legs. Joss Whedon gets comic book fans, but understands you have to go beyond them, hence why The Avengers had such massive appeal.

Just imagine how things might have been different if the Green Lantern movie had writing, directing and acting as strong as Iron Man did.