re: Batman V Superman Budget is Reportedly Over 400 Million. Plus New Images

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It's just going to piss me off to no end if they frick this thing up. I mean, I may boycott superhero movies all together for awhile if they scrap JL plans.

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There's another danger- audience fatigue. 400 million isn't being spent to draw in the geek crowd, they want the general public.

The problem is, a lot of the audience is already invested in one ongoing storyline with Marvel, they might not translate over to DC very well. First problem- you'll have those that start wondering where Iron Man and the Avengers are, or the X-Men etc... after all, they are super heros too. Oh, wait- yet another alternative superhero populated world? (I think this is what happened to the Spider-man reboot and the Fantastic Four; you're trying to follow too many different threads). And in DC's case, you don't really have real cities, either- who cares about Gotham or Metropolis, when the Avengers are brawling in NYC?

A related, but different risk- super heroes in general might be getting ready to drop back down. Epic blockbusters are great, but the two biggest epics were Jurassic World and Star Wars, and SW is about to blitz us over the next couple years (direct SW sequels, and a couple of spinoffs). The audience at large might see Marvel finish out (since they're invested), but otherwise turn to new themes.

In short, DC might be too late with this.

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yet another alternative superhero populated world? (I think this is what happened to the Spider-man reboot and the Fantastic Four; you're trying to follow too many different threads).

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You think the problem with the fantastic four was on many confused people couldn't figure out why they avengers weren't there?

No. That movie is to the fantastic four source material what the live action DragonBall movie was to dbz.

As for amazing spiderman. I'm a big fan of both movies.

Garfield deserves to be spiderman. I respect him for calling out the studio repeatedly. And up until Paul Giamatti showed up, Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a great movie. Go head and yell at me, but Pete being a smart scientist, villains having actual super powers, Gwen Stacy as a part of his life, etc... I really enjoyed it.

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DCs real problem is that their best characters are villains..

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Seeing as Batman and Nightwing are my 2 all time favorite super hero's, I'll have to strongly disagree with you.

I hate people like you. Almost as much as I hate the WB executives who pinned their entire slate of DC products on Snyder.

I'm not super excited about the movie but I hope it kills. Marvel is set up.

Give the DC people live action satisfaction.

at least we still have the animated batman movies to look forward to

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not worried so much as they are nervous

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I'll try this distinction someday IRL and see how many puzzled looks I receive.

thanks for that update.....even though the OP had a link stating that already.....

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This got lots of people talking, but I didn't want to talk about it until I had some more insight on the situation. For starters, from what I've heard I stand alongside Bill Ramey of Batman-On-Film, in that the term "worried" is a mischaracterization. They're not worried, per sé. What they are is nervous, and that's to be expected. After all, there is a lot riding on BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE. Not only is the fate of an entire slate of DC films hanging in the balance of whether or not this movie hits, but the very definition of "hit" is now coming into question. The budget for the film, with promotion included, has reportedly ballooned to north of $400 million. So for the movie to be considered a monster success- which the studio needs it to be- and for it to open the floodgates for the rest of the proposed slate, it would need to make north of a billion. The problem is, according to a well-connected source who spoke with us on a condition of anonymity, the film could be as polarizing as MAN OF STEEL. To be clear, he loved MOS. And he's seen BATMAN V SUPERMAN, and he really liked it, too. But he also recalls how that first film came out and split audiences and critics alike. It wasn't the kind of universal crowd-pleaser that DC wanted th1en, and that trend may very well continue with BvS. Read more at:

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reportedly ballooned to north of $400 million

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gotta wait till something official is released

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, or cluttered up and slow.

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That's definitely my concern with this film. Apparently the run time is 160 minutes, that's a long comic film. It better be engrossing or it runs the risk of people just tuning out.