How about some rage on a Sunday afternoon.
Razorfist, the Rageaholic, has a few things to say about how DC Comics has been trying to destroy themselves via bad decisions for decades, but having doubled down since 2005 or so.
DC. Is. Dying! And it's obvious even to the unconnected comic fan. Hell, even a once-over of their Wikipedia page confirms the last seven major stories in the companies recent history are an interminable procession of brutally bad news.
And the fact that they really, really couldn't get in on the Superhero movie trend - which is also dying. For every success, like Wonder Woman, they greenlit multiple projects like Wonder Woman 1984.
Take Joker as an example. The studio desperatly tried to prevent that movie from being made. As a result it had a production budget of $55 million. That is about 33% of the budget for Batman Begins. While Batman Begins made $359 million worldwide, Joker made over a billion dollars. And though not as bad as today, there was inflation between 2005 and 2019.
And they seem bound and determined not to make any money with Superman. James Gunn will make money, since he will be directing. He will get paid. I'm not sure DC/Warner Bros will.
This is Razorfist's video Comic Crash II: The DC Death Spiral
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